The Jersey City news., 1902-08-14
BLAIR'S HARD DAY
Twenty-four Years and $500
Shared Among a Round
Dozen Of Criminals.
ONE MAN GOES FREE
Lynch Only Thrashed a Man
Who Had Kicked His Deli
cate Wife.

Yesterday was sentence day in the
Quarter Sessions Court and severe but
well deserved punishment was meted out
by Judgs-Blair to several hundred offend
ders.
Thomas Clark. the Buffalo, N. H.,
criminal, who, when Railroad Detective
Humphreys found him on July % last
with two other men acting suspiciously
in the West Shore yards in Weehawken,
assaulted and attempted TO throw the
officer under rapidly moving passenger
train, was sentenced to pay fine OF
$500 and serve three years in State
Prison.
John Kelly. who, on July 6 last stab
bed and narrowly escaped killing Saloon
Keeper Daniel Kelly, of Bayonne. who
had ordered him out of the place when
he was ready to close for the night, was
sent to State Prison for five years.
BEAT HIS WIFE.
James Davis was beastly drunk on
July 21 last when he assaulted his wife
with a coal scuttle, inficting wounds on
her head that required several stitches.
He pleaded guilty and the court gave
him three years at State Prison.
Joseph Gilbert, negro. who, it is said,
has a record of stealing over forty biz
cycles and who. few weeks ago, stole
one belonging to Richard Behrens, boy
living at No 264 Summit avenue, was
sent to State prison for two years
When Edward Lynch. a respectable
looking elderly man. was arraigned on
a charge of assaulting Amos Kramer,
of No. 315 Willow avenue, Hoboken. As
sistant Prosecutor Vickers explained that
an investigation of the case had dis
closed that Lynch was greatly angered
when he learned that Kramer had struck
his. Lynch's, wife. who was in a delicate
condition, in the stomach, and Lynch had
given him a good thrashing. Judge Blair
remarked :4.sUnder those conditions
have no hesitancy in giving this man his
freedom. The complainant got no more
than he deserved"
STOLE RAZORS.
Joseph Hilton, whose picture is in the
Newark rogues' gallery, and who, on
July %. entered the barber shop of Ed
ward Markley. at No. 33S Henderson
street, Jersey City, and stole number
of razors, pleaded guilty and was sent
to State prison for three years.
Joseph Sullivan, who was arrested in
Newark on August 3, with seventy-fve
pounds of copper in his possession which
he had cut and stolen on the Kearny
meadows, pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to three years in State Prison.
one year longer than he had received
for similar crime in Newark in 1890.
James Ford colored. broke into the
stable of Henry Richard. at No. 80
First street, Jersey City, on July j,
and took horse and wagon and lot of
lumber, He was disposing of the latter
in Merseles street when arrested. He
said he was drunk and did not know
what he was doing. He was given eight
cen months at the county penitentiary in
which to sober up.
Owen Murray, who robbed a fellow
employe in Harrison of SIS watch,
which he afterwards sold in Newark
for So, was sent to the penitentiary for
nine months.
HOOKED A WAGON.
Arthur Brown, with dark brown
complexion, was sentenced to eighteen
months at the penitentiary. On July %
he broke into house at No. 222 Bar
row street, and stole a suit of clothes and
a pair of shoes. He was caught by De-
tective Bennett and pleaded guilty.
Michael Griffin pleaded guilty to as
sault and resisting an officer. On July 5
last. while intoxicated, he raised COM
motion at Park avenue and Third street,
Hoboken. An officer say him strike
woman and when he placed him under
arrest Griffin fought savagely. He will
serve three months at the penitentiary.
For stealing cheap watch and chain
from John Scanlon. who was sleeping in
the saloon kept by Anthony Ratio, at
No. 232 Willow avenue, tHoboken, Mich
ael Sullivan was sentenced to six months
in the county jail.
John Callahan got six months in Jail
for stealing five bags of oats in Bayonne.