Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-11
STROCK
Pleaded Not Guilty
Of Obtaining 5000 by
False Pretenses.
Was Bound Over to Com
mon Pleas Court.
T. ]. Ryan Given a Preliminary
Trial and Case Continued.
Dispute Between Two Girls Settled
Police Court.

Arthur L. Strock, arrested by Acting
Chief Dunn Monday afternoon on a
charge of obtaining 5000 by false pre-,
lenses from prominent East Akron
citizen, was arraigned i'm Police court
Tuesday morning. He pleaded not
guilty, waived n preliminary exam
ination, and was bound over to Com
mon Pleas court under 81 900 bond.
Strock, according to the allegations
set forth In the affidavit, on the Goth
day of August, 1899, approached the
East End citizen, and represented him,
self as n Cleveland Tribune reporter.
He told the East Akron citizen that
certain information had come to the
ears of the editor OF the Tribune, and
that the matter could be squared by
the East Akron citizen paying 5000 to
Strock. The money, 1t is alleged, was
paid over. The affidavit further al
leges that Strock was not Cleveland
Tribune reporter, and that he secured
the money by false pretenses.
Thos. j. Ryan was given prellmi,
nary trial on the charge Of brbing II
witness to testify falsely in the Ed
ward Eppley riot case, recently tried
i'm Common Pleas court.
Martin Holleran aged 1S, residing
at 3Ol Voris ST., who, il Is alleged.
was induced by Ryan to perjure him,
self by giving false testimony was
placed on the witness stand He tes,
titled In Police court that on Nov. %
prior to his giving testimony In the
Eppley case, he met Ryan in front OF
Dettlngs saloon on Market at. Ryan
asked him If he wanted to make So or
81. Witness asked how, and Ryan
said come up to the Court House in
side of an hour. Witness met Ryan
there, and the two went into the II,
brary, While there Holleran testified
that Ryan wanted him to give evidence
in the Eppley trial that he, Holleran,
saw Epplcy in front of the Walsh
block on Main ST., the night of the
riot. Two other men then entered the
library and Ryan and Holleran left,
the latter stating that he started to
go home. Ryan, he said, followed him
down stairs and asked IL he was going
to funk" out of the deal Holleran
|
then started back and they met At
torney Rogers. The attorney asked
Hollcran If he had seen Epplcy the
night OF the riot, Holleran answered
yes.
When Prosecutor Benner asked Hol-
leran If Attorney Rogers or Prosecutor
Wnnamaker, at any time before he
gave testimony in the Eppley case,
had met him and told him what to
testify, Holleran answered, no.
Mayor Young continued the case un-
til Wednesday morning, on account
of the absence Of a couple of witnesses,
Miss Lizzie Annika, charged with
nssnultlng Miss Bessie Taneyhill at
n boarding house on Euclid ave, last
Sunday evening. was fined the costs,
Miss Annika testified that her oppon-
cnt had called her liar, and that she
resented II with couple OF slaps.
The case against Robert Hughes, col
orcd charged with disorderly con.
duct, was dismissed
John Weber and w. r. Clark, both
strangers in Akron. were arraigned
on mtoXicatlon charges Bother plead
ed guilty and were fined S2 and costs
each
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