The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-06
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Leader Davis Says Van
Winkle Should Be
Prosecutor.
HE KNOWS THELAW
December Grand Jury Ban
quet Held Last Night in
Bayonne.

The Grand Jurymen who have just
finished their adluous duties are:-Mayor
Egbert Seymour, Of Bayonne, foreman;
William H. Carrick, Henry G--hrkoop,
Jr., Michael Farley, Lewis Fischer,
Frank Gallery, Benjamin Garretson,
Eugent Boldberg, Daniel A. Haggerty,
Lewis C. Hauenstein, Jr., William III.
Lange, William Nahon, Andrew j. Man
ming, John Mccarthy, William H.
Mend, Daniel ]. Murphy, John Dimmo,
William O'Toole Charles Steftman Jas.
B. Throckmortin, George Witt, Edward
L. Young and David Riordan; James F.
Clark, clerk.
The committee in charge of the din
ner was composed of:-William H. Mead,
Chairman; Henry Duhrkoop, Jr., Frank
Gallery, Andrew j. Manning and Ed
ward l.. Young.
The guests included: Sheriff Ruemp-
Ter, Collector Robert Davis, of Jersey
City; Surrogate James 7. Lillis, Assis-
tant Prosecutor Marcha1l Van Wrinkle,
Assemblyman Maurice Marks Deputy
Sheriff John j. Haevey Street Com
missioner Thomas Magner, City Survey
or Emmett Smith, Assessor Henry ].
Trask, City Clerk William G. Hamilton,
John c. Bouton and James Seymour of
Bayonne; Freeholder Joseph Riordan,
Colonel Robert G. Smith, president of
the Jersey City Street and Water Board;
John P. Noonan, Philip c. Heck, John
Lloyd Morgan, Frank G. FRITZ, of Union
HILL Mayor George B. Bergkamp, Chief
of Police McAulay, Town Clerk John
P. Mcmahon and Col. Theophile Oh
| mann, of West Hoboken; Louis Stern
berg, Louis Timmels, Harry Lemmer,
Counsellor James D. Manning, William
Thompson and others.
Chairman Mead called upon Counselor
James D. Manning to represent the com
mittee in the performance of a pleasant
duty presenting the foreman with a token
of appreciation.
Counselor Manning's speech was greet
| ed by hearty applause, and it was several
moments before Mayor Seymour could ex-
press his thanks The gift was a silver
service of about fifty pieces, including
| knives, forks and spoons of handsome
design, contained in a Morocco leather
| covered case.
Mayor Seymour then called upon Col-
lector Robert Davis of Jersey City as the
leader of the Hudson county Democracy
and incidentally remarked that invitations
had bene extended to the executive heads
of all the municipalities in the county and
| to Col. Samuel D. Dickinson, the Repub-
| lican leader. but that the latter had fail
| ed to respond. Mr.. Davis made witty
speech, in the course of which he said:--
"Colonel Dickinson is very busy to-
night and cannot get out of Jersey City.
| We have a 'cinch in this election and /
was not afraid to leave. Mayor Seymour
says that this is the best grand jury he
has ever served on. Is it because it is the
! only one from which he has received a
| present?'' remarked the speaker jocosely.
sThere is one thing about the prosecutor
and the assistant prosecutor Of this
| county; they ought to be reversed. One
| mank knows the law and the other man
| does not. There are more Republicans IN
| this Grand Jury than would like to see
| more German Republicans, mean," he
| said with a laugh.
| After rapping the foreman and other
| members of various little acts of official
| forgetfulness, Mr.. Davis concluded amid
| general applause.
! Assistant Prosecutor Van Wrinkle was
called upon and said in part
81 have found out what side of the
| case / am on Day after day I am called
| upon to face petit juries in the discharge
| of nv duty, but the grand jury is a diff
| ferent matter. The latter is danger
| Gus body as it does its work in secret
behind closed doors. A mans case is
heard there and he is indicted oftentimes
/ before he knows 1t. "
s'No Grand Jury does its duty when 1t
finds indictments like 2 machine. Some
men are apt to think that a grand jury
does not do its duty unless it does some
! thing sensational. The grand jury
should be eminently conservative. The
| members are charged in solemn manner
| by a dignified judge after being put under
| oath No mean action, no petty spite,
| becomes such a gathering of sworn men,
There should be humanity in the grand
| jury room as well as in the petit jury
| box. I am entitled to be a critic because
finish the work you begin. / am pre-
pared to say that the December Grand
Jury has been generous and humane in
/ its work. The Grand Jury of December,
| 1898. of which Mr.. George T. Bouton was
foreman, distinguished itself by its con-
/ scientious and intelligent work, and this
! last grand inquest is much like it's pre-
/ decessor of a year previous After wad-
! ing throug one or two hundred crimes
men are apt to think that the world is
growing worse, but this is not the case
| i can proclaim that this Grand jury of the
December term, 1900, has done its full
| duty"
Mr.. Van Wrinkle was cheered to the
echo when he sconcluddd. Mayor Seymour
read letter of regret from Mayor Law
renee Pagan of Hoboken. The foreman,
on behalf of the Grand Jurymen, pre-
sented to Clerk James F. Clark a sealed
/ envelope as token of their appreciation
Of his ability and uniform courtesy. The
latter briefly expressed his thanks for the
gift and good wishes.
Sheriff Ruenpler said:-'I believe I
am responsible for al lthis trouble here
tonight. When Mayor Seymour received
his subponet. he said Damn the sheriff.
/ don't want to gon onthe Grand Jury.
| From what have heard this evening he
i seems to have changed his mind. The
December Grand Jury Of last year has
satisfied the court, the press and the peo-
/ pie at large. (Cheers
1 Colonel Robert q. Smith stated that
the friendship formed ID the grand jury
/ room frequently continued through life
| I'LL con,piimented tie sherir On the high
| character of the men be had drawn ct