The Wilmington daily Republican., 1900-03-30
THE TRAIN
R0BBER1ES.
Dismissal of the Beys
Charged With Robbing
Freight Car.

Isabella Ross was charged bv
Officer Pierce in the city court this
morning with acting in disorder.
ly manner on East Fourth street
near Poplar. Mrs. Mary Barber
testified that the defendant had
rooms at her house and that she
used very bad language last night.
a fine of 50 and costs was imposed
Arthur Armstrong was charged
with disorderly conduct. Leighton
Armstrong testified that the de
fendent was his son. On March Is
he came into the house under the
influence of liquor. He rifed his
pockets and cursed when remon-
strated with for his conduct. lie
has refused to work. The case was
continued until tomorrow morning.
John Cunningham.;Edward Rash,
William Bradley and George Pey-
ton, four boys, were charged with
the larceny OF lot of smoking to-
bacco, some canned goods and two
bushels of wheat. Detective Jones
testified that Cunningham made a
confession in his presence that he
and another boy broke into car
and took the tobacco. Later the
tour bows were taken to Chief Do
lars office and Cunningham told of
the larceny of tomatoes from a car
in the west yard. Thomas Hagley
testified that on Saturday morning
last he saw Cunningham and an
other boy in the west yard. He re-
covered the bag containing Is small
bags OF tobacco. It was handed
over to the police. Frank Boylan
knew nothing about the case. He
knew that three cars loaded with
wheat on the w. & N. siding had
been broken oper. Chief Dolan tes-
titled that on Wednesday Cunning
ham did not implicate any of the
boys now under arrest. Cunning
ham stated to him that the car was
entered at Gray's Ferry, Philadel-
phla, and that he and another boy
got out of the car at Seventh and
Church streets. They walked
along the railroad to their homes
in Bro"ntown. Officer Scott count
ed the bags of tobacco. He received
his Information from Thomas Hae-
ley and knew nothing more about
the case, Pcyton, Rash and Brad
ley according to the court were in
no way connected with the theft.
The car was broken in in Phiadel-
phia and the tobacco was emovcd
in this city. The court said that
question OF jurisdiction came up
i'll this case. Deputy City Solicitor
Cahoon was requested to furnish
authorities to show that the larceny
was committed within the iurisdic-
ton of the court. The charge of
larceny of a bushel of whe at pre-
ferred against PeytoE was also dis
missed.
Dominick Laupacher was charged
with receiving stolen goods, know
ing them to have been stolen. John
Cunningham was sworn and testi-
fed that he sold a bushcl of wheat
that came from a p, w. g. B. rail-
road car to Kaupacher. The de-
fendant told witness that the wheat
had been on the railroad before they
had taken it to him. Laupacher
paid IS cents for the wheat. The
wheat did not come from the place
mentioned by Laupacher. He also
sold the same man a dozen and a
half Of tomatoes for 10 cents.
To the court-It was another bov
that sold the tomatoes. The cans
we're stolen from a car that was
standing an the p, w. & B. rail
road.
TO Walter II. Hayes, Cunningham
stated that he informed Mrs. Lau-
pachcr that the wheat was swept
out of a car and that they had
screened it. He had told the same
thing to Mrs. Nietzski. |
George Peyton was then called
and testified that he was with Cum
nigham when the wheat was sold.
He said he saw the wheat spilled
by the three cars on the siding.
Laupacher $ house was not in view
OF the cars.
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