The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-03
POOL HUSTLES STENOGRAPHER
.ISO LAWYERS. WITNESSES AND
fOPS AT JEFFERSON MARKET.
british Consul Win serlo.Conic Subpoena
waits in Court white Justice Is
nisuenscd In The Anter01n'-Girl
Strlhcrs Took In the Waterman

drawer "A notebook lndt Hdu pctA al "HlNV'
ave the pink rulings at morn, but which
al the close Of the day was filed TO the
last page with the sayings OF Magistrate
POOL and OF the witnesses whose Utmost
thoughts and feelings his ine1orable ques-
tioning had laid bare 1t was not heavy
court dav 30 far as quantity goes. Only
sftv cases were heard, whereas $50 are
son,etimes passed upon in as brief time.
The, British Consul waited all the morn
ing for a hearing. like Or. johnson in Lord
Chesterfields anteroom. The trlfing dif-
ference was that Magistrate Pool held his
court IN the anteroom and the Consul sat
In ro,Ir, The case in which he was sub
,rnacd az a witness mad been set down
Tor 10 o'clock II was a few minutes before
noon when the hearing began. Possibly
had the Consul been able to watch the pro-
ccednrs he might not have objected.
Pauline Rosen and Martha Sholnek,
GOOD looking factory girls, were accused
bv John McGrath. a private Waterman lot
Fox Iederer & Co, cap manufacturers at
Fourth and Mercer streets, OF making a
disturbance in the streets and interfering
with him when he was cscorting home
employees of the factory.
There is strike" testified McGrath
.and was looking after two non-union
girls These defendants ran after us,
shouted scab and other bad words, and
Pauline Rosen said IN cut the heart out
Of YOU
why? Did she7 You didn't believe
nor did you?- asked Magistrate Pool,
earnestly Then turning to Pauline, he
questioned her.
Were you going to cut this mans heart
OUT Did YOU have any knife to cut 1t out
vuh?'
40" replied the girl He said he would
make me arresdet. He grabbed US. 80 We
grabbed him and took him to de station
house
You took him instead Of his taking you,
eh7" asked the Magistrate.
Yes. dots ride, declared the girl.
LAWYER Frank Goldsmith tried 10 get
in word for the complainant, but the
Magistrate pounded the desk hard.
BE uuiet" he exclaimed. Sit down
or III have you out of here.
Then Mark Alter tried to get in word
for the defence but the Magistrate sooihed
him with this admonition;
Don't get so excited You scare me-
When he had extinguished all the Law yers
and complanants he summed up
Now his girl denies that she took the com
plainant = heart. either by cutting or other
wise"
He questioned the other girl. confirming
himself and everybody else strictly to the
heart question, and then discharged both
prisoners
Jane. Forbes Of the Charity Organiza
4
tailed to the -ocietys headquarters brought
in on a charge of vagrancy George Godfrey.
Is wears old, Of 70 Madison street. and Jo-
sepn Higgins, ~, Of 90 Market street Forbes
said
These men were soliciting money for
the Longshoremen and Freight Handlers
Union which they said had an office at 100
South street. There is no such union TO be
found at that office or anywhere else and
the men do not live at the addresses which
they give
Godfrey told the Court that he was only
selling tickets to a reunion. He said he re-
oeived s. a day and 80 cents expenses.
To show that he was not vagrant and
had visible means of support. Godfrey drew
out $500 in five yellow backed bills.
He didn't have those when we arrested
him. said Policeman Platt. The bills we're
confscated till the case ii decided.
Who Is the president of your society?'
asked Magistrate Pool Of Godfrey,
Kennedy was the answer.
Where is he?T
Il saw him day before yesterday along
shore
Ha, he horny hands and overalls?'
Not Of the upper ten, like you. pursued
Magistrate Pool That's the man we
want To see Get subpoena for Kennedy.
Bring in your whole committee men Of the
real kind Bring Irishmen. They blurt
ont the truth
During the hearing after the complaint
had been sworn to. Magistrate Pool took up
his pen and made rks on the papers,
saving TO Forbes as he did So
I've taken out 'vagrant.' That isn't
the night charge according to the testi-
mony we are getting
The complaint now reads:
George Godfrey now here) an idle
person without lawful means OF employ
ment or visible means OF support, did solicit
money or aid at 40 Lafayette place and
Here the words lis vagrant, are crossed
out an impostor"
The case will be heard again on Monday
When at last tho case OF Charles Lukins
Davis charged with "disorderly conduct
by Manager George ". Moore Of the Gisey
House was called, Give Bayley, British
the side room where Magistrate Pool holds
court He came in obedience to a sub
rtrna to the British Counsel which he
avs We will frame. First Of all. Magistrate
Pool recalled at great length the testimony
If the preceding day, referring TO Man
nger Moore's statement that Davis had OBJ
tanned board at another hotel also. At first
the Magistrate refused 10 let Davis say
anything: but finally he allowed him TO deny
that he owed anybody money. Then the
Magistrate ruled all questions Of board
hills out Mr. Moore testified that Davis
spoke disrespectfully of his rules and OF
hi- hotel
There Is sufficient evidence. said the
Magistrate. ito show that this gentleman
for no doubt he is a gentleman, and as such
naturally resented any imputation as TO his
honor-that this gentleman, | say, or his
department and his language, we're such
~ 70 constitute the offence known as dis
orderly conduct and | hold him in 500
bail for good behavior for one month
Consul Bayley. after some discussion
with the clerk as to what security he could
offer bailed Davis out.
Thank you for coming said Magistrate
Pool we did not reach the point Tor
which YOU were called
Young Davis said he was going to sue
pretty nearly everybody.
Ntpr these more exciting cases Magls-
'raie Pool devoted himself for the re-
l1ainder ~ the day TO correcting the Ian
glago Of pOliCpmpn