The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-07

Tax Collector Timothy T.. Boland. of
Dunrnore, charged by jeremiah Nc
Peek with having embezzled $3.50 of
the county taxes, was on Saturday de-
clared not guilty by the jury which had
been sitting on this case before Judge
Edwards since Thursday at noon. The
jury was out only a short time. Hon.
John p. Kelly, Hon. NJ. +. Mcdonald
and George S. Horn were Mr.. Boland's
attorneys.
The jury in the shopliftYng case in
which Mrs. Evan Thomas Was charged
with the theft of a piece Of dress goods
| from "The Fashion" agreed upon a
verdict of guilty Friday evening, short
ly after the adjournment of court. Mrs.
| Susan Boston, who was on trial Friday
at adjournment for taking a china dish
| from Clemons, Ferber & O'Malley's
store and a fancy clock from the Hyde
| Park Bazaar, was found guilty Satur-
day morning. In opening the case, Mr..
Edwards, attorney for the defense, told
the jury that his client was poor
| miners wife,
| SURPRISED HER ATTORNEY.
The client spoiled all this and nearly
sent her attorney into a trance when
| she was upon the stand by drawing
| forth a counterpart OF the alleged
stolen dish and making the claim that
she had four of the same kind and that
| she had bought them all at Clemons,
| Ferber & O'Malley's store. The dishes
| in question are small china pickle
dishes, worth s1.25 apiece, a rather lux
| urious establishment of a poor
| miners" china closet.
| In the case in which Ellen Randall
was charged with stealing fancy ar
| ticles from Goldsmith's Bazaar a ver-
| dict Of not guilty was taken, the pro-
| prietors Of the store not being willing
| to swear that the goods had been
stolen. Mrs. Randall had plead guilty
of taking a piece of goods from the
| Globe store.
Arthur Young, the Scranton youth,
| who confessed to the burglary of the
Delaware and Hudson ticket Office at
Carbondale, was given six months in
| the county Jail. He spent n term in
| the house of refuge for a similar crime.
Peter Race was found guilty of try
| ing to shoot his landlord, Peter Bey-
non, OF Providence, and was sentenced
to ten days in the county jail
| Alfred Lloyd, the Providence boy,
who committed three burglaries in that
| district. was sent to the house of ref
uge.
FIFTY SURETY CASES.
| Surety cases to the number of fifty
were disposed Of after the jury cases
were concluded. In the case of Win
fred Scott against Ella Reed. the
prosecutriX failed to appear and the
| case was dismissed. Neither party ap-
peared in the case of George Weber
against Patrick Kane and the proceed
| ings were dismissed at the cost of the
| county. James j. Murray escaped
prosecution for surety through the
| nOn-appearauce of the prosecutriX,
| Nora Kearney. In the case of Patrick
| Doran against Alfred Matthews was
similarly treated. Joseph Schultz ap-
peareG to prosecute his son, William
Schultz, but Judge Gunster dismissed
the proceedings. The same disposition
was made of the case of Mary f. Will
liams against John f. Johnson
Jennie Flannelly had charge of de-
sertion registered against her husband,
but the couple kissed and made up be-
fore the court was called to pass upon
their differences.
John Blackwood did not appear to
prosecute the surety charge he made
against DIR. William Haggerty and the
case was accordingly dismissed.
OLCHEFSKI TRIAL TODAY.
Today the second weeks session of
the February term of criminal court
will begin with Judge Archibald pre-
siding in court room No. !, and Judge
Gunster in No. ..
The principal case of the week, the
Olahefski arson case, heads the list.
The Bogart burglars, Frank BiXler,
, Michael O'Neil and Harry Johnson
alias j. f. Reilly, are also scheduled
for trial today. Seven cases growing
out of the alleged crooked doings at
Alderman J. p. Kelly's office are set
down for trial tomorrow. There are
l75 cases on the list. altogether