The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Had a Pocket Book Which Did Not
Belong to Him. "A Case That is Sur.
rounded by a Halo Of Romance.
Murray Entered a Plea of Guilty.
Heinsmau Returned Not Guilty.
The first week of October term or
criminal court was finished yesterday
with the exception Of one Neruict'
which will be taken this morning.
Judge Archibald was on the bench TINS
week and allowed no time to be iost
i'm the disposition of cases. District
Attorney John r. Jones was also mind
ful of keeping the court machinery go
ing as fast as possible consistent Win
Justice. and it is worthy of mention
that of the seventy-two cases on the
list, all but three We're disposed OF.
and only one court in session.
Joseph Murray, who was on next
weeks list charged with statutory
burglary, confessed his guilt yester-
day and was sentenced to spend nine
months in the county Jail. He broke
into Thomas Brennan's saloon in car
bondale and stole therefrom guam
tity of wine whisky and cigars.
George Harris, Of Hyde Park, was
returned not guilty of stealing 1000
feet of lumber, the property OF David
T., Nichols: and the jury in the case
wherein James Sheridan, of Bellevue,
u 16-year-old hoy. was charged with
striking Jacob Felt, a Hebrew peddler,
in the side with stone, brought in 4
verdict of not guilty and put the costs
on the county.
Daniel Heinsman, of Green Ridge.
was tried for pointing pistol at c. II.
Miller. Mr.. Jones represented the
commonwealth and Attorney George
s. Horn the defendant. Heinsman -
employed by the LaCkawanni Iron and
Steel company at the dumping grounds
en- Capouse avenue between Ash ana
Poplar streets. Miller came along with
load II refuse, and he allGGe5 ihat
HclnsmaM in a dispute they had. l"r-
eled a revolver at his head. Hcinsman
said Miller was calling him vile names
ana he did it to check him. The Jury
fC urd him not guilty and made an
equal division of the costs.
POINTING A PISTOL.
Constable Max Koehler, of P.icrburs,
was tried for pointing pistol at Mrs.
Charlotte Marsden, of the same p'a,e.
She alleged that Max came t. her
house on April last, and wanted to
take one of her boarders, jeff Rings
dorf, out to identify a COW. She OBJ
jected because Max was under the in
fluence of liquor and Ringsdorf was
an old man and was not feeling well.
He denied that he had a revolver with
him that night and that he was in
toxicated. The jury returned him not
guilty, but directed him to pay the
costs.
Peter Patrick. Stephen Yourapaw
and Michael Scrap, three Polish gen.
tlemen from the "Con'ental," were
placed on trial charged with assault
and battery on James Kennedy, who at
one time was a constable in the Twen-
ty-first ward. Mr.. Jones conducted
the case for the commonwealth and
Attorney W. X. Lewis represented the
defendants.
Kennedy alleged that the trio gave
him a drubbing, but the jury believed
their story, acquitted them and put
the costs on him. What they say is
that they were over to town one night
couple of months ago to send some
money to the old country. On their
way home they dropped into a saloon
out in Keyser valley somewhere, and
after they had their beer, Mr.. Scrap,
who paid for it, put his pocketbook
back, but he put 1t in a pocket with
hole in 1t, and on the way out it fell
on the doorstep. Scrap went out first
and Yourapaw was the last one out.
He saw the pocketbook on the steps
and picked it up.
KENNEDY CLAIMED 1T.
Kennedy was standing close by and
he claimed the purse. Scrap was tea
or twenty feet away, and he had not
discovered his loss, and Yourapaw
thought 1t belonged to Kennedy and
gave 1t to him. After they went a few
h,,n 1S ha at.
book gone, and they came back i'm
mediately to find Kennedy. The lat
ter ran to the street, and his hat blew
off, and when he came lack to get it
Scrap had 1t. He struck Scrap in the
breast, and they held on to him to
make him produce the pocketbooN, but
he wriggled away some how, and has
not returned the pocketbook. He swore
out warrants for assault and battery,
| they allege, in order to throw the cloak
over his own act: and they claimed
that if everybody had his due Ken
nedy would be held to answer charge
of larceny instead Of posing as pros
ecutor against them.
Victor NJ. Williams was tried for as
sault and battery on Evan r. Jones.
Attorney John ]. Murphy represented
the commonwealth with District At
tOrney Jones and Attorney Nathan
Vidaver appeared for the defendant.
| There Is somewhat Of a romance con-
nected with the case. Williams Is
| young man, and at one time was an
ardent suitor for the hand of Jones'
daughter. He was frequent caller at
the house, and was looked upon with
favor.
One Sunday evening the young lady
had the parlor laE11 lit awaiting her
lover. She waited end waited and he
came not. This, of course, made her
sad, but she thought he must have been
| prevented from coming by some Incl
| dent, not his own fault. She was mis-
taken. He stayed away purposely, and
stayed away altogether.
WANTED AN EXPLANATION.
After a while the neighbors, as all
good neighbors will, began to gossip
about the abrupt termination of what
they had taken for granted was go
ing to be a marriage. The young
lady's father decided to meet Williams
and find out what was the cause of the
| change. By appointment they met one
afternoon at the air shaft on WASH
burn street. and scarcely had begun
| to talk the matter over when a fight
arose between them.
The old man claimed that Williams
attacked him with his fists and struck
him several blows in the face, and was
prevented from committing an aggra-
waited assault by the interference of
some men who happened on the scene,
Williams claimed that Jones raised his
dinner bucket and struck him, and that
any blows he gave in return were ad-
ministered in self defense The story