Evening journal., 1889-09-11
RIOTERS HELD FOR COURT
MAYOR HANSON CONCLUDES THE
HEARING WITH A SPEECH.

Americans Held on Bait-Eight More
Men Awaiting the Action OF the coro-
ner's Jury.
stan correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Sept. 1.-THE hearing
Of the Dobbinsville riot case was continued
in the old court house yesterday after
noon, shortly after 2 o'clock. There
were not very many people present owing
to the inclemency of the weather.
Alice Burrossky was the first witness
called She had been previously on the
stand and told nothing more than she
had told before. She was cross examined
Charles Snyder, a Hungarian inter
preted the Hungarian language to
Charles a. Clewell in German and he in
turn translated it to the court. Michael
Nemick, Hungarian stated that it was
after o'clock when man caught hold
of his wife by the shoulder and said
Hello sister" he then turned around
end kicked him (the Hum He went to
the store, and returned home where he
stayed all evening. He further testified
to about the same effect as the other
Hungarian witnesses. He identified
James Dougherty as one of the men who
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strike match as there was no light
He was cross examined but nothing Of
any Importance was learned from him.
Joseph Stopka lived in the second
house In the middle row.
He saw crowd throwing stones and
went home His house was broken into
about IL o'clock He identified Harkins
and Bratton as members of the
crowd which entered his house.
He also saw Bratton with
hatchet in his hand. Anna StopSa
gave In the same evidence she had pre-.
yiously given. James Harkins, John
Barnes and Edward Casey were in the
crowd. Casey had a gun with him. Julia
Hoodak gave In some evidence as she had
given before and added that Patrick
Joyce came in and told her not to be
afraid, and that she would not be hurt
Mr.. Rodney wanted to know how she
understood him. She understood that
much she said. Joupe Metney. Hunga-
rian, and Mary LaclIintosh did not tell
anything of any Importance.
Daniel Wolfe stated that he was in
New Castle until 10 o'clock He met
Thomas Rogers on his way to the depot
at 8 o'clock along Lisher's lane. Rogers
asked him what he was going TO do for
car gang. "The Hungarians were rails
ing h.. They have cut Owen Lavender
and we are going to clean them out.
Rogers said he thought Mr. Wolfe had
made a great mistake, and didn't know
what object he had in testifying to that.
Mr. Wolfe is gentleman who can be be-
lieved and trusted, as the position he
holds in the Delaware Iron Works shows.
Alfred Barnes said one of the reporters
accused him OF being home asleep, when
he was at Martin Leonards hotel asleep.
Martin Leonard corroborated this.
MIR. Wolfe being the last witness Mayor
Hanson said ''rhis looks to me like a
case OF riot, which ended In murder,
and shall hold for rioting Frank Schmidt,
John Macy and Stephen Strike, (Hunga.
rians) and James Harkins James Dough
erty and Patrick Joyce In $500 bail for
court to answer the charge of rioting.
And | shall hold George Bratton, Thomas
| Rogers, Jacob VANDERBILT, Elmer Wal
| ling, Alfred Barnes, Edward Casey, John
Barnes, aud David STARTS, Jr., without
bail to await the action Of the coroner )
jury"
Frank Schmidt one Of the Hungarians
who understood no English was trying to
find out from little girl who did what
his sentence was, when John Hanson
grabbed him and in a hurley manner
pushed him IN front Of him and then put
him in prison.
Mayor Hanson then told an interpre
ter to say to the Hungarians II have
had complaint after complaint about your
drunkenness and carousing every Satur
! day night. If hear any more complaints
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every man in the houses which are com.
planned Of, aud will hold them for drunk
enness and disorder end shall fine them
accordingly. This buying your beer in
three aud four barrels every Saturday
night, You have all hands Of you got to
| stop. There is no evidence 10 connect
you with the riot and you are discharged
on your good behavior In the early
! part Of the afternoon William Teitle-
baum, Hungarian interpreter from
Philadelphia, srrived and listened to the
evidence in behalf Of the Hungarlan's in
terest.
When the discharge was given the
Hungarians, a happier looking set Of
people could not be seen. They had been
in Jail for three days. AS soon as they
got outside of the Court House they com.
menced shouting, laughing and patting
each other 1t was raining very hard and
the men who wore derby hats put them
under their coats TO keep them from get
ting wet, and struck out for Dobbus-
| Vile.
The coroner's inquest will be continued
this evening at z o'clock, in the old
Court House
The victim Of the riot was buried IN ST.
Stephens P. G. Church Cemetery yester
day afternoon, The attendance at the