The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-10
The Ballot Box Suffers
Trials Off Until
November II.
SOME ONES BLUNDER,
Prepared to Try a Man Who Had
Not Even Been Ar
raigned.
BY ORDER OF THE JOKER BOSS

The trial of the second batch Of election
officers which was set down for this morn
ing has gone over indefinitely. A blum
DER" to use the temperate language o.
Judge Lippencott. on the part OF thu
Joker Boss Sheriff, made such course
imperative. The ''blunderv inspired Mr.
Winfield to make an investigation. which
resulted in the discovery that three OF
the sixty-eight indicted election officers
had never been arrested, nor had any re-
turn been made to the capiases issued in
their cases.
The men called for trial this morning
were Francis Whelan, John Green. John
J. Miller and Patrick j. Kennedy. They
were the officers in the First precinct OF
the Second district, which. during the in.
vestiuation, came to be known as the
'Tugboato precinct from the fact that
tugboats lying in the basin.
Twenty-Five ''jokers'' were found in the
ballot box of this precinct; AZ names were
ON the pool book. which were not on the
registry lists, while the registry itself
contained 1l9 fraudulent manners.
LAWYERS TAKE THEIR PLACES.
There did not seem 10 be as much in
terest taken by the puDiic in this trial as
in the former one, and With the excep-
tion of the jurors and the lawyers there
were few people In the court room. The
1r6t gentleman connected with the case to
arrive WAS ex-Judge GaIreJson. counsel
for the defendants He placed his legal
satchel on the long table and sat down TO
read morning newspaper as uncon-
cernedly as though he was not about to
engage in one OF the most celebra ted
trials in the history of the State.
Soon after SerQeanf-at-arma Sharn of
the Senate, came in smiling and shaking
hands with every one as usual he was
closely followed by Jack Graham, and
then candidate McEwan loomed up, look
ing as though he did not mind the thrash
ing Senator Mcdonald gave him last
week.
The seats inside the bar filled up slowly
and when Constable Cook toiled the
bell at ten o'clock there were plenty OF
empty benches and seats in the court
room. The solemn tones of the bell had
hardly ceased when Prosecutor Winfield,
loaded down with papers and books and
followed by Assistant Prosecutor Noon
nan, took his place. The four indicted
men came in and slid into seat among
the audience quietly and unobservedly.
few minutes 6fterward Judges LIP
pincott. Paxton and Hoffman emerged
from their private room and took their
seats on the bench.
GREEN ARRANGED.
The Clerk then called the struck Jury,
and it was found that four were absent.
Then Mr.. Winfield arose and everyone
settled down in anticipation that the
Prosecutor would move the trial Of the
four men. Their expectation was turned
Y to wonderment, however, when Mr.. Win
leld called John Green to
obstruct and pervert the laws of New
Jersey relating to elections, and asked
! him IL he was guilty or not guilty.
Green replied that he was not guilty,
while every one wondered what the Pros
ecutor meant by such proceedings. Their
perpiexity was soon cleared up when he
addressed the Court.
II have Just discovered" /" he said, "that
through someone's blundering this man
has never been arraigned. and as the
struck jury WIS drawn before his arraign-
ment, l am compelled to move that the
rule for this struck jury be discharged
and new jury ordered"
IL was plain to see that Mr.. Winfield
was very much disguised at this sudden,
unexpected turn affairs had taken and ne
made no attempt to conceal it,
This circumstance has lust come to
the knowledge of the Court" began
Judge Lippincott. "We thought that all
four of the men mad been arraigned 1t
is one OF those unforeseen things that
sometimes occur to delay trials. The
Court is satisfied that no one is to blame
particularly, unless it be the officer who
returned the capias. The rule for this
struck jury will be discharged and the
Prosecutor may take another for new
jury"
FOXY CLEANS OF PLEASURE.
While the Court was talking the Little
Joker Boss walked into the room with
his hands in his pocket and satisfied
look which cleaned from his foxy ewes
Notwithstanding the immobility of his
face.
He walked up to Judge Lippin-
conversation with him. When
he turned away his eyes encountered
those or the Prosecutor, Mr.. Winfield
glared at the little Napoleon of ballot box
stuifing with all the Indignation of his
honest nature. while the Little Joker
Boss. tapping his teeth with long piece
of paper, gazed at the Prosecutor with a
look of cool impudence.
Let US have no more nonsense about
these matters" the Prosecutor finally
broke forth. s.If there are any more of
these men who have not been arraigned
they will be brought in and charged at
once. | don't propose to have these trials
delayed again by any such cause as this.
THREE UNARREsTED RAsCALs.
Mr.. Winfield then sat down to the
Clerks desk to go over the record of the
election officers. While he was thus en-
u
moment with faint smile of triumph on
his face and then went over to the prison
er's pen. where Green had been relegated
pending the arrival of his bail, and at
tempted TO brace up Green's dropping
spirits.
May it please the Court.n suddenly
exclaimed Mr.. Winfield, jumping up. II
would like TO have the Sheriff make re-
turns to the capiases issued for the arrest
of Thomas Reddy. Thomas Burt and
Martin Flynn ! find that none Of these
men have been arrested -
This announcement created consider
able excitement in the court room. and
every one looked at the little boss VINO.
as unmoved as ever again beat a tattoo on
his tee b with the piece of paper h q
carried in his hand and grinned at the
Pro- ecutor.
Judge Lippincott frowned at this. and
directed that the Sheriff shall return the
capiases on or before Friday morning.
The Sheriff attempted to say something
to the Court, but the Judge frowned and
shook his head.
JUROR FINED.
The Court then turned his attention to
the jurors who had not appeared. He
ordered that Mr.. Thomas Doremus be
fined 80 and said.--
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