Evening journal., 1896-08-29
A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE
Which, If Proved, May Lead
John Wilson to the GaIIows.
ACCUSED OF RAPIEa BIS yIEOE

He is Held for Upper Court-Edward
Rogers Fined for DIsorderIy Conduct.
Two Unfortunates who Selected the
Park to Sleep on Their spree-Other
Gases In Municipal Court To-day.
The Municipal Caurt room Is filed
every morning with a crowd OF msn who
seem not to work OF spin, and yet exist.
They are drawn there by morbid curl
osity to witness the punishment OF their
more unfortunate brothers When thera
Is an unusually interesting case, and
Judge Ball orders the room cleared, there
Is disappointment shown on every face and
It takes two officers TO bastsn the lbgging
footsteps Of ths disappointed ones
Held on a Serious GhArgs.
This morning the room was crowded
The principal case WAS that OF John
Wilson. who was charged with capital
crime, that OF rape. When arraigned
the prisoner, whose gRunt face Indicated
that be was consumptive, asked for
continuance to allow him to get counsel
This he afterwards Withdrew on being
informed that It was simply preliminary
hearing and that II held for the upper
court, counsel would be assigned him
| The victim was his niece. Aunie Lev
ering. who lives with her parents at No.
| 73l South Harrison street Shs stated
that her uncle, who boarded at the
house committed the act on last Sunday,
by force and against her proieststons
and threAtened her In case she told On
Tuesday sine Informed he mother and the
arrest followed.
The girls mother confirmed her story
and DR.. Hughes testified as TO her con
dition Wilson asked but few questions
of the witnesses, the trend of which were
to imply that the girl had been the one
to make the advances. Wilson was held
without bail, for upper court. II CON
vlcted, the penalty Is death.
Edward was DIsordsrIr.
Edward Rogers vas charged by Daniel
O'Neil with disorderly conduct. Mrs
Rogers has been working for her broth
srs's family and the prisoner came to the
house and picked mp row O'Neil put
him out whereupon Edward gathered
several stones aud threatened to down
the doughty Daniel Officer Mcguire
then took a hand aud Edward was locked
lup
In Court he Ackno wledg gsd that he had
acted dIsorderly, bat claimed thSt he had
ample Justification. IS 0'Neill WAS mar
boring his wife and Was responsible for
her leaving him Edward was fned 81
and Costs.
He Coveted tho shoes.
Emory Trusty. colorsd man in th,
employ Of the George w. Mccall an'
Company was the owner OF a pair o
shoes last week Alfred Dsrrickson, a Is
coiored, saw in them tue chance to max
money, and after appropriatlng them
sold them to q coast street Joint Late
he WAS arrested by Ofcsr Lucas and tn
shoes recovered by Officer Malonsy. Alfre
strsnuously denied having stolen th
feathers, bat the evideucs Was too stroaS
and he Will board with the sher Fl until
court opens unless he secures 5000 ball
Minor Gases Disposed or
I Yesterday afternoon Park Guard jane
Black noticed Jacob Perry and Csrri
Maloney In the park, very drunk. = b
advised them TO leave, but they pre-
empted the pavilion aud started In Il
sleep of the effects Of their libAtions
Then be sent them In Judge Ball hnei
them 81 and costs each.
! James Murphy, Of Philadelphia, ar
rested by Officer Lyons at Watet AM
King streets drunk, was frei 81 an
costs
Annie Johns. oolored was charged will
larceny, but the evidence did not warrsn
> 1t and she WAS discharged.