Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-10-21
BRIDGEToN, N. j., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1897.

get shot if the men found me there and
the woman screaming. There were no
other witnesses for the defense
Thursday Afternoon.
Things are moving smoothly over on
the hill, and the Prosecutor is pushing
the cases now with all rapidity. There
is very fair attendance, and everybody
seems to take quite an interest in the pro-
ceedings.
AS soon as the jury went out on the
William Davis, case Prosecutor Logue
moved similar charge; this one being the
| exposure of his person ill the presence of
one Mrs. Kate Robinson. The circum.
stances of this case were about like the
other, and it is alleged, happened in the
same neighborhood, on the 24th of Sep
| tember.
Albert Robinson, the husband of the
former witness, testified that he heard his
wife scream, and he ran over to the
house, but the man was gone when he
got there. He saw man approach
his house before that. This closed the
States testimony.
Davis was again put ON the stand in his
own defense, and said that on the Oath
of September he as home all day. saw
ing planks, which had been given him
the day before; was not away from home.
Mrs. Davis, the wife of the accused,
said her husband was home all day on the
24th. She had dinner about half-past
eleven, and went to work in the can-
house at halfpast twelve She remem.
bers it distinctly, for they had a fuss
about her going to work.
When thejury filed out to deliberate on
this second charge against Davis, the
case of the State VS.. Edwards. alias Kid
Williams.
The Prosecutor said this case was for
the illegal sale of liquor.
Eugene Williams was called and said
he met Kid on the 4th of September, and
Williams went and got some beer. They
made up a little money between them
and Kid went and bought it.
Charles Clark called. said he drank a
little beer occasionally; he never got any
beer off Kid; never seen anybody else
get any. He helped make up some
money, and Williams got beer some
where for them.
Kid Williams was put on the stand,
and said he never sold the men any beer,
he only went and bought it for them, and
they all three drank it. He never sold
beer.
The jury did not think the case was OF
any merit, and promptly acquitted the
kid" and Judge Hoaglard made al
order for his discharge from the Jail.
The jury having the Davis case, in
which Mrs. Robinson was the complain
ant, returned verdict of guilty
The last case for the day, was one in
which Elias Bright. the huckster, was
charged with stealing crate of straw
berries, from Smith Davis, another huck-
ster. The value of the Strawberries was
not much, but the aggravation was such
as to warrant the suit.
The story as told by Davis was to the
effect that last June Davis bought couple
OF crates of berries from somebody, and
left one at the corner of Commerce and
Pearl streets. Bright tried to buy them,
but could not agree on the price. When
Davis went after the berries they were
missing, He afterwards found the crate,
empty, at Bright's barn, and accused him
of stealing them. Bright abused him, and
afterwards attempted to settle the matter
by paying for the berries, but did not,
because Davis wanted more than Bright
claimed to have got for them.
Bright denied the stealing. He denied
that 3he ever had a crate like the one
Davis said he found at the barn, in that
place. He acknowledged offering to
settle matters with Davis, because he
didn't want any notoriety growing out of
an arrest. The good reputation of Bright
was established by Wilson Silvers, Jr.,
and Lewis H. Fox. The jury then retired
to wrestle with the matter
The other jury in the case against Davis
came in before the Bright case was fin
ished, with verdict of guilty.
Those remaining about the Court
snxiously waited for the Sallie Munyon
jury to come back, but hours passed on,
and it became generally conceded that
an agreement was impossible 1t was
only question of how long the jury
would be kept out. 1t was generally
agreed that Judge Hoagland would not
feel justified in discharging the jury until
morning.
A few minutes after five O'Clock the
changing of the Court House bell sur
prised the people and they hurried to the
Court House to learn the-result of the
now famous trial. Judge Hoagland was
soon on hand and as soon as the other Of
| ficers of the Court arrived, the jury was
brought upstairs. After the jury had
been called, the foreman announced a
verdict of guilty. There was general
surprise, and the crowd dashed out of the
Court House to spread the news, and it
was not long before the verdict was
public property.
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