Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-14

AT 12:O5 word was passed to the sher-
iff's office that Mr.. Monahan had
reached the Court House and would ~
direct to Judge Davis's court rt-room 10
be sworn in In an instant there was
wild rush for the court-room and Il
was soon jammed to the doors.
In FIVE minutes Judge Davis ordered
the doors locked and then came a walt
of twenty-five minutes While the neees-
sary formalities were gone through with
in the county clerks office, where the
bondsmen qualified ON the 100000 bond
required of the sheriff. Those who
signed the bond were r. j. Franz
Valentine Braun, John J. Mooney, S.
p Waldron Thomas f. Preston, James
r. Nugent and P. ]. McGuinness.
Then the bondsmen and MI Monahan
filed into the courtroom. AS the
jamned crowd in the court room arose
Judge Davis. with Judge Martin seated
on the bench with him, administered
the oath of Office
Mr.. Monahans responses were low,
but distinct. AS he said the final II
do to the questions of the judge his
lls-year-old daughter Heller pushed her
way through the throng to the front
and handed him big bouquet Of roses.
The newly-sw sheriff stopped and
kissed the little girl. and the famous
/ Monahan smile flashed in-.,tlle siienss
( eeurt-room. He then distributed the
roses among his bondsmen and those
near nim
/ James r. McDermit mounted the
prisoners dock and proposed three
cheers for Sheriff Harr'gan. These
We're given with a will.
Before o'clock flowers commenced
I arriving at the sheriff's Office and by
noon the big private office was lined
around all four walls with good luck
horseshoes. basets and bouquets Of
roses chrysanthemums and carnations,
until the big desk and chair We're conf
pletely hidden.
Two big leather chairs, one the gilt
of the William Harrigan Association
| and one from j. p. Curtin, We're also u
the room. as was also a cut glass bowl
and tray, the gift OF Mrs. Frank a.
Foley.
Rumor has 1t that MIR. Foley will sue
ceed Mr.. Monahan as member of the
Board of Assessors
The floral gifts included mammoth
horseshoe of red roses from the j 3hn
+ Il. MOnd0dH ASSOtldllOll, dioLi'ft
horseshoe of pink roses from the W =
lam Harrigan Association. Others .
I send the floral horseshoe of good luck
were the E. j. Quinn Tallyho Club, joel
Parker Association and the First Ward
I rammany Club.
Il Baskets of flo ers came from Jolln
/ E. Helm. Joseph and Samuel Schoss,
I Arthur A. Schroeder, Leni Lenape ClHh,
j Tol. I A1-
citation. Elm NJ. B. Association, Micha
owens Association and Adolph Fisch.
and DR.. william Dimond, Mr. Mona-
hams former associates on the Board Of
Assessors
The Builders and Traders Assocla-
j ton, of which Mr. Monahan is a MEM
/ ber. sent beautiful eight-foot palm.
Among the hundreds who thronged
/ the sheriff's Office and Court House cor
/ rldors were Mayor Jacob Haussling
who was one of the early arrivals;
/ City CLERK James r. Connolly. Police
1 Commissioner John Baader, Fire Com
1 missioner r. Edward Burke, Freehold
er Frank A. Foley, John A. Matthews.
/ Joseph A Wright, Moses Reichman.
Police Commissioners Philip scanlon,
Richard McGunness. warden of the
county jail; Laurence T. Fell, member
County Tax Board George D. Smith
| Board of Works Commissioner Charles
1 r.. Kraemer, Jacob Holman, Charles
+ Gillen, Abraham Eisner. John c. Fin
eran, James Delaney, Edward McCor-
mick, f. M Waldron, S. P Waldron,
/ one of Monahans bondsmen; Commis-
| sioner Adolph Fisch, Police Captain p
IT, Christie Police Commissioner Ly-
man Kane, Detective Sergeant John
Mcconnell. Police Sergeant John Far
| rell, Martin w. Bross, Frank A. Boett-
ner, Frank M McDermit, Walter
/ Cleveland. Surrogate Isaac Shoenthal
! F'reeholder George j. Anthem, as well
4 as big delegation from the Monahan
! Association
The first official act Of the new sheriff
! win be to appoint James F Hyland as
/ first deputy and j. D. Spiliaae, presi-
/ dent of the j. F. Monahan Association,
as his private secretary Mr.. Spillane
! will succeed James f. Delaney, who
/ was private secretary to Sheriff Will
lam Harrigan. while Mr. Hyland win
/ take up the duties of Charles Reilly,
who has acted as first deputy. although
I only with the title of under sheriff
during the IIarrigan regime Mr.. Hy
land is very familiar with the duties
| or his office, having been an under
sheriff during the terms of Office Of
! Sheriff william Nicol and Sheriff
Frank Fl. Sommer
/ In making the appointment Of Mr.
Eyland Mr.. Monahan will have to 20
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