The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-17
TWO MEN SENTENCED
! TO CHERRY HILL
Sentence Suspended 10 the Case Of Frank
Hazard.
FRED KUnLMAN WAS FOUND GUILTY
Graycs.NewtOn Case Continued Until
Next Term of Court on Account of
Illness of Defendants Wife..Pleas
cfGuiity Entered by Several Defend.
nnts..Two Cases Nolie Pressed.


nnts..TwO Cases Nolle Pressed.
Frank Hazard, who, on Monday,
plead guilty to stealing horse and car
riage belonging to LiverymaE William
Prall, of Providence, was called up be-
fore the bar Of justice yesterday and
sentence was suspended. His father and
Inspector Dillon, of the Central Park
police, New York, We're present in court
and they had recommendation from
prominent men in public and private
life i'm New York city testifying to Haz-
yards previous good character. The
circumstances of his crime went to
show that he was like the prodigal son
of old and got into bad company. Liv-
cryman Prall recovered his property;
and the prisoners father promised to
take him home and start him out In life
anew. He Is young and does not ap-
pear to have vicious inclinations.
William Clark. of Carbondale, was
sentenced to pay fine of $500 and spend
two years at hard labor in solitary con-
finement in the Eastern penitentiary
There We're number Of his friends and
acquaintances present in court when
Judge Edwards imposed the sentence
and it almost stunned them. Clark
and stout chap named John Grady
both of them in the heighborhood of 81
years old, were out one night short
time ago and were indulging In liquor
quite freely. 1t was pay day and or
thni, 81 20 No
bondale, they met William ]. Mathews
Some of them shouted to him to throw
up his hands. and the next thing he
knew bullet struck him in the upper
lip.
THIS WAS a COSTLY JOKE.
DR.. Peter Manley, of Jermyn, said
that in his opinion the bullet first strucl
Mathews upper teeth and DETECTED OIL
1t might have gone through his head
and killed him. There was three charg.
es against Clark, felonious wounding
attempt at robbery. and carrying con.
cealed weapons. Verdicts of not guilty
We're taken in the three of them In con.
sideration Of a plea of guilty on tht
charge of aggravated assault and bat
terry. Grady was indicted for attemp
at robbery, but a verdict Of not guilty
was taken. Neither of them, it Is be
lieved, was disposed to rob Mathews
Clark was in a drunken mood ant
thought it would be good joke to dt
what he did. District Attorney Johr
r. Jones stated the case to the cour
and Attorneys r. J. Stuart and JOSEPH
O'Brien made pleas for clemency
Judge Edwards told Clark he ought t
be thankful that he was not in cour
| on the charge of murder.
Joseph Toleman, a depraved lookin,
young Italian, was tried and convicted
| of criminal relations with 10-year-olC
girl. Angela Parno, daughter of Dom
mick Parno, with whom he boarded II
Edgerton. 1t did not take long to tr,
the cae. The little girl was the prin
| cipal witness. She testified that Tole
| man assaulted her about twenty time,
and threatened her If she told about 1t
The case was tried before Judge Arch
bald, who Sentenced the defendant t,
two years ir :he Eastern penitentiary
Fred kuhlman was convicted O
stealing from the money drawer O
| Mabey's saloon on the West Side. an,
he was sentenced to pay fine of 81 an,
spend six months in the co N.Y. jail.
MuRTAUGH FOUND GUILTY.
James Murtaugh was found guilt,
or assault and battery upon a publ
officer and obstructing the execution
of legal process; William Newey, VIII
was in partnership with Murtaugh ii
the transaction, was found guilty of as
sault and battery upon a public Officer
James Dougherty, of Dunmore, wa
tried on the charge of aggravated as
sault and battery upon Thomas God
win. a verdict of guilty of simple as
sault and battery was entered. On Eel
s last Dougherty, as alleged by tn
prosecutor, went to his house and with
out any prOvocatiOn struck him on til
head and slashed him with a razor o
the arm. Dougherty admitted he wen
to the house, and said it was for tn
purpose of getting days wages du
him from the prosecutor and when h
asked for it Goodwin picked up a hamme
and struck him blow on the head, ANY
;hing that he did then was in self-dc
fense. District Attorney Jones cor
Senator NJ. T.. Mcdonald represente
the defendant.
Patrick Dolan plead guilty to tn
charge of malicious mischief in the cas-
wherein James Rosser, ir., was prose
cutor and Judge Archibald sentence
Dolan to Pay a fine of SIS and serve or
month in the county Jail.
Michael Cannon, of Old Forge, wa
tried before Judge Archibald on IL
charge Of robbing Thomas Judge OF
silver watch and Sl.75. Attorney job
j. Murphy defended him. The test
mopy of the prosecution was that or
night recently while Judge was goin
home from Tulley's saloon in Ol
Forge. Cannon stopped him and relieve
him of the watch and money. Bot
We're drunk on that night. Cannon fo
merly lived on Cedar avenue. The ju,
was out when court adjourned and II
verdict will be heard this morning.
PEPPER PLEAD GUILTY.
Joseph Pepper, alias Tom Lodais. VIZ
arraigned on two charges, forgery ar
larceny and receiving. He stole chez
from the office of the Spring Broc
Water company, forged the signatu
of Secretary Robert C. Adams to IL
endorsement and passed the check on
: Posner, tine secondhand clothing deal
, of Lackawanna avenue. Pepper ples
guilty and will be sentenced Saturda
: William Kane who was caugl
, breaking into a store on Adams aven,
a month ago by a policeman, admit,