The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-03
HAYES INDICATED
Hoboken Police Captains
Indictment Nolle
Pressed.

The Indictment found against Police
Captain Hayes of Hoboken by Sheriff Nc
Leans Grand Jury was nolle pressed yes
terday afternoon as the result of trial
in the General Sessions Court Captain
Hayes was indicted for the larceny Of
some money which had been placed in his
custody as evidence. He has kept his own
counsel since, although knowing all the
time that a grievous injustice had been
done him. At the trial yesterday the
Identical money in the identical enevlope
in which Captain Hayes had placed it was
produced in court by Chief of Police
Donovan 1t had been in his safe at
Police. Headquarters since June 20, 1873,
the day on which Captain Hayes received
it, William Witte, who had marked the
money, identified his marks. At the close
of the trial Prosecutor Erwin entered the
noMe pros of his own voMtion and Captain
Hayes was triumphantly vindicated.
The defendants, who were tried, were
Ida Latour and her son, Louis, who were
charged with receiving stolen money. The
case had some remarkable features. The
money was stolen from William Wittee,
saloon keeper at No. 512 Ferry street,
by his nephew, Charles Haas, who said
that he had given part of it to Mrs. La
tour and her son. Haas and the La
tours were arrested and indicted. Sub
sequently Haas pleaded non vult and the
Indictment against the Laours was nolle
pressed 1t was afterward reinstated,
however, and they were tried yesterday.
Lawyer Simpson who appeared with
LAWYER Frederick Stuhr for the defence,
put in a plea in abatement He said that
nolle pros having been entered, the
case was ended so far as that indlct-
ment was concerned. If the State desired
to try the defendants, new indictment
must be found. Prosecutor Erwin IN
sisted that the State had the right to re-
instate the indictment and the Court sus-
aimed him.
Witte testified that he had been missing
money for about two years. On June ~
1898, he and his wife put some marked
money in a satchel and placed the satchel
in the room where they usually kept 1t.
Fifteen minutes afterward they went to
the room and discovered that the money
had been stolen. Witte looked for his
nephew Haas and found him in candy
store. He took the youth to his saloon
and searched him in the pool room. A
marked S. bill and some silver were found
in Haas pocket Haas said he had given
the rest of the money to Mrs. Latour and
her son. Witte took his nephew to Mrs.
Iatour's house and demanded his money.
Mrs. Latour, he said, threw Sl5 OF the
marked bills and the key of the room into
her sons lap and burst out crying. After
ward Mrs. Latour offered to pay the
witness $500 in settlement, but he refused
I. He hal lost about 81, 100 The witness
took the marked money to Captain hayes
who placed it in an envelope. Prosecutor
Erwin produced the envelope and money
which had been handed to him by Chief
Donovan and Witte identified them.
Haas testified that Mrs. Latour melted
him to steal the money. She handed him
the key of the room and told him there
was a good chance When he returned
to Mrs. Latour's he divided the money
into three parts, giving one to Mrs,
Latour, another to Louis and keeping one
for himself.
Mrs. Latour positively denied that Haas
had given her any money or that she
provided him with a key of the room.
Louis admitted that he had received
money from Haas and said that several
other boys had also received money from
him. The jury acquitted Mrs. Latour
and convicted her son.