The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-29
DEFIED JUDGE DIXON
But This Morning the
City's Law Officers
Revised Their
Opinions.
MIR. CAREY SPEAKS OUT
Ills views Tldluly Dtdteu vi
Certioraris, DR.. McGill
Grand Juries and the
Coming Campaign.
AN INSPIRING SPECTACLE
DR.. McGill on the Defiance Of
the Supreme Court by the
Mayor and His Officials.
AN INSPIRING SPECTACLE

The astounding action of the Board
CT Hospital Trustees yesterday in as
st.millg 4 position of defiance to Supreme
.surt Justice Jonathan Dixon, caused
the biggest kind of stir. They defed
tie court by taking possession of the
City Hospital after notice, which acted
as stay, was served upon them, of a
rule to show cause why a writ of certio-
rari should not be granted. The notice,
which W. s issued on petition of DR.. Nc
Gill, took to the Supreme Court for re-
view all proceedings pertaining to the
transfer of the hospital management and
funds by the Police Board to the Board
of Hospital Trustees. Nobody had ever
heard of such an act as the deliberate dis
regard by public officials of such man
date from the bench.
The trustees grabbed the hospital af-
ter a talk with Corporation Attorney
Robert Carey, who was called in by
Mayor Pagan to furnish legal advice
on the spot in the absence of Corporation
Counsel Record Mr.. Carey read the
notice and came to the conclusion that
the Court simply restrained the Police
Board from transferring the Hospital
funds, which were placed to their credit
BY the Board of Finance. He argued
that the Hospital Trustees We're ofiicially
III possession of the Hospital the moment
that Governor Murphy approved the act,
tire constitutionality of which is now in
dispute. therefore they couldn't be pre-
veltcd from taking charge of the hos
piral and staff and exercising all author
ity.
THE SEIZURE.
Mayor Pagan construed the tickl.sh
legal questions involved in the same man
ner. Then DR.. Dickinson and the other
trustees took a ride to the hilltop, in
vadcd tho hospital and notified Warden
Robert McAndrews that they were the
bosses Of the situation.
'sThe Police Board has transferred the
management of this hospital to our
boasd,7 Mr.. McAndrews was told, "and
henceforth all orders will emanate from
u.s.
Mr. MeAndrews said "Yes, sir,' and
after inspecting the buildings, the trus-
tees took their departure satisfied that
they hs,d got the better of DR.. McGill.
The trustees slept beautifully all night
al,d awoke this morning greatly refresh
ell. Not so with the law department of
the city, whose dreams were disturbed by
tho realization that another serious
blunder had been made and that Justice
Dixon was liable to do something to city
Officials who dared for minute to as
sumo that they could ride rough shod
over orders Of the court
The law department decided that the
Hospital trustees were in a hole and pro-
cceded to do its best to get them out
of it.
Mr.. Carey called on Mayor Fagan and
so did DR.. Dickinson, who had heard iu-
inors that men were sometimes sent to
Jail for contempt Of court.
BACKED DOWN.
They had Il heart to heart talk and on
the udrice of Mr.. Carey decided that the
trustees should hasten to rescind their ac-
tion Of yesterday and keep their hands
off the City Hospital until the certiorari
proceedings had been settled.
hurried call for a meeting was sent
out for the purpose Of giving the tras-