Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-19
MORBID CURIOSITY.
,ss CLUB ROOM cAsEs sE-
FORE COURT.
r,ou,,pt reopio struggling for En-
-, ia the Municipal Court Room
5tcpNoiecs Of the social Clubs
Nearly Al Prescnt-rhsy Are
pi,appolntcd- Postponed.

Ealns,eJt El,,e ~ a lcpFesensatiye OF tho REruB-
.,N,y. A. n, came into the Municipal
cpa,, I',,i 'ogm last night and looked around
:, me crowdlug and aurIing mass OF
humanity s'rusRling beyond The railing
an .,apdiug .oom.
". M va,6r was right. The crowd was
,,,,lsle md 4 extended outside the City
n,'iI Mi bsyapd the steps, reaching out to
~ rn,5 mAssed around the police Office
.",,,pre. tt,uding upon tip-toe. looking
q a. ne windows, and locking over
mn others shoulders, 70 get a sight Of
Nhn2 ,,s
,ocJ club where immoral practices
we're INDUCED In, and two unfortunate,
d,bssed glrls, the victima OF tho unhal-
loved club room and the boys who con-
rsg,,e there. IL was q significant
s,cxd The most cebasing passions that
s,g,ade humanity were pictured upon
M ,ouutenauces. Plear-tyed, salloW
,onnlecled hollow aud pinciied faces,
shp1Rs hulecl out with tobacco. breath
Ir,ld with beer, whlskey aud tobacco,
iA,,c dey1tres of vice gathered Ia from
olber yic,-glided club rooms, they
rosdel they struggled, some swore
r,b. ,nd others indnlgsd in the ribald
hurh snd the obscene and dehasiug joke.
liwsi the lrma Social Club, that was
nid,d on Thursday night last, not that
nuts worse than other clubs In the city,
bat thp lettering immortality OF that club
s.mr fTsl TO the surface and fell into the
poIce coop net. Members ot other
euls were present last night TO see how
Jared their brethren Of tho Irms Club,
aud iu full sympathy with them. Yes,
yliyor Harrington was right In the ex-
r,ss oti hr made usa Of on entering.
Before the court was called, and be-
fp Judge Bail entered, Mayor Harring-
too mounted the witness stand and, ad-
dnssng the surgipg crowd, said that he
vu surprised al the morbid curiosity
that brought 70 many OF them together.
He warned them against making the
last disorder, and II they did not heed
lh warnlGg he threatened that he would
instruct The police force 10 clear the hall.
in all probability their curiosity would
moi be ptatihed as he had understood q
hlfihg Of The members OF the Irma Club
would be laid over for q morning hear
hr.
Judge Ball al 7.05 o'clock. came 10
and took bis seat.
William T. lyman, Esq., who ap'
pared i0r John McAleer, one Of the
attused, tried To speak, but could not be
bestJ On sCcouut Of the noise.
Judge Bali ia, kcd upon the eurRiDg
clori aud gave orders for the police TO
clear tLc dotr, tui all boys out Of the
room aud allow LO more 10 enter. Chiel
OF Police sw,gget, Sergeant Tucker and
hunmbei ot officers were for some min
eNsA Nusy Carrying Out the orders O, the
eoan, WhNe doing 20 some man in the
crowd uttered al impious oath, when
yadge Ball gave Additional orders 70
Dilns ide 1eri man Who nsed such Ian
khag' before bim hat he might be pun
isgel Ior contempt OF court. Finally
eiaef was restored, many persons having
nNh 'o'cei from the building. The
court asked Chief swiggett n sil tho boys
mad been elected, The chief looked
through the crowd and said he could SEQ
10 noe boys.
Au order had been enforced Mr..
Luim addressed the court and said that
hhe bal only that afternoon been called
upon to de fend John McAleer, one of the
pIrrsted In the club room, he had no
hne 10 Inform himself OF the nature OF
tseisr, md asked q continuance.
WNail Hall Porter, Esq., stated that
kiPPl llred In behalf OF Lewis Owens, ID.
y. Collins, Samuel T. Wardeld and
Horace Nandegriit, and be also asked
ttoht!n lRnce.
City solicitor Turner said he thought
TAT LOihing could be lost by continu.
iAet Of The case until Wednesday morn
Ing lie favored this, as there were Others
ooaCerncd In the case that he had no;
bean able TO secure. and he had a hope
nal lie might secure them by Wednes-
osy morning.
!ud,c Ball reminded Mr.. Turner thai
nt two giIls, witnesses In the case, are
III The Ills awaiting the calling up OF the
case and lie should remember that they
nave rights as we'll as others.
ht Turner replied that they were there
y lhfiI own action, and no was not re-
sphtill ln Tor their incarceration.
'ulg Bali said he could not see VIII,
@motrow (Tuesday) morning woult
hOt 20 lor u hearing.
Harry Lodge and Henry wahl, two o.
ue ao,uard boys, were without counsel
anl beug called Into the prisoner
s ssoCSe' they said they were ready for
=, Judge Bali reminded Mr.. Turner tha
,nvSr boys had rig hts that could not b,
o'erloohad.
Mr. Turner said he would rather no
rp'eed with the trial now, as the inter
~ Vl Justice might suffer thereby, ant
~ ing want to use some OF the party
witnesses. Therefore, he preferred
lng Them all together. He did no
FU Ss ih'l hr could safely 90 to trial unit
"e'lealay morning. He had kind o
.ngtan2e that the parties he wante,
sOIl be procured by that time.
,, A''gl considerable moro talk amonl
,ga, ,va1sl 10 both sides, Judge Ball declaret
J,s Ss ue'llngs postponed until Wednes
Ssl mQFLilg at 8 O'clock.
Tue tle boys then all had their reeognl
s.Hces r1uIinued until that time. Tn
,ao,' Smu 'Ieu began to thin out, but man!
,Irh, Is'l.u u the expectation Of getting
XSo tSu' OF lhe two poor unfortunate girl
In, rnO T. afe Tie main witnesses In the case
T ", 'n ih's they were disappointed q
-T1 i, were not brought before the Courl
,o auc ease Of james Watson accused q
oD Admitting a violent assault and batter,
,I,Hlslrs ,ISl1tlrs Groh, laid over from q pre-
''ou' iug, was called.
un'' w. D. Paul Lukens testified that III
M agepvr Nr par OF Groti's ear was almost Gu
,,,sIl oflck or stone. 1t took fou
o,LSl Lsn'e TO sew 1t on. There were tw
Ia I', ohghl scalp wounds, but none
T,n,H ".uHIs ara now dangerous.
Ns'yo@@ 'o@ lhe testimony OF Harry Reei
Il MARSHALL, Louisa Bowen ana other,
o. ,''a' that Watson commenced Ii
tsev 'uAt both ran. each other, bot
fton" 81 stones at each other, and the la
liz . .Afown by Watson struck Croft /
pea,oI William 7. Lyman, ESQ.,, Al
asds i, iot M Watson, and In his arzumei
Hamo " oppear that one was az much
Vs. as The other. The court thonel
iAe n ''" was to blame for commencir
rostS af'el and imposed fine OF 81 an