The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-03

police, and who only met him after the
robbery and aided him in carrying away
the plumber, still remain there.
II is Mr.. Henry s. Little who Is again
making an onslaught upon Senator Nc
Pherson and not MIR. Chaser, of Hoboken,
as queer jumbling together of two items
in these columns last week made il read
OF Mr.. Chaser we intended to say that he
shows no signs Of improvement since his
sojourn in the Morris Plains asylum.
Mr.. Fritz HeYne, formerly member of
the Hoboken Council, and for the last FIVE
years q resident of Tombstone, Arizona,
was home on Christmas visit and swelled
the heads of his numerous friends with
thrilling stories of his hairbreadth escapes
from the Apaches. He is full of praise for
Meyer Zulick, The new Governor from
Newark President Cleveland sent them.
The trial Of Am Ende, the Hoboken
/ druggist who caused the death of the two
| young ladies by giving them morphine in
stead Of quinine, viii positively be begun
before Judges McGill, Bnnkerhof and
Beach tomorrow morning. There are two
| indictments of granddaughter sgainst him.
one for the killing of Ella and the other for
the killing of Gretchen Holtz He will be
defended by ex Judge Hoffman and Assem-
Dlyman John y. besSon.
Counsel for D;sque will not apply for q
writ of error to the Chancellor, but strange
10 say, in case of life and death, it is not
q writ of right, as in every other criminal
case, and the Chancellor can refuse to
grant fhe same a. he did in the case of
Kankowski. Then the only resort is the
Court of Pardons, who have the power to
commute the death sentence into life i'm
prisonment, that is, if the Governor votes
tor such change.
Dr. Heller has brought suit agail Of the
New York Saats Zeitung for alleged libel
Gus publication in the case of Lambert,
who had accused the doctor OF a gross neg
lect of duty in his capacity as city physician
of Hoboken. Lambert made public re-
traction and purchased his peace with the
doctor by a substantial money offering.
which is now to be invested by that gentle
man in fighting our New York contem-
porary.
After q two weeks vacation, the Grand
Jury will convene again tomorrow after
noon. Notwithstanding the fact that the
Witnesses against Oficer McDermott. of
Hoboaen, who, infatuated with rum, almost
dubbed young Patterson to death, were
prevailed" upon to absent themselves
from the investigation to be made by the
Hoboken Police Commissioners, the case
will be laid before the Grand Jury, ss also
that of Officer K-lley, of that city. who q:
highly immoral and indecent conduct would
have brought about his instant dismissal
from any other than the Hoboken force.
When, in January, 1879, Hunter wal
hung ia the Court House at Camden, thu
press of New York and Philadelphia raised
such howl over the alleged scenes at tina
execution that General Sewell promptly in
troduced bill in the State Senate provid
ing that in the future all executions shall
be private. The act further provides, tina
Immediately after proneuncing the deatl
sentence, the Judge shall appoint jury O
twelve men (including two physicians) Sc
lected from among those residents of til,
county who are qualified to do grand jur,
duty. to attend the execution and report Il
him in writing all persons who have wit
messed the same. 1t authorizes the Sheriff
to appoint twelve deputies from amons
those of the county, subject to petit jur,
duty, and also provides for the presence O
two spiritual advisers, and not NOR,
than three members of the family Of tn,
culprit. That would make twenty-nine il
all allowed to be present mt an execution
every one of whom must be residents of tn
county But in the year following, sup
plement to the act was passed autnorizinl
the Sheriff to select three additional mel
to assist him from whatever locality he de
sires. This was done for the purpose o
authorizing the employment of professions
hangmen from other states Thus onl
thirty-two persons, all told, can now witRes
hanging in New Jersey. The acts make n
provision whatever for members of tn
press, and unless Judge Knapp appoint
some of them on his jury or Sheriff Helntz
finds them place among his nine depu
ties or three experts, none will be permit
ted to attend the execution of Disque.