Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-02
GEO. BROWN, JR., !,
. MISSING B. AND |.
MAN, INDICTED
December Grand Jury Finds
True Bill in $4,000 En-
bezzIement.
RUMORED THAT MORE
CHARGES WERE FOUND
40 Observation-Disclosures the
Jail Witness Room and Jur-
ors' Accommodations.

The December grand jury as one
of its final acts before being dis
charged after term of duty ev>
tending from December Q, last. hand
ed into court lao indictments. the last
one of which was against George
Brown, jr., the missing secretary OF
the Hawthorne, Stratford, Ninth.
Ward and Park View Building and
Loan Associations.
The jury was received by Chies
Justice William 5. Gummere and
after presentnent had been read
criticizlng conditions in the witness
room at the county Jail and the ac-
comodations for petit jurors at the
court house the chief justice dis
missed the jurors with the hearty
thanks of the court.
Whether more than one indictment
was found against Brown could not
be learned as Prosecutor Louis Hood
had issued stringent instructions that
no information in regard to matters
pertaining to Brown be given out
II is certain that at least one indict-
ment against the missing man. who
was formerly member of the Re-
publican County Committee and cam
didate Tor chairman of that body
year ago last fall, was found by the
grand jury. THIS Indictment. II Is
understood charges the eube2zle-
ment Of about $4,000 from the funds
OF the Hawthorne Building and Loan
Association. 1t was impossible 10
learn whether Indictments charging
embezzlements from other assoc's-
tionS with which Brown was collne-
ed were found or not.
| When asked If an Indictment ha
been found against Brown, Prosecutor
Hood tacitly admitted that at least
one indictment had been handed in
! by the grand jury. Pressed as to
what the Indictment charged. Mr.
Hood replied that he did not think
that was q matter that should be
| made public at this time explaining
that Brown was at large and thar the
prosecutors office had no knowledgs
| of his whereabouts
f As soon as the batchfof td0 indict-
hments had been handed to Chief JUS
/ tice GunmAre he turned them over
/ 70 County Clerk Joseph McDonoughs
who filed them in the criminal coiirt
l. Where they Will remain seCr5.~ us,,,I1.
ments until the personG named in
them are called on 20 Heads
III handing III q presentment toucs.
4 ing on conditions as found by tho
/ Gte.lAQ Jul liitli DOu1 DTDkG III Un-
| written rule of almost four yenre'
| standing. that being that grand jul-ias
on retiring from office would not hand
! presentments into court.
The matter OF lack of accomfnoda-
tions for petit jurors serving in the
Court House has frequently beer
called TO the attention of the Board
| of .Freeholtlers by the Evening Star.
and at the present time steps arc be-
| ing taken to provide seats in ths
top floor corridors of the Court
House. following out suggestion
made by The star.
Would Act Recommendations
After the presentation had been
read by Timothy Il. Scales, clerk OF
the grand jury Chief Justice Gum
mere said that he would be glad to
have meeting arranged between
himself, the members of the board OF
freeholders and the business commit
tee of the first April grand jury that
will be sworn in next Tuesday, in or
der to discuss the recommendations
made by the retiring body.
The presentment in full follows:
THE grand jury. sitting In and for
the body of the county of Essex for
the December term, 1918, upon it's ad-
journment, deems it its duty to call
the attention of the court to two
matters of prime Importance which
came to its notice in its official ca
pacity.
"The first OF these relates to the
condition of the quarters at the
county jail, for the detention of wit
nesses. The grand jury finds them
to be altogether inadequate for the
accommodation of the number of per-
sons who are detained therein. In
addition thereto ii believes the wit
ness room to be so badly protected
against fire risk that IN case of fire
in the Jail there is great danger OF
loss of life among the occupants OF
the witness stand.
THE other matter relates to the
absence of all accommodations for
petit jurors in attendance upon the
courts who are not in actual service
upon a case They are required to
remain in thee orrldors of the Court
House, where no seats are provided
for them, and where they are sub
jected TO the annoyance of mingling
with all kinds of people whose buHi-
ness brings them to the Court House.
Attendance upon the courts for
jury service entails upon many OF
those who are summoned personal
inconvenience, and il would seem
that the least the county can do for
them is to provide reasonable ac-
Communications for their comfort.
In discharging the grand jury Chie1
Justice Gummere thanked the mem.
bers warmly for the interest they had
taken in their work during the four
months term of duty of the jury.
81 want to thank you," said this
chief justice for the willingness
with which you gentlemen sacrificed
private business for the public good
and I also want to express to you
my pleasure at your having demons
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