The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-03-12
THE COUNTY COURT NEWS
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The Judge You must tell.

The Judge You must tell.
A. ri not toll you.
The Judge Wen put you into Jail another
year after this if I'm on the bench if you .
don't tell.
| A. All right.
1t was a sad spectacle to see this young
man acting so disrespcctrully to the court
O. | ask again who the party was that
! brought the shells iu
| A. Go find out that party's name.
q. You won't tell the court2
A. No, nor you.
Miss Kate Swartz a stout, comely lady Of
Ashland, WIS sworn. She said lshmael
Rodgers the defendant, came to her house
one time last fall, after his son bad this
trouble at the jail aud threatened to have
Warden Brewer fixed so that he'd be power
less forever to put his sou into the dungeon
fastened with chains She had often bought
furniture polish and such from him
lie also sold diphtheria medicine. Rogers
swore so against his own wife and family
that she hurried him out of the house he
had excited her so.
q. What is your business?
Tho witness at once tlared up and said
tartly That's none Of your business"
q. Aren't you fortune tellcr2
A. uesdn't tell you what's my business.
but ! know he came there aud asked me II /
had the power to fasten this man Warden
Brewer down hand and foot.
q. What do you mean by that power?
A Go find out ask him.
MISS harlls Vesuho1 Ina! the deiehHanl s
told hei ms sou had asked MN 10 90 iaV"r
ana ne ana ~ lie dldht say that the Doy
had asked for a revolver. 1t happened last
winter
warden Gavin brewer ldehtlhed th'
IoNoiveISs one Oh 2E ana ana the osnfr % yaIpie'
Une nau ne cartriuGes III anu lhe otner slA
ne iI was ABOUT 10 te!i oi sllhs shot an9
ouHcI "lutlcs "Heh Ihe ueleuse opJcCucu anu
was susta,nSd, ,
RANK MINER OF Ialo Al" soh-'h-aW oI
Lhe ueIehu"hG' s"lu !ne % cal'p'r reNolEtI
GI os!1ngeG % 10 MN ms tneT ,atneT-In'Iaw saw MS
chlId paying WIN II ana eskeu i2r the
WS"Poh' saying ne hGSueu IL LOT Puuling
When ne e.,S. saw !he ShIiu haVe II ne o9ec'S91.
say ,nB' Inat @ me tnIng 10 give clIllu'
: HlrS' lshlhael houRrTa' neat appearing
lady, was called, nut Judge hoch Sald she
GOV ~ hoV 'TsVily against hSI nusp"uu, ,'',
lshhael housers Ihe uelehuaht was put on
=, + tne st'nu ny MS la"Sel9i, "no lsu 2eeI ap
polhUeu Dy inc court lie sulhltueu giving
one IeN9'NeI 70 nls sun anu hoU wv; ne
charged ms "lIe WIN tellihs MN 10 heip I4e
poy OUT ms son WahVeu ,Ii1Piy' money zoo. ne ne
silppou Inc InG reV9lVer I" Wllllaih from ms
j. sIeeVS; "lllai1 naH asker ior inc IeNVINei
. TO hold up the warden with TO get the keys
anu get ouU' ,r,-.-.u
G JuGGe koch; ihat VII 40 Lev me nave n'
4, Ine pIil Vi lnu'ttlnenI lIoIn Ihe Jury h'
|uciehu"nT auII''S Vndu nc SaNc One IeNolNSi
q, ,,ot "nt W., Pnd,orps stond m T'rbo sn,,
t faced the Judge)
. 1t was an impressive scene father, son
mother, brother and sister in court, and two
s. charge
j. The Judge: Do you still refuse to answer
who gave you tho cartridges?
z, shrill yet not unmusical voice broke the
If oppressive stiffness. 1t was that of hi,
mother With a womans intuition she saw
- her boys new danger and would save him
n She said, willie Rodgers DO you stand NJ
uhere a'te[ te, you 1eaIu your lTvher say you
4 Mps PoSmers ,yas siIaUced b tho oor, ,ylo
n's was ,,,I ~ VlS o1"iU ' 10
',',Id h so;g,od - "''''' Vi 'i''
% Imd,,o Eooh No van iii roG,s.9
Yes
If ;rhe fndoe Than r.rain in ioil altar IN,
y exuiration of vour sentence until Won nurp,
l. vonrsslf of contempt if il takes ten years
Young Rodgers: You NAV mt twent,
|, more to il if you like
l. Judge If hear any moro impudence IT
Il. have you disciplined; you II remain there fO
life so far as IN concerned.
To the relief of everybody the young maj
100 kept quiet.
lshmael Rodgers, the father, was then or
, derod to stand up ana was given the full e1
tent OF the law two years in the county
c prison aJ separate ana solltary cohhnemen
nd the costs.
THE MEYERS TRIAL.
rro triol ,r 1,o,,,t,, ,,o,,,r, iss;o,,a. Nto,,,,
"U It So,,ju,, nil "a "ioi,L
Ttia dn ~ I'll
II otg'iuIS & VI.
nnndad sn,ne Of tham heinz TnissinS r.,
Bast contract is among the latter. There is
- host of Witnesses to DO heard, and it look
1t rs if the trial would consume all of mex
le week and run into the week following
er There is very little interest taken in tn
t. trial, and the attendance is small.
IN REsIGNATIoNs IN HAND.
H. Tho vritton resigrations or Countv Gam
m nissioners RENT and Martin are in tb
ID hands of the TaYnavers, Association. but th
~ resignatinn of ControlIer severn has not W.
We honn g;ven IN the Association,s rerr.senta "a
OF rive
a ,rLo = r,,,,or ,ta+ .noo;oI oTor+ mi
of Isl 20 -, ,on., nc onnantrnont Of Ca,
n W h. ~ tho nps;tin nr ContriIa
wben inc vacancy OCCURS
le Goren Post No. %, G. r., of this place
hab oio'Su iU0 9o' 'ioO' w i''iNN'' niN Hi"iS