The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-26
A. B. WILLIAMS INDICTED
His Trial Postponed Until the May
Term at Pittsburg.
MATTER PIERCE Is on TRIAL
Charged with Passing Counterfeit Money
in This City ON Number Of Per.
sous Other Cases Heard in
United states Court.

uf this city. The indictment drawn up
10y the district attorney chirges that
Mr.. Williams embrZZled funds of the
bank to the amount of $33.ouO. In the
afternoon Attorneys GeoiGe :. Horn
and &. tomrsyS, representing Mr. Will
iiams. asked that the trial of the case
be- continued until the May term of
court. which meets in PittsburS on
May - next.
Mr.. Williams retired from his posi-
tion in the bank on Jan. II last. but
ii was not until Feb. ~ that iniorna-
tiOn of the "mbeZZlemcnt was lodged
before the United states authorities
In view of the short period of time
which has ELAPSED between then and
now. which counsel for the defendant
thought was Insufficient to allow them
to properly prepare their case. Judge
Butiington granted the continuance
prayed for United States District At
torney Hall made no objection to the
motion.
Judge Burlington authorized Clerk
Lindsay to renew the bail out of court
which was done last night. BAIL was
renewed i'm the sum Of xl5.o0O, the same
amnunt liked by United States Com
missioner Coiborn. J. W. Guernsey III.
-. Guernsey and CHH. Wclles .becam"
b@pdsinen. n. -. Guernsey taking the
-
first bail ltupd. -.
CASE AGAINST ANDERSON.
The first case tried in the district
court yesterday was that against A. u.
Anderson, who was charged with TAX
ing letters from the rnstotlice at Du-
boiS. Clrarield county. containing
checks aud drafts to the amount of
500. The letters We're addressed to AN
., In.
cheeks and drafts were made payable
To- the one to whom the letters We're
addressed. There We're four counts IN
the indictment. three of which charged
the defendant with embeZzlinS the con
tents of the Flctt.rs and the other with
fraudulcntly securing letters addressed
to another.
The DoStotlice. clerk at Dubois teSti-
fled that Anderson called for letters ad
dressed Andrew ID. Anderson or A. ID
Anderson. and was given the letters
containing the checks and drafts. An
dcrsOn was defended by Attorneys
John 4. Martin of this city, and John
L.. jerks. of punXsutawney. Mr.. jerks
asked that the ease be taken from the
jury for the reason that il was not
shown that fraud was used in obtain
ing the letters, ana that in respect to
the cmbeZZlement Of the money the
quarter sessions court of the county I'm
which the offrnse was committed was
the proper place to try that. Judge
Runington refIlsed the motion. and the
case went to the jury. which returned
Il verdict of guilty as to the three
counts, charging the defendant with
cmbeZZlcmrnts
PASSED COUNTERFEIT MONEY
$, NJ. Welsh and William c. Pike
We're convicted of passing counterfeit
money in Wanplm. small town in
tn" western part of the state. 1t was
proved by The government that each ot
the defendants passed on attempted to
pass one or more counterfeit quarters
in the town in which they We're ar
rested. After they We're arrested they
We're searched and on the person OF
Welsh was found a bag containing forty
counterfeit quarters. ON Pixies person
was found II similar bag containing
seventy spurious coins of the same de
noniinu ion. No defense was attempt
ed and II verdict of guilty was direct
ed by the court in both instances
Attorney Is. A. WntcrnatZ, repre-
scnting Welsh. asked leave Of the court
to state some mitigating circumstances
i'm regard to his client. Pix" was placed
ON the stand. lie admitted his own
guilt ana said that he had given Welsh
the c0unterfci. coin in order to impli-
cate him also should he. Pike be ar
rested 1t was then brought out that
Pike lived with Welsh and that in their
common home other counterfeit coins
had been found as well as metal cr,lci-
hles. moids. files and other materials
such as would be used in the mun,lfac-
turr of counterfeit CONS.
Wclsh's wife. who was called to the
stand as DR." Welsh. testified that
these implements We're used by her i'm
the manufacture of IL patent metallic
Vlcctrodo which she hoped soon to place
on the market and which she confident
~ expected would prove Il boon to all
ing w.mcn. Welsh also presented trs-
timonials of good character from
prominent residents of the town In
which he lived. Judge Eutlington held
the matter under adv!srment
PlEi,CE Placed ON TRIAL.
Walter Pierce. who formerly conduct
ed Il meat market on Wyoming avenue
this citM. was tried for passing counter
felt money ht the place kept by Mrs
EmIua Jones. at 81 i.ackaWanna ave-
nuc, this city. He was defended bN At
torneys Geoigc s. Horn and G.. Com
eggs. Assistant District ATTORNEY
Griffith appeared for the government
The infVactiOn Of the United States
statutes, Tor which Pierce was tried,
was committed un .hc night of June oS
last ON that occasion. according to-
tn" ties tinIony ui Mrs. Jones, Pierce
cam" to her place with Il companion.
He was very much intCNicatpd and
displayed Il large roll of bills. I'm nav
ment for some dii"ks which he or.
drrcd n" prnhrrcd so bill She could
not change that and he then gave her
what u'p"arcU Ia br Il 81 bill torn I'm
two ana then pasted together IN, bilI
was produced in court and vns nrn
noun"Gd d by Secret Service Officer ,;,ir
fin To De made NJ OF parts of two dis
tlhct DIS IN" circulation of such
money is contrary to the United States
statutes.
Attorney Horn objected to this testi
m"ny. as IL was not this uffrnse for
which Pierce was Indicted. Judge Buff
iirgton allowed 1t. however. as il went
To show IL criminal intent in th. OF her
transaction on which the indictment
was based That was the passing of
four counterfeit 50-cent pieces LATER i'm
tn" evening. which money ii was al
legged that Pierce gave to Jennie, EIynn
alias Jennie Conrad. one of the inmates
Of Mrs. Jones place. Mrs. Jones testi-
fled that she found i'm the money draw
er four counterfeit half dollars and that
Jennie Flynn told her that Pierce had
given them to her In payment for more
drinks. .
AN ATTACHMENT FOR JENNIE
Jennie Flynn was absent but was
lspught in later on an attachment
She testified that she thought the coun-
terfeit half dollars We're given to her
by Pierce but tina. she did not know
they We're counterfets when she tool,
them. She placed them i'm the money
drawer in which were also other hal
dollars. When Mrs. Jones discovered
that the money was counterfeit she ac-
cused Pierce of circulating it and sent
for the police. Patrolman Gescheidle
came and arrested Pierce. Pierce was