Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-27
QUARTER SESSIONS.
ApJoURsnu TERM oF MA, u,u,c
'he trsnk'Struck CRsos Again po,,uone,-
r." "ciney Found Guilty ON Two
serious Indistmontn

in' srsnk'Struck CRsos Again postIoned--
M hcincy Found Guiity ON Tv,
serious Indictments,
nonddg AFTERNOON. In tho case of tho
comth Va. Harry Doobler, charged with
inc larceny OF rags from John w. Lowell.
the defendant was called. IIo testified
that he and John A. Pfritz. who Ia a,ao
charged with tho larceny of those ragn
were passing Mr., LowelIs stable : tbcy
saw somo other boys in the stable gather.
ing rags they asked witness II no wanted
some rags no replied that he did, aud
they told him to como In and take what
was lying on tho floor thoy took some
rags and sold them at Shober's witness
denied that ho told Abraham Applebach
that hc got tho rags at home.
lu robuttal Applebach was called, and
ho testified that Doebler told him no got
the rags at homo.
with recommendation Of mercy. Sentenced
to five months Imprisonment.
Tho case OF Justice Frank and Constable
Struck, charged with conspiracy, was
continued on account or tho absence of an
| important witness.
Com'th vs. John pfritz. This boy was
charged with being an accomplish of
Harry Doebler In tho larceny of rags from
John w. Lowell, and evidence in tho caso
on both cases was similar to that against
Doebler. The jury rendered verdict Of
guilty. Sentenced to hvo months i'm
prisonment.
Cases of malicious mischief against A.
j. Steinman and Abraham Hirsh. Vor.
diets of not guilty were taken for want Of
| evidence.
The cases against Wesley J. Miller and
Harry q. Stohler, charged with fornioa.
tion and bastardy, were mol pressed, tho
parties having settled them.
The next case attached was one OF those
against Eli Hoiney, au old man, who was
u momber OF tho party recently arrested
on the Ephrata mountain on numerous
charges of larceny, burglary, Sc. Tho
defendant In this case was charged with
burglary in breaking into Lincoln school
house, Earl township. Ga tho night of
the 7th of January last, John G. Martin,
tho teacher of tho school, testified that ho
locked tho school house securely on this
evening the next morning ho found that
| the building had bsCu entered, but wit
| ness could not tell how ; soyCral bottles OF
INK aud some sheets OF paper were taken,
and there was some scurrious writing on
the blackboard in good hand.
George r. Bartholomew, the detective
who worked up tho mountain cases, testi
fled that ho resides ~ 1885 South Ninth
street, Philadelphia, aul is n detective by
profession, and camU - Ephrata to arrest
the BuZzlrds, il possible, and break up
the gang which infested tho mountains
Witness made tho acqrI.utanco of Hoinoy
at Greenylls and went TO his house
Heinev proposed that they mako q raid
on this night they were walking past this
| school house, and IoiuJy proposed that
they 90 in and SEQ what they could get, as
he was in need OF a irs shovel ; Heincy
had bunch Of false keys and with one OF
them he opened the door no TOOK some
ink, chalk aud other things and witness
at tho direction of Heiney, wrote on tho
blackboard, as he said the people would
DO thrown of the track aud would suspect
that the Welsh mountain gang were the
guilty people Heiuey slil no belonged
to the Ephrata mountain gang on this
night witness and llsin'y walked between
- and Is miles.
On cross-examiulti0n the witness said
that previous To this time he had not been
employed in PHI Ldelphia as detective
when ho came + Ephrata no communi.
Gated with tho Oil ,ers Ol the law and went
to work.
Squire Kraatz testified that hS first
saw Bartholomew on January 8. COnsta-
bic Jones testified that no became &C.
quainted with the detective ia December
q raid was made Bartholomew kept wit.
ness informed in regard to IL.
For the defense Daniel Hort berger, who
is also charged with number of cases of
larceny, testified tina. on tho 7th Of Janu.
airy Heiney had rheumatism and frozen
feet and was unable to walk. Tho de.
fendant could not testify in tho case and
no other testimony was offered. The jury
rendered verdict Of guilty OF ielouious
entry.
Tuesday Morning. Tho first case attach.
ed was another of Com'th vs. Eli Hoiney,
charged with felonious entry and larceny.
On the night of November 81, 1888, tho
spring house of Daniel Roether, a mile from
Ephrata, was broken open and robbed Of
III pounds of pork and q lock. George r..
Bartholomew, the detective, was the priu
cipal witness and he testified that after he
had became acquainted with defendant he
learned from him that he had entered
spring house OF an old Amish man near
Gravel Hill some months before. He said
he had knocked tho lock off the door with
wagon hammer aud stolen a lot Of pork.
Heiney gave the lock to witness who gave
1t to Squire Kraats, and it was produced
: in court,
Bartholomew, on cross examination, said
|, he had been travelling through the west
1
8 he has been in tho employ of tho mer-
T chants detective agency in Philadelphia,
= For the defense, Heiney was called, and
. I he denied having made any statements to
Bartholomew, as related by the latter. lie
0 denied having had anything to do with
q the robbing of the spring house, and
j never saw tho lock before. The jury ron
0 dered a verdict of guilty.
Com'th vs.. William Campbell, assault
8 and battery. The defendant resides IN
Safe Harbor, aud It was alleged that on
the 10th of May, 1882, he caught hold o.
Geo. Bortzfleld, an old man and throw
ing him down injured him severely. The
defense was that tho prosecutor, who IL
} very excltable old man, had been teased
. by some other parties, aud ho made an
q attack upon Campbell, who merely
! pushed him away to get rid Of him. IN,
: jury rendered q verdict of not guilty will
: county for costs.
A case of surety OF peace against camp
bell was dismissed with county TO
costs.