Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-01-14
not occur until the May:term.


quarters, and Judge Ludlow announced
{ That there would be no adjournment of
the Court until after the Shaw case was
disposed of. The Judge then left the
room and placed the panel of jurors in
the care Of Judge Hoagland.
1t was two O'Clock in the.afternoon
when the Court was again in business
session. Judge Hoagland was presiding
and the room was packed with a large
audience, who seemed intensely inter-
ested in the proceedings of the afternoon,
Prosecutor Logue having several minor
cases to be disposed of.
Sheriff Cheesman drew his first iury
this afternoon, when the Prosecutor
moved the Indictment against VIM. Bar
nett and James Kelly, charged with
highway robbery over in Millville.
John Wells, of Commercial, was the
first juror called by the Sheriff, and he
became the foreman of that first jury.
The defendants were represented by J.
Hampton Fithian, of this city. Mr..
Logue briefly outlined the case for the
State, and by his witnesses produced
this rather sensational story:
| Back in December, the 9th. to he inst
accurate, little fellow about sixteen
years old, named Otto Yard, arrived in
Millville from Swedesboro. He came
for the purpose of seeking employment,
and wandered about Millville for awhile.
when toward night he was accosted by
fellow named James Kelly, alias "Red
Eye" he asked Kelly for boarding
place, and in answer to a question said
that he had some money. Kelly said he
would help the lad find a place to stop.
and little later Barnett joined the two.
The two men took the youngster to vari-
Gus places, spending his money, buying
ginger which the two men drank.
AS night came On the two prisoners
took Otto through the railroad yard, and
when near the turntable Kelly grabbed
hold OF the boy and Barnett picked up
an iron coupling pin and struck the
little victim upon the head, causing him
70 tall IN the pit unconscious. When he
recovered his senses he crawled out of
the pit and ran screaming down the
street. Blood was flowing from a cash
In his head, and Officer Wright stopped
him and accompanied him to drug
store, where the wound in the head was
given attention. Since then the boy has
lived with Officer Wright.
The State further showed that the two
defendants skipped out for time, but
We're afterwards apprehended and locked
up.
Prosecutor Logue presented to the jury
an ugly looking coupling pin, which was
found where the assault took place, also
the boys cap, which was found in the
same place. The cap showed mark up
on it as from the pin. The boy. himself,
as he appeared upon the stand showed
scar upon his forehead, which he said
was the result of the blow, that his con-
dition was serious after the assault was
manifested by the testimony of the drug
gist and physician who attended him.
The defense gained nothing in cross
examination excepting that it was shown
that the boy Otto had run away from
home because he could not get along with
his father.
The defense was so weak that it could
not stand alone. Both the defendants,
big, burly men, told how the boy came
to them and how Trey piloted him about
town, spending the youngsters money
for oysters and ginger The latter was for
a beverage. After they secured the ginger
the two men took the boy across the rail
road property to mix the stuff with water,
which they were to secure from locomo
tive in the yard. It was so dark by this
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turn table pit, and Kelly and the boy fell
into it. That was the explanation of how
the boy was injured. A general and un-
qualified denial of the whole charge was
made by both Kelley and Barnett.
When Prosecutor Logue went at the de
feadauts in cross examination he knocked
out all props from the defeuse, and the
few minutes making up its verdict of
guilty.
Charles Noga, Charles Wald and Neil
| McHugh, from Nineland, were brought
up from Jail to answer a charge of stealing
cabbage from a trucker named Perry.
The trial showed that the boys had bad
record, and that foot prints leading from
Perry's cabbage plant, wound up at the
house of the defendants, where the cab
oage was found in the attic
The defense was simply that the pris-
oners did not know how the cabbage
came to be in the attic, and the jury are
likely to believe Mat if the three fellows
did not put them there, Santa Claus must
have turned the trick. The evidence in
the case was all in when Court adjourned
for the day.
Wednesday Morning.
Since the postponement of the Shaw
murder trial, interest in Court matter for
the present has fallen off, which fact was
made apparent by the attendance this
morning. When Court opened the room
was only partially filled with spectators.
The business ofthe day began promptly
at 10 O'Clock with Judge Hoagland on the
bench, and the finishing up of the State
against Noga, Ward and McHugh, the
Vineland parties indicted for larceny.
The next case moved by the State was
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