Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-11-13
On. M'GOLLEY ASSAULTED.
Attacked by Crowd while He Was T
ing to Make an Arrest.


Attacked by Crowd while lie Was Try 1
ing to Make an Arrest.
About 6 O'Clock Tuesday evening
o crowd of men brutally assaulted DR..
ID. McColley at Front and Madison
Streets, because he was enceavoring to \
hold man he hnd arrested until q \
policeman could be summoned. l
While driving past Ninth and Monroe
streets about 80 O'Clock the doctor
saw six or seven men whose actions
aroused suspicion and he decided to
follow them. The men separated, some
going toward Adams street and some
toward Madison. The doctor watched
the men and saw them meet occasion
ally, and he decided TO follow one OF
them, whicn he did, and at Front and
Madison streets the doctor alighted
from his carriage and placed the
stranger under arrest as d suspicious
character and took him into Cosmo
Barone's store, nearby, and went to
the telephone to notify the police
station. While tho eidoctor was at the
telephone his prisoner made break
and tho doctor followed him. BY this
time other men who were evidently
friends of tho prisoner, had arrived and
they set upon the doctor and knocked
him down and assaulted him. The
doctor was badly bruised, but not seri-
ously injured. Although many people
had collected the belligerents were not
interfered with. After assaulting the
doctor the, went down 10 the railroad
and disappeared.
The doctor then drove to the police
| station and reported the matter and in
short time Patrolman Purcell arrested
three strangers at Third and Madison
streets, vino wore supposed tolbe part
of tho crowd. They were docketed as
Norbert Neal, aged 81. Of Soatord I
| Charles Ornstein of New York, a
4 Irinter. and Milton Thomas, aged 81.
| OF California, teamster. Later Neal
1 said he livod at S3I Linden street,
Philadelphia, and was employe3 at the
| Baldwin Locomotive Works lie was
1 we'll dressed and the other two presented
a neat appearance. Neal was charged
4 with vagranoy and tho other two with
assault and battery. Tho men were
| arraigned before Judge Cochran in the
Municipal Court yesterday morning.
Neal pleaded not guilty to the charge
4 OF yagrRncy. Officer Parcell testified
to arresting Neal at 6. 10 O'Clock al
Third and Madison streets. He had fol.
lowed Neal and two others from the
4 railroad up Madison street. The officol
4 did not know that Neal had aEy home
hero. Neal Enld he had done nothing,
4 and was on his way to restaurant tC
4 get his supper. The court would like
to havo you here on a more seriou:
charge" said Judge Cochran. 'Yor
i ara sentenced to 60 days in the count,
workhouse.'
DR.. Mogolley did not take the stanc
in this case and there was no eyidenc,
to implicate Neal IN the assault.
Ornstein and Thomas were arraignet
on the charge of assault and battery
DIR. McColley, who took the stand
testified to seeing the men at Ninti
and Monroe streets and following them
, On Monroe between Fourth and Fiftl
he asked man TO telephone for al
officer, and he continued to follow tn
. men. The doctor said man who ha
J not been arrested singled him out an
: knocked him down and he was the
, assaulted by several others but di
not know what happened. Ho identife
, the prisoners as being in the crowd 3
Ninth and Monroe streets, but did nc
} know whether they assaulted him.
} The prisoners said they were innc
. cent and were not implicated IN th
aSsbule. Auoy sdiu onos hHom hoenih
9 about the assault and had never see
Q the doctor before. The cases agains
. these two men we're continued unt
. this morning and each of the az
. eused was held in 81 600 bail for
hearing at that time.
q When the arrest was first reports
Y there was an impression that some {
: the burglars who have been operatin
4 here lately had been captured, bt
i Chief Of Police Black said yeste
s day that be believed. the rEen under Al
n rest we're not implicated in any of I'll
Q depredations. He thinks they were G
g their way to some other place and son
q of them stopped off to beg.
Q An effort is being made to locate Il
remainder of the crowd, but it is SUI
/ pos cd they have disappeared.