The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-19
AT THE COUNTY COURT
Some of The Shenandoah Cases
Disposed Of
SENTENCE FOR PLIMMBR
Chief of Police Tosh Succeeds In
Putting Thomas Krushane Away
for While--A Trouble
some Character.

Yesterday was one of the Shenandoah
days at the county court and a number of
cases were disposed Of The principal one
was that of William Plimmer, the negro
who struck boy named Michael Hartz on
the head with hatchet at picuic at Col
umbia park on Memorial day. Plimmer
claimed the blow was an accidental one
and that he threw the hatchet to frighten
boys who had thrown stones at him. Hartz
was in precarious condition for several
days, but was able to appear in court yes
terday. Plimm er was promptly convicted
of assault and battery and sentenced to
pay fine of $40, serve 20 days in Jail and
pay costs.
John and Fannie Showdes, Polish
representatives of this town, were also
before the court yesterday. They were
arraigned on charge of resisting an
officer preferred by special officer Anthony
Alex. The officer went into the house of
the accused to serve warrant on one of
the boarders and was thrown out. He
again entered with other officers and the
lights were extinguished. A struggle
followed in the dark, after which the
officers succeeded in getting the man they
wanted. The jury did not convict Mrs.
Showdes. The husband was sentenced to
pay a fine of $40 and costs
Chief of Police Tosh yesterday succeeded
in convictiug Thomas Krushane, who has
been a terror to the residents of the lower
end of Main street for some time. Kru
shane is a cripple who gets along in this
world on the Weary Waggles order. If he
felt thirsty or hungry he made demands
upon the Polish residents of the locality
mentioned and always received a plentiful
supply. The people were afraid to refuse
to aid him, as he had a reputation for stop
ping at nothing desperate. He made the
boast that the whole police force could not
take him, and the people he terrorized
seemed to believe him They were afraid
to complain to the police. Three of the
regular police force pounced upon Kru-
shane one night while he was asleep in
freight car at the Pennsylvania
depot and railroaded him to the lookup al
most before he could awaken from his
! slumber and realize what was going on
The arrest was such relief to the perse-
cuted people they are singing the praises of
the police force Krushane was sentenced
to pay costs and serve four months in the
county jail.
Patrick Hilbert, a boy of tender years
residing in town, was convicted on a
charge of larceny preferred by Samuel
Davis, the West Centre street grocer The
court was lenient and only sentenced the
| boy to pay the costs.
Joseph Pickalofsky, fourteen year old
boy of town who has been giving his
mother considerable trouble by reason of
don reformatory today.
Among the other Shenandoah cases dis
posed of was that of Anthony Wilatofsky,
charged by George Sovitsky with cheating
and defrauding a boarding house keeper,
The jury failed to convict and the costs
We're put on the prosecutor
A case before the grand jury yesterday
was that Of Peter McAlee, charged with
assault and battery by William Cancerius,
the East Centre street saloonkeeper The
jury ignored the bill and put the costs on
Cancerius. The latter is in hard luck. He
was a victim Of the big fire.
Of seventeen cases disposed of at the
Pottsville court yesterday, fourteen had
Polish, Lithuanian, or Hungarian prose-
cutors and defendants, which shows clearly
the nationalities that provide the numerous
litigations in court from this town. 1t is
said that many Of these people spend al
most half their earnings during the year
in lidgations at court. 1t would be a bis
saving for the county if Justices of tn,
P Peace were given power to try cases o.
grades below felony