CLUBBED TO DEATH.
The Brutality of a New York Policeman, Who Kills an Old Man.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—Max Aronson, fifty years old, a Hester-street grocer, was brutally clubbed by Policeman Wood, of this city, in his store on Wednesday last and died to-day. A Coroner was summoned to take his ante mortem statement, but found the old man unconscious and dying. According to the statement of a son and the physician, the clubbing was one of the worst cases of police brutality reported for years. They say that a boy tried to steal some fruit, but was ordered away by the old grocer. The boy’s mother interfered and created a row. Policeman Wood took the woman’s part, and accused Aronson of striking her, following his words by clubbing him. The skull was fractured. Two sons interfered, and driving the officer away, called a physician.
While the physician was caring for the old man, Policeman Woods returned with another officer, and brutally clubbed the old man again. The two were driven out, but returned and took the old man away from the physician, and locked him up with the whole family for forty-five hours. The old man was not allowed medical attendance. After their release on bail Max Aronson began to sink, and died to-day. The policeman is under arrest.
Culled from the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair – 1886 Morbid Scrapbook
Incidentally, I tried to find out whether the killer cop was ever punished for his crime, but I could not. I highly doubt it.
