The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-02

Poor Thomas Dempsey of Johnson's
patch today has an overpowering re-
alization of how false men can really
be IL they try To be a prosecutor in
four cases and those cases to be ques-
tion of public morals and to have three
of the four cases go against him in a
single night and the probability that
the other case will go the same way;
to have fourteen or fifteen men whom
Dempsey thought were his friends tes-
tify that he is "empty-headed" and
that the other people are angels and
lastly to pay so cents apiece to his own
witnesses who went against limits
no joke it's sad state of affairs In
| deed.
So feels Thomas Dempsey and the
only friend he hasc-his wife.
Dempsey lives in Johnson's patch,
| which classic locality is in the Sixth
ward of Dunmore. He had a grudge
| against the whole patch or else ne
wanted to purge the condition OF things
up there; at any rate he went before
Justice of the Peace Cooney, of Dun
| more, yesterday afternoon and swore
| out information for the arrest OF Thos.
Foley, for gambling and selling liquor
on Sunday; Mary OHearn, for selling
| without a license; Thomas Gaughan,
selling on Sunday; Michael Finnerty,
selling without a license. and ne
couldn't remember the name of one
other law breaker-a woman.
PLENTY OF LIQUOR.
He swore last night "you can get
| LIQUOR on Sunday or Monday or any
other day in any house in the patch
1 dt11u iGGIlpd and served
yesterday afternoon by Constable Lof-
tus. The hearing was given two of the
cases last night in Squire Cooney's Of
| flee on Chestnut street, Dunmore.
The place was crowded with men
from the locality of JohnSon's patch.
! Dempsey was there with his wife and
| sat in a corner with shame-fa faced look
at the bantering crowd. Attorney r.
| A, Zimmerman was counsel for the de-
PENDANTS. Dempsey's counsel was his
wife. Squire Cooney said something
| in French about the incandescent
lights which were playing at hide-and-
seek: and got a lamp, lighted it, and
cleared his throat. Then the game
went on.
Thomas Foley was the first one to
receive his medicine. Foley was ar
rested for permitting gambling in his
hotel and in selling liquor on Sunday.
Dempsey swore that he vas in Foley's
place at 2 o'clock yesterday morning
and that he was gambling with cards
for money. Mrs. Dempsey fortified her
husbands statement with the informa-
ton that she had looked through the
window in Foley's place at l o'clock
a. M, and had seen money on the table
and cards in the hands of men.
t.,ha UitnPSSpq 7b
called out Attorney Zimmerman Of
Demsey.
There all here" said Dempsey, and
he called Michael Gaughan!"
Michael Gaughan took the stand and
much to Dempsey's surprise he swore
that he knew of no gambling in the
place and as for Mrs. Dempsey's look
ing in through the window and seeing
the cards and money; why he himself
(Gaughan) had fastened the shutter
at midnight and he swore that the shut
ter was piece of wainscoating with no
cracks or crevices. Foley, he swore,
was a reputable citizen and never sold
drinks on Sunday.
DEMPSEY FELT BAD.
Dempsey felt bad when he heard
Gaughan thus testifying but he cheered
up and called Dominick Dempsey, his
cousin.
'Do you know this man Dempsey"
asked Attorney Zimmerman.
"Yesy
What do you think of him?"
"Oh, he's a little Wild" said the wit
ness.
"A little bit off," suggested Attorney
Zimmerman.
Yes" responded Dempsey cousin.
Dempsey's face was now really pity
! full, and his wife wore worried look.
Whose your other Witnesses" sar-
castically called out Attorney Zimmer-
man of Dempsey
Il think" said Dempsey falteringly
that we'd better adjourn the case. The
crowd laughed. They're all swearin'
lies" he continued, which statement
5 was greeted with laughter from the
crowd. Squire Cooney did not feel
disposed to continue the case and there
was a pause.
l Finally Dempsey, in peering over the
E crowd of men, saw James Dempsey
' anorner relative, and a resident Of the
. patch. He called him to the stand.
This witness swore about the same
) as the preceeding ones. Foley kept a
. respectable place, he said. and there
r was no Eenng on Sunday.
e What do you think of this man,
Dempsey, the prosecutor" asked A.to..
p ney Zimmerman in a seductive way,
q Hes a peculiar fellow" hesitatingly
: responded the witness as If not wash
[ ing to hurt Dempseys feelings. Mrs
v Dempsey sat through this, nervously
. clutching her husbands arm. She was
$ his only friend in the room.
A DEMPSEY then called John Ruane
r and Ruane swore that he never was
l. In the place.
Come CT, come on" rallied Demp-
r sey at the witness. mo, never was in
r the Lace" said Ruane. 81 thought so,
e kindly Put in Squire Cooney.
v Dempsey was now very down heart.
ed. Let ii go till tomorrow night,
a he beseecked, but the Squire rule5
n that as Dempsey had called the wit
$ nesses the case should go on. Demp.
n sey again looked about the room but
% saw no friendly face. There are al
my enemies" he cried and he gave III
- the cases against Foley, who wa.
Is thereupon discharged. The costs wer,
. placed on Dempsey.
S MRS. oHEARN ON TRIAL.
The next defendant was Mrs. Mar,
O'Hearn, who was charged with sellinI
liquor without a license. Dempse,
braced up when this case was begun
~ Mrs. OHearn was the one person VIII,
had caused him TO make the raid. Sh,
e had of late prosecuted one of DENIM
n seys relatives and 1t was a matter o
n revenge.