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

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and the prosecutrix Mrs. w. B. Dug
gan, agent for the board of associated
charities. The charge against Reig-
hard is that on Aug. II he had his 10
year-old daughter Lulu. remove her
| clothing until she was entirely nude,
and he then whipped her with an in
strumenc Of torture made of strands
| of copper wire, which he welded with
, such vigor as to cut the child's flesh
| in terrible manner.
Mrs. Reighard, the girls stepmother,
| afterwards applied turpentine to the
wounds as an ointment. which caused
frightfu suffering. The beating is not
denied by the father, but in extenua-
| tion he says he was enraged over the
conduct of his daughter with her broth
er. He had warned and classified her
several times, he said, for immoral
acts, and on the night in question: when
he returned home, he heard of acts by
the child so revolving as to decide him
to take heroic measure and in his rage
he inflicted punishment upon the child.
The case was on trial when court ad-
journed The audience that heard the
sickening testimony was made up
largely of women.
Balls FORFEITED.
j. B. Roberts, the young man who is
charged with having attempted to as
sault Alice M. Sweeney on the boule-
ward one night several months ago, did
not appear for trial and his bail was
forfeited and capias issued for him.
The same action was taken in the case
of Patrick ODonnell, malicious mis-
chief.
A verdict of not guilty was taken in
the case of William Robinson, charged
with felonious wounding, Chief of Po-
lice Robling, prosecutor.
Charles Sweeney, Of Waverly, was
tried before Judge Gordon for assault
ing Ira Mitten, of the same place. The
jury thought both men had hand in
the affray and returned verdict Of
not guilty and divided the costs.
James j. Garden was tried before
Judge Love on a charge of having as
saulted and battered Mrs. Edward Rob-
bins. The verdict was not guilty but
the defendant was directed to pay the
costs.
Charles Miller was the first person
put on tria, before Judge r. w. Arch
bald. 1t is charged that on August is
face with beer glass, cutting him
badly. Miller was convicted and was
sentenced to pay a fine Of $40 and
spend thirty days in Jail.
THE TAPPAN CASE
Warren Tappan was next put on
trial. charged by his wife, Elizabeth
Tappan, with having assaulted her at
their home in Carbondale. June 81
last. The Tappans have been married
forty years and their union has been
blessed by twelve children. One of
them is Lizzie May Tappan a gor-
geously bejewelled young woman, who
was on the stand yesterday as wit
ness for her mother.
Miss Tappan attained some dis
tressing notoriety several years ago
through the exhibition of Il young man
of Carbondale of what purported to
be photograph of her in the nude.
1t was claimed that the photograph
was made by grating the head of
photograph of Miss Tappan upon the
body of a nude figure. Wallace Me-
Mullen, a prominent young man of
Carbondale. was arrested on the
charge of exhibiting this photograph
and was convicted.
The troubles of the Tappans seems
to have been caused by the attention
of Tappan to a Mrs. Henry Gilbert.
Mrs. Tappan said her husband. on the
day in question, picked up but.
cher's knife and threatened to cut her
with 1t, and then laying that down.
grabbed ham bone and struck her
several times with 1t and bruised her
NIa,
Grated her mother and said that her
father frequently threatened to kill |
her mother, saying he was tired of her |
and wanted to get rid of her. Several |
letters We're produced. which 1t was |
alleged Tappan wrote to Mrs. Gill
bert
MADE DENIAL.
When he went on the stand, he de- |
MED having written the letters in ques-
ton. and, as to the assault denied |
having used either the knife or ham |
bone against his wife. He admitted |
having struck her, but he apologized |
for this. The trouble between them,
he said, was not due to Mrs. Gilbert,
but TO his wife's extravaganza. She
was constantly running him into debt. |
He denied very positively having pur-
chased shoes for Mrs. Gilbert. The
latter for several years was tenant
In one of Tappan's houses in Car
bondale, and now resides In this city.
Mrs. Tappan was recalled to the
stand in rebuttal, and told of the re-
lations between her husband and
Mrs. Gilbert. On one occasion,
when Mrs. Gilbert lived In Car
bondale. she found her hus-
band In the formers bed room.
rappan jumped through window and