Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-09
To RELEASE
OF 0''BRIEN
FROM THE JAIL
spec.ol to The gvENINc VIEWS.

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South Amboy, July 9:-In the is
NEWS appeared a communication
sue yesterday of the Perth Amboy
EVENING NEWS appeared a COM
m%unication signed. ct. B. Quacken-
boss, Jail warden" in which he says
the sheriff and Jail warden are
charged with malfeasance in office.
The NEWS correspondent made no
charges against anyone, We hold
the sheriff OF Middlesex county In
too high esteem to lay any such
charges at his door. We could not
at that time place the blame upon
anyone. We only knew of the ex-
listing facts pertaining to some cases
which had been brought to our no.
tice and, as a citizen Of South AM
boy, we wished to know something
about matters that concerned our
own city.
AS the former article written by
the NEWS correspondent has been
the leans of conveying to us some
information, If not the public, we
will try again.
One Patrick Kennedy, of South
Amboy, was committed for a certain
length of time to the county Jail,
and some time before the time for
pired, Kennedy was released. JUS
tice Birmingham most emphatically
declares he v issued any war
rant or discharge for his release.
With what boldness the lines are
penned, that the written discharge is
held of the committing Justice for
the discharge Of William O'Brien,
thus endeavoring to make it appear
that the NEWS correspondent was
a v%ilifier, endeavoring to smirch the
official character of those in office.
We will say the article in question
Yes written only after a converse
ton with the police justice and was
written only as the matter was un-
derstood at the time of this conver-
sation. After reading the commun-
ication published in yesterdays
NEWS, we again interviewed the po-
lice Justice, thinking We might have
misunderstood the justice.
But We will say but little more
along this line. We will ask for
further explanation on some little
matters that have come to our
knowledge and make a few state
ments that were given us.
In the first place we were in
formed that H. B. Cook, Esq, was
called on Justice Birmingham in re-
lation to O'Brien's release, and the
Justice refused to release him.
Now, we would like to ask a few
questions, which, If correctly an
swered, will, perhops, clear the
NEWS correspondent of any evil in
tent. . +
Was not Justice Birmingham re-
quested to give a warrant for the
discharge of O'Brien, and he said he
would consider the matters?
Was not O'Brien released from the
Jail before Birminghasm's warrant
was delivered to the warden?
Was, not O'Brien in South Amboy
before the warrant for his discharge
was issued?
Was Snot the warrant dated the
3rd and issued the 4th, to make it
correspond with O'Brien's release?
No doubt if these questions are
answered to correspond with the in
formation given, the NEWS cor
respondent will be INDICATED from
any attempt or in any way or eff
feet of charging anyone with NAL
feasance in office. Our object is not
to enter into controversy, but only
to have the punishment of disorderly
persons from our city without hav-
ing to pay their expenses over to
New Brunswick every few days. In
that manner the punishment appar-
emily comes on the city and not on
the prisoner.