The evening world., 1907-05-07
But Jersey City Police
man Arrested Him and
He's Hopping Mad.
A FRACTIONAL FIGH T.
Superintendent of Police Is a
Pagan Man, Sheriff
Isn't. 4

Let's play one more round and wS
eii 70 home,
Policeman John shefrmeyor. OF the
Fourth Precinct. Jersey city. heard
fatetul words as he was passing Smith =
saloon at No SIS Comm unipaw avenue.
Jersey City. just prior to daylight to-
day. Rumors OF a poker game Ia
Smiths had reached shenmeyer At va
rious times He had even been told
that il he would pop into Smith's uneH-
poctedly some night he might catch
Sheriff John Kaiser OF Hudson County.
looking over a hand OF hve cards and
shifting chips through his nngers
"Ahar' said sheffmoyer. no being a
real Jersey city policeman. 4 will in
vestigA,e this, and. by heaven. ~ there
is any foul deed being done Ihe dosrs
thereof will have 10 answsf 70 The
majesty OF the lRwl'
While Policeman shefrmeyer 10 seek
Ing a mode OF entrance calculated least
TO- disturb those within smiths nre-
water emporium lot va pause TO con-
slider tho situation In Hudson County.
ThrTa Is bitter war on between the
Dickinson and. Pagan factions snerin
| Kalser-befor0 Ae became sheriff no
kept a saloon close 10 that OF Smith s.
lis a Dickinson man. Chief OF Police
Mouahsn 10 stsunch supporier Of
When the chief OF Police In Jersey
lcfty-is Identified -wlih any political
! faction q IL we'll for the men under
| atm to be similarly Identified. Conse-
| quently II might rebound TO the credit
| ef any policeman who could succeed in
putting the bee on anybody opposed
/ 70 the Chiefs hacker -
Having arranged this special scenery
we will now proceed with the eNecu-
! fnF haf
rleuthed his way TO the back door OF
Smiths place Placing fresh chew OF
| tobacco between his teeth he grAhped
his revolver nrnly In his right hand.
opened the door with his loft and step
ped in.
. table Most OF them had cards In
| their hands. The air was thick with
| .moke on chairs convenient TO the tA-
bic were empty and partially empty
glasses As shefrmeyer entered. sherifi
| Kaiser was viewing with quizzical
glance n hand which he held quite
cIose TO his diamond shirt stud. There
! were eight white chips and a dollai
bill on the table in front OF him.
The sight OF Shefrmeyer broke up th'
| entartatnvnent -Four OF the seven mel
m the room ran out TO the bar anc
| escaped through tho front door Shen
| never rounded up the three remaining
and took them 20 the station hous'
| Where he charged thetn win BhHlpllhf
| sheriff Kaiser was the mAddeat mar
| hstwasn payonne and Hoboken, His
| home ls al No. alb Communipaw ave
| nue iust ACross the street rom smith .
| lie tiled 10 explain that he was on his
,.sav home and had stopped IN the IA
loon Tor niKhtcap, but shenmeyer
Wouldn't listen His companions we're
E,d~ard FULTON. Of No. 50 Pacific street
| and Thomas simon. OF No. d Lafayette
SIi'Hfn his promise to appear to-day In
I ne 'ss-ond Criminal Court Sheriff kai.
ssr VAS allowed to Eo homo In his own
/ custody. fulton and Simon, however
,lere competed TO give bail. A. Shen-
4 rrrl.yer resumed hts beat he wna heard
to mutter TO himself
] "Qh s-stnHu I'm hai
/ When the prisoners were erraiSned
/ hefore Acting Judge Miller Policeman
Sneffmev~r asiSed for an Adjournment
of one week Judge Snuhr counsel for
+ the defendants insisted upon an imm r
/ di1ta hearing Finally the case was
adjourned untH Saturday and the prts-
/ oners were paroled IN the custody OF
their counsel
The arrest OF the Sheriff may 'ras 20
/ lmn-achmcnt proceedings the Pagan
Republican machine holding that his
orfensc ls serious enough 10 warrant
] his removal
/ sheriff aKiser saws ne was piHyrhg
| piro-hle and that Shenmeyer had no
rlght q arrest him anyhow, because TIE
lass ~ New Jersey provide that the
| sheriff r'ay be taken Into custody only
by the Coroner.