The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-09

Edwin E. Everhart will in all prob
ability never be tried on the charge
of conspiring to kill his father, DR.. l.
r. Everhart, who lives on Franklin
avenue near Spruce street. Everhart
was yesterday released on bail and
Will join the United States, marines.
Today he will leave the city for one
of the marine mastering stations. He
VIII probably be sent to the Philip
pines.
The case against Everhart was at the
head of the list for yesterday in Grim
inal court, and when 1t was called At
torney I. II. Burns. who represented
young Everhart. asked for continu-
ance. He said Everhart was in Jail
since his arrest and had been without
means to employ counsel or summon
witnesses. He had only been called
into the case recently and was not pre-
pared to go on with the trial at this
time. Judge r. w. Archibald allowed
the motion for continuance and later
Everhart entered bail in the sum of
$500 before Judge John p. Kelly and
was released. NJ. P. Flynn became his
bondsman.
Everhart has been in the county Jail
since June % last when he was ar
rested on the charge Of hiring John
Lewis, of North Scranton. to kill his
father For weeks prior to that date
Everhart had been drinking heavily,
and had become estranged from his
father over his connection with the
Rinsland divorce case, in which he was
named as the correspondent.
HE WAS DESpERATE
He had reached his last dollar, he
saw no means of replenishing his
pocketbook, and in this dilemma he
hired Lewis to kill his father, DR.. Ever
hart, hoping to at once come into the
Everhart estate which Is one of great
value.
Everhart gave Lewis minute instruc-
tions as 70 the manner in which he
would be best enabled to get into the
Everhart residence to commit the mur-
der, and as a reward gave him a note
for $4,000.
Lewis was not prepared to engage
in such desperate enterprise and in
formed the authorities with the result
that Everhart was arrested. The ac-
cused presented a neat, we'll groomed
appearance when brought into court
yesterday morning with batch of 9TH
er prisoners by Warden Simpson, Of
the county Jail. His term in prison
had wrought great improvement in
his personal appearance.
DIR. Everhart was in the court room
earlier In the day, but left before his
son came in with the string of pris-
oners. 1t Is the father who has made
1t possible for the son to again breathe
the air of freedom. Greatly as he was
hurt and humiliated by the youth he
could not steel himself to the point Of
sending his own flesh and blood to
prison.
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
Before the criminal case was con-
sidered the COURT heard arguments on
the question of admitting Everhart to
common bail in the breach of promise
case, begun by Miss May Williams. the
divorced wife of City Assessor Phil.
Rinsland, who alleges that Everhart in
New York promised to marry her.
Attorney NJ. j. Martin appeared on
behalf of Evernart and Attorney A.
A. Vosburg for Miss Williams. Attor-
ney Martin alleged that the action
could not stand for the reason that I'M
der the act of 1915 a person divorced
for adultery cannot marry again during
the life time of the person from whom
she was divorced. Miss Williams hav-
ing been divorced on that ground could
not enter into compact to marry any
one.
1t was also. alleged that the papers
were defective inasmuch as they spoke
hr Nlntw No, T..
one place and May Rinsland in another.
On this ground Judge Archibald de-
clared the papers defective and grant
ed the motion for common bail or
in other words released Everhart on
ton,