Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-05-18
Jury Impressed With the Strong
Arguments Of the Defendants
Counsel and the Telling
Testimony Of Witnesses.
CHILDREN ATTRACTED BY MUSIC.
REPRESENTED l,2oo PEOPLE.


On cross examination he was asked
what made him say the remonstrance
he presented to the Excise Board
against the license with but thirty.one
signers represented 1920 people. The
pastor replied that he understood that
the clerks of his own, the Methodist,
Presbyterian and Danish churches
had been authorized to sign the petit
tion for the church and that his church
had membership of 233, the Metho-
dists about 400, the Presbytelans 300
and the Danish church 300.
William Fl. Reilley, of State street,
member of the Methodist church,
swore to seeing three men coming out
of the Fitzgerald place singing loudly
as If intoxicated On cross examine
tion he said they came out of the
alley way adjoining the place.
William Price of Center street, had
seen men coming out of the alley
pretty hot as if half drunk. He was
there one Sunday, having gone to
meet man by appointment and had
purchased a glass of beer himself. A
woman stood at the end of the bar.
DRANK THERE SUNDAYS.
Thomas B. Jones, of State street,
was called next. He had boarded with
the Fitzgeralds and had seen the
place open on Sunday the same as any
other day. He had been in the bar
room on Sunday and had seen liquor
sold then. He had also seen drunken
men there time and again on Sunday.
On ross-examination he said he
was locomotive engineer and worked
every other Sunday. He left the
Fitzgeralds last September. He had
taken his meals at their place and
slept at the Hotel Central. Last Aug
ust some one stole his clothes at that
hotel and he left. He then found a
place where he could eat and sleep
and stopped eating at the Fitzgeralds.
He was asked if he did not have bad
feeling against the Fitzgeralds be-
cause he had asked them to testify in
his divorce suit against his wife on his
side of the case and they had refused
He said he had never asked them to
do SO and did not know what his
lawyer had done. He was not un-
friendly to them.
Thomas Lucas, of 7S Fayette street,
a tailor living forty-fve yards from
the Fitzgerald place, had seen men
coming out of the alleyway on Sun
day and heard, the piano PLAYING till
midnight. He had four children who
were attracted by the piano music and
about fifty children he had seen there
some nights listening to the music.
On DISCRIMINATION he said he had
seen no drunks. on that street since
the saloon of the plaintiff had been
closed. Judge Heisley asked If that
alleyway led to any other properties
and he said he did not know, but to a
question of Lawyer Angleman as to
stables being there he said there were
some.
Former Postmaster John Fothergill
had seen dancing there on passing
Sundays and heard loud talking.
\ PLACE UNBEARAB BILE.
Miss Alice Martin next took the
stand. She lives twenty-five feet from
the old Fitzgerald place, there being
but one house between. She said she
got up the petition because the place
was unbearable in the old location
and when Fitzgerald stated to have a
transfer granted moving next door she
could not stand it any longer She
felt she could not live there. She had
seen drunkenness and drunken men
had used her porch so that its use was
made very unpleasant for her. She
saw no difference on Sunday from any
/ other day.
AS to seeing two men there one
Sunday night near midnight, she said
she got up from bed and watched the
men. She knew they went into Fitz-
gerald place because she heard the
door bang and she knew that bang,
having heard It 50 often that she coult
tell il by sound. She had seen few
drunken peenle III that nei ighbohoos