The record-union., 1895-03-21
YOUNG'S BATTERY ON MRS. YALE.
Justice Davis Held That 1t Was Suf1-
GENTLY Proven.
The Evidence Was Quite Conflicting
The Defendant VIII Receive His
Sentence To-day.

Minotte G. Young was arraigned yester-
day in the Police Court on the charge Of
battery on Mrs. F. Eugene Yale.
Mrs. Yale testified that she went to the
house where Young's mother lives to
get some letters, and Young went to get
them. While she was standing on the
porch Young, who had stick of wood
in his hand, made motion as if to strike
his mother, and witness stepped in front
of her and was struck on the head with
the stick. She left the house and as she
ran away down the steps he fired three
shots at her. Young pursued her and
when she got to the corner of Twentieth
and streets some young men took her
to J. Gebert's house, as she was bleeding
profusely.
While she was talking with Mr.. Young,
ST., and Mrs. Young upstairs, young
man whom she did not know came in
and sat down on the bed.
Wilbur Taylor testified that he saw
Young standing on the porch with a
stick in his hand, and Mrs. Yale stand
ing between him and Mrs. Young.
Young struck Mrs. Yale on the head
with the stick. lie struck at her three
times. Witness also heard the three
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discussion about the letters took place.
Did not know Mrs. Yale, but had gone
into the house to ask her to take walk
with him. He did not know any of the
YOungs. Had never spoken to Mrs.
Yale, but thought he would invite her to
take walk. He had never seen Mrs.
Yale since that night. When they all
went downstairs he saw Young on the
porch with club in his hand, and
thought it was getting too hot for him
and he had better get out. He heard the
shots, but did not know anything about
them, as he had business elsewhere just
then.
w. W. Motifs testimony was to the
effect that he lived next door TO the
Youngs, and hearing row next door he
went with his wife to the window, and
heard some one saying something about
its being too warm, and something about
being killed. Minotte said, ''Shut those
blinds, or pll bang you one, too" As he
wanted to avoid trouble he shut the
blinds. Did not think he heard any
shots.
w. J. Hardy examined Mrs. Yale's
head when she was brought TO the sta
ton, and found her bleeding profuseIy
from two cuts on the top of the head.
officer Pennish testified to arresting
Young, who was in the house. His
parents told the officers that he was not
room, who raised a hammer tC strike
him. He jumped back, and notified OIL
Ger Maley that Young had hammer in
his hand. They afterwards placed him
under arrest, and he made no resistance.
Officer Maley swOre that he and Pen
nish went to arrest Young, and Pennish
called out that Young had a hammer.
Witness called to Young to open the door
or he would break it in. When Young
opened the door he pulled him out and
placed him under arrest.
II. w. Johnson, Young's attorney, held
that the officers had no right to arrest
Young without a warrant, but the court
held that in a case of suspected felony
they needed none.
Young testified that when he went up
stairs he saw young man in the room
whom he did not know. Mrs. \ ale said
that if he dad not get the letters she
would make it warm for him and init
mated that she had a man there who
would do him up. He armed himself
with the stick to defend himself ii nec-
essary. he let her pass out and struck at
him with his fist, but struck the ban
lister. Did not fire any shots and did
not own a pistol. He aid not strike Mrs.
Yale at all. He had thrown away the
stick of wood before that Did not strike
his mother and did not know how she
got the bruise on her chin. Mrs. Yale
before, and he had told her to come the
next night He had the letters at that
time, but would not tell why he did not
give them to her.
Mrs. Young testified that Mrs. Yale
came for her letters and she told her to
come up stairs. She called her son to
bring up the letters. They had got wet
and she had given them to him to dry.
Taylor came in and asked for Mrs Yale
and sat down. Mr.. Young, ST., asked
her for the front door-key, which she
took away when she moved in the house,
and they had some words.
They all went downstairs together and
witness thought Taylor struck at her
son. She did not see her son strike at
Mrs. Yale, and thought she fell down
stairs. Witness was not struck by her
son, and the bruise on her chin she got
by striking it on a bedpost. She could
give no account of the row on the porch,
as it was quite dark.
Mi. Young, Sr., said that he asked Mrs.
\ ale for the front door key, and told her
not TO come to the house any more. lie
did not know anything about what hap
pened on the porch, as he simply heard
the row. There were no shots fired and
there was no pistol in the house.
The court thought the evidence suffi-
cient and pronounced Young guilty.
His attorney said he would ask that the
court be lenient, as the testimony of the
prosecuting witness showed that, even if
she were struck, the blow was not in
tended for her
The court ordered him to appear for
sentence to-day.
THE LAWS OF 1895.