Evening journal., 1902-11-18
STRONG EVIDENCE
AGAINST PALMER
Pardoned Horse Thief Placed
on Trial for Stealing a
Trotter
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
Charles Cooper, colored, Sentenced
to be Whipped With Ten Lashes for
Stealing a Watch From H is Old
Father


Father
In the Court Of General Sessions this
morning Albert Palmer was arraigned.
charged with stealing a horse. buggy
ard harness. valued at 5000, the prop
erty Of John w. Mccall. The defend-
ant pleaded not guilty. Palmer is we'll
known in this city he having been
convicted about two years ago on the
charge of stealing horse from Samuel
Bailey, of Brandywine Springs. He
served part Of his sentence. and was
then pardoned on account of ll-health.
Palmer on Trial
jury was drawn to try him. He
was represented by Daniel Hastings In
his opening address to the jury, Mr..
Ward SAID that the state would en-
deavor to prove that Palmer had
stolen the team from the Gibson House
stables.
John w. Mccall. the plaintiff, was the
first witness called. Mccall said he |
lived in Red Lion hundred, and that he
came to this city on the afternoon Of |
] September 9. He sent his team to the
! Gibson House stables by James Net |
calf. He then told of the team being
missing later and OF the horse return
ing home.
James Metcalf testified to having |
taken the team to the Gibson House !
stables.
William Lawler, the next witness,
told Of Metcalf taking the team to the
stable and of it being missing. He said
he met Palmer on the afternoon Of that
day and had several drinks with him. (
Thomas Porter. proprietor Of the
stables, testified that he was with Pal
mer on that day and left him in thel
Gibson House. He did not see him az
ter o'clock, however.
William w. Anthony, bartender at
Halliday's saloon, No. 3O3 Shipley
street, said that Palmer and a stranger
were in the saloon together.
Walter Witsil gave the most damag-
ing testimony against Palmer. He said
he was in cigar store on Fifth street
when Palmer and his friend passed. He
shadowed them, saw the two men enter
the Gibson House stables, gear up the
horse and drive out They went down
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State Detective Theodore Francis
testified to having arrested the defend
ant at Moyamensing prison, Philadel-
phia. On the way to this city Palmer
asked if his friend had been caught.
Lawler was recalled and stated that
neither Palmer nor his friend had a
team at the Gibson House stables. The
State rested. .,.aI
Palmer's DefenseI
Mr.. Hastings, in opening for the
defense, said that the defense would be
that Palmer's friend took the team,
and not Palmer.
Palmer was then called and was on
the stand the remainder of the morn
ing session. Palmer testified that he
never met the man referred to as his
friend by several Of the witnesses. be-
fore that day. The man, he said, told
him that his name was Frank Tulley,
and that he lived in Philadelphia. Pal
mer said the man claimed to know
him, but to the best of his knowledge
he never saw him before that day. Pal
mer, continuing with his testimony,
said that he went around all day with
Tulley and Porter, and that the for
mer spent mis- money freely. He said
, that he thought his new friend had
hired the team in which they left VIII
mington. The witness said he was full
and wanted to go to a Mr.. Persons
home, friend Of his near Hockessin,
to sober up. Tulley told him that he
was going to drive to Newark to see
a woman. Palmer was being cross
examined by Attorney-General Ward
when court adjourned.
The following true bills were brought
in; Maggie Murphy, Aliza Hoke,
Thomas Sampson. Robert Townsend,
Frederick Stanton. John Newman and
Harry Dawson, larceny; Frank Short
er, carrying concealed a deadly wea-
pom, and two indictments against Rob
ert Gray. for breaking into houses.
Lashes for Cooper
Charles Cooper, colored, pleaded
guilty to stealing a watch from his
father, William ]. Cooper. He was
/ sentenced to be whipped with ten
lashes and 70 be imprisoned for three
months.
William Abbot, a 14-year-old boy,
pleaded guilty to the charge of assault
ing Thomas Schofeld. colored man.
Abbott, with some other boys, was
playing around the place where Scho-
field worked, and were throwing stones.
Samuel Benson, who Schofield was
working with, ordered the latter to
turn a hose on the boys. which he did.
Abbott pulled out a revolver and shot
at the colored man, but failed to hit
him.
After hearing the testimony Of sew
eral witnesses, the court sentenced
young Abbott to three months impris-
i, ! onment. Sentence was pronounced by
I Judge Spruance, who told the boy that
his Cffenee was a grave one but owing