Evening journal., 1893-05-11
MILLIKIN SENTENCED
He Gets Three Years and
Twenty Lashes.
TRIED TO LIVE ON HIS WITS.

mington Girl and Had Her Steal FHer
Fathers wateh-Mullin. Lany. Cough
lin and Curtin Receive Light SEN
tenoes.
In the Court Of General Sessions. yes.
terday afternoon, Samuel Fellheimer.
tobacco dealer, No. Sl2 Market street,
was found guilty Of carelessly and negli-
gently driving horse. He was SEN
fenced to pay $3.50 and costs Thomas
b Heisel represented the state and H
Z. Conrad conducted the case for the de-
Tense. Fellheimer was put on the stand
In his own defense. The over driven
horse belonged to Frank Phillips. of
Delaware City
highwaymen Dennis II. Caul and
william galloway pleaded guilty to rob.
ping uutiield Savage while he was drunk.
Letters from h 5. Robinson and M. IL
Hath, Smeltz Brothers. bankers. and a
paper containing the names Of City resi-
dents OF Newport News, Va. were pre-
sented in Cauls behalf by William s.
hilles, his counsel The letters and
paper gave him good character
In passing sentence Chief Justice
Lore said the crime was outrageous. and
the court proposed to make Wilmington
peaceful city. Caul was sentenced to
pay SSl9 restitution money TO Duffield
Savage and be imprisoned one year.
Galloway did not get off so easily. He
was sentenced to pay the same amount
OF restitution money, be whipped with
twenty lashes and suffer an imprison-
ment OF two years. Both prisoners
showed emotion when sentenced
Sarah Brown was given two years
for stealing chickens belonging TO Theo.
dore q. EiswRld capias was issued
for William Brown, her missing com
panion in crime his case being continued
TO the September term.
John Fitzgerald who halls from Troy.
n. Y, pleaded guilty to stealing a tea
pot from Morris Cohen. He was ordered
to pay 20 cents restitution money. be
imprisoned one month and be whipped
with five lashes. Andrew Young. col
ored, was sentenced TO two months i'm
prisonment for petty larceny George
Siebard pleaded guilty to breaking into
a house and got one month and $50 fine
for his burglarious efforts.
George Rhodeswell, the Germantown
boy who broke into Gardner's restaurant
pleaded guilty. Victor B. Woolley.
counsel, asked the court to consider the
prisoners youth and be merciful Chief
Justice Lore ordered him TO pay a fine of
$50 and be imprisoned one month. telling
him 20 60 home TO his father after he
had served his time.
James Hazleton, colored, got twenty
days for carrying n razor. James Cam.
momile and Alexander Whortenberry
were each fined $40 and costs. or in de-
fault of payment, ten days imprison-
ment for running a gaming table. The
case against George Brown was nolle
prosecuted.
The grand jury reported that IL had
completed its work and was thanked by
the court and discharged. OF the
twenty-six bills sent TO the grand Jury
twenty three true bills were found
Court took recess until 10 o'clock
this morning.
Continued Until September.
When the County Court opened this
morning Attorney Bacon, counsel for
William Potter, colored. who was in.
dicted for murderously assaulting VIII
liam Alonzo Bailey, asked that trial be
postponed until the September term, as
two witnesses were absent. The request
was granted.
millikin Who Wanted Actresses.
Thomas r Millikin pleaded guilty to
three counts of larceny of iewelry and
clothing from Joseph q. Brewer and
Emma Swetzel.
Annie Brewer identified the prisoner
and testified to having some time ago
answered an advertisement in regard to
going on the stage. Met him at the
Clayton House on a Tuesday; again on
Wednesday at post office. Saw him
again at post Office on Thursday. when he
said he could not pay the fare Of both
girls and asked her to get her fathers
gold watch in order to pawn it TO get
money. She got the watch, but did not
see him again after she gave him the
watch.
Milliken Gets Three Years.
In delivering the sentence Chief
Justice Lore said that il was evident he
was a man who was living on his wits.
He WIS man we'll raised and knew
better The sentence was that he pay
$14 so restitution money, to be whipped
on Saturday, May 20, with twenty
lashes and TO be imprisoned three years.
( He dropped his head when the chief
justice was delivering the severe SEN
, tence.
Attorney General Nicholson entered
nolle prosequies in the two remaining
charges against Millikin.
Capias for swIndIer Kurtz.
Mr.. Nicholson also asked for capiases
in the cases of Alfred +. Kurtz. for
securing money under false pretences;
and Harry Bradshaw to be returnable at
the next term.
The case of Henry c. Anderson was
continued until this afternoon
Preferred Cell to the Reform school.
Joseph A. Bristoe. a colored boy aged
II years, was sentenced to two months
for the larceny Of blacking brush, an
awl and edging plane. He preferred jail
to the Ferris Industrial School
, John Lally, John Curtin, John Couglin
and Harry Mullin withdrew plea Of not
guilty on the charges of having entered
the Brownson Library Hall and the cigar
store Of John Mullin on March 10. Their
sentences were thirty days imprison.
ment.
Court adjourned at II. IS until 2 so.
william j. Meningitis wife Dead.
Mrs. Lizzie Mcknight. 81 years old.