The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-17
WORSE THAN RUSSIA.
Detective Drags Innocent
People From their Homes
Without Evidence.
ALL HIS PRISONERS DISCHARGED.
The Legislature Would Find ;
Fruitful Field in Hoboken's
Police Methods.

The police of Hoboken raided two al
leged d~isorderly houses last night and
arrested one man and four women in
one place, and five men and one woman
IN the other. The raids were made upon
the complaint of Patrolman Weinthal,
who was lately detailed to rid the city
OF all disreputable places and women
whom he found upon the streets. Vein
thai does nothing but look after suspi-
cious houses, Some weeks ago he re-
eeived information that there was a dis
orderly house at No. 44 Bloomfield
street. and he watched it nightly for over
a week. Then he went before Recorder
McDonough and had a warrant issued
9or the occupants of the house, and last
night he decided it was time to make
the raid. as several of his stool pig
cons" informed him that a number of
women had entered the house early in the
afternoon.
Captain Hayes. Of the First Precinct
Police Station. detailed 6hicers Gala
CHER. Dittes and Stanton to
Weinthal, and the four policemen, all
IN citizens clothes. visited the house
shortly after ten o'clock.
Down stairs in the basemen is a small
restaurant. Weinthal entered the restau-
rant, while the other officers surrounded
the house, two stationing themselves in
the backyard and the other in the
street.
When the officers made their appear
ance no one resisted arrest, and they
had no trouble whatevers in getting their
prisoners to the station house. AT the
station they were registered as Leo
Hlenger, 81 years old, a restaurant keep
er, Of No. 400 Bloomfield street; Eliza
hath yNfa--1- IT. -.41 M -
Elizabeth Szck1ey, 40 years old; Susanna
Eickley. 20 years old. servants in the
employ Of the Wiengers, and Mrs. Clara
Lief, % years old. of No. sos Johnston
avenue, Brooklyn.
Wienger was charged with keeping a
disorderly house and the others as dis
orderly persons. This morning when
their hearing came up before Recorder
McDonough, Mrs. Lief said that she only
came over on a visit yesterday afternoon
TO Mrs. Wienger's and knew nothing
whatever about the place. She said that
she had a husband and a child at home
IN Brooklyn and could bring people to
vouch for her good character. The Re-
corder believed her story, as did every
one present in the courtroom, and he or
oered her release. She left the room with
a deep long-drawn sigh, as if a great
<O1<A 1tNa oCSA 1E1lcQ from Aor.
Counsellor C. De leonard appeared for
the other prisoners and emanded their
release also Upon the grounds that there
was not any evidence at all upon which
TO hold them. He said that Weinthal onlv |
made the arrests upon in formation re-
ceived from other parties and NOT mon
what he saw himself.
Herman Frenz a steward on the steam
ship New York, was sworn and gave in
eliminating evidence against the hoIlse
bgt could not identify any of the pris-
Weintha1 admitted that he had no ner-
sonal knowledge of the place and had
my made the arrests upon information |
received through outsiders
After listening to a lengthy speech nv !
counsellor Leonard, who pleaded hard for |
the discharge of his clients, the Recorder |
dismissed the case against them. He said
he could not possibly hold them upon fhe |
evidence elected.
The other alleged disorderly house
rs iie sne 9 af No;. g 5ef Thipa 81 gyre Meiin nj fsa
basement OF which is a saloon kept by
John F. Kraeuter. The prisoners cor
Kraeuter. twenty-nine years old. a
-saloonkeeper, of No. 60 Third Street:
Gustav ~, Feelineek. thirty-one years old. Of
thirty-one years old, Of No. los Bloom,
Held street; Bruno o. Sroff, thirty-seven
York; Helena Wehle, twenty-one~ years
CD, Of No. SO Third street, Hoboken, and
Joseph Dora, tw~enty-eight years old, a
fireman on the steamship New York.
In this case, as in the other, Weinthal
personally knew nothing about them and
had only made the raid upon outside in
formation. Senator Daily appeared for
TINS second batch of prisoners n asked
Tor their parole until tomorrow morning.
HIS Honor paroled them in the custody
OF the Senator as not as much evidence
was found against them as against the
others.
Weinthal told the reporters that he
could have presented more evidence. but
thought thai the Recorder would have
held the prisoners anyway.