The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-20
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
What Captain" Jack !Gra-
ham and His Brothers
Don't Know.
ABOUT RACES, RAIDS AND TIPS.
Objects to Giving Testimony Be-
cause it lnterferes With
His Business.
ABOUT RACES, RAIDS AND TIPS.

The Grand Jury yesterday subpoeued
d. d. Withers. president of the Mon
mouth Park Association; Alexander j.
Cassatt, one of the Board of Control;
Captain John Graham and his brothers.
Peter. Abraham and Frank, Justice Lock-
wood and William Spear TO testify before
1t. The only witness called was Captain
Graham. He was asked what he knew
about Gutenberg races. He replied that
he didn't "know much," that he had
'only gone there as law officer"
After the Grand Jury decided to call
10 more witnesses yesterday, but to con-
tinue the Investigation at future date,
Graham complained bitterly to his en-
plovers because he had been sub
poened. 1t prevented him from creating
a scene at the track such as took place
Saturday.
Ex-Judge Blair said this morning that
number of constables would be sent to
Gutenberg and that more arrests might
be made.
WAIVED EXAMINATION.
At about ten o'clock tUis morning three
carriages stopped In front of Justice
Lockwood's Office op Washington street,
and a moment later President Walbaum,
Treasurer "Nick" Crusius and Secretary
Whitehead OF the Gutenberg race track
entered the Office. The complaints
| they at once waived examination. Mr..
Peter Wilkins furnished the necessary
| 5000 bail, and the three race officials de-
| parted.
Superintendent John G. Carr was in
| Lockwood's office bright and early this
| morning, and to a JERSEY CITY NEWS re-
| porter said that there would be no racing
today.
"The snow has frozen on the track and
| we now have forc- of four hundred men
| clearing it off. They have been at work
| since four o'clock this morning, and we
may he able to have racing tomorrow.
| Justice Lock wood is still making out
| complaints, and Graham Brothers, print
ers, are running off thousands of war;
rants for use against the race track peo-
| pie.
| Superintendent Carr demanded several
copies of the complaints this morning
from Justice Lockwood, andupon receIv-
| ing them hurried with them to the law
office of Wallis. Edwards q Bumstead.
"Nick' Crusius and Secretary White
head belive that they have been falsely
arrested, inasmuch as they have no con-
| nection with The running OF the track II
is intimated that they will bring suits for
| damages.
| YESTERDAYS RAID.
| 1t was rumored about the Gutenberg
track yesterday afternoon that whole
| sale arrests were TO be made, and
| that there would be repeti-
| tion of the disgracefnl scenes
enacted bv the constables Saturday. AS
| a result all the visitors to the track were
on the lookout for trouble.
There was no noise or trouble, however,
| although the coustables staggered into
the bel ting ring soon after the first race
| and produced warrants for the arrest 0f
| nine bookmakers. The warrants had
been issued by Justice Lockwood on evil
| dence secured Monday.
All the men for whom the warrants
were issued quietly accompanied the
constable to Egan's Office at one emu OF
the betting ring. aud there they were ad-
| mitted to bail by Justices McCoobery and
Yonmans in the sum Of 500 each. The
bondsmen were Lawrence Fagan and ex-
Assemblyman Hirtler., The so.called
scarcely any of the spectators being aware
| of its nature.
WHO WERE ARRESTED.
The men arrested We're K. }. Gains, OF
the Hobok4n Turf Club; NJ. Goodwin, of
the Marion Cluo; j. Fernandez, of the
Locust Club: Patrick j. Shannon, of the
| st. John Club; j. Coombsman, of the
Empire Club; John Jacobs. of the Friend.
snip Club; William Snow. of the Cres-
cent Club; ]. Vreeland, of the Lexington
Clu b; John Mulvaney, of the Hanover
| Club.
The constables did not leave the track
after the arrests; but occupied themselves
| in collecting evidence to issue more war
| rants.
The residents of Gutenberg and Union
| Hill take the matter much more seriously
| than do the meu inside the track
| The small shopkeepers throughout the
northern part of the county regard the
matter as injury 10 their trade, and or
the streets in Union Hill, and even as fal
over as West Hoboken, denunciatiou Of
! the cunstables is heard on every hand.