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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
CRACKED THE ENGINEERS SKULL
Fireman Kimball Resents Refec-
tons Upon His Work.

l.. T. Kimball, of No. 9S Christie street,
New York, a fireman employed on the
tugboat Chief, which is lying at the foot
of Sussex street, was committed without
bail by Justice Potts this morning. kim
bali assaulted George A. Gilmore, of No.
10Y West 134th street, New York, with a
heavy wrench. Gilmore's skull is frac-
tured and his chance of recovery is said
to be slight.
Gilmore is the engineer of the Chief.
He and KimbalI had been at loggerheads
for some time. Gilmore claimed that
Kimban did not understand his business
and insisted that he was running the
CRATES of the engine by not properly rak-
ing the fires. Yesterday evening at six
o'clock the men quarreled. Gilmore
went down into the fireman's quarters,
and atkins the rake from Kimballs hands
proceeded to shake and rake down the
fire. While thus engaged Kimball, he
alleges, seized a wrench, fifteen inches
long. and dealt him a vicious blow on the
back of the head.
Kimball escaped from the boat while
Gilmore walked to the Gregory street sta
ton and reported the assault. While
there his wound was dressed, and he was
removed to the City Hospital, where it
was subsequently discovered that his
skull was fractured. Kimball was ar
rested on board the tugboat at eight
o'clock. He was taken before Gilmore at
the hospital and identified as his assail-
ant. Gilmore's condition was serious at
noon today. In court this morning coun-
sci for Kimbal said he would show that
the blow was sJtruck in self defense.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
USEFUL BOOKS.
Il Conversation Whicll Showed that
Eloqueuce Might sRe Wasted.


"What we want to do" said the stout
woman with gold spectacles and an alpine
hat. sis to get books and use them. The
printing presses are at work TOT Us. and
making tides and splash towels Wnen we
might lust as well have the benefit OF all
this printers ink that IS being SO genef-
ouSly distributed
"Yes. indeed murnured the little wom-
an, VINO had been gazing at her with
trustful admiration.
what has been the means, throughout
all history, of elevating one class of man
kind to a position in which it could hold
others in subsection? Tell me that
T~he~oratrix paused for a reply, and the
little woman, after embarrassed silence,
ventured:-
1t is something about the crime of '7s,
isn't it?"
.sIt,s education. that's what is is. From
the time when the Egyptian priests util-
lied a superior knowledge of science to
onvince their fellow men hat they were
magicians until the present day, when OBJ
stacles of all kinds are set up to prevent
the admission of women to colleges, edu-
cation has been held and cherished as the
chief weapon of tyranny"
And to. prevent another awkward pause
the little woman said she thought it was
a mean trick.
"But the imposition is reaching it's end.
While these men who unblushingly mon
opolize the offices and compile
to be published at the taxpayers expense
imagine they are only erecting monu-
menrs to their vanity, they are in reality
putting into our hands the means of their
own humiliation"
Are these books hat the Government
publishes easily g~otten?" asked the little
woman.
They are to be had for the asking"
81 wish i had known that"
"Do you want some?"
Eyes, / wish you would get me several
large one. The woman who lives next
door to me has some, and they are just
lovely to paste recipes into.-Washington
Star.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
HOW ABOUT FRESH CONDUCTORS 2
Justice Potts, Remarks on Sendln.
a Sailorman to Jail.


Charles Worth, mate of the ship Back
alo of Hartford, Conn.,, was committed to
the County Jail this morning by Justice
Potts. Worth was one of about forty
passengers who boarded the 1:3o O'Clock
With him was James Gordon, steward of
the Backalo. They had been to New
York on a lark were in a hilarious
mood.
The car had gone only a few blocks
when the conductor, Thomas Connerton,
became involved in a dispute with a pas
senger, who declared he had paid his
fare. Connerton said he a not, and
some of the passengers asserted that the
conductor became abusive. Gordon and
Worth became interested in the dispute,
and took sides with the passengers. They
finally followed Connerton to the back
platform.
The quarrel was renewed there and a
few minutes later blows were struck.
Connerton was being pretty roughly
handled when some one called to the
motorman to stop the car. Policeman
McGurk of the Gregory street station
saw the row on the car and chased after
it.
He caught up with it shortly after it
was brought to a %standstill by the mo-
torman. AS soon as McGurk learned the
cause of the trouble he placed Worth I'M
der arrest. Gordon had in the meantime
left the car and made his escape. Worth
said in court this morning that he struck
the conductor only after he had been
struck himself.
Justice Potts remarked in committing
Worth that Jersey City is no place Tor
fresh sailors,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
CITY NEWS NOTES

Corps No. 3 Of the Salvation Army, Cap
tain Gray and Lieut.. Sewers in command,
Srave an ice cream festival last night in
fheir hall. No. sos Newark avenue. A
number Of officers from other cities par
ticipated and $50 was realized.
William Robinson of Booraem and Web
sfer avenue, the assistant clerk of the
Jersey City Police Board, has been elected
q mcmbe Of the Berkeley Club.
The engagement is OF Miss
and Mr.. James A. Kirwen, Of Summit
and Hopkins avenue. The wedding will
take place in December.
The bowling alleys Of the Berkeley Club
are being put In ffrst-class condition, and
are expected to be ready. for use by Sat
urday of this week.
rangements for the annual Labor Day
outing Of the popular Excelsior Club, will
meet at Pohlmann's every night this
hats and other paraphernalia for this
avent
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
WHERE HER "BIBLE" FAILED.
Hebeken Policy Dealers Nicely Trap
ped by a Police Spy.

Charles Healey, who was arrested in
Hoboken a week ago charged with oper-
ating a policy shop at Fourth and Garden
streets, was given an examination before
Recorder McDonough today. During the
examination it was discovered that the
police CT Hoboken have in their employ a
stool pigeon who procured the evidence
against the prisoner.
Mrs. Mary Muller, who was Jointly ac-
cused with Healey of running g. policy
shop, told the court that the dream
book" found in the raid on the shop was
not a part of the policy playing para
phernalia. She said she was a Deliver in
dreams and the book was her "bible."
The last witness called was Gustav
Nundt, a young man of % years, but
whose boyish appearance would readily
pass him for less than twenty. In his
direct examination Mundt said he went
to the saloon on August II, and there
met Justice of the Peace Pete Quinn,
whose office is located there.
ct had a dream last night, Pete" said
Mundt to the Justice.
'Why don't you go inside and put it
on a gig?" said Pete.
Then, according to the testimony of
the WltUGSS, ESCS SletTGQ ulul ~ Lie
policy joint and vouched for his being
call right"
Mundt invested ten cents at that time,
and called again next day when he hand
ed his money and his "play" to Healey.
The latter asked the bartender if he
(Mund) was all right, and the bartender
said thai Pete had vouched for him.
.Why did you go to Healey,s %saloon?"
81 was sent there by my boss, Detective
Sergeant Nelson" was the reply.
What did you go there for?" asked
counsel.
ITO ascertain if policy was played
there"
What connection have you with Mr..
Nelson?"
q am employed by the city n work
under his Instructions"
do you get so much for Zach case or
do you get occasional tips for your
work?''
81 get a regular monthly salary"
This testimony caused the police and
others in the court room to open their
eyes wide. They had seen FUR around
headquarters but they never dreamed
that he was regularly employed. His tes-
tfrnony was disastrous to Healey, and the
Recorder held the prisoner under bail in
the sum of $500 to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
DROWNED OFF oAvBN POINT.
John Lane OF New York a Victim
= of Cramps.

While John Lane, twenty-seven years
old of Greenwich street. New York, was
in bathing in the New York Bay off Caven
Point, yesterday afternoon, he was seized
with cramps and before anyone came to
his assistance he was drowned.
1t was about eleven o'clock, yesterday
morning, when Lane accompanied by
Charles Mayo, of Nc. 321 Blocker street.
and Albert Hopkins of C-ommunipaw ave-
nue., this city, went to one of the boat
houses along the shore at Communipaw
and hired a boat for a couple of hours to
go fishing. They rowed the boat around
by Black Tom and casting out their line
sat patiently waiting for the fish to bite.
They caught quite a number in an hour or
so, then the bites came very slowly. 1t
was then hat one of the young fellows
suggested to row around toward the
National Storage Docks and try their luck
there. This was done, but with no better
success. Finally after waiting for a while,
Lane said he vas going in for a swim
as the fish did not bite, and quickly dis
robing he jumped in.
After swimming around for awhile,
Lane was suddenly caught with cramps,
and his companions seeing that he was in
distress quickly rowed out to his assist
ance, but Lane had gone Town for the last
time before they reached him. Lanes
companions waited around the spot where
he went down in hope of getting his body
when it came to the surface. Lanes body
did not come up, so they rowed back to
the wharf where they had hired the boat
and told the proprietor of the accident.
The police were notified. Lanes body was
v by Frank CHASER, of Grand
street, who found it lying on the shore
where it a been washed up by the tide.
The body was removed to the morgue,
where two pawn tickets and thirty cents
were found in the dead man's clothes. The
County Physician was notified.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
W0ULD-BE SUICIDE FoILED.
a Tramp Tries TO shoot Himself
With n Pawn &hop Pistol.

An unknown man. a would-be suicide,
entered Abe Wolberg's pawn shop, at No.
4G7 Grove street, yesterday afternoon and
asked to be shown a SO calibre revolver.
Wolberg produced a Weapon of the calibre
desired and passed it over to his customer.
Before WoIberg realized what was going
on his customer had loaded two chambers
of the revolver, cooked it and was en-
deayoring TO discharge it.
Wolberg sprang over the counter,
wrested the revolver from the would-be
suicides grasp n kicked him out OF the
store. Once in the street the stranger
ran down Fifth street to Henderson and
disappeared. Wolberg notified a police
man. but the man could not be found.
Wolberg described him as being about
S5 years Oh, s feet 9 inches in height and
dressed ina dark suit and derby hat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
Il BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

arrives Buffalo 1856 P. NJ. Pullman vestIbuls
Day coaches and Parlor Cars. Dining Car
Service. Meals a Ia carte. Connects at
Buffalo with through sleepers to Detroit and
i. S. P. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for MAUcE
CHUNK and intermediate points.
l.2s p. M, Sunday only, for EASToN.
MAUCH CHUNK and Coal Branches;
pEBRE PITTSTON, SCRANTON and prirei-
n.1 intermediate stations: Connects for all
pp g in coal regions. Chair Car to Wilkes
barre. S,ns,r r,,ryns
4AzR AZ MPpITTssTroN, SCRANTON and prine:,
ns1 intermediate stations. Connects for al
ppoints in coal regions. Pullman Buffet Par
iaT Ca 5 NJ. daily for EAsToN and interms.
oi e % p III. daily, except Sunday, Express for
cYATTNGTON and principal intermediate sta
tiors. Connects for Reading and Harrisburg.
ia P. M. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
FAILS and all points West. Pullman Sleeper
vestibuied Train. New York to Chicago. Sleep
ers to Buffalo and Toronto;
~ sIsS q + sSouTH PLAINEfELp. EAsToM
B~ETHLEHEM. CHUNK. L & B.
sAYRE, GENEVA. ROCKIES
TER BATAyIAs and Nd gmFm b,t 9iesn Pnllp Gse
pa s1s 5. NJ. daily for ITHACA GENEVA.
RoCHFSTER, BUFFALO. NIAGARA FALLS
ana ali points West. Pullman Sleepers to
Additional local trains daily, except Sunday.
Cor ROUND BROOK and Intermediate points.
leave as follows: DIS A. NJ. IA. 4ss and
M I,crats and Pullman accommodations at
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
y Trensfer Co. will call for and check
baggage from hotel or residence through to
destination
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
COAL WENT TN SMOKE.
An UncoIleeted Bill and q New Cor.
%pOralfon Lead to an AttachDent.

pOrQu1On Lead TO an II
Lawyer William s. Stuhr made an ap-
| plication to Jusctice Lippincott yesterday
afternoon to vacate an attachment on
the stock of the Weise Coal Company, at
Thirteenth and Monroe streets, Hoboken.
The attachment had been procured by
| Edgar O.. Schermerhorn representing A.
S. Swords & Co., wholesale coal dealers.
Bruno Weise, who is a well known
coal dealer in Hoboken, had bought coal
from A. S. Swords 6 Co., n the bill
amounted to 81, S45. so. He was a little
slow in paying and Mr.. Schermerhorn
called on him in the early part of August
to try and collect something. Welse
told him that business had been very dull,
that he had not been selling more than
an average of a ton a day, and conse-
quently he was unable to a anything
on the bill. Mr.. Schermerhorn sug-
gested to him that he ought to see Carr
& Curran or the Hoboken Gas Light
Company, sell some of the coal to them
and apply the proceeds to reducing his
debt to Swords & Co. WeiSe SAID ne
would do that. When Mr.. Schermer-
horn called again about a week later he
was informed by Weise that he had not
succeeded in selling any o a Carr &
Curran didn't work any, and the gas
company had already made its contracts.
Schermerhorn again suggested that
| Weise ought to make some effort to pay
at least a part of the bill. The next
| time Mr.. Schermerhorn called he was
| gratihed to learn that Weise had disposed
of his business to an incorporated COM
pany. He felt reasonably certain that
Swords & Co.'s bill would be paid until
he learned that the COMPANY consisted OF
Weise's wife and son, and that Mrs.
Weise owned nearly all the stock.
Mr.. Schermerhorn called on Mrs. Weise.
She frankly admitted that the Weise Coal
Company had purchased Mr.. Weise's
| business, but said that if had not been
paid for yet. Mr.. Schermerhorn took a
| look through the yard, and discovered, as
he alleges, that the stock of coal had
greatly diminished, Notwithstanding that
business was extremely dull. He at once
| procured an attachment on the remaining
| stock, alleging a fraudulent transfer of
the business from Bruno Weise to the
Weise Coal Company. The attachment
| covers 40 tons of coal, 8 wagons and 8
horses. Mr.. Stuhr argued that there was
nothing alleged in the affidavit on which
the attachment was procured to shoN
that the transfer of the business was
| anything but a legitimate transaction.
| Lawyer Lawrence, for the Swords Conn
| pany. commended that the transaction
| Showed intended fraud on the face of it.
Justice Lippincott reserved decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
gAPHLLI EXPLAINS HIMSELF
Hobeken,s Alderman objects to Pay.
ing n Printing Bill.

A brief session Of the Hoboken common
Council was held last night, but only
business of a routine nature was trans
acted. Councilman Capelli objected to
accepting the minutes las read He
stated that he didn't want to &c on rec
ord as voting for a $1,000 printing bill,
which, he claimed, was excessive. Chair
man Weinthal told Mr.. Capelli hat Cor
~poration Attorney James f. Minturn had
given an opinion hat the bill was equita-
BILE. A part of the bill was submitted by
the Hoboken papers for printing the
asphalt specifications, and Mr.. Weinthal
informed Mr.. CapellI that the money for
the printing bill was to come from the
$500, 900 asphalt appropriation.
THAT don't make no difference said
Capelli. Il wanted to explain meself to
the satisfaction of my constituents.
Seei'
The contract for repaving River street
was awarded to Joseph Washington.
The contract for regarding Madison
street, between Fifth and Eighth streets,
went to Waddington, as did the work
for paving Paterson venue
The contract for the plumbing work
and the proposed new .firehouse was
awarded to Joseph Hanrigan, the mason
work and piling to Contractor F.. Foley
and the carpenter work to c. F. Null
Ter.
The contract for the construction of a
brick sewer in Harrison street, be-
tween First and Second streets, was
awarded to P. 7. Plunkett.
City Clerk McDermott was directed to
advertise for proposals for a site, one
block square, for a. public park, between
Sixth and Eighth streets, west of Grand
street.
Mayor Pagan was considerably exer-
cised over the remarks of Councilman
Capelli, relative to the claims for print
ing asphalt ordinances, ETC., and at the
conclusion of the meeting he sent for
the newspaper men and said
mo one knows better than Capelli
that the claims passed by the Council
were perfectly legal. His remarks were
not intended for the city's interest. They
were made to mislead people who are
not familiar with this matter. The ordi-
nances in question were published twen-
ty times not for the benefit Of the news
papers,. as Capelli would have people be-
lieve, but to avoid legal complications if
it were not done What has been the
result? Why we are not paying $3.50
per square yard for asphalt, but $1.23.
1t has saved the city thousands OF dol
lars t
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
A BUTCHERS SUICIDE.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1S97.-Herman
Blum, twenty-five years old, a butcher of
No. IS Reid avenue, Brooklyn, was found
dead on the floor of his office this morn
ing. Death was due to suffocation by
gas. the burner having been turned full
on and the door of the room closed. There
appears to be no doubt that 1t was a case
Of suicide as Blum is said to have made
a previous attempt to take his own life.
The only cause for his act was that his
business was not In a prosperous condition
and that he had been drinking heavily of
late in order to drown his troubles.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
ACCURATE BURGLARS.
Again Visit the House They
Robbed to Inform the
Occupants They Did
Not Get as Much
as Reported.

The knights Of the jimmy are certain
ly getting in their fine work In Greenville.
There is scarcely a night that some small
robbery does not take place, and it seems
as though the police were absolutely
powerless to stop these lawbreakers As
is well known, the force in Greenville is
a very small one, and while every one of
the men there are spoken of by the citi-
zens as being thoroughly honest and
competent, still there are not enough
men there to patrol the post properly. At
present one man in Greenville has as
much territory to cover as three men in
any other part of the city. There are
no more police out in Greenville now than
there was ten years ago, although the
population has increased more than two
fold.
1t was on June 8 last that the butcher
store of William Horn at No. q Walker
avenue was entered by thieves, but moth
ing was taken because Horn had removed
the cash from the drawer the night be-
fore. When he came down down to the
store the next morning he found that the
window in the rear of his store had been
broken. The cash drawer was broken
open as were several other drawers. The
thieves entered by climbing on the rail-
ing which the meat is hung on, and
which is fastened on the front of the
building. and from there they climbed
through the transom which they broke
open. Although this occurred over three
months ago there are not ten people out
side of the police who know about it.
Again. on Sunday, August 1, thieves en-
tered the apartments of Mrs. Wittkop,
who lives over Horns butcher store, and
made away with Mrs. Wittkop's daugh-
ter's pocketbook, containing 1928. How
the thieves entered is not known. This
also was kept very quiet by the police.
The thieves. realizing what a good thing
they had, made another visit to Mrs.
Wittkop's house, this time on last Mon
day night. Mrs. Wittkop's daughter was
awakened by a noise about twelve o'clock
direction of the window she saw two men
looking in. She screamed and the robbers
fled in the direction of Ocean avenue.
Nothing was found missing this time, but
next morning when the girl went out into
the hail she found an envelope containing
the following note:-
Dear Madam-You are very much mis-
taken when you say we took your pocket
book containing $5.23. Allow us to correct
work.
There was no signature of any descrip-
ton on the note. The people are again
puzzled as to how the robbers got in the
hai to leave the note, as the door was
securely locked. The same secrecy was
maintained In this case as in the Others.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
FIRE ON STATEN ISLAND.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 1897. tThe works
of the De Motz Umbrella and Bicycle
Company, at West Brighton. Staten
Island, were destroyed by fire this morn
ing, entailing a loss variously estimated
at from $50. 600 to 5000. The plant con-
sisted of twelve separate buildings, all of
which were burned, the charred walls
only remaining.
The buildings were owned by Barrett
Nephews and Company, between whom,
and the De Motz Company, the loss is
about equally divided.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
N cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To Jean Coumeigt and Marie Madeleine
Coumeigt, his wife
Nv virtue of an order Of the Court Of Chanc-
ery Of New Jersey. made on the day of the
date hereof. in q cause wherein The J. G..
SUNS Land Company is complainant and you
and others are defendants. you are required
to appear, plead, demur or answer to the
complainant's bill, on or before the eleventh
Say Of October next. or the said bill will be
taken as confessed against you.
THE said bill is filed to foreclose a mortgage
given by Jean Coumeigt to the complainant.
Sated the second day of January. eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, on lands in the
Town Of West Hoboken. in the County OF
Hudson and State of New Jersey.
And you, Jean Coumeigt. are made a party
defendant because you own said lands. And
YOU. Marie Madeleine Coumeight are made a
party defendant because you are the wife Of
said Jean Courneigt, and claim an inchoats
| right of dover in said lands.
FREDK JR..
Solicitor OF Complainant.
Post Office Address.
Mo- I Montgomery Street,
Jersey City. New Jersey.
| Dated August 10. 1891 So
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-02
BERGEN REPuBLIOAE CLUB.

At the clubhouse of the Bergen Re-
publican Club, Bergen avenue, next We'd
nesday night. two prominent speakers
WIN speak on the Constitution OF the
United States.s' after which a sociable
will be held. At the meeting held last
mtaht 81. {. Holcomb, John r. Evers.
Henry and r. Bruno we're adj
uaitted to meqabexahip.