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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
DETECTIVE CLARK KNEW HIM.

Recognized n ssFIim-Flammer,s in
the Penftentiary.
A New York crook, for whom the police
have been looking since November IL last, is
an inmate of the Penitentiary. This discov-
cry was made yesterday by Detective Clark.
The prisoner is John O'Connor, and he is one
of New York's cleverest ssfim-fammers.n
His presence in the P~enitentiary is due to the
watchfulness of the Hoboken police. He was
picked up in that city as a suspicious char
acter and sentenced to three months impris-
onment.
OConnor is wanted in this city for s'dim-
Tanning Edward Kenney OF Jersey ave-
nue. and Eleventh street out of $17S in cash
and a check for $32. On November II Ken
ney was standing in the doorway of his
saloon when q man entered and purchased a
ciger. He departed a moment later, and
Kenney resumed his stand in the doorway.
tention was attracted to a man who had
apparently been seized with fits and was
wfithing in agony on the sidewalk
a half block away. Kenney g to
his assistance, and, after working
with him for about ten minutes,
restored him to consciousness. The sick
man thanked Kenney and made a hasty exit.
Kenney returned to his saloon and discovered
that he had been robbed. Thu man who had
had the fits was nowhere in sight, and the
gentleman who had purchased the cigar was
alsg out of sight. Kenney, this morning,
identified O'Connor as the man who pur-
chased the cigar the day he was robbed.
The man with the fits was OConnor's ac-
complete. When O'Connor serves his term
at the Penitentiary he will be arraigned for
a hearing before Justice O'Donnell.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13

being industriously circulated by the Butler
men assisted. by Franklin Murphy, OF
Newark; Frank Mcgowan, Of Trenton, and
the other good republicans who want to de-
feat General Sewell's senatorial aspirations
in order to secure the prize themselves Ihey
point out the fact that the conclusion the
Steering Committee recently arrived at not
to take the appointing power from the
Governor and place it in joint meeting, is o
confirmation Of their statements. They for
get, however, that that agreement was con-
Cured in by some of the very men who are
now clamoring the loudest for the rejection
of Major Anderson because he is a Sewell
man. They also overlook the fact that
Senators Stokes, VOORHEES, and other Sena-
tors, who would not agree to such a course
at the dictation of General Sewell or any
other boss are among its strongest adj
vocates-
The ~anti-Sewell men say that further evil
dence of the truth of what they assert is to
be found in the Hudson County lay Judge
ship. They say that the Senate will REJECT
the name of Albert c.. Hoffman, which was
sent in before the deal was made, and then
the Governor will nominate Aaron Baldwin,
q friend of Sheriff Toffey, who is the SeWell
leader in Hudson since Sam Dickinson and
the major AVE fallen out. The Democrats
laugh OF this, and say that Judge Hoffman
could not be confirmed anyhow. tie Is not
popular with the Democratic workers, and
It Is not known when or where he ever rem
dered the party any particular service. IL
is true that he has strutted about q few plat
forms and made political speeches in Ger
man. but there is no direct evidence that
they ever did any good. Besides he has the
lob of translating the laws into the German
language, which is considered ample COM
pensation for all the services be has rendered
tLo ,,opfu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
CITY NEWS T

DR.. Daniel f. Warren, Rector of St. Mary's P.
E.. Church on Hoboken avenue, delivered a lee
ture last evening In the church on Biblical
Characters" The lecture was illustrated with
stereoptfcou views.
The keystone Club met last evening and COM
pleted arrangements for a reception to be held
in the Avenue House next Thursday. There
will be a pleasant surprise introduced in the
form Of q presentation.
"a Dream Of Fairy Land the cantata which
was rendered In the Waverly Congregational
Church on Bowers street a short time ago, will
be repeated this evening.
The funeral services Of Charles Dieffenbach, a
well known resident OF the Heights. who died
Wednesday morning after a severe illness of
two months of gastritis, was held at one o'clock
this afternoon at his late residence, No. go
Cambridge avenue. After the services. the
body was taken to the cremarory at Long
Island City aud cremated. The funeral SER
vices were conducted by Rev. q. A.. Meury.
Present at the funeral were delegations from
Germa1ia Lodge No. 469. X. OF H., Arionl Sing
son city Turn Verein. Of which the Deceased
was a X member.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
& CLUB CONCERT.

An interesting concert and literary en-
tertainment was given at the Catholic Club,
on Jersey avenue, last night. The enter
tainment began with a selection entitled
Backed Car" by the Lyceum Ladies'
Quartette, composed of Miss Marie Budworth,
first soprano; Miss Isabel B. Mosher, second
soprano; Miss Lillian Dubois, first contralto,
and Miss Grace G. Couch, second contralto.
The quartette also rendered fave Maria
and aPush Along Honey,"in a delightful
manner, receiving well merited applause.
Mr.. J. Leslie Gossin recited 1.-THE boys of
'61,n and Colonel Sweetly of the Tenth, N.
J.,n i'll a manner which provoked applause.
The Gregory trio banjoists scored a big hit
in the rendition of the High School Ca
dets'' and "L'Infanta March"
Miss Marion Short, a clever recitationist
Miss Grace Couch in contralto solos, and the
members of the Ladies Lyceum Quartette.
in selected solos, concluded the entertain
ment. The attendance was large.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
HAMILTON'S MONTHS WAGES.
Strangers Treated Him, Then Tried
to Rob Him.

~ 4hOO Nukkk4R
John McGrane, claiming a residence in
Chicago, was a prisoner in Justice O'Don-
nells court this morning charged with high
way robbery by Henry G. Hamilton of No.
90 Bright street, foreman of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad repair shops. Last night at
about o'clock as Hamilton was returning
to his home he was accosted at
Jersey and Railroad avenues by McGrane
and two a~ccomplices. They asked him to
nave a drink. He accepted. the invitation.
He treated, and when paying for the drinks
displayed a roll of bills, which composed
his months wages. The action of the men
made him suspicious, and leaving them for q
moment he entered another room and
transferred the money from his
trousers pocket to his inside vest
pocket. When he left the saloon
the men attacked him and ~overpowered
him. He screamed for help. Policeman
Skiff and Constable O'Grady g to his as
sistance and managed to capture McGrane.
His accomplices escaped. He denied in court
this morning having made any effort to rob
Hamilton. Justice O'Donnell committed
him to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Hamilton has taken a pledge never to drink
with strangers again.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
SqRANGLHD TO DEATH
At a Hanging in st. Louis This
Morning the Drop Was
Too Short.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 10, 1S94.-At 6:13
this morning Charles Wisdom, colored, and
aged twenty-five years, was hanged in the
jail yard in the presence of about thirty peo-
pie. The hanging was quickly performed,
but the drop was too short and Wisdom
slowly strangled to death.
Wisdom passed the early morning hours
alternately in prayer and. reciting filthy
stories. AT one time he would declare the
utmost indifference to his approaching execu-
ton and a few mute later would fall on
his knees and beg the iailer for O few hours
respite. When Sheriff Stead entered his cell to
read the death warrant at six o'clock Wis
dom's courage failed him and he asked the
sheriff not to read the warrant, but instead
to repeat the Lords Prayer. The sheriff in
sisted that he listen TO the reading of the
warrant and Wisdom angrily exclaimed:
81 know what you mean to do. You mean
to kill me, you dirty Irish dog. You're
afraid the Governor viii interfere. | know
you. You know he is going to send me a re-
prieve.n
The sheriff tried to reason with the negro,
but to no avail, and the latter continued to
pour a torrent of vile abuse towards the
sheriff and guards.
MARCHED TO THE S~CAFFoLD.
Finally his hands were tied behind him,
and the march to the scaffold began. Wis
dom shufied along in a trembling manner
and when his eyes caught sight of the
scaffold he swerved and would have fallen
but for a guard who supported him
Before he mounted the scaffold stairs Wis
dom apologized to Sheriff Stead for his
abuse. His arms and legs were tied and he
was asked il he wished to say anything be-
fore the drop fell. He said;-"I got nothing
much to say. have made one confession to
McTilane and that's enough, / guess. | am
innocent and have told him SOP The drop
was then sprung and Wisdom died with this
declaration on his lips.
THE CRIME.
On the night of April "a, 1892, Edward A.
Drexler, q tobacconist on Pine street, near
Ninth, was murdered in his bed at the rear
of his store, and the store robbed. His head
was crushed in with an iron bar, and,
although he was alive when found the
next morning, could give no description
of his murderers. Charles Wisdom
was employed by him as a bootblack and
was suspected of the murder. A few days
later Wisdom and his companion, John Will
lard was arrested. After a few hours in the
'ssweat box at the police ~headquarter, both
made confessions accusing the other of the
crime. At the trial Willard turned States
| evidence and was acquitted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
JOSEPH sHERIDAN's WIFE
Refuses to Come to Jersey with Her
Husband.

Joseph Sheridan, of No. ITO Congress
street, was defendant yesterday before Judge
Bookstaver in the New York Court of Com
mon Pleas in an action brought by his wife
Mary for alimony and counsel fees in a suit
for separation on the charge of abandon
ment.
Sheridan is said to earn a large income in
the employ of the Whiting Manufacturing
Company. He owns the house at No. ITO
Congress street. The question raised was
whether the wife is not bound to com to
this city, where he is willing to provide for
her. She declines, saying she is not bound
to go out of New York. Besides, she de-
clares that he has ilI-treated her.
She says that last March when she
came home from a visit she found
the house, No. 271 Alexander avenue,
New York, where they had long lived,
stripped of all the furniture but the carpets,
the piano and her trunk. A few days be-
fore, she says, he scared her by calling her
to the bathroom, where she found him in the
bath with a surgeons knife. and believed he
was going to commit suicide. She says he
keeps to himself as much as he can, and goes
alone, she knows not whittier, on his vaca-
tions in summer. She wants their fourteen
year-old daughter, and he say he has the
girl ats convent, where he is paying $3.50 a
year for her tuition. Decision was reserved
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
HORSE FLESH FOR sA USAGE MEAT
An Interesting Case In the HOboken
District Court Today.

An interesting case In the
District Court Today.
The case of Albert Frey of No. 10 Patter-
son avenue, against George Ritzhaupt in the
Hoboken District Court before Judge Pax
ton this morning. Ritzhaupt, some time ago,
wanted a horse. He knew Frey and asked
him if he wanted to sell him one. Frey
said he did for $35. When Frey was out,
Ritzhaupt went to his stable and stole the
horses.
He told Frey a week afterward that he
had sold it again. As he couldn't collect the
money he was unable to pay Frey, he de-
clared.
Frey went to R~itzhaupt's stable and recog-
nized the horse, with all its fur off, hanging
in position onto hooks. Ritzhaupt, asserted
Frey, had intended selling it for sausages
and steaks.
Frey was represented by Counsellor De
r. Leonard, and Ritzhaupt by Senator DAILY.
Senator Daily was much interested in the
sausages, and asked Frey if he saw any sau-
sage machines around the place, indicating
the transformation of horse flesh into sau-
sage meat.
Frey said he didn't.
"Did you notice any sirloin steaks or any
thing like iJs'
mo, nor any lamb chops" laconically re-
"Were you so much acquainted with the
horses feet that you could distinguish it up
on hooks2"
81 knew its feet very we,l.n
"Was the horse worth anything before you
say it became steaks and ~sausages?"
Before it was hacked up it was worth
$40."
Were the sausages goodp
Didn't taste them"
Decision was reserved.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
"RAZzAHSs AT THE BALL.
Amos Holmes Slashed Across the
Face BY Miss Brown.

Face BY Miss BrOSvns
The Strangers Social Club gave q ball last
evening at Woods Hall. The members are
young colored gents. Those who did not
have razors when they entered the hall were
presented with one by the committee. The
result is that Amos Holmes of No. 276 Wayne
street is lying in the City Hospital suffering
from a razor wound which extends from his
right temple to his shoulder. Alice Brown
of No. 332 Third street, and Eugene Robin
son of No. 116 Brunswick street
are under arrest and are confined
in dark cells at Police Headquarters await
ingt the result Of Holmes injuries. About
four o'clock this morning, when the colored
folks were in high feather, Holmes crossed
the ball room floor. In the centre OF the
room he came in contact with Miss Brown,
who was leaning on Eugene Robinson's arm.
"Look out, you man" someone exclaimed.
Holmes tried to look out, but it
was too late. He alleges that Alice
Brown did the stabbing. She whipped
q razor from her dress pocket n slashed it
across his face before he knew what had
happened. He claims that there was no
provocation for the act. When the prison
ers were searched at the First precinct sta
ton house by Policeman Keill both had
razors. Miss Brown denies having done the
stabbing. She had many callers at Head
ouarters this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT.
Houses Striving to Get Through
Yesterdays Routine.
Special to the Jersey City Nelrs.

GptClLt " lJO 1C oCB wi &'S0es A
TRENTON, April 10, 1S94.-Three sessions
of the House and two of the Senate yester-
day cleared up a great deal of routine bust
ness. The work of the Senate consisted
mainly in advancing bills on the calendar
and passing acts affecting minor municipal
tiles. In the evening session of the House
there was some discussion over the bill pro-
| yiding for a course of instruction In the pub
lie schools upon the effects of alcohol and
narcotics upon the human system. 1t came
up on second reading, and Messrs. Carroll
and Kelly wanted the section requiring
teachers to pass an examination on the sub
iect before January / next stricken out. Mi.
Walters accused them of wishing to kill the
bill. This they s~trenuously denied. and Mr..
Carroll, who offered the amendment, with
! drew it. The bill went to third reading.
| Two important bills were introduced
391, Mr.. McEwan, provides that promo
| lions in police departments in Jersey City
| and Newark shall be made from the ranks,
| on account of good behavior, etc. Munich
pal Corporations.)
392. MIR. Eisele, provides that no news
| paper shall get the publication unless it is
two years old. ways and Meansl
The Joint Partisan Committee. last even
ing, Endorsed repeaiers of the following acts
in accordance with the request of the Union
League Club of Jersey City: Increasing
salary of Treasurer and Chief Clerk in Col
| lector's office; giving Fire Board power to
| spend S25, 900 on a fire alarm system: author
| ling the city to borrow money to pay a
| lighting bill heretofore incurred; extending
term Of City Marshal, and increasing Col
lector O'Neilrs salary.
The bills lagislating out of Office the Dis
| trict Court Judges and the Police Justices in
Newark and Jersey City, were laid over till
| next week. On these and other bills there
| will be a conference tonight at the Union
League Club, between the representatives OF
Hudson and Essex.
Governor Werts has signed A~ssemblyman
| Dewsnapis bill making it a misdemeanor for
telegraph companies to transmit race track
news to poolrooms.
The Governor yesterday appointed as
notary public Miss Margaret Cecilia Har-
| rigan, daughter of A~ssemblyman William
Harrigan. Miss Harrigan is a bright wo-
man, who has just entered her twenties. She
is the Youngest on the list of notaries, and
| the first Newarker to be thus honored.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
LEHIdH VALLEY RAILROAD
Leave Penna n. R. Depot.

712 A, NJ. daily for MAUCd CHUNK and inter
mediate stations. Connections except Sunday fos
Pottsvtlle and Reading.
S33 A. NJ. daily for GENEVA ROCHESTER, BUF-
FALO and the West, and principal local points; din
ing car and chair car to Wilkesbarre, Pullman car
to Buffalo.
sl4 A. NJ, daily, except Sunday, for MAUCH
CHUNK and intermediates points; connections for
Reading and Harrisburg.
12,45 T. NJ. daily except Sunday, for ELMIRA and
all intermediate stationsi connections for POTTS
WILLIE and READING Chair car to Mauch Chunk.
All PM. daily, except Sunday, for L. & B. JUNG
TON and the principal intermediate stations. Pull
man buffet parlor car TO Wilkesbarre, connections
for PottSville.
4$2 Pm. daily, except Sunday, for A
FIELD and intermediate stations.
531 F. NJ. daily Sunday at 52S P. M, for EASTON
and intermediate stations.
622P. NJ. daily Sunday Sic F. NJ, for BUFFALO,
NIAGARA FALLS, and all points West; Pullman
sleeper vestihuled train, New YORK TO Chfca2ci
sleeper to Buffalo, connections for Reading and
Harrisburg.
642 P N. daily, except Sunday for MAUcH CHUNK
and Intermediate stations.
914 F. IL. daily for ITHACA. N ROCKIES
TER UFFAL NIAGARA and all points
West; Pullman sleepers to Chicago and Buffalo.
Additional Sunday trains ll:l4 A. NJ. for MAUCH
CHUNK and POTT5VILLE, ana all Intermediate sta
tons.
Tickets and Pullman accommodations at Penn
sylvania R. r. Depot.
TheNew York Transfer Co. will call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence through to destina-
lions r
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
!. pN1N1srRAroR,s SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

Pursuant to and BY virtue Of an order Of the Or
phans' Court OF the County Of Hudson. New Jersey,
made on the 18th day OF January, AID, 1884, the I'M
dersigned, administrator OF Kate Qkeefe. DECEASED,
will sell at public vendue to the highest bidder, on
Wednesday, the 18th day of April, A. D., 1894 at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon ON the prem
iseS.
All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land and
premises, hereinafter particularly described, situate
lying and being in the city OF Jersey City. County OF
scribed on a map entitled: Map OF properly of
Stephen w. Smith, situate in Jersey City. Hudson
County, N. J.. !" and filed in the office of the Clerk Of
said County, November, 1919, as lot one hundred ana
eighteen disl and bounded and described as fol.
lows: Beginning at q POM IN .ne s9utneriy nn 1ss -
feet westerly from the southwesterly corner Of
Warren and Morgan streets; thence running south
eriy. sixtv-nine 800 feet, ten uoS inches; thence
westerly twenty COY feet and two % inches; thence
~northerly sixty-seyen CD feet to the sontherly lins
Of Morgan street; thence easterly along the southerly
line Of Morgan street twenty C26) feet to the place OF
beginning; being the Same premises conveyed by
Thomas Dwyer and wife to Michael O'Keefe and
Kate OKeefe, his wife, BY. deed dated May 81, 1sT,
and recorded June 4, 1877, In the Registers oNice OF
Hudson County, In Book s2 of deeds, on pages lss,
sc.
JOSEPH WARREN,
rIlN Hs3 Administrator.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
FIRE COMMISSIONERS MEET.

There was a meeting of the Board of Fire
Commissioners Wednesday night. Commits
sioner Kern was absent. The first business
transacted was to pass resolutions touching
upon the retirement of Superintendent
Brown. Daniel Lockwood, permanent hose
man of Engine No. 12, was promoted to
driver of Hook and Ladder No. 4. Hugh
Barley was appointed hoseman to succeed
Lockwood. Permission was given to ]. Hit
to erect a frame house on Palisade avenue,
adjoining Mr.. Hanly's house, with the under
standing that he build On the same line as did
Mr., Hanly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
HOTEL
MESCHUTTS HOTEL
DINING ROOMS.
No. 90 Montgomery Street. Jersey City
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
LADIES, DINING ROOM UPSTAIRS

ITO ESTHER A. BRAMHALLs- WILLIAM ELY
j Bramhall, the American Machine Company,
Benjamin F. Arnold, Executor OF BENJAMIN W. Ar
mold. deceased, and Joseph B. Gentleman
You are hereby notified that at o public sale made
by the City Collector Of Jersey City, on the eigh-
teenth day of October, 1892, the Mayor and Alder
men of Jersey City purchased for the sum OF 1fty,,
three dollars and seventy.ive cents, ALI the land
and real estate situate in Jersey City, in the county
Of Hudson and State of New Jersey, fronting on
lot q, in block number nine hundred and seventy
five (975), upon an assessment map annexed tQ q re
port number seventy-two (2) made by the Com
missioners of Adjustment appointed in and for
Hudson. q certified copy Of which report and map
was filed in the office Of the. City Collector OF Jersey
CITY, on the 10th day of July, 1891, said report and
map and said sale being made, pursuant to the pro
visions of an act of the Legislature or New Jersey,
passed March S0th, 1886, entitled:
IAN act concerning the settlement and collection
of arrearages OF unpaid taxes, assessments and
water rates or water rents In cities or TINS state.
and imposing and levying a tax, assessment ana
lien in lieu and instead OF such arrearages, ana
for the sale of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear 10
estate, and unless the said land and real estate shall
be redeemed. as provided in said acts, before the ex-
piration of six months from and. after the service
hereof. a deed for the same will be given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey City the fee
simple of said land and real estate according TO the
provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N j., March Sth, 1894.
Fl MAYOR N ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY.
P. F. WANSER,
Attest: JOHN E. ScoTr.
SEAL City Clerk.
10y (Sale No. $3.50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
WHIPPED BY M"ooNsHINERs.

ATLANTA, Ca, April IL, 1s94.-Thirty
masked moonshiners whipped six farm
laborers near Calhoun, Gordon county, early
Wednesday morning. ALI Brown. colored,
is missing, and is supposed to be dead.
Women were made to stand in the night air
thinly clad and witness the whipping. A
large posse left Adairsville to protect other
parties who were expecting a visitation from
the same gang. It is presumed that the
PARTIES whipped were suspected by the
moonshiners of giving information to the
revenue officers about Illicit stills.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13

No man wishes to risk failuge.
Success is what we are looking
for. Offer q man the two paths
with a finger board showing the
way, and, if he is blessed with a
balanced mind, be takes the right
direction. The New Jersey Title
Guarantee and Trust Company
guarantees titles to real estate,
takes money on deposit, subject
to check, and pays interest on
daily balances.
Office hours, nine A. M. to FIVE
2. NJ, So Montgomery ST., J. @.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
!. d. a. d. NEWS.

The reception which was to take place at
sthe J. c. A. c. last night was postponed
until April 10. 1t will be an informal, in
stead Of a formal reception, as was intended,
and the subscription has been reduced from
.$2 to 81. 80
evening, April q.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
NEW IRa O.u.A.M. COUNCIL.

Ulysses s. Grant Council No. 1853, Junior
Order United American Mechanics, was in
stituted Wednesday night at Elk's Hall, No.
90 Montgomery street. The officers selected
were:-Councillor, B. F. Bache; Vice-Coun-
,cillor. w. L. Pye; Recording Secretary, H.
&. Wright; Assistant Recording Secretary,
II. s. Wood; Financial Secretary, W. w.
>Perrina Treasurer, ]. B. Toden; Conductor,