Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-26
THE COURT CUT LOOSE.
Breaking All Records of Rapid Dis
posal of Criminal Cases.
MANY PRISONERS PLEAD GUILTY.
They Are Afraid of District Attorney Clar.
ence Burleigh.
TAKING CHANCES on LIGHT SENTENCES

Judge Collier and District Attorney Bur-
leigh broke all records yesterday for one
days work in the Criminal Court. Forty
defendants were disposed of between 10
! o'clock yesterday morning and $3.50 in the
| afternoon. By noon to-day the entire jail
| calendar for the March term, with the ex-
ception of the homicide cases, will be COM
pleted. There are only five to be heard to-
day.
There are only six people in Jail now un-
der charge of murder, and against John
Pulpus, accused of the murder OF Mary
Joyce, no true bill has yet been found.
There is no certainty of the other cases
coming up, and as the grand jury is dis
charged there is little chance of anything
being done in Criminal Court until the
opening of the June term.
The remarkable feature about yesterday s
work is that of the 40 defendants disposed
of 81 pleaded guilty. Against some of them
were number Of charges. One man had
ten against him, so the days work really
represented over 100 cases. Warden Nc
Aleese said he had never heard of such q
record. The records of days work in the
Criminal Courts show from five to dozen
cases day. The latter has always been re-
garded as big days work.
just Represents Honest Hustliug.
Warden McAleese, speaking OF it, said:
''The breaking of this record is due almost
entirely to District Attorney Clarence Bur-
leigh. He is the greatest hustler that ever
Al. II
sent any decrease in crime, but just honest
hustling. The criminals are dead afraid of
Burleigh, and 1 believe that is why so
many of them plead guilty. He rearranged
the list this morning and then rushed up
into court. Promptly at 10 o'clock he sent
for squad of six or eight, and from then
until after o'clock we were on the rush.
They were disposing of men in court about
as fast as We could send them over.
Another thing that made so many plead
guilty was the number of people who were
in for illegal liquor selling. They know
they are sure to get $500 fine and three
months to the workhonse. If they cause a
trial which lasts even half an hour they are
almost sure to get two months added"
Edward Dramble, charged with larceny,
was one of the first to plead guilty. He
was retired for two years to the peniten-
tiary.
Otto Zimmerman owned up to stealing
watches and got short Jail sentence.
George T. Marlowe admitted to the court
that he had been guilty of forgery and
larceny, and he goes two and half years to
the workhouse.
Julius Fushs said articles belonging to
other people had stuck to him and he got
five months for his trouble.
Hugh Parker pleaded guilty to a serious
charge and was sentenced to pay 81. 25
week.
A wife-Shocter Gets Two Years
Charles Roderus owned up that he had
shot his wife on Market street. His SEN
tence was two years 10 Riverside.
Thomas Turner, colored said he had
amused himself by breaking chairs over his
wife's head. She did not die, and as
Turner is a good whitewasher he was re-
maaded to Jail for ten months.
Thomas Anderson is the man whom DR..
Malmeke found in his kitchen in East
Liberty. Anderson confessed and was re-
tired for two years to Riverside.
Minnie Bell, the colored beauty, con-
fessed that she had stabbed her lover, and
was given six months in which to wash out
her sins and various other articles at the
workhouse.
Charles Miller and Frank Hines pleaded
guilty to charge of larceny, and were
given five months apiece.
Deacon Sloan agreed with the court that
he was guilty of aggravated assault and bat
terry. He goes to the workhouse for nine
John Potofskie agreed, among other
things, that he was guilty of perjury. The
court agreed with him to the extent of two |
years to the penitentiary.
John Helms pleaded guilty to aggravated |
assault and battery and is retired for 80 |
days
John Costello said he was the proprietor |
of fourishing speak-easy. He was fined |
$500 and given three months to the works. |
j ohm Baker owned up to two speak-easies |
and got 81 ,050 fine and seven months |
John Hall had the same story and he got |
$500 fine and a five months sentence.
Rose Made an Honest Confession.
Rose Parker was another colored lady
who carved her lover, Walter Butler. She
decided San honest confession was good for
the SOUL" and that it also shortened the
sentence so she owned up. She was given
six months for reflection under the health
full influences of the work house.
James Winslow pleaded guilty to larceny
and got an eight months sentence in return
Louis Enderline from the Penn avenue
district, said he stole few articles for
His sentence was Is months
10 the workhouse. Ben Carvey owned up
10 the same ofense and goes one year to the
workhouse.
Billy Smith and John Custer said they
had put in their spare moments in stealing
The former goes IA months and the latter
year to the penitentiary.
Duncan Hollerman said he was q bad
BOY, and was released on promise to do
better and his parents pay the costs.
John H. Smith, a porter, was up for lar
,eny, but has not been sentenced.
Jane Reese said she had been keeping
lisorderly house at Etna, and Brody Darf
aid he was hanger-on about the place.
George Deister confessed that he had been
rying to raise money to bury an old ladys
Who had been under ground several days
He, however, said he did not know she had
llready been buried.
Frank Mccarthy was the banner defend
mt. He had ten charges of larceny against
,im, and he pleaded guilty to all of them
he was given three months to the work
,ouse for each offense.
The other cases disposed of were: Andy
Bell, illegal liquor selling, three months and
800 fine; James Tobn, larceny; Mary Gala
ian, improper intimacy, $40 fine.
WILL HOLD ANOTHER ELECTION.