Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-04-16
April Term of Court


preme Court, opened the Cape May
County courts for their April OF Spring
term or Tuesday. In his opening adj
dress he Instructed the Grand Jury to
investigate the charges which have
been filed against County Prosecutor
Matthew Jefferson, relative 10 his ac-
cepting fines and settling cases with
out the aid of the court Judge Black
appointed William j. Kraft, Prosecu-
tor of Camden County, to assist the
grand jury to conduct its investigation.
He also called the attention of the jury
to loose methods of enforcement of auto
laws in Cape May County. Matthew
Jefferson occupied his seat as prosecu-
tor while Justice Black instructed the
Jury.
The charges were made by saloon
men and the affidavits were collected
by Jerry Delaney, a saloonkeeper of
Sea Isle City, who is a member of the
Grand Jury for this term. In one affi-
davit 1t is alleged that Jefferson got
S42 from Harvey Crammer when his
slot machine in his Holly Beach saloon
was taken and that this money has
never been turned over to the county.
Louis Bishop, of Anglesea, charges
that he was led to believe that if he OBJ
tanned a machine from Edward Tice,
he would be granted immunity.
nr@coa- Toa.~, x.o1o 4Lo c~I
lowing statement:
"There were three affidavits collected
by the saloonmen, one was to the effect
that $42 was paid me by Harvey Cram
mer as a fine and retained by me. Mr..
Crammer has a receipt for the money
which was taken as bail and not as a
ine. He signed for a spec al trial.
The other alleges that protection was
given to slot machines. l say now
what | said before, that these charges
were started by the Hotelkeepers' AS
ISOLATION, whose members / have COM
PEELED to observe the law. Both 1918
and 1914 I employed the Law and
Order Society of the M. e. church of
this state to assist me in suppressing
Sunday rum selling and gambling"
The grapd jury Immediately conven-
ed and heard their cases and the cir
cult court proceeded to hear the case Of
Marcus Rothschild VS.. John w. Me-
cray, of Cape May City. The jury,
however, could not agree and were out
all night and on Wednesday morning
were discharged by Judge Howard
Carrow, of the Circuit Court. Follow
ing this Henry III. Eldredge, judge of
the Common Pleas, granted the follow
ing liquor licenses:
Louis Heesen, Hotel Germantown;
Carl Hansen, Hotel Hamlet; Dorothy
Pullinger, Hotel Grenoble; Fred Brob-
son, Windsor House; Louis Bishop
Walnut Avenue House; stephen
Henle, Colonial Hotel; Agnes Doherty,
Hereford Hotel; Protos Bottling &
Supply Co.; Frank Toppin, Hotel
Hilton; Chas. Mace, Hotel Royal;
George Scott, Scott's Hotel; Carl
Ericsson, The Brighton; Geo. Schmoll,
Weisbrod & Hess Co.; William Pinker,
Hotel Elmira; Joseph Geisenberger,
wholesale; VIM. With, Hotel Wirth;
Thomas Seward, Ocean Crest Hotel;
Richard Stanert, Grassy Sound.
In the Gaze of Louis Bishop the
license was issued until June at which
t;.oo b;e Jaaea for tho b,,iidirr ovr;roc
circumstances were filed against the
applications of VIM. Grimes, Oliver
Bright, Samuel Wimley, Ernest
Schlichting and Bolton Cannon.
The hearings for these applications
were all set for Monday, April Goth,
with the exception of that of VIM.
Grimes, which was set for one o'clock
Wednesday. AS resulted the holding
up of these licenses, the bars of these
places were closed at twelve O'Clock
midnight Tuesday.
Late Tuesday afternoon a panel Of
Jurors was sworn in and the case of
John Murnin VS.. Harry Conn, chief of
police of Anglesea, was moved. With
everything in readiness for the first
witness, Judge Carrow adjourned the
court to v on Wednesday morn
ing. At ten o'clock, after Judge Car
row had apologized for his half hour
hardness, John Murnin, a former
councilman of Anglesea, was placed
upon the stand and testified that Harry
Conn had knocked him down with an
open hand arm thrust upon his neck,
at the same time calling him harsh
names. He also testified as to his ar
rest by Chief Conn and his hearing by
Mayor Hoffman. The defendant en-
deavored to prove that Murnin was
intoxicated and when placed upon the
stand took an attitude of a jester and
eor~ht n mako the trial a iOka Int