The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-01
1 MOTHERS Wild GRIEF
She Becomes Hysterical in Court
When Her Boy Is Sent to
State Prison for
Assault.

A sensational scene was enacted in ths
General Sessions Court yesterday after
noon. when James Conway and James
Murphy, of Hoboken. were called up to
be sentenced for committing a brutal as
SO lit upon Annie Hensgen, a comely Ger
man young woman. She was employed
as a domestic in Weehawken. The young
woman was returning home about 10
o'clock one might after visiting her myJth-
er, who lives on Jersey City Heights and
was followed by three men, who saw her
alighting from the car. When she reaeh-
ed a lonely part of the street the men
seized her and dragged her into lots
where they brutally outraged her. When
they left her and she had recovered con-
sciousness she dragged herself to her enl-
ployer's house and related her terrible ex-
perience to her mistress.
The Weehawken police were notified and
word sent to the Hoboken police. Com
way, Murphy and another man, an
italian, were picked up in Hoboken. WheD
the prisoners were placed on trial there.
was no evidence against the Italian and
he was acquitted by direction Of thx
Court The other defendants were posix
lively identified by their victim and the
jury convicted them in short order.
Judge Hudspeth yesterday for a. new
trial. He said that the jury acted hastily
and without given proper consideration
to the evidence The 1dentlheat1on was
anything but conclusive, he said, and # q
new trial was granted he would be able
TO prove complete alibi.
Judge Hudspeth said that he had been
considerably embarrassed over the case
The Court had strained every point e.
give the defendants their rights and nag
charged in their favor everything the4
could be charged. He had carefully Gig
aInined the record, he 5yzaid, and touN.
nothing n it prejqdieial Gtsl 9 the rights e.
drtv e the Court n iailf i = 3 =
at once and ordered the defendants to
| stand ups Conway began to make some
remarks about the H0boken police hound
| ing him, but was stopped by the Court.
| Judge Hudspeth then made some remarks
about the enormity of the crime OF which
the defendants had been convicted and
sentenced them to seven years and q half
| in State Prison.
Conway's mother. who had been SIT
| ting in the rear of the court room, threw
/ up her arms and uttered a piercing
| Shrek. My Godi oh, my GOdl she
| screamed, and then she went of into a
violent fit of mysteries. The poor woman
struggled and screamed and IT required
| the united efforts of four court officers
to restrain her and remove her from the
court ROOM Her screams could be heard
| the building.
Michael Nicodine. the Italian who
| : aesthetic taste was offended by the ST.
| in which another Italian danced, an
who. cut the other fellows eye out a.
mark of his disapproval was sent to Star
Prison for three years and atha,.s Z {saysst
! yer Joseph M. Noopan, who he-..1 44pplids
| for new trial for Nicodine withdrew
| the application. He said he had found he
| would be unable to get some witnesses he
expected to get. Mr.. Noonan made a
strong appeal for leniency for the defend
ant but Judge Hudspeth said that there
! was not single extenuating circumstances
| in the case.
| Adolph Buhring, a small boy, who had
broken into freight car and who had
been in several previous scraoes, was
| sent to the Reform School. William
| Lundy, his accomplce, was let on with a
| suspension of sentence on payment OF
costs
George Sheldon was sent to the peniten-
| tiary for six months for stealing an um-
brelia. He said he was on his way 10
| visit a young lady, but got drunk and did
not know what he was doing.
Vladislaw KiWalsky got nine months in
the penitentiaFy for burglary. He broke
/ into butcher shop in Bayonne, where
he had been employed and carried OFT
| some bologna sausages and meat. The
defendant said he did it because he was
/ hlls, cry