The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-14
POLICEMAN WHO
BEAT MAN IN HALL
SCORED IN COURT
Magistrate Breen Tells Finnen
That Story He Tells Is
impossible"
PRISONER GOES FREE.
Victim of Brutal Clubbing Will
Take Case to Commits
Sioner Bingham.
PRISONER GOES FREE.

when Joseph n Koran. a salesman
and demonstra,or for the Iozer Auto
mobile Co who was brutally beaten
| in the hallway Of his home at No. 3o2
West Fitty.frst street yesterday
morning by Policeman William J Fin
men, Of the West Forty seventh street
station, appeared again to-day before
I Magistrate Rreen I'M the West Side
| Court. the policeman who had attacked
him renewed his appeal that the pris-
oner be held
Finnen who Is a hugo, burly. red
faced policeman, pleaded that the
slender prisoner and TIorans delicate
looking friend Edward Norman, a bill
clerk for Park & Tilford. had threat
ened to beat him fFnnonl whereupon
In defending himself he had beaten
Koran with his club, so that thirteen
stitches had to he taken in his face
Finnen didn't hav" n scratch
Not ony did Magistrate Brecn again
refuse TO hold the much-sbused wis
account OF the assault and lndorsed II
As the true version. liorans employers
have taken the matter up with Deputy
Commissioner Baker, and a record Of
the proceedings before Magistrate Broer
Will be read by Gen. Bingham.
Weak from Loss OF Blood
When arraigned yesterday Koran was
10 weak from shock and loss Of blood
that he could give only a faint ou,ln
OF wha, happened. Nor Was hts friend
Norman in court 20 back up his story.
Norman said to-day that he and
Koran had been dining in restaurant
Until after midnight.
They arrived at the vestlhule Of
Horan's home little before O'Clock.
As they were discussing something
the were Interested in they stepped
inside the vestihule % finish Their talk
1t was very cold outside
I'VE mad been talking a5ou, two
minutes said Norman, when this
policeman here came 20 the door and
raped on the window. Koran opened
the door to let him in, whereupon he
instantly attacked us. That is he
threw himself on Koran and struck
hin In the face With his club. He
pounded him and pounded him with
his club until Thought sure" he'd
Kill hin, and. although badly fright
snei myself I managed % set tho club
from him, and run up 10 the roof,
where | threw It off INTO back ard
was too frightened to so back 10
Koran, 80 escaped 10 the street
through another house and went home,
Second Policeman Arrives.
Meanwhile Finnen continued 10 pound
and maui the little automobile salesman.
He was so engaged when Policeman
Cookery arrived.
when the other policeman came"
said Koran to-day. this man Finnen
stopped beating me. Cookery looked
down at me and said: Say. Flnuen,
don't you think you'd better take this
imam to the hosptal' He looks as il he'd
need n doctor
ITO hell with him and to hell With
doctors said this policeman. Then he
added: To hell with hospital: III
finish him; III kill him" He was fairy
aging, Judge, and | think he'd have
killed me II that other policeman hadn't
come along and made him take me TO
the hospital"
Flnnen then elaborated the story he
had told yesterday.
He said that when he went to the
hallway where Koran and Norman were
chatting the two men sprang upon him,
Saying. Lets beat up this policeman"
Then they pinioned my arms tn my
side and took my club away from me.
II did not strike this man. He might
have been hit IN the scuffle.
Collar az Evidence.
Then the big policeman produced q
collar, which he said had been torn
from his neck by his two puny but
desperate asailants Magistrate Breen
looked at the collar. and said: That's
an old collar that has been broken in
wearing None OF these men here tore
that collar I'd be ashamed OF myself
TO try and offer such evidence as that
I'm court" Then, as a final ruling In
THE case, Magistrate Brsen said:
ut is quite certain that the defend
amt Koran had a perfect right to be
where he was. inasmuCh as he lived