Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-05
81 Young Men Arrested in New York
For Annoying People on Sidewalks

New York's desperate action to
cope with a rising crime wave
involving both youngsters and
adults led to 81 arrests Of
young men along the West Side
of Central Park last night and
early today.
Residents and passersby
complained to police that they
were being annoyed by such
persons on sidewalks border
ing the park from Seth to 88th
streets.
Police squads rushed into &C
ton. Between 8 pm. and 3 am.
they nabbed the 81 young men
on disorderly conduct charges.
Also arrested were 80 Negroes
and Puerto Ricans who. police
said, had gathered for a AZ
hour drinking party in a lower
East side low rent housing
project.
Elsewhere in the city. a IA
year-old man was beaten and
robbed, a policeman was
stabbed and a 65-year-old
woman was. robbed at gun
point in her home.
New Moves Planned
Meanwhile, Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller and Mayor Robert
F. Wagner planned new moves
in an about battle against an
exploding wave Of juvenile
violence which took the lives
Of four children within a week
and left many injured.
Gov. Rockefeller and Mayor
Wagner agreed on general !
principles at a meeting yester-
day. though Gov. Rockefeller
declined to make any detailed
recommendations. The Cover
nor and Mayor will meet Tues
day with city and State officials
and civil and religious leaders.
The two agreed on three gen.
eral principles:
/. New York's Puerto Ricans
are fine people. and should not
be blamed generally because
Puerto Rican youths were in
volved in all four recent youth
gang Sayings.
2. Youth camps would be a
good idea for some delinquents.
Better training and a little
fresh air will help in making
these people worthwhile citi-
zens," Mayor Wagner said.
Cost Will Be High
8. Any new program will cost
a lot. and since both State and
city budgets already have been
approved the money will have
to be extracted from other
projects.
In the latest violence, a
policeman was stabbed in the
groin. Patrolman Thomas Coo
ney and Detective William
Murphy said they saw Louis
Truell. 19-year-old Negro, steal {
a wallet containing $42 last
night from a man who was Il
doing on a subway station {
bench. The youth whirled and
stabbed Patrolman Cooney with
a hunting knife as the two I
caught up with him. Il
In another incident in which
a 65-year-old woman was
robbed at gunpoint yesterday
by three youths who forced {
their way into her Brooklyn /
home. A court dealt out swift
sentences.
Two Negro boys, aged IA and I
Is, were given indefinite re-
formatory terms only six hours !
after Mrs. Yetta Cohen, a frail,
gray-haired woman, was threat !
and robbed of $l2. The third .
youth escaped.
Three Boys Booked l
Also yesterday, three Brook 3
Ign teen-agers laughed and \
joked as they were booked on i
assault and robbery charges in i
connection with the savage
beating, of a 74-year-old man :
on a Coney Island boardwalk. :
The three white boys were
accused of attacking Harry 6
Garner. real estate dealer of .
New Rochelle. N. Y, who was :
treated at a hospital after be- :
ing beaten about the face and
head. He said they demanded :,
money, then slugged him be- = =
fore he had a chance to hand =
it over. :
When they found he had !.
only SIS, he said, one of them :
urged lets kill him" :
Police later arrested Thomas 9
Baldwin. 16, James Osgood, 16, Il
and Vincent Ferrovecchio, 20. :
They were held in lieu of :,
$4,000 bail for a hearing Sep u
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