Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-11-04
LEGAL NEWS.
NOTES

Evans City, Were bid in last Friday by
! the Straub Brewing Co. of Pittsburg,
and Fitch d Co, wholesale grocers, Of
| Youngstown. We understand that Mr.
Thornburg viii continue in charge of
the hotel
/ On Friday last Constable Brown. OF
/ Harrisville. brought Henry Lowers, of
( Coaltown, to jail Lowers l. charged
/ with being implicated in the robbery Of
> Mrs Brown and her daughter near
Harrisville. 4 man named Thompson,
( now in the Mercer lall. made q cpntcs-
/ sion. duplicating the Others. and CouE
/ " Detective Bel went up TO Iercef,
Saturday. and arrested Geo. COEs0n.
/ The rest Of the gang are in Jail at Ner-
/ Ger. or serving sentences. lately iiHPoS-
! ed.
The grand jury of Luzerne county
! brought in - indictments, - for mur
der and Sc for feionious woundins
! against Sheriff Martin and his depvties
! for killing u miners and wouuding
many Others at Lattim"~ during TIE
! coal strike One true bill was brought
! in for each miner killed and one for all
| collectively. Tine gases WI be tried at
| Wilkes Barre, Pa.
4 petition has been FLED b. Mary C.
/ Smith for a divorce nom her husband,
| George J. smith.
The Oil Well Supply Co. has brought
an assuEipsit suit against the Miller
Farm Oil Co. for S@12.14.
Bovaird Seyfang & Co. have asked
| for an execution attachment against j
| \. Horton. with JAS Crawford. I. y.
Barnesdale ct al. garnishees to attach
| and levy in satisfaction OF judgment.
Two assumpsit suits have heen
brought by Elizabeth Kane and Michael
| @. Kane against the administrators o.
the estate of Hugh Mclaughlin for
claims of $21j4, and $j61. In the NJ
G. Kane suit the Def waived issue and
accepted service of summons and in
the E. Kane suit pleaded non assump-
sit
c. J. D. Strohecker and DR.. A \.
Cunningham have had issued a sum
mons in replevin Us J. C. Milleman for
casing and pipe valued at $455.79.
4 temporary injunction was granted
Monday against the Humes Torpedo
Company OF this town, restraining the
company from erecting a nitro glycer
inc factory and magazine on their prop
ertv near school house No 3, in Butler
township The injunction was issued
upon the petition OF William Nacns-
muth Abram Sarver, John Forcht
John Schenck. J. II. NcCrea and Reed
Nes3it, the school board of Butler
township, and John SKATER. John c.
Kelly and Frank Cook, for themselves.
The company is erecting q new factory
and magazine near the old one. The
case VIII be argued Saturday.
John Erwin, Of Mierton, Armstrong
county, was arrested and taken 20
Chicora Saturday night to answer TO a
charge of larceny, preferred by his
father One day last spring the elder
Erwin, VINO lives near tairview, missed
about so pounds OF wool and suspected
his son as the thief An investigation
was made and it was discovered that
the son sold 80 pounds of wool to
Westerman Bros, of Millerstown. In
formation was made against Erwin, but
he evaded arrest until Saturday. when
Sheriff Booker, Of Kittanning, captured
him Westerman Bros clerks identih
ed the man as the seller of the wool
and he was sent to Butler Jail in default
of bail for trial at the December term
of court The prisoner is a married
he disappeared with the wool
The Garner & Johnston versus
Peters case was remitted to the
Superior Court by the Supreme be
cause the verdict was under n $1,000
the verdict and not the claim control
ling the matter
Business was good in police circles,
Monday evening. Esq. Gilgchrist sent
two men to Jail for contempt of Court
and they made it lively for the Sheriff.
w. NJ. Ramsey and Dr. A. Holman,
ON Monday, made charges of assault
and battery against Eli. Eagle, OF
Centre twp. For several years past
there mas been dispute between Mr.
Eagle and the Presbyterian Church, nj
Unionville, about the church property
Last week he built fence in front Of
the church. On Saturday the members
tore it down. That night the fence
was rebuilt and again it came down on
Sunday morning. During the proceed
ings Eag lie appeared on the scene and
assaulted DR.. Holman and Ramsey.
John Roth, who for several months
past has been confined in the Jail for
surety of the peace, on Monday even
ing made vic;e--'---ttarlc an Sheriff
Dodds, and buv-- assistance
might have severely inquired the
Sheriff Roth was throwing water on
another prisoner, the Sheriff ordered
him to quit and return to his cell
Roth refused, and when the sheriff en-
tered the prison room the attack was
made
Joseph Cashdollar was appointed
minority inspector for the north pre-
cinct, Of Adams twp, vice j. G. David
son, removed.
Maurice Dunlap was appointed
majority inspector of Mercer twp, vice
j. w. Taylor, removed.
The ejectment case of Philadelphia
Trust Co. VS. Mrs. b. McCune of Butler,
was continued till December because of
the sickness of Mrs. b. Orth, of Miliers-
town, a material witness.
Alexander Russell, Raymond Corn
nelius Capt. il. A Ayres and L. II.
Negley We're appointed to compute the
county vote today.
Rosanna Kalb has petitioned for di-
vorce from Eckert Kalb, with an allow
| ance Of aliinony, alleging crnelty and
heard in December
John Jollison, vino plead guilty to
stealing horse from H. Gibson, ot
TToutman, was sentenced Yesterday
| morning to pay fine of 300, costs,
| return stolen property or value thereof
and undergo imprisonment III the work
house at Ciaremont Pa. for 90 days.
Mrs. Margt. Stewart plead guilty OF
| keeping a disorderly house was senten
| ced to pay fine of $50, costs, and go
| days to the workhouse.
David Thompson, alias Dickson, who
plead guilty to two counts Of horse
stealing and one of larceny was sen
| fenced to pay costs and fine of 500, and
| 21 months to the penitentiary. Thomp-
son or Dickson is the man who stole a
horse from Henry Rocnigk and traded
it for mule about "A year ago, and wa.
| captured in town on Sunday.
j. NJ. Matterson asked for an execu-
ton attachment on Thos. l.. Donaldson,
and the Mutual Fire Insurance Co, of
| Hannahstown, garnishees.
| Frank S. Clark yesterday brought
an ejectment suit against j. p. Shirley
! for the Park Hotel property in Butler.
| The defendant waived issue and con
| fessed Judgment, which was entered on
Il balance due of SlS,41415, costs, etc.
| Judgments aggregating six or seven
| thousand dollars We're entered against
| Inlv, w Tlartl.v fTrr.s,14.- ry,I AEaJ.