Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25

The triad Of Alderman Porter and Con-
stables Packer. Sheppard and Carney was
continued before Judge Slagle yesterday.
Jennie Rodgers, of 100 Second avenue.
wH prosecuted BY Alderman Porter. Her
case was dismissed. She paid $S5 through
q friend named Charles Schloss-
Catherine CordeIi and Mrs. Harris, of
Second avenue, were prosecuted and paid
SIS each tc have the case settled.
LFda Curry had been prosecuted before Al
derman Porter for fortune telling The Alder
man first told her that Coroner Mcdowell was
the prosecutor and afterward told her it was
Hugh Daily. Her case was dismissed for lack
of evidence. She paid some money through
her attorney.
Margaret Clinton, of Penn avenue; Michael
Spence, L0ttie Brown and Clara Meyers all
testified that they had been prosecuted before
Alderman Porter. and their cases were either
settled OF discharged on the payment Of money,
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
Sarah McNulty, of Fiftieth street. testified
that she was prosecuted for selling liquor
without license, and that she was sent to jail
but was afterward released. Her sister had
paid the Alderman some money. Mrs McNulty
afterWard admitted that her case was passed
on by the grand jury.
Mary Kirk. a sister Of the. above witness,
corroborared her sisters testimony and said
that the Squire advised her not TO tell the
neighbors how the case had been settled.
Ida Tice said she had been prosecuted and
settled the case by paying Constable Sheppard
Ruby Bruce. of 81 Second avenue, was prose-
cuted for keeping a disoIderly house, selling
liquor without license, and on Sunday. She
was arrested by Constable Packer, and her case
was settled by her attorney, Joseph Crown,
ESQ. She was prosecuted BY Minnie Lebold.
John ]. Carney, constable of the Sixth ward.
had acted for MI. Crown in the Bruce case. He
got Minnie Lieboid 70 withdraw the informa-
tions and she paid the costs to the Alderman.
He would not take the money from anybody
else.
.Thrssa Lee and Maud Campbell had beth
been prosecuted and their cases had been
settled BY their attorney, MI Jordan, to whom
they had paid money.
MARRIED VERY OFTEN.
On eross-examination by MIR. Marshall who
asked Mrs Campbell whether she was married
or single, the witness replied: 81 have been
married so often that don't know what it is
not to be married.
w. ]. Jordan. ESQ. testified that he acted for
Thresa Lee, and that J. d. Bauder was the
prosecutor. He first saw Bauder, who with
drew the suit and the costs were paid to the
AiCeFman. Inc NlG0esb also aCBeQ 1OE MduO
Campbell, who had been sent TO jail for trial.
TIE witness had 3 talk with Alderman Porter,
who advised him to apply for q rehearing on
the ground that his client was drunk and could
not make proper defense. This was done And
a rehearing had, the result OF which was that
the defendant was discharged. The witness
gave the Alderman SIS in two installmentss At
first he gave the Alderman SIS which was TO
cover the costs, and the other S23 was placed in
an envelope and handed TO the Squire.
This closed the evidence for the day. The
case wih be taken up agzin tomorrow.
Daisy Moore, who rs q witness in the case and
was arrested on an attachment was released
on Furnishing s., 900 bail for her appearance at
the trial