The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-02
ALL co TO PRISON.
Divided Between State
Prison and Peniten-
tiary.
BUT ALL GET JUSTICE.
Last Of the Infamous Crop Of
Ballot Box Suffers
Garnered.
ONE MORE APPEAL TAKEN.
Hudspeth Kicks Because Judge
Kenny Stood Out in
the Cold.
ONE MORE APPEAL TAKEN.

AS early as nine O'Clock this morning
people began to gather in front of the
Court House anxious to learn the fate of
the guilty twenty-one ballot box suffers.
Half an hour later and the sidewalk on
the opposite side of the street was lined
dred yards.
Every one was quiet, but all were
earnest in their talk. Many were friends
of the ballot box suffers and many were
not. The court room became crowded as
soon as the doors were opened and the
Court ConStables had to use energy to
keep the four rows of benches reserved
for the prisoners. Later there was no
standing room.
Rumors were rife concerning the dispo-
sition of the case, and one was TO the ef-
feet that a protest would be entered
against Judge HoHman's taking part in
fixing sentences on prisoners mott tried be-
fore him. Other rumors were flying
about because Judge Werts was early &C
the Court House.
The first of the culprits to enter the
seats set apart for them were James II.
Jordan and James Scanlon. They were
in their places two minutes after ten
O'Clock. Both men looked careworn and
worried, and they were the cynosure
of all eyes in the court room.
The scrutiny of SO many proved to be too
strong for them and within ten minutes
they left the court room and joined their
companions in misery who were loung-
ing about the liquor stores In the neigh
bourhood.
AT twenty minutes after ten Judges
Lippincott, Hoffman and Kenny entered
The court room and took their
seats on the bench. Judge Lippin-
cott directed that the list of ballot
box suffers be called, and as this was
done each was shown to seat in the
lace that had been reserved. All
answered to their names except Patrick
John Mahoney. Judge DAILY aud Senator
Hudspeth said he would be present, and
in few moments later he appeared.
JUDGE LIPPINCoTT SPEAKS.
When Mahoney was placed in his seat
Judge Lippincott said:-
''The defendants are now in custody
and the officers will take charge of them.
II they are not sentenced today they will
remain Bcustody."
The men thus virtually locked up
were:-
Bell Tower Precinct, First District
Nathan Fowler. James H. Jordan, Will
liam f. Reen.
Fourth Precinct, First District-John
Farrant Thomas Nelson. Charles H.
Scott, George Heller.
Michael Hughes, James Scanlon, Theo-
dore Schultz. Michael Cassidy.
Eighth Precinct, Fourth District
Charles Carr, Lawrence Costigan, Will
liam Sweetingham, Richard de Huybet-
ter.
Second Precinct. First District-John
S. Daily, Patrick John Mahoney
Fifteenth Precinct, Third District
Richard Whalen, James Connen, Thomas
Burt and Frank L. Herrfck.
LAST CHANGE FOR SYMPATHY.
Judge Ltppincott said a few minutes
later
'If there is any person in Court who
desires to say anything on behalf of these
defendants who has not already been
heard. or who has anything now to say,
the Court VIII hear him either in Court
or in Chambers, as he may please"
No one answered, and then the Judge
remarked:-'fhere are two cases of
which the Court has not SO complete
knowledge of as the State, and
the Court would ike the
District Attorney to put 1t
in possessiopso the facts b had in relat-
Eighth precinct, Fourth district, Carr
and others, and the Fifteenth precinct,
Third district"
Prosecutor Winfield replied by reading
from his notes. In the Eighth precinct
Fourth district, there We're 376 on the
..
There was one certificate in the
poll book that bore no date.
The last number on the poll book was
BIO, the certificate called for 308. The num-
ber on the string was 30S, the actual num-
Der of names on the poll book was 3o1.
There were II jokers in the box
There were checked on the register
not on the poll book 80 names, and check
ed on poll book and not on the register
IL names. There were three cases of
double voting. The returns differed
from 1 to 81 votes. Stuhr, candidate for
was entitled to, and Mcdonald got 2 less
than he should have had. 1t was the
same all through the ticket.
OTHER FACTS IN THE CASE.
I'm the Fifteenth precinct, Third dis
trict, there were SIS name on the register,
PSI abreviatlons. 174 initials, and ditto
marks 80. There were checked as voting
372: the dial recorded 1868; the poll
books showed $685. the ballots
36S. There was no certificate at all in the
book and there were As jokers The
stamp differed from the ordinary joker
stamp and was shaped like an elipse.
There were five names on the poll book
not on the register and 9names on register
not on poll book. There was one case of
double voting. The returns were quite
regular ranging from 2S4 to 800, but there
were 103 alphabetic votes"
The Judges withdrew to confer again
about the sentences.
While the Judges conferred in cham
bers the throng in and about the court
room became greater. the corridors,
gallery, stairway and court yard were
filled with men who were gradually be-
coming more and more excited.
WHO LOOKED ON.
Among the men observed at court were
Major q. K. Pangborn, who watched
with interest what trauspired; Prof.
Lindsey of School No. 1. James H. Erwin,
Paul Sury, Mgr. de Concillio and Father
Ter Woert, County Superintendent Gan
non, Warden Robert Ryan, DIR. George w.
King, Director Bruggemann, Lawyers
Hudspeth. DAILY, Rowe, Fuller. counsel
for the accused men, Captain Jack
Graham, counsellor Henry A.
Gaedy, ex-Director William Pairson.
ex-Judge David w. Lawrence,
Frederick B.uem, Justice KIM
merly, Real Estate Agent Cre,ier,
Of Hoboken, DIR. Allen, the new m mper
Of the Board of Education, p lilIp Null
doom, Freeholder Ellis. Deputy Warden
Stewart of the Aims House.
Sheriff John Whiskers McPhillips was