Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28
ELECTION LAW
WOLATORS FINED
Justice Declares Means for
Trapping CounciImen in
Graft Cases Justified.
Especial to tho Newark start

Mahoney, convicted of aiding r. V.
Patterson to vote Illegally, pleading
non vult to four other bills, was
Z fined 5000 and costs on four charges,
and released under suspended sem
tence on a fifth with a warning from
the court that continued election law
violations would result in more Sc
we're punishment.
An eloquent plea for mercy. coupled
with numerous petitions, saved him
from jail.
Sentence was again deferred on
ZAP Gillison, former building in
spector, convicted of attempting to
bribe an election officer. Theodore
Voelinle, who pleaded guilty to two
indictments charging election law vi
olations, also escaped prison, but
was fined $500 and costs on one
charge and sentence was suspended
on the other.
Failure of Attorney-General Wilson
to send Bob" Johnson's attorney a
list of special struck jurors In time
to give him six days notice, made 1t
necessary to postpone trial for per-
hitting Illegal voting, which was set
down for today. The a~ttorney-gen-
eral suggested to the court that an
Indictment against Mayor Harry
Bacharach. Louis Kuehnle and others
for conspiracy is one of the few re-
naming bills returned by the grand
jury not yet tried, but Justice Kalisch
said he could not take up IN further
trials until fall.
at am not inclined to hold any more
cases this summer said the court.
"These struck jurors are putting the
courts to great expense and the next
date set must be certain. The attor-
ney-general's time is taken up for the
summer by other matters, and / will
set October 8 as the date to resume
these cases."
Sentence was not passed on Harry
May, one of the fr~eeholders convicted
of accepting bride money for road
work, as appeals have been taken by
the other freeholders, of which the
result is now pending. David Hen
derson, a doorkeeper of the Senate,
who was characterized by the court
as "old enough to know better" was
fined $500 on one bill and suspended
on good behavior on another. Dick
McNally, pleading non vult to ON
spiracy, who was formerly fined on
other charges, was released with a
reprimand on suspended sentence.
James Somers, indicted Jointly with
McNally, was also suspended. having
previously paid fines.
Declaring hat the means used to
trap the five Atlantic City council
men charged with graft were justi-
fled by the exposure of corruption
in the city, Justice Kalisch charged
the grand jury this morning to in
dict all who can be shown to have
prostituted public office for private
gain.
Justice Kalisch also threw a jolt
into Atlantic City gamblers by cali
ing the jury's attention to a list of
serty gambling houses in the resort
which the court asked the jury TO
Investigate at once. Justice Kalisch
charged the jury as follows:
"Since you last appeared In court
I have been so much engaged that
/ have not been able to give much
time to the matters to which | wished
to direct your attention. The evil
dence was only presented to me a
few days since. l have left the whole
matter In the hands of the attorney
general, who will take it up with
you.
"It seems that for a long time there
has peer reprehensible conduct on
the part of city officials. / am IN
formed that the crimes could not De
brought home because the offenses
were such that they were done In
secret. 1t was therefore necessary to
get detectives to root out the frauds
and corruption that existed In the
CITY.
eft makes no difference to me what
means were adopted to attain the
end. Though we do not approve OF
them, such means must be resorteo
to in order to attain good ends. From
the outset there was grave suspicion,
founded upon circumstances, when
pointed out that men In office were
using the offices for Illegal purposes,
eft appears that a detective agency
laid a plan for catching and exposing
these officials in their corruption. One
of the detectives represented himself
as a contractor and presented a
proposition for a concrete walk.
"a real estate agent was engaged
10 get an ordinance in council for
the new walk, which was to cost n
million dollars. h was merely a
scheme designed to show which Of
fcials were using their office for
personal profit. The situation is
analogous to that of a merchant who
nut a marked bill in his drawer to
catch a thief. 1t appears that after
the matter had been started the or
inanc was introduced, and 1t was
necessary to get the votes of council
men. Some of these met in New
York. Newark and Trenton, and en-
tered into conspiracy to pass the or
dinance. -
'Such a situation strikes at the
very root of civic government, and
YOU should not allow yourself to DC
prejudiced by the means which were
used to show up this corruption.
eff there are sufficient facts al
duced to you, your duty is to tndict' ]
wish to call your attention to q num-
her of gambling cases which VIII be
rough to your attention. Sucr
places are a menace to a community
and the breeding places of disorder
and crime. You should take these VI
promptly. / have a list of forty
houses said to be openly running, and
this should be Investigated at once.
The grand jury retired Immediately
to consider a number of crimina
cases and will fix a late when the