The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-15
PoTTsYILLE LETTER.



PoTTsv1LLE May 15.-In pursuance of the
decision of Judge Mcpherson, the County
Commissioners, by advice from their Solic-
tor, John o. Ulrich Esq, have refused to
recognize those Justices affected by the
decision. They cannot do business without
a commission, which has been refused them.
The libel suit of Richard O. Jones VS..
Sophia NJ. Harris, John NJ. Harris and Henry
Walters, all of Tamaqua, came up before
Judge Albright yesterday The suit is the
outcome of bitter feud between the Tama-
qua Recorder and Tamaqua Courier. Richard
0. Jones, prosecutor in the case, was a reporter
for the Recorder and wrote under the name
of "Cyric." Mrs. Harris is the widow and
Administrators of the late Robert Harris,
proprietor of the Courier. John NJ. Harris
is a son of Mrs. Harris and is acting at mana
ger of the paper, and Henry Walters is
reporter for the Courier. An alleged libellous
article appeared in the Courier and was APP
piled to "Cynic" George j. Wadlinger,
Esq, stated that he had only been employed
in the case at noon as r. II. Koch Esq,
counsel for defendants, was unable to be
present. On this account he wanted n dis
continuance in order to examine the indict-
ment more thoroughly, which he thought
grounds for a motion to quash the indictment.
District Attorney Bechtel and J. o. Ulrich,
ESD, on behalf of the prosecution, objected to a
continuance as there were two homicide cases
in the next term, one of which would take
up at least week Judge Albright over
ruled the motion to continue, but counsel for
the defense were granted time to make a
motion to quash. At 43O p. m. the case was
900 II, oh nd na e,
was argued. After argument Judge Albright
that the indictment should be
quashed for the following reasons which were
a part of the motion First, that the alleged
libellous matter does not refer to some ascer-
tanned person or is ascertainable from the
matter itself, as being the said Richard o.
Jones, as alleged by inuendo in said indict-
ment; second, that the inuendo contained on
the second page of the said indictment pur-
porting to define or explain who "Cynic" is,
is not clear and ineligible, and is not such
an inuendo as can be made the basis of ad-
mitting evidence to prove who was meant by
the word "Cynic."
Patrick Murphy and Dick" Amour, the
well-known detective, were in Pottsville
yesterday on business.
William Francis Doyle NJ. d. has returned
home from Philadelphia. DR.. Doyle gradu-
ated with honors last week from Hahneman
Medical College.
w. II. Jones died at the Pottsville hospital
from an accident which at the time it
happened was not considered serious. He
was standing on a ladder, holding a water
pipe, when it fell from his hands and threw
him to the ground. He struck on his head
and never regained consciousness.
John Leonard an old and well known
resident of Pottsville, died yesterday after
lingering illness. The deceased was II years
old, and was born in County Derry, Ireland,
and came to this country when youth. In
politics he was Republican, and was elected
County Commissioner in 1854 He leaves
widow and seven children. The funeral will
take place on Monday afternoon.
Jacob Wilkales and Mike Savick, charged
with assault and battery, on oath of Charles
Geguzes, of Shenandoah, were found not
guilty and the prosecutor must pay the costs.