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lyn.Robert McC. Marsh, attorney for Mrs. Sanger, told the audience that last Sunday's police interference would not go unchallenged.It was too great an abuse to bo forgotten.” he said. Proper legal action will be taken against those responsible.House Fills QuicklyMr. Marsh exhibited a letter from Police Commissioner Enright in reply to the lawyer’s request for specific assurance that the gathering would have police protection. The letter said there would be a sufficient detail on hand to preserve order, enforce the law ar.d prevent any violation of the la*.Ten policemen, under Inspector John Bolan, commanding the 3d District, kept the street crowds in check in front of the theater or on the move. When the doors were closed,-before 8 o'clock; the hour set for the meeting, more than two thousand persons were clamoring for admittance. Many of these exhibited tickets, but were told that the theater manager had said it was unsafe to admit any more. The house, which has a seating capacity of 1,700, was filled within fifteen minutes i after a single door was opened. Several hundred persons stood in the promenades back of the orchestra and balcony seats.A woman who described herself as Dr. N:orea A. Lowrev, a physician, of ' 1264 Lexington Avenue, was arrested in 1!ront of the theater when she declined o move on at the direction of a policeman. At the West Fortyscvmth Street{dice station she complained that she ad been roughly treated by Patrolman Ginty. She said she thought her arm had been broken, but on ambulance surgeon found no fracture. She was charged with disorderly conduct.A young priest who arrived after the meeting opened and who declined to I give his name, was admitted after some parley with the doorkeeper when he said he had been asked by Chief ln-Bjtector La hey to attend.% I . ■ «. - - . . _ .
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New York Tribune
New York, New York, US
Sat, Nov 19, 1921
Page 26
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John B.
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