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THE truth SUPPRESSED
Cowardly Stab at the Dea'
Prosecutor III Captain
Jack Graham's
; Evidence.
GLEDHILL COMMITTEES DoINGs
One of the Journals Yaller
Gang Tells Fairy Stories About
Jail Management.
GLEDHILL COMMITTEES DolSGs

1t was generally remarked by those
who heard yesterdays, proceedings of the
Gledhill Investigating Committee that the
grand inquisitors took an odd way of
showing their respect for the death of
Charles H. Winfield. They had agreed to
adjourn, but Counsel R. McCarter insist
ed that because of the many witnesses
subpoenaed the committee must go on.
"But,'' added the lawyer, nothing that
we shall pursue this morning shall in
volve the former Prosecutor"
This is how the counsel kept his word:
When Capt Jack Graham, the commit
tees sergeant-at-arms was testifying as
to the raid he made on the pool rooms
which the police neglected to close up, he
was not permitted to tell the committee
that it was by the late Prosecutor VIM
fields orders that he made the raid. No
wonder the remark was made that the
proceeding was a queer way of showing
respect for Mr. Winfeld's memory.
Counsel McCarter was seen today, in
his office, in the Prudential Building,
Newark, by News representative,
and he was asked why the fact was
excluded yesterday, during Captain Jack
Graham,s account of the raid on Baldwin
Park, that he was sent specially there
by the late Prosecutor, Mr.. Winfield, to
arrest the offenders and close UP the
place.
Let me see,a said Mr.. McCarter, II
think it was Captain Jack Graham, who,
in answer to question not put by me,
but 1 assume all responsibility, said:-I
reported what / had seen to the man who
hired me, whose name don't care to
mention or some words like that. |
don't think it was malice aforethought
on Captain Jacks part, for | asked hlm
afterwards why he didn't mention that
Mr. Winfield had instructed him to make
/ the raid and he replied 81 thought, Mr.
McCarter, that it was understood that
we should not mention Mr.. Winfields
name and / didn't
"Of course" continued Mr.. McCarter,
Everybody knew that Mr.. Winfield or
dered the raid, and to show that we are
not going to do anything unfair, why l
will bring that fact out at the next hear
ing. I assure you that l had no motive
in concealing it and will gladly bring it
out.''
It was also remarked, yesterday, that
counsel permitted people connected with
the Evening Journal to pass slips of
paper giving hints, if you please, how to
conduct the examination, and one who
constituted himself the guide, mentor
and friend of the very able counsel, was
the individual who wrote, some time ago,
reckless libels in the Journal concern
ing officials and gambling places, for
which that sheet will soon have to an
swer. Then another attache of the vel
low paper endeavored to show that the
management of the Hudson County Jail
was frightfully corrupt, and as an in
/ stance he said that a prisoner there
could have anything he wished to eat
provided he paid for IT. Those convers-
ant with penology and the management
of places like that on Newark avenue
will be intensely amused at this delicious
piece of naivete.S
This .sJournald witness, John O'Don-
nell, who claimed to be newspaper
man, and who had been shut up in that
Jail for fourteen days, told cock and
bull story about maltreatment Of the
boys; was horrifed that keeper came
in one night, under the influence of
liquor, and said, in rigidly righteous
tones, that the death watch, Murderer
clifford and Policy King Solomon were
often in the habit Of drinking whiskey,
and, in a whisper TO Mr.. McCarter, added
land me, toe.
His testimony, as published in THE
News yesterday, broke off at the point
when he admitted that he was sent to
jail for perjury. Ms. Mccarter then ask
| ed him
We're you indicted
mo.
You were discharged. there being no