The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-01-05
ROW IN COURT.
Lawyers Dougherty and
Goldenhorn Have a
Hot Time.
ALMOST ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT
Spectators After Hearing the
the Lie. Passed Eagerly :.
Watched for Blows.
ALMOST ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT

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Counsellor William M. Dougherty, of
No. 2S Magnolia avenue, was arraigned
at the bar of the First Criminal Court
| this morning on a charge of assault and
battery, preferred by Albert Koth of No.
217 Pacific avenue In the course of the
/ proceedings he was several times on the
verge, apparently, of striking Counsellor
Isaac Goldenhorn, who appeared as the
representative of Mr.. Tkoth. Mr..
Dougherty gave Mr.. Goldenhorn the lie
and threatened the counsellor after shak
ing his first under the latter's nose Tt
was necessary for Court Officer McGurk.
| to separate the two in order to avert a
| fight in front of Police Justice Hoos s.
| bench. 1t was the most serious alterca-'
ton between lawyers that has occurred
! in that court in many moons
The close approach to rough and
! tumble fight followed Counsellor Golden
| horns accusation that Mr.. Dougherty
was prosecuting an innocent man in orr
| der to shield himself from a just punsh-
ment Mr.. Dougherty became so in
censed that he threw off his overcoat and
rushed up to Mr.. Goldenhorn with fire
| in mis- eye.
! In conjunction with the charge against
Mr.. Dougherty, there was a charge
| against Mrs. Augusta Sith of grand lar
ceny. These two cases We're together be-
| cause it was while Mr.. Frank Smith, who
makes the charge against his wife, was
seeking to get some of his goods from
! her rooms at Mr.. Koth's house that Mr..
Dougherty who accompanied Mr.. Smith,
| struck Mr.. Koth. The rumpue in which
| the assault was made took place last
! Monday.
| After a preliminary hearing in Chancery
on Monday morning in the divorce case in
which both Mr.. and Mrs. Smith sued for
| absolute separation from each other, Mr..
Smith and Counselor Dougherty took out
a search warrant giving them the right to
search the Koth house for goods alleged
to have been stolen from Mr.. Smith by
| his wife and removed and kept at Mr..
| Koth's place. Mrs. Smith has acted as
| Mr.. Koths housekeeper for the three
years in which she has been away from.
her husband. When the search party arr
1 rived the fight took place. Mrs Smith
was arrested charged with grand larceny.
Both cases were set down for this morn
| ing.
Mr.. Dougherty when called, said he
would waive examination and go before
| the Grand Jury. Then Mrs. Smiths case
was called. Counselor Goldenhorn ap-
peared for her. A big crowd was in the
court room as the word had gone around
| that there would be some fun. There was
for the spectators.
! When the complaint was read Mr..
Goldenhorn move d for the discharge of
Mrs Smith on the ground that in the
eyes of the law wife cannot steal from
her husband.
ST resist that motion because of the
| facts in the case,'' began Mr.. Dougherty.
1.-THE law that the wife cannot steal from
| the husband is rught, but when the wife
| takes the stolen goods and place them in
the house of her paramour, she is guilty
of thelft and he is guilty of receiving
| stolen goods. This man Koth with whom
Mrs Smith is living as his housekeepef
Is her paramour as we have shown in
| Chancery in the divorce proceedings and
/ I insist on the continuance of the COM
plaint."
| Argument on this point was taken up
| by Counselor Goldenhorn. He denied Mr..
| Koth was Mrs Smiths paramour and
decried as shame the allegations made
| by Mr.. Dougherty. He said Mr.. Koth
was good man of pure morals and his
character should not be assailed.
With scorn in his tone Mr.. DougherR
denied the purity of Mr.. Koth and
reiterated his statement that the two were
living together in an immoral and Illegal
manner. Then he started to prove this
by descriptions of the arrangements of
the rooms in Mr.. Koth's house and went
on in laundering voice to attach the
virtue of Mrs. Smith.
Mr.. Goldenhorn interrupted several
times until Mr.. Doughertys patience was
taxed beyond it's limit and he demanded
| the floor.
| 81 intend to continue my argument"
! said Mr. Dougherty "and I intend to con-
1 tinue as Charles O'Connor said he want
/ ed to be shaved, in perpetual silence
/ .Well,"e retorted Mr.. Golden. ''if you
/ don't know any more law than that
| recommend you to remain in Hoboken. .
Mr.. Dougherty recently succeeded to the
law practice of the late Congressman
| William D. Daily.
/ Undaunted Mr.. Dougherty continued to
denounce Mr. koth in bitter terms. Mr.
Goldenhorn put on the last straw by say
ing
''If your Honor please it is evident that
| Mr.. Dougherty is trying to array public
opinion against Mr.. Koth in order to
shield himself from just punishment on
| the charge he is here on
Mr.. Dougherty was setting in the wit
ness chair listening at the time. Wlzrs
the above remark was made he jumped
to his feet with a rudeness that
almost up set the chair, and thew Off his
oGvercoat. He seemed about to spring at
Mr. Goldenhorn. There was fight in his
eyes and he yelled as he ram
you say what is untrue. what you
know is untrue and propose to make you
acknowledge it now and here (here Court
OFFICER McGurk separated the two) 'sor
in the near future in some other place.
| During this recital Mr. Dougherty was
shaking his fist under Mr.. Goldenhorn's
nose and everyone was on the tip toe of
expectancy. All thought alb low would be
struck.
Mr. Godenhorn took occasion to say
that Mr.. Deugherty's manner or de-
nouncing Mr.. Koth and Mr. Smith was
shameful.
Oh you say that in all cases and all
courts,'' replied Mr. Dougherty
ssYess that's whv 4 ALWAYS heat v41,1