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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1893
Page
3
Amid a delayed adjournment and partisan stalling the senate and house debate wage and payroll provisions for veterans employes and janitors. Despite rapid moves to end the session negotiators and leaders clash over execution funding and a capital plan while many lawmakers return home for a winter recess.
Interiors of palatial buildings lie dusted and torn down as the fair concludes. In days most exhibits not kept for the Columbian Museum will vanish, and the main structure will be leveled. Outside the gates the fairgrounds resemble a deserted plain, with only substantial merchants remaining and hotel eateries closed or repurposed into apartments. Gatekeepers are scarce as a paymaster’s attendant struggles with a withdrawn staff. The Columbian land is to be retained until December, then shifted to spring use. A separate dispatch notes Hungarians quarrelling with gunfire, one man dying, and a plan to arm train crews next week to deter robberies. Postmasters in New York have been appointed for several towns including Robinson, Jewett, Goslem, Verona, and Merry.
Francis H Weeks, the absconding lawyer and forger, is behind the tense proceedings as he is brought back from Corte Ricin New York. Weeks shows a changed appearance, pale sunken face, unkempt beard, dusty suit, and a light overcoat as he speaks little of his plans. He declines public comment, says he has not decided who will defend him, and will study the indictment before pleading. He held a high social position and legal practice before his embezzlement and domineering ventures.
The clashing notices reveal Weeks’s removal from practice amid trust fund accusations, a drunken wagon accident in Altoona, and a string of legal actions across cities. Reports cover malpractice, lawsuits, injuries, and police clashes with Socialists, plus a stalled bridge bill awaiting December action.
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