The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-16

SlioHS Will OppEeSS' the weak 1OuI uuty
is plain. Here are men charged with en-
forcement of the law accused of interfer-
ing with that very enforcement-in other
will easily see that if these men can easily
protect the criminal from punishment for
his crimes, why they can put the liberty
OF the innocent in jeopardy So that If
these men are guilty, you should certainly
say so.
geon in this case? Somebody connected
with the Evening Journal had the idea
that there was corruption in the office of
the Prosecutor of the Pleas, and the ac-
tions of those men were in pursuance Of
the orders of the editor of that paper.
They made their report from day to day,
and he, the editor. communicated with
the court. Wasn't that a praiseworthy
act? Perhaps you and | wouldn't do it;
but some one had to do it, and, as say
though you and would not do So, yet
some are differently constituted and those
men undertook the plan, or, as some called
it, the scheme
Judge Garretson then went into the
story of the case, with which readers of
THE News" are perfectly familiar. He
began first with the evidence of Pidgeon
as to events in Engeps chop house, where
counsel said Messrs Simpson and Moo
nan wrangled over the fee to be paid for
Bosczkowskfs release. II the story told
by Pidgeon, counsel argued, was true,
then the conspiracy was complete. The
evidence of Beck was also gone over care
fully from the time he visited Noonan to
the final meeting in Simpsons office,
where the $500 was paid. Counsel con-
tended that the statements of the EVEN
ing Journals men as to the facts of Mr..
Simpsons connection with the Pole were
more likely to be correct than those of
witnesses whose attention had onlyssbeen
directed to the circumS tanceS several
days after the events, while the newspa-
per men had been specially paying atten-
tion to the matter step by step.
NOW. gentlemen, there are several uTl-
disputed facts in this case, continued
Judge Garretson, "and I wish to cail your
is admitted that Beck and Pdgeon came
over to Jersey City and had an interview
with Noonan in the Prosecutors office. 1t
is admitted that the men mad talk with
Noonan about the release of the Pole. 1t
is admitted that $1,000 was mentioned.
Now what business had he to talk about
81 900. If a man went to him and asked
something about a prisoner in jan. it was
the Prosecutors duty to give the status
of the case; but when question were asked
as to what should be done to ,elease the
didn't he say when $1,000 was asked,
That's robbery? Such piece of business
is not worth such a sum and the Prosecu-
tor should have told them so.
Now, what did he go to New York for?
To introduce his friend Simpson? When
said:-I have nothing to do with the mat
ter; settle it yourself Why did Noonan
go there with Simpson? Noonan admits
that he went over on the invitation of
Simpson to go to show or something,
but NoOnan was also invited over the tele-
phone to go to Engels chophouse. Why
did he go to New York to meet these
men?"
Counsel continuing, said that the cir
cumstances surrounding the payment of
the $500 were admitted. The payment
was admitted and taking these admitted
facts he argued it was enough to say
IA ha
crime. The locking of the office door on
Simpson, the annoyance when the office
boy interrupted and the subsequent visit
to Browns were all admitted by the de-
PENDANTS. When guilty people are charged
with crime, counsel said, they run
away. Innocent people, conscious of
their innocence, would face the accusa-
ton, but the defendants ran away. The
Assistant Prosecutor resigned, and SO did
Simpson instead of going to Judge Lip
pincott and saying - Your court has been
attacked by an article in this paper and
1 want you to make an investigation.
The defendants, he said, should have gone
to a magistrate and demanded warrant
for the editors arrest, and started suits
for libel; but did they do it?
1T IS charged that these men are black
mailers.'
There is nothing in the testimony in
this case about that, and your remarks to
ants counsel, Mr.. Speer.
Judge Garretson contended that there
had been, charge of blackmall in this
case, and it was absurd and there was
nothing in the conduct of the editors or
their reporters which would warrant such
an accusation. Counsel then went into
withdrawal of BosczkowskPs plea, and
counsel SAID that there was no doubt that
Mr. Manning was the real counsel for the
Pole and the only person who says that
Simpson was in the case earlier tnan
December was Simpson himself. Simp-
son admits that December was the first
H. L l.
he i doing in for that at ia fee Of $1,000? Simpson
on that day, December 81 in court said
that he had just been retained. When
eonclnsively @as us asafe that simpson % was broughf
into the case after the interview With
Beck and Pidgeon in the Prosecutors
BOOK book of BosczkowsKi. which said that
Simpson called at the jail November %,
Judge Garretson said:-
IF ever there was q doctored book to
rubbed and others put in their place For
what purpoSe?'
Continuing, counsel ridiculed the story
told by the defense of Simpsons engage
ment as counsel, and Judge Garretson,
reading Simpsons testimony as to the
first visit to Bosczkowski in the jail on
November 26 or November 20, said that
the employment was peculiar, because the
defendant did not show who employed
him, under what circumstances and what
was the fee. A fair consideration of the
case Dy the evidence Ol DECK anu Tlu-
geon counsel said, showed conclusively
that the defendants were guilty as
charged. An attempt had been made,
said counsel. to blacken the. characters
of Beck and Pidgeon by bringing over
the dregs of the Bowery, but what did it
amount to? On the other hand, cloud
of newspaper men had come over and
testified that the prosecuting witnesses
reputation was good. In view of that
they should be believed and the case
hadn't the shadow of a doubt about the
guilt of these two men,
Counsellor William H. Speer, Jr., then
followed for the defence and in opening
he said that he would answer briefly the
manifestly unfair argument of Judge
GarretSon.
1.-The laws counsel said, 'sare to be
properly administered, as Judge Garrett
son said we all agree to that, but we do
not believe that the way to administer
the law is for blackmailing sheet to at
tempt to break them by the scoundrels
they have introduced here ito try it before
twelve honest men. Counsel has not told
of Simpson and the evidence of the Pole.
What has the Pole to gain by coming
here and perjuring himself? Yet these
prosecuting attorneys, on whose heads
age has gracefully put her hands, got
the Pole to write the name of Simpson
and it corresponds letter for letter with
the entries in the book, yet these gentle
men sedulously concealed that from you,
gentlemen.
Now, gentlemen, the case hangs on this
matter. You can see for yourself that
the Pole says that he engaged Mr.. Simp-
son, mark you, gentlemen, seven days be-