The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-14
INNOCENT
He Was Not Mrs. Dema-
rests ASsailant and
Was Honorably
Discharged.
REAL ASSAILANTS TAKEN
Tonner, White and Milne Confess
That They Are Guilty Of
the Cowardly Act.

Ellsworth Chadwick. the Central Rail-
road brakeman, living at No. 152 Pacific
avenue. who was arrested on Saturday
for criminally assault.ng Mrs Kate
Demarest in a canal boat in the South
Cove, was honorably discharged by Jus
tice Potts this morning. The perpetrators
Of the outrage are in custody and have
admitted their guilt. They are Bernard
White, alias King, twenty-three years old,
Of No. 14S Morris street, and John Tonner,
a resident of South Cove. Chadwick's ar
rest was a mistake, but it is responsible
for the capture CT the real villains, Chief
Murphy says.
Since the shocking assault was COM
mitted the police nave known that a GER
tain Waterman in South Cove, whose name
is withheld. knew who Mrs. Demarest's
assailants were. Probably through fear
of being attacked by the friends of the
guilty ones he refused to give the police
any information.
While Detectives Doyle n Dalton
Were working on the case they learned
that Mrs. Demarests son John, who was
the innocent cause of his mothers ter
rible exper. enee, was going about with a
revolver looking for Chadwick, who, he
had been told, assaulted his mother. Chief
Murphy concluded that oun Demarest
man and consequently ordered Chadwick's
arrest. Chadwick denied all connection
with the assault.
Yesterday afternoon Chief Murphy was
visited at his home by the Waterman in
question. That worthy declared tina
Chadwick was an innocent man later
furnished the Chief with the names and
addresses of the guilty ones.
On his Information the detectives ar
rested White, Tonner and Alexander
Milne: The latter was the first to give
CT the assault he was at the Academy
Of Music. When he went out he was
met by 'Tonner, who told MIN that he
had a nice young woman in the gang
in the South Cove. Milne bought a flask
Of whiskey and with Tonner hurried 10
the clubhouse. Arriving there he found
Bernard White keeping IN old woman in
the room of the clubhouse against her
wishes. She screamed and e~ndeavored
to escape, but White struck her several
into another room. Tonner. Milne as
sertS, asked him to go in the room with
the woman but he refused. He treated
to whisJSey n insists that the woman.
After drinking she asked to be released
but was again dragged to the rear room,
this time by Tonner- A struggle en-
sued and the woman was terribly beaten.
At this stage of the proceedings Milne
got out, leaving the woman there with
White and Tonner Mrs. Demarest was
morning, he says. When he saw Ton
ner and White last they were tieing a
stone tie soiled bed clothes. preparatory
to throwing them overheard.
Tcnner and White admitted thai Mines
statement was q true one. Tonner stated
that he met Mrs. Demarest at Henderson
and Grand streets. After telling him she
was looking for her son she asked him if
he was going to buy q pint" He said
he would and suppogfng the woman to be
anything but respectable took her over
Henderson street and finally dragged her
into the clubhouse with some assistance
from White, who had Joined him.
White and Tonner are member of the
Henderson street bridge gang, and are
considered hard customers. They were
committed to await the action of the
Grand jury, and Milne is detained as a
| witness.