The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-29
MAYOR STANTON'S TRIP
He Mysterious1Y Sails for
Europe and Comes Back
With Judge Hoffman.
WAS IT FOR The sgUFFERS1
Rumor Says 80, but the Mayor Says
it was Solely on Business
Connected With One
of His Offices.

For the past three week persons who
had business with Mayor, Prosecutors
detective, Port Warden Stanton, of
Hoboken were unable to locate him. Il
had been the custom of the gentleman to
spend couple of hours 5aily at his Office
in the Hoboken City Hall, and at mis-
River street Office, md couple of hours
at the Court House on the Hill. At the
Hoboken City Hall during his absence
Mayor Stanton is represented by his
private secretary. James Laverty, Mr..
Laverty's most remarkable trait Is his
astuteness, but it was put to a severe
test in the past three weeks.
WHERE OH! WHERE Is THE MAYOR?
There have been callers by the score at
the City Hail.
Where is the Mayor" Mr.. Laverty
would be asked.
'.He is not in just at present."
We'll, where is hea Where can find
him?"
II don't know"
SIS he homer"
"Perhaps,"
And away the caller would go and look
IN vain for Mp. Stanton. Some of them
PICKED up the local paper apd saw it
stated that the Mayor was at the O'Hara
House, in the Catski1l, with his family.
Ii they went there they found the family,
but not the Mayor.
Mr.. Laverty's astuteness was being put
to severe test. But Saturday there came
big sensation. The New York Stddts
Ze5tUng stated that Mayor Stanton had
sailed for Europe on one of the Bremen
ships and was coming back with Lay
Judge Hoffnaan. The newspaper boldly
declared that the sole object Of the
Mayors secret trip was TO intercede with
Judge Hoffman in behalf of the ballot
box suffers
The Stadts zettung is not extensively
read in the neighborhood of the Hoboken
City Hall and the Court House,
and it took some time for
the news to get about. But
yesterday it had been pretty thoroughly
disseminated and the article was the talk
OF the politicians, big and little, in the
county. A great many people refused to
believe it. But the article was in the
main correct. Mayer, Port Warden.
Prosecutors Detective Stanton sailed for
Europe, according to his own admission,
on the steamship Normannia. of the Ham
burg line, on August IL, and he arrived
on Saturday en- the same ship with Judge
Hoffman. Not one word had been said
about the Mayor going abroad. Every
body believed that he was at the O'Hara
House in the Catskills with his family.
This is what the Mayor had to say to re-
porter yesterday.
MR.. sTANToN's ACCOUNT OF THE TRIP.
1T is true that have made a trip to
Europe. Idon't know as there has been
any extraordinary secrecy about it. I
sailed on the Normannta on August 11o
went on business connected with my
duties as Port Warden. wanted to see
the agents Of the Prince Gompany at
New Castle on the Vyne and left the
ship at Southampton and went by rail TO
New Castle. After had transacted my
business then I met Judge Hoffman at
Southampton and we returned on the
same ship. We had q very pleasant pas
sage. That is all there is to it,.
The Mayor appeared to be angry. The
Mayor says he lefEon the NorEnannia. A
reporter carefully soruHnized the pas
senger list of that ship and was unable
% find the name of Stanton. / searched
diligently for Judge Hoffman this morn
ing but could net ind him.
Judge Hoffman, is the only hope ofthe
twentY-oue ballot box suffers who have
not yet been sentenced, and who are TO
appear at the Court House on next Thurs
day. II he vote with Judge Lfppfncott
the majority of the ballot box suffers
will be sent to States Prison. The men
awaiting sentence and their friends are
strain1ng every nerve to induce Judge
Hoffman to be as lenieRs as possible, and
great pressure is being hFought to bear
None appear to have the slightest EnoFl-
edge as to how he will act.