Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-03
Grand Jury After the Saloon
keeperSfOr Liquor Violations
Law and Order League Active.
WILL PLEAD AT ONCE.
Reform Wave Is Sweeping Through
out the County-South River and
New Brunswick Are Already In
dicted-Detectives in This City
Last Sunday-Dunellen and Other
Places to BE Visited-Will Fight.
speoial 70 the EVENING NEws:

NEW BRUNSWICK, May 3,-The
work of the Law and Order League
detective quartet resulted in fifty
indictments being brought in yester-
day against saloonkeepers and hotel
proprietors in this city and vicinity
in the batch of seventy-five indict-
ments handed to Justice Fort by
Foreman James NJ Parsons.
Prosecutor Berdine had capiases in
many of the cases issued today by
the coutny clerk directing the men to
appear to plead. Some of them will
be arraigned tomorrow and others
probably Saturday. 1t is proposed to
dispose of the excise cases quickly,
and let those who expect to stand
trial say so so that dates for the trials
can be fixed at once.
May Plead Non Vult.
1t is expected that some of the par
ties will plead non vult and get their
medicine in the shape of fine as no
doubt fines will be the punishment
meted out in all of the cases. JUS
tice Fort and Judge Booraem held a
conference at the adjournment of
court yesterday afternoon and it is
said that the matter was thoroughly
discussed as to the disposition to be
made of these cases.
Some of those indicted may fight.
1t is said that some of the parties in
volved and whose names have been
connected with the excise cases de-
4 clare that they can prove that the
detectives, who made the complaints
against them, were never in their
places. One man says the detective
only got as far as his hall and was
never inside the barroom.
Largest Number of Indictments.
This is the largest number of ex-
else indictments handed in by a
grand jury in this county for years
and a good sized bunch of money will
be gathered in by the county by
fines from the result of this crusade
against violators of the law.
The Methodist church is RESPONSE
BILE for this clean sweep of liquor vio-
lation cases as it was through the eff
forts of Rev. S. H. Ham, superinten-
dent of this work for the New Jersey
conference brought about by his re-
cent visit to the conference here that
! the investigation was started and the
ministers of the town are delighted
with the fruitful result.
The crusade was not only carried
! on here but in South River and last
| Sunday the detectives were at work
at Perth Amboy. They will also visit
Dunellen and Piscataway and practi-
cally cover all sections of the coun-
! ty so that Middlesex will have stir
ring up in every section and an effort
made to stop violations of the liquor
law on Sunday.
The investigation is said to have
brought indictments in some thirty
odd cases here among them being the
Mansion House, and others of the
well known hotels and, saloons. Some
of the local indictments cover disor-
derly house cases and against some
of the local saloon dealers it is said
there are indictments for Sunday
sales as we'll as for keeping a disor-
derly house.
Other Places Included.
The indictments for disorderly
house, 1t is said, have been found
against the White Hall hotel, of
which Joseph Bates is manager, Will
liam H. Manley, whose place is at
296 Burnet street, James Callahan,
of 237 Burnet street, and Glatt and
May. The latter are already under
an indictment for the same sort OF
crime and will plead thereto tomor-
row.
The Sunday sale indictments are
said to have been found in the follow
! ing cases as it was given out that an
Indictment was found in every case
where there was complaint made:
, John C. Belloff, IL Albany street;
]. c. Brennan, Throop avenue; Mrs.
A. Callan, Somerset street; John
Clelland, 169 French street; James
H. Curran, 206 Nelson street; Jere-
miah Donovan, Easton avenue and
| Somerset street; I. L. F. Elkins, 262
t Burnet street; James Gilliland,
! French street; Patsy Harding,
J George street; James Kellett. Neil
son street; Klein Brothers, Albany
street; John j. Harkins, Albany and
Spring streets; William G. Morris
109 Throop avenue; Edward NJ ol-
iver, Albany street; Joseph Plzzi'
f Sandford street; the Rathskeller, Al
: bany and Spring streets; John Row
: land, Lee avenue; David F. smith,
! Burnet street; John A. smith,
Q French street; ]. Shanholz' Hiram
street; William Stenger, Frehch
street; Thomas Tate, 1Os frehch
street; Charles Voorhees, Neiisoh
street; John Weigel, Hiram Street
Y Jacob Weldy, City Hotel; L.. !. lim.
4 norman, Burnet street; Lamper'
Y zeller. 139 French street.