The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-30

SANDS And JANE DOE
The Governments Case to.
Connect the Alleged
Counterfelters
Weak.
SUSPICIOUS GOOD DOLLARS
The doctor Held in $4,000 Bail
= He Talked Tco
Much.

United States Commissioner Romaine
this afternoon committed Dr.. George
Sands, alias DIR. Clark, the alleged coun-
terfeiter of silver dollars. to the Essex
County Jail in default of $4,000 bail.
Sands is the accomplice of Mary Knapp,
better known as Jane Doe the mystic
rious woman who puzzled the Secret Ser.
vice men after her arrest IN Hoboken.
on July l.
Today's examination was conducted in
the First Criminal Court room in the
Police Headquarters Building. Mary
Knapp was present and occupied seat
near her counsel, Senator William D.
DAILY Sands sat near the prisoners pen.
and for an hour before the examination,
was in consultation with Senator DAILY
who has been retained to defend him
United States District Attorney Rice.
Chief of the Secret Service Bureau Hagen
and his assistant. Mr.. Baggs, looked af-
ter the prosecution. If Sands and the
women We're associated in the manufac-
ture of counterfeit coins, one would not
another.
The woman is already under $4,000 bail
awaiting the action of the Grand Jury,
and she was only taken into court today
for further Identification by witnesses
and also, if possible to establish DR..
Sands alleged criminal connection with
her. 1t had beer expected that there
would be a scene at the hearing today,
someone having circulated the report that
the Knapp woman's husband might be in
attendance. He did not put in an appear
ance, however.
Sands while masquerading as DIR. Clark
in Buffalo, induced Mary Knapp, it is
alleged, to leave her husband and join
him. Since that time they have been
traced from place to place by Secret Ser
vice men until the woman was arrested
in Hoboken while passing silver dollars
ON storekeepers. Sands was subsequently
captured in hotel at No. q Irving place,
New York.
The first witnesses called today were the
twelve storekeepers of Hoboken who had
received counterfeit silver from Mary
Knapp in payment for small purchases.
Each in turn identified her. Some amuse-
ment was caused when Henry Pollock
was sworn as M. Jackowitz. He testified
under the wrong name and the error was
not discovered until Attorney Rice asked
him to identity the dollar which had been
given him. All of the victimized lner-
chants had marked the dollars given
t34E3l lt4t1 tltitdlI1fa I1QiIGtk 1Q1kE4
Tor the mark ne had made, bur psil1g u1l-
able TO find 1t promptly said the dollar
was not the one which had been given
him.
slant and had the witness SO confused that
he was unwilling to swear he had ever
seen Mary Knapp before.
commissioner Ronlaine called for Wit
ness Pollock. and to everyoness surprise
the supposedJ ackowitz answered. Pol
lock was again sworn. ard put through
this time.
The first important witness called was
Secret Service Detective Eskerelle. He
testified to having arrested Sands, ana
upon searching his rooms found papers,
gloves, clothes, files and other paraJJher-
malta OF counterfeiters In a black bag,
wear the dollars and give them the APP
pearance of having been in circulation
ne found number of silver dollars but
having had a conversation with Sands
in which the latter, when asked what ne
used the black bag for, hesitated and re-
Piled, ITO polish my boots''
Senator Daily objected to this line of tes-
timony, it only being hearsay. The Sena-
tor was Sustained by the Commissioner.
on the case and had found in Sands pos
session twelve silver dollars, none of
which he said We're good Detective
the case. testified to having ar
rested Sands. and upon searching him
and his apartments found the counter
Eskerell testified to. The files wh.eh
We're used, the witness said in fin shing
off the counterfeit coins We're produced.
They bore evidence of having been run
oyer silver or metal similar TO il. The
District Attorney examined the files
closely and detecting the particles of
silver turned 70 Senator DAILY and sa.d:--
Free silver and plenty of it, Senator"
Tt is not on the is to l basis how
ever, answered the Senator.
The witness was allowed to enter as
testimony conversation he had had
with Sands, in which he practically con-
fessed having been engaged in the manu-
facture of counterfeit coins. Sands had,
brother William in the work The
brother is at liberty. Sands further CON
fessed that when being close pressed by
Secret Service men he had removed two
hundred of the counterfeit dollars from
a pace in this State. which he refused
to mention, two days before his arrest
He disposed Of the coins by throwing
them overheard while crossing the ferry
from this city to New York Sands has
up to the present time been very guarded
il, his statements concerning the woman.
The most important evidence produced
was the Similitude of the silver dollars
passed by the woman in Hoboisefl and
those found in Sands possession when ar
rested Detective Boggs did not hesitate
to testify. as an expert, that the good
dollars found with Sands had been used
to make the moulds with which the coun,
ltiiciL ttitiS iiftt1 ptSii G41idIlu1dGf
| counterfeit coins bore every mark anf
scratch of those found in Sands Dos.
/ session. Senator DAILY asked for the dis
/ charge of the prisoner on The GROUND
| that the prosecution had not shown tha
! Sands had amy counterfeit dollars anf
| further that no crininai connection haf
| been established between his client anf
| the Knapp woman. Attorney T,ice. be
fore replying, asked that the woman b,
removed from the court. Senator Dah
| objected and hot words were for a mo
/ ulppf exchanged The tod i
4 by the yard. showing that tie wolnal
/ had a right to be present while Mr. Ric,
was interrupting, declaring that she has
| no right to be present as the case hat
been closed. The woman was removed
and Commissioner Roma'ne without fur
/ ther argument, fixed Sands bail al SIS.
600.
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