The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-11-29
GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER.
Joseph Otinski, is Found Guilty and
is Sentenced to Eleven Years
and Six Months,

Reimer at Brookston on October 10,
1898, was concluded on Thursday last,
and given to the jury. After deliber.
ating twenty hours they brought in a
verdict of manslaughter. He was
brought before the Court on Friday
afternoon, and when Judge Noyes
asked him if be bad anything to say
why sentence should not be imposed,
the prisoner arose, and in broken En-
glish tried to talk, but broke down
and was unable to make himself un.
derstood His wife and three children
we're at his side, and the scene which
ensued was perhaps the most affecting
ever witnessed in the court room.
Ju"ge Noyes pronounced the sen.
tence, which was, five hundred dollars
fine, costs of prosecution, and under
go imprisonment in the Western
Pententiary eleven years and six
months, which was within six months
of the laws limits In doing so he
declared if the verdict had been in
the first degree he would have sus.
tanned the jury.
Sheriff Osgood and Deputy Sheriff
j. W. Jameson took the prisoner to
Allegheny Friday night, and Satur.
day morning delivered him to the
Warden Of the Peuitentiary. They
say that while the prisoner was sui.
key and morose. be gave them no trou.
BILE on the way. A brief history of
the case, together with some of the
most important testimony is given as
follows: On October Is, last Reimer,
German butcher with Mike Struck
and wife, Polsnders, we're at Otinski's
house. All had been drinking beer.
Otinski and Reimer finally got into
a quarrel and OtiDski elected Reimer
from the rear door of the house.
When Otinski returned he announced
that the butcher would not be back
He was found near The power house of
the Brookstan tannery next morning,
barely able to move. He was taken
in, and after rest rode railroad
speeder to his home at James Mills,
two miles from BrookstoD. Here he
received medical attention, but died
on the following Friday. A post
mortem examination revealed q re.
markable instance Of vitality. He
had been cut with butcher knife on
the left side, and so fierce was the
stab that one of the ribs was cut
completely in two, and the heart bad
F been cut to the depth of half inch
by three quarters long. In spite OF
this terrible injury the man lived
from 8 o'clock Sunday evening until
Friday afternoon, and the morning
after the cutting had strength enough
to propel speeder two miles.
Hugo Riemer, sworn: Am son ol
deceased, lived at James Mills, Elk
county. Father left home about 1C
O'Clock Sunday morning, went tC
Brookston with Mike Kotinski on
speeder to help HIM make sausage
! took no knives along with him. Saw
him next Monday morning about 7:3C
was weak and bleeding from cut in
left side, died on Friday, Oct. 20, al
11:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Riemer, sworn: Am wife o.
Charles Riemer, Kotinski came to oul
home Sunday morning after my hus
band Sunday morning to help him
make sausage. They left for Brook
ston about 1890, had no knives with
J him, CLOTHES shown) had on this shirt
and vest and dark blue cap, was weak
and bleeding from cdt in left side
clothes soaked with blood, hole in
Q vest and shirt made with knife, said
he had been stabbed, was not intoXi
Gated when he left home, was in good
health.
Amelia Riemer: Am daughter ot
Charles Riemer, saw him when he
went away, was all right, when came
J back had wound in left side and was
bleeding, had three scratches on his
nrck and one over eyebrow, said on
Wednesday morning he was going to
die.
Mike Struck, Know Riemer and
Joe Otinski. ReimeI came to my
3 home about IL or half past Sunday
, morning, eat dinner there. Joe came
after me to go and show him how tC
run a sewing machine, said he had
some beer, myself and wife and Joe
and Charley all went to Joe's house,
when we came to house we went in
} and Joe and Charley were outside,
F Charley said "may / come in too" Joe
said II don't know" and afterwards
said "come in," he went in, about
} half past one or two o'clock Joe
brought beer, we all drank except
Charlie, l had three glasses before
: Charley drank any. had mouth organ
, Riemer played and we danced and
sang. No other men there except Joe,
Charley and l, about o'clock Joe
. was making cigarettes, Charley want
ed to smoke too and in filling his pipe
upsest the tobacco in tin pail, Joe got
angry and said tobacco cost me mon.
ey pay me for my tobacco. Charley
did not seem angry but got up and
stretched out his arm and said, "Joe
J you are a good man but you can't
bend my arm" Joe bet s. but put up
no money, tried to bend arm but could
: not. In the fuss Charley caught Joe
by the pants and tore them. Joe be-
came very angry and said "you broke
my pants, pay me-" then went into
bed room and changed his pants, was
gone about one or two minutes, came
out, Riemer was standing On the floor
Joe stook him by the throat and
said, "G-d id you, go out Ofmy
9 house." pushed him back into kitch'
en-. Riemer was all right when he was