The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-09
THE THUGS SQUIRM.
0'Mara & Co. Seeking Ex-
cuses for the Assault
on Captain Graham.

CuS6S IOI the Assault
on Captain Graham.
The hearing of the charges of assault
and battery and interfering with an Off
Ger preferred yesterday by Captain John
Graham against Mike O'Mara, joseph
Qufrk and "Pattey" and Mrs Mahoney
and the charge of assault and battery
against John DAILY took place this morn
ing before Justice Stilsing DAILY was
discharged. The Court. wishing to thor
oughly investigate Captain Graham's
authority as an officer, adjourned the
hearing of the charges of that officer
against o'Maras Quirk and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahoney until Tuesday morning, at
which time George Cox, the bartender in
Alfred Cox's sa!oon,is to appear to settle
the conflicting testimony between Gra-
ham and his assailants in Cox's saloon.
Parenthetically, it may be remarked
that Mr.. George Cox, the bar
tender, told a JERSEY CITY NEWS
reporter on the night of the assault that
he saw no licks struck, and did not recog-
nize single man in the crowd
SEEKING DELAY.
strolled into the court room and held
consultation with the Justice. They de-
sired posuponement of the hearing and
didn't get it. Soon after Captain Gra-
ham came in and asked that the case be
adjourned as he did not know that the
Court usually sat on Saturday. Captain
Graham's s request was also refused He
went out and began to gather about him
his witnesses. z. Ii. O'Neill also came in
and held private consultation with the
Justice.
The interested parties soon came flock
ing in, accompanied by many ring heelers
and the usual curios, who make up a
court lobby. Graham was accompanied
by two brothers and a sister, who live in
Washington street, and who saw what
occurred. Mrs. Mahoney. robust woman
in black silk and beads, sat just outside
the rail of the prisoners pen, defiant and
laughing at Graham's testimony. On one
occasion while Graham was telling of the
assault she made upon him he alluded to
her as this woman" She interrupted
with:-"Mrs Mahoney, If you please"
Graham stood corrected. O'Mara was
not present when the others were ar
raigned. Graham's story was practically
the same as published IN THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS yesterday, and was corrobor-
ated by Insurance Agent Charles w.
Pierson, who testified that he saw Quirk
strike Graham a blow. Graham could
capias. It was now at the County Jail.
He could not remember the signatures
attached to it, except that of faCounty
Clerk Mclaughlin.
ROWE PUTS IN HIS OAR.
Counsellor Norman L. Rowe at this
juncture appeared and announced that
ne represented the defendants. After
questioning Graham as to whether he
had been sworn in as an officer by tn Q
District Attorney, he held that 1t was not
established that Graham had any more
authority to arrest Todd than he himself
had The Court thereupon decided to
wait until Tuesday morning before pro-
ceeding with the charges OF interfering
with an officer. holding that il Graham
was proven to be an officer, the fact that
he had been interfered with was good
ground for him to assert his rights by
force. Closely questioned by counsel,
Graham admitted that be struck the first
coRRoBoRATIvE TESTIMONY.
Celia Graham. the Captains sister, who
lives at No. $50 Washington street, saw
the crowd running, and after it emerged
from Cox's saloon, she saw Mahoney and
Quirk strike her brother. She claimed
tnat when she first espied O'Mara rum
ming he appeared to be holding back as
though he was afraid of attracting too
much notice, but he shouted to the
others, "Give it to him. Give IL to him."
Peter Graham, one of the Captains bro
thers, printer, also saw the crowd run
ming after his brother, and heard him cry
out to Roundsman Hopkins to hold the
man running ahead of him. He did not
reach the corner until after the crowd
emerged on Washington street. He saw
Mahoney down, after his brother ran
across the street to get his hat, but
couldn't say who knocked him down.
Abraham, another brother. followed.
He saw Mahoney strike the Captain in
the back. A scrimmage took place on the
other side of the street. The Captain,
Mahoney Mrs. Mahoney and Daily We're
all tugging at one another. 1t seems
Daily was only trying to separate them,
and he himself pulled Mrs. Mahoney
away.
These were all of the Captains wit
nesses. None of them had seen the direct
assault in Cox's saloon, during which the
Captain was kicked on the shin by
O'Mara, who struck at him first and
missed him, and while STOPPING to regain
his hat was kicked in the face by Maho-
ney and was struck by Quirk. Graham
declares that in the saloon he had not
time to retaliate, he was so anxious to
catch his prisoner.
WHAT HOFFMAN SAW.
The Justice asked Mr. Rowe if he had
any witnesses. Mr.. Rowe answered
Eyes, a number of them"
Samuel Hoffman, merchant at No. "a
Newark avenue, says he was standing IN
front of Morrow & Days talking with an
unknown young lady He saw the crowd
coming up like gentlemen strolling leis-
urely along" He knew Mahoney, and
spoke to him, and Mahoney returned the
salutation. Suddenly he heard racket
Turning around he saw several men run
ming, and saw Graham make a dash at
Mahoney He knocked Mahoney's nice
white hat into the gutter. The desecra-
tion of such q beautiful piece of
headgear seemed to annoy Mr.. Hoffman
more than the assault. All hands ran.
He picked up the hat and ran with it
after the crowd. When he reached Cox's
corner Mahoney and Graham were fight
ing, and he was sure if DAILY had not in
terfered, Graham would have killed
Mahoney. Mrs. Mahoney, he declared,
did nothing but ring her hands and cry,
"For Gods sake save my husbandp'
The Court here decided to adjourn the
case.