Evening journal., 1891-11-20

Policy Gamblers Plead Guilty.
Deputy Attorney General Davis notified
the court thas James Pierce, Isaac p
Garry and William Anderson, policy
players, wished TO plead guilty and that
William q. Vinsy would plead not
guilty.
The Ludwig case was resumed in the
court this morning. After argument
the jury retired.
rhe Mitchell Jury Disagreed.
At 10 o'clock the jurymen in the case
of the State VS.. Edmund Mitchell, Jr !,
ct al. for obstructing the city election In
the Fifth ward, fled into the court
room and announced that they we're
unable to agree. The jury was dis
charged.
Six ballots were taken. The vote stood
6 to for conviction from the start The
four Republicans stood for acquittal, al
though Green. who was supposed to
be Republican, voted for con
vlction. William Money, Ephriam King,
Howard Poole and Charles Schepler were
the four Republicans who stood out for
acquittal and hung the jury.
There is a movement on foot for new
trial. but it will not come up at this term
OF court, as Mr. Elliott said they could
not get ready for it.
Policy Gamblerss Plead 6uilty.
The policy men, William Anderson,
James Pierce. James Yiney and Isaac
Carly. were each sentenced to pay a fne
of 800 and costs of prosecution, in de-
fault of which they will be imprisoned
for three months The other cases
against them were retired James Whey
changed his plea Of mot guilty" to that
Of guilty,
wood and Smith on Trial
The next case called was that of the
State vs. William Wood, alias Jack, "
Amos Tucker and Ed ward Smith, alias
Harry" for burglarizing the house OF
Robert Smith, on Rodney street, this
city, on August /, 1891, and stealing
property, belonging to Mrs. Arabells
Angelina. Amos Tucker was not ar
raigned as 1t was Impossible for the state
10 secure him. Deputy Attorney General |
Davis represented the state; Frank d. |
Carpenter was counsel for the prisoners.
Mr. Davis opened by detailing the cir. |
cumstances of the daring burglary. which |
have already been published In these |
columns
The first witness called by the state |
was Mrs Arabella Angelina, the person /
who was robbed and whose life was /
threatened; she identified Harry" and /
Wood without hesitation. She said "They |
asked for breakfast one morning. They |
SAID they had walked from Philadelphia |
From feeling of humanity breakfast |
was given them. They asked to be
allowed to sleep in the barn. The re-
quest WAS refused
She then detailed the circumstances
connected with the attack made upon
her in her bed chamber
She said, dramatically.
II was awakened by feeling hands |
around my throat. tried to fight the
hands of, but whsu my strength failed |
heard hosrse whi per at my ear say
ing IL you will give up the money l |
will not hurt you II you do not win |
kill you and every one else
in the house. | opened my eyes
aud saw another man standing
over the bed with club In his hand. / i
told him l would give him the money |
l,recognizsd Tucker The man over the /
bed began threatening me with iudg- !
ment, telling me to prepare to meet my |
judge. Tucker left my bed and began |
walking around the room, knocking
things down. His companion cursed him.
He replied that he was looking for money.
One Of the men called for the knife. The |
other man dropped it. His companion |
cursed him for so. doing Two matches |
were struck in the endeavor to fnd the |
knife. Then / saw their faces.
my mother was aroused by the sound |
of voices; she called to me. Tucker |
rushed down to my mothers room Sson
heard screams. | rushed down, with |
Harry cliDging to me. Ifound mother |
down on the floor and Tucker choking
her. Before Tucker went down he said |
You take care of her and make her give
you the money or kill her | will 90
down and kill them all. When l saw
Tucker choking her l told her not to
scream, as they only wanted money and |
would give 1t TO them. | then went down
stairs with them. They told me that If |
| screamed they would knock my head |
off
She identified pocket knife. ropes
and two clubs as having besn found on |
the premises the next day. She said she |
gave them$57 in gold, silver and bills
Under cross-examination she baffied |
every effort to confuse her, and made a |
very favorable impression upon every one |
in the court room. Mr. Carpenter tried to |
convince her that she did not identify |
Smith in Philadelphia, but failed igno-
miniously. he next attempted to inn |
peach her testimony in the Municipal |
Court, but was equally unsuccessful
Mrs. Mariah Chapman corroborated the |
statements made by Mrs Angelina. She |
said.
When Tucker rushed into my room he |
threw himself across me in my bed, felt |
Tor my throat and got his thumbs in |
my mouth, preventing my screams
In the struggle threw myself upon the |
bed Tucker still held me. NY daughter
then came down and told me
not to resist; that they wanted
money. Matches were struck and saw
their faces. know that the clubs were
found and found the ropes myself next
morning. Igave the alarm by screaming.
but no one responded"
She said that she had studied acoustics
for forty yea 9, recogn'z zed the voices
heard in the rooms, but said 1t was a |
question too scientific for her to 20 into
In Court, she would wait. daughter
She said she always slept with her |
head next to the foot board, as the air |
was purer, and she did not have to |
breathe the same air over sgain-that |
was scientific. (Laughter)
When Mr.. Carpenter showed her the /
clubs, she said.
81 never saw them before
"You said they were from the same |
piece Of woodY