The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-07-01
Crimes and Criminals.
Quarter Sessions Court Largely At
tended-Fifty-Six Cases Down
for Trial-B. F. Snyder Fore
man of the Grand Jury.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSES
GRANTED.

The regular term of May court opened at
10 o'clock Monday morning with Judges
Longerecker, Pile and BieseCker on the
beneL.
Ihe morning session was occupied in hear
ing motions from attorneys and calling
over the jury lists. or the twenty-four
grand jurors summoned twenty-three an
swered to their names. B. F. Snyder, of Up
per Turkeyfoot township was appointed fore
man of the grand jury, and as result of
their first half days labor they came into
court Monday evening with true bills in
eight ytorHir Il Get cases.
Thereare fifty-six cases down for trial on
the criminal calendar and it will probably be
Saturday morning before the grand jury
vii. complete their labo-s.
OF the seventy-two traverse jurors sum-
moned all but three answered TO their names
when called. The three absentees were after
ward excused by the Court from attendance
during the week.
Constable Jacob Friedline, ofJenner town
ship, was appointed additio, al tip-stave for
the present term of court
Charles Spangler, indicted at the last term
of court for burglary, was the first of the
many indicators awaiting trial 10 be put on
his defense. Charles is an agile, wiIy little
fellow, about twenty-five years of age with
frank, open countenance and a very bad
character. Two merchants Of Stoyestown,
his native village, Captain Noah Bswman
and {. II. Shockey, accused him of burglar
Ously ent, ring their respective stores and
feloniousiy taking and carrying away goods,
waresland merchandise Of ofccnsiderlb'e value
The trial consumed all of Monday afternoon
and the greater portion of Tuesday morn
ing ia ige Longenecker instructed the jury
that the evidence laid before them would not
warrant them in finding the defendant gull
ty of burglary, but strongly intimated that
larceny was about the sizs of Charles's
offense The jury were only out few mo-
ments when they returned with YER
dict of guilty oflarceny in each case.
Spangler did time in the Western peniten-
tiary for fifteen months for breaking into
the store of Josiah Specht some three years
ago.
If the Millers, father and son, either or
both, are convicted, Jake Carey and |
ABE" Fletcher will be put on their trial as
accessories. II they are acquitted the cases
against Carey and Fletcher will be aban-
doned.
Santemeyer and evils" Carey cannot
be tried until Bill" Pitts has first been
convicted, and as that worthy has not
yet been arrested there is no telling when
their trial will take place
WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSE GRANTED.
liquor license to sell by wholesale as dis
tillers we're granted to the following named
persons, Tuesday morning: John NJ. Topper,
New Baltimore; Hartman < Fogle, Allegheny
township; Francis Baer, Larimer township
Nelson Bit;ner, Northampton township.
The crowd in attendance is an unusually
large ore and viii likely increase in size lat
er in the week when the murder cases are
called for trial The hotels were crowded to
there utmost capacity Monday night and
had to turn away people by the score.
Those who could not get accommodations at
the hotels found them in boarding houses
and with private families. All day Tuesday
the Court room was packed to suffocation.
NOOYsHIYE GALORE.
Over one hundred witnesses have been
subpwnaed in the "moonshine1 cases and
they are all here, many of them bringing a
goodly supply of their favorile brand of
'moOnshine" with them. The adherents of |
Miller and Hochsteiler appear to be about |
equally divided as to numbers and the va
rious members OF the different factions stand |
ready to fight with each other at the drop |
of hat. Squads OF them came into contact |
at different times yesterday and several ugly |
fights resulted. The borough cooler" shell |
tered two of them from the rain of |
Monday night and the borough exchequer |
was somewhat enlarged by the fines they |
paid to Mayor Weifiey Tuesday morning.
Elmer FoTdish, indicted for numbering |
inland on g d. & o. engine early in March, |
Will probably be called for trial Wednesday |
afternoon or Thursdsy morning District |
Attorney ColborD will be assisted by w. II.
KooniZ, Esq, in this case and FoTdish will |
be defended by ex-Judge Baer and Thomas
81. Marshall, the famous Pittsburg criminal
lawyer.
The ''moonshinen cas,s will not be called
until the Fordish ease is disposed of and it
viii probably be the middle of next week
before " General Sigel'' Miller and his son,
'' Bob will know whether or not they will
be sent 10 meet the Chief of the New Con-
Jonathan Hochstetler, on day
named by the Governor Of the Common
wealth.
CASES SoL PRossED.
A vole prosequi vas entered in the follow
ins cases
Commonwealth vs.. Isaac Knepp, F. & B.
on information of Julian Faith.
Same vs.. Irwin Shaifer, f. & B. on infor-
nation of Fannie Christner
Same VS.. Emma Heniz, Fornication, Con-
stables return.
Same vs.. Walter sorber, False Pretense, on
of Jasper Augustine.
Same vs.. Lewis Keim, F. * b. on infor
nation Of Sadie Hochstetler.
Same VS.. Amos Berkey, Embezz'ement
on information OF ". X. Johns.
Same VS.. C. S. Beal, e al, Conspiracy, on
Of Emanuel Statler.