The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-18
SUMMER DAY FARCE
Little Johnnie Made Root
Beer and Used a Bot
tiers Bottle.
HIS FATHER ARRESTED AND FINED
The Mother Makes a Serious Ac-
cusation Against Justice Macs,
Which He Denies.

Little Johnnie Sullivan, eleven years old,
who lives with his parents at No. GA Ever
green street, Bayonne, has unconsciously
caused his father and mother considerable
trouble within the past few weeks by his en-
terprise. Johnnie has as companions Willie
Powers, Dannie Hone and George
Hitchell. They were saving pennies
to organize baseball nlne,
but on one of the recent warm days, having
become disgusted with drinking Passaie
water, they determined to invest their base
ball savings in a root beer preparation.
Jimmie persuaded his mother to let him use
the kitchen to make the root beer. She con-
sented, and that evening the four boys were
proud of the boilerfull of the black liquid
thny had succeeded in making from
the package of roots. Not caring
to drink it all that evening they
hunted up a number of bottles and bottled
the stuff. An agent of the Beer Bottlers' As
sociation was informed of the use his bot
ties were being put to by a neighboring
salocnkeeper, who imagined the Sullivans
had gone into the business of making root
beer. The result was a warrant for the ar
rest of Patrick Sullivan, the husband.
MRS sULLINAN's STORY.
Mrs. Sullivan continues the story of the
greatly surprised to find a strange man maxi
ing search of the yard He asked me if
we had bottling establishment and /
answered mo- He wanted to know if
my husband was in the junk business,
and Of course l said no. told
him my husband works on the docks,
and has done 80 for twenty-three years. The
following day he returned with constable
whose name I think u is Mitchell / was
informed that i and my husband would
have to go to Jersey City with them right
away The constable told me to bring
what money I could with me. 1t was
after three o'clock, the bank was closed
and all the money had was sl4 We went
to Jersey City and for over two hours had
to sit on the court house steps until Justice
Macs could be found. When we were
brought before the justice Mr.. McHenry, of
the bottlers' association, and Justice Macs
tried to bring it about that we were in
the junk business. Without giving US
chanceto be heard, Macs fxed bail for
furnish bail and McHenry said that the
whole business could be settled for $50, and
if that amount was not Forthcoming he
wauld have to go to JAIL and that would
cost an extra So. Itold them all / had was
S14, and that after a short consultation
they decided to take that. and asked
me to give a bond for the balance which /
!
and found Macs and McHanry waiting for
me. ] gave them the $17 20 balance, after
which | demanded a receipt. The Justice re-
fused to give me one.
Mrs. Sullivan saysshe intends to bring the
matter to the attention Of the Grand Jury.
JUSTICE MAES' DENIAL.
Justice Macs uI.is morning to a reporter
denied Mrs. Sullivans accusation that he
took money from her. He said:-
'sThe agent of the. Hudson, County Bot
tlers' Association appeared before me and
entered three complaints against Patrick
Sullivan, one, on behalf of Reddy & Son,
one for Louis Steinbergea, aud one for Nc
Nance q McHugh. The complaints were
that Patrick Sullivan had in his possession
with intent to fill bottles belonging to the
three parties named Three search warrants
were issued. Constable John FL. Mitahell
and an authorized agent of the society went
to Bayonne and searched the premises. They
found one bottle marned 'Steinberger,' three
bottles marked M Reddy & Sons and twenty
belonged to McNamee q McHngh. The
constable did not arrest Sullivan, but
notified him to meet him at the court
house and he would be arraigned. As to
waiting two hours for me l had nothing to
do with them until the constable produced
them in court Mrs. Sullivan came with
her husband and did all the talking
shut up / read the complaints to him,
and the return of counstable as to bottles
found. Mrs. Sullivan admitted that the
boy had used those bottles and filed them
with root beer, which, according to an act
passed by the Legislature of 1891, makes her
husband liable to imprisonment in each case
of six months or s106 fine or both, or subject
to a civil suit by the association for
$50 in each case. / asked Mr.. Sullivan
if he wished bonds for the Grand Jury or for
an examination when Mrs. Sullivan nearly
tainted as l said, Grand Jury
He gave bail in the sum of $500 to appear
for examination before me on July
ID. There was nothing said about
settlement for $50 as far as was concerned
She did not pay any money to me. Not a
cent then or at any other time. | pre-
sumo Mrs. Sullivan must have used
weighty arguments with the Hudson
County Beer Bottlers Association, because
on return day Mrs. Sullivan and the agent
appeared and the agent with drew the COM
plant. consented to this on his paying
the costs, which he did. Mrs. Sullivan did
not pay me any money. She spoke to me
about having paid money and | told her
that any arrangement made out of court is
none of my business. The court has dismissed
the charges against your husband and the
complainant psys the COST