The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-01
WHAT LIES HAS :
The JOURNAL y?
Noonan : Simpson Jurors
Deny Giving Information
to the Yellow Sheet.
BULLDOzERS MAKE THE ROUNDS
Efforts to Coeree Signatures to
a Memorial-Ma Refuse
to Sign.
s'The News" Investigates the An
nouncement That "proof" as
to the Vote Will Be Given.

An advertisement appeared in yester-
days Evening Journal announcing to
it's readers that this evening it would
publish proof of how the jury voted in
the Noonan-Simpson case up to the last
ballot when it returned to the court room
with a disagreement"
For the purpose of ascertaining what
each juror had to say and to see what
credence- could be given to the statement
which the journal promised, represen-
tatives from "The News called on every
one of the jurors, last night. 1t was dis
covered that one of the yellowest report
ers of the local yellow journal had visited
each with typewriter petition which he
implored the jurors to sign. 1t was ad-
dressed to Mr.. Stephen L. Harvey, the
foreman of the jury, and in substance
begged that gentleman to state the vote
prior to going into court.
The jurors have since the trial been so
much bothered by reporters of the Jour
nal' as to the vote, that some of them
signed the petition to get rid
of the persecution.
The reluctance on the part of some of
the jurors to have the secrets of the jury
room revealed is understood to be due to
the fear of those who voted for acquittal,
on any of the ballots, that the Journal
would assail their regulations and injure
their business out of spite. Some of the
jurors refused positively and emphatically
either to sign the paper or make any
statement whatever to the journal
men, pleading that they had given their
word as gentlemen and men of honor in
the jury room not to reveal the vote.
Precisely what each juror said to 1.-THE
News representatives, appears as fol-
lows
Stephen L. Harvey, foreman, president
of the GreenvilIe Trust Company, said
"I have signed no statement, because /
have none to make. have made my re-
port to Justice Lippincott in open court,
and that is all I have to say unless the
Court directs me to reveal the secrets of
the jury ROOM
j. Warren Hardenbergh, cashier of the
Hudson County National Bank, said:-"1
signed the petition, it is true, but 1 have
said nothing about the vote, and cannot
say anything further
Charles P. Zoncada, of Bayonre, pro-
prietor of the Astor House mems furnish
store, new IOIh SIly, S<Aiet-F| L tieA ' :
signed no petition; in fact, l refused to
do so. 1 have made no statement to any
one about the vote, and l cannot do so,
having pledged my word to my colleagues
to keep silent on that point
Charles Mitzenius, druggist, Danforth
avenue, Greenville, said:-'I declined to
sign the petition, and, of course, declined
to say how the vote stood. l gave my
word not to disclose it and 1 always keep
my word"
Rienzi Cadugan, Poormaster of Bay
onne, said:-"I signed the petition, but
have not said anything about the vote,
how | voted or how it stood"
Henry T. Meigs, of Bayonne, signed the
netition, but it is understood that he de-
cNned to state how the vote stood.
Edward w. Kingsland, president of the
Provident Institution for Savings, said
Eyes, 1 signed the petition and | said that
I voted for guilty. I don't conceal It,
Ernest Asmus, florist, when seen at ms
home. Boulevard, opposite Malone street
West Hoboken, denied that he had even
communicated any of the doings in the
iury room to anyone. He also declined to
state either how he voted or how the jury
stood.
Henry S. Timer, architect, No. 119 Co
lumbia avenue, Jersey City Heights, sado
that he had kept his word and had tolo
no one what transpired in the jury room
He declined to say how he voted.
Frank w. Horstmann. mechanical en-
gineer, No. 210 Grant avenue, East New
ark. said 81 decline to state how l voted
and will not state how the jury voted I'M
less I could communicate with Mr.. Har-
yey. foreman of the jury. / have given
the Journal no information onSthe sub
iect of the voting or my vote and have
authorized no one to give such informa-
ton for me-
Henry D. Beland, sealer of cars in the
P. r. r. yards, and residing at South
Fourth street, Harrison, said:-'I have
not said to anyone how I voted or how
the jury stood. That was what we
pledged not to do. was called upon by
two men representing themselves as
journal reporters. They asked me te
sign a petition of jurymen asking Mr.
Harvey to give out the vote. l refused
to sign it, They insisted that I should
sign it. but 1 would not and did not
There were five signatures on the Pc
tition.'
Frank Eveland refused to be inter.
viewed on the standing of the jury. He
intimated that he had furnished no infor-
nation to the Evening Journal" but
would not commit himself even on that
point.
See me tomorrow night" he said
latter the Journal publishes its alleged
information on the subject and 1 viii
talk,