The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-06
SEPTEMBER TRIALS.
A Huge Batch of Cases to
Occupy the Courts on
the Hill.
FOUR MURDERERS IN JAIL
Railway Suits by the Dozen
Personal Injuries and
Land Damage.
Mrs. Steger's Pistol, the Bannon-
Grogan Fight and the Simon
Heller Imbroglio Will
Figure on the
Calendar.

Aext week and it will be an unusually
long and busy term. There are many
important cases to be tried, particularly
in the Criminal Courts, and the Prose-
cutor and his Assistant and his corps of
detectives are busy as bees completing
the chains of evidence against malefac-
tors for the grand and petit juries to act
on. The criminal list is greater than
usual and it will require all of Prose-
cutor Winfield's well known push and
energy to get rid Of the cases before the
;lose of the term.
In the County Jail today there are four
men accused of murder and theirs will
be among the first cases to receive the
attention of the Grand Jury, These men
Are William Fimanella, of Bayonne.
.harged with the murder of his brother
A-laW, Antonio Veretta. The murder
gas the result Of a drunken spree and
was committed by a stab in the left
bhigh. which severed the femoral artery.
1t is the latest of the four homicides, hav-
ing been committed but few days ago.
Yesterday Coroner Brackner found
the widow of the deceased, who has
been in hiding and committed her to the
County Jail. 1t is said she was an eye
witness to the crime. Another Italian
who will be tried for homicide is Peter
Tola, who stabbed to death with pair of
shears Peter Keogh, a Fourth district
tough. about six weeks ago. The crime
was committed on the corner of Laidlew
and Summit avenues, and, 1t is alleged,
was the result of grudge. Tola's coun-
sci will endeavor to prove self defence
and will claim that keogh assaulted the
Italian without provocation.
hh irA xt1u hC fc nh ra6 h
taking the life of a fellow man, is James
Murphy, of Hoboken. He is accused of
being one of gang who killed John Dem
ming in Matthieson 81 Bradbury's saloon,
Second and Willow streets, HoDoken, on
Sunday, May 25, where general drunken
low toog place Denning was killed by a
blow on the head with a bar of solder.
Murphy's friends declare the blow was
struck by one Thomas Fleesey, who has
so far escaped arrest. This will be Muir
phys defense. The fourth mans case to
be considered by the Grand Jury is that
Of Michael Lumm, who was arrested by
Detective John p. Feeney for the MUIR
der of Jenne five years ago. Jenne was
watchman employed by William Peters
TO guard his ice houses at Union Hill and
also to prevent scavengers from dumping
night soil on his property. 1t Is claimed
by Philip Greiner that he was scaven-
ger employed by Lumm and that he and
ne through the heart when the latter en-
deavored to prevent Lumm from deposit
ing a load of night soil on Mr.. Peters
property.
MRS. sTEGER's PISTOL.
A case that will be presented to the
Grand Jury and which Is being watched
by interested parties very closely is that
of the wife OF ex-Dlrector Emil Steger, OF
the Board OF Freeholders, who was ar
rested on May 20 on the complaint of Mrs.
Christ Frelknecht, who charged Mrs.
Steger with attempting to take her life.
Mrs. Freiknecht's daughter, Pauline,
some time ago gave birth to child and
she claims that Albert, the son OF ex-
Frceholder Steger, is its father. This
scandal so excited Mrs. Steger that on
May % she went to tine house of the
Freiknechts and shot at Mrs. Freiknecht
twice with a revolver. Mrs. Steger, as
was told exclusively in The JERSEY CITY
NEWS was arrested and gave bail to JUS
tice Aldridge for the action of the Grand
Jury.
THE BANNoN- -GRoGAN FIGHT.
Another case that has an odor of pos
sible political pull about it is the dis
graceful prize fight between Frank Ban
keeper at the Snake Hill penitentiary,
and he was SO badly beaten by Grogan
that since then he has been at times al
most an imbecile. The fight took place
at Harrison. and when Grogan was ar
rested the District Attorney refused to
consent to his being bailed, so critical
was the condition of Bannon; Both
clans, and as soon as Bannon
was out of Immediate danger Freeholder
Tierney interested himself in Grogan and
he was bailed. What the Grand Jury
will do with the case is yet a question.
There are number of other cases in the
500 hot tho mi fxy
much and the cells are full of minor
malefactors
A BATCH OF DAMAGE SUITS.
The calendars in the Civil Courts have
not been completed yet, but among the
cases noticed for trial in the Supreme
Court is that Of Fredericka Aldag. ad-
ministratrix of Fred. Aldag, deceased,
against the Hamburger American Steam
ship Company, to recover damages for th Q
loss of her husbands life. He was killed
by an accident while on the steamer, and
plaintiff claims through the negligence of
the company.
The case OF Morris Lawler, administra-
tor of Kate Lawler, deceased; Rachael
Keatlng, administrators of Elsie w. Keat-
Ing, deceased Joseph A. Keating, Joseph
g. Ward ct ais, administrators OF Rachael
Ward deceased, against the New York
and Long Branch Railroad Company, re-
calls sad disaster that took place about
Is dead were driving in coach at Little
Silver one bright, sunny day. full Of life
and vigor A train dashed into the coach
rs it attempted to cross the track, ana
The three persons were picked up dead.
The suit is brought to recover damages
BY the administrators.
On the calendar will appear also the case
bf Christopher Hinse against the Neither
and American Steamship Company.
Hinse was knocked down the hold OF the
Iteamer by the carelessness of the em-
ployes, it Is alleged, and severely inJur ed.
he wants $4,000 damages for his IN
4lllries.
Benjamin Marsh has brought suit
lgainst the National Transit OIL Com
lany to recover 5000 damages. He was
truck by a train in the yard at Constable
hook and received serious injuries.
Augusta Friska wants $1,000 damages
rom the North Hudson County Railway
company for injuries she received while
i passenger on one OF the company's