The daily gazette., 1880-02-06
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vANDEvER MAKES A WEAK DEFENsE
IN HIS NUISANCE CASE AND Is CON-

vANDEvER MAKES A WEAK DEFENsE
IN HIS NUISANCE CASE AND Is CON-
vIcTED-A LARCENY CASE, &c.
Specially reported for the GAZETTE.
New CASTLE, Feb, o. just before
the noon adjournment Of Court to-day
in the nuisance case of Alfred ID. YAM
dever, the State closed taking evidence,
and the defense opened at 3o'clock, when
Court reassembled.
Dog-catcLer Hunt testified that from
all he had ever seen the nuisance amount
ed to hut very little; during July the
mill was burned down, and at other
times when he visited 1t he found the
place clearly and not offensive; he had
never seen IL as the States witnesses had
described.
"You are the dog-catcher of Whining
tOn?" asked Attorney Cooper in cross
examination. Hw
"Oh don't call me that" demonstrated
John, IL am the canine exterminator." !"
(Lsughter.) In response TO another
question, Hunt denied that his clothing
| smelled so badly alter visiting the place
that Chef Of Police Maxwell refused y
admit him into the police efiice. ~
Frank Miller testified that he had Wis
tied the place after the visit of the Board
of Health, when Vandever had cleaned
IL up, and he thought IL was Ia good con-
dition "for place of that kind"
John Hughes,a man who was blind of
one eye aud could not smell bit, testi-
fed that Mr.. Vandever conducted the
business Of boiling bones and rendering
carcasses properly, and was the most
careful man who ever had the estab-
lishment.
A colored lad was called and proved
to be bad witness for the defense. He
was questioned about piggery near,and
said lie could not tell the difference be-
tween the stencil from the piggery and
that from Vandever's place. Being
cross. examined, he stated that the bone
mill smelled so badly that the house had
t. be closed at times. I
The case was submitted without ar
gument and the jury took it at 4:20 re-
turning verdict Of "guilty" in thirty
| minutes.
State VS.. Charles L. Dillahu, COL,
burglary. Cooper for State, Penning-
ton for defense. The facts of the case
are these The house of Lewis H. Ma
son on West Eighth street in Whining
ton, was entered on the night of De-
cember 10th, and quite number of
valuable articles of jewelry and cloth
ing taken. The next morning Mason
found the glove of Dillahu, who had
worked for him in an outhouse, and
had him arrested by Constable Dillon.
When arrested Dillahu had many OF
the stolen articles on his person.
Owing to the fact that the breaking
into the house could not be proved the
Attorney General signified a willing
ness to accept verdict of guilty OF
larceny. Such a verdict was at once
rendered.
Thomas Scully pleaded guilty to
selling liquor without a license, and
was fined $50 and costs. .r.a
CoURr JorriNos.
AS the docket now appears there is
quite likelihood of Court adjourning
sine die tomorrow (Friday.)
J IL has been reported that there Is a
strong likelihood of the Court SEN
fencing Alfred ID. Vandever to imprison-
ment, but such an action Is not antici-
pated.
The Vandever case was the most hu-
morous, as well as the most odoriferous,
ever tried in New Castle. One of the
witnesses declared confidently that even
"Daniel Webster, the dictionary man."
could not describe the place. "You GER
tainly don't Noah, (know a) Websterp
inquired Mr.. Turner, and the witness at
once got mad. When witnesses had tes-
lifted 10 many dead dogs lying around
and giving out an offensive odor, Mr..
Turner felicitously remarked that he
had concluded "that dog did not cease