The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-24
FIGHT TO END POLLON CASE
IN CITY HALL PARK, AND WHO
BEGAN TT rs UNCERTAIN.

Charlotte Accused OF Hitting . Lawyer.
Who ThereupOn mt Her Attorney
More Counsel Piled in Untl -Four
Reached the Police Sefgeants Deck.
The windup Of Mrs. Katherine Poilon's
examination In supplementary proceed
ings was celebrated yesterday with . free
for all Aght In City Hall Park, in which only
Mrs. Poillon and her sister, Charlotte,
came of unframed.
All that Mrs. Poillon had TO do down
town yesterday was to sign her testimony,
and instead Of Henry j. Goldsmith, her
attorney, Isaac Jacobson, who assists
Goldsmith, appeared for her. jacobson was
wishing last night that Goldsmith would
attend to his own business.
After she had signed the deposition, the
two Poillon sisters moved out Of the city
court, accompanied by Jacobson. Close
behind them trailed Charles M. Rosen-
thai, Milton j. Goldsmith and Joseph M.
Baum, all lawyers acting for the dry goods
firm that holds a judgment against Mrs.
Poillon.
Something either passed between the
dry goods lawyers and was overheard
by the Poillon faction, or else something
was said by Rosenthal to jacobson, TO
which the latter took exception, Nobody
seemed to know just what did happen,
till In the mids Of q wordy discuesion,
Rosenthal ran his lip up against a gloved
fist.
Rosenthal wasn't sure, but he thought
II was Cbarlotte's fist, and said 30, after
he had got his breath. A little crowd OF
park hangers-on began to gather.
jacobson said it was q shame to accuse
a lady of such an act, to which kosenthal
replied that he surely couldn't be expected
to fight the lady.
@Ifl show you what you get when you
tapped / oeenthsl tauntingly on the cheek,
you'll show him, will your" responded
Goldsmith and Baum, and with that they
piled into Jacobson, and the crowd shouted
bravo.
jacobson said afterward that he felt as
II a whole army OF husky young lawyers
had got after him, He said he was kicked,
cuffed, beaten, assaulted, battered, smashed
up and almost killed.
Policeman Khnott marched the bunch
over to the City Hall station, where Jacob,
son insisted that he wanted the three rival
lawyers arrested on his complaint that
they had assaulted him.
What did they do to your asked the
desk ser geant. -.
why, they nearly killed me- said
jacobson. "Just look here, and look there
he went on, as he pointed TO two parts
Of his face with one hand and rubbed his
BnlnS with the 0tner.
Il can't see anything said the sergeant
except a little red mark there on your
cheek" -,
That's it, said Jacobson. They did
IT.
Sergeant, put in Rosenthal. 'as . matter
of fact this man hit me first, and 1 only
went at him In self defence" .
The Poillons, who were in the back OF
the station, giggled at this.
That's 40" ohimed In Baum and Gold.
smith, he only vent at him in self Incidence
Its true, I hit him first admitted
jacobson. but he deserved 1t, and, anyway,
that's no reason for them all coming at
me. I want them all arrested
And we want him arrested on our
complaint" said Goldsmith.
Baum the paoificator saw his chance them
"Say, Jacobson he began, what are we
doing here, anyway? This is no place for
us to be and It won't do any Of us q bit OF
good. First thing you know the news
"fWeli,' said Jacobson, Il don't caro-
I've got nothing against you and II you
want to drop it all I'm willing
The Poillons made a dash for the sub
way then, and the -four lawyers went on to
Park row, all talking at once.