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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
PLAYED FOR Chips
Why a Poker Joint Raid Re-
suited in no Con-
vietions.

On the night of April % a squad of de-
teetives led By Sergeant Archibald and
under instruction from Chief Murphy
made a raid on a poker joint over Cooks
saloon at Montgomery and Henderson
streets. The squad consisted of Detectives
Dalton, Pearson and Douglas from Head
quarters and Detectives keenan, and Hol-
derer from the Third and Sixth Precincts
respectively. Sergeant Archibald disposed
Of his men to the best advantage in order
TO prevent any escape. Douglas was sta
toned at the street door, Dalton and
Pearson In the hall and Keeaan and Hol-
iierer were sent into the room.
They found a crowd of men in the front
room and a smaller party in a smaller
room in the rear. The latter party were
sitting at a round table. There were five
OF them Each man had a stack OF chips
IN front of him, and there were two packs
OF cards on the table. The raid proved
very successful. Everybody in the place
was taken to Headquarters. ALI of them
We're discharged except Michael Stiner.
John Mackk, jesse Whiting and Edward
John Mack, Jesse Whiting and Edward
Whiting and Gerard who belong in New
York have been In the County JAN ever
since.
The quartet were tried in the General
Sessions Court yesterday afternoon for
gambling. They were defended by ex-
Judge Hoffman n John Wahl Queen.
Sergeant Archibald told the story OF the
raid. he denied being an expert IN poker,
put from what he HAD heard the chips
That went into the kitty went to pay
for drinks or to compensate the proprietor
OF the place for the use of the room.
detective Keenan, testified that he ana
Detective, Holderer wen into the front
room and saw several men there. They
went sha through to the inside room and saw
CONSIDER yourselves under arrest, gen
They began to gather up the chips"
who's. going to cash them?'" The witness
explained the character and uses of the
akttty" IN a manner which caused the
Detective Holderer corroboTated Detec-
tive Keenan, in every particular except
one. He said that when the defendants
said TO them:-"You had better settle up
SO that there will be do mistake" The
on ths ta ssSsat aed K sha It t tie WeTe l2o ch'ps
We couldn't open the Kitty at first"
he said, but Detective Pearson had a
key that fitted IT."
How do you play poker?e asked ex-
Each man gets FIVE cards" answered
the n witness and then plays them"
mo. not the first five. If a player has
three of a kind he throws away two and
gets two more; He might get four Of a
kind or a full house."
"a full house?''
Yes, SIR"
Well, suppose you get a full hand-?"
He didn't say, a full hand, interrupted
PROSECUTOR Winfield, she said full house.
You seem TO know something about this
game yourself" There was a general IaugfA
at Judge Hqffman's Expense.
detective Dalton testified that he Didn't
know what a kitty" is.
AS there was no evidence that the chips
mad any money value, Judge Hudspeth
directed an acquittal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18

call no man your friend,' a wise g.rl
once said to me, until you have made
him angry, seen him hungry, and caused
him to miss a train and wait three
ton"
If a man is nice, and thoroughly ara
completely a gentleman, one never knows
quite how nice he is until one has seer
him angry, and yet not ridiculous. OF
Another girl l knew once kept her
fiance waiting an hour and a half for his
dinner. lie met ner with a smile. s'Wefe
you trying to find out whether / shall be
a patient husband or not?" he said, ard
She said that she was quite sure that a
man who restrained himself SO unnatur-
ally before MARI age would make up fo4
it proportionately afterwards, and re-
quite an unimportant person at the time,
and was on a visit to Matilda's father.
Who was a ysry great man Matilda
him when he made love to her, One day
her face. She instantly agreed to marry
him. She said she was quite sure thai a
man who was brave enough to strike her
when he was helpless in her fathers
when she was helpless in his. And she
proved to be right In the long run.
Yes, my friend was right, we never
thoroughly like a mar until we have
given him an opportunity Of making us
dislike him: and he has not awaited him-
The First step.
HIVE yoas besaa making garden vet, ~
We have luAg all or IA tn cans
over nt9Sths next peighborss lok. chicasa
Heearo~s
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
STEVENS INSTITUTE RECEPTION
Alumni Pay a Compliment to b
Faculty Las; Night.

The Alumni Association OF Stevens In
stitute of Technology, Hoboken, ten
dered a reception last might to the faculty
of the institute. Not IS many alumni
assembled as on previous years. but
the meeting was an enthusiastic one and
the evening passed pleasantly. The
members of the elias of '96, who are
now virtually alumni, were admitted as
embers of the association.
During the evening an entertainment
was given by the Mandolin Glee and
Banjo Clubs of the institute. When the
old Stevens" song was started up, the
alumni joined in the chorus with a vim
that would have done credit to as many
Apaches singing their war song.
A collation. was served, after which
speeches were made by prominent mem
bers of the alumni, President Morton of
THE school and other members of the
faculty. An election of officers then oc-
curred with the following result
President, Harry BuB. Parsons. '84;
First Vice President, T. w. Lieb, Jr.,
80; Second Vice President, r. c.. Oil
plant, '89: Corresponding Secretary,
Philip E. Raque, 'S9; Recording Secre-
tary, J.. Day Flack, SO; Treasurer, w.
H. Bristol, "a; Directors, A. Re'sen-
berger, '76; Kenneth Terrence, "a; Harry
Van Attha. 81. and A. A. De Born
vitle. '72.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
mid POTS AND CANS
Unfortunate Ending Of a Tinkers'
Mixed Ale Party in
Hoboken.

The Fourth ward. Hoboken, was visited
yesterday afternoon by a queer looking
lot OF men who had consregated at the
apartments of William McTighe, a tinker,
at NO. 23 Jefferson street, where a
tinkers' party was to be held.
the party" was arranged for the even
ing, but long before that time the
"growler" was in working order, n by
six O'Clock the whole crowd was in a.
lighting state of i~ntoxication. Men and
women punched and scratched each other,
and the air was filed with flying seaiding
irons, scissors, bars of solder, an occa-
sional charcoal hand stove, and other i'm
plements used in the thinkers trade. The
result of the fraeas was that the party
all landed in the station house. and they
were indeed sorry looking specimens of
humanity as they were lined up before
the desk at Police Headquarters.
The party was given by McTighe and
his wife. 1t was McTighe's birthday,
and on his rounds yesterday he invited
every tinker he met to come to his
rooms when they got tired of work and
enjoy themselves. The thinkers began to
arrive at McTighe's as early as four
O'clock. They brought their wares and
also their wives with them.
When everybody was feeling more or
less the results of the mixed ale which
they poured into them, one of the guests,
John Rogers, a tinker, of this city, yelled
out that his wife had been insulted. That
was the signal, as it were, to commence
the fight. and in a moment the turmoil
was at its height.
The cries and yells of the fighters. in
terIningled with breaking of glass and
other things. attracted the attention of
Officers Condor and Hayes, who hurried
TO the scene and tried to quiet them.
They were unable to cope with the mob
alone, and had to call for assistance
from Police Headquarters. The police
patrol arrived shortly afterwards with
the reserve force, and the entire crowd
all the way to Police Headquarters, and
gave the police all they could do to
handle them.
The prisoners were registered as William
and Catherine McTighe, Of No 2S gefrer-
son street; Thomas and Catherine Heiliy,
of No 800 Sixth street; Frank and Kate
McGarry, Of No. JOG Brunswick street,
Reilly. Stephen and Maggie Stinson, OF
No. eos Sixth street, and John and Annie
Rogers, Of No. PIP Wayne street. this
The corridor around the cells ~resounded
with the w~rdngling and curs1ng OF the
prisoners all night. They We're arralgned
before Recorder McDonough this MORN
inp. =.
The prisoners were fined g each or f1fe
teen DAYS in the County jail. Not one or
them had So, and they We're all sent 10 the
institution. AlEt-i
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
AMERICAN CATHOLIC LEAGUE.

BALTIMORE, June is. 1sa6.-In organ.z-
ing the American Catholic League in this
city last Monday night, ONE of the
speakers said:-s'The American Catholic
League is a secret organization, but net
o~ath-beund. If it were o~atll-bound. we
WOULD not have the approval of Cardinal
Gibbons, as we have"
HIS Eminence, in commenting thereon
today, said he wished to be understood
as in no wap approving any secret or
ganization, pelif & or not political,
within the church or without. He be-
cur in electing to Officer the best men.
irrespective of their religious convictions
and that no man should be debarred
fidence because Of his religious profess
sions.
The American Catholic League was re
Gently organized IN New York city IN
Association.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
THINK IT WAS SUICIDE.
Man Killed ny q. Train Identified as
a PbIibaeIphian.

On Tuesday morning the body of q we'll
dressed man, about 35 years old, was
found horribly mangled in the yards Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. at the foot of
Sixth street There was nothing in the
pockets which would lead to the mans
identification. The body was removed to
6peer's morgue. and since hat time has
been viewed by many people who nave
beer searching for lost relatives or
friends.
Yesterday afternoon william Methbin,
of No. POI West Twenty-second street,
New York. called at the morgue and
identified the body as that of Joseph
Kairns. of Philadelphia. He gave no
account of who the man was or what
business he was engaged in. He informed
the police that Kairns was well known at
Farnellps restaurant in Philadelphia.
Friends of the dead man a " been poti-
rlad. 1t vas at first supposed he had
met death accidently, but Methbin ex-
pressed the opinion that he had committed
Suicide. The police believe the man had
some family trouble.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
JUMPED FROM THE CHICAGO
An Unknown Man Leaps over the
Boats Side and is Droxv ued

AS the Pennsylvania Railroad ferry boat
Chicago was about to draw out of her
slip on this side of the river at half past
ten o'clock last night, a well dressed man
about thirty-fve years of age, rushed
down the carriage driveway, pushed his
way by the gateman and boarded the boat
He remained near the gates but there was
nothing about him to attract the atten-
ton of the deck hands.
The boat was well out in the stream
when the man walked through the ladies'
cabin turning at intervals CT every five
steps as II TO see if any one was watching
As he nearsd the door leading to the
DOW Of the boat he quickened his pace.
threw open the door. seized the guard rail
Passengers who witnessed the act gave
the alarm and the boat was stopped as
quickly as possible. DeakhanJs called
t. the mar but there was no response.
For about five minutes the boat drifted
about with the tide, pilot and deckna1ds
hoping to catch sight of NE suicide. The
search was finally a~bandoned and the boat
proceeded to New York.
The suicide was dressed in a light suit
and had sandy hair and a light rloustache.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
(Sale No. 1e54.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.

TO ELIZABETH C. HOLLINs (widow),
Coles Morris. Robert w. Webb. Emma Il.
y his wife; BENJAMIN G, Morris, Sarah
G Morris, her husband; Catharine L. Morris.
p. Corning Abel and Josephine C.. Tain
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the 2d day of April, 1891, The Mayor
the sunlfof fifteen dollars and forty-two cents
the land and real estate situate in Jersey
City, in the County of Hudson and State of
New Jersey, fronting on Monmouth street.
which is laid down and designated as lot
part of twenty-three (23). in block number
three hundred and sixty-seven fssD upon an
fifty-seven sd made by the Commissioner
of Adjustment appointed in and for said
City by the Circuit Court of the County Of
Hudson. a certified copy of which report and
map was filed in the office of the City Col
lector of Jersey City. on the 5th day Of Au-
gust, 1890. said report and map and said sale
act Of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed
March 3oth, 1886, entitled
An Act concerning the settlement and col
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities OF this State, and imposing and
leyying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead Of such arrearages, and to
enforce the payment thereof, and to pro-
vide for the sale of lands subjected tc
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or interest in SAID
land and real estate. and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed. as nro-
vided in said acts. before the expiration Of
six months from and after the service hereof.
a Coed 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 City. N. J.. June Is. 1896.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
P. F. wANsER,
6Seal,) Mayor.
City Clerk.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
Mrs. Van LeWen's House on
Summit Avenue Plum
dered Of Money and
Jewelry.
THE TWO THIEVES ESCAPED
Police Said to Be SURPRISING
Facts Of Many Burglaries in
the Bergen Section.
THE TWO THIEVES ESCAPED

Burglars are at work again in the
Bergen section of the Heights, and from
all reports hav been very successful in
their undertakings. Numerous COM
plants ave been made to the police Of
the Communipaw avenue and Montgom-
cry street stations regarding small bur-
glaries and sneak thief robberies which
have occurred during the past few weeks,
but the police AVE been unable to catch
a single one of the burglars or even
check the robberies.
So fearless of the police have the
thieves become, and SO confident of sue
cess that they even work in broad day
light.
The latest robbery which occurred. so
far as is known, as the police will not
give out any information regarding
burglaries. is that at Mrs. Van Lewen's
house, at No. 212 Summit avenue, near
Baldwin.
Mrs. Van Lewen went out at three
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon and left
the house vacant. When she returned at
half past four O'Clock She was startled
by hearing foot steps in the basement.
Running to the head of the basement
stairs she called down and asked who
was there. Instead of receiving any
answer she heard heavy footsteps run
ming toward the kitchen door. She
hurried down stairs and was just in
time to see two men scale the back
fence of her back yard, and drop down
IN Baldwin avenue. She ran to the fence
and leaning over yelled for the police
as loud as she could. No one responded
to her call and the burglars succeeded
in making their escape. They ran to-
wards Montgomery street and were lost
to view behind the City Hospital.
MRS. Van Eewen returned TO the house
ana made an examination of the rooms.
She discovered that the men had not mo-
tested any other than the bed rooms
In her room they secureds a gold watch
and a amo pin, in all valued at 500.
and IN another room they secured SIS
m cash. They did not take any Of the
SILVER ware OF valuable bric-a-brac in
Inc parlor. She thinks, however, they
were preparing to take some of the sill
Yer eli when she frightened them away.
as a quantity of it was StreWn about the
dining room table.
Ihe burglars gained an entrance into
the mouse by cutting out a hole in the
Kitchen screen door. Mrs. REYNOLDS
heard footsteps in the house but paid no
attention to them, as she had not seen
Mars. Van Lewen go out, and Thought
II was she walking about.
me robbery, like the others. was re-
ported to Captain Cox, but as vet neither
the articles stolen nor the burglars have
peen found by the police.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18

TO ELIZABETH Z. L widow,
Coles Morris, Robert W. Webb. Emma =.
Webb, his wife; Benjamin c. Morris, Sarah
p Morris. his wife; Julia E. Morris, John
c. Morris, her husband; Catliarine L. Nor
ris, L. Corning Abel and Josephine c.
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the I'D day OF April. 1891, The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for
the sum of eighty-nine dollars and forty-one
cents ALL the land and real estate situate
IN Jersey City, in the County Of Hudson and
State of New Jersey, fronting on Monmouth
street, which is laid down and designated as
lots twenty-opc CID and twenty-five (22), in
block number three hundred and sixty-seven
tSoO, upon an assessment map annexed to a
report number ffty-seven go made by the
Commissioners of Adjustment appointed in
and for said city by the Circuit Court of the
County Of Hudson. a certified copy of which
report and map was filed in the office Of the
City Collector OF Jersey City. on the 9Th day
OF August, 1890, said report and map and
said sale being made pursuant to the pro-
visions of an act of the Legislature of New
Jersey. passed March 5otii, 1856, entitled
AN Act concerning the settlement and col
lection Of arrearages of unpaid taxes. as
scssrnents and water rates or water rents
in cities Ct this State. and Imposing and
leyying q tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to
enforce the payment thereof, and to pro-
vide for the sale of lands subjected 10
future taxation and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And YOU are further notified that you APP
pear TO have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
and real estate shall be redeemed, as pro-
yided 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 City. N. j., June Is. 1896.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
SEY CITY.
p F. wANsER,
CSeai.) Mayor.
Attest: NJ. ]. o'DONNELL,
City Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
IN SPITE OF HIS FALL.

NEW YORK. June IS, 1sss.-L.s P.
Hansen, he crockery and glassware
merchant, and member of the Fremont
City Council, Nebraska, who arrived here
from that place Tuesday evening. and
who was found on the sidewalk in front
pf the Danrnark Hotel, after having
fallen from the fourth story window Of
the hotel, fracturiag his skull, was said
TO be much improved this morning.
Superintendent Knoll, of the Hudson
Street Hospital, said this morning that
Hansen had passed a very Favorable
night and the chances for recovery are
much in his favor.
Hansen's wife, who has been notified
of her husbands m.stbap, is on her way
here n is expected to arrive on Satur-
day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
TRACK ELEVATION.
Mayor Wanser and City.
Officials Consider the
Erie Railroads
Proposition.
THREE STREETS MILL EE VACATED
Company Will abolish The En-
closed Tunnels -General Out
lines OF the Scheme.
STREETS WILL En- VACATED

nj engineers of the Erie Railroad to-
Gay formally submitted to Mayor Wan
ser and the Street and Water Commits
sloners their plans for the proposed ele-
vation of the tracks from the tunnel to
the trainshed and depot at the foot of
Pavonia avenue.
ine plans are comprehensive and will
70 some extent revolutionize the handling
OF freight on several of the railroad sys-
TENS north of the Erie. The plans are
iamiliar to Mayor Wanser, he having on
several occasions in the last month been
IN consultation with the officers ana en-
sineers of the road in New York.
AS soon as the pans were received at
the City Hall Mayor Wanser sent for the
Street and Water Commissioners. Cor
poration Counsel Blair and CIV Attorney
Weart. The officials went over and dis
cussed the plans at length behind closed
doors.
accompanying the plans was a propsi-
Ion from the company concerning the
work winch relieves rhe city from any
expense in the contamination of the i'm
provement, for which property owners
nave struggled for years.
Inc plans provide, it is said. for fine
vacation of at least two streets near the
tunnel and one street near the trainshed
The vacation of a few streets is necessary
to make any plan feasible from an engin-
eering point of view.
On all streets not to be vacated the
clearance Of thirteen feet REQUIRED Nv law
is provided.
II Is also understood tina the company
euaseIlplaies the abolition of its enclosed
Iannei ana making it an open one, similar
Lackawanna and Western
railroad will, 1t is reported. also omen
It's l Iln at the same tiEle the Erie starts
The OFFICIALS at this time refuse to give
any detailed outline Of the
p IF tbs 9 9aa 5hsy AL say that the abolition
Mayer Wanser is adverse to discIssine
the subject until the plans have been an.
pTovsa Ply competent engineers engaged
Track elevation is SO near at hand
that it is probable some definite action.
VIII be taken by the Street and Wafer
commissioners within a week or ten
me form of agreement which is to be
submitted to the company, under which
Il VIII prosecute tbs work of raising
what similar to that entered into by
the city with the Pennsylvania Rail
The news that action is soon to be
taken en- this important subject spread
rapidly and within an hour after the con-
terence was over property owners from
the Erie tracks besfeged the City Hail
and urged the Mayor to lose no time IN
getting the work well under way. The
Mayor is elated with tne success that is
having the tracks elevated, He says it
viii give him great pleasure to see the
tracks UP where they belong before his
term as Mayor expires.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-18
DOG PRISONERS AT WORK.

The residents ~ofsCongress and Hancock
streets are much excited by the poisoning
Of two valuable dogs lately. Mr.. Coghlan,
of Congress street. the owner Of one Of
the dogs, when seen last night said:-
81 do not know why enyone should pol
son my dog. He was a trained dog and
had a license tag on him, and was kept
tied up so that he wouldn't harm any
one"
Henry Martin, a saloonkeeper on Con
gress street, was the owner OF the other
dog poisorSd. The symptoms of the dogs
watch Is being kept for the authors of the
wapton deeds