The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-16
GIRL GOES TO JAIL FOR ASSAULT.
She Kicked and Scratched Two
Young Mem. ..BreakdOwn in Court.

Young cnssBreakdOWnl IN Court
Elizabeth, n. j., Nov. 15.-Edith
Behr, prepossessing young woman
of ~ was sent to the county Jail yes
terday morning for committing an as
sault on two young men, Harry and
William Bloy. The young woman was
found guilty of having kicked them,
scratched them with her finger nails.
| and Of having thrown stones at them.
She was tried before a jury on Nov.
5. Miss Behr has curly hair and a
jaunty air.
She had been out on bail since her
trial. and when she entered the court
room yesterday morning she smiled at
Judge Mccormick and all the lawyers.
| She told Il friend that she expected to
be fined, and that her father had Sc
cured money to pay the amount. When
her case was called her attorney, W. ID.
Wolkskiel, made an eloquent appeal in
her behalf, asking for extreme leniency,
and pointing out that a heavy sentence
would mean fearful disgrace to his
| client, who stood on the threshold OF
wOmanhOod.
When the lawyer finished Judge Nc
Cormick said he could not see a single
extenuating circumstance in the case.
The young woman's own story and her
actions had been against her, and he
saw no reason for clemencv. Then he
pronounced sentence that Miss Behr be
| confined in the county Jail for a term
of three months. Miss Behr's face
blanced and she gave a shrek as she
tottered from the rail-
My God" she screamed. "Me go to
Jail? No, no, cant. Don't send me to
prison. It's wrong. Don't. oh. my
Cod" and she began to tear her hair
and called in pitiable tones for her
mother to save her from disgrace. She
became hysterical. and 1t took three
court officers to remove her from the
room. She fought them all the way
down stairs to the Jail.
The assault for which Miss Behr was
sent to Jail was committed last June
at Lyons Farms. A drove of cows be-
longing to the Behrs, who live in Union
township. broke into turnip patch
belonging to the Bloys, and when Will
| liam and Henry Bloy were driving the
cattle out of the field Behr and his
daughter Edith ran into the field and
began to beat them. Miss Behr kicked
them until she was tired. Then she
used her finger nails and scratched
their faces, and finally pelted them
with stones.
The case was taken before the grand
jury anu all lHulCtHlelt WAS prompt
ly found. Miss Behr said at the trial
that the cows We're on the highway and
that the young men were driving the
cattle to the pound when she attacked
them. 1t took the jury but few min
utes to convict her. Miss Behr first
came before the public last summer,
when she was charged, together with
her mother, with having beaten off two
constables. who had warrants to search
barns on the Behr farm for steer.
The animal was one of the twenty that
| escaped from a pen at Waverley and
created havoc among the farms in the
vicinity.
The Behrs, 1t was alleged, caught one,
killed 1t and attempted to sell the beef
to Newark butchers. 1t was while the
women were dressing the carcass that
the officers made the descent on them
but Miss Behr and her mother beat
them off with clubs. They were never
brought to trial for this.