The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-12


time last April. lie is a young man.
not yet of age.
On oct 20 she came to the court
house with Compton for the purpose
Of getting a marriage license. 1t was
afternoon. the clerk of the
courts office was closed, and they
made up their minds to go to Bing-
hamton and he married. Just after
leaving the court house. they met Al
fred Mickcls and told him they were
going to Binghamton to be married.
lie said that 1t was not necessary to
do that, for he believed they could
get q certificate here. Miss Heglin
went with the two men, and at Nor
tons book store they obtained Il blank
marriage certificate, she remaining
outside while the men purchased II.
They then went To the postoil1ce,
where the certificate was filled out.
She did not know which of the men
filled it out, FOR she remained outside
on the sidewalk while IL was being
done. when Compton and Mickle
came out they handed her the cer-
ti6cate and Mickle told her she was
now Compton's wife and if her folks
said anything to her she could pro-
claim the fact. Compton and Miss
Hegln then went to William Mickle's.
at Nay Aug, where they announced
they were man and wife. They lived
there for two weeks and four days,
according to Miss Heglin's testimony.
She said that at the time she wanted
to marry Compton and thought she
was married to him, but she has no
desire now to be his wife.
Compton's attorneys, a. A. Chase
and James NIahon, sought to have
the girls testimony ruled out on the
ground that she is Compton's COM
mon law wife, and therefore that she
is incompetent to testify against the
accused. Judge Edwards declined to
sustain the position of the attorneys,
and Miss Hegln's testimony stands.
Alderman Millar testified that at the
time the arrest in the case was made,
Miss Heglin's mother was anxious to
have the matter righted by having the
young people legally married, but
Compton's mother objected and would
not give her consent. The case will
be resumed this morning.
Charges of forgery growing out of
the making of the bogus marriage Ger.
Mickels are awaiting trial today.
The first case of the week to be tried
in court room No. was against Ed
ward Cooper charged with assaulting
William Connell. on Nov. Is last. on
the evening of that day the prosecu-
tor, an old man Of So was driving to-
wards his farm in Newton, when. as he
alleged, he was attacked by the de-
f. ndant who insisted upon riding, and
who struck the prosecutor several
times i'm the face knocking out a tooth
, ard causing his nose 10 bleed. The
defendant denied striking the prose-
Cu:or at all and stated that he simply
}ked for ride. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty and placed the
costs upon the prosecutor. The court,
however. directed that the costs be re-
| mitted.
Caroline Weildt was then tria
| charged with the larceny OF five yards
| of dress goods. valued at five dollars,
| from Goldsmith's Bazaar. on Dec. II.
! The goods in question consisted OF a
| remnant Of peculiar shade, and was
| identified by clerks as having belonged
| to the Coldsmth's store. and having
been the only piece of the kind in
| stock. They also stated that this piece
| had never been sold. The defendant
| was identified as a person who had
/ been in the store on the 18th and on
| the Eth, the day that the goods were
| missed. and who had afterwards en-.
| deavored TO arrange for an exchange
| Of the piece for one of another color.
The clerk with whom it was stated
| hDt 6a fn, I he, \, N @.
| had taken place. testified that the de-
| fendant told him that the goods were
| purchased by her sister, for whom she
was acting. Sol. Goldsmith stated that
she told him that she had purchased
the goods from another woman for the
sum of 81 and that she had endeavoreC
to settle the case with him after hei
| arrest.
| The defendant denied taking tn,
| goods, claiming that she purchased
| them from a woman at Woolworth'.
| store for s.. She admitted telling The
clerk at Goldsmith's that her sister haC
bought the goods, but explained thi
| by saying that she supposed that sh'
| would have been unable to effect al
| exchange had she told that the goods
had been pure hased by her from
| stranger. Mrs. Welch. of Petersburg
testified that she was present when th'
defendant purchased the goods from
a woman in front of Woolworth's. NO
| guilty, county to pay costs" was tn
finding of the jury.
Morris Posner, a huckster. charge,
! with the larceny, on Dec. II last, OF on
| sixty pound tub of butter belonging I,
| John r. Porter. was tried before Judg
| Edwards and a jury. Charles Zeidei
| a Franklin avenue dealer. testified tha
he purchased tub of butter from
the defendant, durin" the month o
| December, for which he paid clever
dollars. The commonwealth sought 4
prove that the tub was one of thos
stolen. 1t was also shown that afte
his arrest the defendant stated that h.
secured the butter from man name,
Jim"
| Attorney Joseph O'I5rien, represent
ing the defendant. moved the court T.
take the case from the jury on tn
| ground that il was not shown that th
butter had been stolen and that tn
property had not been sufficiently iden
titled. The court refused the motion
whereupon the defendant refused {
offer any evidence. The jury returne
a verdict Of guilty.
Yesterdays Marriage Licenses.
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