The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-08
CHRIS7IH'S Bird FLEW.
He Was a Jail Bird and JUS
tiCe Weed Is Wroth.

There seems to be two sides to the story
published in yesterdays JERSEY Cry
NEWS in reference to the prisoner New
house having been liberated by Captain
Christie Smith, of the Second precinct
Nowhouse left his home in Sussex
street some months ago to go to Phila-
delphia in search of employment. He
attempted to secure work in the new
Camden sugar concern and was unsuc-
cessful. BY odd jobs he scraped together
q few dollars and started to walk home.
He was attacked by highwaymen and ar
rived here in a destitute condition. At
least that was the story he told Justice
Weed before he was committed
THE WIFE'S COMPLAINT.
Several days ago. said Justice Weed,
supplementing the story, "a woman
came into my Office during my absence
and complained that her husband, for
of abandonment had been issued, had re-
turned and was annoying her by demand
ing the money and bread she had earned
to keep the deserted children.
1.-THE wide-awake officer, after ascer-
tanning that the man was the same one
he had been hunting for a number of
| weeks, hurried to her house and yanked
him into my court, and L committed him
in default of bail.
"Now," continued the Justice, ~ was
awaiting the action of Poormaster Hew-
lit, who was gatheridg up testimony in
Newhouse's case. To my surprise, in
came an officer yesterday with Newhouse.
He said he came from Captain Christie
Smith, of the Second Precinct, VINO told
me he was instructed to leave the prison
er here.
NO 4s HOUR RULE.
81 am well aware of the fact that in all
criminal cases prisoner must have a
hearing within forty-eight hours after
commitment. But this could not prop
erly be looked upon as a criminal case.
Newhouse was committed mainly on the
charge of being disorderly character.
81 told the officer that if Newhouse took
advantage of his opportunity to walk
out l would hold him or Captain Smith
responsible for Newhouse's appearance at
the trial as | had no officer here to take
charge.
"The officer left. Several gentlemen
present laughingly told Newhouse that
now was his time and Newhouse
thought so, too, and he walked out. 1t
was beneath the dignity of the Court to
step down and wrestle with prisoner for
whose appearance he was not responsible
II Immediately FASTENED to Chief
Murphy and asked him, who was the
keepers of the City prison, Watson or
Captain Smith? | also informed the
Chief of the circumstances surrounding
Newhouse's arrest. The Chief was
obliged to confess that Newhouse was
committed under section 5 of the dis
orderly act, as well as on the charge of
abandonment
CAPTAIN SMITHS SIDE.
Captain Smith said last night
why, this man Newhouse had been
here sixty-five hours,-ever since Decem-
Der A. am not permitted to keep pris-
Oner committed for the offence charged
against Newhouse beyond forty eight
hours They have no right to keep such
prisoner here for beyond forty-eight
hours in one of these close cells on bread
and coffee-tbe Police Board paying for
that, ana the prisoner obliged to sleep on
hard board
Besides l was overcrowded hadn't
room for him. The County Jail was the
place for him. The man himself, who is
gifted with at least an ordinary knowl-
edge of law regarding the treatment of
prisoners, complained that he was being
unlawfully detained"