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July 6, 1932
The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
What is this article about?
In New York, Detective Edward Ledden and Patrolman John Rogers were suspended and arrested for attempting to assault Miss Anna Farrell while she waited for a bus late at night. She fought back, escaping but sustaining injuries.
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Tammany Cops Try to Assault Woman
NEW YORK.—The news is not that cops have tried to attack a woman, but that they are actually arrested for the crime.
Detective Edward Ledden of the Maspeth Precinct, Queens, and Patrolman John Rogers of the Highbridge station, Bronx, were yesterday suspended from the police department for "conduct unbecoming an officer" and later ordered placed under arrest.
They are accused of attempted felonious assault upon Miss Anna Farrell of 235 E. 68th St., who charged that while she was waiting for a crosstown bus between 2 and 3 a.m., the flatfeet got out of an automobile and attempted to assault her.
She reported that she put up a struggle and was badly scratched and bruised. She succeeded in getting out of the car, however, and ran away, but the members of "New York's Finest"—whose daytime activities consist in clubbing workers—overtook her, struck her several times and knocked her down. Part of her clothing was torn off as she lay on the sidewalk fighting the two men, she said.
Friends of the policemen are confident that after the first flush of publicity subsides somewhat they will be welcomed back into the police force.
Tammany Cops Try to Assault Woman
NEW YORK.—The news is not that cops have tried to attack a woman, but that they are actually arrested for the crime.
Detective Edward Ledden of the Maspeth Precinct, Queens, and Patrolman John Rogers of the Highbridge station, Bronx, were yesterday suspended from the police department for "conduct unbecoming an officer" and later ordered placed under arrest.
They are accused of attempted felonious assault upon Miss Anna Farrell of 235 E. 68th St., who charged that while she was waiting for a crosstown bus between 2 and 3 a.m., the flatfeet got out of an automobile and attempted to assault her.
She reported that she put up a struggle and was badly scratched and bruised. She succeeded in getting out of the car, however, and ran away, but the members of "New York's Finest"—whose daytime activities consist in clubbing workers—overtook her, struck her several times and knocked her down. Part of her clothing was torn off as she lay on the sidewalk fighting the two men, she said.
Friends of the policemen are confident that after the first flush of publicity subsides somewhat they will be welcomed back into the police force.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Police Assault
Woman Victim
Officer Arrest
New York Crime
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Anna Farrell
Detective Edward Ledden
Patrolman John Rogers
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Miss Anna Farrell
Detective Edward Ledden
Patrolman John Rogers
Location
New York
Story Details
Detective Edward Ledden and Patrolman John Rogers attempted to feloniously assault Miss Anna Farrell while she waited for a bus between 2 and 3 a.m.; she struggled, escaped the car, but was overtaken, struck, and injured; the officers were suspended and arrested for conduct unbecoming.