The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-27
FURST'S MR.. VOLFSON
Arraigned Before Judge
Hudspeth For Assaulting
Mary Blakeney.
HAD BEEN INDICTED
But Allowed to Enter Another
Plea of Guilty-Fiued Four
teen Dollars and Costs.

Mary Blaksney, a bright-eyed and
pleasant faced girl, was until February
l of this yea employed In the notion
store of Charles S. Furst on Newark
avenus to sell goods. While there she
met CHARLES Wolfson, q brother-in-lnw of
Charles Furst, who WAS also employed
in the store. Wolfson is about TWEEN y
FIVE years old and of pleasant address.
and the attentions he paid to the child
won her confidence. So when Wolfaon
invite 1 her TO take a walk with him on
the evening Of Feordary lo abe willingly
consented.
Tit girl, who was at the time but a
child, WAS taken by Wolfson to a saloon,
and she claims that while seated in q
back room Wolfson bought some wine.
Mary drank one glass of the liquid. and,
according TO her story, after that she did
not reRliZe what she was doing.
TAKEN TO A NOTORIOUS Ut
Wolfson took her to a notorious hotel
on Montgomery street, aud kept the girl
there all night. After that, when sue
regained her senses. she related tne cir
cnmstances to her parents, and declared
she had been druggsd. and that sue was
not In O condition on the night In quss-
tion to be responsible for what nap asusd.
Ths father of Mary Blakeney caused q
warrant to BIO issued for the arrest of
Woifson, and he was taken before Justice
O'Donnell and charged with debauehinE
a child unde sixteen years Ole. Wolfson
was held for the Grand Jury, and his
brotner-in-iaw. Charles s. Furst became
his oondsman for Appearance for trial
when sent for. Furst hustled about aud
did everything he could do TO save his
relative from further persecution
The Grand Jury Of the April term OF
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action caused IA great deal of comment.
d FATHERS SUIT o ES.
But the affair did not end here, as
Wolfson and Furst had so foudly hoped
it would. The father of Mary Blakeney
began a suit TO recover $4,000 damages
from Wolfson. and this action began to
aus this Individual much %annoyance.
He in some manned finally succse ded In
efecting q compromise with the father
OF the girl. who is not a man of extraor-
binary intelligence. and who IS IL poor
financial circumstances, aud It is said
persuaded Blskeney to discontinue the
suit fo- q considerable of 500.
Mary Blakeuey WAS much griaved at
ths action OF her father, aud although so
very young she determined to have the
courts place her rightfuliy before the
public. She always adhered to her
story that she WAS drugged, aud when
the present Grand Jury began Its work
LIS XIII CduseQ neT complaint against
Welfson TO be Investigated.
The Grand Jury found an Indictment
against Wolfson for debauching q child
unde the aye of six cen years.
w%oLFSoN's PLEA AND SENTENCE.
Today Woitson was arraigued in the
Court of General Sessions on an indict-
ment for rape aud abusing a girl L OF six
teen years old.
Wolfson asked permission OF the Court
to enter q plea OF guilty Co a charge of
fornication. aud Judge Hudspetn said:-
"The Court will accept this pisa. II
has come to the knowledge of the Court
that this girl voluntarily went to a low
hotel with this man. The faots In
the case are disgusting. and the
father Of the girl has Compromised a civil
action to recover $40. 900 damages for 500.
In view OF all these circumstances the
Court feels justified in accepting this
plea"
The Court than imposed the full extent
of the punishment for the offence adj
mitted, which Is q fne of $l4 and costs
By the Cours having accepted the plea of
guilty for the minor offence, Wolfson es-
capped = possible inflicttou of tbs punish
ment for the smore Infamous crime of
which he was accused. the maximum
punishment fer which 10 a long term of
imprisonment in State Prison and a