The Jersey City news., 1891-09-22
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
Raided By the Police : Queer
Reasons Why People We're
There-Cougley's
Wife.

There was some excitement around
Police Headquarters last night when the
police patrol wagon rolled up jammed
with detectives in charge of lot of men
and women of evidently respectable ap-
pearance. It was not long before it
leaked out that the "Old Homestead
located at Fourth and Coles streets, upon
which suspicion has for q long time
rested, had been raided by the police.
The entire party, in charge of Detectives
and O'Neill, aliGhted and filed in twos
up stairs into Superintend ent Smiths
Office.
This morning the party was arraigned
before Police Justice O'DonnelL They
gave their names as follows:-Adeline
steada1; William Bluford, of No. 673a Erie
street; John Kane, of No 67 Erie street;
John Hunter, OF st. Paul's avenue; Fred
Haas, OF Hopkins avenue; Mary smith,
of Grove street; Busey Kelley. OF Bergen
Point; and Fannie Matthews, a colored
cham Dermaid.
Mrs. Baker is an eminently respectable
looking gray haired matron; Mrs Smith.
fine looking and styhshly dressed
woman, and Busey Kelley, q young
woman of ordinary build, who wore a
fancy brown cape and stylish straw bon
net WlUn trimmings TO lndtCH.
NOT LANGLEY'S WIFE.
Bernard Langley was the first witness.
He said he kept liquor saloon at NO. S4S
Ocean avenue. Pointing out the Keel ey
woman he said she was his wife, and had
left him some weeks ago. he nad reason
| to believe she was at the 'Old Homestead
and he visited there Sunday night and
asked for his wife Mrs. Baker preten ded
to be insulted and he was harshly treated.
He believed there were some thirty or
forty women in the house. He could
only hear them talking, but did not see
more than half II dozen. He could hear
them going in and out. He did not see
his wife but recognized her bonnet on
the rack down stairs. He believed his
wife was up stairs. He drank some beer
there served him by the colored girl. lie
couldn't say that he paid for 1t. as it was
such fumbled up business. Mr..
Langley complained to the police yester-
day, hence the raid.
When the Keeley woman was called
I>uponato explain her presence there last
night she denied that she was ever mar
ried to Langley.
THE CHAMBERMAID's STORY.
Fannie Matthews, the cOtOred cham
weeks washing anu ironing. She had
often served beer, but never saw any one
pay for it. The bostles came ip barrels,
but the barrels were not Very large. she
very seldom let any one In. Usually tne
callers were friends of Mrs Baker.
Mr.. Bluford explained that he had
called there last night to see If he could
get some information as to the where
abouts of friend. He believed that Mrs.
Baker could give him that information.
MI. Kane said Mr.. Bluford had asked him
to go along with bfni and he did so. Mr..
Hunter simply called upon Mrs. Baker as
a fEiend, and MI. Haas went with him. =
Mrs Smith said she went there last night
TO see il her husband was there. She had
visited there with her husband, who was
simply an acqua1htance of Mrs. Baker
She was only there about five minutes
when Two detectives marched in. She
didn't drink auy beer. She me- ver drank.
All the others, it appears, drank beer.
Nobody appeared to have paid fordt, and
Justice O'Donnell asked "Who was the
good Samaritap?"
Mrs. Baker had but little to say. Mrs.
Langley, she said, came to her house
sunday night with a woman. She
objected to the woman and ordered them
away. She was taken suddenly i'll and
knew nothing of what transpired until
they were gone. The beer she supplied
| free to her friends.
Mrs. Baker was held In $500 for the
grand jury on the charge of keeping 9
disorderly house. The others, with the
exception OF the colored girl, Fannie
were given the option OF paying a fine Of
| S. apiece or spending thirty lays in Snake
Hill, Fannie was paroled as witness.