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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
AT SNAKE I L
Legal. NOTICES..


TO WILLIAM MITCHELL, R
Mitchell, his wife; James Trap, admins
traitor, and Charles Clinton:-
You are hereby notified that at a public
City, on the 25th day of October, 1894. The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased
for the sum of two hundred and eighty-flve
dollars and seventy-seven cents ALL the
land and real estate situate in Jersey. City,
in the County of Hudson and State of New
Jersey, fronting on Montrose avenue. which is
laid down and designated as lot eight 90,
in block number eight hundred and fifty $3.50,
upon an assessment map annexed to a report
missioners of Adjustment appointed in and
for said City by the Circuit Court OF the
County Of Hudson, a eertined copy +o % y tsa
civ Collector of Jersey City, on the LIST day
of March, 1893, said report and map and said
Of an act Of the Legislature of New Jersey,
passed March Both, 1886. entitled
Gan Act concerning the settlement and col
lection Of arrearageS OF unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
leyying a. tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such .arrearages. and to
vide for the sale of lands subjected to fu-
ture taxation and assessment
And the several supplements thereto.
And YOU are further notified that you appear
to to- have I've, an nsts estate and Of , interest tb IN s said lang
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
vided in said acts, before the expiration Of
Surveying to the Mayor. and Aldermen Of
9enSey es Hats' a aee + Ri sia e the Re g provi iaaa ae 81
the said act.
PA RatS NI@ 5sE5sy A eIty. & Il AgSll OF dyt5 JERSEY 1ssii
PETER F. wANsER,
'seai' Attest: E. W. wooLLEY.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, May 10, 1895, at IL o'clock A. M,
IMNPRovEMENT OF ST. PAUL's AVENUE,
between Palisade avenue and Summit avenue,
conformably to the provisions of Chapter
Iii of the Laws of 1895. and in accordance
with specifications on file in the Office OF the
FLANK forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and
: ESTIMATE Of QUANTITIES.
About 1880 cubic yards OF eartn excava.
About 100 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About $500 cubic yards OF earth hIling;
About $500 square yards of Belgian stone
A st 300 lineal feet of new curb stone.
About $50 square feet of new bridge stone.
About 10, 700 square feet of new tagging.
Abont 900 square yards Of repaving.
About 1000 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 1000 square feet OF relaid bridge
About $50 lineal feet of ~cribbing.
A About ; : receiving basins to be rebuilt.
About Is manhole heads to be brought to
grade. .,o
work. ninety (90) working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
feet to the remonstrance of the owners Of
the property liable to more than one-half
liminary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Improvement
of St. PauPs Avenue directed to the Clerk
Of the Board" and handed to that officer
in open meeting when called for in the order
Of IF business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the law above quot
ed. exercise its right to reject any or all
proposals.
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to
suficiency by this Board and as to form by
Board having. power to examine the proposed
D1 By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. II. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
NEGRO ACCUSES WHITES.

vi.
GAINESVILLE. Fla. May q 1885,
Wade Shepperd, a negro in jail at this
place charged with burning Cooper's
Hotel at McMeekin. in Putnam county,
made a confession yesterday, duplicating
MI. D. E. Cooper in the crime. The
negro says that Mr.. Cooper came to him
last Monday and offered him s25 to burn
the hotel. The negro accepted the offer
and fired the hotel. Then. according to
the negro. Mr.. Cooper refused to pay the
$25.
Mr.. Cooper is a prominent saw mil
man, owns much real estate and has
always stood very high in Gainesville
He declines to talk now, blu intimates
tha there is a conspiracy against him.
The burned building was a wooden
structure, very old and worth very little
1t was insured. however, in the Liver
pool, London & Globe for $4,000. Mr.
Cooper has not been arrested.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
FAST TRAVEL IN JAPAN.
Ninety Miles I'm Ten Hours Through
ComparativelY Sluggish Water

At Tokimata. I engaged a boat with five
men to take me down the rapids as
far as Tokaido; the river was running
high, and they would not do it for less
than twenty--four yen-a good price for
a journey of only ten or twelve hours;
but when you remember that it takes
them ten lays or a fortnight to haul the
boat back, it does not seem excessive.
Don Pedro's remark, What need the
bridge much wider than the fiood?" does
mot apply to most of the Japanese rivers;
usually they are just a trickle of water
among a wide bed of pebbles, which is
filed after a heavy rain with a raging
torrent, but Lake Suwa serves as a
reservoir for the Tenryugawa, and it al
ways has enough water to be navagaple.
The boats used on 1t are about thirty
feet long, fat-bottomed and fatsided,
with a square stern and a high, pointed
bow; they are very loosely built and
flexible, n the bottom boards are SO
paper when passing oyer rough. water
or shadows. A heavy foot would break
through thems and 1t Is necessary to
tread only On the bamboos which are
laid lengthwise, resting on the cross-ribs.
My baggage was piled in the middle of
the boat, and a seat arranged on 1t for
long stern oar while the other four
worked In the bows, and within, a few
minutes of the start we were plunging
down between high cliffs. charging at
rocks which we only avoided by q Few
inches, swirling round In eddies at the
foot of one rapid while the men got
breath for the next, n until we stopped
for midday meal at the little village
Of Nakabe there was no time to sketch,
or think, or do anything but enjoy the
wild exciting race. The river twists, be-
tween high mountains, down a gorge
with such sharp curves that It is often
impossible to see any. exit, and our boat
would rush down, heading straight for
q cliff against which the water deshed
whacked the side with his paddle for
luck, and then stood ready with a pole,
the other three pulling like mad, and
just when I thought I'VE must come to
turn and swish around the corner into
smoother water. The rapids continued
to b. amusing, though the fun was not
quite so fast and furious, all the way
to Kajima, where the mountains end
and a broad plain begins; below here the
river still ran swiftly, but smoothly,
gravel banks, on which gray willows
and bamboos grew, and snipe and heron
congregated. We met strings of boats
being laboriously towed along; the wind
generally blows up stream, and they are
able on these lower reaches to help them
selves by hotsting a sail, but | shall
never understand how they get their
The pace is tremendous. We did the
ninety miles from Tokimata to Naka-
nomachi in ten hours of actual travel
ling, though the latter portion of the
Journey was on comparatively sluggish
water.-Harper's Magazine for May.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
FEENEY'S CAPTURE
He Arrests Frank Berger in
Connection With the Engle-
brecht Murder.
HOW THE sALooNKEEPER DIED
Was Defending His Property Against
One Perfectly Familiar With
the Surroundings.
HOW THE sALOONKEEPER DIED

Detective John P. Feeney worked all
day yesterday on the Englebrecht murder
case and with such good results that De-
fore night he had secured on important
clue. and what is better yet, had landed
in the County Jail a man to whom not
only suspicion, but direct evidence point
ed as the chief mover in the crime.
Detective Feeney's Investigations re-
vealed the fact thai the murder and rob-
berry of the Secaucus saloonkeeper were
not committed by Inherent m~arauders,
but hi it was the work of someone
thoroughly familiar with the premises
and also familiar with Englebrecht's pri-
vate affairs. Robbery vas the purpose
of the murderers, for it is evident that
there was more han one.
WHILE PROTECTING HIS PROPERTY
The evidence secured by MFR. Feeney
shows that the saloonkeeper met his
death while in the act of protecting his
property. 1t is apparent from all the cir
cumstancesst that there were at least two
and probably three men implicated in the
crime.
Had they been strangers, with no other
purpose in view than that of robbing the
place, they could easily lave overpower-
ed him and kept him quiet while &C
complishing their object. 1t is shown by
the evidence in hand that Englebrecht,
when he met his death, had no weapon
in his possession. This, together with the
fact that his head was crushed in by a
gun, the whereabouts Of which was only
known to a few, leads the authorities to
believe that the crime was committed
by someone well known to Englebrecht,
who, when discovered in h robbery,
| committed the murder to escape the con-
| sequences of detection. The fact that the
dog, which was in the store at the time,
! raised no outcry bears out the idea that
! the perpetrator of the crime was no
FRANK BURGER ARRESTED.
ID Detective ta dyess FeTs rsyL ,B inyaatig 3 o=arnen ter
for Englebrecht the day before the muir.
der. He knew where the gun was KEPT
and he knew how much money there was
in the place and where 1t was kept. ne
was the last one to leave the saloon, at
/! ten O'Clock Monday morning. Before go
| Baur, the old man who lived above the
saloon. The dog knew him and obeyeo
his call as it would hat of its master.
Chairs were found piled in front re- na, Of the
| open it. This must have been Ions by
someone who was familiar with the prem
ises and who had carefully planned to
| rob the place. A stranger would not nave
known of the presence of Bauer IN the
! building. On the evidence Mr.. Feeney felt
justified in placing Burger under arrest
secure a commitment. His Honor, re,
fused it, as he had not even heard OF
| the murder. Judge Hudspeth m
COUNTY aS JAN. MIS- NJ. Feeney IS still hard al
| work on the case and hopes to lana the
| other criminals today or tomorrow.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
MAY Create a Precedent.

WASHINGTON, May 7, 1895.-Members
of the Diplomatic Corps, representing
Central and South America, generally ex-
press the opinion that Great Britain's
recent action against Nicaragua estab-
fishes a precedent which will be follow
ed by similar actions towards other
Latin-American countries. There is con-
sequently talk of a Central and South
American alliance against foreign ma
tons.
It was intimated in the London Fin
ancier'' some time since that Great Brit
ain will next turn her attention to Hon
duras and compel her to make some ar
engagements looking to the settlement of
the interest n principal of the bonds
Dated in London twenty-five years ago
to construct a line of railway 240 miles
long through that Republic.
Guatemala also owes a debt, but of much
smaller size, in London, and some of the
South American countries lave similar
claims against them held by British and
other European nations. South and Cent
raj American Republics assert, in most
cases, their inability to meet these de-
mands, and a state of genuine alarm is
said to exist among them lest arbitrary
proceedings should be resorted to to en-
force their payment. 1t is to prevent such
a procedure that the Central American
States particularly feel the necessity
for a strong offensive and defensive alli-
anCG.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
NOTICE TO

Board Of Street and Water Commissioner on
Monday, May 10, 1886, at II O'Clock A. NJ,
SEWER IN SUMMIT AVENUE.
from a point about forty feet southerly from
Sherman place and connecting with the sewer
now built in Summit avenue. at or near the
intersection of Summit avenue with Sanford
ter 27 of the Laws Of 1896, and in accordance
with specifications on file in the office of the
Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and
- ESTIMATE oF QUANTITIES.
About 675 feet of eighteen-inch vitrihed pipe
sewer.
About 3 new receiving basins.
About 20 cubic yards of concrete
About $50 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 1000 feet B. M. of lumber in founda-
tion and sheathing.
Time allowed for the completion of the
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners OF
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor, on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Sewer in
Summit Avenue" directed to the CLERK Of
the Board" and handed to that officer In
open meeting when called for in the order
of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of ~sureties be allowed
The Board may, under the law above quot
ed, exercise its right to reject any or al
proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the Laws OF 1881
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered BY
the contractor have been approved as to SUI
fciency by this Board and as to form by tn
Corporation Counsel, the President of thi!
Board having power to examine the proposed
By order of the Board Of Street and Watel
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey city. May 1. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
NoTIcE 10

NOTICE TO
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, May IL, 1895. at II o'clock A. M
IMPROVEMENT OF pEr FOURTEENTH
ha+n,oen Henderson street and Jersey avenue.
conformably to the provisions of Chapter ~
of the Laws of 1895. and IN accoraahce W.
specifications on file in the office or the Cierk
= blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office OF the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue ana
mercer ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 1,400 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 100 cubic yards of earth, filling.
About 100 cubic yards OF sand or sraSei
About 1000 square yards of Belgian stone
paving.
About 200 square feet of new bridge stone.
About 100 square yards OF repavlng;
About 2 400 lineal feet of reset curb stone
About 200 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About 4 basin heads to be reset to grade;
About - manhole heads to be reset to grade.
1ime allowed for. the completion of the
work, fifty 500 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
a1ard of the contract therefor will be sub
feet to the remonstrance of the owners OF
the property liable to more than one-nat
the assessment THEREFOR on lHe oasiS VI PFC
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-.
of Fourteenth Street" directed to the CLERK
omen meeting When cailed IOr IN the oruer
Of business relating. to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board may. under the law above quot,
ed. exercise it's right to reject any or all
The attention of bidders is especially called
To Section I, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
he binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as 70
sIlfficiency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Board having power to examine the proposed
hondsmen under oath.
By order Of the BoaSd of Street and Water
commissioners GEO. t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
The Standard Railway of America
I'm Efect April FL, 1895.
Trains leave Jersey City as follows:-

Trains leave Jersey City as follows:-
FOR THE WEST.
9.44 A. NJ, Fast Line, with Vestibule Parlor
and Sleeping Cars, daily for Pittsburg, Column
bus. Cleveland and Chicago; daily except SAT-
10.i4 A. NJ, the celebrated Pennsylvania
Limited IN the pioneer Of this class Of the ser ser
tibule Compartment, Sleeping, Dining. obser-
walton and Smoking Cars, lighted by station
airy and movable electric lights. daily for
Louis. Cincinnati and Toledo.
21S 2. NJ, Chicago and st. Louis Express.
with Pullman, Vestibule Sleeping and Dining
Cars, daily to st. Louis, Louisville and Chi
6.14 P; M, Western Express. with Pullman
chicago and Cleveland. Dining Car to Phila-
500 F. NJ, Southwestern Express, Pullman
Sleeping and Dining Cars to Cincinnati and
ST.. Louis Arrives Cincinnati 500 p M.
Indianapolis 10.15 P. NJ, st. Louis 100 A. NJ.
S.15 P. M, Pacific Express. Pullman Sleep
ing Car to Pittsburg. Connects for Chicago
daily, and Cleveland and Toledo except Sat-
BALTIMORE. WASHINGTON AND THE
SOUTH.
s.is. s.4s. sIs, %. "a. IL q 4. NJ: ass tS'S5 Con-
gressional Limited. Parlor Cars and Pennsyl-
T : II. Ra5l5 1sss 5 R,9ipg o Sar gua ats; IS slss. and gis as 4
NJ. Cs.3s Congressional Limited Parlor ears
and Pennasyllvanis Railroad % Dining car1. 14sr
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Express for Philadelphia, 6.34. 7.S4, S.13,
s.4s. r9,is, aA uo.14 Pennsylvania Limited.
10. "a and lila A. NJ; IL. II. ia, 2.23, 3.12. Ale,
44S, 5.1S, GA. 500, SIS. 9.15 P. NJ, and 1870
night. Sunday, 6.S4. 8.4S. 9.13. 9.44 Q0.14
Pennsylvania Limited), 1O.16 A. NJ; 2.13, Alb.
4.4S, 5.1s, GA, 500. SIS, SIS P. NJ, and 1890
night. Accommodation, Ills a. M, 444 and
lis P. NJ. week days. Sundays, SIS and zl5
P. N.
Saturdays only), (2.0S P. II. with Through
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car and pay coachh'
For Cape May LA P. NJ. week days.
For Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean
Grove, Point Pleasant and intermediate sta.
P. NJ, and 1901 night. On Sunday. 1000
A. NJ, 5.22 P. NJ. do not stop at Asbury
The New York Transfer Company will call
for and check baggage from and to hotels
and residences.
s. M. PROVOST, J. R. WOOD.
Gen'l Manager. Gen'1 Passenger Agent
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
ClTY NEWS NOTES.

Robert Mattocks, In the Court of, SPEC
ciaI Sessions, yesterday pleaded guilty
to a charge Of assault and was ssntenc-
ed to the County Jail for thirty days.
Judge. Lippincott adjouTned the E
neyship muddle until Wednesday MORN
ing. =,
Members of the Salvation Army will
visit the County Jail tomorrow and pray
and sing with the prisoners.
Governor Werts paid q social visit to
the Court House House yesterday. 1t
is the first time he has been In theC Court
House since he resigned his position as
Supreme Court Judge to become Gov
ernor.
Corps 2 of the Salvation Army, Ber-
gen avenue and Union street, will have q
big time tonight. There will be ar open
air meeting at Harrison and Monticello
avenues ait 7:3O o'clock. At 8 o'clock. in
the hall, there will be a big salvation
meeting, led by AdJutant Wood, assist
ed by over twenty officers OF the North,
be a swearing-in Of recruits and local
officers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
Leave Pennsyivanfa n. r. Depot.

Leave Pennsyivanfa II. r. Depot.
7:12 A.. NJ. daily for U CHUNK and
intermediate stations.
TER, BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS, sUs-
PENSION. BRIDGE and the West and prin-
cipal local points; dining car to Suspension
11.24 A. NJ. daily. for MAUCH CHUNK and
intermediate points; connections for Reading
i:5 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for Ell
MIRA and all intermediate stations: con-
nections for P~OTTSVILLE and D
Chair car to Wilhesbarre.
4:22 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for L. & B.
and the principal intermediate
stations. Pullman buffet parlor car to Wilkes
barre, connections for Pottsville.
1872 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for SOUTH
PLAINFIELD and intermediate stations.
5.32 p. NJ. daily for EASTON and inter-
Sis P. NJ. daily for BUFFALO, NIAGARA
FALLS and all points west; Pullman sleeper
yestibuled train, New York to Chicago, sleeper
to Buffalo and Toronto; connections for
Reading and Harrisburg.
6:42 r. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for EAsroN
and intermediate stations.
9:12 P. NJ. daily for ITHACA, GENEVA.
ROCHESTER, FALLS
and ali points West: Pullman sleepers to
Chicago and Buffalo,; chair car to Wilkesbarre.
Tickets and Pullman accommodations at
Pennsylvania r. r. Depot:
The New York Transfer Co. will call for and
check baggage from hotel or residence through
to destinations
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07

Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, May 13. 1895, at IL o'clock A. M,
IMPROVEMENT OF OAK STREET.
between Bergen avenue and Ocean avenue,
conformably to the provisions of Chapter ~
of the Laws of 1896, and in accordance with
specifications on file in the office of the Clerk
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the Office of the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 1,700 cubic yards Of earth excava-
About 6,4oo square yards of asphalt paving
on concrete foundation.
About 100 lineaI feet of reset curb stone.
About $50 lineal feet Of eribbing.
About 10 manhole heads reset.
About 4 receiving basin heads reset.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, fifty 500 working days.
award of the contract therefor. will be sub
ject to the remonstrance OF the owners OF
assessment therefor on the basis of Prelimi-
PROPOSALS must be enclosed in sealed en-
of oak Street" directed to the "Clerk of the
Board" and handed to that officer in open
No city official will be accepted as surety
The Board may, Under the provisions OF
the law above quoted, exercise Its right TO
reject any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 134 of the Laws OF 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city OF become e,ye eTfeeti Hs
the contractor have been approved as to
suffciency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President OF TINS
Board having power to examine the proposed
By order of the Board of Street and Water
commissioners GEO. t. BoUToN,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. May 4, 1885.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
MRS. PARNELL GAINS.
Special to the Jerscu CStu Neus.

-E
BORDENTOwN. May q 1Ss5.-Mrs.
Della 7. S. Parnell is steadily gaining
strength and is much improved this
morning, although she passed a some
what restless night, due perhaps to her
habit for years of reading and answer
ing her correspondence late at night.
Her daughter Anna will contiIVe to
issue bulletins on her own jul eaent
daily of her mothers conditiony The
only persons now residing In hIron.
sides" are Miss Anna Parnen, Miss Hat
tie Doggett. Mrs. Knaud and a trained
nurse.
Mrs. Parnell is constantly attended by
one of the above persons. and should
she at any time be able to tell who her
assailant was, the attendant can give the
information to the officers. who are still
in the dark as to- who committed the
murderous assault. Mrs. Parneil IS now
strong enough to sit up for awhile, but
DR.. Ships has refused to allow her to
do so as vet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-07
KNOCKED OUT HIS WIPE.
Mr.. and Mrs. } ohn Werder's Scrap In
box

John Werder. tw~enty-seven years old,
lives at No. 70 jackson street, and his
wife, Sadie Werder. resides at No. 122
Jefferson street. Hoboken. This state of
affairs has been going on for the past
three months. Yesterday they met on the
sidewalks of Hoboken and Immediately
there was a scene of hair-pulling, SCRATCH
ing of faces, upper cuts, punching and
tearing of clothes, in which the wife took
torn completely off his back, and his
shirt and vest hung in .shreds. When
dition he became as mad as a demon
and struck out with all his might with
his right upon his spouse's neck. She
mediately and scampered off to Recorder
MoDonough's court and secured a war
rant for Johns arrest.
John spent the night in Jail. This morn
ing the Recorder held him in default of
bail for further examination.