The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-17
A. P. A. ORGANIZER.
Arraigned for Swindling
People in the Name Of
American Citizen.
QUEER DOCUMENTS FOUND
AntI-Catholic Oath and the Names
of Alleged Hoboken Know
Nothings.

They have an interesting prisoner In
the Third Precinct station house. His
name is Oscar Snyder. he lives in Hobo
ken and he IS a member Of the A p 4
The formal charge against Mr. Snyder Is
that he Is disopderly person. and he il
held On that charge. while the police are
endeayer.Tg 10 procure evidence thar ae
has been obtaining money under lelss
pretenees. Snyder mas been soliciting sub
seriptions for the American Cltizen+.'
the organ Of the A. P. A.. and he has
LIST showing tnat several people have sub
seribed, but it is alleged that the publish
ers OF the organ have not yet received the
subscription money. and some Of the sub
scribers have not received the paper a
number Of interesting documents were
found in Snyder's possession. One is 4
record Of the organization Of Hoboken
Council No. Ct, of the A. p a. That :
the council OF which snyder IS mem
Der. 1t was organized on February u.
1885, by the Rev. A K Duff, G. T. Rieha-
dot, a painter in West Hcboken. and Sny-
der. These are the officers. all Of them,
with one exception. being residents OF
| Hoboken-
J. z. Stephens, President, No. Sse Bloom~
I>rES3~
dent, No 325 Park avenue William
| States, Secretary Of State, No 32s Wash-
lngton street; j. A. Mckenzie, Chaplain,
No 81 Madison street; !. 2. Ahfsns.
Recording Secretary, No. SIG Washington
/ street. William Merritt Financial Secre-
tary, No. 234 Fourteenth street. Jersey
1 City; r. Hundermann, Sergeant-at-Arms.
| No. 325 Park avenue; F. H. Won Dree1a,
Treasurer. No. 2oS Ninth street; ii. jones.
4 Guard, No. 1212 Washington street; ".
\ n Landon, Sentinel, No. 10 Park ayente.
A copy Of this cath was found in Say
der's possession. This IS it,
do hereby declare that I am firm
/ believer in the Deity. I ana not mems
| have | any sympathy with Roman
Catholicism; that in my opinion no Roman
1 Catholic should be allowed any part or
/ parcel in the control of or OCCUPY any
contrary, / realize that the Institutions
4 OF cur country are in danger from The
macninations of The Roman Catholic
| Church. I believe that only by the re-
! moval of Roman Catholics from Offices
| of public trust can justice and right and
| true American sentiment be fully suh-
served, and that by concerted and COM
bined efforts of the lovers Of American
liberty only can such results be eonsusn-
| mated and continued
I pledge myself to defend the govern
nent Of the United States ard OF the
| State IN which reside against tnTasica,
IilSJTs1er. treason. reDefEaas.s =ait aes sxr
eccleStaS SLlcd1, local or foreign 1Oes against
/ the usurpa ton Of temporal or spiritual
power whereby men beanie slaves to par
/ ~ or the Roman Catholc Church, and 10
| all OF which l am willing and hereby bind
| myself by VOW sacred and frvioIale
| Among the subscribers to the American
| Citizen or snyder's list. are the Rev e.
| a. Meury. the Rev. r. A. Hafers. the
Rev. H. T. Beattie. the. Rev. Messrs.
Lewis, Lane, Schoppe and Justin and DR.
Schlem.
Snyder said that Sergeant Usher and Dr.
Wallace White would voueh for him and
/ they We're summoned TO the Second Grim
| inal Court. They both repudiated him.
and said that they knew nothing about
| him except that ne was a n.an who did
not seem to have any visible means OF
support, a sort of local hobo" in fact.
The Rev. Mr.. Duff had been notified to
| appear as a witness, but failed to show
| up. a1ld Police Justice Douglass issued
subpoena for him. The prisoner was re-
| manIed until tomorrow morning.