Evening star., 1932-07-19
SUSPEND 13 POLICE
IN STARK KILLING
Murder Charges Seen in
Third-Degree Brutality
in New York.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINEOLA, N. Y. July l9-Thirteen
policemen. stripped Of Their badges,
waited tcday to see who would be
charged with beating the life out OF a
20-year-old prisoner in a terrific third
degree.
After hearing a story Of police bru-
tality that made spectators gasp. Su-
preme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink
sought today to fix individual response
bility for the killing of Hyman Stark,
who died of a fractured larynx Friday.
Detectives at Nassau County headquar-
tiers had questioned him for eight hours
about the robbing and beating Of a
detectives mother.
Murder Charges I<eely.
Steinbrink. who sat as a committing
magistrate in a John Dee inquiry that
lasted until late last night. will give his
findings tomorrow. Murder charges
against scme Of the l3 suspended men
were considered a possibility.
Three fellow suspects of Stark's picked
eight detectives and two patrolmen who,
they said. beat thsm with rubber hose,
blackjacks heavy ledger and a shoe.
This followed sensational testimony
by Assistant District Attorney Martin
Deputy Chief Frank Tappan in the beat
ing CT Stark, youth with q police
record.
Littleton swore that Tappan came into
the detectives room on Friday, looking
very hot mopping his brow and ex-
claiming about Stark
Hes the toughest - I've ever seen.
I put one foot on his belly and one on
his throat and rocked back and forth
and 1t didn't feaze him
Tappan. turning pale. took the stand
! and fatty denied Littleton's statement.
Plot ito Take Rap"
The suspension of the l3 and the ar
rest of four policemen es material wit
nesses followed exposure by District At
torney Elvin N. Edwards of what he
, called plot to have Detective Joseph
Hizenski, son of the woman beaten in
the robbery, take the rap for beating
Stark.
Edwards said the other detectives fig
! ured 1t would be easy for Hizenski to
escape conviction by pleading he lost
his head in rage over his mothers in
juries.
Hizenski, in a mild voice. testified he
"poked" the almost naked Stark twice
You're lying" thundered Justice
Steinbrink.
He repeatedly warned police witnesses
that in covering up" they laid them
selves open to perjury charges. Two
policemen. Harry Zander and Leslie
Pearsall he bitingly called expert mas
seurs." used to "shellack" tight Tipped
prisoners
One witness told of seeing Stark
lying uno cnscious in a soundproof rife
room, his trousers half of, his shirt
all open In front, disclosing raw welts
OF which physician testified there
were so.
Others said they saw him slumped
| over in chair too far gone to speak
gagging at times and thsn. finally
unconscious. 1t was Police Capt Emil
Morse that ordered him taken TO the
rifle room, testimony showed.
Hizenski Accused.
zander insisted that Hizenski. crying
You low down thief" leaped at Stark
hit him on the throat time and again
until his head snapped back and then
dropped downward.
called in by police. said he found Stark
dying and in shocking condition" He
asked what the matter was and wa.
told:
He must have had a ft of some
kind"
You detected that it wasn't q fit?'
asked Justice Steinbrink.
mo trained eye was necessary for
that" the physician retorted.
Isse Stein and Philip Cecala. two OF
Stark's fellow suspects in the 81 robbery
of Mrs. Hezenski, appeared frightened
as they pointed cut policemen they ac-
cused of beating them. The fourth man
Alex Drangel. was surly and defiant
Walking down long row of men, some
of them white and shaking. he would
! stop in front of one, give him a thumr
| that sent him back on his heels ana
/ say:
He slapped me around"
He shook his fist at Detective Sergt
| MARCEL Chagnon. accused of welding q
rubber hose, and muttered, I'D like &c
! break your skull"
The suspended men left the County
Detective Bureau sadly riddled. and
newspapers predicted shake-up would
| follow.