Telegram-herald., 1888-04-07
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Court opened yesterday morning With
Isek y Brisn again a. the bar. he nAd
tesa - MS bsz the Dag before and at sew
era othsEs after as va released, e0t IN tie
afternoon 10 sas pl.ced sshinc them. sDd
after tie Judge looked him ossr quite Sc
ysrsly ysslsrdsy 2o5niBg. he seat aim back
behind them for thiFgs days Ia the default
u TIE pay meat Of "a nns-
Thsodors Johnson. with one eye in deep
mourning. sAz the nsxt called He had
besa engaged ia . disturbances ap~n oa
Wa.sr.O0-sE. and vas seat up for fifteen
days Il default ol the payment OF 81 nne
and cosis. 49, aff
The liquor case against Alex Douglas was
sgasn adjourned. this time until tie i0th and
Court took recess until O'Clock. when =
TesgscLAois sppeaFlGg mz0. named CHARLES
Graham. sas oS0ukhs up, aud
charged with being intoxlcz.ed and
scling ia an Indecent manner on Lyon 81.
Fred A Maynard, his attorney, pl eaded for
him. and gave assurance Of his good char
sclef, aud IL being bis nrst offense, the
Judge suspended sentence.
NOa comes Charles Bork the Swede. who
broke nis ielt arm year azo aud nas since
been rather cross and troublesome under
ths mistaken impression thzt his neigh
boFs want 10 run on him. lie was charged
with assault and battery upon the per-
s0n OF William Ulrieh BY striking him on
the head with a padiack swung al the end
OF a leather strap. de pleaded not guilty.
employed A. L. Dapper As counsel, and de
msn led . Jury trial. six good msn were
imm ediaIely empaneled by Officer PeltOn.
Only one Of whom had sn excuse 10 make.
and The trial vas Immediately proceeded
with. Prosecuting Attorney Clay conducting
the ease IN person.
some difficulty Was experienced ia taking
testimony, IS al the witnesses were S@edes,
sOme Of them quite recent imPOrtations,
and n one case an Interpreter had to be
sworn to assist.
The story OF the combat elected from
both sides, was that upon the afternoon OF
election day, on Indians aud Jackson -sts..
a the Eighth ward. somebody lost dove
| from their flock, sni il was found on
Borks premises. Th-reupon Mr.. Ulrich
iutinatsd that the pigeon had not flown
there OF us own accord. and used expires
si0ns rstiscting upon BOrks honesty. and
both prOfane and obscene words ensusd be
tween the two. which eliminated IN Ulrich
/ striking Bork blow in the face.
| Bork Zen pulled the strap with the lock
at the end from his pocket aud striking Ul-
| rich with II over the shoulder, took TO his
| heels across lots 20 the other street. Ulrich
/ chased him, Ering q rock with no effect,
| doubled on his man BY cutting across the
/ othsf way and met his man on the side
walk on Jackson-sr. There he renewed the
| controversy by asking BOrk what It was be
struck him with, when Bork showed him
/ TOD quick BY striking him with IL three or
! four times more. cne Of the blows inhictiug
an ugly scalp wound. Then Ulrich uarded
| OF the rest Of the blows aimed at him.
| closed with his man and threw him down,
when they were separated oy peaceful
| German OF ths nsighborhood.
| The jury were not inflicted with speeches
| from counsel or Judge 10 exceed five min
| utss in each case. when they retired to the
| jury room and returned in five minutes
more with verdict OF not guilty, evidently
rscogn zing the fact that the complainant
was himself was the azgressor. The de-
fsndant vas discharged aud il cost Ulrich
about s. Ia costs, with S5 cents rebate for
| witness fees.
The Court then adjourned with a cloud
| opOn its brow, the reason OF which was sf-
! terwards learned in the sad news of the
death Of Edward J. Holmes. OF Iowa, Judge
| Holmes younger brother