The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-02
SLUGGED IN POLICE STATION.
TOW DOOLING SAYS WARDMAN
COHEN USED sBLACKJA Ck.
Finds Friend on the Bench In Magistrate
Finn-What He Got for COMPLAINING
Of a Cop-Thinks He'd Re Killed II He
Pressed Characterization Interested.

terday in pitiful plight. His shirt was
etiff with blood streaks. His face was cu
in several places and notified with blue
and green and yellow bruises. There were
two long cuts on his head which had beer
handaged by hospital surgeon.
The police court reporters winked know.
ingly when he was showed into the sorry
line Of prisoners stretching from the ar.
raignment rail to the prison stairs.
Another man been resisting an Of
fcer,' they said, and made bets between
themselves that the policeman would not
have mark upon him.
But Dooling's case was a little out of the
ordinary. There was one circumstance
that broke for little the shell Of reticence
that automatically, almost, protects the
Policeman in such case from the irritat-
ing Inconvenience of an official investiga-
ton. That circumstance was the fact that
Dooling comes from the district Of which
Magistrate Finn has been Tamlnany boss
for years; his people know him as Battery
Dan. and he knows them and looks out
for their troubles from their cradles 70
their graves.
Detective Cohen. wardman for Capt.
McNally Of the Church street station,
was the complainant against Tom Dooling.
He submitted an affidavit in which he ac-
cused the boy Of acting in a loud and
hoisterous manner and refusing to leave
the station house when ordered"
Why. Tom. said Magistrate Finn,
starting up from his chair when he looked
over and saw the deplorab BILE condition the
youth was in. what is this"
Cohen. who had already opened his lips
to negin the usual stereotyped accusation,
which every one familiar with police court
procedure knows, glanced quickly from
the Magistrate to the prisoner and back
again and held his peace. tSee Devery on
How to Stay in the Department, Rule l.,
section !: When you are caught with the
goods on you, you don wa mt to say nothin'.')
Dooline looked up ruef'llly. He had
been so much beaten about and so dazed
by the things which had happened to him
that for the moment he wasn't quite sure
whether even Battery Dan had not turned
against him.
What hurt you like that Tom said the
Magistrate.
1T was like this, Judge" said the boy
falterln gly, but gaining courage and
strength Of voice as he watched Battery
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street with some of the felers. down near
49,"
Near your home?- asked the Ma gistrate
All right. know. Go on
Il was fooling around on the street and
q cop called Conroy gets after us and tells
lis to move on. l wasn't doing nothing,
but that was all right. and was just doing
ss the cop says and getting move on me
when be swings his club and takes me across
the legs behind. Honest, Judge, he give
me an awful welt. And as / was tellin 6
you, hadn't done thing, and it made
me sore
But you shouldn't have tried to lick
trate. with Just q ghost Of q smile. I'D
thought you knew better.
I didn't do no such thing! expos
tulated Tommy. Il amt bughouse, and I
emit never had a drink in my life and you
know it. Judge
"Yes, know that" said the Ma gistrate
But was hot on account of his soaking
me like that and went over to the station
10 make complaint against this Conroy,
ees. There was bunch Of fellers on the sta
ton house steps, and this officer here come
out in front of me and asks me what want.
And tell him l want TO see the captain.
He wants to know what for, and tell him
that's my business and III tell the captain
and no one else. So he says he represents
the captain and was wise all Of sudden
to who he was and so tells him I want to
make complaint against the cop that
eoaked me,
,Aw, forget it, he says to me.
But I wasn't for forgetting it and
goes on in and tries to tell the sergeant
about it. But the sergeant gets the tip
from Mr.. Cohen here not TO listen to ME.
snd never had chance. Then Mr. Cohen
Jumps in and says he wants TO make
charge against me Of using profane Ian
erage; | don't Just remember what, I'd
The sergeant didn't want to stand for
il and told Cohen he didn't think he was
doing me right Cohen says / tell you to
take the complaint, see and the sergeant
sends me downstairs Mr.. Cohen comes
slong, and when they get me down there
fellow who took me down grabbed me from
behind and holds my arms down. SOS |
couldn't help myself. Mr.. Cohen takes a
blackjack out Of his pocket and soaks me
just know what hit me, but guess they
kept on soaking me-
When he came to, Dooling said, some
friends from down in the district were
tailing him out They took him to the
Hudson street hospital and had him patched
up.
Magistrate Finn was thoroughly angry
man long before the boy had finished his
story.
+ know you, Tommy" he said, "and
I've known you since you were baby.
You've been abused, horribly abused. and
don't you worry, my boy. somebody's going
70 suffer for it, He turned To Detective
Cohen.
Officer, he said, this prisoner is paroled
You come back here at 2 o'clock. and you
bring any witnesses you can find who will
contradict this boys story-I'n give you
until then. I'm going to find out whether
there is any limit to the abuse which can
be put upon citizen who goes to police
station to make a reasonable complaint.
This man is lucky in not having his brains
knocked out"
He called Dooling. too, and told him to get
all the witnesses he could. and come back
ri O'Clock to confront the detective. Both
vent out and hurried away.
When the case came up at2 o'clock Cohen
was there and Dooling was there. There
we're no witnesses with either.
Got any witnesses, officer?' asked the
Magisuate.
No, sir said Cohen, who seemed very
calm.
Where are your witnesses, Tom7-
Amt got any, sir"
What have you got to say against this
Cohen.
Nothing to it. said Cohen easily. "He
resisted arrest some and he must have
fallen down in the cell"
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