The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-24
Tales OF TWO PlTTST0NS
News of Interest to Readers Up and
Down the Valley.
INQUEST IN THE SARTlN CASE
Verdict Of the COroncr's Jury-Death OF
u Former Resident-C Caught by Fall
ing Rock-Au Insane Man at
Large Other News Notes.
INQUEST IN THE SARTlN CASE

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Pittston, April 23.--The many friends
of DR.. +. NJ Miller, formerly of this
place, will regret TO learn of the sad
news Of his death. which was received
here this afternoon. year or 50 ago
DR.. Miller left here for NoXen, Pa,
where he attained large and very sue
cessful practice. until he was taken Ill
some months since. In hopes Of re-
gaining his health he was removed to
Hahnemann hospital, at Philadelphia,
where he remained until about three
weeks ago, when he was removed to
the home of his father in Indianapolis,
Ind, where his death occurred.
Inquest in the Snrtin Case.
A coroner's inquest in the case of
John Sartin, who was murdered by an
unknown assassin near Yatesville. was
held this morning at the office of
Squire Fairclough, who. in the alb
sence of the coroner conducted the
case. The jury was as follows: James
Jones, foreman: Francis Yates, Liall
Brown Michael Norton, Charles Hale,
Jasper Pierson. The first witness sworn
was Miss Katie McDermott, the young
lady from Browntown, who was with
Sartin when the shooting took place.
Her testimony was in the main as here
tofore given in the columns Of The
Tribune Several other witnesses were
examined. including John Segar. the
Hungarian who passed Miss McDer-
mott and Sartin on the evening of the
murder. All that could be ELECTED from
John was that he went out for pail
of beer that night and heard a shot,
after he got into his yard. He didn't
see the couple, nor the dog. The jury
rendered verdict as follows: 1--WE find
that John Sartin came to his death on
Saturday. April 90. 1895. from the ef-
fects of gun shot, inflicted upon the
said John Sartin on the evening of
Thursday, April IS, 1895, by some person
whose identity is to the said jury un-
known
Two Miners Killed.
William Mostriski, 80 years old. sim
gle, residing on Union street, and STAN
ley Stropick, 80 years old, residing at
Duryea, miners at the Twin shaft, were
Instantly killed by a fall Of rock this
morning at 10 o'clock. They had fired
a shot, which blew down the props,
and they were sitting in the road, pre-
paratory to restraining the props,
when the roof fell. Their bodies were
horribly mangled.
Other Items Of interest.
]. d. Monte, the West Side grocer,
was in Scranton this morning on busi-
ness.
Ex-Councilman Henry Knowles was
a visitor at Wilkes-Barre this after
noon.
Chief Lotus was in the county seat
today on business.
Perry Noles, the congenial night
clerk of the Eagle hotel, was visitor
at the county seat this afternoon.
A cavern occurred in the sewer ditch
on Delaware avenue at about 10 o'clock
this morning, and one of the laborers,
Sylvester Van Loon, a single man, liv-
ing on Nafus street, was caught be-
meath the fall of earth. He was dug
out and taken in the city ambulance to
the hospital. No bones are broken,
however and the injuries are not con-
sidered dangerous.
Michael Ford, of Searle street, be-
came violently insane yesterday. He
started out with a loaded revolver in
his hand and made things lively for
the neighbors. He fired several shots
through the windows of the Kelley
residence. Chief LOTUS finally Sc
cured Ford last evening and he was
removed to Wilkes Barre today.