The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-10

| filthy nuisance The loieudauts claim
| that this plac. was clean and whole
soma The jury retired NJ noon
AyASpLISG EPISODE
Tho caso o' commonwealth W Han
nah Wood, larceny by bailae. in which
Il. Amos White appaareI as prosecutor
was one ~ th, interesting cases heard
| before Judge Albright Mrs Wood
was defended by l.. C. Ncwc1mb and
| Attorney Reynolds, OF F1rcst City.
Tue prosecution was represented hy
Attorneys Wnd,mag, Flz,immous aud
koiiy.
The parties reside In the li,tl. min
ing hamlet near Forest Ci.y known AZ
Nsndiug The Woods are English
rroplo OF y thrifty turn AMI Mfs
Wood. = plump, gool looking woman
~ the blonde typo. keep, bosr lsrs 10
assist ia swslliag the household e1-
psnsa funds
Among the boorlsrs was Il Amos
Write. = respectable lopkjn. c1lured
man who wears slli rimmel gns,ss
snd has a clerical Hir White aUsc-.
that on Ssp'rmbsr 10 lsgl Mr., Wool
wished 90 ~ TO town ana asked Mr
Whites p rm0s-i1n o. wear bic gold
watch H.. ike gentleman. gave ais
parmlssi0n freely. nu' Mr., Wool hus
since forgotten 90 re'nr1 the tIm p.rce.
The watcn was worth S3I
The evidence produced nv tho defense
was 10 tb. s'isct that onr ovaring in
July previous. while Mr.. Npols hue.
baul Was az work 900 tie night shift 30
ths mines. sHo awos' and lg ta,sabl le
CounteuAuce and g.ll-rimmrI g.N.as
ui Amos pear,ug over tup iuutuuusl ul
her bel she screamed and atlus,l
Mary Wilson q woman who sl,p' with
her during the ahs.uco pi her husband
Amos vanished
The next m1rliu. Mrs Wool alleges
shs informed her pu.h.ui ot tta nor.
tlrntI o,i %; Amos T1e latter drop9.l
on his knees ana begged for m.rev.
He SAID tE.t the devil bad templod hin
aud tuat hr VS. .Orl. bul asked them
not to expos hun Ii III ret o. xiv,
the woman so g. s-t,la ths ca.c TIE
Woods agreed nnl Amos gave Mrs
Woo 8 in each nui ten Ier,al her ais
watch to, sscuuty Tor tl' huu,c,
Mrs Wool was crriohorat "a I'm ~
Of her testimony by Mr Wool ngI
bro,herP. $ Spumu, Wool and Rnu.rt
Wood and William BuIy, q b0dtd.r,
and Mary Wilson
An amusing scene occurred tn the
court room during the uosripg O., ,esli.
mony IN rebuttd wAnu Mss. Wool
WAS asked il an, dil not tyy to induce
Mary Wilson to testify that Amo, mad
endeHvOrtd to pull one OF her rclal OK.
tremiues upoa his midnight witt.
Il nev'r suggested such u thtugl
declared Mra. Wool
"You dill You di ill' spoke Up the
olhor woman quickly,
Mrs. Wilson and her husband were
then called to the stand aud both stated
in effect that the Woo Ia hat endeay
ored TO get them to assist in putting
up job on White. Mrs. Wilson would
not testify that she had ever SON
White in Mrs. Woods room Sue only
had the latter's word that he was
there on the night referred to.
The members OF the Jury apppared 10
be the most interested spectators in the
IoOlu HS the Thc( NethlIS OF the case
were brought out. Several of the plnel
laughed aloud Mt somo OF NLo testi-
mony, and the faces of the majority all
through the trial bore expressions of
hilarious expectancy similar to those
ssen on the bleaching boards" when
Scranton has three men on bases and
mo one is out The case was submit
ted to the jury just before the close
OF ihe afternoon session.
John Doback, Joe Zsruey, Jo;In Ga
don and George Bemorth. of Fell town.
ship, were tried before Judge Mcclure
in court room No 9, on charge OF hav-
ing participated in riot on Dec, @
last Joe Click appeared as prosecutor.
After the evidence for the common
wealth was all in the prisoners con-
eluded to plead guilty, and receive
their sentence Mt once. Judge Mcclure
prescribed medicine as follows: Z.r-
ney, 23 months in the county iaii; G,-
don, 90 month; Doback, 81 months:
and Bemarth. 10 months.
NOTES FROM DoCEFTs