The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-24

fact that his name was on .the.poll book
as a voter from No. 70 Grand street.
Charles Sethman testified that his
father and his brothers, Hermann, Mar
tin and John, all live at NO. 81 Morris
street, That is in the First precinct Of
the Second district.
ibid you vote at the First precinct,
First district?n asked Mr.. Winfield.
He had not; but he had voted at the
First Of the Second.
His name is on both poll books in the
First precinct as voter from No. 30
Morris street.
Martin Sethman, the father of Charles,
testified that he lived at No. 81 Morris
street, and that he had voted at the First
precinct, Second district.
Did you vote twice last fall?" Win
field asked.
mo, don't do sooch dings as dot,',
was Mr.. Sethman's reply.
Ills name was on the poll-book Of the
First precinct, First district as voter
from Nos30 Morris street. and on the Sec
ond district poll l-book too
Martin Sethman, .Jr. gave testimony
like that Of his father His name was
checked as voting. Mr.. Winfield rather
clinched the case as to him by getting
him TO say in answer to questions that he
knew defendants Moschel and Hart, and
that they both know him. He was
checked as having voted under their eyes.
John Sethman, living at the same place,
gave similar testimony. he knew Mos
chel and Hart, too.
"When did you speak to Moschel last?'
asked DAILY on cross-eXamination.
"Oh. don't know him very well-only
by sight. answered the witness.
when did you see Hart lasts"
"Well, this morning.
'sYou wouldn't know him unless he
were pointed out to you, would you,
now?"
"Oh, yes. have known him for eight
cen or nineteen years"
The value of this testimony lies in the
fact that it indicates that the election
officers must have purposely allowed
some one else to vote on the names
MISS FIRES.
Mrs. Morrfsey, of No. 10 Sussex place,
testified that she did not know whether
man named Bremmen lived in the house
last November or not.
William Gleason, called, failed to an
swer, and the Prosecutor asked for a
capias. He will do this for every absent
The next witness was F. N. Kellers, of
No. ii Ocean avenue. He had lived there
five years. 81 am a grocer and do busi-
ness on the corner of Sussex and Green
streets. It is in the First precinct of the
First district. voted in the Sixth dis
trict. I did not register in'tne First dis
ii call attention to the fact that he is
registered from No. 81 Green street, ~ said
| the Prosecutor.
"That may have been my son Frederick
| I Kellers," replied the witness.
"How old is your son?'
"Twenty-one years last August"
"When was he born?"
"In 1862
"How do you knows' asked the Prose
| cntor.
we'll 1 vas dere, undt das vas more as
| you vas," Qaughter.)
what street does your building face?"
"It is on two streets. numbered 5S Sus-
| sex and 6S Green streets. My son voted
| from No. 81 Green; he boarded there with
| Mr.. Hope.
Prosecutor Winfield here read from the
registry and poll-hooks that j. II. Sticht,
| of No 55 Morris street, was shown as vot-
! ing, but that the number was out of the
| precinct.
| Counsellor Hudspeth objected to the
1 Prosecutors s reading from the DOLL book,
| but court refused to listen to him or TO
| grant an exception. The Prosecutor then
| read the names OF Hannahen, No 81
| Morris street, and Thomas Mckenna,
| No. 67 Morris street, as checked as
voting.
Ex-Judge Garretson interposed an OBJ
| lection to the Prosecutors reading the
| names further, and the Court said that 1t
could 20 on, but would not be part of
| the record.
Mr.. Hudspeth wanted to know the
| Prosecutors reason for reading the names
/ and was told it was to show that the cleo
| ton officers wrote down names to suit
| themselves.
Henry Wolf was called and did not
| answer and a capias was issued for him.
| PILING UP PROOF.
| ". E. Erickson theu took the stand.
..I live at No. IS Morris street, on the
| south side OF the street; | voted in the
| First precinct of the Second district, |
| think, am not sure about the district. :"
II cali the attention of the Court" said
| the Prosecutor. that he is registered as
I having voted in the First district.
isYou are sure you voted from No. 75
| Morris street,"
Eyes SIR
| ssIf the court please. he is registered as
voting from No. rs Morris street," COM
mented the Prosecutor.
| "That is where used to live," said the
| witness.
John S. johnson. OF No. 434 Jersey ave-
| nue. testified that he knew where No. 26
| Sussex street was. That an old iron foun-
| dry was once there, but 1t is torn down
now, and the place is vacant.
| No. 33 Sussex street is a stable, said wit
hess in reply to question by the Prose
| cutor The Prosecutor dismissed the wit
ness with the remark, II don't see
! anything in this witness want"
| Mary Ann Breen, the next witness,
lived at No. 76 Sussex street. Her
| husband and eighteen year old son
| lived with her; Daniel Tierney lived up
stairs and Fitzgerald over them. There
| was no man named HI. Sutherland who
| lived there. L. Fitzgerald and L. Nc
| Court live there.
| elbow do you know?"
| 81 was told so since before"
| "Before what2'
Before, when a man asked me.''
| Witness then said that M. Brannigap,
| T.. McKenna, H. Morris, J. Hoy, P. Barry,
| George J. Howe, James Griffin, Robert
| Ennis, T. H. Sutherland and +. Branni-
| gan did not live at that house.
| STILL THEY COME.
Mrs. Julia Fitzgerald lives on the ton
| floor of No. ~ Sussex street. Her hus-
| band, self and son are in her family. She
| had had a gentleman boarder in. her
rooms since last April, a year. He is not
/ there much Thomas Cohen. He is not
| q boarder, merely lodger then She
| never knew man by name of H. Fitz-
| gerald. Cohen had some friends; she did
| not know their names. He is a water
| man.
"Do you know if any men make his
1 room their homer asked Counselor Daily
| on cross examination.
/ Some times some one comes to sleep
with him.
.'How many beds has Mr.. Cohen in his
room?" asked Winfield on the redirect.
''One big one, sir, and that's all" Mrs.