The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-06
POLICE ROUT |. ". W.;
MESER0LE ARRESTED
Brooklyn Lawyer Tries TO Ad-
dress Crowd-Freed in
Night Court.
JUDGE CALLS 1T OUTRAGE
Agitator Caught and Idle Army
Kept on Move on Nc
Kay's Orders.
JUDGE CALLS 1T OUTRAGE

Darwin J. Meseroie. a prominent Brook.
Ign lawyer. was arrested In Rutgers
to riot
His arrest followed that OF Theodore
Freedman. q Boston waiter. who earlier
had tried to address a crowd OF I. W. w.
sympathizers In opposition to tho orders
Of the police.
Meseroie was discharged By Magistrate
Ton Eyck In night court He explained
he had received permission to speak and
had been arrested when he referred to
the unemployed" The Magistrate re-
ferred to the arrest AS "a piece Of high
handed business"
Freedman, who made a speech to the
court saying the city should support him
because he was out OF work. was fined
w. The fine was paid by q man who de-
clined To give his name
The arrests were made on orders from
Commissioner Mckay to prevent any
w. w. sympathisers from making
speeches in the streets or parks.
Meserole arrived ut the square about 8
O'Clock and approached Lieut.. McAuliffe
OF the Madison street station. stationed
there with dosen policemen to stop
l. w. w. meetings. He asked permission
TO address the men who were standing
around.
The lieutenant explained his orders.
Meserole said he was not an l. w. w. but
simply wished to invite the men to the
socialist meeting In Cooper Union. Nc
Au'iffe permitted him TO speak. but says
Meserole violated his promise.
1t doesn't make any difference"
Meseroie said to the crowd that quickly
gathered. whether you are an l. W. W.
49,. A.
right OF free speech a young man named
Freeman was arrested here a short time
ago."
Police Take Him In.
That was enough for McAuiifre, who
stopped the speaker and despite his pro-
tests ordered Patro!man Ko.sin to take
s S,e, man to the Madison street station.
stiI' protesting. Meserole was hurried to
the station. where he said he lived at ass
washington avenue. Brooklyn.
Meserole was graduated from the New
York law school In 1900. In 1891 h.
was acquitted OF the murder of Theodore
Larbig. whom he killed when the man
was abusing woman. He was defended
by William J. Gaynor. He devoted him
SELF to the study Of law and became sue
cessful. For Q time ne was manager of
the Brooklyn City Mission.
Freedman. who was picked by the in.
visible leaders Of the Industrial Workers
to take the place Of Frank Tannenbaum
VINO was held BY Magistrate Freschi in
1880 for examination to-day on q charge
OF attempting to incite riot, was locked
up last evening In the Madison street sta
ton after he had tried to speak in Sew
ard Park. He was charged with disor-
derby conduct
FreeMas DPaves Police.
h. "a.
young man. had been driven away from
Rutgers Square by Lieut.. McAuliffe. He
slipped into Seward Park. near by, and
gathered crowd Of sympathi1era
just AS he started a speech Patrolman
kolsin grabbed him and hurried the young
man away to the police station.
The husky policemen remained on duty
the greater part OF tho evening in Rut-
gers Square and In Seward Park. They
had orders to keep the crowd moving and
to permit no I. w. w. agitator to speak
They were told to use their clubs IL nee
essary to prevent rioting or invasion Of
churches
The Industrial Workers tried to make
capital out Of the wholesale arrests OF
the previous evening by having circulars
printed announcing a meeting for 6 80
In Rutgers Square. The circular said:
Parsons politicians and philanthro-
pists have talked about your misery for
still homeless, destitute. starving Now
lst US get together and see what We can
do for ourselves. The !. w. w. will lead
the way"
The police had received copies Of the
circular and whenever a few persons gath
cred in Rutgers Square or near by they
promptly were told to move on.
Hard to Place Prisoners.
The problem Of arraisrninx tho 100 ,~..
SONS who were arrested ON Wednesday
night as the result OF the invasion led by
Tannenbaum on the Church OF st. Alphon-
sue gave the Magistrates and Katherine
Il. Davis, Commissioner OF Correction,
much trouble yesterday. Miss Davis dis
trib,ted the prisoners among the various
stations for the night.
When Tannenhtum was arrai6ned in
the Jefferson Market court in the morn
ing many i. w. W. sympathizers were