New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
BROADPERJURY CHARGE
MADE IN JENKINS CASE.
District AttOrney Says alleged
Sentiment Vas Manufactured.

Nineoia Long Island Feb tSpecaD.-
Startling charges of wholesale perjury We're
made here TO-DAY when stephen G. baio"ih'
behalf Of John G. jenkins. sr and MS t"ee
sons who were recently indicted in bfoohish
for perjury. forgery and conspiracy appeared
before Supreme Court Justice Scndder 10 argue
for a change of venue TO the Supreme Court oi
Nassau County. All the JenksnseS were IN court
District Attorney Clarke and Assistant Distfic.
Attorney Elder of Kings County were on nan"
to argue against the change
The object of the counsel for the Jenkinses
was to show that so many people were opposed
TO them that they would be unable TO get a FAR
trial in Kings County. The District Attorney
told the justice that he would not have convent
ences at hand here to try the case as III h'hsS
County and all his statements and aihdavns
denying the supposedly true statements mace
by the sisners of Mr.. Baldwin's evidence ieo
toward that point.
Mr. Baldwin in his address blamed the news
papers for creating the feeling against the Jenk-
iuses. Mr. Baldwin also accused District At
torney Clarke Of pigeonholing other indictments
and bringing up that of the Jenkinses be-
fore its turn. This inputation the District At
torney hotly resented. Mr.. Baldwin also said
that Mr. Jenkins had opposed at first his idea
of a change of venue. but after he, Mr.. Jenk-
ms had received various postcards with such
Inscriptions as You will get this accompanied
by a picture or drawing Of a man being shot
or incarcerated In JAIL he decided TO apply Tor
a change of venue.
Mr. Baldwin also said that a number of his
friends had stopped him on the street and said
that they thought Jenkins and all his people
guilty. and that they hoped he would be sent
to jail for his crime
In his argument Mr.. Baldwin became very
WIZ "a
cross-eyed judicial officer" and stated he,
Clarke would not give Jenkins fair trial
When District Attorney Clarke had the floor
he was frequently interrupted by Mr. Baldwin,
but finally managed to get his case gong
smoothly. The District Attorney stated that
many of the statements which Mr.. BALDWIN
men had made were denied by afhdav1ts Which
he would show, that one OF his men, in particu-
lar, had been hired to go out and create senti-
ment against the Jenknses. that they could
secure change of venue.
The District Attorney said that these men
who were sent out would go into place and
under pretext get those living there to give
them their and addresses These he would
send in as those of men who were bitter toward
Jenkins. One man. according to Mr. Clarke, had
said that he received much a name. This
man. he said, was Charles Sunshine. When his
office had who had given Sunshine
their they denied, he said, that they bad
spoken about Jenkins to Sunshine, and that the
matter of banks had not up. One man
named Miller according to the District Attor-
ney said that Sunshine had taken names OF
men whom he, Miller. has told him had only
been in the country for year and were abso
lutte greenhorns, unable to speak understand
English.
The District Attorney also said that many OF
I he Sjp dom ed
would sign any amount of papers and from
whom he would not take an affidavit One OF
these men the District Attorney said was named
Thomas flanagan. He had sent for him to come
mis- Office and see him, but that a saloonkeeper
had written to his office and stated that Hama
gan could not come because he had shoes,
that he was employed in his saloon to clean out
and do the dirty work This man." said the
District Attorney. 'is OF the sort of
my opponent would have you believe is bitter
to the Jenkins family, and on their testimony
he wants you to have this trial changed to
Nassau County"
Mr.. Clarke also said that OF the names
given by AIr Baldwin Of man who had
never heard OF Jenkins. Another man. Mir.
happened 10 be a good friend OF Mr.. jenkins sr
MIR. Clarke wound up his argument by stating
that he wanted the case tried where il was con-
venient for him and where ne could get an In
teIlisent jury. not jury composed of the men
with the hoe At this sally the farmers OF
Nassau County who were present WINGED