The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-01
BIG BUSINESS IN
CRIMINAL COURT
Twenty. Three Cases Disposed Of Dur'
iug the First Day.
big jim" DUNN CAUSES A STIR
He Disserts on What Are Guns and
What Are Not Guns and Brings u
Protest from Man sitting Among
the Spectators. Many Plead Guilty
and Number OF Prosecutions
Withdrawn.

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of criminal court was spent in taking
confessions of guilt from defendants
who realized that there was no nope oi
proving their innocence; ana also Ill
settling cases where the aggrieVed par
ties did not wish to prosecute.
Just as court adjourned jury Went
out to deliberate on the doings OF Two
Park Hill families. the Henieys ana
the Kellys. James +. Kelly is charged
by Mrs. Ellen Henley with pointing n
pistol. Mrs. Henley is charged by
James p Kelly. with assault and pat
terry. Mr.. Bridget Kelly. wife of James
=. Kelly. also alleges assault ana bat
terry against Mrs. Henley. John Hen
ley. Mrs. Henley's son, charges James
=. Kelly with assault and battery.
Attorney James j. O'Malley was pri-
yate counsel for the Henleys. Attor-
ney NJ. j. Walsh represented the kel-
Tvs District Attorney Jones took
hand in the prosecutions. All our
eases were tried simultaneously ana
given to the jury in bunch.
TROUBLE BEGAN.
July 13 last. Kelly was walking home
with his two children when Henley.
who. he alleges, had sworn to have his
life, came up behind him and hit him
on the head with stone. He was
about to throw Il second stone when
Kelly overpowered him. took the stone
from him and pounded him in the race
with it. Kelly's wife and Henleys
mother came upon the scene about this
time. Mrs. Henley, so Mrs. keliy al
leges, had stone in her hand ana was
about to hurl it at Kelly when she
jumped in to save her husband. Mrs.
Henley thereupon caught hold of her
and gave her violent shaking, winch
on account of her physical condition.
laid her up in bed under the doctor
care for a long time.
When Kelly saw three of Mrs. Hen-
ley's daughters approaching he reared
he says that his wife and himself, but
particularly his wife, would be done
to death by the quintette or HenleSs.
and in desperation ran to the house or
"Big Jim" Dunn, where he siczed an
old army musket and returning to the
fray ordered the Fenley's to disperse::
The Henley's and their score or so OF
witnesses said that they were beating
and honorable retreat when Kelly re-
turned with the gun and that he aimed
at Mrs. Henley and pulled the trigger
They also aver that when the gun
failed to go off he cursed Jim Dunn ana
his gun, as both being no good.
There We're many interesting nits OF
testimony vouchsafed for one side or
the other. but the star witness or the
day was Big Jim" Dunn:
1T was your gun, was IT.! asked
the district attorney.
TT was no gun at all, at ALL" replied
Dunn.
But didn't it have lock. stock,
barrel. trigger hammer and the other
parts of gum?
Nav, it was only an old thing that
the children played with"
.Dilp't II look like a gum
GUNS AND GUNS.
well. that wouldn't make 1t gun.
Did YOU ever see anything more the
shape of a man than woman ana vet
she isn't a man. 1t was no gum MI
Jones, / tell you.'
"Rut didn't you just now hear Mr..
owens testify that it was gum
"Him. Bobby owens? Sure he was
that way, your honor, that If he looked
down the muZzle of 1t he wouldh
know it was gun or what IL was
Huh, Bobby owens"
lust then Mr.. owens jumped up from
his seat among the spectators and IN
great Indignation shouted at Judge
Gunster: Your honor, l don't want
to be publicly insulted in court. You
make him stop that
Ii was some moments before order
could be restored and Dunn induced To
tell what he knew without arguing
with the district attorney.
The case was submitted without ar
gument and Judge Gunster refrained
from attempting to review the length!
and conflicting testimony, conilninS
himself to brief instructions regarding
the law and the duty of the jury.
William Palmer, who broke into An
Celo Bartonis residence, opposite the
county Jail and stole quantity OF
clothing, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to one year and six months at
hard labor in the Eastern penitentiary;
also to restore the stolen goods. and
nav a fine of 81 and the costs of prose-
cution.
Patrick Dougher pleaded guilty of as
sault and battery on Louise Dougher
and got ten days in the county jail be-
sides the customary 81 and costs
Stephen Bishok had no defense to
the charge of assault and battery pre-
ferred by Michael Tacko and was given
one month in the county jail.
A plea of guilty was entered by Da-
vid McManus. the lad who tapped Peter
Ziegler's till for $53. He was remand
ed for sentence.
The Dickson Manufacturing com>
pany did not want to push the case
against Patrick Muliarkey, who, while
intoxicated one night last summer stole
a lot of brass from the company's
works and on his pleading guilty and
expressing remorse he was let off with
ten days in the county Jail.
HE STOLE APPLES.
Wallen Krouchuck pleaded guilty of
stealing apples-he said a few, the
prosecutor. Clayton Clark, said half a
bushel. Judge Gunster thought two
months in the county Jail sufficient
punishment.
William Leonard got three months
when he confessed himself guilty Of
stealing two chickens from Mrs. Mar
garet Callahan.
Edward Day, charged with malicious
mischief about a railroad, pleaded
guilty and was remanded for sentence
John Shumskey pleaded guilty to two
charges of burglary preferred by An
thOny Galevets and Anthony kartner
and was remanded for sentence until
Saturday.
William Jimes admitted Victoria Du-
beray's charge of assault and battery.
Sentence was suspended and the pris-
oner discharged.
Frank Brislin. who was caught red
handed in the act of throwing a stone
through the window of an Erie Ca
boose" up above CarbOndale. pleaded
guilty and was given two months in
the county Jail.
George Cole pleaded guilty of steal
ing pair of shoes from G. A. Tiffany
and was given thirty days.
Prosecution was withdrawn in five
cases. The first case on the list was
one of them. 1t was that in which John
II. Grady was charged with assault and
battery by Anthony Gallagher The
defendant paid the costs. The other
cases were Hattie McCard, assault and
battery, Annie Dunn, prOsecutrix: Will
liam Cottle and Rose COttle. malicious