Daily Republican., 1885-05-13
A Busy Session.
TUEsDAY AFTERNOON'S COURT
PROCEEDINGS.-s ERAL CASE8
DISPOSED OF.
THE TRAIN ROBBERS.

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Court re-convened at 3 O'Clock Tues
day afternoon with the Chief Justice
and Associate Houston present. The
names OF the Grand Jury were called by
Clerk Cochran and they retired 10 their
room.
Austin Harrington, ESQ. counsel for
James Williams, colored, indicted at
the morning session for burglary and
larceny, stated that his client wished to
withdraw his plea of not guilty and
plead guilty to larceny.
The Attorney General stated that he
was willing to accept the plea, and Mr..
Harrington called County Treasurer
Herbert and John George, OF New
Castle, to testify to the prisoners pre-
vious character. They both stated
that they had known him for some
time, and never knew Of his being in
trouble before. He was then sentenced
TO pay the costs of prosecution and be
Imprisoned three months, the lashes
being remitted.
| Walter Hayes, Esq, attorney for 10.
seph Caulk, colored, who was convicted
at the morning session of larceny,
stated that he had examined the au-
| thorities, and as he found that they were
against him, he withdrew his exceptions.
eau TX was then brought in and SEN
fenced TO pay the costs Of prosecution,
be imprisoned three months, and on
Saturday next be whipped with ten
lashes.
John Adams and ohm Brown, the train
robbers, we're brought in and placed
In the dock, when Brown asked that his
/ hn "a hnt haI a a
not think the evidence before the NUM-
cipal Court was sufficient for the Grand
Jury TO fnd q true bill, and therefore
he had not secured counsel. He also
stated that he had no money to employ
an attorney With, and that he would
like time to enable him to send to his
friends and obtain means and witnesses
Upon being asked where his friends
are, he replied that they were in Great
Britain. and the Chief Justice e evidently
Thought It, would take too long to bring
them, AZ he ordered the trial to pro-
Iceed.
A jury was then drawn, and the
trial commenced, with Thomas Davis,
Esq, for the prosecution. He stated
that be proposed to prove by the wit
nesses that these men, with some 9th
Iers, were ENGAGED IN systematic busi-
ness of robting passengers on the train &
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
Ipany.
| Mrs. Alice Reeder was then sworn,
land testified that on the night of April
j24th, she WAS at the F., w. * B, Railroad
station in this city to take a train for
Edgemoor, where she resides. just M
she az going toward the train man,
whom abe recognized as Brown, push.
ed against her several times, and she
missed her pocket book. She immedi.
ately called out that he had robbed
her, but he made his escape. She af.
terwards saw him pass through the car,
but did not attempt to have him arrest
led. The witness was cross examined
Iby Brown, who conducted his own case,
but he failed to change her testimony
In any material point.
Joseph Rue was sworn, and testified
that he resides in Philadelphia and is q
detective employed by the Pennsylva
mia Railroad Company. He knows
both The prisoners, and they know him
For some time previous to April oath
there had been number Of com plant,
! ! received that a gang of thieves wert
: robbing the passengers on the trains
between Jersey City and Philadelphia
a and between Philadelphia and Balti
4 more, and from information which b,
) obtained he had every reaGon TO believe
that the prisoners were concerned in it
On April 24th, he learned that the,
had taken n train down the p, w.
B. Railroad, and he sent dispatches Il
the special officers at Chester, Whining
and Baltimore to be on the lookout TO
y them. He was afterwards notified tba
q they had been arrested ON train No
so, which reaches this city az 9.55 p
m, by Detective Jones. He saw
Adams after the arrest, and he eremarke,
to the witness you've got me dead thi
"a Itime."
Q The witness was cross-examined b,
the prisoners in manner that shove,
: 1t was not the first time they had beel
in the meshes ofthe law.
Detective William j. Jones wa
Isworn, and testified to making tn
:; arrest, by reason of dispatches whicl
he had received from Philadelphia.
I'll Theodore Brown testified that b
Il saw both prisoners on the 7.40 train o.
: the evening of April oath, and shortl
afterwards heard Mrs. Reeder say tina
d her pocket had been picked, and sa,
I Brown running away.
+ Charles B. Baynard was sworn, an
It testified that he saw both men on tn
d I.40 train. Brown aske l him II tn
IN train stopped at Chester and the witnes
eS noticed that while Brown was talkin
N to him Adams was standing on the pla
re form, with light overcoat thrown owe
10 his arm. He afterwards saw theI
IN walking, with their arms locked up an,
= =. down the platform. Both the witnesse
.y were cross examined at length by tn
d prisoners.
j.. This closed the evidence, and Brow
u made few remarks to the Jury protes
:" ing his innocence. The Chief Justic
charged the jury briefly, aud they II
80 tired at 4. SO O'Clock. At o'clock tn
te Grand Jury came in, and as they ha
N, completed all the bushes claimin
their attention they were discharge
mo- from further attendance.
Ib. Brown and Adams, the two prisoner
os In the dock, were then arraigned on u
50; Indictment charging them with ii
1a larceny of silver watch valued at 81
" from Joseph N. Greenman, on IL
night Of April 23d. Adams pleade
guilty to having the watch in his po
session. but not guilty of stealing l
Brown plead not guilty. At 5.15 O
clock the jury in the first case again
dict of not guilty.
George johnson, alias Baltimol
Jack" colored, was arraiRned ON a
indictment charging him with the la
ceiy ofa watch and chain valued at$lt
vest valued at So and n ooat value
Il at Sl2, the property ofMichael Stein, c