Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-29
K|NKEAD FAINTS
AFTER ARRESTS
IN DOCTORS CARE
Sheriff of Hudson Breaks
Down After Day of Raids
and Fighting.
Special to the Evening Star.

COUNTY, WIS dIlGSlCh III iociJ OliAC JCS~
terday afternoon by two city detec-
tives on warrant charging him with
assault and battery, despite his pro-
test that the law made him immune
from arrest. The arrest followed sew
eral hours of most active work Of the
sheriff In arresting saloonkeepers.
While he was waiting at police head
quarters for a bondsman he got into
a muss with Acting Chief of Police
Edward M. Griffin and tore Griftin's
coat.
Sheriff Kinkead today is at his
home under the care of a physician.
He is said to have suffered q mental
and physical collapse No one except
his family and closest friends can see
him. 1t is probable that he will be
sent away to recuperate.
His first action was to arrest Dem
mis- O'Connor on the charge that he
had violated the excise laws by hav-
ing his saloon open on election day.
O'Connor was marched to police head
quarters and placed under arrest.
Lewis Frank, saloonkeeper, and
another Progressive Democrat, was
the next victim Of the sheriff. Frank,
who Is a personal friend Of Cronin,
was also placed under arrest, as well
as his bartender, Timothy Condor,
Frank was charged with a violation
of the excise law and Condor with
being disorderly,
Condor was seated on the steps of
the saloon when the sheriff put in an
appearance. a
the sheriff, laying his hand on Con-
doris shoulder.
Condor, not knowing the sheriff,
Jumped up and pushed his hand
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dered that he be taken to police head
quarters. He was bailed out, and
about an hour later, the sheriff meet
ing him on the street. again arrested
him. this time as being a fugitive
from Justice
This time Condor made a vigorous
protest against being arrested and
said that he had been bailed out and
that he would not go to the station.
Thereupon Kinkead took the law into
his own hands and punched Condor
in the face, after calling him a foul
name.
Arrests tho Sheriff.
Purple with rage, Condor went to
police headquarters and made q COM
plant against the sheriff, charging
him with assault and battery. Act
ing on this complaint, Kinkead was
arrested by Acting Captain Rigney
and taken to police headquarters,
where he was bailed in the sum Of
$500 to appear in answer to the
charge on Friday next. The bail for
his appearance was provided by Jesse
J. Feinberg, who was the regular
Democratic candidate for committee
man in the First district of the Sec
ond ward, running against David
Lipschutz, the Progressive candidate.
A little later in the afternoon an
other incident occurred that brought
about the climax. Acting Chief of
Police E. M. Griffin caused the arrest
: of Herman Cantor who gave his resi-
dence at 67 West Twentieth street.
and charged him with voting Illegally
Cantor is one of the most ardent sup
porter of the sheriff, and as soon as
kinkead heard of his arrest he hur-
ried to police headquarters and there
made violent attack on Acting Chief
Griffin.
why was this man arrested7" he
demanded.
He was arrested because he voted
Illegally" replied Griffin.
But there is no charge against
him." thundered the sheriff.
There is charge against this
man." replied the acting chief, "and
| want it to be understood that l am
In charge of this town"
At this Kinkead became so excited
that he was scarcely able to hold
himself in check
1T is a lie," he shouted. There is
no charge against this man."
Griffin replied that he had positive
evidence that the man had not re-
sided in the house where he voted
from, and he had the best of reasons
for believing that he was nc. quail
fled to vote.
Furthermore" he repeated, II am
in charge of the election in Bayonne
and am responsible for what happens
here.
Kinkead Hits Chief.
With an inarticulate cry of rage
Kinkead threw himself on the officer.
Seizing him first of all by the throat,
he shook him, throwing him around
the station house. Then he trans
ferred his hold to Griffin's arm and
literally tore his coat to shreds, pull
ing one of the sleeves out. He fin
ished up by throwing the officer
against the wall of the station house
with such violence as to injure his
side and back.
In the hands of the sheriff Griffin
was helpless 1t Is only few weeks
since the officer has returned to duty
after undergoing a very serious oper-
alton, and he was yesterday as
everyone could see, n sick and weak
man. He was so badly hurt by the
treatment he received at the hands
of the sheriff that he was unable to
attend to his duty for over an hour,
and when he went back to work he
looked weak and i'll. He said that
he intends to take action against the
sheriff for assault.
AS soon as he had thrown Griffin
from him Kinkead ran out of the
station house waving his hands in
the air and shouted to the crowd that
had assembled to "stand back" The
crowd scattered before him. Then
they gathered behind him and started
to shout at him and jeer and catcan'
This must have been the last straw.
Kinkead turned and dashed into the
crowd, uttering wild yell SWING
ing his arms he dashed the people
right and left and said that they
wouldn't congregate where they were.
.Get backl Get back! Get back"
he yelled, and struck right and left
at the people, telling a number OF
those who were not able to get out
of his way in time to avoid the
blows.
Calming himself for few minutes
he made arrests by the wholesale.
In the course of q few minutes he
had forty persons arrested and then
he marched down to the polling sta
tion of the first district of the Sec
ond ward Here he found crowd
assembled around the polling place,
and this, augmented by the immense
throng that had followed him, was
soon swelled to crowd of over two
thousand people.
In Fighting HumOr.
Kinkead was still in lighting
hnmor The people, angered by the
,,,onpar Il, MI ha had frqa ted them