Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-05
RAILWAY POLICE
CHIEF IS LIKELY
TO LOSE HIS JOB
Mayor Fyffe Has
Several Charges
Against Ramsey.
SAYS ENUMERATION WAS I
ON ACCOUNT OF POLITICS
Declares Official Was Freed IN
Levy Case by Power OF
Aldermen.
rrrom a star correspondent.l

RAILWAY, Sept. 5.-Exonera'eo oA
charges of brutality and reinstaten
as chief of police, David Fl. Ramsey
today again faces suspension anu
possible dismissal.
Six different charges against MIN
are contemplated by Mayor Thomas
A. Fyffe. who says Ramsey's exon
GRAFTON was due solely to poltics'
In this connection 1t is interesting
to note that the Common Couhch
decision last night was made on d
strictly party vote of to 2. The cnler
is Republican. The eight who ex-
onerated him are Republicans. The
two who voted to find him guilty are
Democrats.
chief Ramsey was charged by
Mavor Fyffe with wilfully maltreat-
ing Sidney Levy, II years ola, OIL
Troph avenue, Avenel, suburb oi
the town.
Grabs Weakest Boy.
revv and others were bathing at
the "Six crossings" near Wooo-
bridge. the boundary line between
Union and Middlesex counties, on
Sunday, August II, last Chlet ram
sew was returning with MS 1ani,iy
from an automobile trip, Wheh ne
went to the spot where thousands
haya ;ndulged in the pastime LOT
years and picked out young Levy
who was the frailest in the crowd
and nlaced him under arrest Mayor
Fvffe had ten witnesses caieo on.
all swore that Levy was hahucuiieu
bv the head of the police department
who struck the boy with ms ns.'
thew testified For the deieise un
chief his wife, sister-in-ia" anu
chauffeur were called. Their seorie'
differed. % lit
r,,,,a and again the crowd OF clu-
obeered the witnesses Tor the
rroseeution and Kissed the cnlei anu
his supporters. xroar.
Iorn,er Governor Foster NJ. VooIr,
80 acted as counsel for the cnieI'
.nd city Counsel Frank popplhs con-
s,,cted the case for the city.
Naor,v three hours were spent III
49,, taLinp of testimony and summins
ord then an adjournment, whicn
.,,os ~ s,,nnosed to be ten minutes ou'
,'.,.io,, developed into three-quarters
of an hour, was 'o a o,,ar
time the City Fathers aeoaleu ~
the testimony, and as TO "iid'
verdict should be- a
When the acting jury re.u.hou
Councilman Cross, hepuuiieah'
moved that vote be taken DO "
whether the chief was gulily vi III
,'aoant Councilman Walker
nosoocrat knew what the verdict
,,,o,ld he and moved an amendment
that the chief be .reprimanoeo ior
abusing Levy. .o,,o,
After a debate the vote was .ahei
The audience Kissed ana oehouNo
the majority.
Creates Much Disorder
coilnan Woke, who had voted
e. exonerate the chief, offered
r,otion that he be directed to use
better judgment in future, ne
crowd broke out again. anu wien
Councilmen Trombley ano "aikei'
the Democrats. declared that ,ie
motion was admitting guilt, the clerh
was forced to threaten to clear the
room IL the noise did not cease.
"It's a regular Scotch verdict, sald
Mr.. walker; 1--WE find you not guiitS
but don't do 1t again.
Mavor Fvffe was granted the floor
and he declared the decision was
far from what it should have peeh.
He pointed to the strong testimony
of well-known citizens. Councilman
Roarke was on his feet and asked
that he be permitted to explain why
he voted for the CHIEF.
"I admit that Levy was maltreateu
hut il was not wilful on the part OF
the chief" said MIR. Roarke.
After the meeting scores who sup
norted the ward representatives de-
cIared that they would oppose them
hereafter. Mayor Fyffe called the
nolice committee, consisting of Coun.
ciln,en Cross, Roarke and Valentine.
together, and despite the protest OF
the trio Mayor Fyffe insisted that
the Star reporter remain.
"I want this thing OPEN shouten
the mayor, as he brought MS hse
down on the table"
Boy Draws sympathy.
The Levy boy was first called.
pale and haggard, due to the fact
that he leaves .Avenel daily at $3.50
m. for New York city. where he is
employed in tailor shop, and returns
at o. M, the year round, he drew
expressions of sympathy from the
crowd. He gave his age as IL years
and told the story of his arrest. He
admitted that he was bathing and
that his only apparel was jersey.
ut was a pretty hot day." he said,
"snd with some friends went to the
svin-ning hole at the Six Cross
ings I hadn't waded in very far
when the chief tapped me on the
shoulder and said You are under ar
rest, l said: All right and he
urged me to dress faster and then put
handouts on me and kept twisting
the chain until l cried. He led me to
the auto and as was about to step
IN one of the women shouted that
she would not ride in it If I was
brought into It, He then struck me
three times in the face and back. of
the head, and the women told him to
stop. He pulled me through the
streets and took a roundabout way
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