The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-15
ROBBED TN A CELL.
Three Typical illustrations
of the Rum Curse Before
Justice O'Donnell.
HIS WIFE'S LEG BROKEN
Woman Felled with Bottle
Queer Adventure Of an
Irishman.

Police Justice O'Donnell's court room
was crowded this morning, and there
were many prisoners in the dock. Phe
The majority of them as usual owed their
imprisonment to rum. One of the first
cases called was that of Charles Mainly.
a locomotive engineer, of 219 Fifth street.
He was charged with atrocious assault
and battery on his wife. Mainly is a
pleasant appearing fellow. and common
report speaks well OF him. His wife is
unusually pretty, but the couple have
lived unhappily. Last night when Nainby
| returned to his home they quarreIied and
he gave her violent push. She fell TO
the noor and could not get MP. Patrol
man Barry heard the disturbance and
rushed in and arrested Mainly and sent
his wife to the City Hospital in the patrol
wagon where it was found that her right
leg was broken.
Mainly waived examination this morn
| Ing and Justice O'Donnell admitted him
to bail in $500. 1t is said that drink is at
the bottom of the family jars.
John Cassidy" called the Court.
There stepped out OF the pen burly
looking fellow whose face was bloated
with drink. He was the typical propri-
elor of Que of the many low saloons
which abound in the city. he owns a
saloon at No. 40 Seventh street.
Mary Cassidy" called the Court. A
| stout woman whose eyes were red and
bleary, and who had blood streaming
from her ear, took the stand.
'Tell your story, Mrs. Cassidy. "said the
Court.
Early this morning, Judge" she said,
"my husband came home to the saloon.
He was krunk and ugly and picked up
| soda water bottle and struck me along
| side the head with it.
what have you to say for Yourself.
| Cassdyp asked the judge.
well, your Honor" said Cassidy. II
was up to an opening of my brothers.
saloon at Oakland and Laidlaw avenue
last night, and at four O'Clock this morn
| ing when returned l found my saloon
open and my wife behind the bar drunk
l said something TO her and she ordered
| me out. Her son took a hand in the
| fight"
"Well, did you hit her with the soda
water bottle as she alleges you did?'
asked the Judge.
Il did. !" the prisoner replied.
| "Five hundred dollars bail for the
| Grand jury" said the Court.
ROBBED IN A CELL
ThlS morning sensation was created
at Police Headquarters by charge made
| by prisoner before Justice O'Donnell to
| the effect that bis pockets had been rif1ed
in cell at Police Headquarters. Super
q
rigid investigation, and learned that the
| prisoners pockets had been rified but
not, as it had been intlmated, by any of
the Police Department..
Daniel Maloney is tall spare Irishman
| who has only been in this country few
| months. Yesterday ne arrived in Jersey
City from Boston and at once started TO
drink. About five O'Clock this morning
| he was so drunk that he lay in the gutter
| on Montgomery street above .BrunsWick
There he was found by Patrolman James
A. Coyne and brought to the police sta
tion. All the account he could give Of
himself was that his name was Daniel
| Msloney and he lived in the County
| Clare, Ireland. Ae was searched aud
about 50 in silver was found in his pos
| session and he was locked mp in q cell,
retaining the money.
This morning in Court the prisoner.
when asked by Judge O'Donnell, whether
| locked up, said he did not remember. The
| policeman, however, spoke up and said
/ that there was 50 in silver in the pris-
| oner's pockets. Then the prisoner
searched his pockets. could not find the
money and stated that he had been
robbed. He left the court room and went
| to Police Headquarters. where he made a
demand for his money. Then an lnvesti-
cation was begun. with the result that
| the money was restored to The old man.
How the man was robbed in a cell, is
perhaps best told by the policeman who
| locked him up.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
"About four o'clock this morning"
| Policeman Coyne said to the NEWS re-
porter, 81 caught fellow in the act of
| stealing pair of pants at a fire on New
ark avenue. | brought him to the police
station where he said he was Richard
| Murphy. He loeked like "crook."
When he WAS searched, Il small purse
was found on him, but there was nothing
in IL. He was locked in cell.
| About an hour later l found an old
Irishman drunk and unable to take care
| of himself on MONTGOMERY street above
| Brunswick street. brought him to the
| police station, where he said he was
| Daniel MaloneV OF the County Clare,
| Ireland. | searched him in front of the
desk and found about 50 in silver in his
pockets. put it back again and locked
| him in the cell next TO the one occupied by
| Murphy.
| This morning City Prison Keeper Wat
! son ordered the prisoners to wash up pre-
| paratory to appearing in court. Maloney
up right away. When the money was
in court, it placed the City Prison keeper
and myself In a bad Iighs and we deter
mined to find the thief We at once sus-
pected Murphy and we searched him
again. We found Maloney's money in
| his purse. Our belief is that when the
men were about to be taken into court,
| Murphy stole into Maloney's cell and
found Maloney dazed and rIfled his pock
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