Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-05

49,
fined 49,"
On cross-examination Levy was not
upset and in answer to enc question
said: "I was dazed and couldn't
stand on my feet, only the chain
around my wrist held me up"
Samuel and Morris PRAYER, of Ave-
mel street, and Morris Rusnow, of
Hyatt street, companions Of Levy.
c~orroborated the boys story, as did
Tony Shelke.
Peter Fox, a resident of Railway for
fifty years, who a to the
scene from the signal station of the
Pennsylvania railroad with a pickax
said he did not know the chief until
he displayed his badge.
It saw the boy being batted n
knocked about and nearly off his
feet" said Fox. land thought it kind
of brutal and picked up a pickax
and two or three others seized coal
picks and rushed to the rescue"
Say Boy Was Clubbed.
William and Peter Tones, lifelong
residents of the town, who ran to the
swimming hole from the railroad flag
shanty, testified:
1.-The way the boy was being ham
died | thought he was a murderer
said the former.
The latter remarked: Il didn't want
to see the boy dubbed for moth
ing"
William Ware, a prominent bust
ness man, who happened to be watch
ing the youths, repeated the story
of brutality.
Thomas Robinson described the
cruel treatment of the chief to the
how on the way to the station.
ut was the most %atrocious assault
of a nan toward a boy / ever saw
in my life. 1t was abuse of the worst
kind. The chief nearly had the boy
on his knees" declared Richard
Shamp before allowing Mr.. Dobbins
to interfere.
you wouldn't want me to do it to
you," the witness continued, address,
ing the city counsel.
Former Governor Voorhees, cross
examined Shamp and several times
pronounced it "Skamp.' w I
ut Is not Skamp, but Shamp,
shouted the witness, to the amuse-
ment of the crowd.
Edward Toms when called said the
chief could easily have put the boy
under his arms and carried him
away.
Chief Tells His story.
When the chief was called he
testified as follows:
"I was out in my automobile with
T. 49, -- 4-Tl
daughters and chauffeur, and in
rounding the little hill by the school
house coming in from Woodbridge ]
saw the crowd in bathing, and saw
the boy Levy not properly clad. ]
put him under arrest, and when he
became abusive at the auto in the
presence of my folks I slapped him
both ways. That is backward and
forward with my hand.
~ put the cuffs on so the boy
would not make a getaway"
Mrs. Mary j. Ramsey, wife of the
chief, admitted that her husband
struck the boy.
Mrs. Emma Zabriskie, s~ister-in-lav
of the chief, swore that Levy was q
full-grown man and capable oil
breaking away from the chief. Like
her sister, Mrs. Zabriskie said thai
Levy used the most p~rofane language
she ever heard.
Royal Allen. who was acting as
chauffeur, did not hear Levy ust
profanity.
Former Governor Voorhees,, ir
closing, said that Levy was the kind
of a boy the chief had to handcuff.
This boy was violating three or
dinances, and one was indictable. Hs
was violating the law of the lant
by bathing on Sunday" said tn,
chiefs counsel. THE chief is trying
to do his duty, and because he is try.
ing to uphold the law and order vol
are against him."
Wants Law Upheld.
MIR. Dobbins asked that the charges
be sustained. and advised the Coun'
ell to dismiss the chief for the goot
of the community. He termed hin
a IMAM who does not use proper
judgment"
This is a warning and should b,
sufficient. In case of a strike or rio
this man is apt to use a shotgun.
concluded the city counsel.
After the verdict was announced
Mayor Fyffe. amid applause, jumped
to his feet and shouted: IF thii
man was to run in this communit,
for chief he would not get twenty
five votes" 1t was a signal for an
other outburst.
Several citizens shook their fists II
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