Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-29

Would Kill Them, According to-
AfHdayh, for the sum of 500 Each
NEWARK. Mar. 29.-Philip Krim-
ke. president of the New Jersey State
Pawnbrokers' Association, made an
affidavit before George E. Carpenter.
master In chancery, in Newark.
yesterday, in which he charges two
members of the New Jersey State
senate with an attempt to cxtort mon
ey from him in consideration of kill
ing two bills, in which pawnbrokers
are Interested. The two senator's
named by Mr.. Krimke are George l..
Shinn (repD, of Ocean county, chair
man of The committee on labor and
industries. and George +. Martens,
Jr., (dem.). of Hunterdon county,
member of the same committee.
The measures in question are SEN
ate bills 1Si and 1856, and have been
termed by those opposed to their en-
actment as strike bills" No. 1874
proposes to reduce the legal rate of
interest on pawnbrokers' loans from
to ! per cent month. and pro-
vides for public auction of unre-
deemed pledges ten days after public
notice shall have been given. The
other bill is a safeguard to persons
whose property has been stolen and
pawned It makes the pawnbrokers
liable for the return of such property.
The first bill has reached third read
ing, but was returned TO second read
ing and was amended Tuesday. The
affidavit of Mr.. Krimke WAS given to
City Attorney Malcom MacLear. of
Newark. who entered the kase as :
counsel for the pawnbrokerg associa-
ton. He went to Trenton yesterday.
and after a conference with Senator
Shinn the latter agreed to have the
two bills laid over until Monday.
Following is Krimkes affidavit:
The Affidavit.
Philip krimke, of full age, being
duly sworn on his ueAl4 .denoses and.
says that he is of the firm of Fest q.
Krimke. pawnbrokers, doing business
at No. 20 Academy street, Newark.
and that, about two weeks prior. to
the date of this affidavit, deponent
was told by Daniel Cohn, a pawn
broker doing business in Hoboken,
that there were two bills in the sem
ate of the state of New Jersey which
would, if passed. have a bad effect
on the pawnhroking business, which
bills were senate 1S4 and 1856.
Deponent further says that on the
twelfth day of March, 1906, said
Cohn telephoned deponent that one
Kissam. lobbyist at Trenton, had
called upon said Cohn to get together
some money and to come down TO
Trenton and bring the money with
him for the purpose of killing said
bills 1S4 and 1S5, and deponent says
that said Cohn told deponent on the
following Sunday. to wit, the eigh-
teenth day of March, 1906, that said
Kissam again called upon said Conn.
and told him to come down to Tren-
ton on tue following Monday with
money. and that would be the end OF
the two bills
Deponcnt further says that on
Monday. the nineteenth day of March.
1906. he went to Trenton with Mr..
Cohn. Mr.. Mayer. of Jersey City. and
other pawubrokers about said bills
tS4 and lS5: that while in Trenton.
i'm the state house said Kissam met
said Cohn in the corridor or the
state house and held conversation
with him about said bills. Then Mr.
Cohn called deponent and introduced
him to said Kissam; that said
Kissam said that the bills or
bill fSl would come up for third
reading that night if the money was
not forthcoming TO kill the said bills.
He said that il would be necessary
TO have about $500 to kill them. and
asked deponent Il he and Mr.. Cohn
and the other pawnbrokers had the
money.
Depopeut says that he told the said
Nissan that lie had not that amount
of money aud could not raise it; that
there we're ohly~tNe or three rich
pawnbrokers In the state of New Jer-
sev: the rest OF them were poor. Then
-
said Kissam asked how much could
be raised. and Mr.. Cohn said that hS
had $500 Then said Kissam sai
that he would see Senator Shinn
Senator Martens and see If
would take that, amount He
left deponeut and said Cbhn. an
sequeutly returned and asked
uent il he would be willing
the said senator's. DeponenS
YES. aud then senator Martens
out in the corridor in front or
senate chamber and was introd
To said deponent by said Kissa4
then said Senator Martens ask
pongnt TO 90 with him into a
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