The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-01
LIKE A BADGER GAME
Ulrich West, a Swede, Says
He Was Robbed Of Sixty
Dollars by Colored
Women.

Something like a badger game was dis
covered yesterday in operation on Grand
street. The discovery was made through
the arrest of Ulrieh West, a swede, who
was found by Policeman Looman of the
Gregory street station asleep on a bench
lin Van Worst Park. Looman walked over
to the man and woke him up West
jumped to his feet n shouted, Tive
been robbed. Some one has stolen $50 I
had in my pocket"
AS West was under the influence Of
liquor. he was taken to the Gregory
4 street station house where he told Police
Captain Cody that he had been robbed
by some colored women in a house on
Grand street. From the description Of
the place Captain Cody sent Tooman to
a dewey and Sampson restaurant at
NO 314 Grand street, kept by Joseph An
derson. The restaurant is located on the
store floor, Will e Anderson's sleeping
apartments are on the floor above
When Tooman entered the place he
found Susan Davis. a colored woman.
twenty-eight years old, who gave her ad-
dress as No. ) Barrow street, lying on
the floor helpiessly drunk. Mrs. Mary
Clark, the alleged proprietress of the re-
| sort up stairs, was found in her apart
ments. She cried bitterly at the sight of
the policeman. Tooman told Mrs. Clark
she was under arrest for. robbing West
She denied the. accusation. but she
showed Policeman Tooman a roll of
bills which she said contained $40. The
officer asked her where she got the money
and she answered.
Il worked for it,
Mrs. Clark carried an infant on her
arm. Both Mrs. Davis n Mrs Clark
were taken to the Gregory street station
house, where they were locked up The
infant was allowed to remain in the GUS
tody of tho Clark. woman, who was
thought to be its mother. The infant did
much to aid the police in corralling the
women who were interested in the al
legged game.
The Clark and Davis women had not
been incarcerated long before a colored
woman named Lizzie Jefferson, twenty
three years old, of No. 255 Henderson
street, called at the police station and
asked for the child carried by Mrs.
Clark. The infant was given to her.
Police Captain Cody and Detective Lee
then held a conversation. Lee followed
the woman as she left the station house.
Mrs. Jefferson was Joined by two other
colored women at the corner of Jersey
avenue and Grand street. The trio held
a short consultation. AS they were about
to leave, Detective Lee walke over to
them and placed them under arrest. They
too We're locked up in. the Gregory street
station house.
According to statements made by all
the women West entered the restaurant
accompanied by the Jefferson, Hunter
and Johnson The Hunter wom-
an admitted that she had invited West
IN. but denied having stolen his money.
She said she believed the money was
taken by another.
Joseph Anderson. a young man, told
Captain Cody that he was sitting in the
restaurant eating while West was up
stairs. He said that Mrs. Clark came
down stairs and handed him $50 and asked
him to kee pit for her. Anderson said he
gave the money back to her.
Mrs. Clark was charged with keeping a
~disorderly house and with grand lar
ceny. Anderson was also held on a
charge Of grand larceny. Both were
held by Justice Potts in $500 bail to await
the action of the Grand Jury. Lizzie
Jefferson. Mary johnson and Eethel Hun
ter were each held in $500 bail.