Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28
HINTS BANK CASE IN
.GUMMERE' SCHARGE
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what is going on in the consultations
of that body not only violates the
/ law, but ] think he insults the grand
juror he undertakes either directly or
/ indirectly to prevail upon to violate
| this part of his oath.
Now there are only two matters,
to get from generalities to particu-
/ lars, of sufficient importance TO re-
/ quire specific mention to you at this
| time.
zone of them is apparently a case
| of homicide which occurred in the
almshouse about a week or ten days
ago. One of the inmates of the in
stitution, an aged man named Charles
| Warmer. was found dead in his bed
on the morning of the seventeenth OF
| October.
1T appears that the evening be-
| fore one of the men. an assistant or
helper. who had been away from the
institution during the afternoon. camo'
back somewhat under the influence OF
| liquor. and that after he had gone
to bed. this old man, Warmer, made
noises which apparently were often
sive to this keeper; his name is Lay
| land. He took the old man into the
toilet and there was sound OF
scuffiing in there and he was heard
to say. Don't do this or that thing
or I will break your neckn
Find Man Apparently Dead.
HE left the old man in the toilet.
Shortly afterward there was heard
the sound of q fall in the toilet. Lay
| land got up and called another man
and they went into the room. They
found the old man on the floor, APP
parentlv dead They brought him
back and put him into bed. They
said nothing about ii to the other
men until the next morning. An
autopsy showed numerous bruises on
the body, and that he had died from
broken neck
Now, whether death came from
brutal treatment at the hands of this
! keeper is a matter for you to deter
mine by careful investigation. There
isn't anything in the case to suggest
that Layland was guilty of de-
liberate murder. but if he did NAL
treat this old man and in the course
of doing so the old mans body was
bruised and his neck was broken he
is, of course, guilty of a criminal of
Tense. If death ensued, Layland is
guilty of manslaughter. even though
the death was accidental.
"The other case TO which l refer
arises in Belleville, and 1t is detail
cation of the Elk -collector of taxes of
that municipality. An examination
of his books after he went out of Of
flee the first of January, 1872, shows
that he is a defaulter in the extent
of $4,000 or $4,000.
'It Is for you to investigate this
case and determine whether he is such
defsulter. If he is. of course, he
should be indicted
"Offenses of this kind are among the
gravest the grand jury is called upon
TO investigate. in my Judgment-the
taking advantage OF a position OF
trust to defraud the people who have
trusted YOU of the moneys that are
entrusted to you for your own per-
sonal benefit or the benefit of others.
If Mr.. Osborne, the ex-collector. is an
embe3zler. you should indict him for
that offense."
Patrick Keelan, a box manufac-
turer, of lis Tyler street, No. 1S on
the list of jurors, was excused from
service by Chief Justice Gummere.
leaving twenty-three men to serve,
that being the number specified by
law.
The jurors who will serve for six
weeks are as follows:
William z. Gormley, painter, So
Alexander street; John j. Gaven. col
lector, Is LentZ avenue; Leo Cold
smith. leather manufactures, SO Hill.
side avenue; DR.. Thomas 5. McCabe,
934 Lafayette street; DR.. Louis A.
Koch, % Chestnut street; Edward F.
Flood manufacturer. II Washington
street: Bernard Garland, machinist,
IS Broome street; Louis Leonardis,
paper dealer, 1876 Lafayette street;
Thomas j. Mclaughlin, wagon
builder, 10 Sidney place.
John McMurray. grocer. $50 Null
berry street; Joseph II. Lucking, coal
dealer. 121 First street; John G.
Eisele. broker, 1911 Ballantine park
way; Frank A. Schaeffler. leather
manufacturer. 2S Bruce street; Edgar
J. Allegeart, auditor, 3S3 High street;
Philip L. Macintosh, builder, 10
South Seventh street; Charles E. Van
Syckle, decorator. 81 Court street
George W. Davis. hardware, 424 Par
ker street. and Arthur c. Hensler.
manufactures, 1866 Clinton avenue, all
of this city.
John A. Lawrence, merchant, 30
Montgomery street and John G. Par
lins. 81 Washington avenue, both of
Bloomfield; Michael Fitzsimmons.
clerk. South Orange, and Millard 5.
Jaeobus, painter, Pompton avenue,
Cedar Grove.