The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-07
BOTH SIDES REST.
Summing Up Begun To-Day
in the Trial of John I.
Van C1eef.
PROSECUTOR sToCKToN's ADDRESS
Monotonous Testimony Put in
Surprise at the Conduct Of the
Defense.
specfal 3 the Jersea elm Ne,cs.

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TRENTON, Aug. 7, 1S95.-Afte the
State. Yesterday, had Judge Conover
admit in evidence the vouchers and CON
tracts connected with the printing of the
reports of the state Board of Assessors
and the books of the Francis & Loutrel
Co, and those of the Thomas & Wiley
Co. photographic printers, Prosecutor
stockton announced that the State rested
its case agaiEstluC Colonel John T.. Van
Cleef. who is charged with obtaining
money by false .pretenses in alleging 10
furnish maps. to the State which ne
was paid for and which the State never
received.
rs that your case2" asked Mr.. Barton.
1--WE rest was the reply:
well, if that's your case. we rest,
too" said Mr. Barton.
After a conference it was decided to
adjourn and begin the argument at ten
O'Clock this morning.
The ~actiongtaken by the defense in on
ering no witnesses was a surprise to the
court. jury. and spectators. Why was
this done? So astute a lawyer as ii. n.
Barton would not have taken this course
without a good reason. He is of the opin-
ion tina no case has been made out by
the State against his client
Inc jury QOeS HOL- KNOW WiAdl ehS CoN"N
of the photographic firms show. They
were admitted as evidence, and will be
used no doubt today in summing up
the case. and will probably be sent to
the jury-room when the twelve gentle
men who are to seal the fate of Colonel
Van Cleef go out to consult on their YER
dict.
MAPS FURNISHED.
In his opening Prosecutor Stockton
said the State would show that the State
of New Jersey had paid for 1000 maps,
when, as a mater of fact, but 10000 maps
had been printed. Perhaps the books of
the two firms of photographers may show
that but 10000 maps We're printed by them
but they cannot show that other firms
may not have printed maps for Colonel
Van Cleef.
BY the testimony of Howard Quigley,
S~innickson Chew and John L. Murphy,
the State has shown hat these gentlemen
printed the reports of the State Board of
Assessors in various years; that they
had to furnish the map, the copyright
of which was owned by Colonel Van
Cleef. 1t has shown that none of these
gentlemen handled the maps. All, how
ever.put in their bills to the State for
them and turned the money, less a COM
mission OIL ten per cent, over 10 YAH
Cleef. The State Board required the map
in the reports. These printers put in
their bills when they received certificates
from the State Board of Assessors that
the maps had been supplied.
, The charge against Colonel Van Cleef
is that b{ false pretenses he wrongfully
a~bstrs<fed $500 from the State Treasury
sR the 18th day of July, 1894, in pretend
ing to furnish $500 maps which in fact he
did not furnish.
MONOTONOUS HEARING.
Yesterdays proceedings were very mo-
notonous. job ]. Cleary testified that
he had seen Captain Richardson in
Brooklyn on Monday night. and could
not induce him to come here to testify.
Colonel Cyrus f. Loutrel and Benja-
min Ingraham We're recalled, and their
books admitted against objections by
the defense. Exceptions We're noted.
A. j. Hopcraft identified some entries
made in the latter's books.
John Reingruber testified to receiving
three crates of maps, one of which con-
tanned 2,00O. while he was employed at
the State House.
Sinnickson Chew, John l.. Murphy and
Howell Quigley told how they had con-
Quoted their business with Colonel Van
Al6el, anu pfOOuceu clechS Will WHICH
they had paid him. Edmund P. Waite
gave unimportant testimony, and oliver
Kelly. a member of the State Board of
Assessors, and F. H. Weisner, an ex-
member, testified that they did not know
Van Cleef furnished the maps in the re-
ports, and that there were plenty of
maps always on hand.
The vouchers and bills and books that
had been identified in the case were adj
mitted to evidence. and an exception
taken.
Mr.. Barton demanded an opening after
both sides rested. The case will be
summed up today.
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
The summing up in the trial of Colonel
John T. Van Cleef. ex-Secretary of the
State Board of Assessors, indicted for
swindling the State IN a map trans
action. occurred this forenoon. Prose-
cutor Stockton first addressed the jury