Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-21
ARREST Navarro
CLERK IN COURT
Continued from First pase.)

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couples arrested there at the time of
the raids.
The direct examination of Freund,
Who had been on the witness stand
| yesterday afternoon when court adj
tourned. was resumed by Prosecutor
Hood today. Yesterday 1t had been
apparent that Freund though called
as witness for the State, was doing
all in his power to aid the defense
of Harrington. Particularly was this
demonstrated when he injected the
name of Joseph Nemrow, Harring-
tons former partner in the hotel, into
the case as the man who had issued
all orders by which wrong numbers
| We're used for rooms in the hotel
| registers
F'reund had explained that Mem
row had issued orders that in no IN
stance was the same room to be
shown as rented twice in a single
day. When 1t was necessary to do
/ SO, Freund said that Nemrow's or.
ders We're to give another number
to the room. In this way he attempt
led to explain the use of numbers
higher than number "a for rooms
shown on the register, No. 81 being
| the highest numbered room in the
house, although the register shows
frequent rentals of rooms numbered
| above that figure.
When Freund was asked how it
came despite this order of Nemrow's
that the, books showed SO instances
of double and five of triple rentings
lOf rooms under their proper num-
bers he was nonplussed and could
make no explanation.
That Freund was a hostile witness
| was noticeable at all times, but it did
not become marked until Prosecutor
| Hood began to examine him on
statement he had made to county de-
tectives late on Sunday afternoon,
| April 26, the afternoon following his
| arrest on a warrant charging him,
| with Harrington and others, of main
tanning a disorderly house.
Freund had been confined In the
Il Court House all day Sunday, awaiting
a bondsman, and when the afternoon
waned and none appeared he, SO it
was reported at the time, stated that
he thought Harrington his employer,
was going to desert him, and he in
| tended to tell all he knew. He then
made a long statement, in which he
said that Harrington was cognizant
of everything that went on in the
hotel.
Freunds statement further was to
the effect that after Nemrow had sold
his interest in the hotel to Harring-
ton that the latter took entire charge
of the dining-room and rooms,
lalthough previous to that time he had
only looked after the "bar end of the
business, leaving the restaurant and
room renting to Nemrow.
Practically everything in this state
ment Freund had previously contra
dicted on the witness stand, and when
Prosecutor Hood asked him about the
statement he said he did not know
what 1t contained. Paragraph by
4 paragraph Mr.. Hood read it to
Freund, and invariably received the
reply he did not remember of say
ing that" but in no instance did he
positively deny that he had made
such statement.
When Freund's direct examination
had finished he was given a very
brief cross-examination by Mr.. Simp-
son that developed nothing. He then
left the witness stand, apparently a
very much relieved man, but a min
ute later was deeper in trouble than
ever when he was rearrested IN court
and his bail increased to $1,000 Albert
J. Hole furnished the bail at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon.
Prosecutor Hood refused today to
say whether he would prosecute
Freund on charge of aiding in
maintaining disorderly house at the
conclusion of the Harrington trial or
not. 1t is also possible that a war;
rant charging perjury may be sworn
out against him.
Following Freund on the witness
stand was George j. Biddle, former
head waiter at the Navarro. Unlike
Freund. Biddle was frankness itself.
but his tale neither helped or hurt
Harrington to any great extent. ex-
cept insofar that 1t aided in estab-
fishing the fact that after Nemrow
lad retired from the hotel in March
last, more than a month before the
raid, Harrington was recognized as
the BOSS" and had general charge
of all departments of the hotel.
The only significant thing brought
out in Biddle's testimony was the
fact that Harrington had been in the
hotel at the time the raid was made
and Freund and Biddle placed under
arrest. Harrington at the time made
his escape, and did not give himself
up until a couple of days later, when
bail had been arranged. Prosecutor
Hood, in his opening yesterday, said
it was a significant fact that Har-
pington had run away at the time of
the raid. leaving his employees to be
arrested.
Biddle said that after he had been
placed under arrest in the dining
room he had been taken to the hotel
office. At the hotel office he saw
Harrington, who had not been placed
under arrest. Harrington asked Bid
die for nickel in change so he
could use a booth telephone and Bid
die gave him the nickel. Biddle then
went down stairs to change to his
street clothes and when he again
came to the office Harrington had
disappeared and was not arrested
with the other employees.
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