The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-20
DOPEY BENNY'S GANG
DRIVEN FROM COURT
staggering Gunner COwed by
Old Attendants Slaps
and Jabs.
JURORS NAMES SECRET
Judge Malone Takes Prccau.
tiOns to Protect Them
From intimidation.

East side gangsters. followers ant
friends Of Dopcy Benny Fein, ovorran tn
Criminal Courts Building yesterday whe'
the gang leader was brought to trial fo
assault elbowed Judge Malone. crowded
Part ". OF General Sessions and dis
turped the orderliness Of several court
with their bossting and Dragging ant
threats.
Although there we're half a dozen uni
formed policemen in the corridors. not q
mention Lieut.. Honest Dan Costlgan an'
some OF his strong arm squad who wer'
in the building on gang business. It wa!
left 10 the pluck and decision Of one
court officer. Capt. Billy sullivan, heaC
Of the court squad of Part ~. to COW
the staggering eangsters. Capt. Sulliva'
IL no longer "a young man. but he CAT
move fast and hit hard
1ncensed at the impudence OF the gang
Capt Sullivan delayed going into actor
until he escorted Judge Malone from tn
elevator on the Lafayette street side %
the building to the bench In Part ~
Then he swung back to the corridor
where the cigarette smoke WAS only
shade less blue than the language of tn,
gengsters. He charged into the crowd
with both arms going like falls.
''Get out ~ no ordered. GO on. Nov
fastr'
Gaugster's Laugh Fades Fast.
A youth with good clothes and la,
eye sneercd at the captain and tossed a
him an epithet which usually means trou
Bile in all kinds OF society. The clus
tered ganCsters laughed derisively. Sulli
aap Ia, eh., al da
and the sneering gangsters head bumpec
the marble tagging of the corridor. on
of his kind menaced Sullivan and wa
slapped so hard in the face that his true
ulence oozed out in a whine.
Tho court captain, single handed ra!
the gangsters from the corridor drivir-
them like sheep. and not one had TN
tenerity TO l!nger and risk a blow or :
slap They fled into Centre street, ours
ing and threatening. MS visitors In h'
building. who had seen the very practice
demonstration ~ how TO deal with gang
sters. clapped their hands and cheerc,
Sullivan. The captain. gru'nhlng "N"
the upset in the orderly routine of cour
business. walked back To- Part ". rub
bling the knuckles of his right hand.
Possibly the gangsters attempted
demonstration In favor OF Benjamin Fem
Dopey Benny. had something to do witt
lone after the jury which is 10 try the
gang leader was chosen. The Judg" de
clined to make public the names of IN,
turymen and sent them to their home
under the strictest OF orders that they
mus, not discuss the Fem case with an!
one and that they must report 10 IN
court if any one attempts to discuss th'
case with them.
Jurors. Names Kept secret.
I, was not doubted by Assistant DIS
tr.ct Attorney Colllgan or tho court Off
Gers tina. the Dopey Benny gang. furious
over tho new, prosecution Of the leader
vino escaped trial for murder only few
DAYS ago, would attempt 10 frlGnten oi
overawc jurors. Therefore Il was deemed
prudent to keep their names secret until
the taking of testimony begins. which inaI
be this afternoon II the calendar Is cleared
IN time.
When Dopey Benny was discharged by
Coroner F.inberg on account OF lack OF
evidence To impicate him in the muir
der of Frederick Straus, he took a bottle
of wh!skey from an inside pocket, tppe,
Il to his lips, Coo!ly asked Assistant l'is
trict Attorney Deacon Murphy to have &
drink and boosted that the polio. hadn'
heen able to get him and that they
wouldn't be able 10 get him. Consequently
two indictments tn. first that he ~
saulted Police Sergeant Patrick T.. Sher
dan on August ., 1919 and. second tina
he was guilty later OF carrying a revolver
the toughs of tho East Sida focked Il
the Criminal Courts Building ycsterda,
morning ready to carry out the hulldoz!ni
tactics OF their misunderstanding witness
with threatening looks.
Doggy Benny Ia the TOMbs.
Judge Malone shocked the gaagstcrs h'
.ecalling Feins bail, $1,000 In all. AM
committing Fein to the TOmbs. Al
though his counsel. Charles -. +. Wahis
protested. the Judge held firm. Whel
by gangsters, who plucked his coat an,
demanded news Of their leader. They fol
owed tho lawyer for blocks and We're s.
tnsistent that he had 10 drive them from
him.
Assistant District Attorney CDllisan sat
tnat he would call tn. attention Of Judg
Malone formally to the presence in cour
Of many men Of known bad record
ur OF suspicious character. and that N
would ask the Judge to deal specficall
with what was obviously an oIpinous sit
uation. There wer. at least eight men il
the gangster throng VINO have police rec
ords, and a dozen others We're recognize
rs men who have been In gang fights.
No attempt was made by the police yes
terday to "frisk' these men, althoug
some of them have the reputation of heini
gun carriers and gun fighters.