New-York tribune., 1890-06-30
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEl.
JERSEY CITY.
GAGGIYG THE MOUTHS OF WITNESSES
NOW THE suDc1rF.s GANG TRIES To PREVENT
TIE CONVICTION CT DISHONEST
ELECTION OFFICER.


ELECTION OFFICERS.
II * cxpcctod that the case Of the fonr election ON
| ccr, who have been trial for the last week W."
| be placed in the jury, hands today All 'lo ".
dcncc is In and all that remains Is INC su'h"''' w
| Of the counsel on both sides and the charge VI ''o
iudcc Those who have watched the pTo-ccutioh' mop
ing that Justice viii metcd ont 10 these Wrcfl'"
| Instruments of the jersey CITY Democratic KING oo
licve that a conviction will re7Hli. a the 'VPcnoo
has been a, strong as could be desired ana t;rc "a'
been prai,cvorhy energy di'pl1ycd by 'o'"'F
Prosecutor Winfield Will" Judge iipPnco't has SHOW"
no disposition TO recognize frivolous and technici! Oh
,tructions by the defence. case "a p'lit j. Inv
Tudrc'. treatment of the witness Ernest FicnNE'
Being convinced that the rings agents, VINO HdNc
,yvarmcd aboni The Court House ever since t' ul'
began were trying 10 silence TINS witness A. '''H
had already caused valuable witness 10 n''aPp"
entirely the Judge hal Fielding locked up gave "u'S
that no politician should sec hlH' an" H''' '''
statement from the bench:
rhi, thing If tampcrlng with witn".Sc' has got ~
stop ! wish had good proof of some case.
would make such an example Of rlc eiiliy person
that there would hc no mere ot IL in this court
There is No doul; that the EinS has succeeded IN
,ropplng the mouth Of one witness who could tel
"a, deal If she cared to- III. witness : the woman
mentioned ia III, Tribune a. lying -lck WIN ''l'"'
in Roosevelt Hospital y Tribune reporter 'iIF.' ."
the hospital yesterday. but the superintendent feiN''
10 allow any one - sec the W"nih' '"c ~ VI
GEORGE Matthews and the h!sory Of the efforts mah"
by tie Democratic political boss Of IudS"n '"unN
10 close her mouth i, a. remarkable anything whlr
has vet been developed in the extraordinary history
nf election frauds. Mr.. Matthews wa> the BAR
maid Of Tom Trottcr. who glorlcS IN tnr
title N the champion ballpth"x stnnrr 4"
IIudson Comfy She lived with Trottcr for some
time in hi, GROCERY at Hobohcn ave. and Cook ST. but
finally the pair quaucllcd aud the woman TOOK up
with Erncst Fielding who bought Trottr's liquor sh"p
II Wa whil, she was Troucr', D." Larmad7 that the
woman became possessed If knowledge 81 the b'''"'
box in which the joker u-ed In lat fails election
were stamped, millcd and puncturi. THIS hn""l
cdee would furnish the missing ln, TN tho cham a.
testimony that ha- been produced Ia the trial Of tn"
election officers. Lavius Fielding. the woman drfod
=, Ncv York Ci;y. and lived awhile vita Mr.
Tr- Brown. at 80. aii West Tiny Hnth H. Thence
,hc went 10 the ho-pltnl. c
ON TAur-day evening Constable joseph Iochr ip
tain John Graham aud !. l. Altrmr'. r'lf''-".'ln,
Prosecutor Winfield. were n me neshD'sn@nd -;
to enter Rc"rds eating saloon across lluN ninth ~
from m ,,i llI hSpi , p SOB pSy. Of uf,on comfy tho
Democratic boz and head IF tn rins Nith hlm "''.
two ladc- They th' sister and niece Il "rc hl
John Ram.cy. the Republican " leader iu the l,t q
scnbly District # HUDSON tpInt'. The rhcr1 l'"h'i
more a>ton-hed taan p a'rd 4, ne ''E ~, h,i-hDH'
from Jcr "v tlty ,nt'r tlr place. fc" m'iu,''-
later Corporation Counsel Ilud ,poih one I'll" the '"pu
for the udctcd election oncr,, cntc'i and joined
the -heTin. lii"r H"hilc ti' 9h'Fih lHtN went
out.ide. ON the sidewalk they ven" Joined by on
Commi,io who wor.- under ih" -upcrsi i,ion Of
Tom" rroiteY, also city Oh Oeholicr. When "a"
party lrfj the r,eti'rai sheriff Diyi, walked up 10
Constable Locke and -dd thratcnincy " I'm Ou {"
yon fellows. and I'll bloch Your scheme
Aftcr that the party broke up. KIN" suh-cqucntN
called n the hospital {, 900 Mr.. Matthews, fha; be-
suc, e,Gcd .,-oing her seems evident. il j.
ported that Mr., Matthew hu- d.cdcl to De- dumb and
save Tom Irocr who j, one OF Oh" indicted election
officers.
william Fletcher age thirteen and Robert Splliu
Ing the Washington Il. sap yc,tcs1v.
when their boat struck by TN tug Novl-ton and
the two boys thrown into the water. Fletcher
drowned but splain saved himself by swimming
20 the opposite shore.
Captain Jane, Nobc, Of the lumber barge Good
Friday lying at the Delaware. Lachawauna and West
Railroad pier 80. .. lel overheard yesterday aud
wa, drowned. The toiy was recovered and taken
10 hi, home 40. Il Willow st.
\ visitor the steamer Elh" of tie Ercmcn Line
while leaning the rail vest .rday afternoon, dropped
hi, gold headed ci." o,oghofTd. \ fireman the
steamer who was Standing by bis side. attempted 80
catch the cane, hut fcil overheard and drowned
he