The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-18
SPECIAL SESS|ONOF
GRAND JURY To SIT
IN ATLANT|CCOUNTY
Tales of City's Lawlessness Will
Be Poured Into Ears of
Enquisit0rs.
IF NO INDICTMENTS FOLLOW
TROUBLE WILL RESULT
Governor Is Mum When Asked
if Prosecutor G0idenburg
Has Been Fired.
Especial to tho Evening star

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. fS.-The big
hotel-owners and others who defled
Governor Fort and his edict that the
excise law must be enforced We're
startled today by the announcement
that Supreme Court Justice Trenehard
had summoned the May grand Jury to
meet In special session next Friday at
Mays Landing to consider the viola
tions of the Bishops bill by Atlantic
City.
1t was understood In some quarters
that Governor Fort had %snpplanted
Prosecutor Goldenberg and had written
a letter to Attorney-General McCarter
%instructing him to take charge of the
presentation OF the Atlantic City cases
to the grand jury. Governor Fort de-
clined to discuss the matter, refusing to
say aver If he had written such a let
ter. In other quarters the report was
denied, and 1t was said that Golden
berg would present all of the cases.
Acknowledgement McCarter Is now
abroad. and will not return until DC
tober 70.
Business Men Want Change.
Incidentally. the men with big in
terests at Atlantic City have tired of
the political mesh into which they
have been drawn and are planning for
an overthrow. To this end the four
most powerful men here have COM
bined their interests n will select a
candidate for Mayor who will be GER
tain of election. The four men are
Mr.. Leeds, owner OF one Of the largest
Governor Forts staff and head of a
large advertising agency; County Clerk
Edward S. Lee, and Robert E. Della
ney, leader of the Fourth ward. Mr..
Edge Is considered the most likely
candidate and while now he Is unwill-
ing to run, 1t Is believed that he can
be prevailed upon to do so.
Whether on not q condemnation of
the officials who refused compliance to
by the Grand Jury will not be known
until the scope of the judges charge
is learned. 1t Is believed. however, that
d. phft vi Tile ptoVlnoG Vi Iio JuEy kilCll
will be to impale Mayor Stoy and his
fellow officials upon the evidence Of
their refusal yesterday TO require Of
Atlantic City an acceptance of Cover
nor Forts edict.
VIII Test Grand jury.
Declarations made by witnesses be-
fore the Excise Commission that the
Grand Jury Of Atlantic County would
not return an Indictment on a charge
of selling liquor on Sunday, will be
put to the test. and, II In the face of
the evidence with which the State will
food the jury's session, no bills are
found, 1t is expected h a the nom
action will p~recipitate a legal battle
that has been without a parallel In
New Jersey.
The question of open gambling here,
which has been virtually uprooted by
the published statement of Prosecutor
Goldenberg, is expected to come before
the Friday session, and in fear of that
many of the men whom h prosecutor
exposed have left the city.
1t Is expected that the quickened
public d%isapprovai of gambling which
followed the announcements of it's ex-
istence and its protection at the hands
Of political powers would cause the
jurymen to mete out short shrift to
these men IL they stayed to face the
indictments which will probably be
lodged against them.
There is no doubt but that Prosecutor
G~oldenberg has in his possession evil
dence as strong against the violators
of the Bishops law as that against the
gamblers, since to what his own de-
teotives have furnished him has been
added that gathered Sunday by spe-
cial men from Trenton and by deteo-
tives in the employ Of the Good Citi-
zens' League, which was said today to
be prepared to ask indictments against
several places in open violation Sun
day.