The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-26
In MRS. BARRY'S ROOM.
Mrs. Hogan Gave the Wait
Tess and Her Cavalier
a Surprise Party.
THE SCANDAL AT SNAKE HILL.
Spears Admits That He Called Mrs.
Hogan a "Dirty Red Headed
Liars" But That was the
Worst He Did.

In the dining room of the asylum at
Snake Hill was begun yesterday an in
vestigation into the morality of atten-
dants or employees of that institution.
The investigation was made by the Board
of Freeholders and excepting Director
Brnggeman and Freeholder Nelson all
were present
A SPEECH TO THE REPORTERS.
'We have invited you to be present" !"
said the Clerk to the reporters as they
entered, $50 that you would hear all that
takes place and not make a mountain of
q mole hill"
Two charges were read against Harry
Spears, an attendant, one for using OBJ
jectionable language to female attend
ant and one for violating the rules of the
institution by visiting the rooms in the
female department.
IN MRS. BARRY's ROOM
Dr. King was called as witness and he
testified" Mary Hogan, q female attend
ant, informed me that she had seen Mr..
Harry Spears, male attendant, in Mrs.
Ellen Barry'S room last Christmas night;
two weeks later she told me the story
kept close watch on Spears and say
suspicious circumstances that led me to
believe he frequenIed the room.
He could enter the room from the win
dow and not be compelled to go through
the door. No male attendant has right
to go in the females department.
II know as a fact that Spears and Mrs.
Barry were quite intimate. ! went into
her room one night about eleven o'clock
and saw the bed had been disturbed, but
there was no one there l heard noise
on the shed or bridge. but when 1 looked
out found no one. 2
SURPRISE PARTY.
Miss Ellen Hogan, a middle aged
woman testified
81 entered Mrs. Barry's room Christ
mas night and saw Mr.. Spear and Mrs
Barry on the bed; it was about eight
o'clock. He was in his shirt
sleeves and was lying on his left
side; Mrs. Barry was partially un-
dressed; the door was locked but / had
when entered. and said excuse me-
and left the room as soon as | got the
medicine; when / left the room l shut the
door and no one followed me out.
| had heard him before this in her
room and saw him go there, and once he
told me had gone to her room when he
had taken too much beer and remained
asleep there until two O'Clock in the night,
On February Is Spear came to Mrs. Vul-
tees apartments where sleep and called
me vile names He had been drinking
some.
z Mrs. .Vultee and Watchman Garyey
corroborated this testimony.
Mrs. Fannie Perrine said she had ffe-
quently seen Spears go toward Mrs.
Barry's room, but some times it was
when he mad visitors and was showing
them the institution.
MRS. BAKRT S ROOMMATE
Mrs. Margaret McGuiness, who shared
the apartments with Mrs. Barry, testified
the night in question she was at Jersey
oh,
enter Mrs. Barry's room was when he
went there once to put in pane of win
dow glass, and that others were present
at the time.
That concluded the prosecution, and
not a single attempt was made to ascer-
tain If there were any more Spears and
Barrys in the institution.
Mrs. Barry, who was said to be on the
Hill. was not produced, and apparently
every possible endeavor was made to con-
fine the SO called investigation to this one
case.
Spears pleaded guilty to the charge of
using insulting language February IS
and not guilty to having been in her
room. He said:-
"a RED-HEADED LIAR.
"All called her was dirty, sinking,
red-headed liar. She had accused me of
lying on Mrs. Barry's bed.
"Christmas night was off duty and I
went to the Academy Of Music and took
my wife; have three children"
"What play was at the Academy that
night?' asked Freeholder KimmerIy.
"Herminie," was the prompt reply.
sand you saw its"
eyes, SIR
'What sort of play was it?n
The witness looked embarrassed at this
and hesitated to answer.
'Oh. object to that question: said
mo har> asAVhaf trof to 6r n
Snake Hill?'
81 insist on an answer" retorted Kim
merly, and then Spears said it was bur-
lesque.
What sort of a burlesqueP Was it
composed of Irish, German and Negro
comedians and character actorsr
"Yes, sir.'
TOM TRoTTER's BLANDrsHMENTs.
Continuing his testimony he said:--I
had no right TO be away ChristmBs night.
l received permission to go to the city
Tuesday afternoon and should have re-
turned Christmas day but went to Tom
Trotter's saloon and remained therc until
haIf-pasr six and then it was too late for
me to catch train and determined to
go to the theatre.
I was never in Mrs. Barry's room but
once when / put in u pane of glass and
once when Mrs. Perrine asked me TO enter
the window from the shed to unlock the
door from the inside, the spring lock hay
ing caught.
Mrs. Barry to get q glass of beer, and |
have walked with others, too. walked
with Mrs. Hogan, but not TO get beer; it
was never later than ten O'clock"
The examination was then adjourned
until Tuesday next, when Mrs. Barry
may testify.
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