Evening journal., 1889-09-17
MURDERERS INDICTED.
THREE MEN TO Be TRIED FOR
THEIR LIVES.


Divorce Case--Petty Prisoners Ar
raigned and sentenced-samuel Peo TO
be Tried Tomorrow.
The court room was thronged with
people when court convened yesterday
afternoon, awaiting the beginning of one
OF the three murder trials.
Three murderers were brought in dur
ing the afternoon. beteween the red and
black tipstayes, and arraigned tor their
crimes. while the crowd listened with in
tense interest.
VAS soon as court convened Samuel Peo,
the Italian peanut and fruit vender who
murdered Samuel Edwards, colored, at
Front and Market streets, on May IL
last, with an ice pick, was brought in
and arraigned. Clerk Cochrane read the
solemn and impressive indictment. which
charged the prisoner with murder In the
FIRST degree, stating that the death
wound in the abdomen was five inches
deep and half an inch in breadth. PEG
pleaded not guilty Mayor Harrington,
his counsel, asked that the case be not
taken up until next week Attorney
General Biggs argued against any delay.
The trial was set for Wednesday morn
ing.
The indictment against George II
Williams. colored, who is charged with
shooting Walter K. Wright at Fourth
and Monroe streets on June 10 the night
of the colored drum corps riot was next
read He was also indicted for murder
in the first degree and pleaded not guilty.
Williams had no counsel and when asked
BY theChief just e. whom he would like to
have replied, Mr. Bird. | suppose The
court, however, appointed Henry g. Con
rad, Esq to defend him.
Prisoners Sentenced.
William Thomas. coored who pleaded
guilty yesterday morning TO the larceny
OF clothing from John NJ. Howells on
May 81 and the larceny Of clothing and a
ring from W. J. Winthrop on the same
date, was sentenced to pay the costs and
restitution money, be imprisoned three
months and be whipped with five lashes
on Saturday next, on the first charge;
and the costs and restitution money, one
months Imprisonment and Eve lashes on
the second
John Kelly, the prosecuting witness in
the case of Alfred Crane, who pleaded
guilty to the charge Of assault with in
tent to kill. testified to the circumstances
of the assault. Crane assaulted Kelly on
the morning OF June IA. while he was
serving his milk route, cutting his neck
with pocket knife. The prisoner was
permitted to make state.
ment and claimed that he
assaulted Kelly, because the latter had
been criminally intimate with his wife
and had given her money. Kelly denied
the charge, but the chief justice said that
| 1. L.ft L.. eto a
partly correct but he should not take the
| law into his own hands. A light sen.
| fenced was imposed as follows: The costs
Of prosecution, six months Imprisonment,
$500 fine and one hour In the pillory.
A Case OF Desertion.
The only case of desertion this tern
was taken up 1t was that of Mrs. Ger
trude Taylor, VS.. William Taylor. Lii
burne Chandler, ESQ.,, represe ted tn
defendant and Attorney General Bigg
conducted the prosecution.
Mrs Taylor told her story, which
, briefly, is as follows; She was married
to William Taylor in Cambridge. Nd.
,, where she lived, on October 10, 1882
! They went to live with her father Il
/ that town, her husband working at al
oyster house, earning from So to $40
week during the winter. The fol
, lowing summer he worked at od
j Jobs aud her father did not charge then
any board. Two years ago they came I
this city and kept house. Her husban
worked at carriage making. Over yea
ago he left her and she went to Cambridg
with her child, three years old, and live
with her father. Her husband had col
I tributed nothing to her support for
year.
, Mr.. Chandler showed by his witnesse
I | that Mrs. Taylor took her husband
wages and often went to her father
home on them and finally went there an
remained, Of her own free viii. Quarrel
we're proved between husband and wifi
and other domestic troubles made public
= After hearing all the evidence the coul
e ruled that Taylor should pay his viii
. 81. so week.
Another Murderer Indicted.
Thomas Rogers the murderer OF Fral
cisco Jankowsky the Hungarian kill'
in the riot at New Castle on the night
10 September z, was put in the prisoner
box and arraigned. He pleaded nj
, guilty. He has no counsel, but 1t
=, probable that Walter Il. Hayes will
y assigned TO defend him.
Court adjourned at 5.45 until th
morning.
d The State to Pay the Biz.
!. When court convened This mornil
- Mayor Austin Harrington, counsel I
Samuel PEG. the murderer Of Samr
3. Edwards, colored. at Front and Mark
n streets, on May II, presented an athda'
N sworn to by PEG, detailing the circui
stances Of the killing. claiming that
he was done in self-defence and that he "
q. not able to pay the costs OF his tri
he MI. Harrington asked that the summo
for witnesses be issued at the expense
the state. The court granted the apr
n cation.
OF The BscInAll Divorce Case.
~ Edward.G. Bradford, Esq. Of .Bradfc
l. & Vandegrift, counsel for Mrs. Edwi
gi McInall, in the application for divoi
". Of Edward McInall who is now in Euro
20 asked and was granted leave to file
by answer before October 10. Levi Q. b