Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-23
MORE AFFIDAVITS ISSUED
IN FREEHOLDER WAR
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dered out of the office, as a matter
of fact he stayed here until long
after the meeting adjourned.
II feel warranted in refusing In
formation OF the records of the coun-
ty to any man or group of men polit-
zeal or otherwise, who without slight
est justification or without the
slightest necessity takes every OPP
portunity of making wild accusations
and charges before attempting to
get any information to substantiate
them. I have said before and I re-
iterate now that any decent method
will meet with the fullest cooper
alton and my record of service in my
office Is ample proof of which I say
to be a fact. I have been county
treasurer for a number of years and
there has never been the slightest
criticism Of the conduct of my Of
flee and l do not propose to let fly
by night political workers hanging
on the coat tails of the party for a
job, assail unjustifiably the board OF
freeholders or any other county body
with the wild and reckless charges.
unless they first apply in a fair
minded way to obtain the informa-
ton they say, alleges in the records.
To encourage practice of this kind
would forfeit our self respect.
1.-THE affidavit of Mr.. Kruger is
about on a par with the rest of the
proceedings as charged by Mr.. Hayes
and apparently has very little regard
for the truth of assertions. He is
more concerned with how much eff
feet their publication will have on
the voters.
I'm the midst of these p~rovocations
we are refraining from saying any,
thing which would degenerate this
controversy into the realm of per-
sonal abuse, but would far prefer
to keep it at a dignified plane con-
sistent with what the people of the
county have been leo to expect from
this Office" =
Signed by. William Hilker.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 23rd day of October, 1928.
CHARLES NJ. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law, New Jersey.
The afidavits of Il. Edward Oran
and others follow:
state of New Jersey,
County of Middlesex, SIS.
1T. Edward Oran, of full age,
being duly sworn on his oath, de-
poses and says, that he is employed
as a clerk in the office of Il. William
Hilker, treasurer of the county of
Middlesex, and that on October goth.
last, Saturday, Mr.. John Krueget
came to the county treasurer's office
and producing a letter handed it to
Mr.. Hilker and then said: L have
a letter here, do you want it. Mr..
Hilker replied, rs it addressed to me
or the Board of Freeholders?' Mr..
Kruger replied, 1T Is addressed to
the Board of Freeholders,' and Mr..
Hilker then informed him that the
communication should be sent to
Thomas J. Mulvihill, clerk of the
Board of Freeholders. Mr.. Kruger
then turned to Mr.. Fredericks, as
sistant county treasurer, and asked
him il he wanted the letter, and Mr..
Fredericks replied. the letter should
be sem to Mr.. Mulvihill.'
"Mr. Kruger never made a state
ment he is reported as saying in his
affidavit appearing in the Home
News of October %, and the Perth
Amboy News the same day. He GER
tainly did not ask to see the records
at any time during this interview
and of course not having asked to
see them, they could not have been
refused him. Mr.. Kruger Is in err
ror in making his affidavit because
there was no such conversation on
Saturday morning such as he alleges.
l have no knowledge as to the other
(Signed)
statements appearing in Mr.. Krueg-
er's affidavit.
T. EDWARD DRAM.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this card day of October, 1923.
CHARLES NJ. MORRIS,
Attorney-at-law,
81 have read the foregoing afi-
davit and find same to be true in
every respect.
(Signed)
FRED DEIBERT.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 23rd day of October, 1923.
81 have read the contents of the
above affidavit and find same to be
In all respects true.
~(Signed)
WILSON S. FREDERICK.
"Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 2Srd day Of October, 1929"