Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12
POLICE BRUTALITY
CHARGE MADE BY
ANOTHER CITIZEN
dubbed and Kicked
in Cell, Declares
VIM. Boomer.
DRAGGED TO JAIL ON
FALSE CHARGE, HE SAYS
Woman Companion Arrested
Suffered Shock-Accused
Cop Faces Damage Suit.

of alleged police brutality.
William Bloomer, of 514 Springneio
avenue. through his counsel, Cnaries
Hood. with offices in the Pruoentiai
building. will. within a few Gays
serve Policeman Frank Miller, OF tne
Fourth precinct, with a suit for so'ooo
for an assault alleged "
have taken place in the station mousse
when Bloomer was being locked up
on the charge of being drunk anu
d~isorderly. A similar charge was also
preferred against Mrs. Lucy Heirieie'
Mr.. Boomers housekeeper, ana shee
was also made a prisoner.
According to Policeman Miller, the
charge of being rdunk was later re-
moved from the police blotter, but
both were hned in court-o on the off,
GERS complaint that they were loiter-
ing.
Accuse Policeman.
Miller further stated that he and
his family lived in the same apart
ment house at 1853 Avon avenue Win
Bloomer and his h~ousekeeper, and
thai he had Mrs. Helrigle summoned
to court for a difficulty she had with
his wife. He also stated that within
a few months Mr.. Bloomer and Mrs.
Helrigle were dispossessed from sew
eral apartments.
This story was in a n corrop-
grated by Mr.. Bloomer and Mrs. Hell
rigle, but their contention is that
Miller told them that he would make
it 'hot" for them and that as a re-
suit he has bounded. and prosecuted
them ever since making the threat,
and that 1t was through the police
mans untiring efforts that they had
moved so frequently.
The policeman denies that he COM
mitteG any assault on Bloomer in the
.-lioll house, AMI says whatever II
juries Bloomer received were caused
by him having to drag his Irisvher
20 the cali box, and In that manner
Bloomer might have been bruised on
his left side.
C~ontradicting this statement is that
of DR.. Louis H. Robinson, of SEQ Ber-
gen street, which is to the effect that
when he vas called in to attend Mr..
Bloomer he found him suffering great
pain and in a serious condition..
"When 1 examined Mr.. Boomer"
Dr.. Robinson said today, IT found
several Commissions on his left side,
and he was suffering intensely. AT
first l thought that he had sustained
a fractured rib. but 1t later developed
thai this was not the case, though a
last of pleurisy developed and Mr..
Bloomer was under my constant care
for at least one month, and then VS.
tied my office at frequent intervals
for some time, always complaining of
an acute pain when he said he had
been kicked by the policeman.
Woman Suffered Shock.
4 Il have known Mr.. Bloomer for
many years. and have always found
him to be a sober, Industrious and re-
liable man in every respect. The
fact that he has been employed by
Clark & Company for about twenty
five years, about twenty of which he
has been foreman, is quite a good
character reference.
Sat the time of this afyest l was
also called in to attend Mrs. Hell
rigle. Her condition was also seri-
GUS. She was suffering from hysteria.
which was attributed to the shock
and humiliation of being arrested and
held a prisoner all night
In speaking of his arrest and the
assault made upon him by Police
man Miller, Mr.. Bloomer said:
1.-THE trouble was the result of a
dificulty between Mrs. Miller and
Mrs. Helridgle when we lived in the
same house at'16S Avon VENUE. They
had some slight difficulty. which re-
suited in the two families not speak
ing.
About 10 o'clock on the night of
October 9 Mrs. Heiridgle n myself
were walking on the street when
Policeman Miller approached. Mrs.
Helrigle mistook for some one else
and spoke to him.
Miller is alleged to have replied:
"You have a - nerve"
MI. Bloomer interceded and asked:
"what's the matter with your
eco on, or / will lock you both
up Miller is said to have replied.
says He Was Choked.
At this juncture Mr.. Bloomer claims
that Miller grabbed him by the
throat, tore his collar off and choked
him severely. A call was sent in for
the patrol wagon, though the diff
Guilty OccuTTeu Wltull Three DiOckS
of the Fourth precinct station-house,
n Mr.. Bloomer and Mrs. Helrigle
were taken to the station, where
charges of drunk and disorderly
conduct were preferred against both
OF them. Mrs, Helrigle was locked
in the witness-room for the night.
and Miller relieved the doorman for
this particular job. and he himself
locked MIR. Bloomer up. AS the two
neared the cell door, Mr.. Bloomer
says that Miller sstruck him a terrific
blow in the face. telling him to the
floor, and while down was kicked
several times in his left side, Just
over the apex of his heart. causing
him great pain and suffering for the
remainder of the night. vi
The next morning the two were
arraigned in court. and Mr.. Bloomer
was fined $40 and Mrs. Helrigle was
fined S., Notwithstanding their pro-
testations that they were not the
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