The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-13
PITTST0N HAPPENINGS.
Lutz Has a Hearing and Is Com
mitted to Jail-Verdict in Coroner's
Jury in Brown Case-Death of
Patrick Sweeney.

Patrick Sweeney.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Plttston, Dec. 12.-The coroner's Jury
IN the case of Solomon Brown, the far
mer who suddenly disappeared and
whose body was later found in the
river met this afternoon and rendered
verdict to the effect that Brown came
10 MS death from drowning, and that
the circumstances surrounding the case
indicate that he fell off the bridge
John Lutz, the West Pittston man
who brutally killed his wife with an
axe, few weeks ago. was brought I'D
from the county Jail today and given
a nearing before Squire Ehret Three
Wltnesses-Chief of Police Richards
county Detective Johnson and Dr.
HuDler-testifed The former testified
| 10 iindinE an axe on the bed alongside
or LutZ, and DR.. Huber testified that
| ne found two wounds on Mrs Lutz's
| head, caused by an axe, and that she
| died from the wounds. Lutz was COM
/ mitted to Jail on the charge of mur-
/ der
The new pipc-organ for the st. Johns
| Roman Catholic church has arrived
and is being placed in position.
| Patrick a. Sweeney, aged fifty-three
years, died a. an early hour this morn
ing. For several years he had been a
sufferer from diabetes. A short time
| ago he suffered an injury to his foot
| in the mines that neCcssitated the am
| putation of one of his toes, and his
weakened constitution was unable to
! Withstand the shock. He was a single
man and lived with his mother, who
/ with two married sisters survive. Mr..
. sweeney was a common COunCiler from
the Ninth ward and was a well-known
politician. In 1873 he was the Green
back-LabOr and Democratic candidate
for representative in the old Seventh
Luzerne-Lac ckawanna district, but a.
the district was strongly Republican
he failed of election. He served for a
/ short time as deputy sheriff of Lu.
| Zerne county under Sheriff Kinney.
being stationed at Scranton. but the
duties of the office were not to his lik
ing and he resigned Mr.. Sweeney was
an active worker in Catholic society
work, and was a member Of Pittston
council, Knights Of Columbus: Divis
ion II, Ancient Order of Hibernians,
and the Catholic Mutual Benefit assO-
citation. The funeral will be held
Thursday morning at Q o'clock. with a
mass of requiem in st. Johns Roman
Catholic church.
The Lawrence orchestra. of Scranton,
now furnishes the music at Music hall,
Pittston.
Several changes will take place
among the Newton and Old Forge Coal
companies on jap. /. j. r. Creager
has resigned his position as bookkcaper
at the Old Forge office, and the gen
eral books from that office will be
transferred to the office of the Newton
Coal company at Pittston, where Chici
Clerk J. II. Collier and his assistants
will have charge of them. II. NJ. Da-
man will retain his position as time.
keeper at the Old Forge office The
position now held by William X. Ben
der will he abolished on Jan. l.
The Pittston Choral union has de-
cided not to compete at the eistedd-
fod to be held in Plymouth on Christ
mas day and Nanticoke on New Years
day.
The members of Company NJ. Nintf
regiment have received and accepted
an invitation to attend the fair OF
Company NJ. Thirteenth regiment, a
TunkhannOCk, on Jan. IS.
Griffith ]. Thomas, who has held the
position of head machinist under the
Newton Coal company at this place fol
some time past, has resigned and yes
terday assumed the duties of a posi-
tiOn under the Black Diamond Goa
company at Carbondale. Mr. Thomas
father, w. G. Thomas, is one Of the
stockholders of the company.
Arch Noble. formerly of West Pitts
ton, but who has resided in wilkes
Barre Of late, where he has been en-
uloyed as clerk in the master me-
chanics office at the yard of the lie
high Valley Railroad company, ha
been promoted to the head clerkship II
the locomotive denartment at CoXtoi
yard He takes the place Of Edward
Ballinger, who is now a car inspector