The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-07

oifense Sentence Was Suspended
by Judge Kelly.
The trial of cases by iuries for thi,
weeks term of criminal court wa.
concluded yesterday and this morning
the surety and desertion list will b,
taken up and disposed of by the judge!
without the assistance of iurlcs. Dur
ing the week considerable progress.
was made with the list notwithstand
ing that much time was taken up b,
the Tomashifski murder case and TIL,
Hatton perjury case.
Another important case on the lis
was the bribery case against Frank
Silliman. jr.. in which William Repp o
Old Forge is the prosecutor. 1t was
continued until the next term. Th,
case of o. T.. Jones' charged with EN-.
bezzlement by G. \. Doance. is also il
the list for this week but was contin.
ued until next Wednesday.
An echo of the reign of Colonel +. l.
Hitchcock as director of the depart.
ment of public safety of the city ana
also of the John Miskus murder at
Lloyd street on March II. 1896, was
Buchta. the king of Lloyd street, :
| was the cause OF the waiting.
Buchta is n portly man with long
| flowing side whiskers OF iron grey, and
is quite an imposing figure. He has
| been for many years a moving spirit
among the natives of Poland. who live
in Lloyd street, and has been Il man
OF some influence with them. Since
| n n ,t I
he has always had something to dc
With the sale of liquor and has on sew
eral occasions been indicted for selling
without Il license ana sustained one
| conviction. for which he served Il term
in the county Jail. Selling liquor is not
the only offence he has been charged
| with.
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
Some time after being convicted. he
secured Il license, but did not have it
renewed last April. That's where he
| left himself open for trouble.
| Buchta was one of the men instru-
mental in trying to fasten the killing
of John AIskus on Simon Narushus, and
| The latter did not forget that fact. Hc
went to see Director of Public Safety
Hitchcock and offered to assist in Sc.
curing evidence against Buchta.
| Simon furnished money To John
| kadtZ to buy beer from Buchta. after
| he latter's license had expired. and
KOditz yesterday testified that he got
| the beer paid for and drank it, Arthur
| keene and James Reid, agents of tho
director, went to Buchta's place. taking
Roy Keene, Il boy, with them. The lat
ter was sent into Ruchta's place and
| bought five bottles OF beer.
Buchta denied making the sales in
| question. After his license ran out. he
| retired from the retail drink business.
| but continued to run II store. He en-
| tered into an agreement with the CO.
| lumbia Bottlins company. of Priceburg,
| by which he handled that companv's
goods. He sold nothing less than !,
| dozen bottles TO anyone. One of the
bottles of beer purchased from Buchta
WAS produced in court. and the bottle
| was found to have Buchta's name
blown in the side of it, He explained
this by saying that he intended TO go
| into the bottling business and had n
number of bottles made. but finally
abandoned the idea and turned the
| bottles over To his employers. All of
| the evidence was heard before court
adjourned yesterday, and the jury will
! be charged this morning
VERDICTS TAKEN.
Nerdicts OF not guilty We're taken In
| the following cases: Mrs. Jennie Gil.
| bert, adultery; Mrs. Elizabeth Tappan,
| proSecutriN. Mrs. Jennie Gilbert. as
sault ANA battery; Mrs. Elizabeth Tap
pan, prosecutriN. Warren rappan. as
! sault and battery; Mrs. Elizabeth Tap
pan. proseculriX. The cases We're the
| OutgroWth of the domestic troubles OF
MIR. ana Mrs. Warren Tappan, of Car
| bondale They have made up and are
| again living together. and the prose-
! cutions We're therefore dropped.
| a verdict of not guilty was taken in
| the case of Druotto Donzello, charged
with carrying concealed weapons, the
| prosecutor. Lorenzo SimeN2O, not up-
poarhg. \ similar verdict was taken
in the case of Frank Trbanowcz.
charged with committing an assault
| ana battery on Martin Rudnitski. The
parties agreed 10 II settlement, and the
verdict was the result
Ajax Phillips did not appear to prose
cute Charles Hanm, ana Il verdict of
not guilty was taken. The charge was
assault and battery. Ncrdicts of not
guilty. taken in other cases in which
the prosecutors did not appear, We're:
William Gordon, assault and battery;
bridget Brady, prosecutriX. William
IIealey, assault and battery; NJ. j.
Stone, prosecutor Johanni Viola, dis
charging firearms; Paslualo Desanto
prosecutor
Daniel Evans, aged l6; George Foust
aged lG, and Paul Kornski. aged a.
We're arraisned before Judge Kelly yes
terday, charged with stealing brass
stair rods from the Westminster hotel
on September II. last. On account of
their youth and it being their first Of
Tense, the judge suspended sentence.
E.NIBEZZLEMENT CHARGED.
Anthony Michinicki was tried ON a
charge of embezzling sl96.50 of the
funds of the Bartel Brewing company,
an agent and collector. He declared
that he never took any of the money
of the company and that the alleged
shortage was nothing more than mis-
takes in the bookkeeping of the Bartel
company. The jury was out wrestling
with the case at adiourning hour.
Michael Burke, of Peckville, was
tried on charge of assaulting II. NJ.
Dobson, IA conductor of the Scranton
Railway company, and Mrs. Ann No
vack. on August Ii, near Peckyille
Conductor Dobson died two weeks ago
Burke Was alleged To be disobeyinS the
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