The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-09
The SALVATION ARMY.
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS IN
THE CITY COURT YESTERDAY.


Chief Wrinn Wins Out in Sunday Night
Fiasco--BrOoks is Fined for OBJ
structing Observation-Disclosures Conflict
ing and an Appeal Taken--Chief Said
He Was Vexed but Not Excited and
Salvation Army Took Him for "a
Famer.
When the case of obstructing the
street against Herbert w. Brooks. a.
Salvation Army preacher, charged by
Chief Wrinn, was called in the city
court yesterday morning Attorney
Church demurred to the complaint, for
the reason that it failed to state that
the accused blocked the street and OBJ
structed travel. Assistant City Attor-
ney Hoyt insisted that If the street was
blocked travel was hindered, and there
fore it was unnecessary to specify the
hindrance. Judge Mathewson ordered
the complaint amended.
Mr.. Hoyt said: II will pass the case
for a minute while a new complaint is
drawn"
"A recess was taken and the new COM
paint was drawn.
Chief Wrinn was the first witness.
He testified: when ] drove near
Chape and Orange streets Sunday saw
a arge crowd. / stopped the horse and
a large, dark eyed man and a woman
stood in the street. / said: Will you
get near the crowd so / can pass
GO some other way he replied. 4 will
not said. Then drove my horse up
to the crowd and the large man
grabbed the horse by the bit, and took
the whip and snapped 1t. don't know
whether / struck him or not, To be
frank, l intended to hit him,
Il had to try "a third time, and then ]
said to the man who took hold of my
horse: I am going through this time
AS l started up again / went through
that time and then went for Policeman
McKiernan, and on returning the crowd
was ordered to dispense. When they
did not the accused, Brooks, was ar
rested
Attorney Church cross examined
Chief Wrinn and asked: 'You were ex-
cited, were you not, when you re-
turned?"
Il was vexed, but not excited"
Policeman McKiernan testified as to
the large crowd of about one hundred
and twenty-five people at the corner
when he arrived with Chief Wrinn. The
accused and others were on their knees
when the trouble started, according to
the witness. The accused stated to the
policeman that when he finished pray
ing he would stop hindering travel,
Attorney Church was accused by At
torney Hoyt of using insulting ques-
lions in his cross examination. Judge
Mathewson ordered the case to proceed
Noble Camp, employed by the New
Haven Clock company, stated that he
stood on the sidewalk and saw Chief
Wrinn come along and say: Lady, gel
out of the way. l want to come
through" He corroborated CHIEF
Wrinn in general way. Witness said
Chief Wrinn might have gone by if hi
Rugged THE curb.
William Peet, o. Palladium reporter
testified that he was present wher
Chief Wrinn returned with Policeman
| tMcKiernan and that the street was
| damned.
A. Levy, of 81 Greene street., testified
I that he liked to hear Nr. Brooks speal
and often stopped to hear him preach
He said that a few minutes before al
automobile and hack went by withou
any trouble. Witness said Chief Wrinr
tried to drive through the middle of tn,
street, while the hack and automobile
went to the left Of the street.
Oscar Campion, of 6S3 East street
testified that he saw two automobiles
and one team go by without trouble
He then described how Chief WrinI
drove up in the center of the street
Witness testified that Chief Wrinl
struck Adjutant Chamberlain after th'
horse and carriage had gone partly b!
the crowd.
Blias Boltaxir of us Grand avenue
testified that teams and an auto wen
by before Chief Wrinn drove up in tn
center of the street lie testified Chic
Wrinn struck Mr.. Chamberlain twic
with his whip.
George w. Carr, of Whalley avenue
a High school pupil, testified that Chic
Wrnn did not have room to go through
the center, but that he could have gon
through on the left side. He then de
scribed the incident of stopping tn
| horse.
Carr, on cross-examination testihel
as to Chief Wrinn's talk with Chamber