The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
NOONAN Tired THEM.
The Windy Judges Polly
syllable Sentences in the
NoOnan-SChWartZ Case.

Judge Thomas F. Polysyllabic Noonan.
yesterday afternoon convinced a large
number Of people who were assembled IN
the Grand Jury room to hear the continu-
alton of observation-disclosures election con-
test, that he can talk more and say LESS
than any other man in this county. he
did this while continuing his e%xtraordin-
ary methods of cross-examining witnesses
for Schwartz. An ordinary lawyer would
have finished the examination OF the
Swartz witnesses yesterday, but Judge
Noonan is not an ordinary lawyer, he IS
quite the reverse. He Is a most extraord-
mary one, and it is due TO this tact that
the witnesses for Schwartz will have TO
appear again.
Horn took the testimony and it was with
a very weary and sad expression that ne
announced at the time for adjournment
that the case would have to be continued
next week. The first witness called was
john E.. Otis, VINO testified that be was
the clerk of election of the township OF
Union. When shown b returns ne
identified his signature to them and SAD
duplicate eturn had been made. u
set of returns had Schwartz's name cor
rectly spelled and the other did not.
OTIS PLAYED WITH.
On the first day the Board of Canvass
ers met OUis went TO the Court House and
he was told there that the Canvassers
would not meet until the following tues
day. He returned home. The next day.
he was te~lephoned that the Board or
Canvassers was In session.
When Polysyllabic Noonan cross-ex-
amined the witness he learned what ap-
peared to be a hundred unnecessary
questions that the returns mad been
made no from the ballots that had been
cast. Witness did not examine the bal
lots to ascertain whether the names OF
the candidates had b cen correctly spelled.
Otis said tnaU when be wrote the certin-
cate of election he spelled the nam Q
Dennis M, Noonan properly.
ALPHABETICAL TECHNICALITIES.
Judge Noonau showed him a return
which showed Noonan's middle letter TO
he IN" aud not mp, and asked him to
account for it.
piled Otis after carefully scanning the
letter.
do you know il there was any other
candidate for Freebooter by the name OF
Schwartz" the lawyer asked.
II do not know or any"
aDon't you remember that George
Schwartz was a candidate for the Assem-
bly, two years ago?"
- j oO lORltCo OuiSs EaI
THOSE TWO SCHWARTZ'S.
slow do you know that some ballots
were not cast for George Schwartzf
~ don't know" answered Otis.
.'That Schwartz is dead, Remarked one
of the spectators in a low voice TO a
neighbor. This dlspieased Judge Moo
nan very much, and he said so.
ibid you know this other Schwartz? '
asked Lawyer Frambach in the redirect
examination.
II know him by sight, but I have not
seer him since he was a candidate for the
Assembly. Swartz. the candidate for
Freeholder l have known about twelve
years. He is my neighbour"
Frederick Fucholim, che next witness.
said that he resided in the Town of
Union, and was an election Office at the
spring election. He vas In the Third
ward. He testified that the contestant,
Schwartz, was the only Schwartz who wal
a candidate for Freehplder in that ward.
OTHER WITNESSES TESTIFY.
Similar testimony was given by Charles
Ward. an elecaion officer In the Third
ward, and Otto Schmidt, an election
officer of the First precinct of the Second
ward of West Hoboken, and the hearing
adjourned.