The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-16
nine YEARS FOR PERRETI0
Jessup Murderer ESCAPED with o
Light Sentence.
WARDO WAS ALSO SENTENCED
Directed to Spend Two Years and Nine
Months In tho Eastern Pcnitentiary.
Young Thomas Received q Light
Sentence - Other Penalties.

Several convicted criminals received
the sentence for their transgressions
Saturday In court Pasquela Perretto.
for the murder of Michael Demarko at
Jessup. June 80. 1895. was sentenced to
nine years and six months at hard labor
In separate and solitary confinement In
the Eastern penitentiary. His attor-
neys. John T. Martin and Joseph w.
Brown. appealed to the court for light
term Of imprisonment. Mr.. Martin
stated that If a new trial were granted
to the prisoner they would be able to
prove that he was block away from
the scene of the murder when 1t was
committed.
Judge Archibald informed the attor-
neys that Perretto's conviction had the
appreciation Of the court, and that he
might have been convicted of murder in
the first degree. District Attorney Jones
declared that the italian killed a col
ored man In Virginia. The sentence
was very light one considering the ma
ture Of Perretto's crime. He merited
the maximum penalty.
Charles Wardo was sentenced for fe-
loniously wounding Nicholas Demarko,
the dead mans brother. Perretto gave
h'w the revolver which was used War
do ran away and the very day on which
/ Ga S.,u tiiai vnued ne came back and
surrendered himself. He pleaded guilty
last Tuesday. He will spend two years
and nine months In the penitentiary.
Thomas Price and Reuben Morris,
both Of whom admitted that they robbed
1rns nrfa4 All Nf
Olyphant on August last. were SEN
fenced. Price will spend ten months in
the county Jail, pay fine Of $50 and re-
store the stolen property. Morris will
spend six months In Jail and pay $40 fine.
Thomas Let orr Eas,.
Joseph Thomas, of the Sibley, was
given very light sentence by Judge
Edwards, only three months in the
county jail and fine Of 500. He was
found guilty Of felonious assault upon
Angelina Cockerill, little girl Of u
years Of age.
Charles F, Barnhart, the bigamist,
will spend six months behind the bars.
He admitted his guilt, but sought to ex-
cuse himself by telling the court that he
was only married according to the COM
mon law ceremony to his first wife.
Barnhart, or Wilson. as he Is also called,
married Miss Ida Steffer, of York coun-
ty, in 1887 and left her in 1899. He came
to Scranton in 1893 and married Bella
Van Loovan, of Bellevue. Before he
was scarcely settled down the officers
We're after him and he was taken back
to York county to stand trial for his
bigamous conduct. His guilt was es.
tablished and he was sentenced to eigh-
teen months in the Eastern penitentiary.
AS soon as he got out, he came to Scran-
ton and was here arrested at the in
stance Of wife No. 9. He plead guilty
as stated and received the sentence
named. Assistant District Attorney
John NJ. Harris served notice on the
prisoner of the divorce proceedings
brought by his second wife against him.
Daniel Roberts, Of the West Side. the
man who was drinking with John Reap
a companion, and robbed him Of $50. was
resentenced to nine months In the coun-
ty iail. On Oct. last he was sentenced
to three years and six months In the
penitentiary, but the court thought al
terward that was too severe and re-
scinded It.
pcnitcntinrv for Lcfcofski.
Alexander Lefcofski, Of Greenwood
was found guilty of crushing George
McCloskey's skull with big stone at
picnic in Greenwood, last July, ana ne
was sentenced to one year and nine
months in Cherry Hill. They were
suitors for the hand Of Ludeweka yam
kofski. Alex Kessler was charged with
being an accomplce in the assault. he
was acquitted Kessler succeeded In
marrying Miss Yankofski month after
the ARRAY.
Gerome Scalzo. for wantonly dis
charging fire arms in the Carbonate
ward of the Delaware and Hudson COM
pany, and carrying concealed weapons
was called for sentence but did not
answer. A capias was issued for him.
Rosario Genachero. for wantonly dis
charging firearms In the house of Jo-
seph Tomaine, of Carbondale was sem
fenced to a fine of $50. the costs of the
court and three months in the county
Jail.
Albert Lentz, who tore down Prof. NJ.
J. Lovern's fence and was found guilty
was sentenced to pay a fine of so and
the costs of prosecution Peter Albach
who discharged a revolver at August
Brill was fined $25 and ordered to pay
the costs. Brill did not appear to be