The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-06
TUNNEL DECEPTION
M'ADOo N is AC'
cUSED OF IT.
Afidavit says Former state Senator
Fooled Hoboken-Court Won't Decide
Against City oficials.

vice-c Chancellor Howell declined to-
day to pass upon the application mace
by the Hudson and Manhattan fall-
road Company to have Patrick H.
Griffin, street commissioner; Thomas
J. Wren, alderman. and Thomas j.
Mclaughlin, assistant street commls-
sioner, all of Hoboken, adjudged to pc
in contempt of court for causing the
arrest of certain employees of the COM
p~lainant company on July 20 last, wnen
they began to tear up a part of HUDSON
place, near the Lackawanna Railroad
station, in that city, in preparation ior
work on the Hoboken terminal OF the
McAdoo tunnels.
In declining to decide the case on the
afidavits presented, h vice-chancei-
Ior said that there was so evident a
direct contradiction that he believed
the atlantis ought to be taken into
court for cross-examination. He offered
to lear the witnesses tomorrow, but
because of other engagements counsel
could not agree to this suggestion, ana
the case was continued until Septem-
Der II.
There were numerous afidavits pre-
scented by both sides. Those by city
EMPLOYEES made the specific charge
that former State Senator William
Edwards. counsel for the tunnel com
pany. had deliberately deceived en-
ployees and officers of the city by de-
elaring in June thai an injunction had
been secured by the company forbid
ding the city to interfere with the
work. They declared that the alleged
d~ecention was responsible for the ar
rests ordered by Mr.. Mclaughlin on
INV %. a few hours after a sure
enough Injunction was served upon the
mayor of the city. .,a
Commissioner McLaughlin's affidavit salo
in brief. that on July 20, when Reginald
S. Courtney, an employee of the company
took n, gang of laborers to Hudson place
to tear up the street, he exhibited papers
which he said were issued by the Court
of Chancery.
'They bore no seal, nor did he read them
to me- says the afiant. The commissioner
saws further that he believed he was fuily
warranted In challenging the truth or MI
Courtney's statements as to the contents
and authenticity of the papers because OF
the deception she said was practised upon
him during the previous month ana ina.
when he asked Mr.. Mclaughlin to wait
unlu D6 COul0 IN v
Mr.. Courtney replied that he didn't. care
a rap for the City Counsel, the Mayor or
the city ITSELF aud directed bis workmen
to begin work, he ordered the arrests to
be made. He declared positively that at
the time he had no knowledge that the
Injunction had BEEN issued and served
upon the Mayor of the city, other than the
statement made by MIR. Courtney.
Alexander kittridge, of Union Hill, a
citizen who was an eyewitness OF the
arrests, corroborated COMMISSIONS Nc
Laughlin.
The afidavits presented by Gilbert Col
Inns in behalf Of the McAdoo Tunnel Com
pany, showed the service of a copy of the
injunction on the Mayor early on July 20
and about three hours before the arrests
were made.
The court listened attentively to all the
~afiidavits, and then took the ground h a
the atlantis must come into court. Before
leaving it was agreed between counsel that
the trial of the man arrested for violatin
of city ordinances June 5, which was to
nave been called before the recorder to-
morrow, should go over until after Sep
TENDER II. 9
Senator Hillery commended that the afl-
davits presented in the resolutions adopted
clearly demonstrated the fact that the
people of Boonton did not object to the
presence of the factories. He declared that
the complainant and those making affi-
davits In support of his application we're
all closely related.
Mr.. Salmon commended that the court
ought to hear witnesses, but, it appearing
that the order issued by Vice-Chancellor
Pitney was on preliminary hearing, the
court decided to postpone the case until
the papers in the old case could be brought