The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-25
NUMBER OF SMALL Cases
They We're Held Yesterday in Quarter
Sessions Court.
THE TRIAL OF ISAAC LENIS
lie Was Charged with Assaulting Miss
Bombaugh. but lie Denied Having
Been Guilty Of Such an Offcnse.
Other Cases Called Cp.


afternoon until tomorrow morning at
$50. Judge Purdy will spend Christ
mas at home in Honesdale and Judge
Mcclure will enjoy the feast with
friends in Scranton.
The case of the commonwealth
against John Baldauff. which was called
at adjournment Monday, was resumed
in the main court room yesterday morn
ing. Oscar Freeman was the prose-
cutor The evidence was circumstan-
tial. but the jury found the defendant
guilty and recommended him to the
mercy of the court. He was charged
with stealing two guns and horse pis-
tol from Mr. Freeman. District Attor-
ney Jones represented the common
wealth and Attorney Hulslander, the
defendant
Isaac Lewis was tried for assault and
battery upon Carrie Bomhaugh. of Cen
ter street. District Attorney Jones was
on the side of the commonwealth and
Attorney w. r. Lewis on the other side.
The allegation of the prosecutriX was
that on July 3 last she was standing in
the doorway of her home about 6 o'clock
in the evening when Lewis and a COM
panion came along and addressed in
sulting remarks to her. at the same
time laying violent hards upon her.
She resented his advances and she
Her father corroborated her statement.
The defense was that Lewis was com
ing along the street and the young wo-
man was standing on the sidewalk.
talking to three men: one of them asked
him what he thought of Miss Bonn
baugh and Lewis said he made some
commonplace reply, which caused her
to raise her hand and strike him slap
in the face.
As u Matter Of Prccau tiOn. He Said.
He did not do as the Bible advises
about turning the other cheek, but he
pushed her away to hinder her from
continuing her slaps. While they We're
thus engaged the prOsecutriX's father
came out with an IRON bar three feet
long in his hand and ne hit Lewis on the
head with 1t, fracturing his derby hat
and inilicting a large cut in the scalp,
from which blood flowed cOpiously.
Lewis contended that the suit was
brought through fear that he would
have Bombaugh arrested for striking
him with the bludgeon.
Bombaugh admitted that he struck
Lewis, but said he did 1t in self defense.
that they We're going to pile onto him
and had struck him several times. The
Jury went out few minutes before ad-
journment and agreed upon verdict
W
row morning.
In No. = the case of Michael and Brid-
get Day against Hubert and Mary
Duggan. all the parties being from Me-
ridian street. Bellevue, was resumed
yesterday morning. They are or were
then neighbors and some difficulty
arose which caused a scrimmage in
which the Days were wOrsted. The
jury took a sensible view of the case
and acquitted the defendants but di-
rected them to pay the costs. Attor-
neys Joseph O'Brien and ID. j. Reedy
represented the commonwealth and ex-
Judge W. II. Stanton, the defendants.
Richard Davis and George Slider. two
Carbondale young men were tried be-
fore Judge Mcclure, charged with as
sault and battery on Hal Torrance. jr..
on the night of July IS last. Attor-
ney R. j. Stuart. of CarbOndale. was
engaged with Assistant District Attor-
ney John NJ. Harris for the common
wealth and the defendants attorney
was Joseph O'Brien.
Claimed 1t Was Collision.
On the night in question Mr.. Tor
rance was coming down the Delaware
and Hudson tracks near Archibald
street. Carbondale, and, as alleged
without any provocatiOn, he was set
upon by three young fellows of whom
the defendants were two. He ran from
their attack but they followed him and
Overtaking him resumed their assault
and battery. The defense was that Mr..
Torrance had come along the tracks
running and collided with them and
that they did not assault or batter him
at all. The jury found verdict of ac-
quittal and placed one-half of the costs
on the defendants and the other half
on the prosecutor.
Isaac Hamilton, of Carbondale, was
tried before Judge Purdy, charged with
stealing watch from NJ. J. Stone.
District Attorney Jones represented the
commonwealth and Attorney George NJ.
Watson the defendant.
The two parties in the case are young
men and last May they worked at the
House in Carbondale On the
night of the alleged robbery the prose-
cutor retired to bed with his clothes
on. When he awoke in the morning he
was partially undressed and his watch
was not i'm his clothes.
Hamilton was Immediately charged
with taking the jewel and forthwith he
replied that the watch rolled out of
Stones pocket on the floor and seeing
1t there that he picked it up and put 1t
on Il shelf in closet in the room. The
prosecutor alleged that the watch was
returned to the closet after the defend
ant found out that he was charged with
the robbery: but that 1t was Hami-
tons intention to steal the watch es-
cept that fear of being caught with it
in his possession actuated him to re-
place 1t and then contend that it was
found on the floor. The jury retired to
find a verdict at O'Clock. Shortly be-
fore o'clock the jury returned with a
verdict Of not guilty.
Charged with Taking Money.
John Friscuale. alias William Devier.
was on trial before JudgeMcClure when
court adjourned, charged with the theft
of about 1926 from Joseph Cassesse. the
proprietor of the Roma hotel on Lacka-
wanna avenue. The money was taken
last August while Mr.. Cassesse was en-
joying a vacation at Atlantic City. The
evidence Of the commonwealth was cir
cumstantial, no one having seen iris
cuole take the money. The common
wealth rested before court adjourned
for the day.
In the case of Mary Tanning, charged
by Kate Mcdonnell with being a COM
mon scold, q verdict of not guilty was
taken and the prOsecutriX directed to
pay the costs.
Cornelius Sullivan failed to appear to
prosecute John Madigan on C. -rges of
malicious mischief and assault and bat
terry and verdicts of not guilty were
taken. The prosecutor was directed to
pay the costs
John Elderkin called at the Tribune
office yesterday and stated that the re-
port published in the papers of the
case i'm which his wife was defendant
did her an injustice. 1t was a simple
case Of assault and battery. he said