The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-20
THE SUSPECTS" EXAMINED.
Two of Them Appear Before Alder
man TOMBSTONE Sent to Hospital.


rwo of thc men arrested on. sus-
picion Of having committed the burg
larry on Tuesday night when join,
Mohrs store was broken into were ar
raigned before Alderman Jones yester-
day afternoon. The hearing excited
great interest as it is seldom that men
arc before courts in this city on such a
serious charge.
The two mon were brought in about
~ o'clock. They were the gray suited
nan and the red-haired one described
in yesterdays iibunc. The red-huired
one is Il dangerously sick man and
could scarcely stand he Is so weak.
lie had "A temperature of 104. and when
he stood up to be identified he nearly
:.ll over.
The man in gray said that his name
was Henry Williams and that he had
lived in Forest City for eleven years.
FIc did not know any one in this city
excepting Henry Box.
Chief McAndrew detailed how he had
arrested Williams on Tuesday morning
for intoXication and afterward let him
go Ito give him a chance to sober up.
lie had arrested him again on Thurs
day morning as he answered the de-
Srripton OF one of the burglars given
by \. w. Reynolds. who saw the burg
lars run away from Mohr's store
Avery W. Reynolds testified that the
only description he could give as to
the two burglars was in regard to their
height and dress. as he did not see
their faces. The two prisoners ap-
parel Tailed with the clothes Worn by
the men who fled at his approach and
their appearance with their backs
turned lhere the two stood up). Mr..
Reynolds was not able to make any
positive identification. He told of see
ing Williams several times on Wednes-
day night once about twenty minutes
before the burglary was committed.
Harry Wells, ii special officer, said
that he had seen Williams before on
Monday night. The last time he saw
him was about half-past eleven. He
appeared to be very drunk. He saw
him again on Tuesday night at about
the same time at the depot. When
the officer saw him he was with two
other men and on their being ap-
preached the two men separated and
ran and eluded him and Officer Garden.
He was not able to make any more
positive identification than Mr.. Rey-
nolds.
s-Ofiicer Garden said that he saw Will
inms on Tuesday night, as related by
Nr. Wells. He also would not swear
positively that the prisoner was one of
the men who tried to get away on the
Iailroad tracks as the light was in his
eyes.
William Mainwaring said that he
saw Williams on Monday night talking
With Harry Wells. He also identified
che rcd-haired man as being with Will
Jams on that night. He saw them
'gan Thursday morning chasing
through the freight yard. 1t was about
lS,lf-past four o'clock. Williams was
then taken back to the city Jail by
Chief McAndrew and the examination
nl the other man begun.
" g said that he was James Brennan,
aha that he used To live in Scranton,
that he was II years of age, that his
parents were dead Brennan was Il
most disreputableloollin man. His
stock of red hair was grimy and mat
ted through long disuse of !; comb. his
face and hands We're black with dirt
and he evnced not the slightest interest
IN his Surroundings he had tenn
perature of l04 and was badly broken
up with sickness. He said his last
place of residence was at Geneva, n.
y, where he worked for IL farmer
named James Briarhead. He claimed
to have come to Carbondale about "A
week ago and that he had been sick
in the snanty where he was captured
ever since his arrival, He said he had
come down town for the first time on
Monday hAn n nr
Niles To have medical treatment, and
from the doctors office he had gone to
The city Jail for lodging and spent the
uight here. Jailor Killeen corroborated
this statement, He said he had never
ieen Williams before he met him in
ial
ssAt the conclusion of his examination
IL VAS deemed best 20 take Brennan
to the Emergency hospital, as it was
iasilNeperceived that he vas in great
lieed of Treatment On~his arrival at
the institution he showed more signs
VI life than he had before and he made