The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-03
MELEE IN COURT
Exciting Scene in Chancefy
At the Closing Hearing
in White Bribery
Charge.
DAVID ROsS'S REPUTATION
Vice Chancellor Pitney and
Ex-Judge Hudspeth Differs
AS to Effect of Bar
room Talk.

| Pitneys court early this afternoon an
which Counsellor Zeli Ward of Paterson
| and George Wallace White of West Ho-
boken, father Of the doctor of that name
whose divorce suit is before the court
/ figured.
| This morning; before Vice Chancellor
Pitney, was the third hearing of the
charge against DR.. White that he az
tempted to bribe witnesses to keep away
from court The father of the doctor SAT
directly behind Lawyer Ward, who repre-
sented Mrs. White. In the course OF the
! testimony adduced discrediting the char
acter of the Doctors accuser, Colonel
| Ward gave vent to his feelings by sotto
voce remarks like Ai
/ STUFF, ridiculous testimony, absurd. :
This nettled old man White and when
Vice Chancellor Pitney stepped off the
bench at recess. the door into the private
chambers had barely closed behind hi1la
when White went for the lawyer. The
| preliminaries couldn't be heard. but their
voices became louder and angrier and
then the lawyers and witnesses heard old
man White fairly scream:-
II never was shot at by my employer. !"
This alIusion to some chapter in Mr..
1
mad with rage
"I'll knock you - head off, he cried,
and rushed on White with fists clinched
and eyes blazing with anger. Lawyers
/ and friends of both parties rushed and
prevented a mix up Half a dozen held
the burly form of Mr.. Ward back, and
another half a dozen men kept Mr.. White
at bay, much to. the disappointment OF
! f.fl
White faction, who shouted to the others
| to let them go and give the men fair
show. There was nice little row pre-
! vented by the councils of counsel. and
Mr.. Ward bottled UP his wrath and strode
on Mr. White, after receiving the con-
graduation of his friends, was escorted
/ to the elevator and the incident closed.
Pretty nearly every official in the town
/ cf West Hoboken was in Chancery Cham
bers this morning to tell Vice Chancellor
| Pltrey what bad reputation fer truth
ard veracity was possessed by David Ross
VINO made the bribery charge in the d.
vorce suit Of Dr. wallace White against
| his wife, Mrs. May White. Some of these
| gentlemen said they had heard Ross's
| shortcomings discussed in barrooms.
..lt is simply taking up the time Of the
4 -
to nothing said Vice Chancellor Pitney,
! impatiently.
.It's good proof that people knew his
reputation urged ex-Judge Robert 5
| Hudspeth.
II don't know, Judge. replied the vice
/ Chancellor, II am afraid that your and
my reputation might not stand high in
| barroom gossip" {Larghter.)
Il think ,nire would replied the Judge,
| and another laugn followed
Judge Hudspeth, who is defending Dr.
White, maintains that the bribery story is
a conspiracy on the part of young Eddie
! link. correspondent in the case Ross
/ and Giikerson, and his witnesses were on
the line of discrediting the character OF
! those individuals.
Mrs. Rachel Heitman, who said sne
lived on the Haekensack Plank road,
was the first witness called. She was
with Mrs Young at the last hearing Of
| the divorce suit when Edward link, 1t IS
alleged walked up to Ross and assured
/ him that he would make good the $40 he,
Ross, had spent over bribing Gilkerson,
/ and praising him for sticking to his story
/ ,Witness said that Mrs. White was also in
| conversation with link.
| Henry Hiedrick, who said he was a
birch beer brewer of Blum street. Union
/ Hill, followed the last witness. The
| "hrewer'' had attended the hearing. leav-
| ing the brewery to take care of itself. He
| last Monday was on a car with link and
Ross. He heard them talking, and Ross
said:-.'Things went pretty hard today
and link said:-"We can fix things
At this statement, the yice-Chancellor
said that he couldn't hear any more about
such testimony, when Judge Hudspeth
i Jumped up and said 1t was a conspiracy
on the part of Ross, link and Gilkerson
to "fx the testimony, and he insisted it
was material.
Il allow you to go on" said the Vice
! Chancellor.
Gustav Herman also said that he met
Ross two weeks after the hearing of the
4 case and Ross said:- Since link got me
in this. he's got to get me out of It."
The court wouldn't permit any cross
examination.
.Dclly' Wedsman the druggist, was
again recalled, and fatty denied that he
had drunk with Ross zlnk and others In
a saloon two weeks ago. link and others
said he did,
George w. Laud, cigar dealer of
Hackensack Plank Road. was also in
court on the memorable Monday" He
saw DR.. White hand some money to Spitz.
the red-headed sleuth who had asked for
some.
i DR.. william Menger, of Union Fill, cor
A roborated the former witness.
James Capp, of Bergenline avenue, said
Ross was booster" or agrafter.' and had
invited him to be one.