The sun., 1901-09-24
TWO YEARS
FOR CHAPMAN
Bessie Fernandez's Assailant Al
lowed to Plead Guilty.
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY
VIII Probably be Completed Today.
Harry Hanly, Colored, Dismissed
Because Jury Could
Not Agree,
WORK OF THE GRAND JURY

4 crimjual business was disposed Of, the
q Court Of General Sessions was adjourned
last evening ut 6.10 O'Clock until ~
o'cock this morning. The most iii
poIt;nt case disposed Of was that o,
& Frank Ill. Chapman, the street car
tnloturnan who shot mt Miss Bessie Fer
a nnndcz III Brandywine Springs Park on
Z Hume Is and wounded William Bonlden
5a boy, in the leg Chapman was sen
Z senccd to be imprisoned two years
IA Chapman was under two indictments
sol charges of murderously assaultins
Miss Fernandez and the boy. Through
his counsel, Henry g. Conrad, he entered
plea Of guilty of assault in one ease;
the other ease was dropped.
t& Attorncy-General Herbert II. Ward
put several witnesses on the stand to in
form the court of the facts. Miss Ros"
Ford, George Lane benjamin IIallett
James Hamilton and Special Officer Ro
bert w. Chambers testified. According
to Lane, the Fernandez girl had left
X 4Chapman and came to him, and nftei
that Chapman fired. At this time tho
girl had her arm on Lanes shoulder.
2 Officer Chambers said that Chapman
told him he was infatuated with the girl
and intended to kill her and himself, and
was sorry for his family.
M MIR. Conrad said he had known Chap.
man almost since he was baby ana
3 be was present rather i'll a friendly capa.
City than aS retained counsel. He held
that there seemed to be no testimony
That indicated any reason why sane
man should have shot nj the woman,
and he felt that his act could be ex
plaincd rs one Of a man whose
mental faculties had been befoggel
y Chapman had bren taking laudanum for
80 years. He had been in jnl since Jun
s15 and the Jail physician says the auda
snnn is about all ont Of his system. Nj
Conrad hoped lcnency would be ever
cised also for the sake Of Ghapman's
nother and wife.
S& Chapman looked well, although palo.
%Jit wore frock coat and Il low cut vest
displaying much Shirt front. On hearing
@&his sentence he nodded his head bat
Glisplaycd no Acmotion.
wa Joseph W. Shepperson pleaded guilty
! IT, nui uidcrously assaulting his wife, Susie,
and was sentenced to two years imprl-
\ comment.
t&s Henry Buck, colored. charged with
murdernusly asSnulting Mrs. Mary Den
by, colOrc,l ut Odessa, pleaded guilty Of
plain assault and was sentenced to two
4 years Imprisonment.
Frank Conner, charged with larceny,
was prnbatrd, John +. Donahoe becom.
IN his surety.
W Rocco cechclln. charged with assault
and battery upon Marguerite Rigginoc
y was dismissed. his counsel, William Il
LYMAN, showing that the City Court
y Shall have exclusive jurisdiction in casr,
OF assault and battery.
F Richard Ioltlson, colnrcd, was fricl
foi assault and battery on his sister
Ida. ii Middlctown. James Malloy con
Quoted the prosecution. johnson bra
his sister into inSensbility and claimed
that he acted in sclf-llcfcnce. although
be admitted he may have smacked he
a little too hard IIe was found guilt.
nn,l was given one years Imprisonment
Elizabeth Gibbs charged with larceny
did not answer when her name wa
called, anu her bail bond, on whicl
George III. Mccall was surety. was Tor
4 feitcd. \ napias was issued for her.
The jury in the ease Of Harry Honey
colnrch charged with murderously at
sanlting William Bogensheets in OdeSs;
diSagrcrd and WAS dismissed.
VI About an hour after the retirement o
the jurors To- the Jury room they rcturne
and foreman Bancroft announced tia
there WAS no prospect Of an agreement
# .'Gentlem"n." said Judge Lore, wv
Know you are good jurors but this is
bad precedent TO establish. We thin
yon had better retire"
Ny ''Your honor" said foreman Bancroft
4 81 feel absolutely that we cannot agrc,
We cannot agree upon the facts W
agree upon the evidence hut reach Iii
ferent conclusions"
Gentlemcn. looking over ynur face
many Of which | know | know you ~
good jurors" said Judge Lore, but undc
stand this is NOT TO be considered pr
cedent. Ion are discharged
James DENLY. coored, pleaded ii.
guilty Of the larceny Of 600 pounds
flour from the Philadelphia x Readl
Railroad Company.
Charles Lynch pleaded not guilty
stealing bicycle.
The ease of Julian Cochran charg,
with gambling at Mildletown was 20
% tinued until the November term on Il
presentation of an affidavit stating Il
absence of important witnesses. Il,
was fixed at $1,000.
Charles Robinson pleaded guilty
stealing five shoes from Il. w. Walter
He was sentenced to receive ten lash
and be Imprisoned four months.
Edward Levy pleaded not guilty
sfealing grip and SIS from Mrs. Ma
Geiger of Sparrow's Point. Mich.
Tnlley, who was arraigncd on the char
of steaing 1900 yards of cloth and OIL
articles from the Philadelphia K Res
ing Railroad Company said Buck Cr
ningham stole the goods. lie admitt
being with Cunningham. The scnter
was ten lashcs and three months IN,
let this be yaur last time to come her,
admouishcd Judge lore in adminst
ing tie sentence.
Anton Norkewcz was tried on
charge Of embezzlement of money of |
Polish Library Association. Every "
ness was Pole and Clerk George j
yier had the greatest difficulty in p
nonncing their names. 1t sounded
Enough all Polish names are alike
him.
The State closed and the jury was
charged until 10 o'clock this morning.
& Joseph Martin, colorod, pleaded gui
81 PLAYING crap and not guilty of pl
ing poker.
X Andrew Engrcn and Earl Muncy. b
BOYS aged about sixteen years, plen,
guilty of the larceny of goat skins Fl
Charles Baird & Co. Both were