New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-10
DRAG SICK MEN TO JAIL.
MARSHAL ASKS WHY ROESCH
APPOINTED RARBURGER.
HEARING TO-DAY BEFORE MAYOR Lo"
ON CIVIL PROCEDURE BILL THAI
WILL CORRECT EVILS.

WILL. tbhhEti IL A'>'
Evidence 70 support the charges Oh 'e
"a coio.,- AGAINST the city marshal continues
=. ooy,,e IL Yesterday six new cases "eie
r,o,,gt+ 70 the attention of r. c Ring"aI'' ei
The Rivfng1on-st branch Of the Legal Anu 0o
cfetv These cases are all Of a similar MAJ y
though each possesses certain distinctive ie"'-
,rree They are all instalment acuohs- III o
man is alleged to have been haleo 10 Jam
without even being allowed to say soooos -
his family.
Perhaps as pathetic case as mas peeh u1'
covered is that Of Mike" Mella, one OF lhose
l,ro,,g}t 10 Ringwalt yesterday. Mella bought
% ,,-ercl, and agreed to pay S24 for it After ne
had maid SD he was taken SIX, and Was con-
fined 10 his bed for two months one uaS a
marshal came into his sickroom and arrested
him. Nella begged piteously for respite ana
declared that he would pay II time Were d.
lowed him He was pulled out Of bed ana car
-ses 70 iau where he still remains In jail an
attorney came 10 him and offered 10 set hiin
out for SO. Mella paid the SO but never hearo
OF the lawyer again.
Another case that illustrates the mefhoos o.
the raarshals is that Of Giovanni Tongretto
rro,eretto told Mr. Ringwalt yesterday that he
1,ought a watch for $50. agreeing to pay 81
week. After he had paid 50 he found one
1,avaav that he could not meet the payment
and he told the collector TO come the next oaH-
The next morning at o'clock Tongret'o Was
pulled out of bed and taken TO jail where ne
still remains. -
In another case an affidavit was onereu ~
Mr. Ring1valt showing that among the prdc
tees Of the instalment dealers was mat "a
selling iewelry TO people who they knew would
,,a7,-, il The purchaser would return the pawn
+frxe+ 70 the dealer and presently the dealer
would have him arrested for disposlng OF 'iie
rroperrv. despite the fact that the dealer mao
consented TO il.
CHM speranza. lawyer at No. II Broadway.
who is an officer in the Prison Association anu
has for ,ranv wears been interested IN helplis
,,oor Italians had many words Of conlihehua-
ton fer The Tribune's STAND III the Ni'S ~
shal scandal He said:
AZ OLD CRUSADE AGAINST MARSHALS'
49, 90 sss-si1st the city rnarshais IN company
T1h Ernest Il Crosby I made nard hsht 1o' tI
Chandler hin. which Was aimed 10 te3lleuy sE
could tell you endless stories OF ne ,.,ases
The subterfuEes useG are 100 Iy-Iars for the in
s+sIrnent people write TO the defendants on pae5
resembling summons and having a req sea-, dt t
offcsal documents believes that he is under arrest.
In 50 per cert of the cases the summons i never
Amother outrageous feature is the manner mn! IN
Sr 6r6fEBt in and made principals. For example
the boothlack the corner buys Wdicn ca IN, nv
,be corner and asks him If he knows the
ootbs and thinks d ne ,ban the 6eaeT asks him to
sign paper which he represents only says i ma az
The boothlack is Responsible party IN POM no. o.
TACT il makes the barber responsible for the boot
When we were fighting this situation we de decided ,
that the way 70 rs NJ the aeT Vas b eT i'm
at tbeT cannot be rearrested but allowed
fo leave the city limits rather the county limits
This TFored e9aeGg eT Ter nave ' o9n oa way to &c
around the thing. They produce lArce HiI,.es.e
sgde tbe county perhaps in Brooklyn Usually this
IS perJured testimony. but then the bonds1han be
/ know Of cases where men have been arrested
si-t sass fought thar matter once ana believe
The Tribune is taking exactly the right stand in th'
matter.
City Marshal Charles Comisky called at The
Tribune office yesterday and presented the case
Of the city 1narshals. He declared that the
div marshaTs lot was hard one; that he was
legally bound TO arrest when ordered by deal
ers: that If he failed he would have to meet
the claim himself. He declared that the city
justices were responsible for many Of the ex,
listing evils and that the true solution was to
abolish the hangers-on at the various courts
who were the favorites Of the marshals and got
their work Comisky continued:
MARSHAL GIVES HIS SIDE.
There isn't anything in the instament business
business Why viii tell you what happened e
OF her dav / had to serve a dispossess mar
II nv district that had known for years
had TO pay his rent once Tor him ana men, lal f
second time. throw him out on the street for al
OF which received the Of 81 p.
The real explanation of the attitude Of the Judges
Is thar they are TammanY Han. win the eHcep
tion OF Judge Wooster while tho marshals are
Republican least anti-Tamrany. having beer
S6afea Sv y Ma M'T Low hut the Judges wanted
get the patronage. they put In a provision CIV
tnE them the power to appoint the marshals This
was the hill that comes up before Mayor
Low tomorrow ! up TO Albany and fought
il Not president Of any organization of mar
shals-there never was any. got that amend
You can say for me that going TO the City
Hall tomorrow to urge the passage OF that Dill
believe al the CITY maTshais VIII DO likewise
/ viii the Governor. too. There are some
things j don't like about il but l shall work for
amendments afterward.
are not standing in with the instalment dealers
The work is far TOO insignificant | do Stromberg'
work because az. member Of mis- lodge. that's
II Justice Roes~h is on the level and playing for
po,red Hamburger clerk i'm his court. when I1ar-
burger was the attorney for Titelhaum. the prince
ords ard see whether Titehaum collects his judg-
ments in that court
The public hearing on the Civil Procedure
lil. which is before Mayer Low for hts sigma
ture. viii he held al the city Hall to-day at ia
a ~. This hin has passed the Senate and the
Assembly. and has been Endorsed by the Bar
Association and all the district justices. It is
also vigorously championed by the Legal Aid
Society. II has several new regulations with
reference 10 the city nershals which are ex-
pected o DO away with existing abuses II was
expected THAI this bin would he opposed by the
city marshals. but DOW that Marshal Comisky
has declared that he viii support il, little oppo-
sitfon Is 10 he expected