The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04
REGISTRY Frauds.
Police Justice Nevili Busy
Today Examining Into
Charges.

The examination in the cases of alleged
violations OF the election laws. by false
registration, was resumed today before
Police Justice Nevin in the First Grim
inaI Court. George Tanner was charged
with Illegally registering John Brill OF
No. 47 Montgomery street, Patrick
Byrne Of No. 44S York street, Emil Lyn-
strung of No. 4G4 York street. and Thos.
Bennett Of No. 497 York street. Rounds
man Craig testified that none OF these
persons are citizens, never having taken
out papers. With the exception OF Brill
zach of them sWore they were not citizens
entitled to vote, that they had never regis
tered or given their names to Tanner, or
had eyer seen him. Rouhdsraan Toppln
testified that no person by the name Of
John Brill resides at No. 427 Montgomery
street, as did also Mr.. Pratt, the owner
Of tho house.
Tanner made the unsworn statement
that, yesterday. he found that John Brill
resides at No. AS5 Montgomery street, a
mistake having been made in the num-
Der of the house; that he was employed
by the Republican County Committee to
get the names Of unregistered voters.
and that those he registered were OBJ
tanned on Information furnished at the
houses; that he registered about twenty
five persons on a~ffidavits sworn to before
John McNulty, notary. The charges
against Tanner as to Brill and Bennett
were dismissed, and as to Byrne and
Lynstrung decision was reserved.
William Mann was charged with Illegal
~ registering James King, and William
Starin, Of No. 3i3 Railroad avenue, neith-
er of them being citizens, as they both
testified in court. and Miles johnson, col
ored, of No. 323 Railroad avenue, who
has lived In this State only ten months,
Mann testified that he went to the house
Of King n Starin. and finding no one
IN inquired next door and was told they
were both voters. and that ohnso was a
voter in the house where he boards. In
the three eases decision was reserved.
Edward Lane WAS charged with falsely
registering S0hn Miller, OF No. 3SS Mont
gomery street. who has been in this city
only since. August 3. Lane keeps an
oyster saloon. Lane testified thai know
ing Miller to be a native American, and
an intelligent man, he supposed, OF course
he WAS q legal voter, and therefore regis
tered him. Decision reserved.
James Connolly, charged with illegally
registering Thomas Sewers, Of No. Sl5
Monmouth street, who is not a citizen,
IN NN2 EtSA4 ~ y 'A[S tl4N-t
he was a voter. Case laid over. The
case Of James Walsh, charged with IL
legally registering John p. Kenny, was
adjourned until Monday.
Jacob Spatz, charged with registering
his younger brother, George Spatz, of No.
24S Montgomery street, not t~wenty-one
MIN his brother was two years younger
than him and he is not quite t~wenty-three
years old. Their mother testified that
George was born in 1877. The case was
dismissed with the caution that George
ascertain his correct age before he at
tempts to vote.
Samuel MarTet was charged with regis
terilg Charles E. Zeeb. from No. 335 Fifth
street; William e. Ashley, from No. 327
Fifth street, I'M Morton Levy, from No.
l09 Coles street. Evidences was produced
that these men had all moved from the
respective places long ago, Zeeb having
gone to Hoboken two years ago, last
September, and Levy to Brooklyn. Barry
insisted that he did not copy the names
from the old register, but that he got
them at the houses stated.
John Maguir was charged with register
ing Charles J. Locker. from No. 1871 Nor
gan street. who moved from there several
months ago, and Frank ORourke, from
No. 80 Newark avenue, who left there
last September. Charles Nogeler was
charged with registering Henry Furnace,
from No, 1856 M-Drganestreet, and Timothy
Collins, from TO. 10y Newark avenue, and
John r. Dunn all Of whom moved months
ago from the places stated. Cases adj
journed until Monday.