The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-11
TIRE JURY CANNOT AGREE
Guilt or Innocesce Of Joseph Thomas
Is PuzzlinQ Them.
CELEBRATED HIS AcQUIrrAL
Thomas Kane. Accused Of Robbery, Ac'
quilted blythe jury and He Went
Out and Got Drunk-Judge
Guusssr Sent HIN Up.


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was taken the case against him in
which he is charged with burglarizinR
the house Of John Higgins. of Carbon.
dale, was called for trial. Kane ap-
peared in court in a highly intoxicated
condition and Judge Gunster ordered
the sheriff to take charge of him. War
den Jay brought the hilarious defend
ant to Jail and when Kane got sober
enough he was taken back to court.
Another case had been called and the
enc against him was not taken up. He
.0ay be tried today.
w. l.. Weatherby and Collins Wea-
therby. his son, were tried in the main
court for assault and battery upon Dali
las Woodmancy. They live i'm Scott
township and on June got into a fight
over some trivial matter. woodmancy
alleged that the father and son struck
him divers times on the head with a
club. The jury found the defendants
not guilty and ordered the prosecutor
to pay one-fourth of the costs and the
elder Weatherby to pay the three
fourths. District Attorney Jones rep
resented the commonwealth and Attor-
neys Hulslander & Vosburg the defend
ants.
Cc,.hrs,ed IN. pv.,,
Rosario. Genacbero wa. triad nm
charge of fe,onious atter,nt uron tho
rife of Mrs Jo.enh ron,o;na Attnrna,,
John ~ M.rtin dssandad tha nr,sonar
and District ttornev Jonss renra.antsd
the commonwealth. II was alleged that
on the 9Th of last September Genachero
came to the house of the prosecutrix
and without q. word Of warning or any
proyocation fired two shots at her. and
one at her husband. The defense was
that they had not been on good terms
and when he heard that the Tomaines
were going back to italy. he went to
their house and fred the shots in n
Fourth of July spirit to express his de-
light at their departure. The jury was
out at adjournment. This case was
tried before Judge Edwards in NO. 2
court.
The next case was against Patrick
and Rose Healey, an old couple living at
the Beach" in Spring Brook township.
They formerly lived in Greenwood.
Mrs. Mary Aston is the prosecutrix.
Attorney John j. Murphy represented
the defendants and Attorney David ].
Davis the commonwealth. The charge
is that on July 81 last five cows belong
ing to the Aston family got into Heal
ey's barn and when Mrs. Aston crossed
over to see-!s.oout getting the cows out
Mrs. Healey assaulted her with club
and Mr.. Healey with pitchfork.
Clark, of Son h .b nston, on Trial.
William N. Clark. a South Abingdon
butcher. and a man about 80 years of
age strong and muscular looking, was
tried before Judge Gunster for horse
whining a cripple hoy. Arthur Date
aon ID wears old. District Attorney
Jones and ATTORNEY b. F.. Ackerly rep
resented the commonwealth and At
torneys Hulslander & Vosburg, the de-
fendant.
On Sept. last, young Dateson and
Harry Dymond. another boy, were
gathering butternuts from a tree on
the roadside skirting Mr.. Clark's prem
ises. The tree is about 100 feet from
the toll gate. The defendant was re-
turning from Scranton and he got out
of his vehicle and ran after the boys.
He horsewhipped Dateson severely,
drawing blood from the boys disabled
leg and right shoulder.
The boy testified and so did young
Dymond. The defendants attorneys
tried to prove that the tree was on his
premises. Mrs. Fannie Tinkham. the
toll gate keeper, was an eye witness Of