The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-03
can find out, however, there is not a par
tiele of truth in these charges"

can find out, however, there is not a par
tiele of truth in these charges"
JESSE'S CHARACTER.
The investigating committee are not let
ting the grass grow under their feet A
couple of its members spent all the time they
could spare from their business, yesterday.
in looking up witnesses, and searching nto
the charges against the boys character. The
story Of his assanlting an infant they DIS
missed almost instantly. They have ques-
toned every grocer in the neighborhoood,
and all agree in saying that Warren was no
worse than any and better than many of the
other boys of the neighborhood. Not one OF
them charge him with any disorderly acts
A member of the committee called at the
school Jesse attends, and interviewed three
of the teachers he has had None Of them
ever had to send him home for misbehayior.
Today the committee will get copies Of all
his monthly school reports for the past
year and half to prove his cha racter there.
He is charged with flooding the South Bergen
Reformed Church. He, with some other boys,
got a hold of the shell of Roman candle
and pressedi it over the key to the hydrant in
front of the church They twisted this
around until the water ran. They then be-
came alarmed, as they could not turn it off
again. Jesse ran to his home and got a
wrench. When he got back he found the
Rev. DR.. Grant, the pastor of the church,
there. He explained how it happened to DR..
Grant, and he, taking the wrench, turned
the water Off DR.. Grant often called on
Jesse to run errands for him while he was
preparing for the church fair, and has al
ways considered him bright and obliging
boy. The doctor, whose horse Warren is
claimed to have stoned can't be found as
vet but the committee are looking for him
and hope to find him and get his testimony.
So much for what they have done to disap-
prove the charges against his character.
Now for what they have found his true
character to be.
He has for long while been a member of
Miss Boomers Sunday school class in the
West Side M E. Church, and has always be-
haved himself and taken deep interest in
his Sunday school work. At the time of the
South Bergen Reformed School fair he spent
his spare time in helping DR.. Grant. Nothing
can be found against his department at the
public school. All the storekeepers in the
neighborhood speak highly of his actions.
Salvation Army, holds children's meetings.
Jesse beat the drum at these meetings being
quite drummer.
THOSE vINDICTIvE WITNESSES.
Mr. Woods, Mr. Coleman's next door
neighbor, was one of the principal witnesses
against Jesse, and Mr.. Simmonds. who lives
on the other side of him, was another. Last
summer Mr.. Woods son hit Jesse Warren on
the back of the neck with a billet of wood
Jesse had convulsions and his grandmother
had Woods arrested. He was taken to the
Third Criminal Court Justice Lennon, who
was on the bench threw out the case as
school boy squabble. A feud, worthy of old
Virginian mountaineers has existed between
the other witness and Mr.. Coleman ever
since Mr. Simmonds has lived in the neigh
borhood This is how it originated: Mr..
Coleman was the firft to build his house.
When Mr.. Simmonds started to build next
door to him he saw him and they
entered into an agreement by
which Mr. Simmonds was to build
his house on line with the other and was
to leave an alleyway between, SO that the
water would not run from his roof, which
is slanting, on to Mr.. Coleman's fiat roof
When the house was built it was brought
out two feet in advance of the other house
and was built close up to the line, SO That its
roof overlapped Mr.. Colemans house and all
the rain water from it poured on his roof
Mr. Colemans view of the Boulevard was
spoiled by the houses not being on line, SO
to get even with his neighbor he boarded up
the end of his piazza to spoil his view OF Ber-
gen avenue. This caused hatred between
them which has existed ever since. The
other witnesses are close friends of Mr..
Parkinson and Mr.. Wood.
The Committee of Investigation, on the
other hand have found number of disin-
terested witnesses whose testimony goes
directly against that of these people. They
refuse to divulge the names of all the wit
nesses, but the principal one and the one who
saw the boy hit with the stone, which he
described as being between the size of a
chestnut and walnut, is Mr.. Joseph Cahill
The peopie of the West Side are unanimous
in commencing THE JERSEY CITY News for
the stand it has taken in the matter