The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-01-04

CL0SSEY INDICTED
Grand Jury Finds True Bill
Against Custodian Of
the Baldwin Club.
GENE" SULLlvAA'S CASE
Inquest Refuses to Indict and
Court Gives it Another
Chance.

court by the Grand Jury yesterday after
noon against William Glossy, the alleged
proprietor of poker game at No o72
Newark avenue, which was raided by the
| police on the night Of September i6 last.
The indictments, one of which charges
Clossey with gambling and the other
with conducting a disorderly house, We're
found in conformity with Justice Collins's
suggestion at the opening of the Decem-
J Der term, when he charged that II the
Grand Jury found the evidence suffi-
eient they might supplement the indict-
naent found by the last Grand Jury
against the Baldwin Social Club by in
/ dlvidual indictments.
Tie rooms OF the Baldwin Social
Club of which Clossey was treasurer.
were raided by the police on evidence se-
! cured by DR.. Chauncey Everitt and
Chance1nan Langon. DR.. Everitt says he
i played poker at the place going there
simply to save young friend. who was
an habitual player, from being ruined, tIs
| introduced Policeman Langon, who also
played.
Glossy c1a;ms that DR.. Everitt was Z
regularly proposed and elected member
of the club and thar he introduced Lam
| gon as a prospective member who he
would propose On that account the po-
/ Iiceman was allowed to play. DR.. Everitt
: denies that he ever was member OF the
4 club. which is regularly Incorporated as
a social organization
The case of Eugene Sullivan the alleged
proprietor Of a pool room on Pavonia
avenue, which was raided by the pollce
several months ago wac also considered,
but no bill found. 1t is said that the vote
on the question of indicting sullivan
] stood 14 for to against In addition TO
the evidence produced before the two
previous Grand Juries, which claimed 1t
WIS not sufhcient to base an Indictment
on. Foreman Peterson produced two ad-
ditional witnesses in the persons of Ferdi-
nand Ockrey and Albert Mansfield, en-
ploves Of the United States Express Com
pany, OF which the Grand Jury foreman
4 is the local superintendent.
Ockrey is the colored man who says
he made a 81 bet in suliivan's place re-
\ Gently on horse that won and that ne
received 81 after the race was over. When
the place was raided by the police on this
/ evidence Ockrey was unable TO identity
anyone with whom he had placed the
I bet or the man who had paid him the
money. He refused to make complaint
and the prisoners taken IN the raid were
discharged.
/ Ockrey's testimony yesterday, 1t was
said. was in substance that he had placed
a 81 bill on table announcing that ne
wanted to bet on a certain horse. He did
not see anyone take the money, but later
the bartender pointed to 81 laying on the
bar and said it belonged to him.
The testimony OF Mansfield. it is said,
| was to the effect that several months
! ago he had played the races in Sullivan
place. Other witnesses examined IN the
/ sullivan case were City Clerk Michael j..
| o'Donnell, Chief of Police Murphy, De-
teetive Larkins and Police Captain John
F. Kelly
| The Grand Jury went into session
shortly after 1 o'clock and 1t was not
until $50 that Justice Collins and Judge
Blair. who were waiting to receive them,
got word that they We're ready to come
into court. 1t was ten minutes later when
the December Term body, headed by
Foreman Peterson and Under Sheriff John
]. Heavey filed into court and formed in
! a senni-circle before the bench
] In response to the usual question by
the clerk. the foreman handed in batch
two against CIossey. Afterwards he
handed to the clerk the presentment in
| the Chartrand case.
Justice Collins, after closely scrutinizing
! the indictments. ordered them handed
down to the Sessions Court, and, turning
to Foreman Peterson, said
.srhe Court does not find among the in
dictments presented any in certain other
cases upon which the Court charged you
at the opening of the the term The Court
understands from the Prosecutor that the
cases have been before you and it pre-
sunes you have reached conclusion.
have the bills that were drawn in those
cases and the Court hands you these bills
| and instructs you TO retire. The Court
will wait fifteen minutes to receive your
| report You may report either true bills
or ignore them by the common law term
s.ignoramns" The evidence has been pre-
! sented before you and the Court awaits
your return on these bills. If you desire
any instructions from the Court on the
question of sufficiency or insufficiency or
legality of evidence, the Court will be
pleased to give it."
The prevalent impression among the
few interested spectators in the dinly
lighted court room was that the three
bills handed by the Court to Foreman
Paterson were bills covering the Clossey
and Sullivan cases. but later, after the
Grand Jury had retired. the rumor spread
that Glossy had already been indicted
The bills, it is said, were all in the
and no bill found in the Sullivan case
sullivan case and charged him, as well
as his reputed employees, Ford and Kenny,
with various ofrenses.
In about ten minutes after the Grand
Jury had retired committee. consist
ing Of Frederick G. Wolbert, w. J. Dy-
nan and James r. Cannon. waited upon
Justice Collins and Judge Blair in the
Court Chambers. The doors leading to
the court room were closed during the
conference but it was rumored after
wards that the committee had been APP
pointed to obtain from the Court infor-
nation as to the question Of sufficency
of evidence, and also to ask for an ex-
4are;or, of time for the further consid-