The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-13
KEEPER WAS FOUND
GUILTY AS CHARGED
COMMITTED AN UNPRoVoKED
ASSAULT ON A REPORTER.
Jury Was Out But a Short Time De-
liberating on the Case-Watch
Stolen at the St. Dennis-Pleaded
Guilty of Selling Liquor Without
q License - MeHale and Burns
Found Not Guilty-Raft of Assault
and Battery Cases--Jury in Fem
nick Case Is Out.

Henry I.eiper, of the South SIDE.
charged with assault and battery on
John j. Gordon, South Side correspon-
dent of The Tribune, was convicted
yesterday in short order by IA jury in
Judge Archbald's court.
ON the strength of information fur
nished by a clergyman Mr.. Gordon
printed u notice of Helpers approach
ing marriage. A few nights later while
reporting an affair at Germania han
he was approached by KEEPER and
asked where he got the Information in
question. Mr.. Gordon told him that he
got it from a clergyman, mentioning
the name. KEEPER flew into q rage
and after uttering some vile remarks
about the clergyman struck Mr.. Cor
don in the face, knocking him to the
floor. He followed this up with fur
ther assault sending Mr.. Gordon to
the floor a second time.
Helpers story of the affair was that
he ordered the reporter from the hall,
as he claimed he had a right to do,
and upon his refusal to go pushed him
towards the door, The slippery floor
was responsible for his falling, he al
leges.
The jury was but very short time
in returning a verdict of guilty. Mr..
Donahoe. of Quinnan and Donahoe,
represented the prosecution and Mr..
Quinnan, his partner, was attoreny
for the defense.
FINCH FOUND GUILTY.
II. $. Finch. of Binghamton, was
found guilty of picking the pockets OF
NJ J. LOTUS while he was asleep in
a chair in the st. Denis on the night
of May 81. 1898. A watch and $3.50
We're taken. Finch was caught while
in the act of pawning the watch at
! Radin Brothers shop.
Court assigned Mr.. Ballentine to de-
| fend Finch. His story was that a man
! by the name of Frank Woodruff. of
! BinghamtOn, gave him the watch. The
| jury was out only half an hour. Judge
! Mcclure sentenced him to six months
! in the county jail.
| John koZloWski, of PriCeburg, plead
| guilty to the charge of selling liquor
! without license preferred by Constable
| Reese Davis. At the request of his
attorney, Mr.. Oliver, court deferred
sentence until Saturday to give Koz-
| lowsK time to arrange his business af-
fairs before going to jail.
| Martin Cannon and Mary Polisky
| are on trial before Judge Archibald
charged with assault and battery up
on George Thees. The parties live on
Bloom avenue. One night in June last
| Cannon. who is an old man, went over
| to Polisky's to collect rent. There was
quarrel on between the Polisky's
| and some others of their countrymen
and Cannon, it seems, sided in with his
| tenants. Anyhow they have a lot of
| prosecutions against each other and
this is one of them. Mr.. Zimmerman
is assisting Assistant District Attor-
| ney Thomas. Messrs. Newcomb, Han
nah and Dawson are for the defense
LEWIS PLEADED GUILTY.
William Lewis youth giving Shen-
| andoah, as his home, was arraigned
on the charge of breaking into a Jer-
sey Central freight car and stealing
therefrom a fifty pound box of crack
ers He plead guilty of receiving stol-
en- goods, and was given a month in
the county Jail where he had already
spent two months awaiting trial.
In the assault and battery case Of
Raphael Lanworth, of Dunmore,
against NineenZO PirzirrO the jury said
not guilty, costs divided.
f. G. Booth. of Richmondale, failed
to appear to prosecute his case of as
sault and battery against Peter F.
Fox and was saddled with the costs.
Michael Carroll and Andrew Guiltto.
charged with assault and battery by
Chief Gurrell were returned not guilty
and the county was directed to pay
the costs.
Owing to the absence Of the proseru-
tor, PatNck Padden, of Carbondale,
William McHale escaped being tried
for larceny and receiving. He was
accused of taking whiskey and cigars.
verdict of not guilty was returned
in the larceny and receiving case
against Michael McHale and Patrick
Burns, who We're accused of robbins
Prof. NJ. J. Lovern's house.
In the case Of Joseph Chowkinisky
accused by Mary Gumnky, the jury
returned verdict Of not guilty of
the third count of the indictment.
The jury in the Fennick case was not
in AT adjournment.