Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1893-05-25
BRIDGEToN, N. j.. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1898

that house at one time,,' said he,
staggering and reeling about, curs-
Ing and swearing and generally dis
orderly" Mrs. Monegan's daughters
were characterized as profane and In
decent in their use Of language. The
actions of the occupants and visitors
to the house made the peighborhood
very disagreeable one for decent
people to be In.
Il think that beer attracted these
men to the Monegan house." said Geo.
Webb, while he was on the witness
stand. Mr.. Webb said even after Mr..
Monegan's arrest, the beer wagon had
made couple Of trips to the residence
of the defendant. There was too
much disorderly conduct about the
Monegan house to suit Mr.. Webb, and
he did not hesitate to say so. Mr..
Webb had an opinion about the whole
business, and while the defense was
trying to make it appear that johnson
who left last fall, was the cause of all
the trouble, Mr.. Webb said that Mrs.
Monegan's daughters were the princi-
pal source of trouble.
When the women were called by the
Prosecutor, they waxed eloquently.
Particularly vendictive was Mrs. Sarah
E. Scull. She had good cause, she
said to know the house of Mrs. None
gan. She saw sober men go into the
house Of Elizabeth and come away
drunk.
'sWhat seemed to be the attraction ?"
Asked Mr.. Logue.
II don't know" replied Mrs. Scull,
but there is u loadstone of some kind
there" Mrs. Scull further declared
that every since Mrs. Monegan had
been released on bail after the recent
arrest, there had been scores of disor-
der about the house.
Officers Stratton, Bullock, and
Mayor Whitaker testified that tMy
had been frequently appealed to III
disorder at the Monegan house.
Elizabeth now had an opportunity
to tell her tale. She is not an unat-
tractive woman, and put mp a very
fair story. 1t was in toto denial of
all that the State alleged, and the
story was told as If Mrs. Monegan ex-
pected the jury to believe 1t. Previous
to Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Monegan
said she lived In the house as a board.
er of Johnson, and had no control of
the conduct of the house. Since
Thanksgiving Day Mrs. Monegan has
been peaceable, and her home very
pleasant place. She attends strictly
to business and has no knowledge of
her neighbours affairs. She said the
only trouble she knew as occurring
about her house, was a quarrel be-
tween one of her daughters and Mrs.
Turner.
Elizabeth had no witnesses to sup
port her denial, and Lawyer Burt did
the best he could to impress the
jury that the State had made mis-.
take in prosecuting Mrs. Monegan.
The jury shortly afterward convicted
Mrs. Monegan.
The next victims charged with keep
ing up the unsavory reputation of the
sand lots in Millville were Phebe Til.
ton and Annie Garrison. Robert s..
Schiller had their defense In his keep
ing, and he made the most of it.
When the same witnesses testify to
about the same state of facts three
times in one day, the story becomes
rather monotonous, and naturally the
case against Phebe and Annie lacked
interest.
The testimony upon the part of the
State was to the effect that there was
some attraction about the house of
the two females. and men, many of
them, visited the house. The men
were not missionaries by any means,
but rather individuals who are not
supposed to represent the highest
society of the fair city of Millville.
Some of these men went in drunk, and
of course there was indecent and OBJ
jectionable language. The witnesses
as a rule characterized the house as a
nuisance to the neighborhood.
Some of the witnesses characterized
Annie as very vulgar woman in her
language. Many times her tongue
made her neighbors blush. All of the
witnesses thought that the sand lots
had worse reputation since the ad-
vent of Annie Garrison and Phebe
Tilton.
The ladies who testified In the pre-.
vious cases, were called by the State
In this instance.
These ladies had been the best wit.
nesses for the prosecution In the other
cases and they remained true to the
State in this cause. They gave Annie
black eye, but they were more kind