The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-29

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The Buzz Pearre case 10 mp
again IN the Maryland courts.
Buzz" was q student It the Uni
versity for several years and every
body in Morgantown knows him.
The following is a brief resume of
the case:
james Graham Pearre was con
victed May 9th 1885, In the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, Judge
Steward, Of attempted felonious as
sault on Mrs. Estelle NJ. Kirkland,
daughter Of the late Charles Towson,
at the Hotel Albion, Cathedral and
Richmond streets, on the night of
March IA, 1885. The trial occupied
two days. The defendant is a son
of the late Judge George A. Pearre, of
Cumberland, and at the time of the
affair which led to the trial was a
student of the Maryland University
Law School He was defended by
Col. Charles Marshall, ex Gov. VIM.
Pinkey Whyte and Mr.. W. Holdings
worth Whyte, though Col. Marshall
was prevented from taking part in
the trial by an engagement in anoth.
er court. 4rH sai
Mrs. Kirkland gave her age as
"a years, and Mr. Pearre said he
was 20. The defense admitted that
Mr.. Pearre got out of his room win
dow to the cornice, and crawled along
it to Mrs. Kirkland's window, which
was open and entered her room under
the impression that an affirmative
reply had been sent to his request
for permission to come to her room.
The State claimed that no encour-
agement had been given him. The
jury were out half an hour On the
appeal being taken Judge Steward
fixed the bail at $1,000, which was
given May 10, 1885, three days after
the trial, Mr.. Aubrey sPearrp, of
Baltimore, Mr.. VIM. Pearre, Of Cam
berland, Md, and Mr.. Geo. A. Pearre,
of st. Joseph, Mo, brothers q the
prisoner, became sureties. Thequ
ton before the Court of Appeals
was as to the admissibility Of testi-
mony introduced by the State giving
the result of experiments to show
that Mrs. Kirkland's cries could not
be heard in an adjoining room owing
to the thickness of the partitions
The case was carried to the Court
of Appeals and there the ruling Of
the lower court was sustained. The
penalty is from two to ten years in
the penitentiary. The following
extracts from the Baltimore Sun
show the present status of the case
and indicate that Buzz" has Jump
ed his bail and left for pastures
new. bee So
The order of the Court of Appeals
demanding for further proceedings
the case of James Graham Pearre,
convicted of attempted felonious as
sault upon Mrs. Estelle NJ. Kirkland
was received at the Criminal Court
yesterday. Notices had been sent
out to the bondsmen to produce him
in court for sentence, but owing to
misdirection the notices were not
served. They were renewed. return
able to-day. Mr.. Kerr said he
would give the sureties reasonable
time in which to produce Pearre.
The sureties are Aubrey Pearre, of
Baltimore; William Pearre, of Cum
berland, and George A. Pearre, of
st. Joseph, Mo. The amount of
bond is $1,000 Thursdays Balti-
more Sun.
James Graham Pearre, who is un-
der $4,000 bond to appear in the
Criminal Court for sentence to the
pcnitentiary for attempted assault
on Mrs. Estelle Kirkland, did not
appear yesterday. Summonses have
been issued for his bondsmen, and
the return was made that Mr.. Au-
brey Pearre, who lives in Baltimore,
is temporarily out of the city. His
other sureties are VIM. Pearre, of
Cumberland, and George A. Pearre,
of St. Joe, Mo. If the principal does
not appear soon the bond will be
sued by the States attorney.-Fri-
days Sun.
If James Graham Pearre does not
appear in the Criminal Court for
sentence by Monday, States Attor-
ney Kerr says the $4,000 bail will be
declared forfeited, and if not paid
legal steps will be taken to collect
it. The States attorney thinks that
will not be necessary, however. 1t is
believed that Pearre will not appear
and his bondsmen will pay the for
feit.-Sdturday's Sun.