The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-04
A RAILROAD ARRAIGNED.
Important Presentment Of the Els.
sex County Grand Jury.
The Morris and Essex Railroad Hauled Over the
Coals-The Commuters' War Resumed IN
the Courts-The Gross Outrages on
Citizens 6ternly Rebuked.

The Essex county Grand Jury came into court yesterday
and found large number of indictment against various
persons charged with crime The most important In the
case Of the alleged Cutter abortion The Grand Jury
after presenting u Of the gross ourages perperated
on citizens by the Norris and Essex Railroad, were dis
charged For the term by Judge Depue.
THE PRKsENTMBNT
commences by setting forth that numerous complaints
ing been made to the Grand Jury against the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company and It's
agement, Of such character 10 impression
our minds that serious injury has been pcrpeaed upon
persons and property of citizens OF Essex county," Then
follows the correct details Of the alleged outrage perpeaed
Mr. J. Peloubet, of Bloomfield the I'd day OF May
year From the statement In the presenment
that Mr. Peoubet had purchased yearly ticket
for eighty dollars, and with this ticket he had
been In the habit Of stopping over in
Newark whenever his pleasure business required On
the day named however, told by the conductor
inasmuch the ticket had been punched before he would
have to pay fare get declined 10 do either and the
train was stopped Efforts made to eject
him, but the other passengers interfered and pre-
vented his expulsion. Then the conductor detached
the engine and ran ahead, leaving his train behind
ths station teeaped to
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and ri. the @ ro " 'E
Then along a Mr. Peiosbst and his Fellow Fellow
train they admission and on Sons back 70
tne nrst MT eouDet was arrested by who claimed to
be constable in the employ OF the company He left
alone on the road with this man about Eve miles from his
house.
"The evidence Of oher the presentmen goes on
to say Ills before the Grand jury all gentlepen Of
THE HIGHEST RRsPEoTABILiTY,
wealth and social position who were subjected to similar
said road and In several of these cases per-
sonal violence was added 70 other indlgnities After
relating the evidence submitted In series of outrages
Of onages perpetrated by the bakenen and
conductos Of this company against Of best ci
nv foda ctato nni,i-
are paid bv he csen. a named %0n aad
lhe class e which they are t1e representative,
jersey IN her welfare or that n her Citizens
neshborng State issue Rules and regulations for their
and conductors to interpret upon citizens
o. which annus contracts made with several hundred oour
citizens and eniorcss obedience by summary upon
the of all who dcur resist Another these
. STAR CHAMBER Idiots
Of best citizens although money was rendered
accordance with the rates published by the company
Without trial or notice Of kind fer offences unknown 70
ere placed under different degrees punishment dis
ability for uncommon periods of time. This COM
pn n6y .ivss s a. DEGREES affecting these rights
that citizens have any Which they are bound 70 respect
They eject passengers anywhere t16is line, IN
possible, save BY walking the track.
VERY DANGEROUS AFFIRMATIVE:
pacs 81 ns r. q me
menied upon REARED to he local The
While may be question as 70 the best way to remedy
this evil whether by ndicng conductors and ire
feel that they would do than duty they fall to
call the attention Of the Court and people this
these corporations be reached by courts that
some adequate remedy be devised bv
ibis growing evil