New-York tribune., 1919-05-02


The use Of nightsticks by the police
did not serve to pacify the mob of
service men. Again and again bugles
sounded calling soldiers and sailors
together for fresh assaults on the line.
Patrolmen were greeted with groans
and the chanted query:
"Who won the war;" to which the
mob beloved in reply:
"The New York police, the dirty
cowards!"
Loan Sneered At
A group of sailors and soldiers on
Broadway had obtained possession Of
several copies of a periodical styled
"Freedom," published by the Freedom
Publishing Company, of 1873 East FIT
teenth Street, and containing an edl-
torial sneering at the Victory Loan.
This they presented at the Liberty
Loan headquarters, 1l9o broadway,
with the demand that the meeting at
the Garden be stopped. They were
referred to the police and crowd OF
them started east on Twenty eighth
Street. The mounted police charged
into them -
In the fight that followed fists were
used freely and nightsticks rose and
fell. When the street had finally been
cleared a half-dozen lSen, bruised and
bleeding, were lmping into nearby
buildings One lay at the corner OF
Twenty eighth Street and broadway
and did not move.
He was rescued by Charles Lamb.
veteran of the war, who is now work
ing in the Liberty Loan headquarters,
at 1893 Broadway. Lamb almost came
to blows with two patrolmen VINO IN
sisted that they would take the man
to a hospital. He was reinforced by
several soldiers and the police retired.
Soldier May Die
When taken into the Liberty Loan
Headquarters the man could not be re-
vived and he was hurried to the
Greenhut Base Hospital. 1t is believed
that his skull has been fractured.
Papers in his clothing indicated that
he was Benjamin Dustman, casual
from the AID Infantry.
Others injured in the charge of the
police were Earl Lambrey, sailor,
who was cut on the head; Charles
Galloway, marine who fought at
Chateau Thierry and left one leg there,
who was badly beaten, and Barney
of the British army, who was trampled
on by horse.
AT other points in the police Gordon
men who attempted to break through
were beaten. 1t was charged by some
soldiers and sailors that they had been
attacked by policemen without any
cause whatever Several civilians, it
was said, had also been beaten.
Rough Treatment Charged
Charles Price, II. NJ Schwab and
Morris Steele, all sailors, who had
cuts and bruises about their faces and
heads, asserted that they had been at
tackled and beaten by patrolmen with
out provocation. Price was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, where two stitches
we're sewed in his scalp.
A providential downpour that fell
at 1880 o'clock when the crowd was
leaving the Garden, prevented what
might have been serious trouble. Most
of the mob fled to cover and the radl-
Gals were herded to subway and sur
face lines by the policemen. Those
who attempted to linger about the
Garden until the rain abated were
pushed out into the storm by the po-
lice and told to go home:
When asked late last night about the
rough treatment handed soldiers and
sailors by the police, Chief Inspector
Daily said:
"I've heard Of no soldiers or sailors
being beaten"
When told that one man at least was
in a serious condition from night
stick blow, he said:
maybe he was one Of those who
threw bottles at the police"
Several soldiers and sailors who pro-
tested to the mounted police against
their rough methods were told that
Inspector Daily had ordered them to
charge the crowd. Civilians also say
that patrolmen told them that they
were using their nightsticks by Daly's
order.
Mayor to Get Protest
Soldiers and sailors gathered in the
street, following the downpour and de-
cided to hold meeting this morning
at which plans for a parade to City
Hall for a demonstration against the
police will be discussed. They will ask
Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt to be
their spokesman.
Jerome A. Myers. chairman of the
outdoor activities of the Liberty Loan,
said that he sent six of his speakers
TO Madison Square Garden last night
so that they might hear the radical ad-
dresses and answer their arguments
later in their own speeches. All of
The six were badly beaten by the
police. Each has made report of his
treatment in writing and these will be
submitted to the Liberty Loan Com
mittee for action to-day.