The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-02
With Policemen Gone One
Magistrate Mas to Make
Arrest himself.
NEW ATTENDANTS GREEN
IN One Court woman Guards
Herd OF Prisoners Law
yers Jubilant.

? Prom Pr ham 10 Far RuckaNay tho
Magistrates offered thanks Yesterday hat
a. over ght rain hat thirrei tho crop
of ev,l'o~r- Tho rev ufsrior courts
law which remove 7so policemen from
the polio" courts ard rsce,sitatel other
radical cha. Res tr the oil or lsr % thlr -
cause the "a - much a"royarCe on Tho
fret day - - workirES
wh"r" half a Gozen = ,licemsr eXperi-
~ col nv the ruutli hal e7forcal order
with a frown or a hfts fir ger a pair Of
green civilian attsrdar - were urable 70
herd the loirerers ard split nut goats from
sheep without noise 49, confusion Mag
istra'-s. rev after ia7ts. policemen 10.
liveri"E rrIsorer- n IN" court Trrs were
alike veNei over problems which epic. J.
from the fact that r"ough time hal rot
tsen sllowel hetwcc7 the pa-si1g Of the
obi Law ard tn" irsugura,ion - the rev
Co irstitu'e the rev mPChir"ry.
| Frequently the Judges hal tn act a.
their own policeme' Orc 81 them found
lit necessary to step Of the bsrch ard
arrest a ula". sftcr which he resume his
seat ard parolcl his priGorcr. The IL
eNrrrierce a,terd darts Tirel win u-oe--
expected of them. 81 II was cumbe7t
upon the judges 20 act as their owr court
criers. hailir 9 Witnesses from the crowd.
Two a'te~dants f0urd " iu0ossible to
pIari s-trar ces. ai"lef. bri &c a-d Per.
witch witnesses before the Magistrate
ard atte-d TO tho Go re othc~ thi-g
their jobs made them re.pors ible for
so the voices Of the Magistrate wero
| often raise to shouts ard their ghvels
fell hard ard 7ofreN PoliccmeH bringing
cpyeys Of malefaCtors wrir kle their
| foreheads irving ~ puzzle out & way to
J take ore prisore~ tcfoVe tho ia &c and
. leave thre, oT four ur gulr'oi IN the psn.
/ Tn" only set Of individuals who ap-
| peaTcd to 10 quite Carefrro and happy
| wer. the police court LAWYERS and tho
/ inevitable crowds ~ sensation sNek"rs
and court hangers on. The lawyers
swarTned as they pleased IN IN. absence
of the policemcn. aud the lnltereTs over
ran nails and court rooms for the same
reason Later, when the attendants have
been brought up tn fun quota and they
become faInniar with the Intricacies %
the work the new law will work well.
the Magistrates think
| In none Of the courts has the bridge
been removed and in few ~ them have
chairs end tables for witnesses and
lawyers been substituted Rooms have
not been Sni asid" generally FOR the court
clerks and their records The court at
! PENDANTS have not procured uniforms yet.
hut they are going Ia get measured az
once 80 the Magistrates will be able TO
puck them from the crowd.
When Magistrate O'Connor took the
bench in the Harlem police court yester-
day morning he found disciplinary
force oi three men in place of Lieut.
Brady and ten uniformed policeman.
Only one Of the three. Joseph Hickey.
formerly probation officer TO Magistrate
Hrrh-u. knew anything about court
business Oi she others. Michael J. FlAn-
nelly had come from a business house
and Jer" She~han had been a bathhouss
attendant
ASA NJ dozen policemen were
waiting with prisoners in the court pen.
lrit there was no attendant on hand 20
guard N" prisoners while the policemen
testified There were no attendants for
bridge gate corridors. main aisle OF
clerks room.
This j. very distressing said Magis-
trntr O'Counor as he took his snat Its
a mighty good thing that We had 4 rainy
night
A. clock Hickey was the only ons ~
the three attendants on the job Flannelly
came along presently AID was ordere'
to act as p@n keeper Sheehan drifted in
and was set To watch the gate The Magis-
trate stationed Hickey on tho hridg" and
the days business hogan With th. ar
rangement the court managed to gee
through the day
Magistrate CorTiRan IN the Morris9Hia
court had to act a. his own cop. Tn" si'ua-
lion which necess ltlted this W.. pro-
duced when Herman SteinkaTp % l7l2
Anthony avenue came into court and
said that "" wanted Ia suTrnndsr himself
A w. an named Alma Ninkler had com
planned thst Stcirkamp slaId"red Eef-
MngiaIrat" CorrlRnn. knowing that his
attendants did NOT have polio" iih"-ity
and seeing that thor" VS. no pChrnWtn
10 court nj th" time. raid.
Tn. only drawhn"k Mr. St"inEarp.
u that I have no policeman 2" "'T--s
YOU suppose ! en- the only p"rS"n 10
court who has police authority There
fore. IL Won will pardon mo. shall step
from the bench and assurn" o." di'ie'
ola policeman
~. left h,- chair. formally "rT'-'ed
S,einkamp. resumed hi- s"n' and faid.
You have he.n So homes a'.7u' TINS
thing that will Tar"l" you mhl TO-
morrow
Magistrate Corrigan worried throhga
IN. ,iav with y stan of Two civilian attend
ants He PLACED Oliver Farley TO Keep
IN. spectators in order and aSsiGned Will
iam y shannon 20 guard the gate Tbs