The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-02
SCHULTZ NOT BROKEN YET.
Tho Poiiccmnn's women Accuser- Fall to Eei-
low Up Their Complaint.

The two well-drcssed women who held UP
Policeman Schultz Of the West Thirticth street
station. In Sixth avenue near Twenty ninth
street, on Friday night and abused and berated
him. alleging that no was not doing his duty.
stlll steer clear OF Police Headquarters, and
there has been no official complaint against the
policeman. As was stated In TIE SUN on Sun.
day. schultz Is the man who inserted himself
into the caro- of Capt. Sheehnn TO the displcasure
OF tho men who were ctormlned to break the
Captain. Schultz was In Capt. Shoehan's precinct.
The Captain was before the board on a charge
OF neglect Of duty, the specification being that
he had failed to suppress policy playing in his
precinct. The evidence to sustain this charge
was gathered by officer Walters, especially de-
tailed to that work by Chief OF Police Conlin.
The evidence fell all to pieces on the trial, and
the witnesses were indicted for perjury. Mean.
time, also. u story was circulated about Waters
himself. IL was to the effect that he had forced
women Of the town to give IA part of their earn
ings TO him. A specific case was that Of u wo.
man known as Pearl, whom. II was alleged, no
took into the telephone box In the BarthOldi Ho-
tel and compelled TO give money TO him.
When THIS story got ground the Woman on, I. WIS
dicated or contradicted by her testimony.
Schultz found the woman. lie was promptly
f ferH was a pnnishmsn pe'1W hS1Gsr hat Is true or
not, another policeman, who did have an inter
view with waters ana WHIT didn't arrest tho
woman Pearl, has since been detailed as a ward.
man.
Probably the attack OF the women IN Sixth ny.
cnuC on SCaultZ would hast passed unnottced IN
II were not for the fact that the circumstances
were so unusual. " has been said since that
women always bun2lc things. These women Al
legged that they had been assaulted by IA half
drunken man n couple OF blocks away. IL has
been pointed out that the natural thing Tor u
woman or two woincn,r 10 DO when ns'
saultcd Is 10 scream. These women didn't
scream. Failing To do that. the natural
thing, II they. wanted their a%saailnnt ar.
they met OF the incident, describe the nssa,iunt
to him, and tell him where the assault occurred.
so that he could rush ia. the spot and arrest the
man. These women didnt do that, either. In
tongue lashing that attracted = crowd. They
abused him In language ladylikc and unlahy.
Ike. They said that II he had been doing, his
duty he would have arrested the man. They
where he was, or any other essential facts. They
sworc that they had influential friends ~ Head,
quarters, and that they would have him " broke,
Now, u part of this last statement il not denied.
The real question II about the strength OF the
influence. The women finally went 10 the West
ThirtiCth street station and said That thcy
wanted To lodge. {. coinplnint against schultz.
The Sergeant told them that they would have to
20 TO headquarters TO do thnt. The sergeant
has not been transferred.
All this, IL will be- noticed, IL unusuel that Is
not been transferred. The women didn't act as
IL would have been natural for them 10 act had
the circumstances been ~ they stated; y, the
police say. however. women are h%unslcr'.
night. Last night the weather was damp and
nasty. and II would have boon "A Good night.
Tonight, however, may be- a better one. Police
man schultz still refuses TO say anything about
either the Shcehan ease or the women ease.
The officials at headquarters have not made amy
statements either.