Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-14
PUMPING ON SUNDAY.
Gillespie Bros. Contend That Their
Wells Are Ruined by Rest.
JUDGE STOVES SATURDAY LEVEE.
Nearly ALI tie Nations Of the Earth Repre-
sented in Court.
ASAD WIFE MAKES A FUNNY BLUNDER

The levee in the Quarter Sessions Court
yesterday was lively, though the trial list
wasn't large, and Judge Stowe and District
Attorney Johnston ratified off business at
rapid rate Persons to be sentenced were
made cut it short. as Judge Stowe said ne
didn't propose to retry the cases.
Gillespie Bros, oil producers, furnished
the first entertainment. The cases were
those appealed from Alderman Bells court.
One of the firm and its Superintendent were
examined after Captain Wishart had closed
his case. Mr.. Yost appeared for Wishart.
Rev. DR.. Beacon and several other wit
nesses from around Forest Grove testified to
having seen walking-beams walking, pumps
pumping and steam escaping from the en-
gines on several Sundays. but they could
not discover men operating them.
Mr.. Gillespie and the company's Superin-
tendent admitted the truth of the charge
that they run the pumps on Sunday, but
held it necessity to prevent the destruction
of the wells.
OFFERED REBUTTING TESTIMONY.
The testimony was the same as that offered
in the case of Smyser, whom Judges Magee
and White discharged, but as Mr.. Yost in
sisted that his clients could rebut and show
that Sunday work was not necessity and
wanted to develop matters more fully Judge
Stowe ruled that they should go on before
Stenographer Donnelly, and he refused to
further occupy the time.
Judge Bredin raised the question that
some OF his clientage had perfected device
whereby the engines could be made work
without human oversight, but Judge Stowe
appeared skeptical, and laughingly sug-
gested that it might become necessary to ar
rest the engines.
Judge Bredin evidently didn't relish the
Joke, as he intimated that some of the farm
ers in the section might attempt to stop
flowing wells from flowing on Sunday, and
hens from laying eggs on Sunday. An out
slider said he hadn't heard of any disposition
on the part of any of the aforementioned
farmers to stop their bonds and mortgages
from making interest on Sunday.
1t was at jennings and Patterson's wells
where the engines were made work them
selves.
According to the testimony, Gillespie
Bros. would lose, st present prices in oil,
about S95 a week by shutting down on Sum-
day, and eventually have their wells de-
stroyed before the time allotted to the life Of
an ordinary pumper.
HANDICAPPED BY SALT WORKS.
While the decision of Judges White and
Magee will undoubtedly have its weight,
there was but one side brought out, the de-
fense in Smyser versus the Commonwealth
not putting in an appearance. The prosecu-
tion in the present case contends that it
is not necessary to pump the wells in
question, as there are 40 or 80 more in the
neighborhood that do not require Sunday
pumping. To this the defense replies that
two wells may be within few feet of each
other and one be greatly handicapped by
salt water while the other may be entirely
unimpeded.
After the Sabbatarian scrimmagers had
been thus disposed of, the Court turned its
attention to conglomeration of humanity
that reminded one of that great day of the
feast of the Passover, when the gift of
tongues was bestowed upon the evangelists
at Jerusalem. There were present Celts,
SIavs, Semitics and Hamitics and all their
differentiations. though Aryan stock pre-
dominated. Those who had been convicted
of grave offenses during the week were then
disposed of and following them were the
ordinary grist of surety and desertion cases.
Yee Yum was assessed S. and costs, but
he could not be made to understand the
sentence, though Attorney Morris told 1t to
him in Dutch. He was finally sent away
with Deputy Sheriff who was presumably
required to make him understand.
Mesdames Nora Kerenzkamp and Swoger
had a linguistic fight in Allegheny, in
which Mrs. Swoger said that Nora had
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used language that should not be spoken
and cannot be printed. After both sides
had told heir stories, costs were divided
and Judge Stowe had something to say
about long tongues.
William Doyle, young man, was charged
by a young woman whose name was given
as Dovle, also, although she said they were
not married but had lived together five
years, with having beaten her on more than
20 days in some months, so that
she could show the marks OF his cruelty.
William retaliated by saying the woman
had called him names at times until he had
lost his temper and had struck her on the
nose once or twice. He also said her mother
kept speak-easy. Judge Stowe said Will
lam must paw the costs and enter into his
own recognlzence to desist in future or it
would not be good for him.
John 81. Lewis, charged with desertion,
could not be found and he will be looked
after.
A wIFE's SAD STORY.
Last winter story was published in THE
DISPATCH stating how young woman
named Reynolds had travelled on foot from
the County Home, at Woodville, to appear
against her husband, who had deserted her.
She arrived only in time to hear that his
case had been called, and she not appearing.
he had been discharged. Weary and foot
sare she was turned over to Agent Dean.
Yesterday she appeared in court and stated
that her baby, which was born in
the home, had died. She said
she had grown to care but little
tor B. +. Reynolds, but 1thought he ought
to be made do something for her. The