The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-01
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ANOTHER RESPITE.
Resentencing Of the Gutten-
berg Big Four
Postponed.
TIME EXTENDED UNTIL MAY IS
Supreme Court Will Await the
Decision of the Court Of
Errors and Appeals.
TIME EXTENDED UNTIL MAY is

Today being the time fixed by Supreme
Court Justices Dixon. Magic and Lip
pincott as the limit for the stay in the
matter of the conviction and execution
of Judgment of Messrs. Dennis McLaugh-
lin. John C. Carr, ]. N. Crusius and
Gottfried Walbaum. known as the Gut
ztenberg Big Four" sentenced to $500
fine and twelve months Imprisonment
each for maintaining and conducting q
disorderly house, the three Justices were
on the bench in the Court House half
an hour after the usual time for opening
court.
About one month ago the four defend
ants We're sentenced, and Mr.. Allan L.
McDermott secured a stay of execution
of judgment pending an appeal to the
Court of Errors and Appeals. The court
granted the stay. stipulating, however,
that the case must be moved for argu-
ment within thirty days, or within the
present term Of that court.
Accordingly two weeks ago Mr.. Nc
Dermott submitted brief to the court,
but no decision has yet been handed
down. The time having expired, how
ever, the four defendants were notified
to appear this morning for re-sentence.
CASE POSTPONED.
When Justices Magic, Dixon and Lip
pineott took their seats the spectatorswere
crowded within the bar with lawyers
and a few idlers. None of the big
-Four Were present but Mr.. MeDermott
was there to represent them.
In the matter" began Justice Dixon,
s'of the conviction of Crusius and others
proceedings until Saturday, May IS at
ths. same time and place"
n ho IF
Errors time in which to decide the ap-
peal, it being the opinion of some that
they should be remanded simply because
the Court OF Errors and Appeals had
not come TO any decision;
DEFENDANTS CLOSE AT HAND.
During the brief proceedings John G.
Carr, one OF the defendants, looked into
the court room for a minute and then
office, where Messrs Mclaughlin, CRU
sius and Walbaum. with their sbondsmen,
were waiting to come into court if their
In speaking of the meeting of the Court
Of Pardons IN Chancery Chambers on
Saturday, s,, At which It was generally sup
posed of, Mr.. Allan McDermott was much
amused with the publication. of state
e N eae me HfeWSSpApeos Se p fnaI m because tbas
to plead for the defendants.
"I went to the Law Library to hunt
II went S1e over t to so New ~ York instead. rs % It's It's
npnsense, you know, such talk. Counsel
s,,s glIo%sea 81 owed 70 appear before the
As the case now stands nothing Will
Appeals decide the case, innumerable are
the opinions as to the nature of the de-
cision Many lawyers whose opinions
are worthy of consideration confidently
predict the reversal of the decision Of the
deilss'if dons, il IS rumored.' vii remit the in
prisonment part of the punishment.
The police of the Charles street sta
ton believe today that they are in a
this afternoon telephone message was
received from an official cf the Della
ware, Laicl6awanna and Western Rail-
road, saying that there was a woman
employed in the company's service who
was positive she had seen the murdered
woman on Tuesday ait Hobol1en. She
was sure she could identify the body.
The police of the Charles street sta
tlon asked that the woman be turned
over to the Hclboken police SO that she
could be brought to this city and assist
the police here in establishing the identf-
done, and 1t is expected that the Hobo
ken woman VIII be brought over this
afternoon This confirms the opinion of
the police that the dead woman came
from outside the city.
Up to ten O'clock this morning no ar
the murder, the police claiming that they
have no evidence to identify the dead
woman.
y 4 number of Central office detectives
are working on the case. 1t was report
I'd that several arrests had been made
this morning. but the police deny that
as vet they have placed any one under
arrast