Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-31


aud enter plea of guilty OF murder in
tho second degree.
Council for tho commonwealth stated
they had examined the witnesses subrmned
on the part Of tho commonwealth and they
were satisfied that the ends Of Justice
would DO met by such plea.
Iho prisoner was brought before the
court formally withdrew his plea OF not
guilty and entered n plea OF guilty OF
murder In tho second degree. Sentence
was deferred for the present.
WINFIELD SMITH ACQUITTED.
Ia the case OF commonwealth vs. Win.
nold smith, brother of George, Jury was
empanelled and Q verdict OF not guilty
rendered. The common woaIth's officers
said there could not bo any conviction in
this case - he was forty feet away when
the stabbing took place.
Before the verdict Of not guilty was en-
tered Judge Patterson said in some cases
boen different, the public blamed the court
whom the responsibility rested on the jury.
In this case tho court was satisfied after
reading the testimony of tho common.
wealth's witnesses that the plea OF muIdsr
In tho second degree was proper rs to
George, and 1t Was also proper that Win
fiield should DO acquitted The verdict
was rendered accordingly and Winfield
was discharged from custody.
HISTORY OF THE MURDER
On the night Of October l6, Henry
Struck received the wounds which resulted
In his death early on the morning follow.
ing. Issppesrs that bad feeling existed
between tho Struck brothers and Smith
brothers for somc time previous TO that
date. On October 10, the Smith boys
worc drunk aud were heard to say they
| were going to Kitchcntown after the
S:rucks. Early on that evening younger
brother Of Henry Struck was assaulted by
the Smiths. Near midnight a loud noise
was made opposite the residence OF
Henry Struck. Ho thought his father, the
| constable Of the ward, was having some
trouble with party of roughs and he goa
| out OF bed, went down stairs aud across
the street. The Smith brothers were there
and Henry was stabbed by George Smith.
Winfield Was In the vicinity but did not
take part In the stabbing.
OTHER BUSINESS.
Edward 4. Weidle was indicted for
being the father of an illegitimate male
child Of which Matilda Studemodc, OF
West Earl tow nship 10 the mother. The
jury rendered verdict of guilty without
leaving their seats.
George w. Miller, sth ward, city, was
indicted for larceny. From tho testimony
on the part OF the commonwealth it ap.
peared that on the 14th of July, when
John q. Bauor returned from his work, bo
found that some furniture had Ooen
rem owed from bis house, the bed clothing
was missing, his wife and bis child was
gono. Upon investigation he learned
that Miller had eloped with his
wife and had taken with him
two uudershirts and breastpin belonging
to John q. Bauer. He recovered the
trunk containing tho articles stolen at the
Pennsylvania railroad baggage room.
| When Miller was arrested he admitted 90
Officers Ritchey and Shay that he had
pawned tho trunk to get money TO pay his
fare from Philadelphia to this city.
The defendant testified that he first sa "
the trunk in Philadelphia. He paid Slrs.
Bauer's fare to this city and shs wanted
him to come ilong to Lancaster ho had
J no money and she gave him tho check to
the trunk aud on the ohsok hs came to
Lancaster. When he learned that Mrs.
Bauer had been arrested he did rot go to
the depot to redeem the trunk. On csoss
J examination hs admitted that he
had gone to Philadelphia with Mrs.
, Bauer and that hs had seen the trunk
frequently in tho bed room occupied b.
them in Philadelphia. Jur3 out when
J court adjourned.
CURRENT BUSINESS.
On the petition of the officers OF tht
Lancaster, Elizabeth & Middletown turn
: pike the court granted a preliminary in
junction enjoining and restraining Henry
Hammsker from keeping up and maintain
ing an obstruction to the natural drainage
Z and flow Of the water. The allegation il
that the turnpike is badly washed b.
reason Of the obstruction and that III
9 turnpike company have been returned &
court for maintaining nuisance in conse
, quence thereof.
The viewers appointed to inspect th
Mannheim 3 Sporting Hill turnpike Gle,
d their report setting forth that the turn
pike has been constructed according +
law.