Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-03-28
81, 500 BAIL EACH.


They Confess to Three Charges
of Breaking and Entering in
This City Before Mayor APP
pelgate. I
Wednesday afternoon Mayor Appel
gate gave Frank Champion and Clar-
ence Hogan hearing upon the charge
of burglarizing three places in this
city on Saturday night.
The two young men were brought
from Jail and the hearing was held in
the Sheriff's office. But few people
knew anything about the hearing, and
conse quently but few persons were
present.
Champion and Hogan were as cool
as could be, and one would not have
thought to look upon them that they
were likely to serve q long time In
prison for their offenses.
They laughed and chatted and
seemed to have no hesitancy in ac-
knowledging their crimes. To a re-
po, ter Champion said that he supposed
they would get a lcng time in prison.
The reporter suggested that they
might remain behind the bars long
enough to learn trade, and fit them
selves for future life.
sand what good would that do me- y
replied Champion bitterly. II learn q
trade, and when I went after a job
they would ask me where learned 1t.
I would say in prison, and they would
say, I don't want you.'"
The hearing was short. The Mayor
read the complaints charging them
with breaking and entering the East
Bridgeton station, the lodge room in
johnson & Loper's building and L. 81.
Tomlinson's store. They pleaded
guilty to all three, and made a state.
ment which was taken down In writ
ing, giving In detail all they did.
The Mayor only took the evidence
of two persons. The first WAS Phillip
8. Duffield, the East Bridgeton Station
agent, and Constable Lore. The
former only told what he found out at
East Bridgeton Station after the burg
larry, and Mr.. Lore OF the arrest and
the confession made.
Then followed the statement of the
prisoners, and they went back to jail,
each being under 5000 bail in each of
the three cases, or $500 In all.
The cases in Millville, will be heard
by Mayor Geo. w. Payne, and If they
are held in $500 bail by him in each of
the twelve cases there, the young men
will be under 1900 bail for their ap-
pearance at Court.
HogaL's mother has visited him at
the jail, and she Is a broken hearted
woman. The meeting was pathetic
one, the young and unfor tunate man
completely giving away. He declares
he will never be arrested again. 1t is
not likely he will, for at least a long
time, for If the Court gives him but
one year upon each charge he will
have fifteen years staring him In the
face.
The two boys, for they are little
else, are kept In separate parts OF the
Jail. Each seems to be willing to tell
all they know, and each blames the
other to some extent, charging that
they would not have gone so far bat
for the influence of the other.
There have been some who believe
that there must have been some 9TH
ers In the game, but they deny posi-
lively that they had accompllces. II
they had 1t Is likely that they would
tell, for they seem to be willing to
make clean breast of everything.
There seems to be some others In
the burglary business in Millville as
well as here. 1t Ia we'll established
that they are not the persons who
robbed the house of Percival Nichols,
and the Third ward stores. They also
deny positively that they robbed some
Of the Millville club rooms which have
been burglarized. If this IL go, Con-
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