Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-06

a paper between the hours of and o'clock
of the Sunday named BY the prosecution.
He further testified that he had left the
Office about 12 o'clock on the day named.
'The case against you is not good one, "
the Alderman said, turning to Wade. You
can go home and save your S25. 7"
The case of Joseph Beck was next called.
He was charged with having sold papers at
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot on Sun
day, December q. Detective Lewis was
unable to identify Beck. He said, however,
that he had bought a paper from somebody
in the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot on
the Sunday named. Mr.. Beck was dis
charged.
The case of Adam Walter was next
called. Detective Lewis said he hsd bought
a paper from Mr.. Walter at No. 81 Twelfth
street, Southside, on Sunday, December q.
He said when he bought the paper he asked
the name of the man from whom he bought
it. He identified Walter, but was unable
to saw where No. 81 Twelfth street is on the
Southside. Walter was fined S25 aud costs.
His case was appealed.
J. w. Chambers, new Law and Order
detective, was the witness in the case of
Charles F. Smith. Chambers is dullish
looking young man. He announced that he
had been a detective for u years, and he
had worked his business from New York to
San Francisco. He had overlooked some
important points in his case against Smith.
He could not identify the defendant, but he
testified that on Sunday, January 81, 1892,
at $40 A. M, he bought a paper at store
at No % Frankstown avenue, which he
supposed was owned by Smith. That was
all he knew about his case, and Smith was
discharged
az guess am unable to play poker with
YOU, Mr.. Rodgers l must send for Yost "
Mr.. Mcclure said.
Ore of McClure's Own 1nformations.
John Benham, newsdealer at the Union
station, had two cases against him. Agent
Mcclure had made the information in the
first case, and he appeared as the witness.
He identified Benham, and said he bought
a paper from HIM on December 81, 1891.
Benham was fined S2j and costs. His case
was also appealed.
In the second case against Benham De-
tective Finn, the great unknown, who at
a previous hearing testified that he lived at
No 16 Grant street, but who on investiga-
tion was found not to live there, appeared
as the witness He identified Benham and
said he had bought a paper from him about
noon on Sunday, January "a. He had
worked other cases that day and he fixed
the time in Benham's case by saying that
he went to dinner after buying the paper.
Mr.. Rodgers attempted to find out where
Finn lived, where he came from to Pitts
burg, and also attempted to establish that
Finn did not buy the paper from Benham
about noon on the Sunday mentioned.
care you trying to make him perjure him
self?" asked the Alderman, 'sI will not al
low him to commit himself. will fine the
defendant S25 and costs"
The case of John Schaffer newsdealer at
the Baltimore and Ohio depot was next
called. Mysterious Finn was the witness.
He could not identify Schaffer, but said he
bought paper at his news stand on JAN
nary "a. Schaffer was discharged.
The net result of the hearings was very
lscouraging for the Law and Order crusade
rs it showed up more discharged than fined,
and those fined have appealed and it is eS-
5remely unlikely that the judgments |
against them will be sustained by the higher
,ourt when it comes to sitting the wit |
lesses and passing upon the case.