Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-28

requested me to write to him TO New
ark or to address myself to his adj
dress on St. Pauls, Minnesota. AS he
did not tell me why to write to him,
did not do it,
Il have still TO say that this man
mentioned a lot of regions and places
in America as Newport on Rhod-
island; Newark in the New Jersey, st.
Louis Davenport Qowa), ST. Pauls,
Minnesota and explained their social
and economical Importance"
"As | Informed him of his question
about my salary as judge he told me
such was the salary of clerk in
America"
Concerning his hereditary rights,
DIR. Fluss says Flusser may have
called him in his will the son of
Solomon Fluss, alias Flusser, because
/ told him | was an L. L. D. and that
I was the son of Solomon Fluss, alias
Flusser." In addition, DR.. Fluss says
that If anyone has claimed an in
heritance by describing himself as
DR.. Fluss the documents relating to
the Identification are forged, "as the
birth and death registers of the
Jewish communities Tereschan and
ruined by fire, all extracts which
may have been produced by anybody
of the relationship are forged. The
forgery may also eventually be seen
from the fact that the documents are
written by a typewriter, no one of the
said communities being rich enough
to buy typewriting machine and
nobody else having such in these
places"
All of Dr. Fluss's inquiries, as far
as Newark is concerned, are useless,
as there is no record of any estate in
any way answering the description he
gives in the surrogate's office. 1t Is
probable that letter similar to the
one from which extracts are given
above has been sent to NEWPORT on
Rhodisland," "St. Pauls Minnesota"
and the other places mentioned by
the Vienna judge.
Last Tuesday morning it was quite
cold In Judge Martins courtroom, and
Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott
remarked to the Judge: There seems
to be quite a draft here today"
Without a smile, Judge Martin re-
piled: THAT comes from the venti-
lating apparatus, which only seems
to work on very cold days.
The lawyers went on with the case,
but sat with tcoat collars turned up.
Essex county juries are noted for
doing peculiar things, but the verdict
turned in by one in Judge William
p. Martins court this week when
william, Henry and John Lennon and
Clinton Todd were found not guilty
of conspiracy was about the strangest
of many strange ones.
The three Lemons and Todd, to-
gether with Alfred Sutcliffe and David
u M lie in a inint in
dictment, the charge being conspiracy
to obtain damages from the Public
Service Railway Company by means
of a fake" automobile accident.
Davis had been trapped into admis-
sions before the indictment was found,
it being his testimony before the
grand jury that resulted In the in
dictrhent Last Monday before the
trial started Davis pleaded guilty.
Sutcliffe pleaded no-vult, and both
took the witness stand and told their
stories of the conspiracy, naming the
three Lemons and Todd as the chief
conspirators.
Then the jury brings in a verdict
acquitting the four men. The jury
| in effect said that the conspiracy
which Davis and Sutcliffe by their
pleas of guilty and non-vult had adj
mitted taking part in did not exist
But just the same Sutcliffe and
Davis have pleaded guilty to the
charge and will be called on to face
sentence in few days.
It was jokjngly suggested around
the Court House after the not guilty
verdict was in that Sutcliffe and
Davis should now be indicted for
perjury, 1t being pointed out that the
~, ~ &c. .f ha n
said that no conspiracy existed. On
the other hand Davis and Sutcliffe,
under oath on the witnes stand, had
testified that there was a conspiracy
and that the three Lemons and Todd
as we'll as themselves had been par
ties to it.
Sutcliffe while on the witness stand
used the expression took Brodie
out of the street car company" stat
ing that Davis had used those words
in describing how the company was
to be mulcted for the fake" accident
you say they took a Brodie7'" re-
marked Judge Martin, turning to the
witness with a quizzical smile on his
face. For my benefit and possibly
that of the jury will you explain what
you mean by a 'brodie?"
I'm only telling you what Davis
said" replied the witness.
Then you don't know wha a
'brodie' is?" persisted Judge Martin
Sutcliffe foundered around for an
answer for fully a minute and then
drawled out, mot unless 1t comes
from Steve" and even Judge Martin
joined in the laugh when loud whis-
per from somewhere near the jury
box volunteered, Sure, Steve
he n 70
Ign bridge"