The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-12-14


vened at 10 o'clock Monday morning
with Judge L. .. Doly. Of westmorelant
county. presiding in the absence O
Judge BoDgenecker. All Of the twenty
! four mem bers Of the grand jary answer
edio heir rsmea when called By The
clerk. Amos W. KneppeT. of Somerset
was appointed foreman
With the exception Of the case against
Meyers, indicted FOR murder. tie calen-
dar was made up Of cases Of little public
importance. Judge Doty disposed of not
less than sixteen cases On Monday, and
elicsed complimentary remarks from va
rious members OF the bar. who admired
his dexteriiy in disposing Of the business
brought before him. In fact, His Honor
kept the District Attorney and GFead
Jury on the jump 70 keep up with the
lively movement Of the Court
In the case of the Commonwealth vs..
James Cooper, charged with receiving
stolen goods, the Court directed that a
verdict Of mot guilty. be entered.
A verdict Of mot guilty. bat defend
ant 10 pay costs Of prosecution was agreed
to in the case OF Carl Dupont ana George
Zerfoss, charged with larceny. A SINH
lar verdict WAS agreed upon in the suit
against Albert Leider, charged with a
similar offense.
III. Good enter a plea of guilty to q
charge Of F. q b. and was given the
usual sentence. L. NJ. limerick, same
charge, received the same dose.
BEN Eddy, charged with half dozen
different criminal offenses, entered gen
eral plea of guilty" and WAS sentenced
to the Huntington Reformasory.
In the case of the Commonwealth VS..
Michael Fried,ine. charged with F. & B.,
the defendant undertook to set up an
alibi, but the jury. evidently impressed
by the strong likeness existing between
Friedline and his alleged son. returned
verdict of guilty" The usual sentence
was imposed.
Ida Peterman. charged with A. & B., on
information of John Hahn, entered a plea
of guilty" and was sentenced to pay a
ine of s. and the costs of prosecution.
In the case OF the Commonwealth VS..
Milton Sheets, charged with false pret4nse
on information of c. C. Shafer, the jury
returned verdict OF mot guilty" and
divided the cost, two thirds being placed
upon the prosecutor aud one third on the
defendant. Sheets was employed as a
toby roller in Shsfer's cigar factory and
the prosecutor alleged that he put false
bottoms in the boxes, thereby receiving
more wages than he was entitled to.
When Constable John W. Stanton and
his assistant named Deitz, of Hoovers-
vile. weht TO the home Of Mrs. Ida Peter
man at an early hour on the morning of
November Ilth last for the purpose of
placing her under arrest, they stirred
up the wrong animal" According to the
evidence given by Stanton and his wit
nesses they would have Jared better in
battle against regiment Of Spaniards
than in that mornings struggle with a
furious woman and her family OF chill
dren, aided and aheited by asnsrling
dog. According to the prosecutor, who
charged the defendant with resisting an
officer, Mrs. Peterman assailed him
with a poker and after he had succeeded
in placing handouts around her wrists
she called upon her son to shoot the
officer. The son picked up one of three
guns in the Peterman kitchen and was
about to comply with his mothers re-
quest when he was brought to terms by
Deitz who pushed pistol in his face.
Two or three Of the Peterman girls it ap-
peared from the evidence We're quite |
handy with the poker and sticks Of wood. |
with which they assaulted the Ofi GERS of |
the faw; while ths dog. in response to re-
peated urging from his mistress, snapped
and snarled at the officers heels. Mrs.
Peterman declared when called to the !
stand that Stanton had entered her domi-
cile without knocking and that when she |
demanded 10 know the nature Of his |
business he struck her on the arm with |
a poker aud with sufficient force 20 break /
one ofthe bones.
The civil list set for trial next week Was /
continued and the Court directed Sheriff |
Hsrtzell to notify the jurors suinmonsed
not 10 appear
Doctor Lee, OF the State Board of |
Health. advised against Judge Long /
eneckor's coming here on account Of the
prevalence of smallpox in Bedford, and
the members Of the bar therefore asked |
that the list be continued.
The Meyers murder case viii come up !
this morning.