Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-12-07
JUSTICE FORT TAKES
CHARGE or INDICTMENTS
Will Preside at the Trial Of the
Men and Attorney General of
the State Will Assist Prose-
Cuior Berdine Holds the
Matter Of importance.
..Sbecial 10 the Eventng Meas.

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New Brunswick, Dec. 7:-Justice
J. Franklin Fort will preside at ihe
trial of the election officials, county
and city, who have been indicted by
the September grand jury which came
into court here yesterday afternoon
after IL was announced during the
morning that they would not make a
raport until next Thursday. There
are twenty.six indictments found and
Prosecutor Berdine is authority for
the statement that most of them are
against election officials ASA result of
the tiisfranchisemen of the HI voters
In the sixth ward here on election
day.
- Immediately upon the grand jury
handing in their bills through Fore.
man Litterst, Justice Fort took charge
of them. Ehis is,the first time In
many bssnsso of the court here that the
county clerk has not been permitted
to take charge Of the indictments and
proves that 1ustice Fort thinks them
to be Of unusual Importance. He will
try the Gases early in January aud
Prosecutor Berdine will be assisted by
Attorney General McCarter in look
ing after the cases for the State.
The two democratic members of the
County Board of Elections, Oliver
Kelly, of Metuchen, and Judge Fl.
h. Brown, of Browntown, are de.
clared to have been indicted, the
former for not attending the session
Of the county board on the Saturday
prior to election until noon and the
latter for leaving the room on that
morning and refusing to participate
In any business until Mr.. X ely
arrived. Mr.. Kelly was detailed in
New York city and Mr.. Brown held
that his absence made tine board stand
: two to one republican, both republi-
can membArs being present, while the
law intended that the board should
be paired of ard thus be non partisan.
tits said these two members Of the
county board have also been Indicted
: for refusing to register the Rutgers
college students, the board standing
two to two on this matter. The two
republican members voted in favor OF
registering the students.
The four members Of the first poll
Of the sixth ward election board nave
b len indicted for refusing to hold an
election. The republican members of
the district board. Judge Thomas
Corrigan and William Rastall, claimed
the democrntic members had held up
the envelopes. The democratic mem-
bers, 1t is said, have been indicted for
this. They are Philip Reilley and
James +. Dnnlap. 1t is understood
that there are indictments against the
whols board, for failing to accept the
votes Of Congressman Benjamin F.
Howell and others. There must be
uealry SCORE Of indictments as a re.
snlt of the election muddIe
Next Monday morning Justice Fort
will appear here to receive present
ment as to the Perth Amboy bridge
and the matter OF tine "hole in the
wallp at South Amboy. The present.
= ,nent will cover ths matter of the
bridge with regard to the failure Of
its completion and will also place the
blame Of the ''lioIe in the wall
whers the. county road underneath .
net work of seventeen tracks of tht
Pennsylvania railroad at South Am
boy ia impossible and the railroad
does not care to widen the roadwa,
because Of the expense in moving th'
tranka.