The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-21

the presence OF Mrs. Maud Stage, of
Factoryv,lle, who was visiting her at
the time. She had the salad dish in
her house since 1891 and thought she
bought it at Hardlng's crockery store.
but was not sure. The bon-bon plate
and oatmeal dish were bought in
Coursen e. Clemons' store I'm 1892. The
celery dish was also secured in Coursen
e. Clemons. Her husband brought ii
home at the time Mr.. Clemons was
running for sheriff.
District Attorney Jones subjected
Mrs. Williams to II searching crOss-eX-
animation but failed TO weaken her
testimony in the slightest. She did not
become at all perturbed, although she
several times checked herself with an
effort, when about to break out into
one of those exhibitions of wrathful-
ness which made her hearing at Alder
| man Howe's office so extremely dra-
matte and exciting. She displayed
marked cleVerness at one time by
| pausing long enough in one Of her eX-
| plantations to assure the jury that fhe
! loud voice she was using was not her
natural tone, but that she had deter
! mined to speak loud and clear so that
! NIt 'buIJ anu jury might not HISS any
! thing that she had to say
Bridget Flannery, a domestic who
worked for Mrs. Williams for two
| years testified to being present on the
| occasion of the presentation of the
| pickle dishes by Mrs. Boston to Mrs.
| Williams. She also identified many of
! the alleged stolen articles as having
| been in the Williams house when she
! fist came there Referring to the al
| legged secreting of the cruCt and dishe
| in the interim between Officer Dyer's
| first and second visits she said that
| the officer left the articles lying on the
| bed when he went away and that she
/ put them in the back of the book case
| cupboard for safe keeping. Miss Elan
merry persisted in sayin;; on cross-exam-
! nation that no one ever spoke d word
| to her about the trial or the testimony
| that she would be expected to give
CORRnBCRATIVE TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Maud Stage. of Factoryville.
corroborated Mrs. Williams in regard
! to the purchase of certain of the arti-
cles at COursen & Clemons' store in
1892. She helped to carry home the
dishes she said
Character testimony for the defense
was given by John Benore, William
Beaumont, T. f. Walsh and NJ. J.,
Burns. To counteract this the COM
monwealth called Joseph a. Mears. of
Mears & Hagen: Il. p. Connolly. Of
! Connolly & Wallace; Chief of Police
Robling and Detectives Moir Leyshon,
! Clifford and Silverberg, all of whom
said Mrs Williams was regarded as a
i woman who would bear watching.
The testimony was all in on both
sides at 43O O'Clock, when adjournment
| was made. The case will go to the Jury
| this morning.
Rev. Bruno IWanowSki and Constable
John Murray, of Priceburg. were on
trial before Judge Archibald on a
| charge of conspiracy, preferred by
Daniel Langowski. At the time Lam
| goWski was arrested for libeling IVAN
oWsl an effort was made to take him
out of his house in the middle of the
night and place him in Jail, despite the
fact that he had already waived a
hearing and entered bail for his an
| pearanCe at court.
Matthew Dagger was again convicted
of the charge preferred against him by
Anna MOylos. He secured a new trial
on the strength of after-dscovcred owl
dcncc ana in granting the trial Judge
| Archibald said he ought to be acquitted
His defense was an alib. His father
and mother both swore that he was at
home on the East mountain on the day
the otfensc is alleged to have been COM
! mittCd on the West mountain. They
were sure about the day. because if
was the day following the anniversary
of the birth of their other son, who
was drowned in the No. reservoir.
twelve years ago.
SOME OTHER CASES.
Samuel'Cruikshank was acquitted of
a charge of larceny by bailee. pre-
ferred by Cornelius Smith.
Not guilty; costs divided. was the
verdict in the assault and battery cases
of Peter Clark against Margaret DAILY,
and August Stracke against Henry
Acker
julius r. Hunter was found not
guilty of stabbinG George Kerl, but
directed to pay the costs.
In the arson case from Summit ave-
nue., the costs We're divided between
John Gross, the defendant. and John
kasloski, the defendant, in the propor-
tion of two-thrds and one third
Henry Kennedy was returned guilty
of assaulting his wife, but recommend
eu 10 mercy.
Fred. Hug, prosecuted by Michael
McMurray, and TelfOrd Pandlevich,
prosecuted by ]. w. Clarke, We're found
not guilty of keeping a tippling house.
verdict Of guilty, with a recon-
mendation of mercy, was returned in
the case Of Guiscppi Longo, charged
with shooting and stabbing Giovanni
Gilbert.
a, Grandincter, Of Jessup, was found
guilty Of assault and battery upon
Frank Guyden.
Peter Gibbons had to pay the costs
in the assault and battery case, which
he prosecuted against William Ruddv.
Andrew Degutis escaped prosecution
on charge of larceny and receiving.
owing to the failure of the complain
ant, S. Medleman, to appear.
John Mcdonald, of Providence. was
on trial before Judge Swartz, at ad-
journing time, ON the charge of assault
ing and stealing SO from Moses Cabot
a pack peddler.
GRAND JURORS DRAWN.
They will Serve During tho Week
Beginning Monday, May 20.