The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-28
CAMDEN'S SCANDAL
Mysterious Arrest of One
Of the Shaw tutors on a
Bench Warrant.
SAID TO HAVE SOUGHT "a LOAN
May Be Indicted for Completely in
the Attempts at Embracery--
Grand Jury's Work.
SAID TO HAVE SOUGHT "A LOAN"
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Especial to THE Jersey City News."1
CAMDEN. Jan. 2S, 1S9s.-The first fruits
of the Camden Grand Jury's searching in
yestigation of charges of attempted jury
bribing came yesterday in the arrest of
John Meshaw, who was drawn on the
now famous struck panel of forty-eight
from which the Shaw trial jury was
drawn. He is locked up in the county
jail in default of 81, 600 bail, but the real
cause of his arrest and detention are
carefully-guarded secrets of the Grand
Jury room. 1t was at first supposed that
he was a recalcitrant witness, having
refused to tell tales out of school" as he
had put 1t on one occasion, but later 1T
was learned that he is probably under
indictment for completely in the supposed
attempts at embracery. AS the Grand
Jury did not maxi it's expected presents
ment yesterday and decided to hold an
other session today the actual results OF
its. deliberations will not be known until
tomorrow, when, it is believed, its finai
presentment will be made to Justice Gar
rison.
The arrest. and commitment
of Juror Meshaw caused considerable of
a f1utter. On Wednesday he had been
put through a trying ordeal before the
Grand Jury. His first appearance was
apparently not satisfactory to his in
quisitors. for HI is said to have told of
receiving an important letter in connec
ton with the matters under investiga-
ton, and he was sen home to bring
that document. Whether he produced it
or not has not been made public, but the
letter is said to have been written by
some one directly interested in the Shaw
murder trial and is said to nave been a
declination of MeshaW's request for a
loan"
When the Grand Jury got together
again yesterday morning Meshaw was
called, but failed to respond to his name.
An officer was dispatched to his home IN
South Camden, and Meshaw. very ner-
vous and excited, was. soon on the rack
once more, with the members of the
Grand Jury plying hin with questions.
AT the conclusion Of this ordeal Meshaw
emerged from the room as d prisoner IN
care of Constable Voight. A bench war
RAM was issued for him, and Under Sher-
if Sell soon placed him in a cell. There
all access to him was denied, and his
story of the episode could not be learned.
Soon after the sensational and sudden
termination of the Shaw murder trial
many of the jurors on the struck panel
of forty-eight were seen and asked II they
had apy knowledge of any Attempts at en-
Dracery or bribery. MeSnaW was one OF
those who warily refused to talk. but he
said, with considerable Significance
well, 1 suppose you know both sides
were out for business, but | don't tell
tales out of school," Continuing. in an
! swer to further questioning. Meshaw
said IT'S his way with me:-If anybody
makes me an offer and / accept it | say
nothing; if ] don't accept it | say moth
ing, and there you are" OF course, these
| remarks might have been made with some
| idea of humor, but if Mesha was indulg-
ing in jokes then he has discovered the
effort to be rather costly by this time.
After the excitement caused by Me
| shaw's arrest had subsidized somewhat
former Judge Alfred Hugg was once
more summoned, and later it was stated
| that the Grand Jury was@once more look
ing into the alleged gambling cases. Wit
| nesses heard on this line included former
Assistant Prosecutor of the Pleas r. S.
| Ridgway, James M. Fitzgerald, Samuel
Haihes and Harris Graffen.