Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-14
PUT HIS FOOT In IT.
Another Man Fined $10O for Fooling
Around the Grand Jury Room,
rAMPERING WITH THE WITNESSES
A Woman Indicted for Being a Common
Scold and Talking Machine.
AN ALDERMAN ACCUSED OF LARCENY

John Driscoll, of Forty-fourth street, was
arrested by Captain O'Brien. tipstaff of the
grand jury, yesterday afternoon, for trying to
tamper with witnesses, and was fined S1OO
by Judge Collier. Driscoll was charged
with selling liquor without license and on
Sunday, and his case came before the grand
jury yesterday. Captain O'Brien noticed
Driscoll yesterday and the day before about
the grand jury waiting room and upon as
certaining that he had approached the wit
nesses for the prosecution he arrested him.
Driscoll had been telling witness against
him that he wanted the bill ignored and he
would be willing to pay the costs. Judge
Collier, when Driscoll was taken before
him, remarked that this matter was becom-
ing too frequent and an example would have
to be made. He fined him 500 and Dris-
coll to stand committed to Jail till it was
paid. Driscoll at once paid the money.
The grand jury returned true bills against
him on both the charges of illegal liquor
selling.
In the case of Robert II. Roth, charged
with assault and battery, the grand jury ig-
nored the bill, and placed the costs on
Thomas Armstrong, the prosecutor. w.
d. Moore, Esq, attorney for Armstrong,
stated that to-day he would petition the
Court to recommit the case to the grand
jury, and to have one of the members of the
grand jury stricken from the jury.
WHAT JUROR DID.
The parties to the suit were from Mifiin
township, and the juror in question, it was
stated, seemed to know all about the case
before it was heard. Colonel Moore took
the depositions of witnesses to present to
court with his petition. They were to the
effect that the testimony before the grand
jury had been as to clear case of assault
and battery. The juror referred to, how
ever, In regard 20 some testimony, said they
didn't want that. He was also heard, it
was stated. to say that he intended to have
the bill ignored.
A true bill was returned yesterday against
Alderman Heinrich for larceny by bailee.
A suit had been brought before Alderman
Heinrich to recover q debt of 81 %. The
Squire gave judgment for the plaintiff, but,
it was stated atterward, threw off the amount
of the debt, 81 25, upon the payment of the
costs by the defendant. George Leitz, the
plaintiff, then sued the Alderman for larceny
by bailee for not turning over to him the
amount of his judgment.
A true bill was also returned against
Annie McClelland for being a common
scold. She is accused of being so abusive
and talkative as to have caused several
families to move out of the vicinity of her
house.
True bills were returned against Ulysses
Wemis, Frank Symour, William Johnston,
George Kelson, William Harris and Charles
Clancy, ior murder; Robert George, Celia
Murray, Miles O'Donald, John Rogers. r.
C. Walker, assault and battery; Charles
Hess assault and battery with intent to
ho-
trayal; John Edwards, larceny; John Con-
nors, selling liquor without license and on
Sunday; Adam Hoffman, malicious mis-
chief; Robert Richardson, Henry Rice, en-
tering building with intent to commit
felony.
THE BILLS IGNORED.
The following bills were ignored: Watson
Provost, Harry Sweeny, malicious mischief;
Patrick O'Brien, larceny; John Kimb bashy,
aggravated assault and battery; w. e.
jackson, felonious assault and battery; S.
Goldberg, assault and battery; James Flem-
ing, selling liquor to minors.
In the Criminal Court yesterday W.
Kraus was acquitted of maintaining a nuis-
ance in the shape of a ferocious dog. Will
lam and Priscilla Barr were convicted of
the 89-year-old mother of Mrs. Barr, who
lived with them in Patton township. The
information was made by Agent o 'Brien, of
the Humane Society. Henry Ruhe was
convicted of assault and battery on V. K.
McElhaney. Charles Pry pleaded guilty
to the larceny OF three handkerchiefs from
Thomas Elliot. Laura Green was convicted
of ASSAULT and battery ON Jackson Ballard.
Kate Rentz, Sr., Kate Rentz, Jr., John
Rentz and George Rentz are on trial on the
charge of the larceny of lot of brasses and
iron from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company.
Annie Sippey, alias Morris, the 15-year-
old girl who pleaded nolo contendre to a
charge of larceny, was. on account of her
youth, committed by the Court to the GUS
tody of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, matron OF
the Bethesda Home, to be under the super
vision of NJ. J. Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty
Society.