The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-30
THEY CAME UP SMILING.
Indicted Commissioners and
FTeeholders Brought
to the Bar.
4 MUTUAL BAILING SCHEME.
His Honor Sat Down on 1t, Though
the Prosecutor Was Willing.

Commissioners Cannon, Tumulty, Kern
and Watts, of the Jersey City Board OF
Public Works, and Freeholders Boyle,
Griffin, Kilroy, Hennessey, McDonough,
Tierney, Totten, Noonan, Smith, Stieger,
Kimmerly and Rollston were arraigned
this morning in the county courts to
answer indictments for malfeasance i'll
Office. Each was admitted to 81 800 bail to
await trial on the first day Of the April
term. These indictments have already
been fully explained in THE JERSEY CITY
News.
A MUTUAL BAILING SCHEME.
When the Board of Works Commits
sioners were arraigned before Judge
Knapp the only one who appeared EN-
barrassed was Cannon. He was not used
to it. Kern and Watt had "both been
there before" and knew the ropes, Tum-
qlty was two years member OF the
Legislature and he required no aid.
Commissioner Cannon informed the
Court that the indicted members were not
represented by counsel and that he spoke
for them He said the Commissioners did
not Intend to employ counsel and that he
had been delegated to act for them.
Mr.. Cannon was bailed in the sum OF
then Tumulty was arraigned, and he
offered Cannon as a bondsman. Judge
Knapp looked surprised at this cheek, y
and wanted to know If the four indicted
members were to bail each other out OF
Jail. When told that was the pro-
gramme the Judge asked If it was
the custom of the Prosecutors Office to ac-
cept bail of this nature. When told
that it was, he remarked that the practice
was bad and declined to accept the bonds,
although Cannon informed the Court that
the Prosecutor was willing to accept the
bail
All of the Commissioners pleaded not
guilty and were ordered to appear for trial
at the April term of the court, after bail
had been furnished by friends who were
in court.
THEN CAME THE FREEHoLDERs.
Immediately after this the arraignment
Of the twelve indicted Freeholders took
place and they were compelled by the
Court to give bonds in the same amount
as the Commissioners of the Board of
Works.
The first to be arraigned was Andrew
J. Boyle. Counsellor McDermott, who
represented the twelve men, told the in
dicted Freeholder to say nothing, and then
he said to Judge Knapp that he appeared
for Boyle, and that he took exception to
the indictment on the same ground that
y 4
sey's case as to the legality of the Grand
Jury.
The Court overruled the objection. Mr..
McDermCtt then said that because the
offence was so slight, merely an indict-
ment for malfeasance, in which but s220
are involved, and that the Freeholders
are collectively under bonds to the amount
of $780, 600, he would ask that bail be fixed
at a nominal figure. The Court con-
cluded that the bail should be the same as
that demanded of the Board of Works
Commissioners Boyle then gave bail
and Griffin was the next to be
arraigned. Thomas Fitzsimmons was
his bondsman. The others were arraigned
as Michael Hennessey, bailed by
Henry Byrnes; James +. Kilroy. by Bryan
McGuinness; Thomas McDonough, by
Abram Post; Dennis f. Noonan, by Hugh
Dugan; James Rollston, by Robert Guy;
Adam 7. Smith, by Abram Post; Emil
Steger, by Henry Steuck; Frank kim
merly, by John Mccarthy; William J.
Tierney, Luke Boyle and John A. Totten,
by Thomas Fitzimmons