Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-16
hSSAILANT IN
COUNTY JAIL
Kish Held Without Bail
Charged With Assault With
Intent to Kill.
JENSEN IS IMPROVING
Recovery Of Policeman Hope
ed for--Sanity Of Gun-User
is in Doubt.


DR.. M. s. Meinzer said today that
the condition of Patrolman l.. G..
Jensen, who was shot in North AM
boy Saturday morning by Joseph
Kish, is considerably improved and
that he is resting easily.
Yesterday Jensen was In restless
condition, the doctor says. and on
account of the swelling of his tongue
1t was almost impossible to under
stand anything he said, but late last
night, when the physician called, he
was slightly better and his speech
was clearer.
DR.. Meinzer says that IN his opin-
ion the injured policeman's greatest
danger is tetanus, as lockjaw germs
frequently form in wounds where
there is no air or light, and Jensen's
hurts are on this order.
AS a preventative last night the
physician gave him 5000 units of
antitoxin Many of the policemen's s
friends have called at his home, on
Hobart street, to inquire about him,
and all possible care will be given
him to promote rapid recovery,
which is almost certain unless COM
plications set in.
As Jensen's throat Is very sore he
cannot eat and, the only nourishment
he had yesterday was little milk
through long tube.
Kish Held Without Bail.
Joseph Kish, who, as told in the
NEWS, shot Patrolman Jensen In
the mouth with a thirty-two-calibre
revolver at Huntington and Cort-
landt streets Saturday morning, was
given hearing before Recorder
Pickersgill yesterday morning and
held without bail to await the action
of the grand jury, on a charge of
assault with intent to kill.
When questioned as to why he
shot the policeman, Kish said that
he could not remember anything,
which, If true, bears out the theory
that the man was intoxicated at the
time.
City Marshal Walters this morn
ing took the prisoner to New Bruins
wick, where he will be held in the
county jail without bail, pending the
injured mans condition.
Kish may be mentally deranged
as City Marshal Walters says that
ten or fifteen years ago he had
lunacy papers in whic'. Kish's name
appeared. DR.. W. e. Ramsay says
that he remembers examining Kish
and making out commitment papers
Mr. Walters says he thinks he can
find the papers and If he is able to
do SO they may throw some light on
the case, and also show why he has
been at large and not in an asylum.
Chief Burke has assigned PATROL
man Andrew Jensen to the beat
which was formerly in charge of l..
c. Jensen.
At o'clock this afternoon DR.. M.
S. Meinzer reported that Jensen s
condition was about the same as this
morning.
Kish's Pastor Extends Sympathy.
Rev. Francis Gross, pastor of the
Hungarian r. G. church OF Our Lady
of Hungary, 81 Cortlandt street,
called at police headquarters and the
EVENING NEWS office today to ex-
tend sympathy to Patrolman Jensen,
who was shot by Joseph Kfsh, a
member of that congregation.
Father Gross said that the foreign
ers must learn to respect the law.
and he warned the members of his
church yesterday not to carry revol-
vers or other weapons. A number of
his Pensioners accompanied the
pathy. The man who, assaulted Pa
trolman Weitzen recently also be-
longed to this church.
The idea that Kish was mentally
unbalanced was ridiculed by Father
Gross, who said that the law should
take Its course.