The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-14
BISHOP CONVICTED
AND SENTENCED
tic Will Spend Three Years in the East.
cru Peniientiary for His Offense.
REMARKS OF JUDGE ARCHIBALD
After Thinking About His Cha:ge
Over Night He Felt That He Had
Given the Defendant More Chance
Than He Was Entitled TO..Number
of Pleas Of Guilty Entered by
Law. Breakers.

Emmett A. Bishop. the 6O-year-old
man, tried for enticing and inveigllns
Annabella and Helen Einig. girls or
tender years. from their home in Phiia-
delphia. To this city for immoral pur-
poses under the guise of having Anna
bella. the older one, work for him in Il
hotel here, was promptly convicted. py
the jury. and he was sentenced ny
Judge Archibald yesterday to pay fine
Of 81 and spend three years at hard
labor in separate and solitary contine-
ment in the Eastern penitentiary.
The case went to the jury at
O'Clock Monday afternoon and in about
30 minutes verdict was agreed upon
and sealed. 1t was returned to court
yesterday morning. Bishop only look
ed shade fiercer from under his shag-
gy eyebrows when he heard the verdict
and there was no tremor discerniDle on
his countenance. The district attorney,
John r. Jones, moved for sentence in
the afternoon and Bishop was led up
before the bar of justice to receive his
deserts. In passing sentence Judge
Archibald spoke as follows:
THE story of these children was
very pathetic one and one that could
not help but move any one VINO heard
1t. And the intended outrage upon
them was so apparent from the evil
dence that when / came To think of my
charge over night, | felt as though !
had given the defendant more chance
with the jury than he deserved. This
man got these children away from their
parents, away here where they were alb
solute strangers. and inveigled them
here by false promises. and the pur-
pose of it was fully apparent by what
ne finally attemDted to do
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED.
The judge then passed sentence and
Bishop was led back to the prisoners
dock. His conviction is due to the un-
remitting efforts of District Attorney
Jones. assisted by Mrs. w. b. Duggan
ard Rev. Z. c. Christi pastor of st.
Mary's German church. who saved the
little girls from the Vulture's nest.
a large number of cases We're cleared
off the criminal list yesterday. F. II.
Green, whose trial was down for next
week, plead guilty and was sentenced
to four months in the county Jail, the
sentence to be computed from July ~
last. Green stole satchel from Jen-
kins' hotel on Lackawanna avenue, and
sold it on the West Side to some one in
Fairchild's hotel.
George Traub, a boy. charged with
stealing watch from w. II. Wrisht'S
jewelry store in this city. admitted his
guilt and he will be sentenced to the
Huntingdon reformatory.
Frank Ludy, charged with larceny
and receiving, confessed his guilt and
was sentenced to spend six months in
he county Jail, the sentence to he COM
puted from July Is last. Chief of Police
Robling was the prosecutor in the case.
Ludy stole set of carpenter tools from
q house i'm process of construction near
the Moses Taylor hospital. and he was
caught trying to dispose of them.
Joseph Yando, also charged with lar
ceny and receiving, preferred to throw
himself on the mercy of the court, and
he too, was sentenced to spend six
months behind the bars, the sentence to
be computed from June last. Nicho-
las Young admitted that he assaulted
and battered Anthony II. Lloyd and he
was sentenced to pay a fine of 81 and
the costs of the court.
Annie l.. Stevenson, Of Jermyn. was
not around to prosecute John Caffrey
for being the father of her child, and
verdict Of not guilty was taken and
the costs We're put on her. Colonel
Fitzsmmons appeared for Miss Stew
enson and stated that settlement had
been arrived at.
TELEGRAPH POLES STOLEN.
Martin Lupont and William Gutor,
two Hungarians from Nandling, We're
tried for stealing n load Of telegraph
poles from a man named Michael Hart.
The evidence against them was not
very strong and u verdict of not guilty
was returned. A nolle pros. was en-
tered in the case wherein Michael Phil
bin, of Minooka, was charged by his
brother, Patrick Philbin, with assault
and battery. And a verdict of not
guilty was taken in the case against
Annie Moran, charged by Mary Tracy
with stealing her store book and get
ting goods from the company store by
presenting it. The defendant has since
been married.
Malachi MALTA and Michael Malta.
| of the West Side, We're on the list
| charged with assault and battery with
intent to kill, keeping u tipplins house
and selling liquor on election day.
| John Kilcoyne was the prosecutor but
he did not put in an appearance at this
| or the last term of court, and Verdicts
of not guilty We're taken and the costs
We're put on him. He is now in Ire
land.
Henry Stanton. of Priceburg, was
tried and convicted of two cases Of
| malicious mischief and one of assault
| and battery. Two women, Martha
Baker and Rodda Vinort. were the
prosecutrices. 1t was a squabble that
loose tongues had more or less to do
with. Stanton was sentenced in each
case to a fine of 81 and ten days in
Jail but the sentences to run concur
| rently.
Michael Rather Of Emmett street,
was tried for assault and battery on
/ 7 uyh
made more serious charges against
| him than beating her. He went out
| one evening after a pitcher of beer and
on the return trip met her. After some
| words he hit her on the head with the
| pitcher, which was broken. Her head
| was cut and the beer was split all over
| her clothes. The jury found Rather
guilty Attorney George S. Horn rep
| resented the commonwealth with Dis
trict Attorney Jones and Charles f..
| Oliver, ESQ.,, represented the defendant.
WHO STOLE THE DOG?
| Frank Gill and Alton Hathaway
, were tried for stealing red beagle
from Harry A. Depew. Mr.. Jones
represented the commonwealth. and
Hon. II. ]. Duggan and W. II. Lewis,
esq.,, represented the defendants. De-
pew went to his stable on the morning
| OF Dec. ~, 1884, ana louHu HIS uoS
| gone and his hostler laid out on the
floor from hammering some one gave
him. The hostler's assailant stole the
dog. A year later Depew heard that
the dog was in the possession of man
| in Hopbottom, to whom it was given
by Hathaway, who got 1t from Gill.
And Depew said that Gill admitted
stealing it.
The defense was that Gill bought 1t
from a man named Bob Johnson at
Dunmore Corners, kept it for two
months and then gave it to Hathaway,
who let 1t out to the Hopbottom man
to mind for him. The jury brought in
a verdict of not guilty. Gill is the
young man who accidentally or other
wise fired a bullet into his brain few
months ago. The lead is still inside his
skull. but he is not troubled with it,