The Lambertville record., 1923-09-21
LATE JAQUETH-
ENGLAND FIGHT

LlVULHlVU Tuul
The latest-and probably last, so
far as the primary fight is con-
cerned in Hunterdon County--be-
tween Sheriff Arthur w. England,
one of the Republican Freebooter
candidates, and the Rev. John M.
Jaqueth, former pastor of the Ser
geantsville NJ e. Church, now of
High Bridge, is staged this week.
Mr.. Jaqueth, in a letter to the
county papers says, among other
things:
After listening to the Sheriff
FOR the best part of two hours and
then reading his misstatement of
the case in the Hunterdon County
Democrat, which contradiets his
msstatement in the High Bridge
Gazette, ! realize that the best evil
dence have for the statement |
made in my letter to the Freehold
ers is weak and insecure. said
what did largely on the strength
of the Sheriff's own words. On
secondary evidence then | must re-
peat--If Mr.. England had called
less on Thomas street, where Mr..
Rubin lives, and more opportunely
on Main street, where Mr.. Rubin
has been selling liquor illegally, the
fine of our bootlegging druggist
would have gone to the county.
"0n Sunday, February dth, 1928,
in the chapel of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church in Pennington, the
Sheritf's attention was called to
the case of Mr.. Rubin. The Sheriff
replied something like this: Il know
Sam Rubin. | have been to his
house. | have done work for him.
believe he would sell the stuff
We waited six months and the
Sheriff had accomplished nothing.
Then in ten days time we secured
the evidence, the Federal agents
secured the illicit liquor and the
Borough was greatly agitated be-
cause the Mayor--'a law-abidinE
citizen whom the voters could be
proud of, n man who had never
been fined for violating the law
was caught also
The remainder of Mr.. Jaqueths
letter deals chiefly with the Mayor
of High Bridge, the Freeholders and
their combined responsibility for
enforcing the law. In closing, he
says; 81 call the Sheriff's attcn-
tion to the fact that this is
signed, not an inspired article
Sheriff England says that the
closing days of the campaign are
poor ones to start or finish CON
troversy, but for the benefit of the
questioners and the critics, he wants
to assure them that IF he is cleo
ted Freeholder he will approve and
urge payment Of every lawful bill
W. fNp'HoNa tpHHt'ith WIN tHt
enforcement Of the prohibition
laws in llunterdon County"
Answering the latest communi-
cation Of Mr.. Jaqueth, he says:
"Mr. Jaqueth's explanations of
my alleged visits to Thomas street,
in High Bridge borough, are trifIe
late and do not remove the stigma
of trying to besmirch my character
for political reasons. Mr.. Jaaueth
and his allies do not appear TO have
found any difficulty in furnishing
sufficient evidence to the federal
authorities to warrant raid with
in a few days, but no such evidence
was ever offered TO my office.
Why?'
Il am glad that Mr. Jaqueth
assumes the responsibility for his
outbursts by declaring that they
are not inspired, because those of
us who still have respect for old
fashioned religion would regret to
have the High Bridge dominic pass
the buck to the Almighty for in
spirations' that sound much more
like the wailings of worried po-
litical boss--and were known to
many of the eountys politicians be-
fore the ink ON Mr. Jaqueth's let
ters were hardly dry"