The Penn's Grove record., 1921-05-13
"President" Garrett
Fined and Jailed
Republican COlored Leader Con-
victed of Running Speakeasy
On "HelI's Half Acre"

On Thursday of last week the civil
suit Of Anthony Macchiaverna against
Stephen Diamataris was heard. 1t
was for a commission on the sale of
real estate.
Macchiaverna is well known in
Penns Grove as "Tony" Mack. He
said he was engaged in the real estate
business in Penns Grove and that he
entered into a signed agreement with
Diamataris to sell his property, which
consisted of a restaurant, pool room
and house, for $2700, but any amount
over and above that figure he should
have; that not withstanding he had
the exclusive right to sell the property
Diamartaris disposed of it to a fellow
by the name of Pappas for $1,000 and
refused to pay to Mack the $1,000.
The defense was that the agreement
was to sell the restaurant, pool room,
good will and fixtures, for Diamartaris
did not own the property. 1t belonged
to Fletcher w. Layton, that when Dia-
mataris came into possession he mott
fled Mack that his agreement was off
for he could not sell for the figure he
had named. He was given the assur-
ance that the agreement had been torn
up; that the property was never sold,
and is still in the name of the defend
ant.
The plaintiff produced Pappas to
show that he had agreed to purchase
the property for $1,000 and had paid
over $4,000 in cash but fell down in the
balance Of the payments so the defend
ant retained possession. Mack denied
that he ever said the agreement was
destroyed and declared that he had
advertised the property for sale and
received a number of inquiries.
The defendant denied that he signed
a portion of the agreement, claiming
that was not or the paper when he
saw it originally; that Mack had said
several times the paper was torn up
and that it was through no efforts OF
the agent that Pappas made a deal for
the purchase.
The jury was out but about five mi
nutes when a verdict Of no cause for
action was returned.
No cause for action was the verdict
rendered by the jury in the case Of
Joseph Moore VS.. Robert Mcbride.
The plaintiff claimed damages for
injuries received by being struck by
an automobile operated by the defend
ant in Upper Penns Neck Township.
By reason of the injuries he was IN
able to work at the plant Of the du-
Pont Company for several weeks.
The defendant testified that he was
coming from a side road onto the main
Penns Grove-Pennsville road and in
=, o11in tho +,,,uo ha araoI1ntnTnd MnO1,p.
that although plaintiff saw the car he
made no effort to get out of the way
and consequently got struck, but de-
MED that any ribs were broken.
The appeal to Common Pleas case
of Charles Casperson vs.. Joel H. Jen-
kins and in the alternative the Town
ship of Lower Penns Neck, was moved
on Friday. This was a suit to recover
pay for services rendered in connec-
ton with the office of Assessor. 1t
was agreed by counsel that a verdict
of no cause for action be given in
favor of the Township and this was
instructed by the Court.
Prosecutor Beckley on Monday
morning moved the case against
Richard Garrett, of Penns Grove, bet
ter known as "Slim."
Garrett was indicted by the Grand
Jury at the April term upon several
counts for the illegal sale of liquor.
Of all the defenses offered recently in
the Salem County Courts his was the
most amazing. 1t was a complete de-
NAL of the testimony of Sheriff Bran
drift, Under Sheriff Brown, Constables
Graham and Stackhouse and other
witnesses.
CARROTS place on Smith Avenue.
Penns Grove, was raided by the Off
GERS on December 22d last after suffi-
Gent evidence had been obtained to
pull the place. John ". Graham,
Frank Body, Wilmer Norton and
Warren P. Stackhouse all testified to
the purchase of liquor for which they
paid Garrett. Four n dollar bills,
that had been previously marked and
used at the time of the raid, were pro-
duced as the ones given Garrett and
which he in turn gave to his wife and
were taken from her. Four bottles OF
some kind of stuff and a large jug
containing wine were in evidence as
having been secured at the Garrett
house.
SneflH brdnQTll COlu VI lAe ldiu vi
CARROTS place after buying booze in
the place. Garrett completely denied
all the evidence the State had offered.
He declared he had made no sales and
had never before seen the bottles
offered in evidence.
Referring to the Sheriff and other
officers coming to the front door, Gar
rett testified that the reason he closed
the door so quickly he thought they
were hold-up men for they had drawn
revolverS.
Although Recorder Walter Edgar
had testified that Garrett paid rent
for the house from July 1st, 1920, up
to that time of his arrest, the defend
ant said he did not take possession
until some time in the fall and at
tempted to prove that a Republican
organization had it as headquarters
previous to that time. 1t was shown
that he was the President of the poll
teal organization, and in fact the
whole show.
CARROTS attorney had about all he
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