Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-09-13
LEGAL NEWS.

saw nt 10 plead eulltt anu Ma7 fcLiaHdcu
TO Jail for sentence
Oscar Kiester plead guilty to selling
liquor without license and was sentenced
to months in the workhouse, and then
the case of the Com. vs. John Campbell
was taken up. Campbell is a horse dealer
Of Allegheny City, and he was accused by
Esq. John Stewart, of Evans City, Of tax
ing roll OF money from his pocket on the
5th Of July last while he (Stewart) was
intoxicated. The jury went out that eve
ming. and. upon the = embling Of Court
next morning, came in with a verdict of
guilty. in manner and form as he stood in
dicted. Campbell formerly lived near
Evans City and both be and Stewart are
well up in years.
Tuesday morning. ;. l.. KohlIneyer
plead guilty to the charge Of forgery pre-
ferred against him by Peter Whitmirc, and
was remanded for sentence.
The bill of Indictment vs. John Adams
for emitting and stabbing Jacob Bleckle,
was reported mislaid, and Bleckle's attor
ney, Frank Kohler, asked that it be sup
piled from a true copy, aud the matter was
held under consideration.
The case Of the Com. ". W. {. Barron,
accused Of larceny by Mrs. Kelly, of Clay
Tp., was then taken up, and after the evi-
dence was heard, the Court directed the
jury to find for the defendant
Tuesday evening. the Millerstown GRO
quet ground fight, in which J. p. Plummer
was prosecutor and Martin and Harry
Dunlap were defendants, was ventilated and
the jury next morning "wednesday re
turned a verdict Of not guilty on the first
count, but guilty on the second and third
counts 1. c. assault and battery and assault.
Then the ease rs. Neal Duffy and :. G.
Sbuil, for breaking a door of house; Gym
thia Brackall, prosecutor, was taken up,
and il resulted in verdict Of not guilty,
but defendants to pay the costs and then
was taken up
'THR BUTLER COUNTY MYSTERY
so-called by persons who. having heard
the stories Of both prosecutrix and deien-
dants. were puzzled regarding it, in fact |
were completely mystified. If the girls
story was true, why didn't the young men |
skip out, if she was lying what could pos
sibly be her object,
IL was the case Of the Com. ". Herb |
Elliott and !. II. Kuhns. Of Clarion Co, for |
alleged criminal assault or attempted |
assault upon a young girl, a stranger who |
gave her name az Ada Seaton, and who |
was found lying unconscious in grove, in |
Allegheny Tp., some weeks ago. The case |
created 50 great an excitement in that |
vicinity that at the last hearing before |
Esq. John Thomas, some four hundred |
spectators were present and there was
danger Of the defendants receiving violence
at the hands Of the crowd. The gist Of the
girls story has already been published in
these columns and we will not repeat it,
The other witnesses for the prosecution
were Tube Robinson, who saw the two
couples out driving, and Mrs. Daubenspeck,
Mrs Whippo and Mrs. Homer one Of
whom found the girl on the morning Of
Friday, August 2, 1889, and the Others live
close by and helped administer To her
wants On cross examination, Mr.. Fish, OF
Salina, yenango Co, who claims 10 be the
girls father, stood dp and the girl denied
him, and she also denied her ld-be
brother when he stood up, and Mr. Dale,
Of Franklin, with whom she (or some other
Crib once lived and who wanted 10 adopt
her
Mr. Herb Elliott, one Of the defendants,
G~sf c.r I.. Iof,.paa IIfa
home * Clarion; his uncle, Mr. Wilson, II
in the buggy business there and - is his
agent at Parker. Iie was in Parker during
the latter part Of July, with Mr.. Kuhns,
selling buggies. on Wednesday, July 3lst,
he asked Miss Starks, with whom he was
previously acquainted, TO go buggy riding
with him. She suggested that her friend
Miss Seaton, living near, would also like
ride, and the two couples started ont that
evening, be with Miss Starks in his buggy, |
and Miss Scaton in Mr.. Kuhns' buggy. |
They drove TO Foxburg, had lunch and |
some beer Mt "A hotel there, were at the |
hotel twenty or twenty five minutes and |
then started home.
ON the way home Miss Starks proposed |
changing partners and they stopped aud |
changed and then continued on, aud |
arrived at Parker between the hours Of 10 |
and IL o'clock. He drove Miss Scaton to |
the house where she was living, helped her |
out, shook hands and bid her good night |
and that was the end Of il. He did not |
mistreat Miss Seaton in any way aud they |
did not stop and get wine at Bennertown. |
On the assembling Of Court, Thursday |
morning. the prosecution asked that Mr.. |
Delaney, an important witness who was |
not here Wednesday, be heard. This was |
objected 10 by the defense but the objcc-
ton was oycrrnlcd and his evidence taken.
Mr.. Delaney sworn: Lives in Lawrence
burg and IL painter and paper hanger, |
was at home on Wednesday evening, July |
| 3lst, 80, saw prosccutrix In buggy with
Mr. Kuhns, and Miss Stark and Elliott, pass
his house going toward Butler County, be-
tween and 0 O'Clock; was sitting on his
porch and the parties passed about 40 feet
from him, was up with a sick baby and
saw them returning about II J.. NJ, cx
tfpLiHH mif3 ,fhtbu WIZ NhH IHlEHiHRt HhN
the pattics stop between the Odd Fellows
hall and Kelly's and go toward the river,
was sure but one girl returned; Miss Starks
wore n ligh. waist; had heard expressions
regarding defendants and therefore watch
| ed them.
Mr.. Kuhns sworn Ii one Of the defend
ants, his home il in Lcechburg, Clarion
Co., IL in the buggy business in Parker
| with Mr.. Elliott, was in Parker on the 3lst
of July, met Miss Seaton AT Miss Starks
that evening, Miss Scaton got in with him
and they all drove over 10 Foxburg went
direct TO Foxburg the two ladies and Mr..
| Elliott went 10 hotel, he went 10 see a Mr..
Morgan on business and then joined the
party ut the hotel, started back about half
past nine, got TO Parker between 10 and II,
and he left Miss Starks at her home; Miss
starks wore blue blouse and Miss Scaton
dark dress; IL was the girls who propos-
ed the change Of buggics, he did not drive
through Lawrenccburg that night, did not
mistrcnt the girls nor see Mr. Elliott do 80,
made no improper proposals, was in Parker
next day, the change ofpartners was made
on the Robinson farm, did not take Miss
Seaton 10 the grove next night.
Miss Stark sworn: Lives in Parker, rails
ed in ST. Petersburg, has known Mr.. Eli