The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-11
NAME LOST IN THE SHUTTLE
PRISONER At ESSEX MARKET SILENT
~ ILL TONGUES.

Policeman who Presumably Arrested Him
Forgot Him. There Was No Complaint
and He Was Held ms n Dubious Isaac
Goldstein. which Didn't Fit His Face.
There was an unkempt man about IS years
old In tho prisoners pen at the Essex Market
Court yesterday morning. He had been
brought up from the EldridRe street station
with dozen or more prisoners In charge OF
Policeman Lang He stood with the rest and
kept his mouth severely shut Neither did he
look to the right or left. His eyes were bright
and pleasant.
Policeman Lang was complainant In several
cases. On Sunday mornings one policeman Is
likely to appear against several prisoners
That doesn't always happen because the par
ticular policeman In question made all the ar
rests. In the early hours Of Sunday morning q
number OF arrests have to be made. The
policemen who make them arc usually to bc
of duty after o O'Clock and don't go on again
until midnight OF the next night. II they go to
court with their prisoners as the regulations re-
quire they lose sleep Hence the fact that one
policeman brings dozen early morning pris-
oncrs to court gives rise to the suspicion that
the cops have pooled interests for the day and
have stuck" their cases" on some kind
hearted comrade who is willing to make all tho
necessary anidavits.
One by one yesterday the prisoners were
taken out OF the pom and disposed Of. Busi-
ness seemed to be over. A crowd surged up to
the magistrate and the court clerk for warrants
and summonses. The silent man was left In
the pen undlsturbed.
ANY more prisoners p" said the magistrate.
ANY more prisoners ?" shouted the police
man on the bridge. ANY more prisoners ?"
The silent man didn't move muscle.
''Who vouop aat al q police m ali II N %
the silent mans arm.
Tho silent man looked straight ahead. Tho
cop tried again. but the silent man said never
a word.
Just then Policeman Lang went away.
tum6lnG bunch q eom mi Papers The
Tho Magistrate signed his name to the lIast
summons for the day. and the silent man was
still standing in the pena ,,
Any more prIsoner.p" shouted the police
man on the bridge. He looked oil around the
room. and his eye fell on the silent man.
is that prisoner" he asked.
Here. YOU" 80 ID the policeman. VIVA. are
The silent man didn't move a muscle.
He must be deaf" said the policeman.
Shake him ur. somebody"
Another policeman shook the man By tho
Who are your" he asked. What do you
still no answer, The man simply looked
da ss in b. police.
man In the silent man'sear.
No answer came. The court interpreter
'Parea-vous Francais3' he asked. giving tho
mans arm grip IKE RsidRe H ss5hs DS ,sd
dis sfeG He sIn, S Hebrew. issifano 'u
The Interpreter took another ,h grip on the
through his poIySISt SSmut Then he let CO. o."
show hin pencil and some paper" sue-
That was done. The man didt move They
tried TO make him write. but he merely looked
Bring In Schwartz. said the Magistrate.
II was o forlorn hope-this call for Policeman
Schwartz. Sometimes Schwartz has stepped
the nnesr language. that has drawn. a ne,ful
Schwartz came, and tried He failed. The
silent man simply looked pleasant.
The sergeant Of the court squad came in and
took a few pinches at the mans arm. The
gave up his task OF signing a bond for on Allen
street lighthouse to shout Scandina,i IN and
Fast sas oo E,S an ho so.e
The5s's only one prisoner not dssposed Of
OF Isaac Goldstein. arrested on the charge OF
vagrancy by Policeman Lang OF the Eldridge
S'c Golssiei H nothin" s said tho poicsman on
the bridge. look at him. It's a clnch his name
Is Houlahan."
Now. where Is Lang? Why isn't he here to
make his charger Probably his papers were
mislaid here In court. because no had so many
cases. But where Ia heg"
The court policeman looked for Lang. but
didn't find him. The Magistrate look ed at the
clock. and finally held the silent man for exam
ination this morning. say Ing hat the court
prison would be good place for helpless
man.
As the Magistrate left the court the court
policemen were still trying to get something
out OF Isaac Godstein." Finally they picked
him up and carried him to the court prls son.
he didn't say word. but merely looked pleas
ant. He didn't even rub his arm.
II was said at the station house last night
that Policeman Lang is on special duty. and
spends all OF his time looking for Migrants and
beRgars II 10 said that crossing Grand street
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning he pointed
out Goldstein TO another policeman and re-
marked that GoliStein was n heGgar whom he
had sent up for three months once. The other
policeman thereupon arrested Goldstein. who
described himself as 40 years olds a Russian.
with no home, Lang was entered as complain
ant against him, but was not informed OF II.
court. He said last night that Goldstein must
have feiRned his inability to hear and talk. as
he knew him to be able to do both. Lang will
appear against him and charge him with being