The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-02

Corners. c.. Brown, ]. snoyIl, Robert
Harrison, Catherine Vandall and f.
w. HerkstrOtter.
In all these cases the accused were
released on their own recognizanee.
Not one of them was tried, and their
release was contrary to general pro-
cedure.
This was a batch of nuisance cases
There was an utter lack of proof In them
APRIL TERM 1887.
In this term OF court there were two
were indictments 80 and 1893.
In the former case the defendant
was p Mcnamara. He was arraigned
April 2S, 1887, pleaded not guilty, and
was released on bail November 5, in
the sum OF $500. j. Mccarthy becom-
ing. his surety.
The case was never tried.
This is a mere lie. The case was triet
in the Oyer and Terminer. The Jour
nails yellow reporter forgot to look fol
it there.
Indictment 1873 was against Frank
Carroll, p. Costello and Thomas Lof-
tuS, charging them with murder. Car
roll ds serving fifteen years for his
offense.
The case against Costello was "nolle
pressed"
LOTUS is out on 5000 bail, and has
never been tried.
LOTUS with his co-defendants was tried
in the Court of Oyer and Terminer. H,
was convicted. sentenced to State Prisol
and taken there. He was dying of con
sumption and was pardoned in a shor
time. TIe died few months after his re
lease.
DECEMBER TERM, 1887.
Indictment 203, W. Moses. indecent
assault. bailed in $500 by Peter Du-
frense, never tried.
No. Because he plead guilty.
In the September term of 1883, tn,
journal" spreads out a long array of un
tried cases. They were all liquor cases II
which there was insufficient evidence I
then goes on to a group Of green goods
cases which came up in May, 1888, and II
which Denigan and Byrnes were the de-
PENDANTS. Concerning these. the Jour
nap' sapiently remarks:-
Both of the accused were caught
red-handed. They were never tried
and the statute of limitations has long
since outlawed the indictments
such class of criminals have influ-
entail friends.
The cases were worked up by Anthony
Comstock" through an agent named Sulli.
van. After the arrests, Comstock an6
Sullivan quarrelled, and Sullivan coulc
never be induced to come to New Jersey
to testify in the cases. Therefore, it was
impossible to try them.
DECEMBER TERM. 1888.
Indictment Se-Simon Vope, perjury;
bailed in $500 by Teresa Volpe; never
tried.
He was tried and the jury disagreed.
Indictments 121, 122-M. Hennessy,
forgery; bailed in 81 500 on each charge
by James F. Cannon; never tried on
either.
This is a mere lie. He was tried in the
Oyer and Terminer, and acquitted.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1890.
Indictment 19l-P. Hart larceny and
receiving; baied in $500 by Charles
Hughes; bail ordered forfeited.
Harts bail was pressed to collection
but Lawyer Hughes of Messrs. Collins &
Corbin's office had the amount reduced
or remitted.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1898.
Indictment 300-Godfrey Dilloway,
grand larceny: bailed in $500 by Max
Sallinser; never tried.
Godfrey Dilloway was for many
years constable in Prosecutor Win
fields Office.
1t is generally said he knows as
much about the inside workings of the
office as Prosecutor Winfield himself
When he was indicted on the allega-
ticn OF Thomas w. Arthouse VINO
charged him with the larceny, of s10S
on May 5, 1882 Dilloway remarked
4'rm all right; they don't care to try
me- and if they did I would not be con-
victed :"
In view of the fact that Dilloway
was never called to trial at a time
when Prosecutor Winfield was keep
ing the records of the court in ex-
eellent shape. Dilloway's remark had
a strange significance.
The next term of court finds him
again a culDrit before the bar, and
note the disposition of his case,
DECEMBER TERM, 1898
embeazament; hesi 1ang aTragned April iSWayd % anyd
bailed in S2G0 by r. j. Murphy; June
26 tried and found guilty.
Oct 25, sentenced S. and costs and
bailed ON writ of error in $500!
The trial and conviction of Dilloway in
December suggests that Mr.. Winfield
could hardly have been afraid to try him
in September. The fact is both cases
were picayune, as the sentence in the sec
ond shows Evidence was lacking in the
earlier one.
Rodgers and Green were both arrest
ed in the raid on Alexander McGar-
rams policy headquarters on the even
ing Of June y. 1893.
The Journal article on the follow
ing day warned intending bondsmen
that the arrested men would skip if
released on bail.
In spite of that warning Leader
Robert Davis went Green's and Rodg-
ers' bail. Both promptly left the city
and have never been arraigned upon
the indictments pending against them.
Prosecutor Winfield made the formal
motion for the forfeiture of the bail
bonds but the County Collectors rec
ords show the money has never been
collected.
The bail bond was prosecuted to judg
ment, and the execution was issued to
Sheriff Toffey.
AS to the Street and Water Board
case:-
The Grand Jury investigated, and it
was ascertained that the claims were
at one time placed in Prosecutor Win
fields safe, but that at about the time
the Supreme Court denied the motion
wer put into a closet, from which they
were distracted.
This is a mere lie The location of the
papers was never altered. There was
then no safe In which to keep them. One
has. since been procured.
SEPTEMBER TERM, 1895.
Indictment l62-Frederick Garrison,
robbery; remanded for trial; never
tried.
"Billy'' Broas made the charge. When
Mr. Winfield was ready to try it, Broas'
memory totally failed him.
DTcCEMBER TERM. 1895