The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-17
PLAN OF ESCAPE FAILED
And Jacobs. Gets Two
Years in State
Prison.

Judge Blair tempered justice with
mercy to a considerable extent in passing
sentence upon an unusually large number
Of convicted or self confessed law break
ers yesterday.
James Connors, the young man who had
mania for sending in false fire alarms,
was sent to the penitentiary for one year,
Judge Blair remarklng that the court was
entirely satisfied with the verdict in his
case. The maximum penalty for giving
a false alarm Is two years in State
Prison.
Louis Jacobs, a slick pickpocket, was
sentenced to State Prison for two years.
Jacobs, who is also known in his pro-
fession as Hyman Hoffman, was plying
his trade along Newark avenue on Octo-
Der 30 in company with a pal, when he
made the mistake of putting his hand in
the pocket of Mrs. Mary zabriskie Of
No. IT'S Sixth street. Mrs zabriskie-
caught him in the act and held him until
a policeman arrived and took him off her
hands. While in jail Jacobs conceived
some plan of attempting to escape, but he
did not get a chance to put it in opera
tion. He dropped a note out of a window
addressed to Harris Goldberg. asking him
TO Call at Inc JAIL dlta ptlliS q PiCS~ "
strong twine The note did not reach
Goldberg and Jacobs was changed to a
cell in 'sMurderers Row. from which his
chances of escape, if any. were very
slight.
Sentence was suspended in the case of
Martin Harvey. a sailor in the Navy. who
assaulted John Podesta, a saloon keeper,
at No. 334 washington street, Hoboken.
August Buhring. a sailor on the Bremen
line, was committed to the County Jail
for three months for atrocious assault and
battery Buhring was mixed Up IN row
on the steamer Bremen several weeks agn
and he has been in jail since.
Robert Danz, of Weehawken Heights
who struck his brother with a beer glass,
was let off with the payment of costs.
He had pleaded guilty, but Judge Blair
believed that the defendants brother was
the aggresSor-
Henry Matthews was sent to the Peni-
Tertiary for six months for larceny. MIS-
Napoleon, a colored woman, residing In
Hoboken, entrusted some gold finger rings
to Matthews TO be repaired and Mrs. Lee
did not see him again for eighteen
months. He had turned the rings into
Peter Dettepen, who had stolen some
jewelry from a fellow workman, was sem
fenced to the Penitentiary for eighteen
jose eph Pearson, who robbed a saloon in
Hoboken, was sent to State Prison for
two years.
Sentence was suspended and the Free
holders directed TO pay the costs IN the
case of Edward Rice, who stole seven
cans of tomatoes from a grocery store, TO
feed a half Starving family.
Caesar Coiumbo, was sent to the Peni-
tentiary for eighteen months for grand
larceny. Caesar distinguished himsen
some time ago by running away with the
wife and five children of the proprietor of
a concert hall in Perth Amboy, where ne
was employed as the orchestra, but Z was
net for that that he WAS sentenced yes
terday. 1t was for robbing Alexander
Fnberu. os West Hohoken, who had 1e-
friended him and given him a home
Frederick Steinshom, q Hoboken saiooi.
kepeer, was fined $50 and costs for as
saulting Charles Theurer, OF NO. 10 Pater-
SON avenue. Hoboken. Theurer had hung
up Steinshorn for eighty cents worth oI
drinks and the saloonkeeper attempted 70
collect the debt one day when he met
Theurer in the street. He knocked
Theurer down and dislodged some OF ms
teeth Theurer sued his assailant Ior
damages and as he recovered verdict
for a sufficient amount to heal his WOUNDS
and his wounded feelings, he did NOT
press the case against Steinshorn. stem
shorn's effort to collect that bill OF eignty
cents cost him about $3.50 and ne didn't
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