Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-30
PREMATURE
DISCLOSURE
PraV,ntet Arrests of Senators
With the Marked Bills on Them
According to Lawyer MaClear.

TRENTON, Mar. 3O.-There were
no developments in this city yester-
Aday in connection with the story in
khe Newark News that Senators
Shinn and Martens had attempted to
SYtort money from Philip Krimke,
Mesldent of the New Jersey Pawn.
brokers' Association, as the price fol
killing two bills aimed at the pawn.
brokers.
Further allegations were made yes
1erday in the Newark Advertiser.
which printed the following article:
Through the premature disclosure
OF his plans, City Attorney MacLear
claims that his scheme to capture two
state senators in the act of accepting
a bribe was frustrated. He had elab-
GRATED, he says, an outline of action
in Trenton, whereby Senators Shinn
and Martens were to be caught in the
act of accepting money from the rep
resentative of the State Pawnbrokers'
association for the suppression of two
pawnbrokers' bills now in the hands
of the committee of which the first
hlith 10 tihi man III llt oCtoilu Is
q member. 1t was after hearing
Krimke's story that the city attor-
ney says he decided upon taking steps
TO catch the two Legislators.
Mr.. MacLear came to Trenton yes
terday morning primed with the nee
essary material to catch the two SEN
ators, as he put it this morning to an
Advertiser man, with the goods on
them" He had provided himself
with some marked bills and he had
planned to have the lobbyist, or who
ever was TO attend to the passing OF
the bride money, give these bills tC
the state senators under suspicion
and he was then going to have both
senators placed under arrest, search
ed and when the money was found
on them the cast against them would
have been much more convincing
from the laws point of view than ii
is at present.
Mr.. MacLear felt very indignant
when he returned to the city and
found that all of his carefully plan
ned scheme had come to naught
through the publication of the
charges. IF that had not happened, -
he said to an Advertiser man, land
if my plans had been carried out, we
would have had the men accused
and the others implicated in the
charges behind prison bars"
The city attorney said he had not
decided what his mex step would be
in the matter. Among those familiar
with the t~echnicalities to be observed
in the prosecution of a case of this
kind it is the general opinion that
with the evidence at hand it would be
Aaytremcly aitA9sllt TO obtain a convic-
lion.
Mr.. Krimke was seer this morning.
He said: 81 am sorry that this matter
became public before we accomplish
cd what we had set TO do. 1t has up
set all of our plans and leaves us in
an embarrassed position. Every word
is absolutely true. There is nothing
more to add to it. The men tried to
get money out of us, and we thought
it about time to put a stop to it.
This thing has been going on year
after year. Strike bills or holdups
have been resorted to, and the pawn
brokers have been compelled to yield
10 the demands. I have never had
anything to do with that part of the
business until this year. They elected
me president of the Pawnbrokers'
state association, and when they be-
gan the old holdup proceedings | de-
cided to put a stop to it. Our bust
ness is conducted on legitimate lines,
VIC pay our city licenses and the men
engaged in it are reputable t~aXpaying
citizens. | will be sorry if the pubiica-
lion of Mr.. MacLear's plans will pre-
vent the prosecution of the men who
tried to hold us up. 1t will, at least,
have the effect of making them let us
alone for a time"
Senator Hillery, republican leader
in the senate, has stated that an in
v~estigation will be ordered Monday
night, whether demanded by Sena-
tors Shinn and Martens or not.