Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-28

3uES WITH ln6 court dlleDudntb- lneie
is no formality on the outings and
the county heads of departments and
their employees are all on equal foot
ing. Frank z. Taylor. clerk of Judge
Nelson Y. Dungans court, and Lloyd
H. Mckee, of the same court, are the
committee in charge of the outing
this year.
Freebooter Richard F. Malta is
afraid the new touring car recently
purchased by the Board Of Freehold
ers to carry the members to meet
ings at the various institutions may
be used for Joy riding and to pre-
vent such a thing, sought the other
day to put through the finance COM
mittee a resolution ordering that the
words Essex County Board of Free
holders" be painted on the car
The rest of the committee. with
the exception of John H Waters.
could not see the matter in the same
light as Malta, and as a result the
county's name win not be emblazoned
on the car just yet. Mr.. Malta did
not intimate that any of the members
of the Board Of Freeholders had beer
10y riding in the car, but insisted
that it would be the proper thing to
have the name painted on it so that
the taxpayers. when they saw the
freeholders out riding, would know
they were on county business.
The writer has had many a queer
request made of him in connection
with matters at the Court House, but
the nerviest one came this week by
telephone. It happened last Tuesday
afternoon. The writer was called to
one of the telephones in. the Court
House and asked If he covered" the
Court House for the Eve.ing Star.
The person at the other end Of the
phone was informed that he did and,
in response TO a question as TO whom
he was talking. was informed that
1t does not need TO make any differ
ence to you. We want you TO decide
a bet for US"
The parties were told to go ahead
and state the bet and If possible 1t
would be answered. Then over the
telephone came this amazing request,
You probably know Judge Harry v
Osborne who will sentence George
e. Mausert of the Hotel Broad, pretty
well and we want you to get some
information for us from him. There
is a party of us who have made a
bet on the sentence that Judge os-
borne will impose on Mausert and
we don't want to wait until he Is
- Id hoFc
is considerable money involved. VIII
you get this information from him
and print ii in the Evening Star so
we can settle the bet?"
The reporter gasped at the nerve
of the unknown man on the telephone
and then tried TO find out if 1t was
not some one who was trying to kid
or put up a joke on him. The party
talking was in all seriousness and
finally gave his name, he being a
clerk in a large manufacturing plant
in this city.
Not wishing to spend any Of these
hot summer days in the county jail
for contempt of court, the Evening
Star reporter respectfully declined to
interview Judge Osborne in an effort
to settle the wager as TO the SEN
tence TO be imposed on Mausert-
The person calling did not realizze,
even when it was explained to him,
that to even Intimate that judge
may or may not imporse a certain
sentence in advance OF its actual i'm
position, comes mighty near the line
Of contempt of court.
Judge Frederick Adams established
new record for himself and his
court Tuesday of this week when
he had two juries in damage suits
out for elaboration at the same time.
1t is very seldom that this happens
in a civil court. as the hearing OF
| evidence in a succeeding case usu-
ally takes long enough to bring out