Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
SUMMERILL AND
BEST DON'T APPEAR
Philadelphia Authorities viii
at Once Put Case in Dis
trict Attorneys Hands.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June d.
Neither Magistrate Gorrnan nor
Joseph ]. Summerill, public prose-
cutor of Gloucester county, New Jer-
sey, nor Joseph B. Best, a Gloucester
county freeholder, appeared in Cen
trail Police Court at noon today, at
which hour the magistrate had an
nounced he would render a decision
in the hearing given summerill and
Best last week on charges of black
mail and conspiracy.
Two hours prior to this Summerill
and Best, together with George w.
Dickensheets, president of the First
National Bank of Woodbury., N. j.,
and Harry Stille, of Clayton, N. j.,
had failed to appear at the office of
Magistrate Beaton for a hearing on
warrants sworn out yesterday for
them. AS a result of their non-ap-
pearance then, detectives with the
warrants waited in Central Police
Court for the anticipated appearance
of Summerill and Best, with the in
tention of arresting them, but they
were again baked.
Counsel for the prosecution at once
declared that the cases would be put
in the hands of District Attorney
Rothan and application made for
requisition to bring the men from
New Jersey into the jurisdiction of
the Philadelphia courts.
An effort may also be made to have
judicial ruling on the question of
jurisdiction.
New Warrants Sworn Out.
Following the discharge of Dick
ensheets and Stille last week and the
delay in a decision as to Summerill
and Best, new warrants were sworn
out yesterday for the four men and
their counsel, Samuel M. Clement and
D. Clarence Giboney, were notified to
have their clients appear at Magis-
trate Beaton's office for a hearing at
II o'clock.
Those assembled in Magistrate Bea-
toms office for the expected hearing
were D. w. Moore, jr., the prosecutor,
and his brother-in-law, Peter Quack-
enbush, of Paterson, N. j.; Represen-
tative Edwin NJ. Abbott, John R. X.
Scott, Russell Duane and Harvey S.
Carr, of Camden, counsel for Mr..
Moore; Lee 7. Hallock, independent
politician of Gloucester county, who
has taken an active interest in the
case, and Scanlon, City Hall detec-
tive, and the representative of pri-
vate detective agency.
When the defendants did not APP
pear the warrants were given to Scan
Ion and w. N. Greensa constable for
Magistrate Beaton, to serve in the
City Hall hearing room and the en-
tire party proceeded to Central Police
Court to await Magistrate Germans
decision.
Mr. Scott and the other lawyers
were indignant over the non-appear-
ance Of the defendants or their coun-
sci. Mr.. Scott said that Mr.. Clement
and Mr.. Gibboney had notified him
that they would advise their clients
not to appear and that they reserved
the right to question the jurisdiction
of the magistrate. He added that it
seemed to him like plan to let the
defendants escape the jurisdiction of
she Philadelphia courts and demand
ed that the magistrate issue fugitive
Warrants.
Failing. in this, Mr.. Scott said that
he would ask the district attorney to
indict the four men as fugitives from
Justice.
The Charley" runner, a court Off
Ger. mounted the bench and an
nounced that "all witnesses in the
case of SummerilI and Best are ex-
cused until June Is at u o'clock"
Magistrates Statement.
Magistrate German was found at
his home. There is no politics and
no agreement in this case" he said.
1.-The case will be decided solely on
it's merits. The whole sum and sub
stance of the situation is this--1S5
typewriter pages of testimony from
the hearing were handed to me Thurs
day night 1 had important engage
ments between then and now and
have not had a chance to look over
this testimony. 1 am going to decide
the case absolutely on it's merits and
shall do nothing until l have read
the Testimony carefully.
when | found that | could not
possibly be ready with a decision to-
day 1 directed letter to that effect
and setting noon, Monday, as the
time for giving a decision, be sent
each of the attorneys in the case. l
was further influenced to this post
ponement by the statement made to
me that Mr.. Scott had just been
brought into the case as counsel. 1
wanted to give him a chance to IA
miliarize himself with it and to be
present when 1 gave my decision"