The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-16
READY With HIS REVOLVER
Valentine Hass Is Fortunate That He
Is Not on Trial for Murder.
JONES HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Miss Mary snyder Who Attempted to
Commit Suicide, and Clark, Alias Law.
son, the Bicycle Thief Plead Guilty.
James Scott Docs Likewise.


James Scott Docs Likewise.
After the second week of quarter ses-
sions, court opened yesterday morning,
Miss Mary Snyder was called to the bar
in the main court room before Judge
Gunster to answer two charges of lar
ceny and receiving. Miss Snyder is the
young woman who attempted to COM
NIT suicide by hanging herself in her
cell In the county Jail on the night Of
Oct. s.
She Is only 10 years of age. She said
that she stole clothing from Elizabeth
Visey and Emma A. Keys, both of
whom are residents of the West Side of
this city On one charge Miss Snyder
was sentenced to pay fine Of 81, costs,
spend thirty days in the county Jail
and restore the stolen property. on the
second charge the sentence was 81,
costs, one day in county jail and re-
store stolen property.
James Scott, of this city, pleaded
guilty to the charge of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons and was SEN
fenced to pay fine of $50, costs and
spend two months in the county Jail.
Scott was then asked to plead to
charge of assault preferred by Patrick
Toomey, train dispatcher in the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western yards.
He said not guilty and the common
wealth proceeded to show that Scott,
being angry with Toomey, threw a
stone at him, which, fortunately missed
its mark. After the commonwealth
rested, the defendant Withdrew his plea
of not guilty and entered one of guilty.
He was sentenced to pay fine of $40,
costs and ten days in jail. The charge
of carrying concealed weapons arose
from the fact that when Scott was cap
tured, after he threw the stone, a re-
Yolver was found on his person.
lawson Entered Plea Of Guilty.
II. c. Clark, alias Clark d. Lawson,
the young man who early last summer
stole bicycles from Fred c. Hand and
Florey & Holt, pleaded guilty to lar
ceny by bailee and was remanded for
sentence. He was unrepresented by
counsel and none Of the rich relatives
he is said to possess were present TO
offer any assistance. Lawson's i'm
prisonment awaiting trial has evil
IDENTIFY broken down his spirits to a
great extent, for he looked entirely un-
like the blase young man who arrived
in this city one night last summer, in
charge of a Stroudsburg policeman to
answer the charge concerning which
he was yesterday asked to plead.
Alton Bushnok, of Carbondale, was
arranged before Judge Gunster for
having, as is alleged, stabbed S. Hupka
in the arm, side and back. The men
had a dispute in q saloon at Carbondale
and Hupka then started for home. On
the way he again met Bushnok, who
drew a knife and stabbed him in the
arm and side. Hupka turned to run
away and Bushnok plunged the knife
into his back. This occurred on the
night of June 20 last.
On his part the defendant denied
having used knife on Hupka, and de-
clared that he was knocked down and
robbed Of a sum Of money by the prose-
cutor. His version of the affair was
not very stronly corroberated. After
the testimony was all heard, Attorney
Frank r. Okell, who represented the de-
fendant, asked the court to instruct
the jury that the prisoner could not
be convicted on the first count of the
indictment, which charges felonious
wounding. Judge ,Gunster refused to
do 50. Hupka was\ confined to his bed
for six weeks by the wounds he re-
ceived, and has not since been able
to pursue his vocation as a laborer. At
345 the jury retired to deliberate on
the case, but did not agree on a ver-
diet while court was in session.
Parker Was Fond of Horses.
Henry Parker was the next prisoner
arraigned He was charged with the
theft of horse, carriage and harness
from Liveryman Thomas Hendrick, of
Jermyn. Parker is middle-aged man.
On June l last he rented horse and
carriage from one Of Hendricks en-
ployes, saying he wanted to drive to
Olyphant Instead he drove to Provi-
dence and put the horse in the stable
of the Garfield hotel, telling the proprle-
tor it was his outfit and he would leave
it there until arrangements could be
made to ship 1t to his home in New
York.
Three days later Parker was
arrested at Port Jervis for a
theft Of horse owned by
Llveryman Pierce, Of Carbondale
In the station house at Carbondale,
after his arrest, Parker told Mr.. Hen
drick he was the man that hired his
horse. He said he left it at the Garfield
House at Providence, and it was found
there next day. IT'S poor horse,
continued Parker, "and not worth any
thing" That's probably the reason he
left 1t at Providence. Testimony for the
commonwealth was still being heard
when court adjourned. The defendant
is represented by Attorney H. l., Taylor
A Peace Officer in Trouble.
In court room No, 2, where Judge Ed
wards is presiding this week, Constable
Valentine Hass, Of Blakely borough
was on trial yesterday charged with
feloniously wounding Thomas Jones
About six weeks ago Hass arrested an
old man named John Howell, who was
lying in drunken sleep on the side
walk in Blakely. The events that after
ward occurred, as related by the com
monwealth witnesses, are briefly as fol-
lows: Howell resisted arrest and Hass
put nippers on his wrist and was drag
ging him along when Thomas Jones who
wasreturning from WlllSes-Barre to pay
a visit to his home at Blakely, met them
and knowing Howell, offered to take
him home II the officer would release
him.
Hass refused to give up his man and
Jones declared that 1t was q shame to
treat an old man in such way. Then
William Mason offered to take the pris-
oner home, but his assistance was like
wise rejected. In the meantime a big
crowd had gathered and much SYM
pathy was expressed for the old man,