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WRONGFUL ARREST
OF PRESSMEN.
POLICE OBSTRUCTION..
CHARGE DISMISSED.
A LONDON TRIÁL,"
Mr. Norman W. Rno, 30, a journalist employed by the Even ing Standard, was Acquitted at Marylebone Police. Court in mail week of the charge of obstructing Police-Inspector Simpkin on the ocension of the fire at a film waste factory in Redhill-street, N.W., on September 9.
It was alleged that when the police were clearing the street after the fire Mr. Rne refused to go away, and defied Police-Inspector Simpkin | to arrest him.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927
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HUDSON'S WONDER
BRIDGE.
GREAT ENGINEERING TRIUMPH.
· TO COST G.$60,000,000.
New York-Man-made grandeur strikes anew at the supremacy of the wonders of nature in the mile- gnd-a-half bridge" across. the Hudson, River, work on which began at a jolat New York-Now Jersey celebration the other day,
Five years from now, when tho inst rivat has been driven, the stupendous structure will be ono of the world's greatest sightseeing attractions, rivaling the Eiffel tower as a marvel of engineering achievement.
All I need. say Is that, having A single span twice as long as weighed and considered all the any other ever attempted will be evidence to the best of my ability, the centrepiece. It will curve 200 the prosecution has falled to satisfy feet above the waters of the Hud- me that the defendant obstructed son at its centre. Its length will the inspector or that his arrest wasbo 3,500 feet. The span will be justified. With regard to the suspended from nionumental steel alleged happening subsequent to and concrete towers on each bank the arrest, that issue, is not before of the river, the tops of which will me. I.therefore expresa no opinion pierce "the sky to a height of 625 thereon. The defendunt is dis- feet above water level. charged:
Great Expense.
Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., who fended having asked for costs, Mr. Bingley said;
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In in
A Dream of 71 Years.
Completion of the bridge will de-furown a dream of 71 years." 1856, au anonymous writer "Valentino's New York Manuel" prophesied that the "Mighty West" would require a bridge to beari its products across the Hudson to the metropolis of the Western Hemisphere--probably near" Ft. Lee and Ft. Washington 200 feet above high water level, with three piers to suspend the bridge from Ft. Washington to Jersey.
The police always ask me Lo give them costs if they win. Whether my decision is right or wrong, this defendant has been put vast trouble and expense. I think the defendant has had to de- fend himself, no doubt at great cost. He was arrested, I think, wrongfully. He has been in the dock before me, on four occasions.
I think I should be doing nothing unreasonable if I allow him 20
ninens coats.
with uncanny precision save as to The prophecy is coming. true
the piers To-day's engineering wizardry finds two piers enough,
Ft. Lee is to be the terminus of the bridge on the western side.
Mr. Cassels, addressing "the magistrate for the defence, said there were discrepancies in the police evidence which were a most
With the magnificence of con unsatisfactory feature of the case. ception which marks plans for the It was nimitted, by the police in-ridge, the cost will be in keeping. spector that he told some workmen New York and New Jersey ex- not to give "these fellows" any in- pect construction expenses to formation.
total G.860,000,000. "What right had the police in- Engineers retained to direct spector to instruct a member of the large and small phases of con- public not to give Pressmen instruction comprise a young army formation?" asked Mr. Cassels. One of them is General George "The police have important duties W. Goethals, the Panama Canal to perform. They are entitled to builder. he in complete quthority, so far as the public are concerned wherever an incident like a fire has occurred, but they are not censors of the Press."
Mr. Bingley said it was admitted that the firemen and salvage men
were not being obstructed.
Mr. Rae's Version.
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these engineers will toy with 120,- In fashioning the structure, 000 tons of steel and concrete. Into the holes that will be dug. to receive the supporting tower at Ft. Lec, modern 10-story apartment house could be dropped. Archways under each tower would accommodate an 18-story skyscrapper.
8,148,000 'Vehicles a Year!
Mr Rac, giving evidence on his own behalf, said he had completed his story and went back to see if the photographer on the stuff of
The bridge at first will have the Evening Standerd wanted to
two 24-foot roadways, accommo- send negatives or go back to the travel each, and wo six-foot side- dating two to three lanes of office in his car. He saw two Presamen named Neaney and walks. It is estimated that in a Rogers in Redhill-street talking to year the bridge will carry 8,148,- some workmen, and went over to 000 vehicles, 18,898,000 passen. them. Almost immediately In-gers, 1,413,000 pedestrians and spector Simpkin came over and said 497.000 buses. to the workmen, "Don't give these Tellaws any information. He told the police inspector he had no right Lo order the workmen away, and the inspector said he would put him out, 15:
Additional roadways may be provided later.
Parallel cables supporting the center span will have a diameter of 37 inches. Each will contain approximately 27,000 quarter-inch Mr. Lae said he pulled out his wires. Each cable must have police pass and the inspector said: carrying strength of 330.000 tons, you don't gel out Ias against a carrying strength of will take you to Albany-45,000 tons for each cuble of the street." The inspector said Brooklyn Bridge.
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he must get witnesses and called Boring for the tower founda- over two constables who "punched tions, a process remotely like. nie round the corner." He was plugging a watermelon, have about le cross the street when he located the strongest rock bottom got another punch in the back. altes for the towers. According le pulled out his pass and asked ly, the New Jersey tower will be why he was being assaulted. P.C.ullt 100 feet inside the pierhead | Lay said, "Get out," and the next line, while the Manhattan tower. moment he was swung round, his will be right by the water's edge. arms were twisted behind him, and
was turned round towards, cables in provided in the dolomite Natural rock anchorage for the Albany-street. He said: "I am New Jersey Pallaades. But in not a criminal. I will, willingly Manhattan, the anchorage will be walk to Albany-street."
Mr. Bingley: Why did you say that?
Mr. Rae was being run along the street with my head bent for- ward and my arms back.
built of solid concrete, faced with
granite.
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New York and New Jersey hond Issues will pay for the bridge.
Asked what happened at the Tolls will pay off the bonds even- police station, Mr. Rae said: "tually. Each pleasure car and was marched up two or three steps truck will pay 50 cents, each
to a door. The door was opened bus G.$1, and each passenger by P. C. Lay and he gave my arm
another twist which sent me for or pedestrian five cents.
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Mr. Rae said that he asked the will be as beautiful as it is uge- police sergeant in the charge-roomful, fort is being designed to fit to put him in communication with architecturally into the back. hia office, but the sergeant refused, ground of the gorgeous river
Mr. E. B. Knight (for the formation. it is to span. police): The Press representatives
are a little persistent, are they not?
are: it is their duty to be.
QUEEN'S WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY
November 16th to 19th.
Mr. Bingley: Of course they "You are a despicable scoundrel
Morally you have a man's death on Mr. Daniel Rogers, a journalist your conscience. This may was employed by the Daily Express, driven to suicide through being un- said that while he was with Mr. able to understand why his bual- Rae the inspector told them to ness was not paying, and then you clear out, and they began to go. rob his widow. These words As I was going round the corner were uttered by the Southampton
An anniversary dinner of the characteristic way What was be caricatured The world was a policeman struck me twice in the magistrate when sentencing Wil Dickens Fellowship gave Mr. G: Kneeded in this modern world was getting too funny to be made fun unck," said Mr. Rogers.
liam Howe, 50, butcher, to DİX Mr. Bingley: Why did he do months imprisonment for, stealing celebrate, the genius of Dickens, of the real conditions and features even for Dickens. In conclusion, Chesterton on. opportunity to someone like Dickens to make gameof, and that might raise a difficulty meat during the past six months Mr. Rogers: I do not know why from his employer, Mr. Frank prophesy on the future of his of our own time. That was, how Mr. Chesterton proposed this he did it. We were walking along. Roles, who recently committed novels, and to lament our present ever, dificult to pray for, because memory of that great master of Mr. Bingley gave his decision as suicide, and from Mrs. Eleanor Chesterton put the last point in a become so absurd that it could not, the blasting of folly and crime.
lick of a great satirist Mr. in some aspects the modern had laughter, that gift of the gods for Roles, the widow,
that?
stated above,