New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-02
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.
THE CONTESTANTS SIDE CLOSED
HTS WITNESSES HAVE SHOWN FRAUDS ENOUGH
TO WIPE OUT SENATOR MDoNbDs
MAJORITY.

When the session Of the Senate Commi''ec "hic'
has been investigating election fraudS Ill IuuSoh
County. closed yesterday afternoon cN'uose iio"
mann counsel 10 W. 5. Stuhr, on whose contest ior
the seat OF senator Mcdonald, the investigation hhgcd
announced TO tho committee that Mr.. stuhr had no
mora witnesses 10 offer senator Gardner, the chair
man NJ the committee asked cxIudge Garrctson coun
sci for Mr. Mcdonald whether he wished TO call any
witresses Mr. Garretson said that being TAKEN some
what by surprise, he could not answer on manu- lie
said he would communicate with senator Mcdonald
who wouJd probably ask for extension of time.
Tberenpon Senator Gardner announced that the com
mittee would meet at 10 O'Clock this morning. as
usual 10 be prepared 10 hear any witnesses the con
tcstee may have 10 offer.
The usual number Of women and sprinking OF
men testified Yesterday and disclosed the usua amount
Of fraudulent votes the polllist. W. f. Coortz.
Of No 234 New-York ave, who was said by Frederick
Bluhm Hoboken liquor seller. to have been in charge
Of lot OF repeaters at BuhmS baToom on election
day. gave some Interesting testimony. Like most of
the election officers and men accused OF election
frauds. he a city employee being an engineer III
the Water Works Department lie SAID he Only met
the repeaters by chance in Bluhm'S place. ana had
an acquaintance with only one of them. lie Denied
with great show OF indignation, that the Iepeaters
were under his charge.
The announcement that Stuhr would ofer no more
witnesses virtually closes the investigation. Although
the committee has not by any means gone over the
whole ground. yet it, partial search has shown moS
than enough votes TO cancel McDonald's alleged ma
FORTY Of 500 votes That the report of the commit
tee will declare stuhr entitled to his seat there can he
doubt
I'VE have found" said senator Gardner, In ronhu
numbers that there 1000 jokcrs' that the re-
count Of the the string dcprives McDohaid
OF 400 more votes here in jersey City about -'ooo
fraudulent have been discovered and there are
districts giving Mcdonald majortes aescsailnS
$500 that tainted with frauds that If judicial
presidents be followed should be thrown out
ave might have kept another 100 days. SAID
exJudge Hoffman. but there seemed 10 be no
bottom and we had found fraud enough. we might as
well deslst ExJudgs Garrct>on admitted that gross
frauds had been shown but not enough in his eStlni-
CATION began the hrst week ~ January. Thc COM
mittee has held sessions in Trenton ana jersey 'S'
and has heard about 800 witnesses
The police received notice yesterday of the escape
Of Frank Dugan, a convict from the pcncntiary at
Snake Hill. Dugan was serving term for burglary
and had been in the institution since January. with
a pair Of broken scissors he removed several bricks
from the outside wall OF his cell Wednesday night.
took suit Of clothes belonging TO of the keepers
which he found in a corridor, and made his escape
through a small window. His absence was not dis
covered until the roll was called yesterday morning
Nathan rsenberg. of No 24e East Tenthst, New
York. Mragned before Judge StilSins ycstsr-
day charged with offering sell lottery tickets lie
went into Peter keeher's dry goods store, No. 5o3
Groves,.. and. exhibiting bunch Of lottery tickets.
asked Kelleher to buy Kellehcr caused his
arrest Judge Stilsng required Isenberg TO furnish
$500 bail
The jury in the appeal case of the Currie heirs
against the Bergen Neck Railway Company re
turned verdict yesterday awarding the heirs S35,215
for the land the company This is siol3
more than the award made by the condemnation com
missioners.
The Jersey City and Bergen Street Car Company
yesterday signed agreement with the Jersey City
Electric Light Company for supply of power with
which 10 run their IN Mongomery-st.