Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-08-10
CLUBBING" COPS
ARE KEPT ON DUTY
mot Proved Guilty Yet" Says
corbitt, Claiming Lack
of Authority.
Continued from First Pngeo

though according to the rules of the
department policemen are forbidden
to not only drink while on duty, but
are not allowed to enter any building
except in discharge of their duty.
Accused Men Silent.
Policeman Flynn when asked for
a statement in regard to the assault
made on Hetz, replied: you got it
all yesterday" and then made a
hasty retreat into the sitting-room.
Policeman Gannon's reply to the
same query was: Nothing to say
Whether 1t is the work of a police
system. or not remains. to be devel-
oped, but the fact remains that GER
tain people familiar with the .eentire
affair refuse to discuss the case in
any manner.
Today Captain Vogel was asked If
the two policemen were suspended.
"They are not he said.
mot Up to Mel. Says yogel.
why not? it usual that when
he is suspended pending an inve-ti-
gation?"
mo, that is up to the police board.
If they want to suspend them, they
can l have nothing to do with it"
Judge Herr was asked why com
plant against the two policemen for
assault and battery was not taken at
the time the case came up in Captain
Vogel's Office. -
Because / wasn't asked to take a
complaint" he replied.
The saloon of kinast was visited by
an Evening Star reporter about I o
M. and he was told by Mrs. Kinast
who was behind the lunch counter:
MIR. Kinast has gone to bed fo1
the night. Some friends were in al
the afternoon, and he is not feeling
we'll"
Hetz Describes Assault.
The night bartender. August Krey-
er, said that at the time of the diff
iculty he was on his vacation, conse
quently he knew nothing of the affair
Several men sitting around the sa-
| loon were asked if they were in the
place on the night of July 9, but each
denied that he was.
/
speech Immediately innpresses one
with his sincerity and truthfulness
went over the entire scene with a
reporter. He showed the alley which
Officer Flynn stated was hardly wia.
enough for two people, and which
by actual measurement, is five feet
| wide.
He repeated his statement made be-
fore the commissioners that he had
/ had "seven or eight or nine glasses ot
beer on the night of July 8, when he
was assaulted by the policemen, an6
to which declaration President
Baader said: Mine glasses of beer
would not make any good Dutchmar
drunk"
Admits Own Fault
He admitted that he had said "nt
more free beer, no more free sand
wiches." and that he did apply a wilt
epithet to the policemen when he saw
them in full uniform drinking at tn,
bar. But he steadfastly denied beinf
placed under arrest, verbally or 9th
erwise, and also strenuousiy denied
that he had any tussle with Police
man Flynn or any one else on th'
| HlEIll III qdc5NiOhs
Mr.. Hetz said that when the police
men followed him through the ale!
they thought he had gone into barn
and while they were searching tn
barn one of them called. Here is th
- and they then came to tn
kitchen door and demanded addnis
sion. While this was going on Het
had removed his coat and vest, an,
|, was sitting on the side of the bed
) and when the officers finally broke Il
tthe door he Wa 8 removing his shoes
, He alleges that Policeman Fly1l
rushed into the bedroom. and not
withstanding the presence of Mrs
Hetz cursed him and then pulled hir
! out into the kitchen, where he wa
confronted by Policeman Cannon
Fred Roberts, an inspector for ii
Public Service Corporation, and an
other civilian, the latter stationin
himself at the kitchen door leadin
into the yard, while Roberts stood /
1.-THE middle of the room, while tn
"muss,' as Flynn termed 1t. wa
! pulled off.
Mrs Hetz stated she was screamir
wildly for help while the assaul
! was going on, and when her hus
band was finally beaten down an
n Ia r. = - T.