Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-18
ELECTION JUDGE
IS REMOVED BY
JUDGE OSBORNE
Republican Who Was Active in
'John McCrudden" Candi-
dacy Disciplined.

Jacob White, Republican election
Judge in the Seventh district Of the
Fourth ward, was removed from his
position today by Judge Harry V. Os-
borne in the Court of Common Pleas
for his activity in promoting the can
didacy for office of fictitious person.
Judge Osborne said: whites own
version of what happened proves his
unfitness TO hold office"
The courts action was taken upon
the application of Alderman Joseph
McCrudden, of the Fourth ward, who
charged that White helped get sigma
lures to a petition for the nomination
of John McCrudden, fictitious per-
son." for alderman, against the real
McCrudden.
Several of the signerS to the alleged
illegal McCrudden petition were call
ed as witnesses at the hearing. The
proceedings were informal Judge Os-
borne allowing the witnesses to tell
their own stories. Eugene Meyer, at
torney for Write; William G. Mo-
Tague, chairman of the County Board
Of Elections, and Alderman McCrud-
den questioned the witnesses.
Was Given Five Cents.
Emmett McGwynne. a negro, of 32S
Market street-ZemePs lodging house,
where most of the signers of the peti-
ton live-testifled that White and an-
other man, whom he did not know,
got him up out of bed and asked him
to sign a petition. He signed, he said,
and was given five cents by the "other
man" Zemel had nothing to do with
the matter, he declared.
T@aa,h MnI1io,an another resident
of the lodging house, testified that he
signed the petition at the request of
White, but denied that he received
any money for doing SO. He said %
was under the influence OF liquor
when he signed and it was the first
time in his life he had ever signed
any paper without reading 1t first.
Judge Osborne showed him an affi-
davit made before justice of peace
in which he swore that Zemel gave
him twent-five cents for signing. Il
was also under the influence of liquor,
Judge, when I signed that paper"
Mulligan hastened to inform tire
court. Meyer Zemel never gave me
O. cent, and didn't know what / was
saying when l made that statement.
No one ever gave me a cent"
"IIow drunk were you when you
made the a.ffidavit?" asked the court
"I was stewed right up to the gills, .
answered Mulligan. He was excused
after Mr.. McCrudden had cross-ex-
amined him about an alleged conver-
sation he had on Market street with
McCrudden and Alderman Rogers, of
the Fourth ward. He denied that he
told McCrudden and Rogers that ne
was being used as tool, and would
tell the truth in court today.
Dime in His Palm.
John McAvoy, who said he was EN-
ployed by Zemel and lived in his lodg-
| ing-house, testified that White and
another man woke him up out of bed
on the night of October 2. and that
| White said: Sign this" He said he
signed q paper and the man with
white said: Good night, McAvoy. y
and shook hands with him. When the
stranger withdrew his hand McAvoy
said he found a dime in his palm.
Questioned by McCrudden, McAvoy
said he lived four years at Zemers
| lodging-house, and had neved heard
of a John McCrudden until the petit
| ton was circulated.
Mr.. McCrudden said that he had
searched everywhere in the Fourth
ward and could find no John McCrud-
den. He said that White met him on
| Market street last night and said: u
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