Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-01
GRAND JURY COMPLETES
WORK FOR TERM
Find More Indictments Against
Freeholders and Also Some
Other Criminal Cases

The Cape May County Grand Jury
for the April term of court brought in
eight more indictments on Wednesday
against members of the County Board
Of Freeholders, also eight other in
dictments, after which they adjourned
for the term unless recalled by the
Court. Before it's adjournment the
fury made further recommendations
to the Court for action on the part of
the Board of Freeholders in curbing
their expenditures. The recommends
lions were as follows:
The Grand Inquest of the State OF
New Jersey, upon their respective
paths and afirmations, present as a
supplement to the former presentment
made to this Honorable Court, the fol-
Blowing additional recommendations,
to wit:
1. That, in the judgment of this
Grand Inquest, a fixed stated salary
should be fixed for the county engi-
neer, as compensation upon a per-
centage basis is an incentive to in
Grease the cost of public improve
ments, and opens the door to extrava-
gance.
2. That the selection of a Purchas-
ing Agent for a fourth class county,
such as Cape May County, is a need
less and useless expenditure of the
Taxpayers money, and while first class
counties may require such an officer,
the provisions of the Act have not
been adopted by any of the second or
third class counties. We, therefore,
recommend that the Office be vacated,
and that a special committee be Sc
llected from the Board If Freeholders,
whose duties shall be to make the pur-
chases for the county without extra
compensation.
8. The Office of County Supervisor
of Roads should be a practical office,
the incumbent receiving the sum of
$2,500.O0 annually for his services and
an automobile at the expense of the
county to discharge the duties of his
office. The Office should, therefore,
not be an honorary n and the in
cumbent should be compelled to de-
vote his entire time in the discharge
of his duties as such County Super
visor of Roads.
If this recommendation should be
adopted, then, when carried out, the
Board of Chosen Freeholders can dis
pense with the services of inspectors
of roads, who are being compensated
at the rate of $1,500.00 per annum, and
who are discharging the duties the
County Supervisor of Roads should
perform.
4. In view of the irregularity in not
strictly following the provision of the
statutes in awarding contracts, and the
doubt raised as to whether or not the
County Solicitor called the attention
of the Freeholders to violations and
irregularities in the awarding of con-
tracts and in the payment of bills, we
recommend that all requests for an
opinion from the County Solicitor shall
be in writing, stating the facts and the
subject matter, and that the opinion
of the County Solicitor upon all public
business, to the Board of Chosen Free
holders, shall be in writing and a copy
of the requests, together with the opin-
ion, be filed with the Clerk of the
Board.
Respectfully recommended by the
Grand Inquest of the April Term.
True bills found were:
Otto C. Koeneke and Hope W. Candy,
conspiracy to cheat and defraud
county. illegal auto bills.)
Floyd Hewitt and Hope w. Candy,
conspiracy to cheat and defraud
county. (Illegal auto bills.)
John R. Groves and Hope w. Candy,
conspiracy to cheat and defraud
county. illegal auto bills.)
Augustus Hilton and Hope w. Candy,
conspiracy to cheat and defraud
county. (Illegal auto bills.)
John P. Fox and Hope W. Candy,
conspiracy to cheat and defraud
county. (Illegal auto bills.)
Hope W. Candy, attempted subor-
nation of perjury.
Hope W. Candy, unlawfully obtain
ing money of the county.
Joseph P. MacKissic and E. Riley
Mixner, conspiracy to cheat and de-
fraud the county.
Other indictments, all from Wild
wood, were
Charles Schaffer, felonious entry
and grand larceny. Now under arrest
in Pennsylvania and extradition papers
asked for.
George S.. Webb, assault and battery.
Albert M. Weiner, assault and bat
terry.
John Collins, colored, assault and
battery and larceny from the person.
(Two indictments.)
Thomas Brown, obtaining money by
false %pretense.
Judge Eldredge addressed the jury
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