Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-12
BROWN WRITES
TO PROSECUTOR
Continued from page II

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Browns client Skrocki, who kept a
nearby saloon, was requested to close
his place. Instead of doing so he
kept it wide open, and especially SO
on Sunday, and sold liquor to men
whose passions were already arous-
ed. For this he has been indicted,
and in his defense Mr.. Brown makes
his attack.
Nov as to what the Prosecutor
did.
Following the strike Chief
Burke, of Perth Amboy, and the
Prosecutors office investigated the
strike thoroughly from a criminal
standpoint.
Il even had detectives mingling
! with the mobs during the violence
a fact not before made public"
Coroner Flynn called my atten-
ton to the shooting of Mr.. Browns
clients, Gregory Logosh and Joseph
Paulow, which happened while the
mob was storming the plant of the
American Smelling and Refining
Company with stones and bricks and
trying to burn down the plant.
"At my request Mr.. Flynn kindly
sent me the names of all the wit
nesses he had found.
"On June 25th I wrote Mr.. Brown
to furnish me with the names of
such witnesses as he or his client
had. also sent Detective Peltier to
see him, to get whatever Information
he could furnish. He eve furnish
ed my office with the name of a
single witness.
THE witnesses furnished, togeth-
er with such as Chief Burke or my
detectives could find, were all sub
poenaed to appear before the grand
jury.
81 vas not present, but the assist
ant prosecutor, Mr.. Stricken, a very
capable man, presented the matter
and the grand jury investigated the
strike thoroughly and to its salts
faction with the result that Oh July
"a, 1912, it determined TO find no
bill against any person OIL corpora
ton. An honest conclusion by a dis
interested body and a conclusion in
which every honest man and every
good citizen will probably join under
the circumstances and under the
evidence. The grand jury has seri-
GUS work to do and is not designed
w AhHC LSiS III ilfuI ouibS "
damages.
1.-THE matter having been settled
and determined by the grand jury
on July oath nothing further was
heard of the matter until Mr.. Brown
started suit for Logosh and Paulow
against the American Smelling and
Refining Company to recover dam
ages for injuries received by them
by being shot by guards or deputies
while the mob was storming the
plant and trying to burn it down.
This came to my attention on
August 18th when the New York
counsel for the American Smelling
and Refining Company sent me Mr..
Browns complaints and asked me
to appear as counsel for the defend
ants in the civil suit, which [ con-
scented to do.
strangely enough in the month
of June, while the grand jury inves-
tigation was still pending, Mr..
Brown asked me to associate myself
with him as counsel for Logosh and
Paulow, if he brought suit. l was
busy trying a case and told him to
| come and see me later. He did not
see me, but started his suits. The
defendants came and 1 took their
case as [ would have taken Mr..
Browns.
81 would not rush into print eX-
cept for the reasons before stated
and for the further cas- that l
want the people of Middlesex county
to know that their interests are be-
ing taken care of.
FsWhenever l reach the point
where I will betray my trust as
prosecutor and fail to do my best to
%apprehend and convict criminals, l
will resign.
I'm the meantime no attacks of
thoughtless attorneys defending
criminals shall deter me from prose-
cutting a man indicted for selling on
Sunday, when the peace officers OF
our county had a riot to deal with.
"If the court deems a second in
v~estigation necessary it will I'M
doubtedly order it, and every wit
ness who knows anything will be
s~ubpoenaed. The grand jury is the
only body having power to find in
dictments. The prosecutor has no
such right. All he can do is to pre-
sent all the facts he can find. Our
| grand juries are above suspicion In
this county and have been so for
many a year, and can be depended
upon to do what is right"
Browns Letter to SilZer.
Lawyer Browns letter to the pros
ecutor is as follows:
Perth Amboy, N. j.,
September II, 1912.
Hon. George S.. Silzer,
New Brunswick, N. J..
Dear Sir:
l regret very much the conception
| you have of what occurred in court
this morning. l had nc desire nor
did l assail your character either by
innuendo or otherwise; consequently
there is nothing for me to retract in
that regard.
did not say that you were re-
tanned by the American Smelling and
Refining Company in a criminal
charge against them, but | did say
that you were retained by the Amer
lean Smelling and Refining Company
in two civil cases now pending which
arose over the shooting during the
strikes at Perth Amboy, and re-
quested the court to grant sufficient
time for me to investigate Skroc-
XII case and not to bring the latter
case on for trial until the civil cases
were determined.
|. | said further that the prosecutor
had disqualified himself, in my opin-
ion tn nrOCecuta tho Skropkj ease if