The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-04
SNAKE HILL CANDY.
A Big Profit in Nine Cent
Sugar-P1ums for
the Poor.

The supplementary examination of the
defendant, Edward Haines, in the case of
Loft VS.. Haines took place in the jury
room of the First District Court this
morning. The examination was con-
Quoted by William M. Dougherty, counsel
for Loft, and elected facts that are OF
especial interest to the public in connec-
ton with the Snake Hill supplies.
Mr.. Haines supplied the Snake Hill
institutions with candy and ice cream
from December 2s to the closing of his
establishment on the 1st of May at No. 81
or SO Montgomery street. He was re-
Gently sued by William Loft, New York
candy manufacturer, in whose employ he
continued as q travelling salesman at $25
per week and expenses, for bill for can
dies, amounting with interest to 1925.
An order of discovery was granted by
Judge Douglass of the First District
Court on the 18th of September last, re-
turnable on October 9.
On the stand Haines testified that he
had been living at 244 Montgomery street
about four weeks That he started his
establishment with Mr.. Washburne as
partner, who drew out and sold his inter-
est to his (Haineso moJher-in-law. He
could give no account of the whereabouts
of either.
He and his partners had purchased
candy from various New York, Rochester,
Syracuse and Philadelphia firms in some
instances paying as high as fifty-four
cents per lb.
A SUPPLY FOR SNAKE HILL
A barrel of assorted mixtures were sold
on December s28 last to the Snake Hill
authorities, together with a number OF
buckets of ice cream, which, together
with other supplies, amounted to $400.
The barrel of candy was assorted in the
store, and it is more than probable
that candy purchased of Mr.. Loft at nine
cents per Id. formed the main bulk of the
! assortment.
Just what he received per pound from
the Freeholders did not come out in the
course of the examination-the plaintiff
testifying that he did not remember, and
could not now tell what had become OF
the bills. The supply records in the office
of the clerk of the Board of Freeholders,
however, shows that the amount paid per
pound was twenty-five cents.
BAsHFUL ABOUT ANSWERING.
"Who gave you the orders to furnish
these supplies?" asked Mr. Dougherty.
Haines at first refused to answer the
| question, but after some hesitation men
| toned the names of Freeholders KiIroy.
Hennessy and McDonough, He could
not tell which one first approached him.
| They were all three standing together.
He did not solicit the order, but was told.
after the subject had been broached, that
| they would do something to help him
| along.
His orders came from the clerk of the
Board.
| Haines had put off Loft with the prom
| Use that he would pay the bill as soon as
| he obtained the money due him by the
| Freeholders, and Loft claims that he Of
| fered to accept Haines' claimsagainst the
county and make up whatever reasonable
difference he asked for the purchase of
| his interest in the store.
| Haines denied both these allegations.
DIRECT TO SNAKE HILL.
When asked if any of Lofts candy
went direct to Snake Hill, Counsellor
Tom Noonan, his counsellor, who had
previously entered after the examination
had progressed at some length, objected,
and Haines declined to answer.
| In the attempt to ascertain how much
| candy Haines had purchased at fiftY-five
| cents per pound. the examining counsellor
was unsuccessful nor could he ascertain
the exact location of the firms from which
the high priced candy was purchased.
! He was equally unsuccessful in ascer
| tanning the profits which Haines made Oh
| his candies. Haines promised to produce
| the bills at the continuation of the exam
| nation, which, by mutual agreement OF
| the opposing counsel, has been set down
| FOR Wednesday next at 1:30 p. m.