The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-26
HE ADMITTED HIS GUILT
Charges Other Than That Of Bigam!
Against Him Withdrawn.
TONY VOCH WAS CONVICTED
lie Will Have Timo TO Repent Tor HIS
Conduct Case OF Daniel Wniiers'
field, Who Is Charged with Sell
ing Liquor without License.


marry. unlawfully, another, pleaded
guilty yesterday to bgamy ana the
other two suits against him We're with
drawn and the costs were placed upon
the county. These charges were per-
jury and carrying concealed weapons
He swore when he was obtaining nus
second marriage license that ne hau
been divorced from his first wife. Ana
when Special officer Mink went to ar
rest him at Bushkill, Pike county, ne
was forced to disarm Dickson and CON
tiscate a revolver that the b!gamist had
In his possession.
The jury's verdicts in the four cases
against Thomas Thomas and John
Kirby were somewhat surprising.
Thomas was acquitted OF all or the
charges and II Is more than probable
that the jury did this on account OF the
defendants age He Is tottering on the
verge of the grave Kirby was fouhu
guilty of keeping a tippling house ana
selling liquor on Sunday; he was ac-
Quilted of furnishing liquors to minors
and of aggravated assault on Albert
IIepic In the latter case the costs We're
imposed on the prosecutor. Louis Ma
rino, the Italian who was on trial be-
fore Judge Gunster for robbing Bridget
Rodick of a gold ticker" went on the
witness stand yesterday morning and
swore with vehemence that he was as
innocent of the charge as Mary's little
lamb. whose fleece was white as snow
But the twelve intelligent men who sat
and listened to all the details of the
case did not believe Lou, and they re-
turned a verdict of guilty with re-
commendation of mercy to the court.
Convicted of Feionious Wounting.
Tony Voch, the enterprising stiletto
fiourisher. was convicted of feloniously
wounding Thomas jenkins and he will
be sentenced tomorrow. Judge Ed
wards intimated that Voch will have
plenty of time to learn trade, and also
to take a post graduate course.
Jasper Silvies. who misrepresented
his credit to Grocer Hoffecker. of Peck
Vile, and thereby secured goods to the
value of $50. was found guilty of false
pretenses and will get it in the neck in
sentence court tomorrow. Silvies
looked guilty and the jury took him at
his appearance.
Daniel Wallersfield, the tippling house
keeper of the Third ward, was called
to enswer the charges against him.
District Attorney Jones attended to
the prosecution of the case, and Attor-
ney c. w. Dawson represented the de-
fendant. County Detective Leyshon
was the first witness sworn, and he
stated that he went to the North End
to investigate the death of Patrick
Kennahan, whose corpse was found in
Leggett's creek on Jan 20, this year.
Mr.. Leyshon said he learned that the
dead man had been drinking in Wal
lersfield's house and went there to in
quire about the whereabouts of Ken
nahan on the day before his body was
found. Mr.. Leyshon said he saw a rev.
enue license pasted upon the wall and a
barrel of ale behind the counter He
sampled the contents of the barrel and
knew it was ale. There We're little
brown jugs in abundance under the
bar. The bar was well supplied with
glasses and the room was fitted up for a
regular barroOm.
Liquor Made Him Merry.
A witness named Warren was called
and he swore that he drank something
in Wallersfield's that made him merry,
but he could not state whether it was
ale or corn beer. Nobody paid for It;
but Watershed was accustomed to
marking on a slate rounds that had
not been settled for. Every witness
called by the commonwealth up till ad-
journment had the appearance of hav-
ing been tampered with. They saw beer
drank at Wallersfield's but could not
swear that money had been paid for
the beer.
Attorney A. j. Colborn, jr., very
cleverly extricated a client from the
clutches of the law. Before Judge Ed
wards, in No. court room, Alonzo
Reichard was put on trial on the
charge of larceny and receiving for
stealing a bond. Assistant District
Attorney John NJ. Harris represented
the commonwealth. The substance of
the case was that Reichard belonged
to branch of the Patriotic Order Sons
Of America in Green Ridge, and there
was dissension in the camp. Treasurer
Jackson, of the organization, had fur
nished bond to the trustees for the
faithful performance Of his trust.
Was 1t the Wind.
Whether the bond got caught up by
the wind and carried out the window
or whether it was lifted out Of the
building on the wings Of the eloquence
of some of the members, does not seem
to be definitely known; but, at any
rate, Reichard claims that he found 1t
one day while walking along the rail-
road track.
Attorney Colborn moved to take the
case from the jury on the ground that
1t is not larceny to steal bond as such
a document Is not mentioned in the act
of assembly. Judge Edwards sustained
the point and directed the jury to find
a verdict of not guilty.
Conrad Vernon, of Archibald, got into
trouble all on account of the sugges-
tion his wife made in advising him to
lend $50 to Henry Voelkers. Of the
South Side. Mr.. Vernon was charged
with forgery in his attempt to collect
the money. Attorney F. ]. Fitzsm-
mons ably defended him and the COM
monwealth was represented by Mr..
Harris and Attorney M. w. Lowry.
Four years ago Vernon was a lone
widower In Archibald. but he paid a
visit one Sunday to the South Side. in
this city. and met charming widow
and his fate. The woman, during the
period of courtship, often told Vernon
If he had any dough" that she knew a
man to whom he could lend a trihe;
and that the man would pay him back
as sure that her love for MIN was true
On the strength of this endorsement
Vernon lent Voelkers $50.
Four years passed and still there was
no sign of the repayment Of the loan.
Once and awhile when Vernon came
down from Archibald to see about col
lectlng 1t. Voelkers, 1t Is said, used to