The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-01

| to do With obtaining her PARDON. Ee
! was counse in the contest over the es-
Were you aware that Russ & Heppsesn-
'.They never were in hat matter.
Col. Fuller said he had visited Mrs.
Hamilton in prison and knew OF her ap,
lSeen members of the court, who had
spoken to him about the pardon
\ hope to be excused from answer;
ingA,. as what the members said should
not be divulged- Let me explain; Judge
matters. He retained me. | needed Mrs.
Hamilton in New York to protect her
l gndgesl and fhay a hade so oPHSstrh things ae To to
me. I'd like to be excused from repeat
ing them"
Judges Brown, Smith and Whitaker"
THEIR ESTIMATE OF THE COLONEL.
what did they ay%
The Colonel hummed and hawed and
begged to be excused from answering
the question. He claimed that it was q
Rriylleged e eona1 "a han T ana c linen fee
! evinced a tendency to let him Oft, when
the Colonel said
that # I wanted to get Mrs. Hamilton
Of Colonel Fuller and Judge HOFFMAN
Everybody laughed heartily at this,
BRINSGs IN THE GoVERNoR..
Were any further suggestions made as
Eyes: they said if she wanted to get
out she must employ Heppenheimer"
Did they tell you what was the diff
Witness asked to be excused from
answering, and, being denied, refused to
crsminate and DEGRADE him.
"You nave no discretion in the matter"
said Chairman Voorhees,. land must an
swer."
Co. Fuller withdrew his reasons for re-
fusing ard begged the eo1nnittee. to ask
the Judges, but Counselor Gorbin was
relentless, and finally Col. Fuller answer
ed that they told him the Governor was
the stumbling block and thatsthe Judges
favored. a pardon
We're not retained in any other matter
by MRS. Hamilton. but that he was her
the case was settled last June, and Mrs.
Hamilton received her money. Russ &
Heppenhe.mer were never called in.
HEPPENHEIMER TESTIFIES.
william c.. Heppenheimer.' called
ed chamber as General Heppenheimer
came forward and taking the oath. set
tied himself into the witness chair.
He said he had read law in Columbia
Law School. Harvard Law School and in
Governor. Abbett's office. He was Mrs.
Hamilton's counsel both in New York
"Previous to having been retained by
Keeper Patterson had you ever acted
Had youu ever met herr"
did you know you were TO be retained?1
ST did: from Colonel Fuller. who en-
ployed me to assist in New York and in
getting the pardon"
Were you aware Governor Albeit had
recommended your"
mo. sir: not until today"
did you expect Keeper Patterson
when he called on you?,
II did. and ] knew also the amount of
the rstai hsaJ. Fyller had Just tola ne
Mr.. Heppenheimer said he named the
sum to Fuller, and he spoke to Governor
ALBEIT ADJ ata in Fega nsde to the fn ea s oa beth H eef bsd
incurred no expense in obtaining the par
don. and filed no petitions or papers. as
visit his client in prison or communicate
with her.
What did you dc for the s1,OOo?"
IT consulted with Colonel Fuller about
the case in New York and saw members
of the Court in Trenton"
HeSdrew up nc papers. submitted no
that personally made to members Of the
court. He had consulted with Fuller
and Elihu Root about the New York
case after the pardon, but withdrew from
the ease because he objected to Fuller's
methods Of conducting it.
.sEvery th soi loo u f9 f. yo %ss n q Hegpen-
heimer1s reply, ~emphatically given.
Did you. retain 1t all?"
Every dollar"
The witness said he never met his
client until he took her the pardon in
prison. There was opposition to the par
don. but it was granted the first day
the court met, though 1t was in session
but about five minutes, and no other
case was considered. The witness said
but was practising law, and he was not
practising law for his health"
THE BALLOT BOX SUFFERS.
Counsellor Corbin then called the at