The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-05
BEFORE JUDGE EDWARDS.

The Edna Hunt case occupied most
of the day in the main court room and
was still under way at adiournng
time. This is the West Scranton af-
fair in which ii is alleged tina, six
youths cnticcd tn" thirtccn-year old
Hunt girl into Il box car near the Mt.
Pleasant breaker and committed as
sa,llts on her.
Thomas Barry. Edward Padden
Ambrose Padden. Martin Horan. Miles
Boyd and Patrick Mcmahon comprise
the accused ScNtettc. Barry and Ed
ward Paddden. however. are the only
ones arraigned for assault. The
others are held merely as witnesses.
The girls story is to the effect that
she was lounging in front Of her
fathers house, ?o6 West I.ackuwamna
avenue. on the evening of April 4. last.
when four young men came along and
tried To induce her to accompany
them. She refused. whereupon they
caught hold OF her and forced her to
90 along. She screamed for help. bur
no one. it seems, heard her. although
Lieutenant Williams and Patroman
Natthews testify they were in that
vicinity at the time. They took her
Western track, forced her to enter !,
box car and following her in held her
prisoner in a dark corner
Some one who had seen the girl GO
ing up the track in company with a
couple of youths told Lieutenant Will
liams about it and. with Patrolmen
Matthews and Evans ne followed up.
overlook the party in the box car and
arrested all seven.
The defendants and the four Young
men arrested with them tell the story
that they met AT the West I.acka-
wanna avenue crossing and started for
their home in North Scranton by way
OF the Lackawanna tracks 1t began
20 rain heavily when they reached the
MI Pleasant breaker ana they StoppeI
under the culm bridge. While there
young man whom they did not know
came 10 the door of Il boN car. stand
ing nearby on a switch and asked
for chew of tobacco. lie was given
the chew Seeing that the car was
open and that 1t would give nrotec-
tion from the rain The seNtette went
in. They We're not in there long be-
fore the youth who had begged the
chew and TWO others who were With
him slid ont and disappeared. shortly
after this the police came and Scooped
them in.
The stories of the SeXtette We're
somewhat at variance AS 10 details,
some of them claimed they did nol
even suspect that there was girl in
the car until the police lanterns dis
closed her crouching in Il corner
One OF them, however told that he
knew there was II girl, for soon after
.ntering the car he struck IA match IA
light cigarette and as he did IA girls
'oice was heard commanding him 10
put out that light" He blew our
he light but not until he had seen
he outline OF two or three men in
he far corner of the ear, none of
whom We're members of his party
District Attorney W. II. Lewis is rep.
'esenting the prosecution. The de-
tense Is looked after by Attorney NJ
+. Conry.
Carrie Stiles. who plead guilty of
perjury, as told of in another place.
was sentenced by Judge Edwards 10
thirty days in the county jail. She
has already served two months
awaiting trial.
A capias was issued for Stanley
Repka, charged by Superintendent of
Police Robling with malicious mis-
chief.
The hearing on the motion to con-
tnue the Papa murder case was put
over till tomorrow. The Hatton per.
jury case and the Mckinney bribery
es- wave "a"'i"nsd till Thursday. II