The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-16
BROOME'S CHEEK.
de Intimates That the Jury
is Too Ignorant to I'm
derstand Him.
cLAssIFIEs THE BIRD CAGES
Says They Are French Renaiss-
ance, and That All Designs
Are Dreams.

j Are Dreams.
! Allan l.. McDermott made powerful
/ argument yesterday afternoon on the
motion asking the Court to direct YER
dict of acquittal in the case of the City
Hall Commissioners. He spoke for near
| ~ two hours The salient points Of his
argument We're that the decisions of the
Commissioners are not subject to review
by the Court unless it was shown that
| the decisions were corruptly made.
| There is no evidence, he said, that the
decisions were actuated by corrupt mo-
tives. and there was no evidence on
which to send the case to the jury. Ac-
cording to Expert Maynicke's figures
| $1,000 would make all the changes neces-
| sary. and Mr.. English is entitled to all
his money. except sS 600. To meet this
the city has $4,000. Commissioner Burke
| was not present at any of the meetings
| at which the money was ordered paid
except the meeting of May Is, 1895, and
therefore had nothing to do with any of
! the payments except one. Mr.. Burke
had no power to review the action of his
| fellow Commissioners The payments
Were made on the architects certificates
and the Commissioner has no discretion
| but to pay.
Suppose" said Judge Hudspeth, in
terrupting. Burke had found that his
| fellow Commissioners had acted corrupt
ly and yet he continued to act with
them, wouldn't he be guilty?''
/ Yes responded Mr.. McDermott,. "but
the h s State a has ST, not proved any guilt on
| Mr.. Thompson argued that the State
had not furnished any proof that the
We're for the materials or, work alleged
| to be bad. Warrants had been paid but
| the State had not proved that they were
| dictment.
Prosecutor Winfield said tersely that he
had nothing to say; The case was SO
| argument.
Ihe Court retired for consultation and
in half an hour returned and announced
that the motion was. denied 1t was
| then four O'clock and Mr. McDermott
asked that three witnesses for The de-
fence be heard. They were from New
/ The Court consented.
Charles J. Bogert, who has been in the
tiling business for twenty years, testified
that he had examined the tiling; in the
| City Hall. He considered the tiling on
| the main floor worth from S0 to 80 cents
a foot: on the next floor. Is cents, and
/ on the next between 45 and so cents.
If you got 40 cents for the tiling on
| the third noor you would consider it a
good price, wouldn't you?" asked Mr..
would not
Alonzo B. Conover,. with thirty-fve
| years experience in the tiling business,
testified that he considered the tiling on
| the basement floor worth from 45 to SO
cents foot; on the main floor from
| 30 cents to 81, and on the other two
floors, from Is cents to so cents.
mott.
II don't want him." retorted Mr.. Win
/ field; 'he is. too high-priced for me-
| Edison H. Andrew, the third expert,
said he would not care to furnish the
/ thing on the main floor and the next
/ for less than 80 cents foot, and for the
| upper floor for less than IS or 70 cents a
| foot.
This morning Mr.. Thompson made an
/ elaborate opening for the defence.
Clerk George f.. Farrell was the first
1 on November z directing Architect
Broome to have the cracked Intel exs
amdned By SKI experts; MI Bro9me selected
| John Wheelihan three expert builders,
| to make the examination. The next day
| they reported that the crack was caused
| was perfectly safe, and they recommend
| ed that it be not disturbed.
iArehi Architect I r. Bro9ms was 4s the next
he had ordered made. and said they were
| all calculated to improve the building
He cha changed the roof truss because h he
| roof would retain too much ice and snow.
The change IS a material Improvement
building. The iron was work was done
| by the Fagan Iron Works of Hoboken
| All the changes that We're made We're i'm
| provements. The witness contradicted in
| detail all the statement made by Expert
| Iaynicke about the defects. If Chin
ney had been continued up through the
| tiled roof it would mar the appearance of
| the building. The chimney was not neces-
sary any, way. There is more carving on
on The oong tha9 of TT the sone Mag not
because he and Mr.. English decided that
expense The witness has not found a
crack in the building large enough to in
| in the lintels are called pressure breaks,
and they occur in all buildings. The lin
| tel over the entrance was originally in
| tended to be in two parts, but Mr.. Meyer
| who furnished the stone said he could
give him one stone, of sufficient size
| ramming. The bolts were put in before
| the crack appeared They were put IN as
a part of the construction. and would have
| been there whether there was break or
The witness named the different build
ngs he has erefted @ He s. SAID that the city
has been accepted. The &c certifcates ate s1iy only
! included the work and material that the
witness knew to be right. '>,' -
/ Assistant Prosecutor Noonan took the
architect in hand for examination.
i You say you're an architect?"
Eyes, for twenty-five years.
BY what process did you become an
architect?'
Where did you study?"
What important building besides the
/ City Halls here and in Bayonne, and a
i few public schools have you put up?',
.sThe Windsor Theatre. which cost $1S2,-