The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-21
PULL" OF THE TIVOLI.
4 CURIOUS EXHIBITION OF 1T IN
THE JONGERS ASSAULT CASE
A Painter Who Was Beaten in the Resort
@Couldn't Get His Assailnnts Arrest

A Painter who Was Beaten in the Resort
@Couldn't Get His Assailnnts Arrest
ed TIL Ono Said He Didn't Mind.
Thomas ]. 'OConnor. the Tivol bartender
who Is charged with assaultnR Aphonse jon
gers. a portrait painter. last Sunday night.
was held in $500 bail for trial by Magistrate
Cornell In the jefferson Market Police Court
yesterday. Another arrest in the case Is pend
Ing. and Magistrate Cornell said at the hear
ing In court yesterday that 1t would have been
made already had 1t not been for the laxity Of
the Tenderloin police. Mr.. JonRcrs has main
tanned all along that while O'Connor insti-
gated the assault on him. another man struck
the first blow..and he says he deamndod the
arrest Of that man first OF all on the night Of
the assault but Policemen Nash and McCor.
mick refused to act. Apparently. they would
have preferred to arrest Jongers instead OF his
assailants. and they took O'Connor into GUS
tody only when the latter volunteered to give
himself up.
When O'Connor was arraigned In court last
Monday Magist rate Cornell declared after
bearing Jonger's story that his first assailant
must be arrested'and he ordered Policeman
Nash to accompany the com panant to the
Tivoli to make the arrest. Nash appeared in
,ourt yesterday without any additional prison.
er and said whom asked for an. explanation
that Jongers had failed to identify the man.
II you .please.:your Honor. "::Jonesrs inter.
rupted. II wish to make statement right
here. [ have not been given a chance to iden-
tify the person who assaulted me. and whom
l know by appearance but not by name; This
yesterday until he made sure that ono Of the
men connected wth'the Tyol had got good
start. and then he insistel on ,aking Sey-
order that the other man. who used the cleo
trio car would be cure to reach there ahead
Of us
In trying TO ascertain through the defend
ant and his counsel the identity OF the man
wanted. the Magistrate met a number of con-
ilictng statements. JonRers had once said
that he had recognized his assailant as the
manager OF the place. LAWYER Loewenstein.
who appeared for O'Connor. tried to prove that
the prisoner was the manager. but. under
c-oss-e examination by the Magistrate. O'Con-
nor admitted that he was merely the 'boun-
GER He also confessed that he had brother
who was reported to be the manager Of thu
resort. and whose appearance corresponded
with the description given by the complain
ant,
MAGISTRATE Cornell held O'Connor in spite
u the protests Of his counsel who asserted
the fact that his client had been win dicated by
the evidence of two employees Of the Tivoli.
OF a cabman and woman who saw the assault.
II take this companants word against the
testimony OF all your four wit1esses." the
Sn nfsae s0 To W VI then read letter Ed h:
Hagen Conn. q prominent member OF the L.
A. w. who wrote that he had seen tho assault
nd that ne could eotr969rnts the testimony Of
icisms Of the policemen. who. he said. had ut
tter!{ failed to do their duty.
Magistrate. but for the benefit OF the police.
ltismy opinionthat they JAMESTOWN renrehen-
sihleaaxity:n not arre.ting at on;;e:all the per:
He then assured the complainant that ne
would see that full Justice was done. and hear
ing that the Tivop was In Can't Prices pre-
IN the case should be made by detectives Of
the Jefferson Market Court squad.