The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-14
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THE NET.
De Fransac In All Proba-
bility Will Spend Time
In New Castle.


abstain from liquor to two mon In TIE city
court this morning. They were Edward
Bane and Walter Browne. Browne took
the pledge 10 months ago and yesterday
was tho first time that he drank any In
toxionting liquor. Bane has been work.
ing steadily until one week ugo when he
started on spree.
From present appearances Frederick Dc
Fransao is likely to spend his fall vaoatl,
as the guest Of Sheriff Taylor. 1t Is 81.
! legged that two little gistss~in,t him and
that he acted in m indecent manner In
their presence. Such Is the Information
furnished to the police and the evidence
will be produced tomorrow.
Francis McCloskey Testified that lie saw
Do Fransac OIL Monday night when no
stroked little girls face. The little girls
were excited at the time. He considered
it very dangerous thing for man to act
In that way towards children he did not
know. The case was continued until to-
morrow morning in order to secure the at
tendance of two witnesses. Deputy City
for Ida Shultz. She has been properly
summoned, but failed to appear Ros'
Gibbons, another little girl, was wanted
rs witness but Officer Hawke had sum-
moned her mother Instead Of the materlL
witness. He said it was a case where tho
parents did not want the children In oour i.
The court said that the witnesses VIII n
PROPERLY subpoenaed must come into court
and testify as to what they know In order
that the case may be properly investie ated.
When arratgned in court on Tuesday
morning De Fransac stated that he Lnew
no one In Wilmington except some priests
who were not living here. When he Wis.
Tied Rev. Ralph u. Courssy he stated that
the other ministers were OUT Of Town. He
followed little girls on tho street. tickled
them under the chin and invited item to
dark places where he wished to tell them
tales. He was held in SOD bail for his APP
pearahce tomorrow morning.
George Bell, colored, was charged by Of
f,cor Murphy with acting In disorderly
manner. He is one of the crowd of boys
Uuhs lCETOFlLGo VuS puppy III uAo AciShpOis
hood Of Fifth and Pine They break glass.
tsar boards off fence and raise general
disorder. Mrs. Henrietta Keith testified
that Boil was sitting on her:steps when ar
rested. He Is not q part of tho crowd. The
crowd is made up of grown mon aud not
boys. Officer Floyd testified that Bell Is q
constant resorter of the corner. Bell
curses and IL disorderly in general. Off,
cor John Salmon to titled that he has re-
peatedly seeu Boil acting disorderly IL the
corner. He has seen men On that corner.
He would have locked him up long ago if
no could have caught him. A fine W
and costs was imposed.
Thomas Rowan, Bernard McKsgn'y
and Daniel Norton were charged with COR
uer lounglng Officer Floyd testified that
tho rollco never had any disorder from
these young men. A fine Of 81 ind OBS
was imposed.
Charles Dugan was not ready to go to
trial. He asked for CONTINUANCE until
Tuesday morning. He was charged wi h
disorderly conduct.
w u0u Uuo Ctso VI WI soptuNc, luFly
p. Joslyn asked for the dismissal Of the
case The court said that 1t was never de.
MED that he struck his WIFE, Spence Wac
called to the stand and in answer to his
attorney stated that he left homo before
noon. When he reached .home he had
some words but did not strike his wife.
His mothor-in-law threw u bucse5 uf butt
ter, wet baby dress and q brick ~ him.
She cursed him and avowed that II he
came down stairs she would cut his heart
out. He never struck his wife but had
words with her. IIe stated that his wife
was cutting tho window shutter with tho
bread knife when he got his hand cut.
The court ordered Spence to furnish $500
pence bond. He must keep the peace and
must support his wife and child.