The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-03

acquitted, as described yesterday. He
Will testify today and it is said, he is
disposed to do all he can to fasten the
crime of young GOuse. He and the 9TH
er defaulting witnesses We're taken into
custody by the sheriff and will be on
hand surely, today.
When court adjourned Monday after
noon Jacob Scrappa was ON the stand
testifying to his witnessing the murder.
Yesterday morning at the opening of
court he went on to tell that he with
Michael Leisic and Mrs. Gouse We're
drinking at the Gouse home Saturday
afternoon Old man Gouse upon COM
ing home frCm work joined them for
a while but later went to mending shoes
and retired to bed early. Young GOuSe
and Reminisky also spent some time
drinking with the party during the af-
ternuOn. Altogether they got away
with two gallons of beer and five quarts
of Whiskey between two and six o'clock
Scrappa says he became so drunk that
he could not stand and that Mrs
Gouse unGressed him and put him to
bed about o'clock. He awoke an hour
later to find his money gone and this
sobered him, somewhat. About mid
llISnl Ht was dIOuStu ny Il tlSluEDdute
in the house and, getting ont of bed,
he saw the defendant and his father in
an alteration. The son was demand
ing drink money and the father was
threatening to send for the police if he
and his companions did not stop their
noise. The father went for a constable
and soon after his return the son. and
Reminisky attacked him.
SAW THE BLOW STRUCK.
Scrappa says he saw young Gouse
strike his father with the iron last
twice. After the first blow the Old man
shouted for Klaus who lived upstairs.
The second blow felled him to the floor
and rendered him unconscious. Mrs.
Gouse came in from the back yard
| about this time and scolded her hus-
| band for sending for constable. The
| old man was unconscious and could
not reply. On cross-eXamination Scrap
pa denied that he had told different
| parties he had not seen the murder or
| that he Nas 50 drunk he could not tell
| what was going on.
James Russell the Mahanoy City con-
stable who arrested GOuSe, told of the
| prisoners attempt to escape, of his haV-
| ing admitted while in the lookup that
| he struck his father because he was
| going to have him arrested and of his
again admitting, while on the train
coming hither, that he struck his father
with the iron last. lie asked the con-
| stable if he thought he would be
| hanged for it. tIe said he would be
| satisfied if he got off with two years.
| William SaVltski, who disclosed
| Gouses identity to the Mahanoy City
| authorities, was the next witness. He
| told that he lived in Forest City at the
| time Of the murder and on the day fol-
| lowing saw Gouse there and learned
| that he was accused of numbering his
| father. He afterwards moved to Ma
| hanoy City and one day happening intG
| the grocery store, where Gouse was
employed, recognized him and asked
! him: Are YOU not the man | saw in
! Forest City, who was accused of killing
| his father GOuse caught him by the
arm and leading him out Of the store
said: Never say anything about that
They became fast friends after that ant
one time he admitted to the witness that
ii was true he had had trouble witt
his father and struck him with an iron
He and Gouse had a falling out anG
then ii was he told Squire OBrien thai
GOuse was murderer.
CAUSE OF BETRAYAL.
on cross examination it developed
that the trouble between Gouse ant
the witness, which led to the betrayal
was of a very slight nature. Siyitsl
was defendant in law suit in which
his brother law was prosecutor
| Gouse was summoned by him as on,
of his witnesses. The case was delayed
three days and Gouse fearing he woulC
lose his job went back to MahanoS
| City at the end of the second day
| The case went against Sivitski anC
blaming Gouse for his defeat betrayed
! him to the Authorities.
Justice of the Peace O'Brien, of Ma
hanoy City, to whom SiVitski made tn,
disclosure and before whom Gouse wa:
brought for a hearing, testified tha
Gouse claimed at the hearing that III
was Frank Buchko and that he neveI
heard of such a place as Archibald
Later on at the fOck-up when Informed
that he was wanted in Lackawanni
county for killing his father he denied
that he did the killing, but admitted h,
struck his father with an iron.
The next witness was Adolph Klaus