Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-09
HARRINGTON TOO ILL
TO APPEAR FOR TRIAL
ocontinued from First paseo

that Mausert be tried alone. Bradner
objected and wanted all three tried
together, but was overruled by the
court and Mausert will be tried alone.
Mr.. Bradner explained that an in
dividual indictment had been found
against Mausert and asked why he
was not tried on that. Prosecutor
Hood explained that the struck panel
of jurors had been drawn for the joint
Indictment and that therefore the
severance was necessary.
Less Than Hour to Get Jury.
1t took less than an hour to obtain
the jury, the State using five chal-
lenges and the defense an equal num-
Der. Two talesmen, Thomas Brenx
nan, of 10 Day street, Orange, an
undertaken, and Charles j. Murray,
lumber dealer, of 80 Williamson
street, Bloomfield, were excused for
cause, both stating that they had al
ready formed opinions in the case.
The jury, as finally selected, is
composed of the following men, all
of whom are about middle age and
in most cases married and have
families: Charles A. Keyler, under
taker, 81 Franklin street, Bloomfield,
foreman; Charles n. Mcfarland,
manufactures, 81 Mitchell place, East
Orange: Charles B. woodward, treas
urer. 496 Summer avenue. Newark;
William Haselmayer, bookkeeper, $50
Parker street, Newark; Stephen
Speer, coal dealer, so Roseland ave-
nue., Caldwell; Lowell NJ. Meeker,
merchant, "a Ridgewood avenue West
Orange; w. Fl. Knox, manager, %
Sanford street, East Orange; Laban
W. Dennis, stone contractor, 26 South
Ninth street, Newark; John E. Os-
born, manufacturer, 81 Warrington
place, East Orange; Miles A.
Hanchett, coal dealer, 1856 White
street, Orange: Timothy P. Edwards,
secretary, 10 Newark avenue, Bloom
field; Leon S. Greenberg, importer,
q Myrtle avenue, Newark.
First Witness a Detective.
The first witness called was Henry
C. Plate. of 626 West 10th street,
New York city, who said he was an
investigator in criminal and civil
matters and that he had been en-
ployed during February, March and
April by the Cosgroye Detective
agency. of this city.
Early in his examination it de-
veloped that the beginning of the
gathering of evidence against the
hotels Navarro and Broad COM
menced during the term of former
Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott. Mott
did not retire from office until early
in March, while Plate testified thai
he first visited the Broad hotel Feb
ruary 10 last.
He identified Mr.. Mausert as the
proprietor of the hotel, and stated
that he had seen him present at his
visits to the hotel, which We're al
most daily from February 10 to Apri
20 Plate, in telling of the first visi
to the hotel, on February 10, said:
'I went into the barroom anC
bought drink. Then l went out ant
looked over the office / noticed tina
the office desk was visible from tn,
street and later 1 stood on the stree
and watched a number of young peo
pie enter the side door of the hotel
In almost every instance the pro
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man would go to the desk and regis
ter while his female companion woult
wait in the side hall.
After registering the young mai
would join his companion in the hall
way and they would then go upstairs
Most of the couples l saw that frs
night and on succeeding nights wer
below the age of rs l should say"
Plate also testified to occurrence
on several different dates when h
himself had taken women to the hote
and had been assigned. he said, t
rooms without any questions beini
asked despite the fact that neithe
he or his companion had any bag
gage with him. Plate was still Oh
the witness stand when the court ad
journed for the noon recess.
Now and then you see derby hat
but the people are gradually becom
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