The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
IS NOT GUILTY
OF CROWDlNG
PLATFORM
DR.. BOndy Discharged--P Pub
lie Service Aids in His
Prosecution.

That it is the intention of the Public
Service Corporation to aid the authori-
ties in enforcing the trolley platform
ordinance was demonstrated in the
Fourth Precinct Police Court today
when Chauncey Fl. Beasley, one of its
attorneys, took an active part in the
adjourned session of the trial of DR..
Sigmund E. Bondy, of 98 Belmont ave-
nue., who was charged with violating
the ordinance Saturday night while
riding south in Belmont avenue on q
Clifton avenue trolley car by Police
man Kabus. DR.. Bondy was dis
charged.
Mr.. Beasley acted as prosecutor n
stated that a conviction would show
the people of the city that the ordi-
nance stood for something. He argued
strongly that the evidence was suf1-
cient to warrant a conviction, while
George j. Rossbach, who represented
the defendant, claimed tina the city
did not clearly prove its case, and
asked that the charge be dismissed.
Judge Herr commended that DR.. Bondy
did not nave sufficient time to move
entirely from the rear platform, and
on that score discharged the defendant.
'.rbs court has always been much
~intelfsted in assisting officers at all
1infeg, but in this case it is not satis-
ned chat there was a wilful intention
on the part of the defendant to block
ade Che platform. and | find him not
guiltA,' said the court.
Policeman Kabus was a passenger on
the car when DIR. Bondy boarded it. short
ly after s o'clock Saturday night at Mont
sonery street. He had previously ordered
others to clear the platform and com
manded the doctor to do likewise. The
physician and the policeman had some
words. and at Seventeenth avenue, which
is about 200 feet south OF where the doctor
boarded the car. both alighted.
The doctor intended to complain against
Kabus for acting in an u~nbecoming man
ner to Captain Vogel. Kabus notified him
that he was under arrest. The case was
heard in part on Monday and was adj
iourned until yesterday for the purpose OF
allowing the trolley people to explain how
many passengers were on the car when
DIR. Bondy boarded it. 1t was again adj
1ourned until today. when Elias B. vliet,
a local contractor. announced that he was
a passenger on the car and would like to
testify.
at was fortunate for me. or the officer,
that it wasn't me he laid hands on instead
of DR.. Bondy,'' said Mr.. Vliet today, for
II he did Pm afraid my temper would gel
the best of me, and that / would punch
him. l told him that he was not acting
right and to take it easy. but all he said
was Cit in there several times"
The witness related his position in the
car and on cross-eXamination by Mr.. Beas-
ley there was a tilt between them.
THE only mistake the officer made, in my
mind said Mr.. Beasley, was in not ar
resting MI. Vliet, for he was the one who
caused all the trouble, and he partly adj
mits it. | believe that if the policeman
hadn't his hands full he would have made
Mr.. Vliet a prisoner.
Your honor, this case may be distressing
at the outset said Mr.. Beasley, but If
the police will not cooperate with the mo-
tormen and conductors the ordinance will
have no effect. 1t is the policy of the
company to assist the authorities in these
cases, for the public nave demanded that
the platforms be kept clear"
Superintendent B. #. Sparrow, of the
Clifton avenue line, testified that there
were hfty-six passengers credited with hav-
ing paid their fare on the trip when the
trouble occurred.