Evening journal., 1894-01-10
WROBLENSKI GUILTY.
Sentenced to Eight Years I'm
prisonment and $1,000 Fine.
TWO vERDIoTs AGAINST HIM.

Counterfeit Piece on John s. Rhinehart.
A Verdict Of Not Guilty In Daaey wash
ington's Case.
At yesterday afternoons session Of
United States District Court the ten
indictments against Dennis Dougherty
were called up. One is for carrying on
wholesale business on retail license,
aud nine are for not effaclng revenue
stamps on casks from which spirltuous |
liquors had been sold. H. II. Ward, |
counsel for Dougherty, said that he had |
already made deposit with the depart |
ment at Washington looking toward
settlement Judge Wales advised Mr. |
Ward to wire the department in Wash |
ington so as to have an answer this
morning
The grand Jury returned a true bill
against Henry Wiley, OF Georgetown,
| for selling liquor without a license.
The court opened this morning at 10
o'clock. The case Of Dorsey Washing
ton, colorsd, was taken mp. He was in
dicted on three counts for attempting to
pass and having in his possession clun-
terfet s. bill on,October 10 last, on Frank
NJ Ayers.
The following jury was drawn to try
the case: William g. Herring foreman
Columbus Watkins, George IL. Hall.
George w. Hattie d. Robinson Lyman,
W. Harrison Worth, Leonard V. Aspril,
Andrew j. Maloney, Caleb Jackson,
George Reybold, Aaron b. Woodruff aud
James Green.
Mr.. Ayers stated that he lived at
Eighth aud Tatnall streets, and was a
bartender for Alvin TownsleY Wash
ington came In the saloon on October l3
and asked for a drink Of whiskey, throw
ing down 50 bill in payment thereof
Ayers had no change and sent a boy with
the bill 70 have It changed. While
waiting Washington said he did not
want the drink as bad as he did the
change
The boy came back and said the money
was vRlueless, and whereupon Washing
ton said he had more, and threw two
other bills on the counter, When ques
toned by Ayers at the time he
said that he got tie bill from
the PennsylvRnia Railroad Company
In New York, and again said he got II
In philadelphia. Ayers gave the note
back to Washington agaln.and then sum.
moned Officers Gum and Lyons 70 ar
rest him.
Harry w. Smith, teller In the Ma
, tlonal Bank Of Delaware. pronounced the
bill which was shown him, 20 be a
counterfeit Of the legal tender
, Washington admitted to Officers Gum
, and Lyons that he had counterfeit bill
10 his possession aud gave II TO Gum.
{ The defendant was not represented BY
counsel
4 The Jury retired at 10 IS.
4 In the case of Stansslaus Wrob'euski,
I for passing a counterfeit 50.cent piece,
q there were three indictments against
. him. A Jury, composed Of the following
wss drawn to try the case; WI
I liam A. Price, foreman; Thomas
r Mullin, Daniel b Stewart Jonathan
X. Williams Alfred l. Ainscow, Craw-
ford Rankin, Frank Reedy, Robert
Frazier, George F. Peirce, Bernard Has
son, Samuel Il Baynard aud William
, Bowe
John S. Rhinehart, Of No 300 West
Sixth street, hfiirmed that he was az
agent for the Union News Company ir
4 stand AZ the Delaware avenue station
OF the Baltimore and Ohio. On October
20 Wrob,enski purchased news
paper from him and gave
a SO cent piece In payment. WrJblenski
got the change aud left Immediately.
After he had gone Rhinehart discovered
that the piecs was a counterfeit. Like
Washington, Wroblensk was not repre-.
d sented by counsel The jury retired at
a II 80
3 BailifI ONeill impresses the members
q OF the bar, In his manner Of commanding
Q the Jurors to walk In the jury box
! He is pronounced as a good one.
Z The jury in the Washington case re
turned at II So with verdict of not
Y guilty aud the defendant was dismissed
q A panel was drawn as follows to try
q Wroblenski on another charge Of passing
n counterfeit money, q twenty five cen
D piece: William 7. Richards, W
3 Harrison Worth, Frank Taylor Henf,
& Cats. Andrew j. Maloney, George Rey
3 bold. William g Herring, Columbui
. Watkins Leonard V. Asprll. Samuel w
Simpler, Caleb Jackson and JameI
Green
b In this case Wrobenski passed a %
r. cent piece on Grocer Homer 5 Allen, o
Il No. ll40 Pullman Place, on October 2S, 70
}; bag Of tobacco.
}; The case against Henry Wiley, col
D, cred, OF Georgetown, for selling quo
D, without license, was continued unit
the next term. Philip Q Churohman j
Willey's counsel
Both Of the juries on Wroblenski'
d cases returned verdicts of guilty, recon-
" mending mercy. Sentence was sus
1r pended on the second charge. On tn
le first he was sentenced 70 eight years i'm
re prisonment and 81 900 fine.
n Referring TO the cases against Denni
Is Dougherty, District Attorney Watson
re stated that be had received Telegram
from Acting United States Revenu
Commissioner w w. Wilson, at Wash
ington, asking that the cases be con
Is tinued for another term. The cour
" granted the request.
ID The special jury to try the De Col
In Brothers Company vs. NJ T Poole cas-
was then drawn as follows: Frank Tay
lor, foreman Samnel h Bsynard, Thoma
Muliin, Leonard V. Aspril, Jr, Henr.
=, Cats, Frank Reedy, George Hall
- William A. Price. Andrew J. Ma
= loney, George T. Pierce, Coumbu
wilkins and Crawford Rankins Th