Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-07
PROSECUTOR OF
ATLANTIC GOES
ON PROBE STAND
Says All Questions VIII Be
Satisfactorily Answered in
Grand jury Report.

ATLANTIC CITY, April z. - Prose-
cutor Clarence L. Goidenberg was the
most interesting witness on the wit
ness-stand before the Assembly probe
committee today, and although he de-
ciined TO answer some OF the questions
asked him by Mr.. Hinkle, counsel for
the committee, On the ground that ne
could not reveal deliberations of the
grand Jury, he did say that the aues-
lions would In all probability be salts
f~actoriIy answered next Monday, when
the grand jury would make a present
ntent of the cases which 1t had n
during the last two or three weeks.
Mr.. Goidenberg said that his position
was rather undesirable he did
not wish to prove unfaithful to his off,
csal trust, nor yet did he Wish to be
placed In the position of appearing TO
withhold information from the COM
mittee or public.
Mr.. Goldenberg said that every case
OF i~rregularify that had been heard by
the committee had been brought to
the attention of the grand jury, wheth-
er the man was prominent or not, ana
TINT the testimony there was prae-
ticaily the same as thai presented the
committees. He did say that about
twenty-six indictments had been found
one of them against Theodore Vomle,
charged with giving a 10
Judge Frank Smithers. The others
were against men accused OF fraudu-
lent registration. blu he declined TO
give those names before they had been
presented to the court.
Yomle's case had been presenter.
Mr.. Hirikle suggested that the mem-
bers of the grand jury had dismissed
certain witnesses before they had been
permitted TO tell all OF their story.
He said he had heard this on the
street. Mr.. G~oldenberg a that was
A feisehood. They had been called
upon specific cases and some of the
witnesses had been before h grand
jury a half dozen times.
They were dismissed only when they
had given their testimony in the case
upon which they had been subpoenaed.
OaQ not BCtn aliOWOo W 6ANN ~
timony on the whole matter, however,
as they had done before the committee,
and thereby jumbling up the whole
thing, but upon each individual case
as taken up. Mr.. Goidenberg was
asked IL he had called upon he police
or used his county detective to dig up
additional testimony Of election irreg-
ularities. and he replied:
mo, I have not. Judge Cole told me
he had expended several thousand dol
lars and several months work on this
question, and II seemed to me you had
enough"
"But the grand jury doesn't appar-
emily think So" said Mr.. Hinkle.
Israel G. Adams, real estate dealer
and treasurer of the Republican County
Committee, was called, but he had been
Ill since last August and an effort 10
get from him some idea of the amount
of money collected for the last cam
paign failed.
other witnesses Testify.
There were several other witnesses
examined, but their testimony brought
u little or nothing in the way of
facts. Some Of them saw men running
in an alley near q polling place, but
they could not testify that they had
seen anything irregular in that. 1t only
appealed 10 them as looking suspi-
cious."
This afternoon will probably end the
work Of the committee, because its
members are anxious to have a little
time In which to go over the several
volumes OF testimony taken n pre-
pare a report to be submitted to the
Legislature before 1t adjourns.
Mr.. Macksey, chairman of the COM
mittee, said today that while they
would adjourn the committee would
not be dismissed. n that it may be
possible they will come back to Allan
tic City some time in the future.