Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-14
COAL DEALERS
GIVE EXCUSES
Four Heard by Recorder ke-
hoe Last Night--Fifth Will
be Called Tonight.
WILL DECIDE THEM ALL
One Firm Declare Weather
Made Scales FIuctuate--
Shortage IN City's Coal.

Four coal dealers were given a
hearing before Recorder Henry w.
Kehoe at Z o'clock last night on
charges preferred by Henry Toft,
sea1er OF weights and measures. The
fifth man will be given hearing to-
night, at which time the court will
render decision In all five cases.
Joseph Jadetchek, Peter Larsen,
Consumers Coal Company and John
Schultz & Company were those
heard last night. John Fingerote is
to be tried tonight as his counsel,
Joseph e. Stricken, could not be
present last night.
The accused men presented divers
excuses for being caught delivering
coal Of short weight. 1t was shown
that the city Of Perth Amboy had
been given short. weight by John
Schultz & Company In the firms de-
liveries to the police station and city
hall building. According to Henry
Toft's testimony. the firm delivered
two tons with an aggregate short
weight OF $40 pounds at police head
quarters, but that shortage was
somewhat made up on following de-
liveries. so that on total Of six
tons there was q shortage OF 40
pounds, the sealer said.
Blames 1t On Bags.
Joseph Jadetchek was the first
coal dealer arraigned at o'clock
last night. He was accused by Seal
er Toft of delivering ton of coal
to Mrs. A. Mussigbrodt, OF f6o
pounds short weight, on January 23..
The accused man said the shortage
might have been due to the fact that
he handled the coal In bags, which
were supposed to contain 100
pounds each. He was to have deliv-
cred 1900 pounds. Mr.. Toft testi-
fed. and he delivered but 1910
pounds.
Peter Larsen was accused OF SELL
ing q ton OF 180 pounds short weight
to Mr.. Mcdonald, OF 392 Mechanic
street, on February Z. Larsen
pleaded ignorant OF any such deal
ing, as he declared he was not at the
yard on the date mentioned. He
said d man had probably weighed
the coal and his son had probably
made ont the ticket. 1t developed
during the hearing that Larsen often
left his thirteen year-oId son la
charge az hia caal oaaaee md oftan no
tickets we're given ~ drivers. Mr.
loft said he had made repeated at
tempts to catch Larsen giving short
weight, but the drivers had no tic
kets to show what weight they were
supposed to have aboard.
Tell About "Quarter Ton.r
BENJAMIN Frankel and Peter
Pavlovsky, doing a coal business un-
de-the arm r.me ct Ccrsume-s'
Coal Company, were charged with
delivering quarter OF ton OF coal
on January 23 with forty-flve pounds
short weight. They pleaded not
guilty. Pavlovsky declared the quar-
ed together with two other quarter
ton orders and when the driver had
removed two of the quarter tons
there became 9 shortage In the quar-
ter ton which was left. This was
explained by the fact that probably
more had been delivered In the first
two orders than should have been,
thus leaving the last quarter ton a
trihe short.
John Schultz and Edward Tymra-
kiewicx appeared for the Arm OF
John Schultz q Company. This con-
Germ was accused by Mr.. Toft OF de-
ltvering 4 ton OF coal with 241
pounds short weight to Mrs. Avchen,
OF Hail avenue. January Is. Mr..
Schultz said mot guilty. and then
declared their scale was out aef or
der, due to weather conditions. He
testified that the weights 1t gave
huctuated. at times going under and
at other times over the required
weight. He stated the scale was
about thirty pounds short weight
and the one Mr.. Toft had used to as
certain the of1cial weight showed
fifteen pounds overweight.
City Attorney G. G.. Hommann
represented the city In the prosecu-
tion Of the coal dealers. He aided