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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
"WINFIELD'S RECORD

The attack published in the Journal
ed ''Winfield's' record. has been taken
as the basis of this reply. The very first
line in it affords the opportunity of strik-
ing first blow in proof of its outrage
BUSINESS. This is what it said
Two thousand pigeon-holed and un-
tried indictments.
Almost every significant word in that
explanatory outburst of yellowness con-
veys a falsehood. If the journal had
taken the least pains to ascertain the
truth, dt could have done SO with the
greatest ease. In the fourteen years of
Mr.. Winfields service as Prosecutor from
1888 to 1896 Inclusive, 1888 indictments
were found and 7,246 allegations were sub
mitted to the Court of Special Sessions
Out of this vast total of 1918, all were
brought to trial and disposed of with the
exception of 1,150. OF this latter number,
$50, in the technical language of the Office
were not brought in; that is to say. the
Sheriff and his deputies never served the
warrants, so that the responsibility for
dealing with the cases never reached the
Prosecutors Office.
cases, which were brought in but not acted
upon by Mr.. Winfield. at 270. and this is
out of a total of 1919, and is distributed
over period of fourteen years. Re
duced to tabular form. the records upon
which the above statement is based,
stand as foIlowS:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
ELECTION FRAUDS.

The Journal next devotes half a col
in which nolle prossequis were entered
The entire matter is too long to quote.
1t gives in detail the numbers of the in
dictments and the names against which
they were found. To show the temper in
which the Journal handles them, we
just select these scraps of owl-like wis
dom:-7
In all of these cases the records show
that there were three witnesses before
the Grand Jury which found the in
dictments; yet, in spite of that fact,
the records do not show the trial of a
single case.
If there had been one trial and it
had failed, the Prosecutor would then
have had an apparent excuse for en-
tering a ''nolle prosequi' in all the
rest.
In going over the registry lists previous
to the fall election of 1892. the Presidential
year the Democratic district leaders
found in the negro quarters of the city
fifty-nine names for which no correspond
ing citizens could anywhere be found,
They very reasonably suspected a scheme
to vote Republican repeaters on dummy
names.
To be prepared on Election Day. they
went before the Grand Jury. which was
then in session, and procured an indict-
ment for fraudulent registration for
every one of the names. The warrants
were placed in the hands of the officers
at the polls, and if anyone had attempted
to vote on any of the fraudulent names,
he would have been arrested on the spot.
The only reason why nobody did so at
l.. 49, u.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

The expression of the Evening Jour-
nar that indictments were sspigeon-holed
by the Prosecutor is a peculiarly stupid
one if it be not a bit of wilful malice.
When an Indictment is presented by the
Grand Jury, it passes into the keeping of
the County Clerk. He issues a capias
against the defendant. This writ is de-
lvered to the Sheriff, and 1t becomes his
duty to arrest the indicted party and
bring him into court. It is through the
failure or inability of the Sheriff to per-
form this act that the $50 cases appear
upon the record as mot brought, in and
of course there is here no intention of
charging the various Sheriffs who have
served during the period with any laxity
or dereliction of duty. The cases not
brought in no doubt represent absconders
and dead men; but the explanation of
them has no place in, this article, it being
sufficient to satisfy the reader that the
Prosecutor had no more to do with them
than the Judges or the Surrogate, or the
Bishop of Newark or the Chancellor of
the German Empire, for that matter.
Whether the prisoners are brought in or
not, however, the indictments remain in
the custody of the County Clerk, SO that
t'pigeon-holing'' is out of the question
They remain for all time a part of the
county records. and anyone may see
them in the County Clerks office upon
proper occasion-sometimes upon improp-
er, too, for it was there the Journal
found them, and it was owing to imper-
yfections in the subsequent records there
of each case that the Journal made
such sad mess of truth and fact and
reason, and the honor of a distinguished
man and-its own reputation for truth
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

vincing answer to all charges of in,
efficiency and abuse. made against Mr.
Winfield by the Journal" and an ire
sistible demonstration of the disregard OF
truth, which marked the Journals
earlier as well as its latest assault or
personal and official character.
This publication is made at this time
partly because the collapse of the
Noonan-Simpson prosecution has just
opened up space in the public mind for g
fair hearing on the subject of the Prose.
cutor's office, and partly because the
Gledidll Committee is to begin its sessions
in this city, tomorrow, and the yellow
newspapers. have 1t that the career OF
Mr. Winfield in the Prosecutors office is
to be the subject of its first inquiries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

| William Booth, c. Schleichmacher and
E. Ernest.
These were liquor cases in which there
was no evidence.
The evidence which the Grand Jury
secured in the liquor cases, was SO
conclusive that Prosecutor Wlnneiu
was consulted.
I'VE want to make an example of
these men and would like to indict un-
der the Werts law said the Grand
Jury. -
a conviction under the Werts law,
Prosecutor Winfield replied.
And despite long consultations, Mr.
Winfield refused S to no ed nder ahd 6e SD
law of 1S40, which only fixed PUNISH
ment of 50 fine.
This is mere nonsense. There is no
provision of the Werts law under which
an indictment can be found for Sunday
sale. All the law provides for is civil
suit for forfeiture of license.to be brought
in the Circuit Court.
In the case OF Salter's Casino, how
ever, the Grand Jury ignored Prosecu-
tor Winfields advice, and indicted un-
der the Werts law.
This is mere nonsense. Salter was tried
under the common law of keeping dis
orderly house. This was made possible
by his Sunday performances. He was
fined $50 on this account while dealers
who only sold liquor on Sunday could
only be prosecuted under the statute, an
tedating the Werts law, which refers to
Sunday sales only, and then could only
be fined IS.
This Grand Jury. in consequence.
apparently lost confidence in Prosecu-
tor Winfield.
Mr. Winfield's advice
They indicted Solomon, the policy
backer, against Mr.. Winfield's advice.
They indicted Mansfield, who is now
serving term of one year on the in
dictment, against Mr. Winfield's ad-
vice.
They also indicted many policy wri-
ters against his advice.
These are mere impudent hes.
To show the difficulty of laboring in
conjunction with the Prosecutors Of
exhibits the various kinds of advice
given this Grand Jury by Mr.. Winfield
and Mr. Noonan.
this Grand Jury took into the con-
sderation the liability of the landlord
or owner where policy shops were To-
Gated.
Mr.. Winfield's advice was solicited
and he said it would not strengthen
the case to indict the owner of the
property. as policy men merely rented
their place, and it could not be proven
that their business was known to the
owner
1t takes no lawyer to see that Mr.. Win
field was right. What use would it have
been to indict the owners unless guilty
knowledge could be shown.
Even the pool room case. in which
Martin, Fitzpatrick, Thumb Tighe
and Lawrence were indicted. has never
been called to trial.
This is mere lie. They were tried and
convicted. and their appeal is now IN the
Court of Errors and Appeals. having been
rejected by the Supreme Court.
Indictment 1856. Louis Broome, mis-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
APRIL. TERM. 1884.

In this term there were 212 indict-
ments handed into court.
Indictment No. %. William Ogle,
raigned April 26; tried, found guilty,
bit granted a new trial, which was
never called. He was released on his
own recognizance.
The conviction was set aside by the Su-
preme Court because it was against the
weight of evidence There was no more
evidence to be had, so it would have beer
both wicked and absurd to try him again
Here it will be noticed that w.
recognizance, in spite of the fact that
he was never tried. It Is customary
for the Prosecutor to make at least
one attempt to convict before releas-
ing prisoner in this summary man
ner.
There was no evidence to justify a
trial.
DECEMBER TERM, 1884.
Indictment 1C2. owen Reilly, assault
and battery, bailed in $500 by p. Me- !.
Govern; never tried.
The man was insane.
APRIL TERM, 1885.
Indictments 357, 800. 1862, 3e3, 366, $40,
371, All. 422. 42S 4Sl, 43S, 391, AS, 449,
45o, 451 452, 455, 45S, 460. 461, 462, 463, 473,
az, 4i5, 476, 479, were against the fol-
Joseph Wildwood. NJ Chadwick, R.
Weaver, F. Schultz, D. O,Shay, e.
! Connerry. J. Marshall, H. w. jung
ling J.. Helflich; Adam ;K.Sroll. Charles
William zingel, Philip GLIB. Tomas
Dwyer, Charles Koegel. William Se,del,
Jacob Blatz John Becker, Jacob
Kroll. H. yatchky ?. MulQueen. T.
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conduct in Office bailed in $500 by
Marcus Bollhardt; never tried.
No. Because the Supreme Court quashed
the indictment on the ground thas
Broome's employment as architect did not
make him an .semploye" of the city.
APRIL TERM, 1897.
Indictments 80, 40. Charles Horack,
indecent assault, released in both in-
dictments on his own recognizance,
without trial.
The complainant was the DEFENDANTS
step-daughter. Her mother took her to
New York, and she refused to come back
to testify.
Indictment 53-George Hausch. BALI
ed IN $500 by Isaac Romaine. never
Tried and acquitted.
Indictment 55-Gustave Herzig, big
amy; released on his own recogniZanc9
without bail.
Witnesses all in New York and refused
to come over.
Indictment no. Amorosso, afro
cious eeo assault and battery; bailed In
$500 by c. Balbo; never tried.
Indictment som. Morano, atrocious
assault and battery; bailed in s., 600 by
M. Farrenelli; never tried.
Both tried and convicted.
Indictment Ssh. Abernethy. rob-
berry; bailed in $1,000 by W. w. Far
rter; jury disagreed; not retired.
A chance for Mr.. Erwin.
Indictment sS-Robert Rohliff, grand
larceny; bailed in $500 by William
Low; bail ordered forfeited; not on
County Collector Dugan's records as
collected.
Tried and acquitted.
Indictments 102-104-James Daily, as
sault and battery; bailed in 5000 by
John DAILY on each charge; never
tried.
Plead guilty.
If all that record is black, what can
be said of this, which is to follow?
These are the gaps in the record,
and over them Prosecutor Winfield has
laid his hand and commanded silencs
and secrecy.
These are the hundreds upon huns
dreds of indictments pigeonholed.
No public record is permitted to dis
close the slightest hint of their con-
tents. That matter is locked up with
Mr.. Winfield alone, and it is doubtful
if the power of the court could compel
him to divulge 1T.
If they are buried. it is in the County
Clerks and the Sheriff's Office and not the
Prosecutors.
They are almost all trivialities. anyway.
The public does not lose sight of cases
of any Importance.
And this leads to the end of the Jour-
nars" famous effort to reform the NOR
ais of Hudson. 1t has been shown to be
a mass of stupid blunders and equally
stupid, but none the less malicious, lies.
Not one particle of it remains to stain
the record of the office or its head. The
fabric of abuse is as fiimsy as a spiders
web. 1t only needs a breath to demolish
it, but as in the case of the spider, the
venom of the insect that wove the tissue
has done its poisonous work.
Seekers after gold are often disappointed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
nEcEMRER TERM 1SS3

Indictment No. %, James Kelly,
breaking entering and larceny,
raigned February Is, never tried.
Kelly evidently must still be in JAIL
as there is no record of his ever having
been released either on bail or on his
own recognizance.
This is a mere lie. Kelly was tried
and acquitted.
Probably the Journal was thrown
down" in this case by the imperfection
of the County Clerks records, and the un-
scrupulous laxity of it's yellow reporters
who never looked any further for the
truth.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

Mr. Winfeld's fourteen years of Office,
the facts in the case show that his record
compares favorably with those of his pre-
decessors. A. comparison between this
period and the fourteen years Immediately
preceding shows very appreciable bal
ance of efficiency in Mr.. Winfeld's favor.
Here are the figures.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
MAILING THE LIES.
September TERM, 1883.

Indictment No. 10 W. A. Lane, eX-
torsion, arraigned October 10 and baiied
in $500 by Patrick Hanley, never tried.
Lane was under three indictments, Nos.
70, Il and r. He was tried on No. II and
punished. No action was taken upon the
other two, If there had been the coun-
ty would have had to pay the costs and
the sentences would have been concur
rent
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

New jerseys best nour cobts z5e more per
barrel than ordinary -four. but worth doiiar
extra. Wholesale only At d. r. Cleary Ca
stores Greene and Monxomery streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

Seekers after gold are often disappointed.
Seekers after health take Hoods Sarsaparilla
and find it meets every expectation
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02
HUNTS MONEY SAVED.

September term, 1891 John Hyer, in
gerry and efnbezzlement, bailed Febru-
ary Is. by James Hunt and Frederick
Brinkman, surrendered May 10, 1892,
by his bondsmen, and on November IA,
1893, nolle prosequis entered in both
cases by Prosecutor Winfield
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23
of How Tapf
 Remarkable of he Meaursk

view of interesting local capital. While the coal company was constructing bunkers that would contain all the coal that they might be called on to handle, the railroad company was constructing a broad gauge line to Stockton-thirty six miles away-the best that has yet been built in California.
 The stock of the coal company was divided into 50, 900 shares at $100 each and the following officers were elected:
 President, Henry Williams; vice president, John w. Coleman; direc tors-Henry Williams, John w. Cole man, E. B. Pond, Jacob c. Johnson, James Treadwell, H. A. Williams and R. D. Fry.
 The following officers were elected to direct the affairs of the railroad com pany: President, R. D. Fry; vice-presi- dent, w. J. Bartnett; directors-R. D. Fry, J. Dalzell Brown, B. M. Bradford and w. J. Bartnett.
 Up to this time over $80O,OOo had been
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in the next few months will be sent to this city.
 The company has adopted the method of handling the product of it's mine from the moment it is dug out of the vein until it passes into the hands of the consumer.
 Ground has been leased and contracts for buildings let in some interior towns as well as in the bay cities, and bright and energetic coalrnen placed in charge. The profit of the middlemen, a no small item when large quantities of coal are handled, is thus saved to the company, enabling the corporation to sell it's pro- duct at a price that will make it strong competitor.
 Tesla coal is a superior Ignite. mak- ing a hot fire and forming very little cinder, ash or smoke. It has been re- ported upon by number of engineers and chemists and in all cases the tests have been favorable. It was used by engineers in the employ of the South ern Pacific Company and satisfactory results obtained.
 w. R. Eckert, a well known mechan- ical engineer of this city, made test of the coal at the Union Iron Works recently, and the result of his investi- gations are summed up in the closing paragraph of his report, which is as follows: ''The coal is of uniform quail ity, burns freely, with hardly any. clinkers, and should give good results as a commercial coal"
 The practical experience of the man. ufacturers of Stockton is a still better criterion of the value of Tesla coal. It is burned in the electric light and pow CT works of Stockton, and in a large number of four mills and manufactur- | ing plants Those who have used it sufficiently long to ascertain how the best results may be obtained in it's use order it by the car load and will take no other.
 As a house coal it has also proved a success, and is destined to prove an important factor in the coal trade of the Pacific Coast.
 An erroneous idea exists in the minds of many coal consumers that Tesla coal is identical with the product of the Mount Diablo mines. Superintend- [ ent Horswill who was connected with the Mount Diablo mines for years, states that nothing could be further from the truth. He says that beyond both being lignites there is little or no resemblance between the two coals. Tesla being infinitely superior in every particular.
 He estimates that the product of tha Tesla mine is millions of years older than the Mount Diablo coal, and was formed at a period the coal of which has never before come to light in Cali- fornia.
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the largest of the seven-the product of the others not yet having been placed on the market.
 F. J. Horswill, recently made su- perintendent. has assured the com pany that the output can be increased to 1000 tons a day within the near fu- ture and it has been decided to build a modern mining town to accommo- date the employees. Thus Tesla sprang into being. the directors decreeing that such should be its name and also the name of the coal.
 The first consideration was tko care full housing of the men, and four large rooming houses were constructed. A fully equipped store. at which all goods used by miners can be purchased at the reigning prices of the region. was constructed; a saloon followed: a med ical dispensary, with Dr. Jump a com petent physician, in charge. was built as an annex to the store and then streets began to appear Eighteen cot
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of the saloon being under strict in- structions to furnish no more liquor to miner when once he begins to show signs of intoxication. So with quar- reling and fighting. Except during one hour on Saturday afternoon b1o $ and fisticuffs are frowned upon. During that hour the men are permitted to re- pair to spot on the hills and there settle the differences that have led to their hard feeling. It is generally, Jack, you're the best man this day, but I'll see you again next week.
 An excellent system that permits the men to get credit, previous to payday. has been inaugurated. When a mans time card shows that he has worked three days, he is allowed to have a book of coupons, which are accepted in payment for goods at any of the establishments in the town. The book is charged to him at the end of the month.
 Economy is ever the watchword at
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Tesla. No product of the mine or re- fuse of the plant goes astray. Coal dust forms the fuel that generates power for the ponderous hoisting ma chinery, cinders and waste rock fill in the inequalities of the ground or form walks on which the I1iners may step dry shod. and nothing is allowed to go to waste.
 The significance of the name of the new town lies in a matter that has not been mentioned heretofore and one that rivals in importance the output of the mine itself. Estimates have al ready been made for the erection of an immense electrical plant that will gen crate from 25,OO0 to 30oOO horsepower. Wires capable of transmitting this vast force to Oakland, Alameda and San Francisco will be strung and power furnished to all who may be willing to buy.
 Electrical power now costs the aver age consumer s120 per horsepower per annum, but the company expects to be able, considering the small cost of the refuse coal that will be used to drive the plant, to furnish power at a greatly ISQQCcQ COSl. He lIdHSIIllSSlDn U1dllI, including the wiring to San Francisco, will cost about s600,0OO, and contracts are already in sight that will pay in- terest on this large investment
 Another big project is the building of a number of manufacturing plants to manufacture various articles, where fuel and power are the main items of expense, in large level area of the valley below the town. These plants will be situated between two shafts of the mine, so that fuel can be cheaply handled from either direction.
 Now in course of manufacture in the East is a large washing and screening plant that will be put in operation within the next three months Its prin- ciple lies in the difference between the specific gravity of coal and refuse and in mines where such plants have been placed in operation they have been found to enhance the value of the fuel to a very appreciable extent.
 The water cleans and brightens the coal and at the same time throws out all "bone" and other foreign matter. saving the fuel even down to the dust
 Though Tesla coal has only recently been put out in sufficient quantities to make any kind of a showing, it has al- ready taken a strong hold on the To- calities where it has been marketed. Stockton, Sacramento, San Jose and other interior points consume all of the present output of the mine and little, if any, has been sent to San Francisco. The larger amount that will be mined
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spent in developing and equipping the mine.
 Supplied with 50-ton locomotives of the most modern pattern and full com plement of up-to-date coal cars, the railroad is capable of handling every ton of coal that the mine may produce in years to come. The company ac- quired heavy tracts of land at the junction of Mormon \ and Stockton sloughs and erected substantial bunk CTS, capable of containing f500 tons of coal. Thus equipped and in a posi- tion to handle any output of the mine, the owners went on developing the mine to still greater extent before in vading the coal market, where compe- tition is keen and competitors powerful
 A few months ago it was decided to begin realizing on the vast resources of the mine and the system of mining at first in use and known as the Hong wall" system was in several workings changed to the more modern breast and pillar" system.
 These two systems of mining coal entirely different-are amply illustrated in the Tesla. In the Hong wall'' system the workings follow along the vein, the coal being entirely worked out after the vein is tapped.
 In the breast and pillar" system, when the workings reach the vein, the coal is attacked immediately. Thirty feet of coal are dug out and then pill lar 20 feet along the vein is allowed to stand. Then another 30 feet of coal is taken out and another pillar left. When the end of the measure is reached, or for any reason work in that direction is stopped. the pillars are removed, be- ginning from the end opposite the tun- nel. Thus everything that is taken out after the vein is tapped is market able commodity and no labor is wasted.
 From an output of fifty tons a day 1 the product was gradually increased | to seventy tons. then to one hundred ! tons, and so on until the present out put has reached 250 tons a day. All of this comes out of the Eureka vein