Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-13
PATROLMAN IS
SHORN Of BADGE
AND LOCKED UP
Bernard A. Dunn Accused by
Amelia koenig in Her
Confession.
CHIEF LONG ORDERS THE
BLUEcoAT'S SUSPENSION
Others Implicated Are Jitney
Bus Drivers. Two of Whom
Face Other Charges.

Patrolman Bernard A. Dunn, of the
Sixth precinct, was suspended from
the police force last night, charged
with implication in the case of Amelia
Koenig. the fifteen-y -year-old girl who
disappeared from her home, at 1888
South Sixth street, September 2S.
On alleged confessions by the girl,
VINO was brought back from Perth
Amboy Monday. three other men
were arrested by the police last night.
Dunn, with Leonard Hetchel, twen-
ty-two, of 791 Springfield avenue,
and Peter Lible, twenty -four, of $50
Fifteenth avenue, were held in 1900
each this forenoon by Judge Wolf in
Thea Fourth Precinct Court to await
the action of the grand jury on
charges of rape. The police say
Hetchel and Lible confessed and ac-
cused the policeman.
Amelia Koenig, fourteen years old
of $50 South Sixth street, was held
without bail as a material witness
and sent to the House OF Detention.
Samuel Purro, ninet n, of ] Avon
place. and John Levy. swenty-three,
of 149 Howard street, are all under
arrest and being held for the Passaio
county authorities, to whom has been
sent by the local police that part of
the girls story which relates to Pas
sale county.
Patrolman Dunn was stripped of
his badge and gun by Chief of Police
Long at police headquarters. He was
then ordered slated on serious
charge and locked III a cell at the
Sixth precinct station. Following the
outcome of the criminal action
against him, charges will be preferred
by Chief Long, upon which Dunn will
be tried before the Board of Police
Commissioners.
Chief Long said today that he pro-
ceeded cautiously In taking action
against Dunn. Statements by the
girl implicated him. the chief said,
and they wers corroborated by the
There is no desire on our part to pro-
tect the man If he has done wrong.
Leonard Hetschel, twenty two
years old, of 7al Springfield avenue,
has been locked up in connection with
the girls disappearance since last
Thursday,z when he was arrested by
Detective tieoisse Kas1, of the Fourth
precinct. Three others were arrested
last night. They are Peter Liable,
twenty-one years old, OF $50 Sixteenth
street; Samuel Puro, twenty-five
years old, OF 1 Avon place, and John
Levy, twenty-one years old, Of 1l9
Howard street. Liable and Puro are
held on serious charges, and Levy as
a material witness.
Wanted In Psssaic.
one of the charges made in the
case will be for an alleged crime
committed in Passaic county and 1t
is probable that Puro and Levy will
be turned over to the Passaic county
authorities Liable and Patrolman
Dunn will be prosecuted here.
The Koenig girl left home on Sep
tember %. ana fer parents reported
the disappearance to the police. After
an investigation Detective KaSs
arrested Hetschel and charged him
with abducting the girl. He was held
without ball by Judge Wolf for an
examination Friday. A. postal card
from the Koenig girl found ON
Hetschel is said to have been the
means of locating the girl at Perth
Amboy. ON the card, the girl said
that she had just left a hospital in
Staten Island.
Chief Long turned The case over to
Lieutenant John r. Harris, of police
headquarters, who found the girl in
Perth Amboy. The girl had worked
in a factory for a few days, but was
ont of employment when Harris
found her. She is said to have told
the police that no one forced her to
leave Newark.
She was brought back TO Newark
Monday night, and had several con-
ferences yesterday with Chief Long,
Captain Connel and Tdeutenants
Quinn and Harris. She is said to
have confessed to her relations with
the men arrested, stretching over a
period of several months. Her con-
fessions also implicated Patroiman
Dunn, according to Chief Long.
Statements were taken last night
from the three men arrested, and are
said to have confirmed the girls story
with reference to Dunn
Dunn was brought to police head
quarters last night by Captain sam
uel Brown, Of the Sixth precinct.
The detectives say that he was iden-
tilted by Miss Koenig. Chief Long
then placed him under suspension.
The men arrested In the case, with
the exception OF Dunn, are jitney
bus drivers, and automobile trips
with the girl figure prominently In
the charges made against them. 1t
was on one of these, according to the
police, that the girl was taken to a
hotel in Passaic county by Levy and
Puro.
Mrs. Louis Koenie. mother of Anne
liza, says that she will prefer charge
of waywardness against her daugh'
| ter as soon as the police no longer
require her as a witness, and the CIR
says she hopes her mother will dC
so, as she fears She would have n'
| choice Of her mode of life should sh'
| be released. Her father has threat
ened her with harm if she ever at
| tempts to come home.
"She must not come near hel
father" Mrs. Koenig told the police
II am sure he would kill her. w
had ten children. only Amelia ant
one other grew up. and now see th'
| shame she has brought us. She feel'
as bad about 1t as we do. Now sht
| knows what we told her was best, bu
| II is too late; she can't come home
For her own good she must be sen
away"