Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-10
Beat Citizen Against
Whom No Charge
Was Made, but Are
Not Suspended.
mot PROVED GUILTY YET"
EXPLAINS CHIEF cORBITT
Case Kept Quiet for Whole
Month, but Captain vogel, OF
Fourth Precinct, Denies Any
Attempt to "Hush 1t Up

Although charges OF oru'aii.y ""
been preferred against Policemen
william NJ. Flynn and William r.
Cannon. of the Fourth precinct, those
two men have not been suspended.
They we're on duty as usual iast
night and will be on duty again to-
night. In fact, Captain Oscar Vogei'
their superior officer, is stanoing
back Of them in spite of his admis-
sion that Charles Hetz, whom they
attacked with their nightsticks and
left beaten, bleeding and unconscious,
was at no time placed under arres'
and that at no time did any charge
stand against the
Chief of Police Corbitt, when X
WHY the two policemen were not sus-
pended, asserted hat it had not been
proven they we're guilty of anything
rs it then customary" he was
asked, when policemen are charged
with brutally assaulting a citizen, for
them to continue on active duty ana
draw the city's none as honorable
employees"
"Why, there Is nothing to prove
these men were guilty of anything.
There IL simply one mans word that
he was assaulted. Often I nave
known of cases where q man In q
mix-up would infict q wound on
himself"
"But it was stated by Patrolman
FLYNN at the hearing Thursday" the
chief was reminded, that In the
.muss' Policeman Cannon inflicted a
wound on Hetz's head"
"I didn't hear it."
.Not only that. ofhcer Flynn testt-
fed that he and Cannon were invit-
ed into Kinast's saloon by q MOTOR
man 10 have a drink. and Flynn fur
Their stated that he took wine anu
se1tzer and thai Cannon had a beer
nWeI1. you got a whole lot more
nj the hearing than I did. In this
case nothing has been proven, ana
have no authority to suspend these
men. In fact, that was only an ex-
animation and IL should have been
private. If I had had anything to
do with II and IL there had been
forty newspapers here L wouiuht
have let anybody In"
The Police Board, having nearu
d Hetz's charges, is considering whether
Flynn and Cannon shall be placed on
trial.
Await Investigation.
According to the statement issued
by the police commissioners. that
body reserved decision as to whether
or not Policemen Flynn and Cannon
should be placed on trial for. pru-
tally assaulting Hetz, who is a 1ewei-
err and proprietor of a delicatessen
store at 500 Springfield avenue. in or
der that they might carefully investi-
rate the case to determine the very
noints cleared up by Captain Vogei
10 the Evening Star, that is. that the
man was never placed under arrest
and that there never had been a
charge preferred against him. Flynn
swore Hetz was arrested. ~,
.yogel was seen last night In MS
office in the Fourth precinct poiict
station by an Evening Star reporter
who had gone there to try to find ou'
WHY the assault was hushed up FOL
one month, and why, when Hetz was
summoned to appear at the station
house. he was ushered into the cap
tain's private office and grilled behind
closed doors.
The interview with the captain was
given at s:42 o'clock last night and
the captain grouped around him -four
men in civilian clothes, said to be
plainclothes policemen used by him.
Never Any Charge.
what was the charge against
Hetz?" the reporter asked.
aThere was never any charge
against the man" replied the captain
was Hetz ever placed under ar
rest?"
eHe never was placed under arrest.
"why did the officers enter Hetz't
home?"
ASK Judge Herr"
AS on yesterday, the captain seemed
quite satisfied with this reply.
He was asked further:
Denies Hush Attempt.
swhy did you state in the presence
of Hetz and his counsel, &C. Deubei.
we don't want the reporters to get
hold of thisg"
81 never made such a statement
"Mr. Hetz and Mr.. Deubel said
you did"
We'll l did not.
why was the case suppressed for
exactly n month";
ut was not suppressed"
mo knew of the affair
until it was called before the commits
sioners."
81 can't help that
At this juncture the conversation
was brought to an abrupt end to
turn out the night squad, among
whose men were Policemen Flynn
and Cannon. whose confession that
they. while on duty and in full uni
form, entered the saloon of Henry
Kinast. South Tenth street and
Springfield avenue, with a motorman,
and Flynn drank a glass of wine
and seltzer'' and Cannon "a beer
has been utterly ignored by the COM
missioners to the present time, al
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