Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-10-29
CONDOR To LEAVE
SOON FOR CAMP
Mrs. Piper, Wife of Murdered
Man, Issues Strong State
ment Criticizing Authorities.
SHE CHARGES LAxlTY
Quick Verdict of Not Guilty Was
Great Surprise in County
Saturday Afternoon.
By Special Correspondent.

By Special Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct 29-Dr.
William J. Condor, captain, U. s. R.,
who was acquitted here on Saturday
Of the murder John V. Piper, the Rut-
gers College student, will report with
in the next few days to the surgeon
general at Washington, with a view
to being assigned to some army post
for service. Mrs. Piper, widow of the
murdered man, yesterday issued a
strong statement in which she bitterly
criticised the Middlesex county au-
thorities and the police for laxity in
the detection and prosecution of
crime. Mrs. Piper, who has spent the
last week at the home of Rev. Paul
Hayne, will leave shortly for her
present home, Springfield, vt.
The jury returned with the verdict
of not guilty on Saturday after three
hours consideration of the case. When
they filed into the court room, it was
packed with persons eager for the YER
dict. Mrs. Condor, who has stood up
wonderfully under the strain of the
ordeal, was not present in the court
room, but when the verdict was an
nounced, DIR. Condor smiled, and en-
braced his aged mother, who was sit
ting beside him. He thanked the court
and the jurymen for their kindly con-
sideartion of the case, and held an
informal reception to a multitude of
friends and acquaintances. who
crowded about him. He immedi-
ately ordered that flowers be sent to
Justice James ]. Bergen, and then left
for his home.
Mrs. Condor, who was in an ante
room when the verdict was returned,
broke under the strain, when the jury
came in and required medical attend
ance before she returned home.
Mrs. Piper, frail and paled by the
long ordeal through which she has
passed since her husband disappear
ed, stood the news bravely and yes
terday gave out a statement, which
follows:
II share the feelings of q good
many people in Middlesex county that
the machinery for the detection Of
crime Is woefully deficient I am told
by those who have known the situa-
ton longer than I that crimes have
been allowed to go unpunished with
alarming frequency. A leading citi-
zen remarked today that it was only
necessary for a man who desired to
commit murder to come to Middlesex
county.
Zone of the leading pastors, in
preaching this morning, stated that
my husband had trusted himself to
New Brunswick as Christian and
civilized city, and yet he could be
murdered in the heart of the city and
no effective steps be taken to trace
the crime.
For instance, in 1904 one Of the
polls closed down during a presiden-
tial election, and number Of voters
were absolutely disfranchised but no
one was ever punished, though the
Judge at the trial is said to have re-
buked the jury in scathing terms,
I'm more recent years ofenses OF
various sorts have been allowed to
pass without adequate penalty.
THE liquor laws have been treated
as a joke for years. One of the ply
sicians of this city was indicted few
years ago for criminal abortion, or
some kindred crime, and the essen
tial witness was allowed to leave the
state and could not be brought back,
SO that the indictment was quashed.
Even though the offense was a noto-
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