Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-18

After verifying the telegram
through Warden Hoff, the county o.
hcers brought the two prisoners back
TO New Brunswick, arriving at 6.4s
o CLOCK. Notwithstanding the late
ness or the hour the sheriff found
Judge DAILY and the two ATTORNEYS
IN the case waiting in the court room.
flsnkoiI and Herbert were immedi.
ately arraigned and re-sentenNeed 70
terms of nine and six months re-
spectlVely, in the county. wor<housa
instead of state prison, whittier they
nad gone to serve terms of from
niteen months to three years n
flshkoil case and one to three
years in Herbert's.
Inc whole case is the cause of
G,tLnsIuerable comment here today.
Onoiilcial rumor has it that .J1due
Daiy was In conference with At
torneys George j. Miller and former
senator Thomas Brown for the en-
tire afternoon and the order for the
prisoners return was the outcome
Of the session.
Judge DAILY, however. denies
the rumor in a statement this NOM
ing. lie said that his eleventh hour
decision to send Fishkoff and Her.
pert 10 the county institution rather
than TO state prison came as the
result OF the incessant pleas made by
flshkof's wife and eighteen-year-
old son.
At his home, Judge DAILY con-
tinued, mother and son visited hlm
ana made pleas for clemency, point
ing out that a prison sentence for
the head of the family would mean
the ruination of Fishkoff's jewelry
business and curtailment of the
sons education. The boy is a medi-
cal student
These repeated appeals have
caused nm great concern. Judge
DAILY went on, ever since the orig
inal sentence was imposed that
gave Fishkoff and Herbert from
Two to three years. BY resentencins
them TO the workhouse, however
hishkoffs s family will be able TO
keep in constant touch with him on
matters in connection with the busi-
ness. The disposition of the Fish
koft case also lightens the Herbert
and Ostrosky sentences because
Judge DAILY would not reduce one
without acting likewise for all
three. Ostroskys term in the work.
mouse was changed from nine
months to three months.
Judge DAILY thinks the workhouse
sentence will punish the Offenders
sufficiently to satisfy all concerned.
Another point is that all three men
are naturalized citizens and will rot
lose their citizenship by going to the
county institution as would be tn.
case if they served state prison
terms
In touching upon the allege
conference" with Attorneys Miller
and Brown. J lge ! ..5 said the two
lawyers were around the court house
during the afternoon but that they
were merely awaiting the return OF
the men from Trenton. The Judge
also remarked that he had reached
ms decision to resentence Fishkoff
and Herbert a few minutes before
the train left bearing the sherifr's
party and that n messenger sent 10
the railroad station had arrived lust
too late
In the party was John Kjers-
gard, of Perth Amboy, sentenced to
serve prison term for the theft of
automobile accessories valued at less
than $50. Kjersgaard made the
Journey handcuffed TO Deputy Sher-
in Hanna, while Fishkoff and Her
bert were not manacled
Another difference between the
gold theft case and the usual pro-
cedure in criminal cases was the
fact that while Fishkoff and Herbert
were sentenced for the selond time
last week, they were nt,t taken 10
Trenton Immediately. THE custom
heretofore has been to We. the
prisoner away within forSSg.ht
hours of the time the court ~
nounces sentence. AsN
The sheriff and his party W. se msy~k
at the Trenton railroad station by
telegram ordering the return OF
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