The evening world., 1893-12-20
GOULD FOUND GUILTY.
Fined $3.50 for His Assault Upon
William Rahnor.
Witnesses lei! OF the Brutal Sight
in Utopia.
Gould Takes the stand and Tells of
His Good Qualities.

the Court of Special Sessions to-day. to
answer to Il charge of assault on viii.
lam +. Rahnor. "A bartender in CouIl'a
latest resort, 81 West Twcnty-fourtn
street. oct. 20.
He had an array of witnesses with
him, and appeared confident OF being aG-
quilted his time. lie was tcnrfully dis
appointed. however, for after Judges Nc
Mahon. Koch and Diver heard the tcs-
timony they unanimously decided mat
Gould was guilty, anl they sentenced
him To pay u tine Of $50 or spend $50
days in Jail.
Gould was inccnsed at the newspaper
men, and he remarked to them. as h"
was led behind tn" bars: "WCil, you
fellows done It, didn't you
Later his friends paid his fine and he
was released.
TIT case began at 10 O'Clock with COM
plainhnt Rahnor as the first witness.
Rahnor IS tail. somewhat bald and has
IA nervous way about him in telling has
story. lie said he had some talk with
Gould about engaging II fellow named
Kelly to take his place, and Gould replied
that Rahnor was not employed to ask
questions. Inc uISIOt WAS lhdl N'pul'
told Rahnor he wasn't needed any longer.
Rahnor then went for his street clothes
and asked for his wages. Gould replied
that he "wouldn't give him "A $1,000 cent;
come in Tomorrow" Rahnor added that
Gould came from behind the bar ana
punched him in the jaw and butted him
in the head.
lie knocked me down and kicked me
In the face, making this CASH itahhuf
continued, showing q deep scar In his lip.
Lawyer frank Mitchell appeared for
Gould and cross-eXamined Rahnor.
William Mack, IL reporter, was the
next witness. He was present in Gouid's
on the morning in question and wit
messed the assault. He testified that he
heard Il sculTle behind hin and saw
Gould strike Rohmer several times In the
face, knocking him down. Could then
kicked Itohmer IN a savage and very
cruel manner while on the loor.
VIII R5hp hiood got .Hs very m Isna ne GoVer Sa
]"bouncer' Of tho place, thcn came M
and knocked ltahnor down again and
beat him,
A woman came out of, Gomld's Office
and cried: For Gods sake. Tom. don't
kill him"
4 man came up from the rea: of tho
place and tried to prevent Gould from
Thomas +. Henry. Il water. OF 300
West Thirty-ninth street, testified in cor
roborltion Of Mack. lie Witnessed the
assault on Rahror by Gould, He worked
never worked there after thn..
Counsellor Abram :. Levy, represent
ing the prosecution, rested his case al
For thu defense LAWYER Mitchell called
Gould himself to the and Gould gave
his pedigree AS follows (: Thomas
Gould, fifty years old. restaurant-k"eDer.
He testified that kahnor zane 20 tn"
place, 81 West Twenty-fourth street, on
the night Of the trouble very much
under the Influence of liquor. lie spoN"
bartender and had better quilt work.
As Rahnor went out he struck liiily
Goodwin. who, RahnOr thought. had been
the means OF getting him discharged,
Goodwin said to . chap named Olver,
II wonder what he hit me- for"
Gould went on To say that Rdhnor was
continually drinking while lac was ON
After denying that he had ever at
tackled = man in his life, or that he had
ever been guilty Of d~isorderly conduct,
for he vas above such things he de;
nigd that he had never been arrested. y
He was summoned" a few times, but
the cases were always dismissed. 1t was
not true, lie declared, that Justice
O'Rctllv had ever held him in 1000 for
assaultlng Policeman keely or any one
else. In fact he was an angel, and he
was only waiting for the wings to fly.
re ntu ltfll UbulltHL ana Dllllitlit, ne
saiu. by everybody. although all the time
n" was as quiet as "A lamb. because he
had always found that hte easiest, way
names Of RhaIf q dozen "soclai ac94aIuut.
anCas' who were III the store" when
Kahuur was asked to leave.
on OF these social acquaintanCcs was
Clarence T., Tallman. a dentist. whose
Office was nearly opposite Gouid's. lie
had seen the disturbance on the morn
!"G Of IN" assault, ana he corrnOorated
on cross-txamination he said he got
mp cary that morning because he was
going fishing, and went into GOuId's Ia
get his breakfast. He had 1t in Gould's
private Office.
Alfred j.. smith. head waiter in the
Utopia was called next, and testified that
he saw BILLY Goodwin and Rahnor hay.
ing a tussle, and he, next saw Could lead
RahnOr out Of the door by the arm.
Cadwallader Hart M~illspaugh, thu
bounCer, next took IN" witness chair in
defense OF Gould.
Milispaugh said he SAW nothing, and II
Gould did strIck Rahnor he uhe witness.
would surely ave seen Il. Tom only
used that degree of force necessary to
put Rahnor out
William II Goodwin. Of 9O West
Forty-thir1 street, was the succeodiL.;
witness. lie was present at the "Utop.a'
on the night of the row
lie said he was attacked lny I,thnor,
who, he said was drunk He followed
him out to the street, and khhnor
again assaulted him Goodwin said no
hit Rahuor back as hard as he could, and
John W oliver, Of $50 West Forty.
second street, who said lac sold grain on
race tracks for "A living. corr"hprated
Goodwin. lie was In company win the
James ". Ford, an advertising agent;
John i. Gallagher, u bartender, and Pc
licenan, John u. smith. Of ihr. Nosi
tIAsAr. lf thn. tHfHul.lF