The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-25
IN FRONT
OF HOUSE OF
DEATH
That Policeman
Used Undue Force In
Dispensing Crowds.

Residents of North Canal street
hocked to the First Precinct Court
this morning to hear the trial of Max
Rosen, of Is North Canal street, who
was charged with lettering in the street
named and who was arrested after
much difficulty by Policeman weippert,
of the First Precict station, who was
semi to the scene of the arrest by Desk
4 Sergeant Caffrey to clear the street Of
a crowd that gathered last night
around 81 North Canal street, the home
of Edward Kleinman, who was
drowned at coney Island Tuesday.
Rosen was found guilty of lettering
in the public street n unlawfully in
terfering with people about their BUSH
ness. He had pleaded not guilty to the
charge, and called two witnesses to
testify that he was arrested wrong
fully.
After hearing his story and the story
of the policeman. Judge Howell said
there was enough evidence to convict
and found him guilty, but suspended
sentence, as 1t was the first time that
Rosen was arrested.
Several women on the street inter-
fered with the policeman while he was
making the arrest, and some of them
say that he deliberately struck them
with the strap attached to his club.
The police board may be called on to
investigate those allegations.
Weippert, who is regarded as one of
the best officers connected with the
precinct, was sent to North Canal street
by Desk Sergeant Caffrey after the lat
ter had received a telephone call that
there was a large crowd in front of
the house where the body of the Klein
man boy lay.
Weippert testified that he went to
the house and that there was a large
crowd there when he arrived. Rosen,
he said, was on the steps, and he re-
uuested him four times to move on.
The policeman claims that the man
refused to move, and called him "a
dirty bum,'' "a loafer' and a CRATER"
Weippert then grabbed the man by
the arm and say he started to push
him through the crowd to a police
patrol box when several women inter-
fered and the crowd surrounded him.
He was obliged to force his way
through the crowd, and in doing so
several boys began to throw garbage
at him. Others ran in front of him
and one woman, whom he does not
know, interfered physically.
Rosen denied calling the policeman
names, saying that the bluecoat started
all the trouble and that he vas a block
away from the crowd when the officer
grabbed him and told him TO move. He
told the court tina the policeman called
him a dirty Jew"
Rosen said that he was requested by
the father of the late Edward Kleinman
to go after a policeman to get the crowd
away from the house where the body lay.
He said he went after a bluecoat and
found Policeman Thomas Wilson on his
post at the corner of and Null
berry streets. The latter told hin a
policeman was on the way then. Rosen
further told the court that he returned
to his own house. He said that the crowd
was a block away when the policeman
appeared. and ordered him to move on.
He said he was standing In his own door
way at the time.
Max Feldman and David Yevvav, who
were witnesses for Rosen, testified that
Rosen was In his own doorway, but they
did not know whether Rosen had called
the policeman names or not.
Nc little excitement was caused by the
arrest of Rosen. Threats were made against
the officer and the GROVE of Jewish peo-
pie hemmed him in on all sides. Several
threatened to bring the policeman before
the Police Board on charges.
Mrs. Leila Miller saw the arrest and
started to ask the release of the man. This
the officer refused to do. She claims that
he grabbed her by the arm with much
force and ordered her to move on. Mrs.
Miller further said that Weippert's breath
smelled of liquor when he grabbed her by
the arm. Mrs. Miller charged the officer
with striking several women and children
with the strap Of his club.
Miss Dora Friedman, sweetheart of Ed
ward Kleinman. who was standing on the
steps of the Kleinman house, said she was
hit by the policeman's strap.
Chief OF Police Corbitt, when asked about
the report of the policeman's mistreatment
of the women and children, said that he
did not believe that the policeman did as
he was charged by the women.
North Canal street Is a bad place for
any officer to make an arrest" said the
chief. For years policemen have found 1t
impossible to bring a prisoner through the
crowds of residents of that section"
The chief said he thought the officer only
did his duty in arresting the man and
moving the crowd on.
Captain Ryan, of the First Precinct.
said that he is repeatedly receiving re-
quests to have North Canal street cleared
of people who oongregate there. He spoke
very highly of Policeman Weippert this
morning, saying that the statements made
about the officer were undoubtedly grossly
exaggerated.
smelled of liquor was found to be untrue,
as he is one Of the few policemen in the
city who neither smoke or drink.