Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-03-24
PLEADING GUILTY,
Four Others Acknowledge Their Crime and
Await Sentence-Triais Now
Occurring,

pearance at the special term Of Court
Monday, Judge Hoagland handed down
number of decisions in appeal cases al
ready tried.
The judgement in the case of Warren
Westcott against the Cumberland Glass
Company, given by justice of the peace,
was reversed. Westcott sued the Com
pany for damages owing to his being dis
charged. Under the decision of Judge
Hoagland he gets nothing.
Another decision is Interesting to sew
eral parties. They are creditors of the
Willis-More Glass Company OF Fairton.
In their effort to make the money they
had executions issued against Mrs. Sarah
j. Stathems, widow of Philip Stathem,
who at the time of lis death was mem
Der of the firm. The Court held that
Mrs. Stathems could not be held person
ally responsible fer the debts of tho firm
and gave decisionin her favor
Upon application the license of oliver
Creed, of DeerfiAd, was transferred to
Harry Conner.
Prosecutor L0gue then had a batch of
prisoners brouEht in from Jail, and the
following charges were made and pleas
entered.
Lydia Ford, illegal sale of liquor.
Guilty.
Sadie Hentz, disorderly house. Not
guilty.
Rebecca Sherry, illegal sale of liquor
and disorierly house. Guilty.
sale of liquor and disorderly house, Not
guilty.
Warren Joslin, illegal sale LIQUOR, dis
orderly house. Guilty.
Charles Lee, disorderly house. Guilty.
Andrew Hendrickson, stealing chick
ems. Not guilty.
Jarome Hewitt, stealing chickens.
Guilty.
Monday Afternoon.
Judge Hoagland finished his days
work Monday before three O'Clock.
His final act, sentencing the unfortu-
mates, was done in a most vigorous
manner, and indicated that the reign of
the speakeasy proprietors was over in
this city.
Three disorderly house proprietors
pleaded not guilty. They all go to State
Prison. Four had the good judgment to
own up, and they don't have to leave
town.
Little Andrew Hendrickson wanted a
trial on the charge of chicken stealing.
He had it. Lawyers Fithian and Iredeu
saw that Hendrickson had no counsel
when the case was called, and they sud-
denly remembered they had some impor-
tant matters to look up in the library,
Judge Hoagland found them there, and
they were both assigned to look after
little "Ducky,"
This young Hendrickson is one of the
toughest propositions in this section, and
his father is totally unable to handle him.
The evidence was conclusive that he,
with Jerome Hewitt stole three chickens
and sold them to George oliver. Jerome
owned up to it and helped convict An
drew. Hendrickson's defense was that
the only thing he had to do with the
chickens was when Hewitt offered him
fifteen cents to help carry the chickens
down town, and he took the job.
Moses Braunstein were then brought
in from Jail and given trial for keep
ing disorderly house. A more ill.
mated pair it would be difficult to imagine.
Did you ever see rat bending his neck
to look outof his hole? That's Braun
stein. On the other hand his wife is a
pretty woman, stylish and would attract
attention anywhere.
Both are equally bad, however. The
court never heard more convincing or
testimony, than was offered
against this pair. They kept their dis
reputable house on Kienzle's Lane, and
liquor was illegally sold, while the most
immoral acts were constantly carried on
there, and the Braunsteins secured the
blood money for it all. Witnesses who
had been there, who were guilty of these
very acts, went upon the stand and told
the truth unhesitatingly. evidently realiz-
ing that perjury can no longer be safely
practised before local authorities.
The defense? weak, so weak that it was
really sham that it had been attempted.
Moses Braunstein was the only witness,
His wife fell ill, he said, and in caring
for her he lost his work in the Iron
Works. He could get no other employ
ment Starvation for himself and fam
lily, seemed to be staring him in the face.
He had no bread in the house for two
days, and then he began to sell cider.
From that he did worse, and sll the acts
ascribed to the place occurred. But he
alone was responsible. His wife remon-
stratcd with him, objected to the charac-
ter of the house, but he compelled her to
endure it. Other witnesses, however,
had testified differently. They declared
that the woman was really the master of
the situation, and did most of the busi-
ness. But Moses was chivalrous, and
to save the woman. He was un-
The court adiudged both
guilty.
Sadie Heintz then went to trial She