Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-20

ments on tuesday afternoon In Inc rree
holders cases and forty-three true bill
we're found, with three more im%pounded
and the jury was required to go back
again on Wednesday to take up add
tional cases.
There were twenty-five individuals in
dicted, including sixteen Freeholders
seven contractors and two county officers
Freebooter William H. Stein, of this
city and Irving Eldredge, of Cape May
are the only members of the present
Board not so far indicted and three for
mer Freeholders.
Those indicted we're:
Freeholders Hewitt, Koeneke, Young
Fox, Groves, DeBow, Eustace, Shaw,
Foster, Candy, MacKissic and Camp.
Former Freeholders Hilton, Ruther'
ford and York.
A statement from the prosecutors Of
flee states that the indictments cover
many forms of graft, etc., malfeasance in
office, conspiracy, bribery, false p~retense,
road frauds, ETC., involving thousands of
dollars.
Following is the list of indictments:
Freebooter John P. Fox, conspiracy,
eight indictments; malfeasance in office,
nine indictments.
Freebooter John r. Groves, conspiracy,
seven bills; malfeasance, six bills.
Freebooter Hope W. Candy, conspiracy,
sixteen bills; malfeasance, fifteen bills;
obtaining money under false pretenses,
five hiIIe. foroerv four hills
Freebooter Charles E. Foster, con-
~spiracy, four bills; malfeasance, seven
bills.
Freebooter Theodore E. DeBow, con-
spiracy, six bills; malfeasance, seven
bills; receiving bride, one bill.
Freebooter James F. Eustace, conspir-
acy, seven bills; malfeasance, nine bills;
resolving bride, one bill.
Freebooter Joseph Camp, conspiracy,
nine bills; malfeasance, nine bills.
Freebooter John ". Young, conspiracy,
seven bills; malfeasance, nine bills.
Freebooter Floyd W. Hewitt, conspir-
acy, nine bills; malfeasance, nine bills;
receiving bride, one bill.
Former Freebooter Augustus Hilton,
conspiracy, five bills; malfeasance, eight
bills.
Freebooter Otto C. Koeneke, conspir-
acy, eleven bills; malfeasance, twelve
bills; obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, one bill.
Freebooter Joseph P. MacKissic, con-
spiracy, ten bills; malfeasance, eleven
bills.
Freebooter William S. Shaw, conspir-
acy, two bills; malfeasance, two bills.
Former Freebooter Henry S. Ruther-
ford, conspiracy, six bills; malfeasance,
eight bills.
Former Freebooter Charles York, con-
spiracy, two bills; malfeasance, three
bills.
Charles L. Nickerson, contractor, con-
spiracy, four bills.
Walter S. Craythorn, contractor, con-
spiracy, four bills.
James McLinden county road super
visor, conspiracy, five bills; malfeasance,
one bill.
Leaning M. Rice, county engineer, con-
spiracy, four bills; malfeasance, three
bills; obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, one bill.
E. Riley Mixner, contractor, conspir-
acy, six bills; obtaining money under
false pretenses, one bill.
Sutton & Corson Company, contractors,
conspiracy, three bills.
Henry W. Townsend, contractor, con-
spiracy, three bills.
Edward M. Sutton, contractor, conspir-
acy, two bills.
William M. Cassidy, contractor, con-
spiracy, three bills.
Walter M. Holman, contractor, conspir-
acy, two bills.
Arthur Wilson, contractor, conspiracy,
one bill.
Craythorn & Nickerson, contractors,
conspiracy, one bill.
The name Of Irving Eldredge, of Cape
May, a new member this year, was on the
list, but this was a clerical error, as Mr..
Eldredge was not a member when the
particular item cited was enacted and
the Court ordered his name removed and
the name Of Mr.. Rutherford TO take its
place, as Mr.. Eldredge succeeded Mr..
Rutherford.
On Thursday morning Judge Eldredge
again sat to receive the pleas of the
indicted ones, all pleading mot guilty."
except Walter M. Holman, who plead
guilty on two indictments, Nos. 65 and
81, the former for conspiracy and the
latter for conspiracy to defraud Cape
May County. Mr.. Holman was formerly
of the firm of Holman & Cassidy, who
built the first section of the Anglesea
road, but they have now dissolved part
nership.
Upon the opening of court the Grand
Jury again presented four bills, two of
which were im~pounded and two, Nos.
IA and IS, were made public, the former
against Messrs. Camp, Eustace and De-
Bow, and the latter against Messrs. Mac
Kissic, Koeneke and Young. They were
both. for bribery. These two bills are