The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-01
VICTIM OF THE
NEW YORK POLICE

MIL lVuh j ULlULl
FORMER MINNEAPoLITAN HAD
. SAD EXPERIENCE.
Arrested and Thrown Into a Filthy Cell
Only to Be Discharged at Hearing
the Following Morning He Is Seek
Ing Redress from the Police Depart
ment.
Arrested Nov. % and falsely accused
OF the theft Of q diamond pin and COM
PEELED to spend the night in filthy cell
IN New York police station, Charles
y. Reohr, formerly Of Minneapolis, Is
Just now learning more and more OF the
. powers that prey" in the Tammany
administration of Gotham.
Inundated by arrest in crowded
streetcar,. handcuffed and dragged from
the car; held all night in cell despite
the furnishing Of abundant evidence of
his good character; pictured and pla-
carded IN the newspapers under such
headlines as Lawyer Placed in Irons
as Thief and released by a magis-
trate who could not restrain his laugh
tective who made the arrest, Mr.. Reohr
has been unable thus far to bring the
case to a satisfactory conclusion.
Reohr is an alumnus of the University
of Minnesota; is Well-known in Mime
apolis musical circles as singer and
as the husband Of Ruth Anderson Reohr,
the violinist. Ever since his arrest he
has been .endeavoring to secure redress
and the dismissal of the man who ar
rested him, from the New York police
force, but the delays Of New York "jus-
tice'' have triumphed at every turn.
Victim of Mishap.
Mr.. Reohr left his sister at the "L'
stairs and ran to catch a passing sur
face car. In this car he was arrested
by Detective McIver of the West Thir-
tieth street police station. McIver,
whose breath Mr.. Reohr said smelled OF
whisky, loudly accused him of theft and
asked McIver not to add to his humili-
alton by Handwriting him, but the de-
tective only laughed and told him he
had seen him before--that his picture
was in the .rogue's gallery as that OF a
thief and pickpocket.
| Alighting from the car, the detect
i've turned to Mr.. Reohr. "Now you
treat me square, young fellow, and ~
be square with you. Honest, now, die
you, or didn't you steal that pin9'
Perhaps this was where Mr.. Reoh1
made his fatal mistake. Perhaps nj
should have risen to the occasion anG
recognized the detectives desire tt
give him square deal. But Mr.. Reohl
was smarting under the humiliation Of
the moment. Also he had only little
money in his pocket. Possibly, too, Thu
was where the detective made his fata
error. Mr.. Reohr's friends say thu
trouble was he knew not of New York 4
devious ways of graft, nor of Tam
many's means to tribute. Still hand
cuffed, he was hailed before the Yves
Thirteenth street desk sergeant. No
until the desk sergeant had taken NC
Iver's complaint did he remove tn
handouts. Mr.. Reohr was placed in
dirty, foul:smelling, cell and the door
locked. He was allowed to telephon
to his sister, Miss Bessie Reohr, VIII
came at once to the station and layin.
$50, the contents of her purse, befor
the desk sergeant, demanded that he
brother be released. ~ This was nat
urally impossible. Miss Reohr the
went to keep an appointment for he
brother, which involved a business dea
to have been closed that evening, bu
which fell thru because Of the. arrest
High Priced Paper -
Then Mr.. Reohr purchased news
paper from the warden, paying SO cent
for it, that he might place it on tn
dirty cell bunk and sit down. He sen
telephone messages to friends, and h
sent out and got piece Of roast bee
and cup Of coffee, which cost him
| ILL r. fo
messenger fees during the night. Non
an actual cost of more than 10 cent:
and only the free messages were DE-
livered. When his friends arrived an
offered to furnish bail, magistrat
} could not be found. Toward midnigh
!, the cell became cold. Reohr asked tha
; he hight be permitted to 60 to a stow
l in the corridor. The warden refused
:, declaring it against the rules. A 81
cent piece opened the door, and towar
morning another half-dollar prove
q similarly winning as against the rule
= Of the station. The night Is expense a.
E count was 81.
+ In the morning, herded in the cage {
! the Jefferson Market police court wit
r a throng of DRINKS and culprits,, M
: Reohr was at last singled out and h
S1o0 We6o hOesA " 1AAoAo VIGIL ~ wv v
friends were present to testify to b
good standing. The detective had tN
witnesses present, neither OF whom W.
able to identity him as thief. One {
them picked Mr.. Reohr Is lawyer as tt
+ criminal" No complaint appeare
nor has any person reported the loss
f a diamond pin to this day, as a 10
i of Nov. %.
t McIver then had patrolman calle
The patrolman was asked it he had SET
q the alleged robbery. 49,.
>. "No," he replied, "but I saw Il
4 man that was robbed. He was co
:, :, stable from Nevada and didn It want h
= name, to get in the papers,
- The magistrate told Reohr he W
Il discharged, but he first went on t
/ stand and told his story. Then he lie
), the courtroom and his attorney too
8 McIver g case before the police author
# ties, the detective returning to h
work as one Of New York''s guardia
of the peace. The authorities gave t.
case to a commission instructed to
quire into McIvor's record and fallib
q ity. This commission met-and a
jpurned the case for week. Then M
liver got more time, in which to prepa
his case. He is still preparing it.
!, Reported Him as Absent.
% Mr.. Reohr went away for two wee
q on concert trip to Indiana. McIv
i then reported that Reohr had fed t
it town. Reohr returned, and attempt
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