The Portland daily press., 1899-01-12

Some Twenty-Five indictments were
Reported by the Grand Jury After a
Very Long and Important Sessions
Traverse Jury Impannelled.
The grand jury which has been In $685.
sion ten days or more, came in wednes-
day afternoon with large number of In.
dictments> Those made public are to
be found below, but the liquor indict-
ments, some 25 in number, are not yet
made public.
The most important Indictment found
was against Patrick Murphy. who is
charged in two indictments of the muir
der ofihis wife, Mary Murphy. Murphy
was arraigned on one Indictment only
and pleaded not guilty. His attorney is
John b. Kehoe. Esq., and the trial OF this
case will not occur until the other cases
are disposed of.
Mrs. Mu ply was found some months
ago lying at the foot OF the stairs LEAD
ing to her house. unconscious, and bleed.
ing from several wounds on her head.
Her husband. Patrick Murphy, was
placed under arrest, at first charged with
assault and battery, but when the facts
In this case were fully obtained, he was
accused of murder. IL seemed, according
to the evidence developed at the prelimi-
nary hearing that both Murphy and his
wife had been drinking some, that the
woman was thrown down upon the floor
of the kitchen, cruelty beaten and jumped
upon and then thrown out of doors by her
husband. The neighbors and two chill
~ n are the witnesses In this case, be-
sides the police officers and Physicians
Murphy is man about 20 years old and
has been laborer all his life.
John J. Minough was indicted for lar
Gerry from the person of james A. Grin
nell in Portland some time last summer.
When arraigned yesterday afternoon he
pleaded not guilty and James A. Connel-
Ian, Esq., was assigned by the court to
serve as Minough's counsel.
George Linnell is boy is years old.
He was indicted on the charge of break
ing, entering and larceny from the store
of Ii. l.. Stubs of Yarmouth. He plead
ed guilty when srraigned
Harry Belanger was indicted for break
ing, entering and larceny from the stable
of Isaac Mack of Brunswick. be is ac-
cused of entering Mr.. Macks stable, steal
ing a Itean. with which he drove some
miles. then stole another team and
abandoned Mack's team and drove still
further, there abandoning the second
team and stealing u bicycle with which
IA rnda RI nd xyhara ha WAS
ed Belanger was arraigned, pleaded
not guilty and MIR. james A. Comedian
was assigned by the court rs his counsel.
George ii. Andrews and his wife, Sadie
Andrews, were indicted for larceny from
the person of Garvenus ii Brown of Port
land, and pleaded not guilty, Wilbur G.
Whelden, Esq, being their attorney. An
drews and his wife are accused of having
robbed MIR. Brown of $500 some week.
ago at their house in this. city. Mr..
Brown visited this house on an errand
and hung his coat up In the hall, so he
claims In this coat was $500. and when
Mr.. Brown started to 60 home he found
that this money was missing. He accused
Andrews and his wife OF taking 1t and
they offered to accompany him to the
police station to prove their innocence
On their way to the station Andrews and
his wife gave Mr.. Brown the slip and the
police started out to hunt them up
They arrested Mrs. Andrews with $50 or
so In her stockings and captured An
drews on the night train for Boston with
several hundred dollars on his person.
The trial of this case will doubtless DO
one of the most interesting of the term.
Alton r. Alden is indicted for break
ing, entering and larceny from the grist
mill of Joseph d. Clark of Freeport.
When arraigned yesterday he pleaded
guilty to the charge.
Rinaldo Il. Marden was indicted for the
larceny of hive of bees from James
u. Clark of Freeport. He was not ar
raigned yesterday.
Edward G. Boyce is indicted for as
sault and battery on Katie Gunn of
South Portland. He pleaded guilty when
arraigned yesterday.
Lewis Sulkowitch was indicted for
running pawn shop without license.
He was not arraigned yesterday.
Forest Teller was indicted for larceny
from the person of George W. knight of
Scarboro. he was not arraigned yester-
day.
John Coffee was indicted for larceny
from the sane person and on arraign.
ment pleaded nolo contendere.
Serverio Zlohello, an Italian, as his
name indicates, was indicted for assault
and battery ON a fellow countryman.
When arraigned he pleaded not guilty.
John Nj. Merrill was indicted for forg
cry and uttering He is accused of hay
ing passed forged check at the West
End hotel during the past summer.
When arraigned he pleaded not guilty.
Carroll W. Morrill, is his attorney
Jacob Pulvet was indicted for larceny.
He was not arraigned yesterday.
Lillian Il. Walker was indicted for lar
oeny, but was not arraignei Yesterday.