The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-05
C0ONS CASE CONTINUED.
Doings of the Dav in Criminal Court
Yesterday.

ScUNo NhOE SUNIENUED.
Doings of the Dav in Criminal Court
Yesterday.
Owing to the illness of the defend
ants wife and a mutual desire for
poStponement on the part of the at
torneys, Judge Archibald granted
continuance in the case of the COM
monwealth against w. II. Rooms,
charged with embezzlng upwards of
$1,000 from the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company, with whom he
was employed as ticket agent
George HerbiCh was arraigned be-
fore Judge Archibald for committing
criminal assault on Mrs. Helena Litter
She alleged that he was a boarder at
her house and one day when her hus-
band was away the defendau: out
ragged her. The defendant denied the
charge and psOduCed evidence to show
that the prosecutriX had admitted to
several persons that Heribich lad
never committed the offense, and that
she was forced to make the charge
against him by her husband. 1t was
also contended that Mrs. Litter had
another man arrested for this same
crime and that she settled the case
for $40 The jury brought in a verdict
of not guilty. Mr.. Horn assisted the
commonwealth and Judge Stanton APP
peared for the defense.
Edward Hazen was tried for steal
ing $25 and quantity of clothing
from c. p. Fisk, of WallsVille, for
whom he worked up to Nov. 2 last.
Witnesses told of Hazen leaving
Wallsville suddenly; of the money be-
ing missed Immediately after his de-
parture and of his spending money
freely in Scranton saloons on election.
day. The defense was a denial of every
thing. HaZen, it will be remembered,
was arrested at the instance of Livery
man Riley Edwards for absconding
with money while he was employed as
a hostler in his livery stable. Hazen
was returned guilty, but was recon-
mended to the mercy of the court.
TROUBLE AT ELMHURST.
The Thanksgiving Day shooting af-
fair at Elmhurst was called before
Judge Edwards after the Gouse jury
had retired. 1t appears there was
'butcherin' bee" at Charles Whittfoot's
place and there We're a number of
neighbors cOngregated there. George
c. Fullerton and William Tuttle, Of the
North End, who We're out cunning in
that region, happened along.
They had not bagged anything, and
wishing to have something for their
Thanksgiving pot, they offered Whit
foot 20 cents for a shot at chicken
with the agreement that if the chicken
was killed it should belong to the
shooter and if it was missed the
farmer should retain possession of it,
Fullerton took a shot at a fowl hit it,
paid % cents and put the bird in his
game bag. Then they offered Whit
foot dollar for the privilege of shoot
ing at a flock of ducks Whittfoot
would not make a dicker for the ducks
and when the hunters insisted on
shooting at them anyhow Whittfoot
elected them from the farm. When
they reached the road they commenced
calling names.
The plaintiffs allege that Fullerton
raised his gun and pointed it at Whit
foot, and then leveling it at one of the
neighbors, Peter Lafrance, fired, three
of the shot entering his hand. The de-
fense was that another farmer named
Larue came up on a run from the field
with a gun and fired point blank at
Fullerton. Fullerton returned the fire
and then both he and Tuttle ran. La
rue fired again and charge pelted Tut
tie in the back, spotting the back of
his hunting jacket, but not penetrating
it, The shot which We're taken out of
Lafrance's hand and shot bespotted
hunting jacket We're both offered in
evidence.
CHILD REMOVED FROM COURT
During the trial Fullerton held his
| little daughter on his lap and at his
elbow sat his wife, nursing a younger
child. AS the father went up to the
witness stand the little one started to
follow him, and when she was halted
she plaintively cried out MY papa!"
Judge Edwards evidently viewed the
whole thing as premeditated horse play
and sternly ordered the child removed
from the court room. Mr.. Replogle
was attorney for the defense. The
case was not finished at adjournment.
John Sheridan, a plasterer, was
called to trial before Judge Archibald
for committing assault and battery on
John Mcdonnell, II is alleged by the
prosecution that during an alteration
| on Sept. 8 last over the amount due for
some work done by Sheridan at Nc
Donnell's house the defendant hit the
plaintiffs finger, injurng him so bad
ly that he was not able to work for
| two or three months thereafter. The
| defense is that the prosecutor was the
| aggressor and that during the fight
| three of the defendants ribs were stove
| in with a kick The case was on at
| adjournment. Judge Stanton assisted
in the prosecution. Mr.. Nidaver repre-
sented the defense.
The jury in the case of John Nor
gan, charged with feloniously wound
ing Baxter Marshall returned YER
dict of not guilty, believing that the
| shooting was accidental.
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