The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-02
At Last He is Here.

Il AT Last he is Here.
Francis Tracy Tobin, who has defie
II law and law officers of New Jersey for
long time, was at last brought to thi
county and arrived here on Friday eve
e ming. He was greeted by large crowd
g the word having been rapidly passe
around that the lawyer was on the wa,
and would be given a hearing in tn
court house at seven o'clock, by which
: time there was hardly standing room il
the building.
The circumstances connected with thu
capture of Tobin were somewhat lively
The young men who had been convicted
of assaulting him had gone to the Phila
delphia courtroom to receive sentence
Mr.. Tobin was on hand and DIR. John j.
Flynn, who went Tobin's bail, was also
there. 1t is on account of this bail bust
ness that all this trouble arose. Tobin
was arrested in Mount Holly at the con-
clusion of the trial of Edgar Murphy for
murder and DR.. Flynn became his
lbondsman: When it was time for Tobin
to appear he did not come. Three men
tried to get him and they were arrested
on Tobin's complaint. From that time
the matter drifted along.
On Friday all the parties werein court.
After sentence DR.. Flynn and Tobin
went to the front door of the courtroom,
and before they reached the corridor the
doctor took hold of Tobin and said he
wanted to read him q paper, producing
the bail piece. Tobin said he did not
want to hear it, but Flynn persisted and
finally took hold of the lawyer, who very
quickly resented the action, and strug-
gle ensued, during which the officers or
dered the hubbub to cease and told the
doorkeeper to close the doors. This put
the two men in the corridor and there
they were taken into custody. An Off
Ger went into the courtroom and told the
court that Tobin was under arrest and
wanted the protection Of the court. The
Judge ordered the officer to close the
door and not to allow anybody admis-
sion.
In the meantime Tobin and Flynn
were taken before magistrate. He said
he was perfectly familiar with the cir
cumstances of this case, as the original
proceedings in Philadelphia were, before
him and he would not act in the present
affair. The only course for Tobin to
pursue was to get writ Of habeas cor
pus, so the lawyer took that course and
went before Judge of one Of the courts
The latter looked at the paper and dis
missed it at once with the remark that
he, too, was familiar with the case and
that there had been ruling by another
Judge to the effect that DR.. Flynn had
the right to remove Tobin to New Jer-
sey. The lawyer was told that the only
course for him to pursue was to go with
DIR, Flynn, and was also told that if he
had been any kind of man he would
have appeared before our courts eleven
months ago. He was also warned that
if he made any trouble in the CITY of
Philadelphia he would be locked up.
While Tobin was attempting to get
some sort of relief DR.. Flynn had en-
gagged private detective to aid him,
and when the Judge announced his de-
cision the officer and the doctor took
Tobin into custody and marched him to
the ferry and over to Jersey. The party
came to Mount Holly, reaching here a
little after seven o'clock. The news of
the arrest had become noised about and
when Tobin and his escort reached the
court house they found a large crowd
awaiting them. The LAWYER was not
nearly SO jaunty as he had been, and he
appeared to be relieved when he got in
side the building, although he was ap-
parently nervous. Judge Carrow had
been notified of the proceedings and that
there would be a motion to surrender
Tobin. He decided that as it was Bur
lington county case it should be heard
in this place, where all the records could
easily be obtained, SO he came to Mount
Holly.
When Judge Carrow took his seat and
asked if there was any business before
the court, V. Claude Palmer asked that
Tobin be surrendered to the Sheriff.
Harvey Carr, a Camden LAWYER, repre-
sented TObin and objected to the pro-
posed surrender. The statute in the case
was read and there was considerable dis
cussion on the matter, it finally being
decided by Judge Carrow that he had
nothing to do with it. This practically
meant that DR.. Flynn is Tobin's TAILOR
and is privileged to take him and keep
him until he satisfies the Doctors claims
and secures other bail. This part of the
case being disposed OF Detective Ellis q.
Parker stepped up to Tobin and told him
he had warrant for his arrest on an in
dictment found by Burlington county
grand jury. The detective then took his
man to the county jail, where he was
locked up. The amount of bail de-
manded in this case is $1,000.
School contest. See Boyce's window
for details. adv.