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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
WOMEN MUST NOT ENTER SALOONS
Justice Douglass Fines Mrs. johnson
on Teutss Charge.

on Teutsa Charge.
Mrs. Agnes johnson, the woman ar
rested early Saturday morning by Patrol
man Teut of the Seventh precinct, for
being drunk. was arraigned before Police
Justice Douglass this morning and fined
50. Her husband was in court and paid
the fine.
The woman testified that she had called
upon a Miss Parks. at No. 100 Church
street, Friday night, started for
home about twelve o'clock. When she
reached the Summit avenue bridge of the
Pennsylvania Railroad she remembered
that she had forgotten the key to her
house and decided to return to Miss
Parks.
It was while she was on her way back
to her friends that she was accosted by
the policeman and arrested. This morn
testify that she was sober when arrested,
and that her arrest was an outrage.
Among her witnesses were Messrs. Henry
w. Moser, Asnus Johnson, Edmund
Geary and F. F. Kruse.
Officer Teut had for his witnesses a
saloonkeeper named Cornelius Murphy.
BENJAMIN Hallock. a clerk in the Street
and Water Board, and a fellow officer,
Bicycle Cop Hertle. The woman adj
mitted that she had had one glass of
mixed ale, but said that was all, and
nesses testified that she was perfectly
sober when they saw her being dragged
by the officer to the signal box.
But as she had entered a saloon Jus
tice Douglass told her that she was no
her guilty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE

LEX 4 IN VI Al
To all to whom these presents may come,
Greeting
Whereas, In the Judgment Of the Board of
Directors of the Amusement Machine Company,
Z corporation organized under the laws Of this
State, it has been deemed advisable and most
for the benefit of such corporation that the
SAINT should be dissolved before the expiration
of the time limited in its certificate OF incor-
~poration, as appears by a duly authenticated
record of, the proceedings of said Board of
Directors of suen corporation held in accord
ance with the provisions of an act entitled
IAN Act concerning corporations tRevision OF
sea- approved April 2lst, 1896, which said rec
ord, including the consent in writing of the
solution should take place, as by said act re-
Quired having been by said corporation de-
posted in my Office;
Now, therefore, 1. Henry C. Kelsey. Secre-
tary Of State of the State of New Jersey. be-
ing satisfied by due proof that the requirements
of can Act concerning corporations Revision
ofiee5 J." approved April 21st. 1876. relative TO
the dissolution of corporations. have been
fully complied with by the said corporation. Do
Hereby Certify that The Amusement Machine Com
pany did. on the sixteenth cay OF September.
tested certificate of consent 10 the dissolution
OF. said corporation by the stockholders thereof.
which said certificate of consent. and the record
OF the proceedings aforesaid are now on file
in my said office. as provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof. / have hereto set
my hand and affixed my official
(Seal.) seal, at Trenton, this sixteenth day
OF September. A D. eighteen hun
HENRY C. KELSEY,
1920. Secretary Of State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
A STUPID THIEF.
Buries His Plumber in the Back
Yard of the Man He Robbed.

Herman Sewers, a young German gro
Gerry clerk, was arrested yesterday for
grand larceny. Some days ago Sewers.
who was in the employ of August Eckel-
camp, of No. 80 River street, Hoboken,
opened up the store of his employer early
in the morning. Eckelcamp was in the
habit of leaving his gold watch and chain
in the store over night. When Eckel-
camp went into his store that morning
he found his clerk gone and his watch
and chain, a gold locket and about $50
in change. Sewers, who must have
thought $50 was too much to carry around
buried part of the money in the yard
back of the store before he decamped.
Yesterday Sewers was seen hanging
around the neighborhood of Eckelcamp's
store. 1t is presumed he was watching
for an opportunity to get the money he
had buried in the yard.
Eckelcamp heard that he was in the
neighborhood and notified the police. De-
tectfve Weinthal arrested Sewers and at
the police station he confessed his guilt.
1t has also been learned by Eckelcamp
that Sewers had been giving groceries
away to certain woman for four months
before he left so unexpectedly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19

Populists and the Bryanites, are meeting
with chilling receptions in the industrial
districts of South Jersey. At Eridgeten
on Saturday night John IT,. Wright, the
Popocratic candidate for Congress, had
a hall only half full to hear him. and
during his recital of stereotyped platitudes
the audience was constantly on the move,
many coming in while others were going
That meeting was like many others
throughout that section and only showed
the feeling and sentiment of the voters
there.
After his fattering reception in Bridge
ton. where 1900 voters crowded them
selves into the Opera House and listened
attentively to every word and sentence
ne uttered during a solid hour and a
halt, Judge Fort said:-"Well. if the at
titude of that audience meant anything,
1t means that the votes of that part of
the State are in line for honest money. /
never saw a more attentive audience in
life. 1t was inspiring to talk to them,
and they understood the questions, too.
1t was easy to discern that from their
eager faces"
Lawyer George Berdine of New Bruins
wick has forged to the front as one of
the most popular, entertaining n in
structing orators of the present campaign.
He is devoting much of his time to South
Jersey under the guidance of the State
Committee, and will speak in Westviile,
Gloucester county, tonight and in Camden
Thursday night.
Charles H. Litchman, a well known la
Dor leader and an orator of great ability.
will address a meeting In Mechanics
Hall, Camden, under the auspices OF the
Fifth Ward Republican Club tonight.
Colonel Lee Fairchild. who comes from
far-off California. where the silver senti-
ment is supposed to be very strong. will
address a meeting in Woodbury. on We'd
nesday night. In all the counties meet
ings are arranged for the outlying towns
and villages for every night. and speak
ers of local prominence will address them.
State Senator Edward c. Stokes, who
has appeared in many of the large cities
in the northern part of the State, is now
devoting nearly all his time to his home
of Cumberland. He has the facts
of the none question at his finger tips,
nj knows how to present them in a
convincing way. Cape May and Atlantic
counties are also being stirred up by
these educational methods. The parades
are few. fireworks are seldom seen, but
the reason and intelligence of the masses
are being appealed to by every conceiv-
heresy will be complete.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
CITY NEWS q

The class of '96 OF the high school will hold
a reception in Hasbrouck Hall during the
month OF January. The exact date has not
been fixed yet, but will be this week.
A small fire occurred among q number Of
boxes and barrels in the back yard of John
about 2 o'clock this alorneng, which was
e~xtinguished by a couple Of policemen. The
damage was practically nothing.
Frank w. Eaton, 81 years old Of No
1867 Warren street. a brakeman employed
left hand mashed while coupling cars on
the Hackensaek meadows yesterday. He
was taken to St. Ffancis, Hospital.
James Harvey. of No Z Exchange place
street. Fought In Dennis Fitzeibbons'
saloon, ct No ~ Henderson street, safsIr-
day night HarneF eaf Grxen With &
razor. Harvey W4s arreSted md cons
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
LAWYER WHITELEGGE's WIVES.
They Are Scram bling for the $1,000 boz
He Left.

The death of Lawyer James H. White
legge of Fordham, which occurred
about three months ago, has left four
women living who say they are his
wives. Whitelegge left also an estate
valued at $10O. 900 n no will. and the
four widows and their children are going
to scramble for the property, which con-
sists of houses in Harlem, tenements in
this city and real estate in Paterson.
Whitelegge was a blacksmith in England
when he married his first wife in 1854.
They had two children, one of whom is
Mrs. Schumway, the wife of the ticket
agent at the Cortlandt street ferry.
In 1859, according to one set Of claim
ants, Whitelegge eloped from England
with a schoolgirl, and when they reached
this country he married her. He lived
with her seven years, during which time
he studied law. They had three children.
one of whom is James Whitelegge, a let
ter carrier of this city.
The second child, a daughter, married
a nephew of John H. Starin, and, after
separating from her husband, went on
the stage. The third child of this mar
riage is a widow, who lives in Brooklyn.
When Whitelegge was admitted to the
bar here he made a speciality of df-
vorce law; One day a woman who said
she was the wife of Abraham A. Loziar
of Paterson, applied to Whitelegge TO Sc
cure her a divorce. He got the divorce
for her, and, it is alleged, dropped his
SECOND wife to marry her.
They lived together in Bronx Park
twenty-three years and had several chill
dren, among them Albert w. Whitelegge,
who is now a clerk in the United States
Express Company's Office in his city:
Mrs. Eta Duffy, of Hoboken, and Edith
Whitelegge, who is now thirteen years
During the latter part of the period in
which he lived with his third wife Mr..
Whitelegge met a Mrs. Currie, who was
became Whitelegge's client, and when he
secured the divorce for her, he took her
into his office as a typewriter.
In 1889 he went to Europe with her,
of the steamship as Mr.. Whitelegge and
daughter. When his third wife heard of
this she took all the furniture out of the
house in Bronx Park and moved away.
up and they were ~reconciled, but they
lived together only a short time when
she left him again and brought divorce
proceedings Afterward he married Mrs.
avenue, Fordham. They had one child,
a boy. who is now 5 years old.
About three months ago Mr.. White
legge became i'll of acute gastritis, and
that he had left no will his several wives
began to put in claims for his property.
Mrs. Schumway, the daughter of the first
marriage. has gone to England, it is
in order to establish her claim. The last
Mrs. Whitelegge said last night that she
mad retained Evarts, Choate & Beaman
to defend her interests.
Whitelegge lived for several wears in
this city, on Jersey avenue. between Fifth
and Sixth streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
BORROWE's VALET TN COURT.

A suit of Robert ]. Johnson, of Bergen
avenue, to recover $40, 900 from the Con-
solidated Traction Company is being tried
today in the Supreme Court. On March
81 Mr.. johnson was riding on the plat
form of a Newark avenue car and as the
car turned the curve at Manning avenue
and Grand street he was pitched off and
seriously injured. The plaintiff claims
that the accident was due to the high
rate of speed at which the car turned
the curve. The defence is -contributory
negligence, as passengers who ride on the
platform do SO at their W risk. One of
the witnesses was Charles Leopold, valet
for Superintendent Hallet Alsop Borrowe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
FASHION MAGAZINE co. INsoLVBNT

The Imperial Publishing Company, which
publishes a fashion magazine, was declared
insolvent this morning by the appointment
of G. ]. Roe. of Jersey City, as receiver.
This concern had branches in Chicago,
Montreal, Christ Church, New Zealand, and
the City of Mexico. Its main office was in
New York city, where a receiver was APP
pointed some weeks ago. Its assets were
Sc. 900 and judgments secured against the
company amount to about the same
sum. An offer was made to sell the patents
and franchise for 1880, but Com elor
VIM. ID. Dougherty, who made the applica-
ton for a New Jersey receiver this morning,
said that SIC, 900 could be procured if ire
ceiver was appointed here.
Chancellor McGill made the appointment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
(SaIe No. 32S2.)
Jew Jersey Title Guarantee s Trust Co.


TO JOHN E. PUFFER. MRS. JOHN E. PUF-
fer, his wife; Jabez Harris, administrator of
estate Of John S. Harris, deceased; Cath
arine n. FeIter,. Mary E. Tcffey. Emma L..
Toffey, William ". Toney and John j.
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of October. 1892. The Mayer and
Aldermen Of Jersey City purchased for the
ALL the land and real estate situate In Jsr-
sey City, in the County Of Hudson and State
Which is laid down and designated as lot
thirty-eight 1881, in block number nine hundred
map annexed 70 a report number seysnty-two
ca, made by the Commissioner Of ADJUST
rnent' appointed in and for said City by the
Circuit Court of the County Of Hudson. a GER
titled copy of which report and map was filed
in the Office Of the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the 10Th day of July, 1881. said re
port and map and said sale being made pur-
suant to the provisions of an act OF the Legis-
lature of New Jersey. passed March slth, 1856,
entitled
"An Act concerning the settlement and coll
lection Of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
in cities of this State, and imposing and
levying a tax. assessment and lien in lieu
enforce the payment thereof. and to pro-
vide for the sale Of lands subjected to
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
vided in said acts, before the expiration Of
six months from and after the service hereof,
a deed for the same will be given conveying
to The Mayor and Aldermen OF Jersey city
the fee simple of said land and real estate,
according to the provisions of the said act
Dated Jersey rog citys N =, septem6er Il. 1855.
SEY CITY.
P. F. wANsER,
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest: NJ. ]. O'DoNNELL.
City Clerk.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19

Joseph Greenlaw, a young man of IS
years Of age, according to his mothers
statement but he says he is past %,
lives at No. 1893 Blocker street. New
York. Now Joseph. sWho is of a lofty
turn Of mind and detests anything wrong,
served as a spy for DR.. Parkhurst for
about a year. His aim was to blot out
evil in New York:
A young lady living on Glenwood ave-
nue., rear WestSfde avenue, became the
object of his attentions. Last Friday
evening Joseph left home after procuring
IS cents from his mother and came to this
city. There was a free entertainment to
be held at the United Presbyterian
Church, at the corner of Montgomery
street and Summit avenue. Joseph and
the young lady went TO the entertainment
and remained there until eleven o'clock.
They then went to the young lady's
home.
What transpired there between that
only to those two However. Joseph says
at 1850 he left the young iadv's home
and walked over to West Side avenue to
get 2 car
The mex thing heard of Joseph was
when he rushed breathlessly into The
Seventh precinct station house and re-
ported that while waiting for his car
he had been held up by two men, who
4 relieved him Of all his cash, four dol
lars. The men, he said, wore light felt
hats and both wore blue shirts and black
trousers, one wore a black sack coat and
the other a blu sack. coat.
The. reserves were ordered out and the
neighborhood was secured, but no trace
soI the men could be found. Detective
Larkins was detailed on the case and
having his doubts about the robbery
Questioned Joseph closely and going to
New York questioned the young mans
mother.
After the examination Greenlaw weak
ened and said that maybe he imagined
ne had been robbed. This seemed strange,
as at first he said one man held him by
the throat while the other robbed him.
HIS watch. he said, he managed to save
after a struggle, but that turned out to
pc a cheap affair. Detective Larkins ask
ed him why he reported the affair as a
robbery he said he saw a man go into a
house on Glenwood avenue and thinking
ne was a burglar the thought preyed
upon his mind and he imagined he was
robbed.
Greeniaw will be subjected to an exami-
nation as to his sanity, his statements
being so simple and contradictory that he
IS thought to be suffering from a mania.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
SORRY SHE MARRIED SO QUICK
Miss Becker Finds ThatHer HusbaDd
Is Not What He Shou1d BE.

Adolph Freund, a young man residing on
Webster avenue, was arrested Saturday
night, upon complaint Of his wife, who
charged him with threatening her with
bodily harm. Freund was only married to
his wife a little over two months ago but she
had not lived with him more than a few
weeks when she discovered that his right
name was not Freund but Lenerock, and
that he was wanted by the New York author
tiles for securing goods on the installment
plan and never paying for them.
Mrs. Freund, who was a Miss Becker,
before she was married. met her husband
while he was working for a blacksmith.
named Harbst, whose shop is next door to
where she lived with father at No. 266 New
York avenue.
They only knew each other a short time
before they were united, and Mr.. Becker
who objected to the marriage did all in his
power to prevent it. But despite the old
mans efforts the girl stole away with her
lover to Pastor Andrea's house one night and
were married.
As soon as she the girl learned of her hus-
oHN NoihS, PIG loit iiA 1ua Eetufleu 10
her parents. She claims that he never con
tributed one cent towards her support since
he made her his wife, and that her mother
not only furnished their apartments on Web
ster avenue, but also kept them in food and
clothing.
The man went tt her fathers house a short
time ago to see her, and Mr.. Becker threw
him out. He then had his fa~ther-in-law
arrested. The old man got out all right and
made up his mind then that his daughter
should never see her husband again.
Freund then tried another way to see the
girl. He wrote a pathetic pleading letter to
his wife, begging her to come back to him,
and that failing he wrote a letter to his
father-in-law, in WHICH he first begged, and
them wound up by threatening. It was this
letter which caused his arrest.
Freund spent Saturday night and yester-
day in the County Jail, and was ballet out
this morning by Henry Basten a milkman of
No. 264 New York avenue, who says that the
stories told Freund are untrue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
MAJOR BUsH ARRESTED.

While Abram P. Bush, e~x-Inspector of
Rife Practice of the Fourth Regiment,
seated in his home, at No. 3 Tuers
avenue, last night. a stone crashed
through the window. and, seeing Dennis
O'Connell, II years old, of No. 4S6 Bergen
avenue, standing outside. he concluded
he threw the stone, and going outside
beat the lad. Roundsman Mccoy of the
Seventh precinct arrested Bush, and Mag
gle O'Connell, the mother of the boy,
made a charge of assault and battery
against him.
Bush was held for trial till Friday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
BOARp OF

tOmc1ai Rr0CeadlnTS2
Regular meeting of the Board of Eduea-
ton held in the meeting room, Bay street,
on Thursday evening, September "a, 1896.
ROLL CALL.
Present-President Allen, Messrs. DAILY,
Hoos. Cowles, Degnan, Watson, Stowe.
Beach, Mclean, Keilt. Mersheimer and
Walker.
Absent-Mr. Obergfell.
READING AND APPROVAL OF MIN
On motion of Mr.. Beach the reading of
the minutes of the previous meeting was
dispensed with and they were approved as
PRESENTATION OF CoMMUNICA-
From Miss A. Adrian, requesting leave
Received and referred to the Teachers
Committee.
From Misses Viola v. Mitchell and
Lillian German resigning their positions
as teachers, to date September I. 1896.
Received and designations accepted.
From Mr.. Alex. Hanill notifying the
Board of the death Of his daughter. Miss
September 8, 1896.
Received and ordered fled.
From Z. r.. Bauer. applying for a posi-
ton as teacher.
Received and referred to the Teachers
Committee.
From the High School Football Asso-
citation. requesting use of the High School
building on October 2, 1896. for an enter
tainment.
Received and referred to the High
School Committee with power.
From Frederick Pichard, in reference
to the admission of his son to School
No. II.
Received n referred to. the School
Committee and the superintendent.
Honorable Board of Education
The following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Finance of Jersey CITY
at its meeting, held September II, 1896.
and was approved by the Mayor, Septem-
Der 2, 1896
Yours respectfully.
MARTIN FINCK,
Clerk.
Resolved, That upon requisition of the
Board of Education an extraordinary APP
preparation be made for the present fiscal
year TO the Board of Education for
$26. 1895 for the purpose Of making the
necessary repairs to the Public School
buildings during the summer vacation of
1898, and subdivided as follows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
CUT HIM WITH A BEER MUG.

John Shohanch a Hungarian keeps a
liquor store at No. 522 Clinton street, Hobo
ken. Saturday afternoon, William Brod-
erick and two friends from New York went
into Shohaneh's place and had some drinks.
When the time came to pay for them a dis
pute arose between Broderick and Shohanch
as to the number of drinks the party had
taken.
Shobanch came from behind the bar and
attempted to thrash the crowd. In this he
failed and was getting the worst end of the
fight when he seized a beer glass and struck
Broderick on the head with it, knocking him
to the floor and inficting a ~mostSpainful
wound.
The police took all hands to the police stat
ion including two men who were too drunk
to take part in the fight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-19
DEAF MUTE BOY BURGLAR.
He fs a Brother of Charley .Kroskel.
the Expert Lock Pick err.
Special to the Jersey Citu Netrs.

EGG HARBOR CITY, N. J., Oct. 10.
1Ss6.-Oscar Kroekel. a deaf mute, aged
Is. was arrested by Chief of Police Senft
yesterday afternoon for breaking into the
residence of George Voss, on Buffalo ave-
nue.. The boy got through the window
while the occupants were out and carried
off valuable jewelry, some cash and a gold
watch worth $50 belonging to Mrs. voss.
Young Kroekel was seen around the prem
ises by %neighbors. He gave the officers a
lively chase before he was in custody.
The goods, which he had hidden, were
gold watch having been ammere to a
wreck. Gear Kroekel, father of the bow
furnished $500 bail for his sons appearance
tomorrow morning. He is a brother of
Charles Kroekel, also a deaf mute and
notorious lock picker, who committed
many robberies and is now serving a long
sentence in State Prison.