The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-18

dered in Minor Cases-Riker Pleads
Guilty of Horse Stealing and Bur-
glary and Goes to the Penitentiary
for Year and Half
The rp1l Of Edward Kenny for the
killing of Martin Healey in Archibald,
in April last, which was marked for
yesterday, went over until today. ow-
ing to the fact that Judge Mcclure
and Judge Love one of whom was to
try the case, both failed to reach the
city in time. They We're expected to
arrive here at noon. but telegraphed
that because Of a railroad delay they
could not get here until late in the
afternoon.
Pending the calling of u jury in the
murder trial the jurors We're utilized
in disposing of some of the minor cases
on the list.
A fifth member for the party that
will accompany Sheriff Pryor to Cher
ry Hill next week was found in the
person of Harry Riker, who plead gull
ty of horse stealing and burglary. He
was arrested last spring for stealing
bear skin overcoat from Horse Dealer
Waldron and was sentenced by judge
Edwards to thirty days in the county
jail on the night of the day he was
released. he stole "A horse and carriage
belonging to Albert Wicks from in
| front of Thomas hotel on Lackawanna
avenue, drove to Duryea with it and
robbed John a. Woods general store.
He tried to sell some Of the stolen
| goods to Fred Naylor, whose place Of
| business is only a few doors below
| the scene Of the robbery and was taxi
| en- by the Scranton police a few min
utes later while driving back towards
| Scranton. His record, according to the
| police archives, also shows that he
served a term in the LuZerne county
prison for stealing and that he is want
ed in Pittston for a similar offense.
PLEA FOR LENIENCy.
| Attorney John f. Martin made a
| plea for leniency. alleging that Rker
is not of sound mind and further that
he is the only support Of widowed
mother He particularly asked that his
client be not sent to the penitentiary.
Judge Gunster was lenient, but not
TO the extent prayed for by Mr.. Mar
| tin. He sentenced Riler to one year
and six months in the Eastern peni-
tentiary in the burglary case and sus-
| pended sentence in the other.
| Deyganbert Stephenson plead guilty
of stealing two Delaware and Hudson
excursion tickets from the show case
of Harry Dolph's store in Carbondale
and was given thirty days in the coun-
ty jail.
| The malicious mischief case in which
Michael Leonard was charged by James
j. Gallagher with tearing down a fence
was settled. upon the defendant pay
ing the cost.
Similar disposition was made of the
case in which Frank Lowry was
charged with attempted criminal as.
sault upon Sarah Ann Morris
Simon Nerushas and Albert Suchta
asked permission to withdraw thei'
counter charges Of assault and battery
and it was allowed them.
The jury in the assault and battery
case of stephen Sherwock against Peter
Jawensky returned a verdict of no
guilty and divided the costs. The parties
engaged in an alteration at Satur
day night dance in John Bielsky's hote
in JermYn and after il was over Sher
wOck on his way home was assaulted
by some one who had laid in wait fol
him behind coal shed. He was pos
tive, but the jury only half believe,
him.
Mary Moran was mulcted for two
thirds of the costs in the assault ant
battery case she prosecuted against he
neighbOrs, Mr.. and Mrs. John Mack.
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
: Mrs. Kate Naughton was returne,
/ not guilty of the charge of stealing
$l4 from her friend Mrs. Ann Gala
! CHER, of the North End. Mrs. Gala
= CHER alleges that she hid $l4 unde
? the carpet of her front room and tha
2 Mrs. NauGhton, who saw her conceal
! ing the money, sneaked in later am
stole it. She further alleges that wheI
she accused Mrs. Naughton of tn
, theft, Mrs. Naughton gave her bac
SS Mrs. Naughton denied the Who'll
accusation and explained that she di
not give Mrs. Gallagher s., but tina
Mrs. Gallagher met her one day whe
| she was out shopping and grabbed he
| purse, containing So.
a jury went out just before adjourn
ment on the case of Ray l.. Smitl
1
4 sault and battery. The prosecutor
. the old Fleetville farmer who secure
I a wife last June by advertising in tn
4 New York papers. The boys of III
nelghborhood rendered him "horr
: ing" one night shortly after his man
+, riase and during the exercises som
o one threw stone, which hit the age
e bridegroom on the head, intiicting
Il painful wound.
He claims he recognized youn
v Smith as the one who threw the stone
! but a number of witnesses for the Dc
fense swOre that at the time the horn
- inc was on the Smith boy was at III
f village grocery store.
- Another case between Maggie Dimle
? and Ida Swartz, in which the formt
$ accuses the latter Of keeping a hous
of i'll repute and selling liquor withoI
"A license, was given To the jury dun
ing the afternoon, but no verdict ha