The sun., 1901-02-09
CUNNINGHAM
IS ON TRIAL
Denies the Charge Made by Mary
G. Law.
MANY WITNESSES HEARD
Employees of the Keptmere Mills Give
Testimony-Max;mum Sentence
for Reese Roberts on
One Charge.
MANY WITNESSES HEARD


ON the charge of using and
aking Mary q. Law, girl under
8 years OF age for immoral purposes,
shlch was begun yesterday.
Attorney General ward and Deputy
.lehards are conducting the prosecution.
lnese jurors were cnaIienged: Aiexan-
.er Betty, Ldwln Myers and Samuel
.larvey. Ephraim klng is foreman OF
ne jury as Drawn.
The girl Mary &. Law, was the first
Witness. she testined that she had been
Employed in Joseph Bancroft ~ Sons 20.
AIMS ut heltmere. Cunningham was
-oreman. 1he glrl declared that the
,fense was committed inside machine
IL frame used i'll dying lawn.
Mrs. Margaret Z. Law mother Of
Mary G. Law, produced large family
oIDie which contained the entry OF the
,rls birth, showing that she was born
IN November 10, 1884. The deed was
alleged to have been committed on June
.5, 1900, at which time the girl was 15
!, ears and six months old.
James Berry, foreman Of the finishing
department in which Cunningham and
he Law girl were employed, testified
IS to the position Of the machinery in
he room. He stated that the tempera-
.ure of the air in the drying m..>.- ne was
so degrees.
Superintendent Bates of the Kentmere
illls was asked if the employees of the
inishing department worked continuous
y on June Is last which was objected to
~ Attorney General Ward.
Cunningham occupied a seat near the
prisoners dock and by his side his wife
Vas seated.
Cunningham went on the stand in his
own defense. He stated that he waa
-5 years of age resided at No. 1927 Lover.
.ng avenue and had worked at Ban.
.roft's mills for 13 years.
| He said he was employed in running
lawn frame. He admitted that thu
girls sometimes went inside the machine
with him to clean clips"
4 He stated that he had not known tn
girl until she, went to work in the Kent
mere Mills in the latter part Of April
She left the mills on the Saturday befor
1 Christmas.
He denied that he had ever actet
improperly toward the girl and did no
know mltil just before Christmas
that the girl had preferred a charg'
against him.
1t was stated that about sixty person.
worked in the room and that there wa
a water cooler near the lawn fram
which was visited constantly by the EN-
ployes.
Catharine Curren and Catharine Cogh
Ian who were employed at the sam
lawn frame with Cunningham and tn
Law girl testified that Cunningham ha
never acted other than as a gentlema
toward them or as far as they kneN
toward the Law girl.
1t was 5.45 p. N. when the defens
closed it's case. The charging of tn
Jury and argument of counsel was post
poned to this morning.
The extreme penalty for the crime a
legged is seven years Imprisonment.
James Spense, colored, plead guilty
two indictments for larceny.
Lea Acliwood, colored, plead not guilt
to the larceny of an overcoat, the prof.
erty Of j. Il. Miller.
John Roach, colored, plead guilty t
the larceny of set of harness and
par of clippers.
Fred Brown plead not guilty to tn
larceny of pocketbook containing 81
the property Of George Perry.
James Films plead guilty to the chare
If bre aking into the dwelling house {
Mary Logan.
Frank Patterson plead not guilty to ii
.harge of breaking into the dwelling
house of Andrew j. Richardson.
Edward White, alias Edward Mitchell
colored, plead not guilty to waylayir
and robbing William Hunter, expos
master of New Castle.
. Robert Fisher, colored, plead not gull
to pointing a revolver.
Thomas III. Hobson, colored, plead n
guilty to carrying concealed dead
weapon. He admitted that he hi
4 brought the weapon from his home
give it to a party and had carried it
his hand part of the time and part
l he time in his vest pocket.
D James Whalen and Thomas RodgeI
: ,elling Intoxicating liquor without
! license.
FIVE YEARS FOR ROBERTS.
\ Reese Roberts, colored, who ple
: guilty to robbing the houses of Cal
= Churchman, James II. Lodge and Fra
is A. l.. Myers of about $500 worth
q property.
Sentence was imposed only for t
! Churchman robbery, the court stati
hat the others would be held up.
= was given the maximum penalty o
" hour in the pillory, 20 lashes, $500 Fl
md years imprisonment
James Delaney, colored, who had
.ured money by representing that
a, needed it for his wife's funeral, W
e. sentenced to 10 months Imprisonment
l. Joseph Briscoe, colored, who said
e ;tole because he needed money for me
cine, was sentenced to four mont
Imprisonment.
a. William Hamer, Abe Butcher n
III Richard Parvis We're each sentenced
r. hree months imprisonment for steal
n. white lead from the ]. r. Hudson Co.
he Percy Coleman, colored boy, chari
w with stealing $500 admitted taking
His counsel, Herbert l.. Rice, asked
mercy of the count. Coleman had b
n the Ferris Industrial School but ,
It's .eleascd on probation. The theft '
or committed while lie was out. His c
nr was held up pending further inycsti
of ton.
nd Reuben Minute, Charles Epps
4 81 Ill IL,