The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-09
She Trapped Her Lover to
Hoboken and Had a War
rant for Him in Her
Pocket.
AN VEsYMPATHETlC POLICEMAN.
He Told Her to 60 to - the Next
Beat, and so the Heartless
Lcyelace Escaped.

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sented at the next meeting of the Hobo
KEEP Police Board against Patrolman
Murphy. He will be charged with re-
fusing 10 serve warrant for the arrest Of
a young man accused of seduction under
promise Of marriage and allowing him to
escape. The incidents leading u0 TO the
charge are quite interesting.
THE OLD STORY.
About week ago handsome young
woman called at Recorder McDonough's
court she was tastefulIy dressed and
her beauty attracted attention. She was
ushered into the Recorders private sane
tum- After the Judge had disposed Of
the several chses before him he went into
his private Office and listened 10 a sad
tale told between bitter sobs. IL was the
old story of woman's confiding love and
mans base treachery.
The young woman was Lena Reim-
schneider ana she lived happily with her
parents at the corner OF Third and Adams
treets. Her beauty and attractive
maners gained her suit0rs by the score
but she only looked with favor upon one;
and be was joseph McGarry-
McGarrv was a fine looking fellow aud
was a captain Of tugboat he won tue
they were soon engaged TO be married.
The girl trusted him implicitly and
McGarry induced her 10 spend night
with him IN New York. 1t was then that
he accomplished her ruin, but as be was
profuse in his promises to marry, the girl
bided her time.
As the day set for the marriage ap-
preached McGarry asked that It be post
poned for q week Although the girl did
not like this, she never dreamed that Nc
Garry would not keen his PROMISE Time
and again did McGarry postpone the
marriage, and finally when the young
woman's condition became such that she
could no longer conceal it from her
parents she demanded that he keep his
promise. He laughed at her then. she
says, an d told her TO DO her worst. He
said he would leave Hoboken never TO re-
turn again. The day after tins interview
be left Hoboken and went TO live in New
York.
That was the story The young woman
told the Recorder. and he INN ediateiy
issued warrant for the arrest Of McGar-
ry. The young woman said she thought
sne could learn the whereabouts of her
betrayer and that she would send him a
decoy letter asking him to come
TO Hoboken. She would have the war
rant IN her possession and when she met
a policeman she would produce the war
rant and the man at the same time. The
Recorder said such a.scheme would be an
admirable one and be at once had the
warrant countersigned by Sergeant Fan
niog and told the young woman that any
policeman would arrest the man the no
ment she produced the warrant
Yesterday Miss Reimschneider sent the
following telegram to her betrayer:-
DE Ar JoE:--
Come over at once. would like to attend the
theatre. All is forgiven. xc;:- .sss=cs.eease
LENA
The ruse worked. Last night McGarry
came to Hoboken and escorted the girl
whom he had so basely deceived TO Ja-
cobs' theatre. She pretended TO enjoy
the play but secretly hoDed thar her
sch heme would WORK Successfully. After
the theatre the couple started down
Washington street TO Third saw
asked McGarry to keep his promise. but be
laughed and told her not to be foolish Lena
could scarcely control her anger. At the
corner of Third and Bloomfield streets
she saw policeman. Her mind was
made up in an instant. but III order 10
lull suspicion on the part Of her COM
panion she commenced to laugh and chat
pleasantly.
THE POLICEMAN N THE Gaze.
As soon as sne was opposite the police
man. however. her whole demeanor
ehanged.s Her beautiful eyes filed with
tears ana uef voice became cuokeu Win
anger. Finally she managed to say
'Offlcer. / want this man arrested. be
has cruelty deceived me. | have war
rant here for his arrest
While she was speaking she had drawn
a warrant from one OF her pockets and
showed it to the policeman. McGarry
was dumbfounded. The policeman ex-
amined the w4rrant in listless sort OF
way. and then, according to the young
wOman's story. sa1Q.-
"Why in h don't you have the
policeman on the Adams street post serve
the warrant ! won't serve it"
The young woman begged OF him to do
it, hut he refused. In the meantime Nc
Garry edged around the corner aud ran
as fast as his legs could carry him. The
policeman continued on his beat and the
young woman went home alone, sobbing
as though her heart would break.
This morning she was IN court and told
Recorder McDonough her story. To say
that the Recorder was angry would be
putting it mildly. Chief Donovan was
Immediately notified and he sent at once
for Policeman Murphy. The girl fdenti-
fed him as the policeman who refused to
serve the warrant.
Murphy told Chief Donovan that he
met the couple last night and that the
young woman asked him TO arrest her
companion, and that while she was fum0-
ling in her dress for the warrant McGarry
walked away. He denied having told the
young woman to go to the policeman on
post in Adams street TO serve the war
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