The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-10
ron RULE WON'T GO.
Magistrate Wahie says Law VIII Deal with
Offenders, Not street Crowds.

Magistrate Wahle i'm the Harlem court
said yesterday: "A man may be a villain
OF the worst kind, but he must be dealt
with according to law. Mob rule won't
go in this city, and the people might just
as well understand IL right now. There has
been too much violence. which sometimes
makes the Innocent suffer. and the instiga-
tors should be punished severely
Three men,. Joseph Connolly Of 937 Fast
Ninety-ffth street. Charles Sorg OF 1923
First avenue and Henry Hoffman of 1857
Second avenue. had been arraigned before
him for leading an attack On George Kestler
OF PA East Twenty-ninth street. Kestler
was accused Of attempting to assault an
eight-year-old girl last Sunday. Msgis-
trate Wahle held them for trial in Special
Sessions. Magistrate Wahle added;
you three men who saw fit to take the
law in your own hands will find out before
you get through that you made a great
mistake. The law must be respected. and
as citizens you had no right to assault
this prisoner. even though his crime was
one Of the worst. l will hold you for in
terfering with an officer in the discharge
Of his duty
Kestler. whose face was b~andaged. was
held in $500 for a hearing.
Tony Tasselle. q years old. an Italian
who was accused Of annoying Angelina
Francesca. Is years old. Of IS Oliver street,
was discharged by Magistrate Kernochan
in the night court last night. Angelina
said that as she was leaving her home yes
terday afternoon Tony said to her:
oh. you're a pretty little girl. as fair as
the moon, but a little pale"
The girls screams were heard by her
brother John. who started after Tony. He
was captured a few blocks away. Tony told
Magistrate kernochan that he had remarked
to the girl that she was pretty and passed
along.
Gabriel Denun jan. a Turk. who runs a
grocery store at 404 West Seventeenth
street, was badly beaten by a crowd of
Italians on sixth avenue yesterday after
noon.
Mrs. Grace II. Ratz of 2O4 West Ninety
eighth street told Magistrate Harris in the
Jefferson Market court that Denunjian
approached an e~ight-year-old girl at Four
teenth street and Sixth avenue and after
speaking TO her pol her into a hallway
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
Mrs. Catherine Merino Of II Blocker street
ran into the hallway and the man ran out.
The girl said he had attempted to assault
her. Mrs. Merino followed the man and a
crowd knocked him down and kicked him.
Detectives Connell and Cohen found the
girl in a tenement at 244 West Tenth street.
She said she was Nora Guinee. The crowd
followedD enun ian to the court and he was
sent to the workhouse for six months.
Mrs. May P~asoale, 81 years old, OF i4O West
Fourth street. celebrated the feast Of st.
Anthony at an uptown church on Thursday
night, and started home rather late. She
was entering the hallway Of her home when
a hand was put over her mouth. She
fought with all the strength at her command
and succeeded in freeing herself. Then
she drew her hair comb and jabbed it into
her assailant's face.
Mrs. Jennie Rosenthsl Of 81 Watkins
street, East New York, was attacked yes
terday afternoon by a negro near her home.
b was carrying a baby and the negro
tried to drag her TO a lot. Acrowd attacked
the negro and before the police rescued him
his clothes had been dragged from his back.
Negroes tried to protect him. but they were
driven on. He was carted away in a bakers
wagon and held for trial.