The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-16
CRIMINAL COURT.
George Quinn, of Girardville, Called to
Answer the Charge of Murder.

Answer the Charge of Murder.
Pottsvile, Nov. 16-The trial of criminal
cases is not being disposed of as rapidly as is
desired by the District Attorney because
counsel for the defendants are not always
ready or defendants or prosecutors are not on
hand. For this reason large number of
capiases have been issued for those litigants
who have failed to put in an appearance.
This morning the Quinn murder trial was
called before Judge Lyons. On August goth
last, Patrick Scully, of Girardville, was
struck ON the head with a stone sustaining
compound fracture of the skull. He was re-
moved to the Miners hospital and died at that
institution on the following day without gain
ing consciousness. This resulted in the arrest |
of George Quinn, of the same place, charged |
with throwing the stone. George Kennedy. |
Michael Butler and John McAllister, all OF
Girardville, were also arrested at the time MS
aCcOmpices of Quinn and accessories TO the |
crime. Scully's patents live in Girardville |
but for some time previous the young man |
had been employed in Philadelphia. At the |
hearing in the Justices office it developed |
that Quinn and Scully had some difficulty
over letter, and while the latter was ON his
way home from Ashland on the night in
question he was met by Quinn and the three
others and the injuries which resulted in his
death were inflicted The three men with
Quinn dsclaim all knowledge of Quinn's in.
tenton to attack his victim, and say they
are in no way responsible in the matter
Scully was 80 years old and had sister with
whom Quinn paid some attention Quinn,
the accused man, is 20 years old.
During the greater part of yesterday after
noon there was on trial before Judge Bechtel
in court No. 1, an assault and battery case
from Brandonville, in which Charles S.
Reichert was the prosecutor aud Harvey
Jones and William Marsden the defendants
According to the testimony Marsden had
gone to Reichert's stable to hire team.
Reichert was in no hurry to give the team,
saying that they did not always pay him
promptly A war of words ensued and
finally the parties came to blows. The jury
rendered a sealed verdict this morning find
ing the defendant not guilty and prosecution
for costs.
Joe Zukofsky, the man who beat his wife
in such horrible manner sometime ago at
| Colorado, and was convicted at court yester-
day, was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment, instead Of one, as enormously reported
in this correspondence yesterday.
| Joe Savitsky was charged before Judge
Bechtel, with carrying concealed deadly
weapons, on oath of Benjamin MOtz, but was
| found not guilty.
James Marsden and Robert Damon were
tried before Judge Lyons on the charge Of
assault and battery on oath of Adam Kline
and Gideon Kline. They were found guilty
and sentenced to pay $40 fine, the costs and
stand committed until sentence is complied
with.
TIE Supreme Court, sitting at PIttsburg,
yesterday reversed the Schuylkill county
court-or rather, Judge G. A. Endlich, of
Berks county, who was specially sitting-in
the case of Fricke ct al, VS.. Quinn ct al
This is what has become known as the Port
Carbon coal dirt case, which has been hang
ing in court for several years. The borough
of Port Carbon and Christian Fricke, of the
same borough. sought by bill in equity. to
restrain Tyler, McTurk & Co., and John r.
Quinn, who operated coal washeries near
New Castle and the Mill Creek Coal Com
pany, which operated colliery at New
Boston, near the headwaters of the Mill
Creek from emptying coal dirt and culm
into Mill Greek, which runs through the
borough of Port Carbon. and which had re-
suited in the blocking of private drains and
public sewers. and had done other damage to
Fricke and others named in the bill The late
William B. Wells was appointed master and
examiner in the case, and after he had heard
all the testimony, resigned. L. d. Smith,
Esq, was appointed TO succeed him and re-
ported in favor of an injunction against the
company. Judge Endlich reversed the
masters report and dismissed the bill against
all parties An appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court, with the result as above-a
victory for the borough of Port Carbon.
Among the cases in which the Grand Jury
at court yesterday found true bills were
the following: John Lawlor, larceny as
servant and agent, and larceny as bailee, oath
of George T. Llewellyn; Mike Timpko,
assault and battery to kill, oath of Andrew
Kondrak B. o. Reiner, John NJ. Reiner,
Henry Smith, Frederick Smith, receiving
stolen goods oath of F. II. Scott. Bills
ignored HonOra Reardon, assault and
battery, prosecutor, Georfe Wallace, to pay
costs; Ignatz Swelowsky, assault and
battery. prosecutor, Katie Wyfok, to pay
costs Mary Makoski, assault and battery,
prosecutor, Philip Manish, to pay costs
George Najines, common nuisance, prosecu-
tor, Wm. Yesulitus. to pay costs.