The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-11
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merc1ful.
The next case was that of the state vi
Carl Rothfuss, of Riverside. He is quit
young man and the charge against hil
was for a serious offence against two litGl
girls. One of the girls is nine years c
age, the other is IS years old. They toll
their story in a straightforward manner
but it took the jury all night to reach
conclusion. In the case of the younge
girl the jury determined the guilt of th
boy within 10 minutes but they had quit
a session over the older girl and finail
decided to acquit on that charge. TIL
boy has bad reputation at Riverside.
1t was proposed to try the indictmen
against Professor Penhollow of Borden
town, on Thursday, but at the request o
Mr.. Budd it was postponed until Frida,
of this week. This will excite more in
terest than any other case that will b.
tried at this session and it is expected
there will be large delegation of Borden
town citizens present
There was a session of the county cour
yesterday. Judge Horner presiding.
Carl Rothfuss, of Riverside, who wa
convicted last week of indecent assault OF
girl at Riverside, was sent to the STATE
Reformatory.
The Maennerchor and Turngemeindt
societies at Riverside, which pleaded
guilty to the illegal sale of liquor, wer,
fined 800 each.
Judge Horner, before inflicting the
above fines. stated that the membership Of
these two societies comprised some of the
best citizens of Riverside and the county
and the sale of beer was not conducted fol
profit. The members did not look upor
the matter as violation of the law. The
court said 1t did not believe the societies
will again follow the practice after theil
present experience.
The next case was the hearing of the
remonstrance filed against granting q
license to James Martin to keep a hotel in
Mount Holly.
Charles E. Sheppard, of Bridgeton, ap.
peared for the remonstrants; Eckard P
Budd represented Martin.
The remonstrants were heard first.
Samuel Heller, of Mount Holly, was the
first witness. He said he had not been in
Martins hotel during the past year. He
denied having bought pint of whiskey
there on December 4th or at any other
time.
Charles E. Mcdonnell testified that he
had not been in the hotel for four years.
He denied seeing three drunken men
there on November Goth. Said he does
not visit hotels as he does not use intoxi.
cants.
James Assay did not appear when called.
B. X. Herbert said he had rendered q
subpoena and witness fee of so cents to
Assay, but the latter had refused both.
Judge Horner directed that an order to
show cause why he should not be con-
sidered guilty of contempt of court should
be served on Assay.
Elvin Norcross, of Smithville, said he
bought glass of beer at Martins on
December 90. Never got drink there
when intoxicated; had been refused once
on that account.
Frank Mullen, hack driver, visits Mar
tins place daily. He never saw any in
toxicated persons there
William B. Cook, of Camden, employed
by the Law and Order League, visited the
hotel on the nights OF November 20 and
a. On the first visit he got glass of
beer and bought quart bottle of whiskey
and also pint bottle, paying therefor So.
There were three noisy and intoxicated
N en- in the place at that time On the
~ tn he bought only glass of beer. Three
men were shaking dice at one end of the
bar and one of the players remarked, "I'm
stuck" The bartender was at the other
end of the bar VIII en- the dice were being
played.
Saunders L. Biddle. of Phi iladelphia,
also Law and Order Society detective,
visited Martins on December and
bought two quart bottles of whisk ey for
3. Outside the hotel witness and several
other detectives met Samuel Heller, who
was quite drunk. They gave him dollar
bill to buy pint of whiskey at the hotel
He soon returned with the whiskey and
fifty cents in change.
Hunter Won Lear. another detective,
saw Mr.. Cook buy the whiskey on Nov
ember 20 and pay for it. There was a
much intoxicated man in the place, who
said he was a painter. On December 4
saw Biddle buy and pay for two
lnarts of whiskey.
E. John Hahn, Law and Order detect
i've, bought quart of whiskey and pint
of gin at this hotel for So so, on Novem-
Der 10. There was one man singing,
and staggering in the barroom.
On November IS witness bought another
quart of whiskey and pint of gin at Mar :
ms.
Charles Marshall, agent for the Law
md Order Society, bought a quart and
pint of whiskey at Martins hotel on No
7ember IS. He also saw E. j. Hahn buy
4 quart of whiskey and pint of gin there
hat night.
Rev. s. H. Hahn, secretary of the Law
and Order League of New Jersey, was
with his detectives on November 20, when
hey visited Martins hotel. Witness did
not enter the place. The various pur-
,hases of whiskey made by the men were
delivered to witness, who sealed the pack
ages and marked them for future identiti-
cation. All the bottles purchased were
offered in evidence at the hearing yester-
day. The money to purchase the liquor for
al the occasions was furnished by Rev.
Mr. Hahn.
This concluded the case for the re-
James Martin, the applicant, was the
1rst witness on his own behalf. He has
been connected with the hotel for thirteen
years, and is the present owner. He said
he does not sell whiskey in quantities of
A quart; does not sell to intoxicated per-
sons nor to minors. He had instructed
his bartender to the same effect. Mr..
Martin denied that he sold detective Cook
. quart and pint of whiskey. On the
contrary he had refused to do so notwith-
that Cook represented he
In the barroom about two hours that
night when whiskey was refused Cook
wanted to sell faro outfit to witness.
which was refused. Samuel Heller has been
refused liquor at this hotel for nearly
four years past, and does not frequent the
place. Heller's wife asked witness not to
sell to her husband. Witness did not re-
member ever seeing the other detectives
IN the hotel.
Harry Gladfelter, who lives opposite
she hotel, said it is an orderly, well-kept
place, as good as any he ever saw, and he
mas Travelled considerably.
Frank Colkitt, the bartender at the
hotel, said Martin had cautioned witness
not to violate the law. One night a man
who now appears to be detective named
Biddle, came into the hotel and bought
4 drink of Trimble whiskey. That's
pretty good" said Biddle, ''give me a
bottle of that" which witness did. About
twenty minutes later Biddle returned and
bought another bottle of the same whiskey,
and then asked that both bottles be
together, which request witness
with. All the bottles of whiskev
sold at the hotel contained less than a
quart; are known as SIS, that is, it takes
i've to contain gallon.
George Hunter, commission agent for
the purchase of potatoes. said he and his
family boarded at Martins during July
and August He found it an excellent,
quiet place; no drunkenness or disorder
there. Saw drink refused to an intoxicat-
ed man once.
Henry Frazier, of Newark, another
potato buyer, boarded at Martins during
the summer, and had his family there.
He had an office in the rear of the bar
room, which he occupied about twelve
hours day. 1t was first class hotel in