The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04

FROM "zHE JERSEY CITY NEWS''
OF N0YEMBER 4.
ELNN v CRANE
His Successful Career As
Prosecutor Of Essex
County.
FAITHFUL And EFFICIENT
Compliments Paid to His
Ability and Skill by
the Court.
SOME FAMOUS CASES He HAS TRIED
Eminently Fitted by His Train
ing to Be Governor of
NDvn Inrcou
EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
His Election a Guarantee That the
Affairs Of the State VIII Be
Economically Administered.
SOME FAMOUS CASES He HAS TRIED
EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
His Election a Guarantee That the
Affairs of the State VIII Be
Economically Administered.

Elvin w. Crane, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of New Jersey, is emf
nently fitted for that high office by train
ing and education. His standing both as
a citizen and a member of the Essex
county bar has never been assailed, even
by the most INSCRIPTIONS enemies. His
long career as Prosecutor of Essex has
shown him to be an efficient and PAINS
taking public official. TIL duties of every
Office which he has filed have been dis
charged in such a conscientious manner
that no one doubts his ability to discharge
to the best interests Of the people any
position they may call upon him to fill.
When a young man, Mr.. Crane entered
the Office of Bradley & Abeel, where he
studied law and, while still quite young,
he was admitted to the bar. Sometime be-
fore this, Mr.. Bradley was made a United
States Supreme Court Judge and Mr..
Abeel was appointed Prosecutor fol-. Es-
sex county. During the greater part of
the latter's term of Office Mr.. Crane act
ed as his assistant, and he continued to
serve in the same capacity under Prose
cutor Keen.
The training received under Messrs.
Abeel and Keen proved valuable to him
when. shortly after his term Of Assem-
blyman expired, Mr.. Crane was appointed
Prosecutor for this county by Governor
Green. In 1894 he was reappointed for an
other five years by Governor Werts. Dur
ing his incumbency in this important of
flee he has been trusted by the pub
lie. admired by lawyers and dreaded by
criminals. II his transformations manner
he has conducted his office with a high
sense of justice TO all. Many an innocent
man, unfortunate enough TO be mixed up
in some trouble, ives his liberty to Prose-
cutor Crane. The same feeling makes
him relentless in cases of hardened often
ders. and well they know it. particularly
the class known as wife-beaters.
Mr. Crane is frequently called upon to
advise the Grand Jury on the law gov
erning the various cases and then he also
has people visiting him from all parts of
the county to make various complaints.
He treats all with courtesy. and directs
them to the proper officials, so that their
troubles may be speedily ended. Two de-
t~ectives, William f. volk and John
Casale. are assigned for duty under Mr..
Cranes directions and they are generally
Kept busy. They hunt up missing wit
nesses and do a lot OF irst-class detective
work which enables the Prosecutor in
many cases to present a strong case. Mr..
Crane realizes the value of the detectives.
He always prepares his own cases. how
ever. and as some lawyers and prisoners
know to their sorrow, he does it mighty
vel land without any delay. The prepara-
ton of an important case for trial is a
task that means a lot of thinking and
some law work, and with it all Mr.. Crane
ana to keep pretty busy. So does
his assistant, Louis Hood.
In framing indictments, Mr.. Cranes
work has been invariably held by the
Court to be in good legal form. None of
his murder indictments has ever been
auashed, and several years ago motions
to quash the trolley indictments were de-
MED by Judge Depue. AL the most inn
portant indictments are the result of his
labor; that is, be puts them into the be-
wlldering legal phraseoiogy which law
yers reye1 in, and which, it seems, is an
absolute necessity in each true BILL
Mr.. Crane has long been regarded as an
adept at this kind of work.
One of the most recent trials Of import
ance in which Mr.. Crane appeared was
the Malinak murder case. The defend
ant was charged with having murdered
Annie Kmetz while she was asleep. His
counsel tried hard to save their client
from the gallows. but they were met at
every joint of vantage by the wide
awake Prosecutor, who secured the prls-
oaer's conviction. Malinak was hanged.
One Of the greatest legal battles ever
fought In This county was that which
ended in the conviction Of Henry Kohl,
who was charged with the murder of his
cousin. His trial lasted the greater part
Of two weeks, The defence tried to
prove an alibi and to show that the al
legged victim, Joseph Preinel had really