The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-03-12

verdict at the conclusion of its sit
tings IL doubtless would be that life
is held rather cheap in Lackawanna
county. They are going TO hear of a
whole lot of blood letting.
First on the list is the Jcssup mur-
der of Jan. 90. There was a christen-
ing the day previous at the home of
Giovanni Gillardi. 1t passed off with
out as much in the way of customary
commemoiation as a cracked skull.
Peter Chipriano, a good friend and
well-wisher of the family and one of
the sponsors of the child thought this
hardly fair to the babe, SO the next
night when the festivities were re-
newed he shot three men, killing one
and severely injurying two.
The dead man Is August Esconia.
Amengo Maria Angelic was shot in the
right arm and August Banana re-
ceived one bullet in the shoulder and
another in the leg. A fifth bullet cut
| a hole in another mans hat.
The shooting was done without the
slightest provocation. as far as can be
learned. Chipriano accused Esconia of
maigning him and when EscOnia said
something in reply he was laid low
with bullet in his heart. Four other
men rushed at Chipriano and three of
them were shot
Chipriano was afterwards captured
by a mob and roughly handled. He
| said he shot in self Defense but as
yet has given no explanation of what
he was defending himself against.
OAK HILL SHOOTING.
The Oak Hill shooting affray of Feb.
90 is still fresh in the minds of the
reading public. Martin Allen, of Moo
| sic. stepped out of his carriage to
| straightcn a leaning post on his line
! fence dividing property he owned
| from one which David S. Davis owned
| and occupied. There was some enmity
between the two men, growing out OF
| a dispute about this line fence, and
| Aliens act so enraged Davis that he
| came out of his house with a shotgun
! and without word filled Aliens back
and legs with No. 16 shot. Allen was
pronounced out of danger Tuesday,
and Friday LAWS was released on
| $500 bail furnished by Oscar b. Decker.
one Of the most pronounced instan-
ces of murderous recklessness that will
come to the jury's attention is found
| in the case of the two anarchists,
Jean Guilhot and Francis Merlier. who
| shot Policemen Kays and Snyder in
| Dunmore last July. They We're bent
on blowing up coal operators resi-
dence one night about II o'clock, and
when the policemen happened to meet
them and question them about their
prowling around at that hour one of
them, Guilhot. impatient at Merlier's
a ra hhp1 oh
Merier had drawn and shot both Off
GERS. Kays received a bullet in the
abdomen and it was only after several
months lowering between life and
death that he recovered. Snyder was
| only slightly wounded.
A bomb made of gas pipe filled with
dynamite and supplied with a string
| by which it could be suspended from
Il door knob was found near the scene
of the shooting by Sergeant Ridgway
the next morning. The murderous
| pair boasted of their escapade after
reaching .lontreal. Canada. and are
now in the county Jail. They admit
their guilt
| CARBONDALE AFFRAY.
February 10 Robert Marshall entered
John Powlka's saloon in Carbondale
and challenged his friend. Thomas
| Phillips, with whom he had worked
on the Gravity road for twenty years
to engage in wrestling match. Phil
| lips who is a powerful man. weigh
ing 250 pounds. laughed at the propo.
sitiOn of his comparatively diminutive
friend. but, as the latter persisted in
| having Il wrestle, he was accommo.
| dated.
| With the greatest ease Phillips bent
the smaller man double and playfully
lowered him to within few inches
of the floor. repeating the feat severa
times. This and Phillips accompany.
ing remarh that he didn't want to puI
him all the way to the floor because
there would be no great credit il
throwing him or something to that eff
feet riled Marshall to such an eXten
that he piled some more whiskey into
himself and, watching an opportunity
stole behind Phillips and aimed a knit,
thrust at his throat
| Powlka, the hotel-keeper. who saw
the raised knife, grabbed Marshall
arm, but succeeded only in avertin;
the blow from its vital target. Th,
blade passed under Phillips arm an(
imbedded itself in the muscles along
side the shoulder blade. Phillips lef
his bed for the first time Wednesda.
of this week.
The Ludden case, from Old Forge
while it will not come before the grant
jury he already having been indicted
may httingly be included in this car
mine category, as it will be on tn
same trial list as the others at tn
next term of quarter sessions.
MANY OTHER CASES.
There are number OF other felon
ious wounding gases to be passed up
on, but, as the wounder did not sue
ceed in wounding the woundee suffi
ciently to give him a peep into tn
great beyond they do not attract.muc
attention. Hardly a term of cour
passes but what several of these inten
tional murderers do not escape wit
little or no punishment. =
Judge H. NJ. Mcclure, of Lewisburs
who presided at several sessions Q
criminal court in this county, eN
pressed astonishment at the numbe
of cases he was called upon to try i
which there We're assaults with deadl
| weapons. He said In a casual CONVEX
sation that i'm sentencing man con
victed in case of this kind he CAV
him year to begin with for simpl