Bridgeton pioneer., 1891-07-09
THREE FOR PRISON.
WORK OF THE SPECIAL
COURT YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
Three Prisoners Sentenced to
state Prison and One to the
County Jail. Others
Fined.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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One Of the prisoners who had been
sentenced by the Court after special
trial yesterday, remarked as he left
the Court room last night, "Well, that
settles it for me. Hereafter want no
special trains. The old accommoda.
ton is good enough for me-"
The special term had proved quite
lengthy. the Judge being in fact upon
the bench until after six o'clock at
night. There had been FIVE trials, be-.
side large number having pleaded
guilty.
The>cases represented all sorts. Dis
orderly houses, carnal abuse, stealing
ing and assault and battery. Prose.
cutor Logue was faithful to the State,
and put forth all effort to defend the
honor of the State. Hon, T. W.
Trenchard and James 8. Ware repre-
sented all the defendants. The result
of the session is that three men must
go to State Prison and one is in Jail.
Three Others are fined, and three are
discharged.
Before the criminal business in the
afternoon had begun, Harrison Love,
who came here from Vineland yester-
day, was called to plead to q charge of
breaking and entering and stealing,
with Harry Grosevenor. Love pleaded
guilty.
Criminal business held sway all the
afternoon and the Prosecutor moved
first the case of the State against
Lewis Thompson, charged with
carnally abusing his step daughter
The child, Emma Jane Washington
was called, and gave positive, damag.
ing testimony against her step father.
~ Mrs. Emma Thompson, wife of the
defendant, testified positively of an
occurrence which she had seen. With
this the State rested.
Lewis Thompson, the defendant,
went upon the stand and denied in
toto the entire disagreeable details of
the prosecution. The defense rested,
and the prosecution called a PIONEER
reporter who testified that at the hear
ing before the Justice, the defendant
admitted his having improper relations
with the girl.
Mrs. Phebe Tilden, of Millville, was
called from the jail to make it clear to
the Court that the charge of keeping
a disorderly house made against her
was all a dreadful mistake. The Court
asked James 8. Ware to look after
the interests of the defendant and he
consented. r . x g. ..r s
Thomas F. Mayhew was first called
to the witness stand. Mrs. Tilden, he
said, lived in bis house on Main street,
Millville. adjoining livery stable pro-
perty. On the sixth of June, about
eleven O'Clock in the evening, be was
near the house and heard quarrel in
the house. Upon investigating the
matter, he found lot of drunken
men In her house, fighting and quar-
relling. He said that upon other
occasions he had seen drunken men
and women going in and out Of the
house. ooG .4
Mrs. Rhoda Eommers, boarding
house mistress, who lived near Mrs.
TildeH's house, next testified. She
said that the house was a resort of
disreputable and drunken men. Ours
ings and iquarrellings were very fre-
quent. She had complained to the
Mayor of the place kept by the de-
fendant. Whenever Mrs. Tilden is
away the locality is quiet. Her house,
the witness said was frequented also
by most disreputable women.
Mrs. Sommers was very positive
woman and gave her evidence with
the air of woman who has stood all
the nuisance she intends to.
Theodore Burch, is in business in
the building adjoining. He had seen
frequent disorderly occurrences about
Mrs. Tildon's house. Very profane
language had been heard coming from
the house. 1t proved very annoying
to the witness. He had often heard
Mrs. Tilden cursing and qnarreling.
Francis Thomas, another Millvillian,
said that Mrs. Tilden had been NOV
ing back and forth for some time, the
length of her last tenantcy at the
house being six weeks. Mr.. Thomas
gave quite an interesting version of
the disorder on June 9th. There are
two families living on the second floor
and this witness was unable to say
which family was responsible. The
lighting and quarrelling seem % come
from the front of the house in which
Mrs. Tilden lives. The house is fre
quented at times by women of very
bad repute. When Mrs Tilden was