The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-05

Hotel Keeper D. j. Brennan, all OF
Schuylkill county, were among the
prosecutors witnesses. The officials
are to Identify the three Shenandoah
defendants.
JURORS SELECTED.
The Jurors, according TO the order In
which they were selected, are:
Fred V. Hartzcll, butcher. Scranton.
c. II. Woodmancy, farmer, Scott.
Tobias Stlne, farmer, Ransom.
A. j. Bell, boilermaker, Carbonate.
Edward Fries. painter Scranton.
4. ID. Webster farmer Covington.
Sutler wirth, clerk, Dunmore.
Frank II. Braun, yecman, roaring Brook'
Ralph Dickson clerk, Madison.
Philip Wren, milhand. Scranton.
Edward McGoff. clerk, Scranton.
Henry Herbert, laborer, Scranton.
A mild sensation was caused when
District Attorney Jones was examining
into the qualifications of M. j. Cannon,
one OF the rejected jurors. 1t appears
Cannon was sent to the county jail in
default of bail on some trivial charge
and while ircarcerated w9s drawn as
a Juror for this term The defendants
heard of one of their fellow prisoners
being likely to be called upon to try
them and talked with him about the
case at every opportunity. Cannon ad-
mitted all this, but denied that the
case was discussed to any great length.
They merely remarked. he said, that
he was To be a juror and he answered
that this was true.
District Attorney Jones opened the
case for the rosecution in forty min
utes address. in which he connectedly
and concisclv tulc the story of the
crime as the commonwealth expected
tc prove it. Briefly outlined, it was as
follows:
STORY OF THE CRIME.
At lis o'clock on the morning of
March 27, 1898, six men, wearing masks
and displaying rcvolvers, entered the
boiler room of the Mayfield power
house of the Carbondele Traction COM
pany and sneaS ny through to the en-
gine room, held no and oveIpowered
Fireman Patrick Dempsey and En-
gineer Frank Coggtns, put Night Clerk
w r. Broknnslire 20 light with vol
ley of pistol shots, when he appeared
at the office door with a revolver, KEEP.
a dozen motormen and conductors at
bay in the second story with more pis-
tol shots, broke the cash box, contain.
ing $780, loose from it's fastenings on the
wall and made away with it, heading
towards Carbondale.
Telephone messages to Carbondale
started squad Of officers on their trail
and about 7.30 o'clock they were located
on the jefferson branch of the Erie
LIT dc
A message to Ararat Summit had
brought out "Bilr' Leach. the hotel
keeper: Jesse Vail the miller, and four
or five other men. Leach had a 3S-
calibre Winchester rifle, and Miller
revolver.
TRIED TO GET AWAY.
When the train Stacked up the gang
scrambled out of the box car on the
side opposite to the station and started
to get away. Leach and Miller ran
around the engine and called to them
to halt The burglars for an answer
formed in a semi-circle and at a given
command from the leader fired a vol
ley of pistol shots at Leach, who had
advanced to within snort distance of
where they stood.
he returned the fire and at the first
shot killed one of the gang, who was
later identified as William Brady, a
noted New York crook. A second shot
laid Caughan low and third shat
tered Cummings arm.
The other three had by this time dis
appeared in the woods. Two of them
were overtaken and captured by Con-
stable Neary and John WoodmanSee,
but the other is still at large.
Cummings and Gaughan said they did
not know the others. and Zolluer and
Dalton persisted in claiming that they
We're travelling singly and only fell in
with the others when the train started
out from Carbondale.
revolver, dynamite cartridges,
package of dynamite, bottle of nitro
glycerine, five feet of fuse and three
small chisels We're picked up in the
snow along the trail which Dalton and
Zollner took through the woods.