The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-08
BLACKBOARD O. MARA
The Ballot Box Suffer,
Gambler and Insulter
of Women Under
Arrest.
KING PIN OF A CONSPIRACY.
Organizing a Gang Of Republic
can Repeaters in Hoboken
and North Hudson.
His Whiskers, cursed by His Pals,
Almost Shed Tears of NerY-
Gus Dread

O'Mara had negotiated to vote early and
often the Republican ticket in the Tenth
and Eleventh Assembly and Fifth Con-
gressional districts. Like viper, O'Mara
had turned on the party that had for
years incurred odIum by affording him a
livelihood as municipal ofHceholder.
The arrest Of the gang was good piece
of work, aud the Hobokeu police have
been congratulated on all sides. Mayor
Stanton says he will vigorously prose-
cute O'Mara. and O'Mara is almost be-
side himself with fear.
O'Mara has been under police surveil-
lancofor several days. He has repeated y
gone to the Democratic leaders and or
fered his services, but he has again and
again been turned away with contempt.
O'Mara was in distress.
He could not air his whisker in front
OF Heller's saloon on Newark avenue and
insult ladies. His last experience with
BILLY" Keyes had been a severe one.
Neither could he work any of his other
pet schemes. He had no Immediate
chance to turn the wheel" But m an
of O'Mara's calfbre Was not to remain
idle lohg when the Republican party, the
party which Dave Martin and George
Miller and others of that class are max
ing barrels of money out of, wanted every
crook it could get hold of. O'Mara was
soon at work.
The first intimation that the Demo-
cratic leaders heard that O'Mara was
about to work in the interests of the Re-
publican party was when one of Super
intendent Smiths detectives reported
that o. Mara had been in consultation
with George Miller at TayIor's Hotel for
over an hour. The next day Miller was
arrested by Detective Dalton, and one of
the first to intercede with Superintendent
Smith for his release was Mike O'Mara.
To say that the Superintendent was sur
prised would be putting it mildly. In an
angry tone the superintendent ordered
O'Mara from his office aud threatened to
place him under arrest too.
TIE DISCOVERY.
The Superintendent was now convinced
that O'Mara was up to soma rascality,
and every day his whiskers have been
under the surveillance of detectives. Yes
terday morning Mike O'Mara called at
the County Jail. and had long talk with
Miller. After he left the jail, he went to
several hotels Oh Exchange Place
1t is doubtful if O'Mara's scoundreIIv
tricks would have been discovered were it
not for John w. Stuart, an employe at
one OF the institutions at Snake Hill.
OMara's greatest enemy at all times has
been his loquacity, and it did not fail him
on this occasion. He let some words
fall in Stuart's presence to the effect that
he would have gang of repeaters in Ho-
boken. Stuart hurried to Hoboken yester-
day afternoon. Ons of the first men be met
was Freeholder William Fl. Ellis, TO
whom he told what O'Mara intended
doing. Assemblyman Coyle was con-
suited and then Mayor Stanton was
called in. After consultation, Chief
tof VII ta1
anu all the available men in citizens
clothes who knew O'Mara's whiskers
were scattered in different part of the
city. Men were at the railroad depot,
ferries, theatres, hotels and boarding
houses.
About seven o'clock last night O'M ara
was in Hiiier's saloon, talking confident
ly of The success of the Democratic ticket.
A few doors up. in the shadow of an
awning, was Detective 'Cliclk' Clark.
one of Superintendent Smiths most
trusted men. O'Mara lit q cigar and
jumped on the front platform of Hobo
ken car. Detective Clark waited until
on the back platform with his back
turned to the interior of the car. He
kept his eye on O'Mara, however.
At Hudson street, Hohoken. O'Mara
disembarKed. Detective Clark rode on
little further and then jumped off. He
followed O'Mara closely up hudson
street. In frent of the Hoboken Theatre,
O'Mara met several suspicious looking
young men. O'Mara gazed furtively up
and down the street, stroked his whisk-
ers nervously, and held an earnest
whispered conversation with them. Sew
eral others arrived, and soon Detective
Clark counted twenty. The crowd WAS
evidently getting too large and attract
ing too much attention, for O'Mara
pointed up the street towards Cronheim's
dive and all the men went up there.
THE ARREST.
In the meantime Detective Gallagher.
Policeman McAleer and special officer
Joseph Harrison had become aware of
O'Mara's presence. With Roundsman
Cross and Detective Nelson they followed
O'Mara and his gang to Cronheims dive.
O'Mara greeted the ex-convict Cronheim
cordially.
The party had divided up into twos and
threes and a few went into Max kruger's
place. Kruger keeps boarding house
next door to ex-convict Cronheim and in
cobjunction with the boarding house
operates dive almost as vile as Cron-
helms.
O'Mara stood in front of the door while
Policeman McAleer conversed with him.
McAleer was acquainted with O'Mara
and it was evident that OMara had not
the slightest suspicious that he was being
WHlCU6Q. Al Ouo pEOpSI tiuuts tHO WOEQ
was given and each Of the policemen
grabbed his man. There were eight
altogether. Such squealing and begging
was never heard before. O'Mara made q
slight show of resistance which was
quickly sundued.
All of the politicians had received tip
of what was going to take place. and as Il
consequence. when the eight men were
brought in the police station was
crowded Mayor Stanton. Assemblymen
Coyle and Tahen, James Laverty and
others were there.
DAMMING EVIDENCE.
O'Mara was the first to be arraigned be-
fore the Sergeant. He gave his right
name, but made vigorous objection TO
being searched. The cause OF his objec-
tion was soon made apparent when his
pockets were turned inside out and 5000
pastors found with the name OF Henry r.
Doherty, the Republican candidate for
Congress In the Fifth district, printed on
them, When these pastors were discov-
cred, O'Mara's whiskers dropped. The