Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-23
Jacob RahinOwitz Putting up
Hard Fight in Case
Now Being Tried.
SEVERE EXAMINATION.
Lawyer Cowenhoven Acting with Lawyer
PIechner Asked Sharp Questions
Wanted to Know If the Police were No.
Assisting Morris SIobodien to Get Clear
of the Defendant,
Special to tie Evenin,g Meas.

SDGCLuI 10 me EUGUIWS IFe1US.
New Brunswick, Jan. 23-That Jacob
Rabinowitz. of Perth Amboy, means
to bitterly contest the charge of keep
ing disorderly house upon which he
was indicted and put on trial before
Judge Strong yesterday afternoon
here, was clearly shown in the severe
cross. examination which Chief Burke
was put to by Lawyer @. 4. Cowen-
hoven, who is associated with Lawyer
George J. Plechner, of Perth Amboy,
in the case.
Prosecutor Voorhees, told the Jury
in opening That he would prove the
defendant conducted a house of i'll
repute at Perth Amboy. The defense
will claim that the defendant was
arrested and indicted out of spite
through the efforts of Morris Slobo
diem who occupies the upDer part OF
the house where Rabinowitz formerly
had saloon and that Slobodien, i'll
the effort to get the defendant out of
the house used the police and county
courts to force him out through the
charge upon which he is now standing
trial
Ohiaf Burke was the only witness
called yesterday. The chief said he
Ihaa- beer tia Chief for twelve years.
Rabinewitz kept a saloon in sort OF
fatirnn building at the corners OF
New Brunswick, Madison avenues and
Fayette street. The place was closed
January 4 and complaint made before
the Excise Board as to the place being
disorderly.
On cross s-examination the chief said
he had ordered slot machine taken
ont of the place at one time. He de-
MED that Morris Slobodien had told
him that he had sold the saloon bust
ness to the defendant for less than
what it was worth and had tried every
means to get him out of the place and
having faNAd that he wanted the
police to break it up and drive Rabin-
owitz out. He also denied that Slobo-
dien had offered him any considera-
tion to break up the place.
The chief was CLOSELY questioned as
to where he got his Information upon
which he based his complaint as to
the place being a disorderly house.
He said Slobodien and Others, the
latter including some Italians. He
was asked the names of the Italians
and said he could not give them.
e. Judge Strong asked the lawyer what
difference it made where or from
whom the information came, Italians
or anybody, so long as it was all
right. The question was as to wheth-
er the place was disorderly house or
not and not where the information
came from. Judge Strong thought
that when witnesses, who were the
informants, were sworn it would be
plenty time enough for the lawyer fol-
the defense to find out who they were.
The Judge finally overruled this line
of questioning.
The chief was then asked from
whom he received the first complaint.
Chief Burke said ne did not care tc
answer this unless the court directed
as the parties did not want theil
names mentioned in the case. Judge
Strong did not force the chief to
answer the question under the circum
stances Upon the examination Of
Chief Burke being finished the cast
was adjourned till Monday next.
The jury trying the case is as fol
lows: Charles Dumas, this city
foreman william j. Silence, Raritan
William Morrell, Madison; ]. J. Hart
shoFne, South Brunswick; Abraham
Anderson, South Brunswick; William
n. Carson, this city; Douglas Mont
Qomery, East Brunswick; William f
RaIdolnh, Piscata way George Ely
South Brunswick; Frederick Groves
Cranbury; James Collins, South Am
bow; Isaac Messerolle, North Brnns
wick.
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