The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-10

the Bellins. The housewife asked for
an hours time before the sale would
begin SO that her husband might
go out and get the money to
Fay the debt. Mr.. Ferber agreed to
this. but the hour passed and the hus-
band did not come. and he proceeded to
make the sale. Mrs. Bellin went out
and rallied the neighbors around and
the result Is they are now in court. The
case was on at adjournment.
McI)onoueh and Dougherty Go Free.
In court room No. 3 the jury brought
IL a verdict of not guilty In the cases of
assault and battery and aiding a pris-
oner to escape where Malachy McDon-
ough and John Dougherty were defend
ants and Abraham Shapiro prosecutor
Verdcts of not guilty were taken In
three cases against John Mitchell. John
Salka and John Peters. indicted for
aiding a prisoner to escape. Constable
John McHale, of Olyphant, was the
prosecutor. and the costs We're placed
upon him. Is he did not trouble to come
around and prosecute.
Thomas McDonough, ST., Thomas Nc
Donough, jr., and Claude English were
tried for feloniously wounding a.
Brown. Attorney l.. 2. Wedeman rep
resented the commonwealth and Attor-
ney George NJ. Watson the defendants
Tompkinsville, McDonough, jr., Is his
son. and English is a hired man. One
evening last September in the early
part of the month. Brown took ramble
through the ,McDonough farm, and as
he was passing the homestead, the
three defendants were out on the back
porch enjoying a smoke and sampling
some new cider.
Brown was told that trespassing was
forbidden and allowed to pass on his
way, with the caution to take the public
highway on his return. He disregarded
the caution, and came back over the
same path. Walking UP to where the
lord of the manor was sitting, Brown
wanted to purchase two tons of butter
at cents pound. His story was that
his overtures toward such large deal
In butter were met with feloniouS
wounding. The case was given to the
jury short time before adjournment
Judge Archibald Refused Plea OF Guilty.
Annie Loske, Eva Bonoske, Kate
Samalanio. Salle Kelley, Mary Boery
Annie ZeZnodix and Josie De Bredno
the seven women who were indicted for
receiving stolen goods, desired to plead
guilty. They are the women who
bought from August Schultz and Jacob
Smith, who stole the goods from the
our NtUl SltTt, N.OleH anu
Finley's store. Schultz and Smith plead
guilty on Monday. Judge Archibald de-
cided not to impose sentence on them
until he could have talk to the young
men who sold these women the goods.
The court wished to know whether the
purchases were made with a full knowl-
edge of the gravity of their offense.
The boys were brought before the
bar of justice in the afternoon. They
said that three of the women induced
them to steal the goods. This sent a
chill drought the unfortunate women,
and they showed that they feared the
court would be very severe. Judge
Archibald observed the utter dscom-
future of the defendants and refused
to accept the plea of guilty.
Accordingly the seven women named
and Carlo Guskill and Joseph De
Loskey were put on trial late in the
afternoon before Judge Craig in No. g.
The case had not gone beyond the OPEN
ing stage at adjournment.