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

Prosecutor, with two lawyers opposing
him. displayed his usual skill in the cross
examination of the witnesses and he had
plenty Of them TO listen to. Seven hours
and a half was the time he took to sum
up the case for the State when the evil
dence wal all in. 1t was a great speech.
Nothing was missed; nothing wa~ slight
ed. 1t was then that those in the court
room marveIed at the wonderful memory
of the Prosecutor. Almost a hundred
witnesses had testified on both sides. and
vet he referred in detail to their testi-
mony without referring to notes or the
ste~nographer's copy of evidence, ex-
cept to prove that he was right when
tha defendants counsel said he was
wrong in quoting something The speech
was at once eloquent and logical. The
prisoner was found guilty after the jury
was out several hours and then his coun-
sci began the task of fighting for delay
in the various courts. The Federal Courts
unheld the Prosecutors contentious for
a long time, until the Court Of Errors and
Appeals decided. on a technical point
that Kohl was entitled to a new trial.
gat two Of the principal witnesses being
then unavailable, one having died n
the other having disappeared, a new trial
was impossible. so Kohl was released.
In the case of Joseph Hermes, who shod
his wife's head off, Mr.. Crane won q vic
tory through sheer alertness and aplllty
ia c-ross-examine. Michael I. Barrett,
counsel for Hermes, took advantage OF
every technical point to save his eheht,
and fried to prove that the shooting was
accidental. Hermes told a good story
when he was put upon the stand, our MI.
Crane led him into traps only TO eaten
him. he coaxed him on only to trip him.
and never once did he lose his control
over the man. Thick and fast ne hurleo
his questions as the witness. The latter
becaf,e confused; he stammered unoer the
fire ni INQUIRIES. HI
and red by turns, and finally under that
n,onderf,,3 cross-examination he wavered;
suddenly he collapsed. Tears flowed dowa
his cheeks. and like a wild animal at pay,
he sat before the Prosecutor, completely
at The latter's mercy. Mr.. Crane mercl-
f,,llu refrained from pressing the fallen
= laJ ri4tv1Tn Ql Inf MS
victory brought him no JOY. Hermes was
wrecked for the time by the merciless
examination which the Prosecutor was ia
6,,tv hound to put him through, and
though Mr. Crane was thoroughly CON
WINGED that the man had brutally muir
dered his wife he could not help Dull PITY
him. The prisoner was convicted OF muir
der in the second degree.
In the Emma Woods case, Mr. crane
again proved equal to the occasion, ana
though it was a woman on trial, the jury
brought in a verdict Of ma~nslauShter
The demands on Mr.. Cranes abiilty ana
skill in this case, were enormous, there
being little positive evidence to connect
her with the death Of her lover, Lew
Brown. In the Alden Fales case, the
Prosecutor having been i'll for q time,
came into court only to direct the prose-
cution, which was conducted by MS able
assistant, Mr.. Hood. Fales was con-
victed of murder in the first degree, ana
he was sentenced to be hanged. Then his
counsel began a long fight, raising mover
points at frequent intervals. None OF
them, however, wass too knotty for Mr.
Crane, and, as the public well knows, ne
defeated his opponents at each move Inc
result was that after all the stays Of
execution, the fights in the State and
Federal Courts, the lad was re-sentenced
to be hanged. but his sentence was supse-
quently eomnuted to life Imprisonment.
Other cases are on record in which Mr..
Crane distinguished himself, in securing
convictions, and in all he proved himself
to be the right man in the right place.
Mr.. Crane has been making a rafting
campaign. He has visited every part of
the State, and he has made friends and
won votes in every county by his manly
bearing and honest and public spirited
utterances. He was in Hobokcn last Fri
day evening, n he there made a char
aeteristic speech to an enthusiastic crowd
Of Democrats and independent voters. He
said
stMr. President and Fellow citizens-I1
am pleased to meet you tonight and ]
hank you for your cordial greeting.
have not much time TO spend with you
now, but in the time ! have, / wish to call
your attention to the fact that three
years ago. when Mr.. Griggs was the Re
publican candidate for Governor. he told
the people that it was time to put the
Democrats out of Office, because they had
beer wasteful and e~xtravagant in the ex-
penditure OF public moneys.
NEW Jersey being a Democratic State
and at that election selecting Mr.. Griggs
10 be Governor of the State. 7 became con
vinced that the arguments which wers
used against US at the time, induced.