Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-10-19
'ught the men were all about &C.

couldn't tell much about it.
Mr.. Roselle was recalled and said
Mr.. Edwards was under the inf uence
of liquor. He denied Stevenson g
statement that he had been hit with q
cane.
This closed the case. The Judge,
after short summing up, charged the
jury and it withdrew, in the case of
of Constable David Simpkins.
Prosecutor Logue next named the
case of the State against Frank Pierce,
colored lad indicted for committing
an assault and battery on Thomas E.
Allen.
Alien owns farm on the Shiloh
pike, and rented one acre of the farm
to Pierce, upon which Pierce planted
watermelons,
On July 10th, Mr.. Allen visited the
farm and found fault with Pierce for
the manner In which he worked the
ground.
Mr.. VanSyckel defended Pierce.
Mr.. Allen lives at Marlborough. On
taking the stand he gave In calm
and peaceful manner a history of the
| affair.
Chas Fisher was the only other wit
ness called and the state rested.
For the defense Mr.. vanSyckel said
they would not deny that Pierce hit
Allen. This was admitted and on the
ground that it was done in self de.
fense. 1t was intended to be proven
that Allen was auarrelsome man and
In constant trouble with his neighbors
and had made threats against Pierce
and Pierce was apprehensive of him.
Pierce was put on the stand and
said that Allen had come to him on the
road and had talked to him in a saw
age manner. Pierce said he got out
of the wagon in which he was riding
In order to more readily talk with the
man. Immediately Allen made dem-
onstrations at him and he was obliged
to strike him to save himself. He hit
him and knocked him down and then
got In his wagon and drove away,
Joshua Seagraves, Ephraim Seeley.
John Schenck, Jonathan Lloyd, VIM.
Hitchner all testified to the reputation
of the defendant as for peace and
quietness and that it was good.
Seth Cuff attempted toshow that he
had heard Allen use threats against
Pierce, but did not make out much at
it,..only that he heard Allen cursing at
him and saw him shaking his fist at
him.
Mr.. VanSyckel made an eloquent
plea; Mr.. Logue knocked the stuffing
out of 1t with cold facts, and the Judge
gave stringent charge, aud when the
Jury went out it looked like a verdict,
and the Jury soon returned with a
verdict of guilty.
Conrt adjourned for the day.
THURSDAY MORNING
When Court convened this morning
Prosecutor Logue presented an indict-
ment against four men for fighting.
The defendants were Nicholas and
Mike Cassari, Charles and Lewis Bow.
ers.
After the empanelling of the Jury
the case was presented. John 8
Mitchell and James j. Reeves repre-.
sented the defendants.
Harry Dare said that between five
and six O'Clock on the 18th of Septem-
Der, last, down on Mill street, this city,
there was scrap of serious nature,
in which the four defendants figured.
The Cassaris, who are Italians. keep
little store on Mill street, and cider
Is one of the chief commodities offered
for sale. On this afternoon a party
went In the store and drank some
cider. 1t seems that the cider was not
paid for, and the Italians were an.
gered.
BY and by the fellows came back to
the Italian ranch and paid for the
cider, but the italians were still in
censed, and after few words of quar-
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Charles Bowers with club. Then
the other Italian came up with a re-
volver, and putting it to the head
of Lewis Bowers, fired, but Lewis
lodged. and the bullet struck the STEP
Then Mike Cassari came up with a
piece of steel and struck at Charles
Bowers, but he lodged, and the steel
bar struck Nicholas Cassari. Then
one of the Italians attempted to hit
Dare. Dare lodged the blow. Dare
was present as peacemaker.
Mr.. Ware representing the Bowers,
endeavored to show the peacefulness
of his clients, and throwing the blame
all on the Italians.
Mr.. Mitchell representing the Ital.
ians, severely cross.examined Dare.
He attempted to show that Dare was
friendly with the Bowers, and by a
series of questions attempted to draw
out of him his prejudice to the Ital-