Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-05-16
MAYOR HANDED
RESERVATIONS
OF z OFFICERS
Charges Against Them May
\ Be Dropped, Report in
the City Today
HANSEN AND MARMoN
Both Are Working Elsewhere
Were Mentioned in Case
of Alleged BootIegger

Louis Hansen and Lawrence
-Marmon, local patrolmen indie
ted in connection with the shak,
ing down of William Langfeld,
South River bootlegger last fall,
rendered their designations to
Mayor William G. Wilson this
morning.
It has been intimated that if
this action was taken by the ac-
cused officers, county and local
action in the case would be
dropped. The Indictment was
about to be brought up for a Sec
npnd trial in the county court
and it is understood that the To-
cal officials had also planned a
hearing on the charges against
the policemen.
According to the testimony brought
out at the first trial of the patrolmen
in the county court on April IA, they
obtained $2S8 from the South River
bootlegger when he attempted to
make a delivery of three cases of
Canadian Club whiskey at. the sa-
loon of Henry Roth, corner of Fay
cite and Oak streets. The shake
down is alleged to have occurred on
Friday night NOVember g.
For a week or ten days following
November 8, the air was full of ru-
mors regarding a batch of local po-
licemen being implicated in boot
leg shakedown." The names of
Hansen and Marmon were finally
brought out as being connected with
the affair and county action which
led to the indictment of Hansen and
Marmon for the shakedown, and
Langdon for transporting liquor,
followed.
Stricker's Stand
Prosecutor Joseph E. Stricken
when informed of the action taken
Vby the policemen In handing in
their resignation. said:
IF that is done my attitude Will
be to nolle PROSE- the present in
dictment."
After the indictments had been
returned there were postponements
asked by both sides to strengthen
Their respective cases, and nlgner
court action was started. The trial
was finally put on, on Monday, April
IA, and about 10 O'Clock that night'
the jury, unable to agree on YER
dict, was called in.
Preparations were made for new
trial and date was set by the coun-
xxrff l.
ing down of trial list prepared by
the prosecutors office, it was decided
10 postpone the case again and no
new date was ste.
settlement Rumor
A short time after the first trial
was held, the Patrolmen's Benevo-
lent Association of the local depart
ment withdrew it's support. Then
the gossip regarding a settlement by
the men quitting, was heard more
than ever.
II was learned yesterday that City
Attorney David T. Wilentz had OBJ
tanned copy of the evidence pre-
sented in the county court and prep
arations for a hearing of the charges
nbefore the local aldermen were to be
made. There is every reason to be-
lieve that had the case been brought
DelOr6 Tie Siey idtiiSiSf NV
would be discharged from the force.
Conviction in the county court
would automatically dismiss the men
from the police department and
then they would stand chance OF
being sent to Jail for the law viola
ton. The action today will do away
with all this. it is believed.
Now that the -Marmon
case Is disposed of, the county au-
thorities will have their chance to
dispose of the case of Langfeld. The
bootlegger was indicted long time
ago and has been awaiting sentence.
The saloon where the bootleg deal
was put through was raided quite
some time after the police officers
were indicted and Roth. the propri-
etor, has since sold out.
Ever blooming rose bushes; Red Pink
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