The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-12

opened yesterday with Judge II. w.
Archibald on the bench in the main
court room and Judge Cyrus Gordon,
of Clearfield, in No. 2. The Gallagher
Quinn homicide case from Carbondale
was continued until Wednesday morn
ing on account of the attorneys 70"
the defendants, O'Brien and Kelly,
being in Philadelphia attending the
session of the superior court.
The only other case of any general
importance on the list yesterday vas
the commonwealth against Lena q,
Gable, who is charged by Coroner !.
J. Roberts with illegally practicing
medicine in this city. The case was
put on trial ~eTore Judge Gordon late
in the afternoon.
The commemorative interests were
looked after by Assistant District At
torney w. Gaylord Thomas and Mrs.
Gable was defended by Attorneys G.
S. Oliver and Frank Lynch. The first
witness called was Mrs. Mary Han
non, of Sixteenth street, this city. In
July last Mrs. Harmon resided on South
Fillmore avenue, where she was deliv-
cred of a child by Mrs. Lena Gable.
The child died the next day.
Mrs. Harmon was an unwilling wit
ness for the commonwealth. She said
that she is the mother of seven chill
dren, of which only one was delivered
by a physician. She said that Mrs.
Gable attended here when several of
her children were born and did it as
skillfully as a physician.
ADMITTED THE FACT.
Deputy Prothonotary John Williams
was called to prove that Mrs. Gable
Is not registered in the prothonotary's
office as a physician, but the defense
admitted that Mrs. Gable is not regist-
cred in any way with the prothono-
tary. Coroner ]. J. Roberts, the next
witness for the commonwealth, was
not present and court adjourned until
this morning, when DR.. Roberts is ex-
pected to be ready to go on the stand.
Mrs. Mary Yayoda was tried before
Judge Archibald for illegally selling
liquor. She lives at Old Forge and
the constable of that place, Fred Ad-
olson, was the prosecutor. Mrs. va
CODA was called for trial at the June
term on a similar charge and admitted
her guilt. Sentence was suspended. It
was alleged by the commonwealth that
after she pleaded guilty she continued
to sell intoxicants. This was deni 1
most positively by the defendant yes .
terday. The case was given to the
jury at p. m. A verdict will be re Z.
turned this morning.
Peter Burke was tried before Judge
Gordon for the theft of two pieces of
brass from the Lackawanna Iron and
Steel company. Burke lives on South
Washington avenue and at the tir,e
of the alleged theft, July Is, was en-
ployed on the scrap dump of the COM
pany that owned the brass. The COM
monwealth did not offer any evidence
to show that Burke had stolen the
brass. but there was some evidence to
the effect that he tried to sell the
metal.
BURKE DENIED CHARGE.
This was denied by Burke, who said
he found the brass on the dump with
other scrap and laid it aside, but not
with any attention of appropriating it
to this own use. The case went to
the jury at $3.50 p. m. A verdict had
| not been agreed upon up to the hour
for adjourning.
When court adjourned for the day
Joseph SpeOta was on trial in the main
court room on a charge of feloniously
wounding his father, Pasquella Speota
| and attempting to feloniously wound
Antonio Senack. On Sept. 3 Joseph
| Speota and NicOl Restine, who reside
| in DunmOre, went out on Seventh
| street, in that borough, while intoxi-
Gated and after starting a small riot
drew their revolvers and fired right
and left. Pasquella Speota was sho!
/ in the hip and still carries the ba'
around in his body. Restine was not
! put on trial yesterday, for the reason
that he is now undergoing treatmen,
in the LackaWanna hospital
The case of Constable Joseph Woelk.
Crs, charged with assault and battery
by John ]. Gordon, was repOrted set.
tied. A verdict of not guilty was
taken and the costs placed on the pros.
ecutor
Mrs. Michael Yatsko was put on trla
in No. charged with the theft of q
sheep owned by John Novick. There
was no convincing evidence to ,provC
that Mrs. Yatsko had committed the
theft and the court directed a verdic
of not guilty, but sent the jury Ou
to dispose of the costs. They were
placed on the prosecutor.
CAPIAS ISSUED.
Kate Garvey, alias Kate George. die
not appear to answer a charge of sell
ing liquor preferred by Ruth Llewellyr
and her bail was forfeited and capia,
issued for her.
A verdict of not guilty was takel
in the case of James Murtaugh, o