Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-12-26

at one o'clock and remained there, or at
least did not come out before twenty-five
minutes of six o'clock, when Mr.. CARL
closed his watch.
Upon crOss-eXamination Mr.. Hampton
wanted to know how much the Mayor
paid CARL to ''spy" upon Campbell, and
he replied 81. The officer had testified
from memorandum which he had fur
nished the Mayor, and which was in the
hands of the City Solicitor. Upon cross
examination Mr.. Hampton tangled CARL
all up in the absence of the memorandum,
and he was laughing stock for the
crowd. The merriment was increased
until the President raped sharply for
order, and declared that better order
must be preserved or the room would be
cleared.
Upon redirect examination, Mr.. Tren-
! chard placed Mr.. CARL back upon solid
footing by referring to the memorandums
| and showing them to the witness.
Mayor Appelgate was recalled, and the
memorandum of Mr.. CARL were shown
him, and he testified that the memoran-
dums were in the same condition as when
presented by Mr.. CARL. When Mr.. CARL
handed these written statements to the
Mayor they were read to him and he said
they were true.
The case of the complainant was here
| rested, and Mr.. Fithian opened the case
for the officer. He said that there had
never been any rules or regulations for
the police officers, and the Mayor had no
authority to make any. Mr.. Campbell
would contend that he had never dis
obeyed any of the duties he was called
| upon to perform.
DIR. Jacob Streets was the first witness
| for the defense. On the morning of the
18th of Nov, between twelve and one
| O'Clock, he noticed officer Campbell in
| front of Crosta q Driscoll's store. Re-
| turning between and o'clock he again
| saw Mr.. Campbell, he thought, although
he was not positively sure.
On crOss-eXamination the physician
said he remembered seeing somebody
whom he took for Mr.. Campbell.
Teller Frank Potter, of the Bridgeton
Bank, said that almost invariably he re-
ported to Mr.. Campbell between nine and
| ten O'Clock. leach night before entering
the bank, and thought he did so each
night during Thanksgiving week.
Lewis S. Pierce, the undertaken, said
that on the morning of the 26th of Nov,
| he was on the streets at four o'clock, and
noticed Mr.. Campbell. He had always
| thought that Mr.. Campbell was an eff
cient officer.
Robert Craig said that on the morning
of the 9th of Nov, between 2.3o and 3
O'Clock, he saw Mr.. Campbell in front of
| Crosta & DriscoPs store, and talked with
him about ten minutes.
Officer Campbell then went upon the
stand in his own defense, and said that
he had been police officer for years,
having been appointed during the ad-
| ministration Of the late Mayor Hustled
He said the custom of going to lunch had
been formed by the officers between the
hours of IL and l o'clock at night. He
said he was supposed to be called upon to
go to any part of the city. He explained
that on Oct. 18th hes employed Constable
Ayars, owing to the receipt of telegram
calling him to Camden. The Mayor had
| never complained to him for so doing. In
going home to supper Mr.. Campbell said
he had gone earlier than eleven and later
| than one. He had sometimes been in the
neighborhood of his home at night and
remained there long enough to get cup
| OF coffee or change his coat. He said he
| remembered the testimony of Mr.. CARL
and denied that he had neglected his
duty as charged. He had often stopped
in the Mayors office to get warm, but
| never felt that he was neglecting his duty.
On cross-examination Mr. Campbell
| said he did not go to the Mayors home
| to ask that he might go to Camden in re-
| sponse to the urgent telegram. He did
| not send any messenger to notify the Ma
yor. He did not think that he was at
home at any time longer than about time
| enough for lunch.
A little skeleton was unearthed now.
Mr.. Campbell said on Nov. 18th officer
Parvin went up into Grosscup's building
at 2 o'clock and remained until in the
| morning. "How could he tell where
was when he was there?" queried the
| officer with some bitterness. He said he
made memorandum of lhese things be-
cause he was informed that Parvin was
watching him.
The officer produced his memorandum
book and the Solicitor discovered that
there were mcmorandums of Parvin's
movements on the dates that are contained
in the charges against himself. No
other memorandums were fonnd in
the policeman's book. The memoran-
dums showed that Parvin was slipping
into some down town buildings.
Mr.. Campbell said that Mr.. Parvin's
testimony against him was untrue. At
the time Parvin said he was off duty, he
was patrolling the streets. AS to Carlrs
testimony, Mr.. Campbell said there was
much Of it untrue He said it was not