The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22
OFFICIALS CLASH
OVER SUPPOSED
INSANE PRISONER
Rynold Breninger Has Been
Locked Up Since Monday,
and Police Are Puzzled.

Rynold Breninger, 35 years old. who
gave his address as 103 Howard street,
was arrested in that vicinity last Mon
day morning about 1:40 a. m. by Patrol
mar Stadelman, of the Fourth Precinct.
Breninger is not known at the How
ard street address.
Stadelman found the man lettering on
the streets and took him TO the station
house. Breninger, on examination by
the desk officer. was unable to Civ any
account of himself. and was locked up
pending an examination by DIR. j. Henry
Clark, the physician of the police de-
partment.
DR.. Clark was notified by the officers
in charge of the precinct that Breninger
was there and ready for examination
After calling OF Monday morning Or.
Clark has not again visited the pris-
oner, according to the police officials.
Captain Vogel, of the Fourth Pre-
cinct, today took steps to find out
what was to become of the man, who
has been in the police station lookup
since Monday morning. captain
Vogel's contention is that the police
have no funds to pay the expense of
prisoners held at stations for ny
greater length of time than is neees-
sary 10 establish their guilt or inno-
cence. He took the matter up with
Headquarters. and it is understood that
DIR. Clark will be asked to explain why
prisoners are allowed to langrish in
station houses for so long, pending
their transfer to either the Overlook
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the reception of patients who have q
legal residence in this county. or to
the Morris Plains State Asylum, where
non-residents of the county are con
signed.
1t is over this question that the hitch
between DIR. Clark and the police de
rartment comes. A patient for Over
brook hospital is taken to that institu-
sson by the auto ambulance attached to
the City Hospital. With patients who
have no legal residence. as in the case
Of Breninger, it is necessary to arrange
for transportation by other as
Morris Plains is too far away to send
the City Hospital ambulance there with
the patients.
City Auditor George w. FormaE
bore but DIR. Clark in his statement
that there were no funds available for
the transportation to Morris Plains of
INDECENT persons. Mr.. Forman said,
though, that there had never been any
question about bills submitted by DR..
Clark for sending such persons to Nor
ris Plains. and that at the present
time a bill had been approved by his
office and would undoubtedly also be
approved by h inanc committee and
passed by the Common Council at its
next meeting for the transportation of
several INDECENT persons recently sent
to the Morris Plains Institution. +
The attention of Judge Herr, of the
Fourth Precinct Police Court, was called
to the Breninger case today by Captain
Vogel. of the precinct. and Judge Herr
was astonfshed to find that an alleged
insane prisoner had been held in the
precinct lookup for almost five days
without trial or examination as to his
sanity. He promised to take the mat
ter up at once with Mayor Haussling
and try and find a remedy for 1t. DR..
Clark, when told of Judge Herr's views,
said that the necessary proceedings in
the case made it impossible to make
proper examination n report on n
prisoner in the position of Breninger in
any other way than The plan he was
following at the present time.