St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-14
IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
AN EXCITING FAMILY FIGHT TO
BE AIRED
Case Of False Pretense - Alleged
FOrger Held Scalper
Arrested.

A feud between two Valley street
families eliminated in pitched battle
last Tuesday, which resulted seriously
for one of the participants. The row
occurred at or very near 95 Valley
street, where the Jerard family resides.
Between this household and that of
Dennis Lane, a near neighbor. trouble
has been brewing for some time. Tues
day afternoon the siXteen-year-old sons
of Jerard and Lane came together. The
Lane boys mother and the Jerard boys
sister Minnie, likewise his mother and
his brother, reinforced the combatants.
The contestants at once became in
volved. Jerard senior heard the noise,
and upon his first appearance he was
greeted in the pit OF the stomach
with a cobble stone. Business be-
came good then. Mrs. Jerard
was thrown to the ground.
and when her son Fred stopped over to
assist her Lanes son, so Jerard says,
Whacked him on the head with base
ball bat with such violence as to break
the bat. Then young Jerard picked up
a piece of the broken bat, and hurled 1t
at young Lane. Jerard's aim was good.
Lane dropped to the ground like Il log,
and is Tow in the hospital. This put a
stop to the fight.
Yesterday morning the Jerard ia mily
appeared as prisoners i'll the municipal
court upon complaint of assault in the
second degree, sworn to by Dennis
Lane. The cases were continued until
next Thursday. Fred Jerard was put
under $500 bail, and his sister Minnie
was compelled to furnish $1,000 bail.
Only 5000 bail was required in the cases
of Mrs. Jerard and Fred's bro Their,
Bernard.
False Pretense Charged.
Harry Holland. young canvasser,
has got into trouble. He represented
himself to be the agent of a fire insur
ance company, and as such. induced
Israel Veneer. of 3S5 Cedar street, to in
vest. or rather promise to invest $500 in
insuring his furniture. To bind the
bargain Holland gave Mr.. Veneer re-
ceipt in full for the $500. which pro-
vided that the receipt would not go into
effect until Sept. ID, at IL o'clock. noon.
The receipt was signed F. Sauke. On
the strength of this receipt, Holland
persuaded Vener to advance him 81.
Holland was arrested and will he
granted an opportunity to explain him
self in the municipal court today.
Head to the Grand Jury.
D. l.. Schultz, charged with forging
his fathers name to checks, waived eX-
animation in the municipal court yes
terday and was bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $4,000.
Scalper Arrested.
George W. Frye, a ticket broker, was
arrested yesterday on the charge of
violating the anti-scalping law. One
George Miles Is the complainant. The
case was continued and bail fixed DIT
800.
Cigar Dealer Arrested.
William S. Conrad, the cigar dealer,
appeared before Judge Orr IN the mu
nicipal court yesterday to answer to the
charge of counterfeiting label so rs to
represent nOn-union made cigars as
union made. John F. Kreeger made
the complaint. The case was continued
until next Thursday. and Conrad was
allowed to depart on his own recogni.
zance.
Stabberss Hearing.
William Massengill, the colored. mau
who cut the iuterurban car conductor
Wednesday afterncoD,w be examined