The record-union., 1893-10-06
HELD FOR MAYHEM.
Minet C. Young viii Be Tried for
Ear-Chewing.
His Attorney Claims the Newspaper:
We're Influenced Against Him
in Their Reports.

Minet G.. Young was arraigned in the
Police Court yesterday morning for may
hem committed on Jacob Gebert by bit
ing off his ear. His attorney, Lincoln
White. asked the continuance of the case
for week, in order to get material wit
ness to testify to the character OF Ioung.
and also in order that the extent OF Geb-
erts injuries could be better determined.
E. C. Hart, who was assisting the City
Attorney in prosecuting the case, objected
to continuance, as the prosecution were
ready to try the case and witnesses had
been taken from their business to testify.
The charge is mayhem, and it is a simple
question of the extent of Mr.. Geberts
injuries.
Mr.. White still insisted on continu-
ance, saying that he thought that the
affair would prove to be small one when
sifted. He said the newspaper accounts Us
had greatly magnified and distorted 1t III
a sensational manner, to make as much
out of it asepossible. The newspapers had
done everything that they could to lnJure
Young's cause
Mr.. Hart said he understood Mr.. White
wished to introduce evidence as 10
Young's character. Ifso, he was wllllngto
have the case continued. he had not
wished to subpoena the whole nelghbOr-
hood to testify to the character OF defend
ant He was willing to go back for a
year or two and show that Young had
before attempted Geberts life and would
have taken it if he had not been pre-
vented.
His honor said he could not see any
cause for continuance, and ordered the
examination to go on.
DIR. Wizard testified that he was called on
to attend Gebert on the night of the as
sault. and found about an inch taken off
the left ear and some bad bruises in vari
GUS places on his person. He was suffer-
ing great pain. Witness had been at
tending him since. Gebert was confined
to his bed for some time from his injuries.
The appearance of the ear would justify
the opinion that it was chewed of. He
saw the piece. 1t was possible, but not
probable, that it could have been torn off
in the struggle by the scratch of finger
nails, pin, or similar cause.
Charles Peterson swOre that as he was
going home that night he saw Young
have Gebert by the shoulder and strike
him. Young fell on Gebert, and witness
pulled Young off. He let go of him, and
Young got Gebert down again and got
hold of his beard. He separated them
again, and saw Gebert was covered with
blood. When witness separated them
Young got the finger Of witness in his
mouth and bit it slightly, but he man
aged to extricate it. The piece of the ear
was picked up and given to Mrs. Gebert.
Gebert did not try to strike 4oung. He
only asked him to let him go. Gebert
bled so much that witness did not know
but he was stabbed.
J. K. Brown came along during the
fight, and saw Young have Gebert down.
Gebert was bloody, and after Young
walked away witness picked up the piece
of ear, and somebody said it had been
bitten off.
Ia. Barrett came to Gebert's at the
time The quarrel commenced. He saw
Young strike Gebert and fall OIL him.
Young grabbed his chin and put his
mouth close to Gebert's ear.
Il didn't know said witness,
"whether he was whispering password
in his ear or not. 1t was Gebert's left
ear, as he lay on his right side"
Witness graphically illustrated the
struggle and as attorney White wished
him to describe it in words, offered to IL
lustrate it on the legal gentleman if he
would come up to the witness stand,
which was respectfully declined by
counsel for the defense.
Witness put his hands over Young's
eyes and pulled his head backward, max
ing him release Gebert. AS he pulled
YOung'S mouth away, Gebert was COW
cred with blood. Brown picked up the
piece of ear.
J. Gebert stated that as he stepped out
to see Barrett. Young stepped up to him
and said something about cats or chick
ems and he told him to let him alone and
turned away. Young grabbed him by
the shoulder and twisted him round and
down, striking him at the same time
Young tried to bite off the nose of wit
ness, but he turned it away and saved it.
| Young then caught his ear in his teeth
! and bit it of. He had witness by the
whiskers with one hand. He also tried
to gouge one of his eyes out.
! The court held Young to answer to the
charge of mayhem and fixed his bail at
| s., 900. His counsel asked the court to fix
! his bail as before. at 81 600, which could
be easily furnished, but Mr.. Hart
argued that defendant now stood in diff
/ ferent position. Evidence had now been
| introduced which the court thought was
! sufficient to hold him to answer.
! The court thought under present cir
cumstances that $1,000 bail was light
| enough, but Mr.. White still urged the
/ reduction tor the sake of Young's mother.
The court thought that $1,000 was little
/ enough and declined to lessen the
amount.
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