Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-15
ASSA|[ANTS OF
BLUECCAT HEARD
Gaelic Football Players from
New York Arraigned-Police-
man in Serious Condition.

! Counsel for the football players
who We're arrested for assaulting a
policeman at the Pennsylvania rail-
road last night insisted on an exami
nation in the First Precinct Court
late this afternoon. Joseph A. Bern
hardt appeared for the squad of
prisoners, whose treatment Of Police
man Stoelberg, of the First precinct,
caused him to be confined at his
home in a serious condition.
Stollberg suffers from concussion of
the brain, severe bruises and cuts
about the face and other injuries to
his body. He is confined to his
home under the care of his family
physician.
A number of the men arrested are
members of the Kilkenny G. A. A., of
New York, which association sent a
team to this city yesterday to meet
the Four Provinces Gaelic Club in
Gaelic football game on the Asylum
oval, South Orange avenue.
About a dozen of them had gath
cred at the Market street station of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Two of
them engaged in an argument and
some roughness followed, which re-
suited in the breaking of a window
in the station and causing much an
noyance to other persons gathered in
the station.
Stollberg was standing in front of
the station talking to Bernard Brady,
a citizen. Someonet old him q fight
was in grogress in the east-bound
station and he hurried there He
found two of the men in a fight and
attempted to place one under arrest.
He was Immediately attacked by three
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club and gun from him, knocked him
to the ground and kicked him in the
face.
Someone sent in a riot call by tele-
phone to the First precinct and Act
ing Captain Caffery dispatched the
patrol to the scene with q half-dozen
officers. Clubs were drawn by the Of
ficers who went into the crowd, TAX
ing a half-dozen prisoners.
Others were arrested later in res
taurants and cafes.
Stollberg was badly beaten. He re-
fused, however, to go to the hospital
and requested that he be taken home.
Before this was done, however. he
identified three persons, Phelan, Han,
rahan and Welsh as the three men
who led the attack on him.
Later Police Surgeon Clark exam
ined Stollberg and reported him to be
suffering from what he believed to be
concussion of the brain, besides lacer-
ations, cuts and bruises about the
face, head and body.
Stollberg's club was found in the
police patrol after the prisoners had
been taken to the station house. 1t is
believed 1t was in the possession of
one of his alleged assailants, who
dropped it when in the patrol. The
officers pistol was found in the rail-
road station.
In speaking of the case to Judge
Hahn today, Attorney John A. Bern
hardt. representing the defendants,
declared that never once had any of
the men arrested in connection with
this case been arrested before. He
said many of them were married and
had families and that others were
a number who had absolutely no
connection with the alleged assault
at all.
Attorney Bernhard objected siren
uously to the working of the COM
plant which set forth that PheIan,
Hanrahan and Welsh did assault
Stollberg, causing his coneussion of
the brain. He said that there was
nothing before the court to show that
the complainant was suffering from
concussion of the brain. The court,
however, held to the complaint