The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-31
FOREST CITY.

The First ward Democratic caucus,
to elect two delegates to the county
convention which convenes at Mont
rose on Tuesday next, will be held in
McDonald's hall this evening at s
o'clock. The Second ward caucus will
also he held tonight in a store room
of the Budd building, between the
hours of and o'clock.
on Monday Richard Beers, of Rich
mondale, will succeed William Dryden
as inside foreman at the Delaware and
Hudson colliery, Vandling.
Lawyer Denny, of Montrose, was in
town Thursday and yesterday, serving
subpoenaos on witnesses who are
wanted to testify on behalf of the
defense in the case of the common
wealth VS.. John Waltz. Waltz is
charged with the murder of ]. f
Lemon, who was found dead at his
home in this place several months ago,
with bullet wound in his forehead.
Waltz lived with Lemon. who was an
invalid. The accused man says that
when he woke up on the morning of
the tragedy he found Lemon sitting in
his chair, apparently asleep. The cur
tains were down, and 1t was partially
dark, but on closer investigation, he
found the man was dead. On the floor
at the dead mans efet, lay a revolver
with one chamber empty. There was a
bullet hole in his forehead and the
| blood had run down his face and neck.
Waltz then notified the neighbors of
what had taken place. The evidence
| brought out before the coroner's jury
| is not known, for they kept closed doors
| and admitted only one witness at a
time. but it was such that they con-
sidered it their duty to have Waltz
held on SupiciOn and he was commit
ted to the county jail at Montrose.
Last court the grand jury found a true
bill against the accused man and the
case will be tried ct the August term
which commences on the 10th. There
seems to have been no motive for Waltz
to commit the crime, and the majority
| of people here do not believe that he
is guilty, although, of course, evidence
| may be produced that will change the
| general opinion. Suicide would be the
| natural conclusion, as Lemon was a
great sufferer but there were no pow
der marks on the forehead, such as
| would be expected, if the revolver were
bullet was such that it would seem al
most impossible for Lemon to have
done the deed himself Lawyer Edison
w. Stafford, of Montrose, will defend
| the prisoner.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock Adam
l-ohoschefsky was brought before JUS
| tice of the Peace Bramsn on a war;
rant charging him with assault and
1,l tor h.
| Stadulsky. On July % there was a
| Polish wedding and the two men were
| present. The defendant was master of
ceremonies on the occasion, handling
| the beer and other refreshments and
| looking after things generally. The
| prosecutor claimed that Loboschefsky
assaulted him and threw him out of
| the house without cause or provocation.
| The defendant choose to have a Jury
trial and the following We're drawn to
serve: j. r. Fleming, Alfred Davis,
H. p. Johns, Henry Weed, w. II. IIig-
| gins and Il. II. Dunn. Lawyer Wede-
man, of Scranton, conducted the case
for the defense, and Attorney Vokalek,
of the same place, was the prosecutors
| lawyer. After hearing the evidence,
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty and placed the costs on the
| prosecutor He was unable to nav
them, or would not, and was commit
ted to Montrose jail until he should
produce the wherewithal to satisfy JUS
tice or be released by due course OF
| law. Constable Michael Walsh took
the prisoner to the county seat yester-
| day morning.
| Tuesday afternoon, Adam Loboschef-
| sky, the defendant in the case mention
| ed above, was again compelled to an
swer on a charge of assault and bat
terry. The wedding that has already
| figured in this record of facts seems to
have been prolific Of trouble and on
| that fated occasion Adam was unfor-
| tunate enough to be a participant in
second affray. Mrs. Ignaatz Rutkof-
| sky charged him with having struck
| her on the back of the head with a
stone, as she was just stepping into
her own house. She fell face down on
the floor and received a painful bruise
on the forehead and black eye. The
highly colored optic showed for itself
and one side of the forehead was bruis-
| ed and swollen, She was also rendered
unconscious by the blow, and 1t was
! some little time before she recovered
her senses. This case was before JUS
tice w. j. Maxey. L. p. Wedeman
was attorney for the defense and Law
yer Vokalek for the prosecutrix. Again
a jury trial was demanded and NJ. ],
Collins W. II. Bates. Patrick Cleary
John MaNey, ]. II. Cunningham and
John M. Brown We're drawn and sworn
In. Seventeen witnesses testified and
besides throwing plenty of light on the
case they also showed conclusively that
there was the gayest kind Of a time
at the matrimonial festivities in ques-
tlon' Eight witnesses swore that they
saw the defendant hit the woman, and
although he tried TO prove an alibi the