The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-23

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ers..Peculiar Case From Dale.
ville..A COnstablc's Conduct.
The most sensational case Of the
many heard In Alderman Millar's
court yesterday was the one in which
DR.. William Haggerty was charged
with stabbing Patrick Corcoran, the
Cedar avenue saloon keeper.
1t appears that the doctor and Cor
coran were part Of little gathering
who were drinking In Spruce street
place during the afternoon and for some
small cause engaged In a dispute which
led to angry words and then an assault
in which the doctor slashed CorcOran on
the right side of the neck with a small
pen knife. The wound bled profusely,
but was not serious.
After he had the cut dressed Cor
coran went before Alderman Millar and
swore out warrant charging aggra-
waited assault and battery. The doctor
was arrested and upon being arraigned
entered bail In the sum of $500 for his
appearance at court
He then turned around and swore out
Information against Corcoran charg-
Ing him with selling without license.
selling on Sundays and selling to mi
nors. Corcoran gave bail in the sum Of
5000. 5000 on each charge.
During the hearing 1t was feared sew
eral times that the men would come to
blows, both being violently angry and
in a mood to possibly do something
desperate. DR.. Haggerty declared that
Corcoran had insulted his wife and that
he would kill him. An outbreak was,
however. prevented.
c. w. ROESLER ARRESTED.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon well
dressed, quiet looking gentleman. giving
his name as George Jewell, came in to
Alderman Millar and complained that
he had been shamefully treated by some
old man on Franklin avenue. He was
walking along the street. he said, and
in passing this old mans residence re-
ceived drenching from a hose with
which the aforesaid old man was
sprinkling the lawn. It was very ag-
gravating to be mistaken for a lawn
by a man with sprinkling hose, and
turning about after picking up his hat
called out. "Old man, you ought to be
more careful" At this the old man, he
says. came rushing out Of the gate and
saying that although he was "a he iidn't
take sass" from anybody. gave his
drenched victim blow in the face.
The complainant, being a stranger In
the city, did not know the name Of his
assailant SO the warrant was made out
for Richard Roe. Imagine the surprise
Of Alderman Millar when q little later
his predecessor, ex-Alderman c. w.
Roesler, was arraigned before him as
the Richard Roe charged as above
stated. There was a prima facie case
established and having no choice in the
matter the alderman had to hold the
venerable squire in 5000 bail to answer
at court. Mr.. Roesler alleges that Jew
ell first attempted to strike him with
an umbrella and that he struck back in
self-defense. Jewell says he did not
strike or attempt to strike blow either
before or after the assault, because Of
his assailant's gray hairs.
ANOTHER CUTTING AFFRAY.
A second stabbing affray developed in
the evening. When the alderman re-
turned from supper about o'clock he
found awaiting him an Hungarian who
was literally covered with blood down
to his waist. He had been cut on the
top Of the head with u knife by fellow
countryman during fight In Johnson's
patch, only a short time previous, and
without waiting to see a doctor or any
body else fastened to get warrant for
his assailant's arrest. The alderman
sent Specials Tierney and Byer to hunt
up the man who did the cutting and
directed the wounded man to go to q
doctor and get repaired, which he did.
Up to late hour the officers had not
returned from their hunt.
Deputy Sheriff Bortree was sent out
to Daleville with warrants for the ar
rest of "Gyp" Warner and Jay Hurley,
who are charged by Mr.. Eppstein, d
peddler Of this city, with a rather odd
sort of charge. According to Epp-
STEMS story he was driving through
Daleville Thursday when Hurley. who
is the village blacksmith, and "Gyp"
Warner, who is known about the town
to be "a good piece of q man." held him
up and dickered with him for the pur-
chase of all the old iron that was around
the blacksmith shop.
Enpctalp nffapn1 thop, "a opI x,o 6,
accepted. He only had 81 with him so
1t was agreed that each of them should
take pair of his nobby 81 trowsers in
place of the other 81. Eppstein paid
over the money and trousers and was
getting down from the wagon to load
on the iron when he was told to make
himself scarce. AS the village black
smith and the man Warner who Is
said to be "a good piece of man."
acted as II they meant what they said,
and looked as If they could make 1t in
teresting for a man who did not heed
what they said, Eppstein obeyed their
mandate.
Yesterday he was In Daleville again
and meeting Warner tried to induce him
to return the dollar and the dollar
trousers. Warner, he says. thereupon
assaulted him and gave him a shame
full beating. All Of which is why Sheriff
Bortree will be in Daleville today.
A CONSTABLE IN TROUBLE.
If Margaret Jenkins of Blakely is
making no errors in her sworn inforina-
ton, their town constable up there, one
Benjamin Harris, Is a bad sort of a man.
He went fishing on Sunday got drunk,
abused the horse, which he hired from
Mrs. Jenkins to 60 on the fishing trip
with. refused to pay her for even the
hire and last and worst Of all violently
assaulted her AS an evidence Of the
violence Of the assault she produced
torn and tattered wrapper which she
had on at the time and which she
swears was torn and tattered by the
constable. He will be arrested today.