The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-09
PRISON FOR POLICY
Judge Hudspeth Sends Cen
victed Policy Dealers
to Snake Hill for
Nine Months.
HOW DID DAILY GET AWAY z
Lawyer and officials Must Explain
Other Criminals Sen.
fenced.
HOW DID DAILY GET AWAY 2

The convicted policy dealers, Louis Solo
mon and Francis Drum, and a number of
other violators of the law, were sentenc-
ed yesterday afternoon In the General
Sessions Court. Judge Hudspeth, address,
ing Solomon, said hat his brother, James
Solomon, was the hacker of the game,
and If anybody had his confidence it was
Louis. The Court was satisfied that Lou
represented his brother. The Judge said
he was sorry for Drum because he is an
intelligent young man and belongs to a
respectable family, but the r~eprehensible
business of dealing in policy must be
stopped. The Court thought it a pity
thai the hackers cannot be captured and
punished. They go around wearing good
clothes and diamonds, smoking fine cigars
and drinking wine, while their tools are
paying the penalty for violating the law
The defendants were sentenced to serve
nine months in the Penitentiaty and pay
a fine of $500 each On the indictment on
which they were convicted. They were
also fined IS. and costs on each of the
Indictments TO which they pleaded guilty.
There were nine against Drum and four
against Solomon. Judge Hudspeth said
that in the case of Oliver Burns, bail
would be reduced to $1,000. Burns is the
informer.
Judge Hudspeth then said that the
Court had learned that Frank Daily had
been discharged in some unaccountable
way and he proposed to make a rigid
investigation. Daily was tried with Solo
mon. Drum and the others and vas ac-
quilted. Lawyer DENIM applied irnme-
diately for his discharge, n Clerk Pur-
he left the jail it was discovered that he
had entered a plea of guilty in July last
to a charge of having policy papers in
his possession. Judge Hudspeth said
there had been a serious blunder some
where. Daily had been discharged from
the jail; in other words, he had escaped.
He directed that Lawyer DENIM, the Jail
officials and Clerk Purtell be IN court at
ten A. NJ. tomorrow, when an inyestiga-
tion viii be made.
John Ross, the burglar who broke into
Henry Rohlf's house or Communipaw
avenue carried away a lot of jewelry and
,silverware. and was captured in Harri-
son with the swag in his possession, was
sent to State Prison for six years.
john Moran, who robbed Owen Brophy
OF New Bedford, Mass, of his watch, was
sent to the same institution for three
years and a half.
q shot at William Tyree, the steward of
the Carteret Club, was sent to State
Prison for three years and a half. Judge
Hudspeth said he had made a personal
Investigation of the case and was con-
WINGED that Brannic meant to kill Tyree.
John J. Flynn and Policeman Joseph
Brobaeh of West Hoboken were fined S25
each and costs for assaulting and arrest.
ing Mrs. Smith who went to Flynn's
house to find her husband.
The other sentences were:-Raby Bran
di. atrocious assault and battery, $50 and
costs; DAME Baggs. breaking with in
tent to steal, $50 and costs; George H.
Dewint. having policy papers in his pos
session, three months in the Penitentiary;
Charles G. Vetter. larceny, nine months
in the Penitentiary; John Nigro and
Louis Shaughnessy. breaking, entering
and larceny, six months in the Peniten-
tiary.