The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-02

Board had heard enough of the case and
declared it closed
Captain McKaig was gratified to hear
Eof his complete exoneration. He also
said he would have criminal proceedings
brought against ziegener on a charge of
| perjury and civil suit begun for SANDER.
ROUNDSMEN TRIED.
Roundsmen Ramsay and Noonan were
tried at the same time on motion of their
counsel, John ]. Mulvany, both pleading
not guilty. The charge against them was
Iaccepting money from Robert D. Green
on Sunday morning, August III
James Fl. G. Green, brother of Rob-
--ert d. Green, was first called. His story
was as follows and Counselor Mulvany
could hot shake it,
1On Sunday morning, August II,
about 1870 o'clock, / was awakened by
an officer in full uniform, who told me
that my brother was in the Fourth Pre-
cinct station house and wanted me to
I get bail for him. j went with the officer
and at the station house saw Roundsman
Ramsay behind the desk and Rounds
man Noonan in front Of it. was taken
TO my brothers ssoell and had d few
moments conversation with him.
Rolndsman Noonan then told me to go
with him and we went down Communi-
paw avenue almost to the junction We
met the Justice of the Peace.
ssJust before meeting the Justice,
Noonan stopped and said:-s.Now. look
here. everything I tell you must be kept
under your belt. A lot of people were
up to the station house last night to bail
out your brother, but the captain was so
lscranky he scared them away. Every
thing we do must be done quickly for if
lthey knew what we were doing we
would not be allowed to do it.
| we then met the justice and returned
| to the station house, where the bond was:
Isdrawn after some little time as there ap-
l.peared to be something wrong about it.
TALKS OF BRIBES.
sRoundsman Noonan suggested that
we have drink, and he and / went
Through the stable and over to Lembeck's S
! saloon, where he took whiskey and took
Isarsaparilla While going to the saloon
/ Noonan told me they had been very kind
/ to my brother, giving him glass of milk
1 and sandwiches and lending him Captain
McKaig's blankets. l remarked, in
/ joking manner, If the captain knew a
niger had used his blanket / don't know
| what he would do
When my brother was brought out
/ Noonan said fix up Ramsay by giving
him couple of dollars. Ramsay came
from behind the desk and stood next to
me, looking across the desk in a foxy
manner. gave him S.
sNoonan, Justice of the Peace John
/ Wall, my brother and myself all came
out together. On the bottom step of the
station house my brother gave Wall So
/ at Noonan's suggestion. We all went
back to the saloon, which Noonan and I
/ had been in, and had two rounds of
! drinks. Patrolman Costello had come
up in the meantime and joined u.s. Sew
eral officers came out while we We're
standing in front of the station house,
Counsellor Mulvany asked Green why
he first made the charges and the witness
replied that his counsel had told him that
if these Irregularities were proved it
would strengthen their endeavor to show
that the arrest of Green was not legal
LIE, SAYS WALL.
John Wall, the justice of the peace
who drew the bond, was sworn and said
that Green's testimony was lie from
4 beginning to end. He said he did not
meet Green until he got to the station
house at the request of another colored
man, and that no money was passed or
saloon entered while he was present.
POLICE DENIALS.
Roundsmen Ramsay and Noonan also
denied the testimony Of Green. PATROL
men Graf, Keefe, VESSEL and Dolan
all testified that they were in the station
house while Green was there, and did
not see Noonan at all.
Patrolman Mullins was charged with
having been implicated also, but it was
proved that he was upstairs asleep dur
ing the entire time Green said he was in
the station house. Mullins was complete
1 ly exonerated. The charges against Pa
trolman Costello were for being in a sa-
loon in full uniform.
/ Emil Schaffer, bartender for Lem
beck, in whose saloon the drinks were
said to have been purchased, testified that
he was cleaning up on the morning in
question and did not serve any drinks
to any policemen or colored men,
There was considerable argument as
to whether Mr.. Ziegener should be al
lowed to put the question did you sell
any liquor on Sunday" which was ruled
out.
After the board had been in secret ses-
sion about twenty minutes, President
Tilden addressed the men on trial as fol
lows:
Captain McKaig, we find you not
guilty and dismiss the charges
'.Romdsmen Ramsey and Noonan, the
board has given your cases very careful
j consideration, and from the fact that
one of the main witnesses is not present
and the testimony of the other witnesses
has not been corroborated we are forced
to find you not guilty and dismiss the
charge. We want to warn you however,
to be careful in the future
sOfficer Costello, the same remarks