Evening journal., 1897-02-02

BRUTAL ASSAlLlANI OF MRS.
BALL PLEADS NOT GUILTY, AND
GETS LAWYER VETERINARIAN
ADDICKS CLUBMAN CONVICTED.
The Court Of General Sessions of the
Peace and Jail Delivery has now set
tied down to active February term
work at the Court House. On the APP
plication of Deputy Attorney-Generall
Peter l.. Cooper, several cases were
stricken from the list. Most of the
cases have been postponed for several
terms and the men cannot be found.
Among the cases were those of Joseph
M. Burke and James Whitford, indicted
for running a pool-room; Jchn Smith,
conducting lottery policy, and William
Dozens, carrying a conceaed deadly
weapon.
Peter l.. Cooper presented the return
of Commissioner Hugh c. Browne in
the divorce case of William b. Cole VS.
Hattie d. II. Cole. The return favored
the granting of divorce. 1t was an
nounccd that a jury would be sworn in
this morning to try the case of George
W. Roberts, Of the Dover Sentinel,
charged with criminal libel by Wash
ington Hastings. Mr.. Roberts will be
represented by Henry c. Conrad and H.
II. Ward.
COUNTRY GEORGE AND CITY
GEORGE
When the case Of George Brown was
called yesterday afternoon it was an
nounced that there were two George
Browns, and the sheriff did not know
which one to bring up. He was in
formed by the deputy attorney general
that one would be known as CITY
George" and the other as Country
George" to facilitate their trial Bailiff
Howard Feaster brought up Country
George He was indicted for larceny
of pair Of trousers from William E.
Graves.
RAISED CAIN AT TOWNSEND.
This morning Counsel Austin Har-
rington made a strong fight in behalf
OF the Townsend rioters-James Stout
and Benjamin Emerson, colored, who
! pleaded guilty to simple assault. John
/ 3. Timmons, town bailin Of Townsend,
Was called and told how the two young
! colcred men proceeded to paint Town
send Cn Saturday night, and were be-
having like SO many Sioux Indians
when he attempted to quell the disturb
ance. The men resisted and whipped
out reviewers, which they shot off in
mid-air.
Stout and Emerson were each SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment
and 800 fine.
Charles Doughertys case demanded
the first jury trial Of this term. He is
only a small boy with street Arabs
appearance, but he pleaded not guilty
to the larceny of three shoes from the
shop of Annie Sehapiro, and conducted
his own defence. Andrew c. Gray con-
Quoted the prosecution in the absence
Of the attorney general Dougherty
oross-examined Mrs. Schapiro and Of
ficer Malcney both of whom admitted
! that they had not caught him right in
the act Of stealing the shoes. The jury
hung and had to retire to the jury
room upstairs. In fifteen minutes they
returned a verdict CT guilty. and rec
I commended young DOugherty TO the
mercy Of the court.
FORTY POUNDS OF BRASS.
Harry Whiteman appeared in defence
OF Samuel Williams, who was put on
trial before a jury for the larceny of
forty pounds Of brass and about the
4 same quantity of lead. Emanuel Black,
4 of No. 1882 East Twelfth street, testi-
fed 70 the loss of brass and lead from
his push cart, and persisted that Will
liams had stolen his brass and sold 1t,
though he had not seen him do it. Off
Ger Christopher Shields swore that he
called at a pool room at Front and
King streets, where he located the push
cart. saying:
"Who owns this push cart?"
Il do" said Williams. and he was i'm
mediately locked up. the stolen brass
having been located in his cart.
: Williams. in testifying in his own be-
half. tried the alibi scheme. From
o'clock in the morning until 10 O'Clock
at night. on December 81, he was il
the club room, at Fifth and Kine
: streets.
! what Thirteen hours in a club
= room without anything to eat! Is there
lunch counter in the club?' asked
Mr.. Cooper.
mo. sir" it's the Addicks Club, or,
mean. the Addicks headquarters.
(Laughter)
> Mr.. Whiteman abandoned the cas'
and Williams was sentenced to si'
= months and fifteen lashes next Satur
day
!. The boy, Charles Dougherty, was sen
fenced to six months imprisonment
Several prisoners were given ligh
sentences for carrying concealed dead
ly weapons
"City" George Brown was put on IRA
for stealing an overcOat from Samue
Prices store. The court, in sentencing
Brown, stated that he was an old OF
fender and called officer Lyons L
prove IT. Brown was sentenced to pa.
$40 restitution money, fifteen lashe
and six months Imprisonment
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY.
Foreman c. E. Dubell of the gram
jury, brought in the following tru
bills:
James Stewart, larceny. pleaded no
guilty; Oscar Seeney, alias Charlie
Harper, larceny. pleaded net guilty
Frank Owens. larceny of shoes fror
Herman Oldham. not guilty; Mar
Clark, mulatto, assault with intent {
= commit murder. (Struck Mary Wei
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