Evening journal., 1899-01-12
MRS. LEMON UNDER BAIL.
HELD IN THE SUM OF $500 FOR AP-
PEARANcE AT UPPER COURT

| PEARANCE At UPPER COURT.
lCHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT TO
COMMIT MURDER UPON Mrs.
LAURA STREETS IN MUNICIPAL
COURT THIS MORNING JOHN
LEMON DOES NOT APPEAR-MRs.
STREETS HUSBAND DEMANDS
JUSTICE OTHER CASES.
In Municipal Courl This morning
Judge Ball held Mrs fannie Lemon
IN $500 bail for upper court on a
charge of assault with intent TO kill
Mrs. Laura sToe.s.
Mrs. Lemon appeared in the courI
without counsel She is an Italian, and
when arraigned on the charge stated
Through her interpreter, Lewis Porter
that she would plead glllty to a charge
Of simple ASSAULT. Judge Ball in
lquired Of Assistant City Solicitor Ca.
hoon # he had any recommendation to
make in the case, and uSon receiving
a negative reply, his honor refused u
entertain the defendants plea, and
MIS- Laura Streets WIS placed upoL
the witness stand.
Mrs. Streets stated the facts as pub
liehed in Tuesdays edition of III,
Evening Journal. The defendant haC
no questions 10 ask tho witness. De
, tective Wgtsi. testified - seeing tn
ve.lsd woman at the Wonderland The
are on Monday afternoon and of fol
y rowing her cut OF the houee. Mrs
r. Lemon etocd on the corner of Seventl
e and Shipley streets while the audienc
T. dispersed, aad her appearance was III
\ subject Of much comment. The detec
I've followed the woman down Mar
It ket stree.. in company with Onlcer
< Davidson and Maluney, but failed {
= IDENTIFY her until she reached sixt
and Market streets. where she stOppe
an Italian bOotblack and remarked Q
aim, You know all about IT," II
l. witnessed The affair and sal
when arrested Mrs Lsmon remark
=, ed, II you men had not interfered
. would have fixed her" mSaning Mr..
Streets. Officer Davidson gave practi
Is cal,y the same testimony as Detectiv
U Witsil He testified to taking IN
razor from MIS-. Lemons grasp, an
IS identified the weapon in court. Whe
k making the attack she said 10 Mr.
'r Streets, "Ill kin YOU" and after bein
u taken to the Hail the prisoner r,
marked, I've got the right woman.
Mrs Lennon made no defense, but {
r. response TO an inquiry made by Judg
/ Ball as to whether she had anything I
say replied through the interprett
- that che WIS sorry fer what che ha
10 done, and never intended to kin Mn
4 Streets and that she had attacked n
of wrong wbman.
" Judge BAN placed the Gfendant III
der $500 bah for upper curt. and Al
ss tonic MaAscalzer, of NJ. 6 Dnde
Court. became her surety. John Lemc
did net put in an appearance at u
hearing.
b After the c.cslng Of the case Dav
y. Streets, the husband Ct the assaultl
VI woman, appeared in the clerk Of Il
NJ courts Office and erected scene
A demanding CT Clerk Adams that justl
IA be done Hts wife had been mistake
re for another person and violently a
saulted. He wanted that other pers'
to be brought before the court. Nj
Streets claimed that she scarcely kns
s Lemon, and that he had SIMPLY tax
ST. a seat alongside of her in the theati
Isl from which she had no right to ord
as him. Streets was finally pacihed a
nd departed with his wife MIS- Lemon
"a a handsome woman and seems 10 ha
the sympathy cf The public.
Judge BaI also disposed OF the
70 lowing cases: Robert Faulkner, Nil
ael Lyman, Charles Woodward, Jei
Jones. drunk, and John B. Miller, !
grancy, 81 each and costs. The e.
led cf Harry Ernstein and Isaac Krel
81 ccski, charged with assault and b
e. ,cry upon Charles sne.der. was d
'et. missed, the prosecuting witness raj.
to appear.
Al last nights session Of court r
ert Pierce and Amos Ward were
the raigned on a charge Of assauiting Y
NTH Wing, Chinaman, en- Christmas d
Kill Pierce was fined $40 and costs
Ward dismissed, there being no
dence against him.
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