The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-18
KOOTCHEE
AND COME-0NS
Lively Days Entertainment
at the Gledhi1l Investi-
cation Circus.
RIPPING UP cHRIsTY SMITH
Highly Virtuous Green Goods
Gentleman, Colored, Swears
Hard for Reform.
FUNNY IDENTIFICATION
Chief Callahan Picked by a Man
TO Whom He W. Pointed
Out This norb~-s.
QUEER BRIBERY YARN
Something New About the Yellow
ssJournap." Method of sseur-
Ing witnesses.
QUEER BRIBERY YARN
SomethiDg New About the Yellow
'sJournaI's'' Method of sseur-
Ing witnessed.


this morning endeavoring to dig up fraud
in the management of the Prosecutors s
and Sheriff's office of this county. Read
ers of '.The News will remember that
last Friday the committee produced an
unwilling witness from Newark, one
Samuel Higbie, who said he was present
at conversation in the North End Club,
Newark, some months ago, when some
one said that Hudson county officials
We're paid regularly for protecting the
Harrison pool rooms.
It appeared later that in the smoking
room of the club were a number of promi-
nent Newark people, such as Corporation
Counsel Joseph Coult. Lawyer Joseph A
Beeeher, ex-Alderrnan w. Van Steenberg,
Harry Moorehouse, John Young and
William B. Adams. Higbie was the guest
of Mr.. Adams. In the course of the gem
eral conversation the topic of the pros
peetive labors of the Gledhill Committee
came up, and, as it was alleged, Lawyer
Beecher said something about Prosecutor
Crane of Essex in connection with the
pool rooms. This remark was hotly
criticized by Mr.. Higbie, who said some
thing to the effect that while the Hudson
county officials were not above reproach
yet Mr.. Crane had no share in any COR
ruption-
Last Friday Mr. Higbie was before the
committee and his memory about the con-
versation was not very clear. To ascer-
tain precisely what was said and who said
it. Counsel r. McCarter subpoenaed many
who were present on that occasion in the
club referred to and these were in Chan
Gerry Chambers this morning. Ex-Sheriff
John j. Toffey was also among the noble
army of subpoenaed martyrs, as likewise
Chief of Police Callaghan of Harrison.
Among other things which leaked out
this morning was another precious speci-
men of the yellow Evening Journals
methods of poking bribes under the noses
of people supposed to be in connection
with the county government One of its
sealawag reporters some time ago went
out to Newark and approaching friend
of Higbie's said
..See here, we want you to tell us some
thing wot'H hurt Sheriff Heller or Prose-
cutor winfield I come from de Evening
Journal of Jersey City, what is trying to
make out a case against desc men,
81 know nothing" replied Higbie's
friend
NOW, can YOU ItdhS 1li6piSS soy oOAAAS-
thing damaging?"
why don't you go and ask Higher"
"Do you think he would give up his
CUTS if we put UP the dust?" pursued
the Evening Journals reporter in the
classic language adopted by the Beck,
Pidgeon, O'Donnell, Dillaway quartette,
of that papers staff.
How should 1 know? Offer him $500
and see what he says" said the friend
in tone of raillery.
.sOh. de journal can't afford to pay
that; but we'll do the square ting, see?
De Journals all right; it's on de level"
TITS nothing to me. You go and see
him. That is his affair replied the friend
of Mr.. Higbie, closing the conversation.
This friend, to whom the yellow Even
ing Journal representative addressed
these choice remarks, is expected to tes-
fifty some time during the sessions of
the committee.
The proceedings this morning were set
to reopen at half-past ten o'clock, and
before that time all of the committee
were on hand except Speaker Watkins.
Counsel r. McCarter and William Klink
detained them for a few minutes in con-
versation, and then they chatted with
the various people in the Vice Chancel-
lors' room pending the Speakers arrival.
Ex-Sheriff Toffeys appearance this
morning created fund of gossip for the
expectant crowd behind the rails of the
bar. 1t was understood that he will throw
some light on the pool rooms which
even he was unable to close, and induced
Governor Griggs to send to Little Monte
Carlo his private secretary, Captain Tut
tie, who succeeded in getting into the
place and making some bets. The private
secretary was practically the prosecuting
witness produced by the late Prosecutor
Charles H. Winfield, who put ex-Freehold-
er Bindernagle on trial for maintaining
the disorderly house at Little Monte
Carlo. AS everyone knows, as a result Of
Mr.. Winfeld's management of the case,
Mr.. Bindernagle is now serving out a
term Of Imprisonment at Snake Hill
Penitentiary for that offence.
Besides Colonel Tofrey, there were pres
ent:-O6icer Kyle, James Taylor and John
Eyger. all of Harrison, who were supposed
to know something about sHootchee-
Kootchee''s dance. as they termed it,
which occurred in Harrison three years
ago. When this rumor fioated through
the room the spectators rubbed their
hands and s1age-whispe pered Now we'll
have some fun" The idea that q legis-
Al unusual treat found Ia Feigen-