The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-29
VICIOUS ASSAULT
UPON A CONSTABLE
Rough.aud.T Tumble Occurred in Office OF
Alderman Wright.
MINK WAS BEATEN AND KICKED
He Was Severely Hurt and IL Now in
the Hospitai--woeikers Arrested
by tho Police and Held in $1,000
Baii--Assauit Grew Out of the
Traver Perjury Prosecution Against
woeIkers and John Moran.. They
Wanted a Hearing Yesterday.

Constable Frederick Mink, Of Alder
man Wright's office was assaulted and
seriously beaten and kicked while in the
alderman's office late yesterday after
noon by Constable Joseph Woelkers, OF
the Eleventh ward, South Side. Early
in the evening Mink's condition was
such that DR.. Albert Kolb, who had
been summoned to attend him, directed
his removal to the Lackawanna hos
pital.
1'he trouble grew out of a hearing
that was to have been given during the
day to WoolEers on a charge Of per.
fury preferred by G.. w. Traver, the
agent of the Retail Liquor Dealers as
sociation, and which is reported In an
other column Woelkers entered the al
dermans office about 515 o'clock and
began upbraiding the attaches Of the
place for conspring with Traver to
make trouble for the constables. No
heed was paid by the infuriated man
to Alderman Wright's request that he
be quiet.
Mink dpproa ched Woelkers and,
placing his hand on his shoulder, asked
him to be more orderly. WoellSers' re-
ply was a blow with his clinched fist in
j
but bis arm was grasped by Woelkers.
who threw Mink to the floor and kick
ed him several times. He repeated the
assault when Mink attempted to arise
and then walked down the stairs.
The occupants of the room made no
attempt to interfere. Mink appeared
badly used up, but his condition was
not though to be serious. On his COM
plaint of aggravated assault warrant
for Woelkers arrest was issued and
given to the police to serve. Mink then
sought his bed in room he occupied
IN the building.
DOCTOR SUMMONED.
Soon after o'clock Or. Kolb was
summoned to attend the injured con-
stable who was found to be in a very
veal; state and possibly suffering from
internal injuries. The physician ad-
vised his removal to the Lackawanna
hospital and he was conveyed there
in an ambulance. Nearly two years
ago he hovered between life and death
in the same institution while suffering
from the effects of bullet wounds re-
ceived during the RuthN zen riot in Dun
more.
All eAdllllIlttlOH Dy the nOSpltal sur
goons indicated that Mink's condition
was chiefly due to shock, bruises and
soreness. 1t was not thought that any
Of his ribs were fractured or that he
had been severely hurt internally.
Woelkers was arrested by Lieutenant
of Police Zang and Patrolman Schmidt
at his home, 1880 Cedar avenue, last
night. He entered bail before Alder
man Storr, of the Nineteenth ward.
The amount of bail was fixed at 81 900.
August Schimpff became Woelker's
bondsman.
WARRANT FOR TRAVER.
Last night the following information
was made before Alderman Ruddy:
Before me, John j. Ruddy, alderman
Twentieth ward, personally came
Anthony Haffner, of the Eleventh ward
who, being duly sworn accoring to law
deposeth and saith, that on or about the
End day of March, A. d. 1898, at the
county aforesaid, c. w. Traver falsely,
| maliciously and fraudulently conspired
to charge and indict said deponent with
having sold liquors without license for
the purpose to cheat, defraud and to