The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-14
DOESN'T WORRY HIM
Mayor Pagan Indicted for
Not Enforcing the Sun
day Blue Laws.
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The belief that Mayor Lawrence Fagan
and Chief of Police Donovan of Hoboken
have been indicted for failure to enforce
the excise law caused great comment in
and about the Court House. One of
Mayor Fagan's closest friends today told
a reporter for 1.-The Jersey City News"
that he believed beyond any doubt that
the Grand Jury at its last session found
an indictment. Another person said
81 don't know anything about the
matter except what I have read and
heard. So near as 1 can learn, the exami-
nation of witnesses took place after four
o'clock Monday and that the indictment
was found just before the Grand Jury
adjourned I am not certain that this
information is correct. but it appears to
be generally accepted as true"
Prosecutor Winfield in reply to a ques-
tion said
eeI am not here to make known Grand
Jury secrets; I shall neither affirm nor
deny the report that Mayor Pagan is
Indicted"
MINISTERIAL. OPINIONS.
I'm regard to the Mayors Indictment" :"
SAYS the Rev. Mr.. Beatty, 81 did not
know that there had been one found
against him. When we went to him last
Monday we merely asked him why he
had not kept to his oath of office, and
"a
then went to the Court House and saw
several officials about the matter. I'm
sure we had no idea at the time that
they would indict Mr.. Pagan. We in
tend, however, to press matters to such
an extent that every public official in
Hoboken .will do his duty"
The Rev. DIR. Richardson of the First
Methodist Church, one of the committee,
who is also temporary president of the
Ministerial Union of Hoboken. had this
to say
81 do not think Mayor Pagan could
have done much more than he has, con-
sidering the little sentiment that exists
in backing him up. But now he has
: more public support in the matter, and
in the future must enforce the laws"
The ministers of Hoboken have organ
lied the Ministerial Union for the pur-
pose of seeing that the laws as are
now upon the statutes are enforced.
THE MAYORS STORY.
Mayor Pagan says the committee-the
Rev. Drs. Beatty, Richardson and Finch
and Laymen Burger. Spencer and Farr-
came to him few weeks ago and asked
him to enforce the laws on the statute
book, and he refused to do it.
sT told them that if undertook to en-
force the laws as they stood, I would
have to stop the horse car traffic, and
also order the arrest of all people found
on the streets of a Sunday that were not
going or coming from church, besides
other ancient blue laws. I was told that
/ must close all liquor saloons, grocery.
candy and drug stores, barber shops,
and, in fact, everything but churches
Why. if I should undertake to do that
I would have ninety-nine per cent. of
the people in Hoboken behind bars be-
fore a Sunday passed for breaking one
or another of the laws.
'I tried my best to reason with the
i gentlemen, but it was in vain. told
7Sthem that it would not only injure me
ahgreatly, but would in the end injure the
~. -. .~.oo+o,
HAS BEEN INDICTED.
GAS yet have received no official no.
tice of my indictment, but it is true that
I have been indicted. If I have violated
my oath of Office or have done any
thing to be punished for I am willing
to be punished. The Indictment does not
concern me in the least, and I am ready
at any time to face the Grand Jury upon
all the charges preferred against me,
and prove that the citizens who had me
e '3dicted are in the wrong"
TRYING TO SUPPRESS THEM
Chief of Police Donovan who it is said
has been indicted with Mayor Pagan
did not know anything about the indict-
ments excepting what he had heard
rumored. He was inter~;ewed yesterday
evening, but automatically refused to
talk.
A queer story is travelling about the
Court House this afternoon that Wig
orous effort is being made to suppress
the indictments and curiously enough,
it is said that Mayor Fagan is just as
eager for the indictment as certain Off
cials are for their suppression. Politi-
clans look upon the possible trial of the
Mayor as the greatest plume in his cap
and which have only the effect of push
ing him ahead as candidate for Sheriff.
Hoboken people, beyond the church fac
tion, are behind the Mayor and they are
eager to have the Sunday issue fought
out in the Courts and forever settled.
The Grand Jury is expected to hand
in indictments on ondav or Tuesday.
Before that time. however, great efforts
viii be made to suppress the obnoxious
indictments'', as one ardent admirer of
MIR. Fagan calls them.
If Your Baby is Cutting Teeth
Be sure and use the old and well tried
remedy Mrs. WinsloWS Soothing Syrup,