The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-23
SCOUNDRELS CONE BACK
Prominent Policy Dealers
Once More Find Safety
In Jersey City.

Charles Weber and his chief lieuten-
ant. Walter Savage. who have not been
very much in evidence in this city during
the last five years, in fact. not at AL, al
though they had previously been quite
prominent, are In town again and can be
seen almost any time at their former
haunts. People have wondered at and
some probably admired their courage in
coming back.
1t was generally known that Messrs-
| Webber and Savage were under indict-
ment for being engaged in the policy bust
ness. Weber was indicted at the April
term in 1893 and Savage at the September
term of the same year. The indictments
resulted from one of those sporadic yellow
Journal crusades. made either for alleged
moral or actual matchmaking purposes.
One of the chief witnesses was William
J. Doll. Jr., who was at that time em-
ployed by a New York yellow journal to
procure evidence against policy dealers,
or, rather, to assist a real newspaper man
to procure the evidence. Doll had the en-
tree to the policy shops, and therefore had
no trouble in introducing the reporter as
his friend and thus getting the evidence.
DOH is now the chief scayenger for the
local ex-yellow journal.
Immediately after the Indictment was
found against Webber he was notlhed py
somebody and skipped to New York. The
same sam tn rnin 45e oee lure : ha II re hese ea se,, q s eyer
since. They were anxious to come back,
~but&they were unable to obtain any as
H. Winfield or former Judge Hudspeth
that they should not be harshiy dealt with
in case of conviction. That being the
case they pruddently determined 70 remain
| strengthened when James Solomon, the
Policy King who was also In exile,
ventured over and is now serving two
Since his connection with the journal
Doll has been engaged in viilifying the
Prosecutors office during Mr.. Winields
| management, but for reasons best known
to himself, he paid no attention to the
Weber and Savage ildictrlenfs, although
they had remainea untIied for nearly
| pigeon holed because Weber and Saw
age would not venture into the jurisdic-
| ton of the curt might have been the
reason for failing to mention them, but
it is not at all likely.
The fact that the indictments against
Weber have been nolle pressed accounts
for the return of Weber and Savage to
| the city. Prosecutor Erwin consented to
the nolle pros on the application of for
| mer Judge William It. Hoffman and
Judge Blair acquiesced.
1t was explained in the Prosecutors
office today that this was done because
the Prosecutor was convinced that the
State had not sufficient evidence to Sc
cure a conviction, and that being the
| case it would be useless to put the coun-
ty to the expense of a trial. Doll, one
of the chief witnesses, had been summon
ed to the Prosecutors office several times
with a view of ascertaining what evil
dence he could produce, but he said that
his recollection of the evidence was very
dim. He said that there was not much
evidence anyway and that in fact Web
Der and Savage were indicted on general
| principles because everybody knew that
| they were engaged in the policy bust
was a liberal contributor to the Republi-
can campaign fun at every election