The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-17
mrs PULL SAVED HIM.
How Il Happens that Policeman Kelly Is
Not Among the Indicted.

Not Among the Indicted.
TArTLER, who was nosing around the
Court House last Wednesday saw detach-
ment of the grand jury pulling their weary
way up the stair case to Judge Knapps
Court room. Foreman Cleveland had a
bundle of papers under his arm. and they
were evidently on their way to present a
batch of indictments that had just been
found. There were only six in the line,
however. Another detachment of the
grand jurors were clustered around the
door of the grand jury room, and Grand
Juror-Assessor O'Neill stood before them
with both hands up.
s'Don't go with them," he was shouting.
ssThey can't make you go.
The six met Prosecutor Winfield at the
court room door. There was short con-
ference between him and them, and pres
emily Foreman Cleveland went back to the
Grand Jury room. In minute or two
those who had been kept back by Assessor
y Neill followed Foreman Cleveland up the
stairs, and having joined the six went into
the courtroom and made their report to
the Court. The nosey reporter of the
TATTLER was convinced that there had been
trouble of some kind in the Grand Jury
room, and he set himself about finding
what it all came over. The following is
the result of his investigations
Among those against whom papers
were sent to the Grand Jury, to secure
Indictment, was Policeman Kelly, of
Hoboken, who is charged with having de-
bauched fifteen year old girl residing on
the post he used to patrol The grand jury
very properly ordered that bill of indict-
ment be presented against him, and one
was drawn. Last Wednesday the grand
jury met to sign the indictments and take
them into court. That against Kelly was
among those thus prepared for presen-
tation. just as the grand jurors were pre-
pairing to go into court, some one moved to
reconsider the Indictment against the Ho-
boken officer. Twelve votes were needed
to effect the reconsideration but only
eleven were secured So the motion to TO-
consider was defeated. Foreman Cleveland
gathered the papers together, and the rest
of them buttoned up their coats to march
to the court room. They had just passed
the threshold of the door when an absent
grand juryman tripped in.
Hold on shouted O'Neill. "There's
twelve of rs here now.
Five of the Granddaughter followed
Foreman Cleveland in the march to the
courtroom but the twelve stayed back
and would not go. At the head of the
stairs Winfield met the six. He asked
what the trouble was, and was told that
dozen of the Granddaughter refused to go
into Court if the indictment against Kelly
was to be presented. The Prosecutor told
them that six could not make present
ment, and that they would have to get the
rest. Foreman Cleveland took the indict-
ment against Kelly back to the grand jury
room told the twelve that it would be left
for further discussion. and invited the rest
cf the grand jurors to accompany the
Grand Jury in the presentment of the rest
of the bills. The twelve first saw the bill
against Kelly safely restored to the hands Of
Clerk Manning, and then consented to 60
into Court. An incident like this is said
to be unprecedented in the history of the
Grand Jury.