Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-04
Just a Line
bout Men
You KnoW

That the appointment Of himself as
county judge came as a complete sur
prise to William P. Martin is evidenced
by the fact that at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon he was iscussing with 9
number of Others in the county audi
tors office who the probable appointee
would be.
At that time it was suggested to MI.
Martin that he would make a GOOD
Judge. Maybe 1 would" smiled Mar
tin, but / don't expect to get the
chance to demonstrate it right away.
Five hours later he was appointed to
the position.
Frank E. Bradner is one of those
members Of the bar of Essex county
who revels in t~echnicalities n loves
to wander around the long lanes OF the
law when a hard fight is on. In other
words, the fellow on the other SIDE
must be most wary, ave II he wins his
! case, for If there Is the barest possi-
bility of success higher up Mr.. Brad
ner will get there"
Sergeant Joseph Fagin, Of the de-
tective bureau, tells an amusing story
about his dealings with women VINO
have business with the police depart
ment. A short time ago a woman, very
excitedly, reported to him that her
home had been entered by a thief whom
she had the good fortune to see and
incidentally battle with as he was
about to leave. The mar was known
as the key man." and in the upper
courts this week received fourteen
years.
Gould you describe the man to tne7'
asked Sergeant Fagin.
why, yes; he. was about six foot
tall and had dark hair, and, in fact, 1
could identify him very easily"
Wilkinson, who had just been cap
tured by the detective, was brought
before her and. she exclaimed, That's
him."
Wilkinson had gray hair and was
five foot two inches tall.
The office of chief Of police In the
opinion of some people who are not
living in cities Of about this size must
be q very large one. This was made
evident several days ago when Chief
Corbett received a letter from Decatur,
III. In, the letter Chief Corbitt was
asked If he knew of any person who
wished to purchase a farm OF seventy
five acres. The letter also contained
the information that the vicinity was
great for fishing and that for hunting
the section was second to none in the
country. Tho party who wished to dis
pose Of the land stated that old age was
the cause for selling. The epistle ended
with the request that If the chief did
consider the proposition, to hand
the letter to someon who would be in
terested.
Captain Lew McAllister, Of the New.
team. once had a funny experience
in Detroit where he had charge OF an
ice-skating rink that was built inside
the Detroit ball park one winter. Fol-
a heavy thaw that turned the
rink into a shallow lake, the weather
man predicted a cold wave.
McAllister had a big carnival sched-
uled for the following night and was
very anxious to have ice for the
Before leaving for the night
McAllister gave his assistants orders to
the temperature closely and the
moment it reached the freezing point
ito take the water off, meaning to
shut off the supply from the hose that
running to keep the level even
Down, down. went the thermometer,
and McAllister rose joyfully at day
light. expecting to find a beautiful
sheet of ice. He did not. Instead he
found a frozen mud pond. His assist
ants thought that taking the water
off" meant opening the drain into the
What McAllister said has never
been printed. 1t will not be now,