Evening journal., 1895-05-25
CONSPIRACY UNEAR THED
Four Boys Put Up a Job on
John McCrea in Revenge.
BUT JUDGE BALL SAW THROUGH IT


And Held the Lads TO Await InsestiEa-
tIon while moCrsA Got On-A Drastio
Ordinance Needed for the Indecent Tx
posurs cases-other Municipal Court
Oases.
singular and deplorable condition Of
affairs was developed In Municipal Court
this morning In the discovery Of con
splracy on the part of four boys, members
OF a gang which has terrorizsd Brown
town aud vicinity, TO saddle the entering
and robbery OF the house OF John u.
Potter. at Nc. 1907 Reed street, on young
John McCrea
He has had a pretty hard reputation
and on several occasions has been ~
police court, but this time everything
pointed to his being innocent or the
charges made -
Potter had Just moved from Philadel-
phia and his goods had barely been de-
posted III the house whsn they were
rihsd. Norman Black we'll, aged IA
years, and young McOrss were ar
rested for the crime, and Black.
well went on the stand and
swore that he bought chain, part OF
which was found on him, from McOrea,
and brought Matthew Connell, Roy
Hopkins and Mark Mahoney to sub
stentiate his story. They swore that
| McCrea had told them he had taken the
things, and that be had sold the chain 70
Blackwell.
Judge Bal Was not satisfied with the
way their stories agreed and asked
M1honey, point blank II the four hao
not arranged to tell the story in order to
send MoCrsa up. and thus get square
with him for restifying sgainst boy
named Harper member Of the gang and
who is now in the Ferris Industrial
homs Mahoney braved 1t out for a
time aud then owned up that such q
conspiracy had been formed, to put up q
Job on McCrea
Asa result McCrsa was discharged on
condition that his mother get him away
from the gang by sending him out of
town. Blackwell was held for
the upper court In 800 bail and
Hopkins, Connell and Mahoney were
held until Chief Dolan can investigate e
further into the case Hopkins was IN
trouble over the street car robberies and
turned states evidence, thus convictiug
several Of his companions.
The necessity for an amendment to the
ordinance regarding indecent exposure Of
person, Was shown again In court thii
morning, 20 more cases being before
} bis honor Judge Ball urged the cil }
! solicitor to have such an ofdinsnce
. | drafted at once as there seemed to be Al
! epidemic Of this offense Taylor Valen-
tine was one OF the violators He Wal
! arrested by Sergeant Bayley on Maryland
4 avenue, on complaint Of some OF the
2 people there He was drunk at tn
b time, but managed to give the officer
= run He had nothing to say and VA
2 fined $40 and costs.
I The other case was that Of Rober
s Freeman, colored He was haed $lt
4 yesterday on similar charge This Is {
e second offense committed on Wednesday
{ at Fourteenth and Clayton streets Tn
J. case was continued until Monday. bal
e being Fixed In 800
" John saville Is the father 10 law 0
one Of the witnesses summoned in tn
case against Neal Kennedy, OF No. All
b Spruce street, charged with selling
D liquor on sunday He was very mad q
3 John Dougherty, the prosecuting witnes
J, ia the case and after court yesterdal
= went to Johns store and cursed him
y This he repeated twice during th
u l A1u ~ HtAhb kNNu sun
n apother dose at his home. Doughert'
Q had Saville arrested and he pleade'
3 guilty. Judge Ball feed him $40 an
U costs.
!. Special Officer Crawford found william
/, and Lemusl Lewis on the wharf q
,, Soomons yard. They we're drunk an
9 lighting and he feared that they wou
4 fall into the creek AS he was oppose
10 TO any launches at that point he gathere
4 them in Lewis said the young man wa
n his son They belong IN Indiana an
le had intended to start for home TO- day
n They will do 50 but will first contribut
% 81 and costs each TO the city treasury
City s ilicitor Elliott sRid that he ha
already outlined an ordinance relativ
TO indecent exposure Of person. H
3 thought the penalty should be fixed at
J fne OF not over $50, or imprisonment no
Y 4 to exceed six months He will introduc
Y the new ordinance In City Cluncll mex
Thursday.