Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-12-27
Court Hons G NOtes.

Thomas Douglass, Esq, OF buHal(
twp, has sent his resignation as jus
tice of the peace to the Prothon otary
He resigns on account of i'll health
The Is. & l.. Association of Butler
has brought suit VS.. John Gillespie.
claiming Sl869 26.
Nicholas Carmen has brought suit
VS.. Julius Berg for slanderous words
spoken. In his declaration Carmen
sets forth that Berg said to him in the
presence and bearing of Others that he
(Garmen) had as a witness in case
against Berg and ArmOr perjured him.
self and sworn his soul to hell, ETC.,
and that be (Garmen) is worse and
has damage to the value of two thou
sand dollars.
Jefferson Allen has brought suit vs.
J. w. Allen and wife, for malicious
prosecution, and claims damage to the
amount of $1,000.
Mary Downey has brought suit for
divorce from Michael Downey for rea-
son of abuse.
THE BERG AND ARMOR CASE.
The only case tried at the late term of the
Quarter Sessions Court that was not finished in
TIME to be reported in our last issue was that OF
the Commonwealth VS.. Julius Berg and Chas.
Armor, accused by j. n. Miller, the hotel
keeper of Evansburg, of robbing him of s., 900
or thereabouts, which amount, he claims, was
taken from drawer of his bedroom wardrobe,
between the hours of ten and one O'Clock of the
29th of June last No immediate arrests and
searches were made; bat several days after the
alleged robbery, Miller made information
against Berg and Armor, two painters doing
business as Berg & Co., in Zelienople, who on
the 29th of June were painting at the house OF
Edward Dambact in Evansburg and who that
day had taken dinner at the Miller Hotel. Ar
NOR demanded hearing and was discharged; I;
Berg had no hearing and was held for Court,
but the indictment against MIN was ignored by
the Grand Jury. After this Miller probably
feared counter suit for malicious prosecution,
and-according to the evidence of Robt Lete-
we're, of Zelenople at the trial If the case en-
tered into a written contract with Letevere. by
which Lefevere was to get the one-half OF all
that was recovered from Berg and Armor II he
convictedlthem. This contract, also according
to Lefevere's evidence, was written and witness
ed by Ed Dambach and signed by himself and
Miller. John Weigle also of Zelienople, was en-
ployed as detective. lie would not acknowl-
edge, when on the witness-stand, to any written
contract between himself and Miller but said
he was TO get what was '.just and right" These
men with the assistance of Jno. Gloss, son-in-
law of Lefevere, and Nick Carmen personal
enemy of Berg, soon had their stories ready.
Lefevere had gone to Berg when he (Berg) was
under the influence of liquor and bv telling a
pitiable story of poverty aud the Sheriff after
him, had induced Berg to lend him S10O-two
fifty dollar notes that ArmOr had borrowed to
paw firm debt. These notes were taken to
Miller. and Mrs. Miller pretended to identity
one of them by numbers on 1t. These and a
stolen pistol formed the basis of terrible story.
Berg and Armor were again arrested, had a
hearing and were held for Court. true bill
was found against them and the case put on
the trial list The case was taken up on
Thursday afternoon the 21st, ult.,
and was not finished until the next
Tuesday evening when the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. 1t was an extraordl-
nary case in some respects-viZ: the time occu-
pied in its trial, the character of the evidence
and the array of counsel for the prosecution.
We have never before known of three attor-
nies. two of whom are considered among the
ablest at the Butler bar, being employed to
assist the District Attorney in the prosecu
ton of charge of larceny. The evidence IN
the case was too long to be reviewed-about
twenty witnesses having been called on each
side The evidence for the defence was CON-
plete and satisfactory, and long before it was
completed the table used by the prosecution
was deserted by all except the senior counsel
even the classic face of Eddy Dambach had
disappeared from it. 1t looked as though
they were shamed out of Court. The prose
cution or as deemed by many, the persecu
ton of these two men by Miller must have
cost him more than he claims to have lost
Thompson and McCandless don't ':practiet
law for fun" Bob. Lefevere is known tC
have had rolls of big bills in his possession
previous to the tral-an unusual financial
condition for him and John Weigel, of course
got what was Gust and right"
These expenses and his hotel and livery bills
aggregated large amount. The animus o
the prosecution is as yet unknown to the de
PENDANTS but that there was a niger in th'
woodpile of the case somewhere, many wht
heard it have no doubt. The characte
of the defendants for honesty and integrit,
was attested to by many of the best peopl
| of Zelienopie. The defendants were ably
represented in Court by Messrs Bowser, Nc
| QUESTION and Forquer,