New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
NEW-JERSEY NEWS.
BRIBERY INQUIRY ORDERED
JUSTICE FORT TELLS THE MONMOUTH
GRAND JURY TO BE UNSPARING.

Freehold Jan. (SpeciaD.-The January
term of the Monmouth County court opened
here to-day and the grand jury was sworn in
as follows by County Clerk McDermott: Samuel
w. Kirkbride of Asbury Park, foreman; William
Giffard. William r. Stevens, William Cox, T.
s. Nesbitt, Eugene Fay. William d. Martin
James H. Baird Edward Cashion. Henry Camp
bell. David L. Applegate. Charles V. Crawford.
John Hendrckson, William Ely, Bloomfield
Hulick. DR.. William t. Macmillan. Charles A
Scott William Van Note. Joseph T. Field. Pat
rick McCue jr. William Appegate. James Hall,
George Hance Patterson and John H. Tunis.
Justice Fort then delivered a charge, in which
the main feature is his strong and emphatic
reference to the crime of bribery in the county.
about which much has been said of late. The
court said in part:
Since the election which occurred on November
6 last there have appeared in reputable news
charges quite crcumstantia in their character. OF
the bribery of voters at that election in this county
this character have been made before any of the
Gsa aqe e 10 be prered 5 f aop 0a SoT Is s
COURT fully advised Of the truth Of the alleged acts
soon after these publications to look into the
presented to the grand jury Any reasonable, ex-
pense to employ necessary detectives or others
It IS Quite difcSis ' for the court 1 to get at the
true facts in these cases The law is clear and ex-
punishable by 5oth fine and Imprisonment. It is
grand g Ga eaG6 ana Il ts Sey viii Is The eme
is in ,your. hands You come from almost every
toSWnship In The county, You know the men dpd ol
aso aqnT 59R s to be 0 used for h gsSs a
they regularly sell their sacred right of suffrage 10
one party or the other. do you not? The oath
inquire as well as true presentment make" You
do not have to wait for some person TO come be-
fore you with a complaint until a case is sent
the matter up yourself If you believe you you know n
just subpoena him before the grand jury and let
him purge his conscience under oath as TO what
1t was given, and follow each person who received
II with like subpoena until you get all the facts
leads to persons Of influence or to those holding
the same political belief yourself The man you
the bar Of justice should be the one who has dis
graced your political faith: and who would make
wherein you prefer TO dwell The court. with these
observations commits to you the conscientious per-
There is another matter to which the court also
desires to refer BY Sections 16t and 165 OF the
keep persons Confined in the county jail under
eighteen years old separate and apart from. and
them and other persons above such age confined
therein And it is made the duty Of the Chosen
Freehoders 70 arrange the jails that they shall
be kept separate and apart. and the statute de-
cares that IL it is iTpracticable so to arrange The
Freeholders to provide such places as shall be
desires you TO visit the tail, examine II on these
lines and as TO its sanitary CONDITION ana the
deem OF public concern and whether the statute Is
observed.
Sheriff BOARD OF Freehoders. but merely desires
the grand Jury to ascertain II the law is being
If you are Informed or have reason believe
that there has been ulegalitv or corrupt'on IN
or any township or borough other municipality
Of this county you should make inquiry into IT,