The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-02
A STARTLING CHARGE.
1t Is Said the Police Are
Wil1fu1ly Letting Flee
sey Escape.

At six o'clock mass in the Church of
Our Lady of Grace, in Hoboken. yester-
day, Father Corrigan took the Hoboken
police to task for neglecting to capture
Fleesey, the murderer Of Denning- He
said the police were auspiciously inactive
and guilty of neglect of duty.
At half-past four o'clock on the morn
ing of May 25 Denning was murdered
outside of the saloon at the corner of
Second street and Willow avenue. 1t is
said that he was struck on the head with
q piece of solder in the hands of Fleesey.
Policeman Seibert was summoned and
found Denning unconscious and sent for
an ambulance. All the while, according
to the sworn statement of Bradbury, the
bartender, Fleesey was standing
at the corner of First street
and Willow avenue, one block
away and no attempt was made to arrest
him. AS late as half-past seven o'clock
ming was alive at the time, but his death
was momentarily expected. At nine
o'clock Sunday night 1t is said Flaesey
was Still in Hoboken.. This was eight
hours after the death of Denning. Fleesey
has rich and influential friends, who will
provide for him AL the rest Of the
family are emminenly respectable and
fallen on one of its members. 1t is not
believed that Fleesey will ever be cap
tured
Tonight Coroner O'Hara and a jury
will continue the inquest into Denning's
death. County Physician Converse will
testify as to what WAS the immediate
cause of death.
Money for the Departments.
Hoboken's most powerful body, the
Tax Commissioners, after holding several
star chamber sessions, divided up the APP
preparations for running the different
branches Of the city government at their
meeting on Saturday night. A large
number Of politicians were about the
City Hall trying to learn what the appro-
priations were, but the matter was kept
a profound secret until noon today, when
the City Clerk was handed q bunch of
type written manuscript, with the apDro-
priatiens printed In blue ink.
The following are the appropriations
800, 125 to pay principal and interest of
debt falling due, $45, 600 of the amount to
be taken from the sinking fund and $54 :
625 to be raised by tax levy; $50, ,425 to re-
imburse the North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company for extending the Third
street sewer; S., coo to provide steam Leat
ing for Public School No 8;
Educational Society, $1,000: sewer
maps and experts opinion. 81 600;
numbering houses Philadelphia system,
$500; s18, 726 to pay city share of improve
menus; cleaning streets, $4,000; repairing
streets, So. 500; election expenses, 81, 800;
expenses No. School, railing,
ETC., $1,436; light, $4,000; remov-
ing ashes, "a, 500; poor fund, $1,000;
salaries, SAL, ,143; opening drains,
$500; contingent fund, $4,000, making
capital to build sewers, lO,000; police de-
partment, S66, 800 $6 400 of this to be
taken from the license money, and So, 800
tax levy; supplying reports to District
Court, $3.50; Improvement Third street
sewer; Sf,G69;; G6e; s.ss,:ting n.,isances, $500;
poor fund, which was overdrawn last
year, 81, 900, and $50, TAI for fire depart
ment.
By the above appropriations the police
increase of pay is granted, but the fire
department fund is S., 800 less the amount
the Council asked.