The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-22
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JANE DOES DOLLARS
DR.. Clark and Mrs. Knapp
on Trial for Counter
feiting at Trenton.
DoGGED BY THE POLICE
Woman Positively Indentified-
Senator Daly's Dinner and
Gallic Appearance.
DoGGED BY THE POLICE
Specfa1 to the Jerscv Cgty Neurs.

dictments for counterfeiting silver dol
lars and having in their possession and
passing the same, was begun in the
United States District Court yesterday.
The case was set dow for ten O'Clock
in the morning, but owing to the absence
Of one of the Governments witnesses it
was not moved until nearly three o'clock
in the afternoon. In hi meantime the
Judge, the prosecuting attorneys, coun-
sci for the defendants, the forty-eight
men comprising the petit jury and near
ly as nan witnesses, together with the
court officials and a number of spectators,
sat in the United States court room wait
ing.
United States District Attorney ]. Kear-
ny Rice manifested ~vexation at the
non-appearance of the tardy witness,
whom he wished to put on the tand.
Topographic and telephone communities
lions were opened up with Jersey City,
where the woman lived, with a view OF
Fastening her coming. Finally it was
learned that she would not be here until
one O'Clock, and Judge Kirkpatrick asked
the District Attorney what he was gong
to do with the case. Mr.. Rice said he
was not willing TO risk proceeding until
his witnesses arrived.
is the Court to understand that the
two hours?"
Il would move that the Court adjourn
.forney.
But we are accustomed to have dinner
in our section of the country between
one and two O'Clock" expostulated Sena-
scented the defendant Sands.
Eat you dime today at twelve
o'clock like a neutrality-suspicious. stands
adjourned until one O'clock" replied Judge
Kirkpat trick Drompflv
AT the latter hour Mrs. Waddy, the
cause of the delay, had not arrived, and
another wat of nearly two hours ensued
before the case opened.
The case for the Government was con-
Quoted by District Attorney Rice n
Assistant District Attorney Thomas J;
Sands. and ~ex-Judge Hoffman, of Jersey
City, appeared for Mrs. Knapp.
Sands, like Brockway, VINO was re-
Gently convicted here for counterfeiting,
mustache. Mrs Knapp. his alleged
confederate, is a robust woman, of from
IS to 40 years of age. She is intelligent
trial her features were concealed by a
heavy black veil, which she constantly
wore over her face. h was neatly
the same color encircled her neck and
further concealed her Identity.
District Attorney Rice opened the case
by. quoting the section under. which the
prisoners were charged with counterfeit
ing, having in their possession and pass
of counts in the indictments. He con-
tinued, that the jury would be shown
that Dr. Clark, or Sands. met the wom-
an, Mrs. Knapp. in a Faith Cure" es-
Enlistment In Buffalo. New York; that
Mrs. Knapp was then married: that she
accompanied DR.. Clark to Chicago, where
the two engaged in the manufacture of
counterfeit dollars. He would also show
that they had passed these dollars in
Chicago; that the two came East and
landed in Albany or Troy, where they
down the Hudson and into New Jersey,
still continuing to pass the spurious
coin
Continuing, he said DR.. Clark went to
City, where he took rooms at the house
of Mrs. Annie Waddy; there Dr.. Clark
and Mrs Knapp passed. as elsewhere,
as man and wife. The rest of the Dis
trict Attorneys story was that o. July
Il last Mrs. Knapp passed twelve or
thirteen spurious dollars in Jersey City,
purchases of five or ten tents paying
for them with bad dollars and receiving
the change.
The police, finding that some one was
to store after the woman and finally
arrested her. DR.. Clark. he said, when
his confederate failed to return. became
afterwards arrested himself.
The District Attorney said he would
further show that DR.. Clark threw a
quantity of the silver dollars into the
Hudson River; that these dollars were
made from dies manufactured from gem
uine dollars in DR.. Clark's possession.
The last would be proved by officials
from the Philadelphia mint
Judge Hoffman asked that witnesses
not actually being examined be excluded
from the room while testimony was being
heard. This led to a lively argument
with the District Attorney, during which
Judge Hoffman remarked that it was
lone in the Brockway case. The motion
was finally oyerruled.
The first witness called by the. State
was Mrs. Annie Waddy, of No. 237 War
rem street. Jersey City, who testified that
the defendants came to her house and en-
gagged a room on June 20. They lived
Their as Mr.. and Mrs. Hall. The woman
left on July / and the man on July 3.
While in the room in the morning. Mrs.
Waddy had noticed considerable duan-
titles of small silver on the bureau. There
were several piles of it.
What did the man do after the woman
left the house on July II" asked Mr..
Rice.
Judge Hoffma submitted that this
testimony, while it might be binding
upon the man. could not affect the woman,
as she was then absent. Mr.. Rice argued
that 1t was competent against both, and
held that the two being indicted Jointly
and together for a crime of which both
were accused, the actions of one might
be used as evidence against the other.
h evidence was admitted, subject to
instructions to the jury as to it's value in
the charge.
Mrs. Waddy said thai when her boarder
came down to breakfast he looked worried,
and acted like a man who was about I'd
cry, Objection was made to this. and the
evidence was stricken out. The witness
was discharged temporarily, and will be
I recalled later in the case. There was nc
| cross-examination.
Mrs. Ruth Wood, of No. e04 Washington
street, Hoboken, who keeps a dry goods
and notion store, identified Mrs. Knapp
as Jane Doe, VINO purchased a dozen
buttons for ten cents, gave a counterfeit
dollar for them and got 80 cents change.
| Then she said Policeman Myers rushed
in and asked for the dollar, which she
showed him and he said it was no good.
you offer the buttons n a dollar
remarked Judge Kirkpatrick, when Mr..
evidence.
On cross-examination, Judge Hoffman
asked the witness how she remembers
Jane Doe SO well, when she only saw
her once.
II remember thinking she looked like !
Canadian" the witness replied; "she was
! fresh and healthy locking"
Some questions as to whether the Ho-
boken girls were not fresh and healthy
looking. and whether she had any rea-
son to think Mrs. Knapp was a Canadian
caused the witness to burst out: RI can
think what / like; II you came into the
store would probably lake you for a
You probably refer to my brother
Senator DAILY replied Judge Holman
amid the laughter Of the spectators.
4 Mrs. Emma Cunnin, a mfiliner. of 12f