The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-02-16

engaged an extensive suite of Office rooms
in the Commercial Trust Company's
building in Exchange place. Agents
were sent all over the country securing
orders for barrels of whiskey, large
amount of which the company claimed to
have in bond On receiving the order,
the salesman would give the purchasers
a warehouse receipt, draw up contract
requiring the purchaser to pay a certain
| sum in cash and give notes for the bal
anee. Letters of inquiry concerning fail
ure of delivery were frequent The writ
ers We're told to send on $50 for liquor
tax, and the warehouse certificate with
which to get the liquor out of bond
That, it is alleged, would be the last the
victims would hear of the matter. AM
other company, the Traders Supply Com
pany. seeking shipment of general mer-
chandise to be sold on commission, was
DSSun. ~ iSlSIciicc q ellAtI oupaug
was solicited each would use the Others
name as guaranteeing that each was O.
K
1t is alleged that William J. jacobson,
son OF Adolph Jacobson, Sr., was presi-
dent of the Traders Company. Adolph
jacobson. Jr., was treasurer Of the Con-
sumers' Distilling Company. One Sgd
ney Osborne figured as president Of the
latter company,
The concerns are also supposed TO have
been connected with A. B. Powell & Co.,
who were conducting "a business similar
to that of the Consumers Distilling
Company in Bloomfield street, Hoboken,
and who six months ago were raided by
the Sheriff and a sale was ordered of
goods found in possession of the COM
pany. Persons who made purchases
found bottles of supposed whiskey filed
with water and casks filed with other
useless stuff. 1t is said that concern got
away with $4,000.
About this time complaints against the
Consumers Distilling Company and the
Traders Supply Company poured in from
all parts of the country The band got
frightened, closed their establishments,
and disappeared. Then came John
Kasesak, saloonkeeper, of No. 554 East
Diamond street, Hazleton, Pa, who call
ed at Police Headquarters here and in
quired about the Consumers Distilling
Company. He had ordered large guam
tity of whiskey for which he had paid in
advance. No trace of the company was
found, and Kasesak went before the
Grand Jury and secured Jacobson's in
dictment.
Ignes Schoenshine, who at one time
was employed as clerk by one of the
companies, went into business for him
self. He had six Smith Premier type
writers sent on to an Office he opened in
the Weldon building in this city, to be
sold on commission. He disposed of
these without making any returns. He
was arrested ten days ago in New York,
and he is now in Ludlow street Jail.
Governor Odell has honored Governor
Murphy's requisition for his extradition.
Adolph jacobson, sSr.,. the man arrest
ed in Bayonne Saturday night, is said to
have been managing salesman for the
Consumers Distillery Company
1t was expected that Lawyer Isaac
Goldenhorn would make application to
Judge Blair in the Court of General Ses-
sions this morning for the release on bail
of Adolph Jacobson, Sr., who, with Sam
uel Osborne and Adolph jacobson, Jr.,
was indicted by the April term Grand
Jury for wholesale swindling, and who
was arrested in Jersey City on Saturday
evening.
Word to this effect was received at the
Prosecutors Office this morning, and
Prosecutor Speer at once communicated
with Chief of Police Murphy and learn
cd that there were many additional COM
plants pending against the accused The
States representative was prepared to
urge that bail be fixed in considerable
sum, but Mr.. Goldenhorn failed to ap-
pear to make his application before Judge
Blair left the Court House.