The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-09
Is IT A CONSPIRACY?
MRS. DISBOROUGH DENIES HER
HUSBANDS POISON STORY.

AGSs OVh DE0L6O AAASAe
HUSBANDS POISON STORY.
A Neat Social Sensation in B~ordentown-
Chloroform Burglars Arrested in
acknowledgements Goes Democratic
General State News.
r Bordentown is. in a high state of ex
citement over the alleged conspiracy
of Mrs. Isaiah Disborough to poison
her husband, but the tide of sympathy
flows toward the accused woman. 1t
is said that Disborough desired a
divorce from his wife, and the latter's
sons by her first marriage declare that
D~isborough came to them separately
some weeks ago offering them $4,000 If
they should promise to stand on his
side and against their mother in case
their matrimonial difficulties should
ever bring them into Court. The
young men Indignantly refused to ac-
cept these brides, and have, that
time, been eager to effect a separation
of the badly sorted pair.
Lawyer Scovel, counsel for Mrs. DIS
Borough, says the sons "believe that
the white powder was placed in the
AldWGI Oy O0SA
order to obtain a pretext for his w1fe's
arrest and to afford ground for divorce.
They deny vehemently that she ever
contemplated poisoning her husband.
He abused her cruelty and heaped a
vast amount of work on her shoulders,
and for some weeks, SO the sons be-
lieve, has been devising means for a
separation. Several weeks ago he
decided his estate away from his wife,
and she was foolish enough to sign
her name. This has not yet been re-
corded, but it is a valuable link in the
chain of evidence
Lawyer Atkinson, counsel for the
husband, quoted from letters written
to Mrs. D~isborough to show the GER
tainty of conspiracy. In a letter re-
ceived from her daughter in Washing
ton, the writer asked:-"Have you
received the POWDER Tell Frank to
be cautious" Another letter from
her son, written early in September,
says:--Ihope when you get rid OF
that old scoundrel you will be salts
fed. If you can get a witness to
swear for you,t to prove what you say,
we can send him to State prison for
ten years. When everything is ready
let me know
Again he wrote that he was coming
up to Bordentown to sbust" the
scoundreIs head. A letter from the
daughter. written in July, admon-
ished :m'sDon't tell any you mar
RED him for his money" and a later
said:-'sIf you can get So, 600 from
him leave him."
The ChIoroform Burglars Arrested.
The police authorities of Elizabeth,
aided by Inspector Byrnes, have Sc
cured all the burglars who robbed
Mrs. Susan Milford and Mrs. Mary j.
Ross in Elizabeth last week and chic
reformed the inmates of the latter's
house.
The arrest of John Jennings, ON
suspicion, furnished a clue to the cap
lure of his confederates, Jennings
made a clean breast of it and said his
accoInplices were Charles Deigle. alias
'tButchn Miller, and Charles Schmidt,
alias Frank Miller, both of New York.
They took the stolen goods to that
city and disposed of them, while Jen-
nings, who remained behind, was
caught. Deigle and Schmidt were
arrested last night and are held in
York until a requisition can be OBJ
tanned.
Chief Austin, acting upon informa-
ton received, arrested tonight a resi-
dent of Elizabeth, on a charge of be-
ing an accessory. This mans name is
withheld by the Chief, who has the
prisoner in a cell at Headquarters. 1t
is claimed he was in correspondence
with the burglars, and furnished them
with pointers as to the houses at
which they could obtain the most
rIundar q nd fho continnc IF tho oitu
that were the least protected by the
police. The letter, it is said, was
found in his pocket which revealed
the part he played in the robberies.
Butch" Miller was the accomplice
of Greenwald, the murderer of Lyman
8. Weeks in Brooklyn about two
years ago. By a strange coincidence,
Greenwald was resentenced to be
hanged yesterday.
Newark Goes /. 800 Democratic.
The Newark charter election went
off quietly yesterday and a light vote
was polled. Mayor Joseph E. Haynes
dem was reelected by 300 majority.
The Council will remain Republican
by a majority of three, and in the Fiji
teenth ward there is a tie vote.
The Aldermen elected are:-First
ward, E. f. Mccormack (rep.); Second
ward, George A. Lockwood (dem.);
Third ward, Augustus Dusenberry
(rep.); Fourth ward, Henry Nader
f(dem.); Fifth ward, James A. Christie
(rep.); Sixth ward, James A. Dempsey
(dem.); Seventh ward, James Fitz-
simmons (dem.); Eight ward, long
term, Watson Ryno rep.); short term,
Elias Heller rep; Ninth ward. Elisha
b. Gaddis (rep.); Tenth ward, John F.
Young (rep.); Eleventh ward, An
drew Radel (dem.); Twelfth ward,
George Hunkle (rep.); Thirteenth
ward, Benedict Ulrich (dem.); Four
teenth ward. Fred. J. Bioren (rep.);
Fifteenth ward, tie vote between J. H.
Van Houten (rep.) and John r. Har-
din (dem.).
The Prohibition candidate for
Mayor received $50 votes.
Was 1t a Murder?
Drs. Lewis Jamison and Edward