Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-10-07
Charges Against
Officials of the
Borough.
LIVELY ROW ON
GEORGE ANga;r and
Edward Fisher
Near Blows,
Special to the EVENING NEWS

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South River, Oct. 7:-Following
his severe arraignment on Saturday
night Of the borough officials at a
Bull Moose meeting in Borough Hall.
Edward B. Fisher was accosted this
morning by Tax Collector George
Allgair and threatened with arrest
and bodily harm, according to Mr..
Fishers statement to a NEWS re-
porter. In his remarks on Saturday
night Mr.. Fisher, who was chairman
OF the meeting, left no doubt in the
minds of his listeners as to his
opinion Of the present administra-
tion in South River. His charges
against Tax Collector Allgair were
unusually severe and startling
Because of this public attack, ii is
alleged, Mr.. Allgair accosted Mr..
Fisher while the latter was walking
towards the trolley junction. Mr..
Fisher states that the borough coll
lector assailed him, verbally, with
out provocation, and before large
crowd which gathered quickly at the
first sign of a street encounter be-
tween two of the principal actors in
the "sil-star show on Saturday
night" as it is now termed in this
borough. When Mr. Allgair threat
ened bodily harm, as Mr.. Fisher
charges, the latter gladly accepted
aud declared that he was ready at
tba,;3ff-.ipe tb a to proceed with hostilities.
Nj. Allgsir 5sr 6S-tts sssaa The {,
nose of the former gentleman "a x
over his (Mr. Fisher's) face The
mass G1e4ng of Saturday night and
today's early morning aftermath has
set this town talking politics as
never before. The record of every
official, since the time OF the towns
incorporation, has been busted and
scanned for faulty accountings. The
charges made by Mr.. Fisher are
more up-to-date, however, and mar
the heretofore excellent records, as
so considered, of every member or
the present administration. Th6
chief attack was upon Mayor Joseph
Mark, who was accused of tolerating
an inefficient police force ard gen.
eral mismanagement of the hor-
ough's affairs. Mr.. Fishes is a trav-
elling salesman and has made his
home with his family in South River,
on and off, for the past fourteen
years.
In opening the mass meeting
on Saturday night in Borough
Hall, Mr.. Fisher deliveredS
an address in which h8
charged the borough officials with in
efficiency and said that their gross
neglect of borough affairs was the
cause of the present condition of the
boroughs finances. He attacked
every officer from the mayor down
and said the borough had suffered
long enough through the manage
ment of affairs by incompetent Off
GERS.
He accused Mayor Mark for neg
lecting to discharge from the police
force an Officer who had been found
drunk while 6n duty nv hstand-
ing he had been peCItloned by a
number of respectable citizens to re-
Iieve the borough OF this drunken
officer.
Stepping from the platform the
spe '-ar walked directly to where
Ma TX was sitting and said:
p" a.e the executive of the bor-
ough and upon you devolves the en-
forcement of all of its laws, yet you
sit calmly by and allow the borough
laws to be grossly violated without
one word Of protest from you
The speaker referred to the mayor
as being the borough's recorder ana
said: 1t is your duty to tabuiate
every case tried by you, giving the
name of the person the cause OF az
rest and the amount of fine imposed.
This you have not done ana your neg
meet to do so is a serious one
The speaker referred to the time
whom Charles Simmons, Sr., was re-
corder for a period of eight months
During that time he submitted 10
the council monthly statement or
the proceedings of the recorder
court and paid to the treasury OF
the borough the sum of s4OO.
''Mayor Mark" said the speaker,
"then became recorder and during
the first year of his new term ne
turned over to the treasury ohiy
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