Telegram-herald., 1890-09-17
POLICE AND COURT.

g. folee CoaEt fsE sFT& zn11aat Al the
o'cloeG se-s.en- 1ae complaint i
eofE. m9eh shNrssr tnsu az Ordinary
complaint for assault ant bA..srg. aad
up.y rehe&rses that William Eagaa.
teloaiooly. w1fallY and 81 las raslsee
aloreshought, did k.ll aud murder oae
Patrick 0coanoE, On the n,ghs 81 sep
tiaoeT IS, st the eoFner Of O.asi isna.
sFe. ard Chestnat-ss"
The prisoner bore every evidence Of
3 CONSCIOUSNESS OF the frigauui situs-
BON. His face hears evident marks q
mental distress His sttornevs are
Nst'bewson x Salisbury, OF Lowell, aud
ss soon as they appeared. plea ol noi
guilty Was entered. and al examlna-
ton demanded. The case was then
adjourned 70 Monday afternoon, next.
81 o'clock.
The prisoner IS expected 20 sci up the
plea OF self-defense. Ii VII he claimed
fnat OCOnnoT was the attacking party
.n quarrel which Was one in its lncp.-
eilcy. IF the most ordinary character,
ant which developed into a frlghtiul
/ tragedy hy the merest accident. Be-
! g0nd the fact, whlch VIII be urged
that LagAn did not intend 10 xiii MS
antagonist, but only 70 give him severe
/ punishment. il Will be claimed that, IA
Doint oftruth. the respondent dld DOT
! XII O'Connor. The testimony oi Or.
Fuller ana other physicians will be re-
| he'd upon 10 prove that OCOnnOr'
wounds were not necessarily fatal. nor
| even probably SO, bat that he died from
/ the exposure 20 the cold, damp night
sir and other exposure.
Among the sad spectaclts always 10
be seen IN police cour he addesI is the
cyidence of parental neglett which APP
| pears nearly every time g4ngof young
roughs is brought to the bar of justice.
Yesterday morning five boys were on
their trial for malicious injury TO a
/ dwelling house on Third avenue. Not
one of the boys seemed OVER ten years
Of age. There they were, surrounded
| by all the frowniDg machinery of the
criminal law, and not a parent OF one
of them was there. No anxiety, no
drawings or affection, no parental ter
ror for the danger besettlng tneir chll-
dren. Ii bears wheips were 10 be
taken into court, the bear would be
there too. But the arctic GOODNESS that
sent ITS chill through all the atmos-
phere was appreciGble when the court
inquired who appeared in defense OF
these infants. Col. Robert !ngersoll
saws that anxiety is the child OF love,
but no parent showed her anxiety for
any of these boys. The court asked
Judge Hocomb to act as the boys at
torney. but he at first hesitated, on the
ground that his action IN this regard
had once or twice before been misinter-
pleted. But his humanity at last pre-
vailed over his sohcltude for himself.
and the case proceeded, with John Hol-
comb as attorney for the defense.
The evidence showed that vacant
house at the corner of Third-ave. and
Hilton-st. had been entered and mali.
ciously damaged by rude boys; but the
proofs were not strong against these
particular boys. Their names were
viii HAYES, Peter Vanderwerp, William
Buska, Henry Knapp, and John Knapp.
They were discharged with a lecture
from their own attorney tantamount 10
warning not to do so again.
The case of assault and battery
against William Herbstreeth, was ridi-
culous. Some cases are sad, others
horrible, others serious, others exasper-
nting, and so on. This one was better
than trip north with the city officials.
The complaining witness was n Po-
lander weighing over two hundred
pounds, whose name would weigh IN
English twice that amount. A small
piece of the name is PaWboski.
The defendant was p boy about y
years old, quite dIminutive in size, who
had pounded the said Pawboski without
being there at all, so inhumanlv. that
the 200-pounder was put to bed by his
wife, and was confined there for four
days. The complainant told bis story
in Polish-English, to the confusion of
everybody.
The testimony flor the defense was
quite voluminous, all tending TO prove
a hallybi." The father testified that
on the evening in question. the boy was
st home with the exception of about
five minutes, during which the boy was
over the way from his home after
beer. The prosecution caught az this,
in the hone that he might fix the as
saut on the boy during the time OF his
absence from home. 80 be asked the
I ldAtlti IL Ait @NAlu lfii itAN AE klit.W Atff
time of the boys absence was no longer
than five minutes. The fathers reply
was Of a common. place sort, but at
that moment Q. G. Ransom stepped Up
and whispered into the reporters car.
GA man waiting for beer wouldn't be
likely TO forget how long the toy was
gone"
Then J. ". Robbins leaned over and
whispered:
"a man waiting for beer wouldn't be
likely to forget how long the boy was
gone"
From another corner came I'D Y. p.
Allen, who remarked, in n whisper.
"a man waiting for beer wouldn't be
likely to forget how long tho boy was
gone"
Johnny Holmes stepped down from
I his chair and suggested IN low voice.
"a man waiting for beer wouldn't bc
likely 20 forget how long the hoy was
gone"
After the adjournment Of court,
Clerk PeitOu, rcmarkIng on tho many
funny aspects Of the case. sad. "The
funniest thing Of all seemed to mo that
man waiting Tor beer wouldn't 10
I likely 70 forget how long the boy was
gone"
The boy who actually committed tte
assault swore that the old polaudeT
took after him. and he ran "a far as he
) thought he wanted to. and then 10
; turned and struck him with = stck on
the head TIE furthermore svore thai
the defendant vas not IN the crowd.
When tbs thing had gone far enough