Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-01-23
spe, iaI to the Evening Star.

SDet lHi 10 hHS GbtHihk
NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 2S.-In
the MiddIesex county jail here today
are twenty-seven men who served as
deputies at the strike in Roosevelt
and who are alleged to have part1c1-
pated in the rioting there Tuesday
morning that resulted in the death
of two of the twenty victims shot
down in front of the Williams &
Clark plant. They are charged with
first degree murder and will remain
incarcerated here at the county's ex-
pense at least until the grand jury
meets in special session next week.
The names of the men and the ad-
dress they gave were given out by
Sheriff Edward r. Houghton this
morning. They are: Harry Patter-
son, 4s7 Broad street, Newark; John
Gordon, 81 Beacon street, NegarS,
Carl Smith, 112 Orange Street, New
ark; James D. williams, 199 Plane
street, Newark; Fred Mullen, 444
High street, Newark; Michael Man
ming, 42O High street, Newark; Harry
u. lylET1 JdCOb SiICCls ANIW hA n .
William Irwin, AZ Bank street, New
ark; Thomas Murphy, 166 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Ne gark; John O'Mara,
326 Sussex avenue, Newark; Henry
Cilmour, 146 Washington street, New
ark; Alexander Brunner. 140 Badger
avenue, Newark; Henry Terrill. 395
Halsey street, Newark; Harry Tone,
"a Wyckliffe street, Newark; James
Davier, 81 Fifth street, Paterson;
Frank Ricks, 157 Plane street, New
ark; Walter Bedell, 120 Demarest
street, Bergenfields; John c. Moran,
704 Willow avenue, Jersey City; John
Smith, 342 Montgomery street, Jer-
sey City; William Mclaughlin, 140
Peshine avenue, Newark; ]. FL
Nolan, 1874 Pennsylvania avenue,
Newark: Walter j. Patterson, 27 Jay
street, Newark; John Multraney, 2s
Centre street, Newark; Frank Coyle,
30 Cross street, Montclair.
The names of Conrad Caller, Rob-
ert Malone, Tony Sullivan and John
Erler were on the commitment papers
last night, but do not appear on the
sheriff's list today. The names of
Edward Gillen, Essex street, New
ark: Robert ]. Wallace. PSI Plane
street, Newark, and Tony Semorl, 179
Burn avenue, Lodi. were not on the
commitment papers last night, but
are on the sheriff's list as being in
1ail today.
They were arrested last night on q
blanket warrant charging them with
murder The warrant was issued by
Recorder William j. Lawler, recorder
of the borough of Roosevelt, and the
arrests were made by Prosecutor w.
Edwin Florance, assisted by eight
uniformed policemen from Wood
bridge. ten from Perth Amboy and
six from New Brunswick, together
with County Detectives John r. Fer
guson and Richard A. Peltier.
Members of the grand jury were no.
titled by the prosecutor to reassemble
in extraordinary session here next
Tuesday to consider the charges
against the deputies. At that time
Prosecutor Florance said he will pre-
sent to the grand jury the testimony
of approximately 1G0 witnesses, much
of which was taken on the ground
shortly after the shooting, and will
ask that indictments be returned
charging murder in the first degree.
He has asked Circuit Court Justice
James J. Bergen to charge the jury.
Sheriff Houghton this noon issued a
3,000-word statement in which he put
the responsibility for Tuesdays trag-
edy directly up to Mayor Hermann
and Chief of Police Harry Harring-
ton, of Roosevelt. He said that had
they kept order on the streets, the
mob. among which were the men who
were shot, would not have assembled.
He had been assured, he said, that
they could and would keep order on
the streets. II they had found the
task beyond them, the statement con.
tinues, they should have called on him
FOR aid
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