The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-02

The June term Of criminal court
opens this morning with Judge John
p. Kelly in the main court room. Judge
r.. c. Newcomb, in No. 2, and President
Judge John Lynch, Of Luzerne, in No. 3.
Three murder cases head the list.
They are those in which Sylvester F..
Cosgrove, Frank Kofszeniski and Frank
Kinsley are charged with killing Daniel
McAuliffe during a street car strike
disturbance, at Moran's saloon. corner
of Luzerne and Sixteenth streets. Dec.
0 last. The trials have been twice con-
tinued, once on the motion of the de-
fense, and the second time by the dis
trict attorney. Both sides, 1t is stated,
are ready for trial and one OF the
cases, at least will be called today. The
Cosgrove case is to be tried first. and
on it's outcome will depend the DISPOSE
tion Of the others.
District Attorney w. r. Lewis and
X. ]. Murray, private counsel for the
prosecution, will look after the COM
nonwealths side. The defendants at
tprneys are Willard, Warren & Knapp
and O'Brien & Martin.
Cosgrove Is a superintendent Of the
Drummond Detective agency Of New
York, which furnished men to man the
trolley cars during the strike. Kofs-
zeniski is former motorman, who dur
ing the strike became q special officer,
attached to Alderman Millar's court.
Kinsley was one Of the imported troll
leymen and a special officer.
COsGROvE INJURED.
On the night Of Dec. g. a crowd Of
strike sympathizers, assembled at the
nf Main and T,nzprnn
streets, maintained a running assault
on cars passing that point. Cosgrove
and two of the company's office force
went over in Kinsley's car to disperse
the crowd. All four were badly beaten,
Cosgrove being so severely gashed on
the head that he had to be taken to a
hospital
The next day he was out again, how
ever, and with Kinsley, accompanied
by Special officer Kofszeniski to look
for the assailants of the night before.
kofszeniski had a warrant for the ar
rest of "John Doe ct ALL" charging
riot and aggravated assault and bat
terry. The officers went into Moran's
saloon, where crowd was congregat-
ed and after casting about for a time
picked on a young man named William
Maghran as one Of those who assaulted
them the night before. When an at
tempt was made to arrest Maghran a
fight was precipitated. Each side AYERS
that the other began shooting first, but
be that as it may, there were great
many shots fired and three Of the crowd
We're wounded. McAuliffe received four
bullets in the leg; John Dunleavy was
shot in the arm, and William Rourke
received a slight flesh wound in the
body. McAuliffe died from blood pois-
oning ten days later at the Lackawan-
ma hospital. The defendants were ar
rested but released on bail.
Among the other cases scheduled for
trial this week are the following:
George r. Stanton, ex-tax collector of
ThrOop, charged with embezzling bor-
Ough funds: W. w. Scranton, charged
with libel by Select Councilman Wade
M. Finn; Michael kosh, charged with
malicious mischief to railroad; An
thony Dunleavy, charged by Robert
Wilson with perjury; F. H. Upton,
manager of the defunct Imperial Paint.
Stain and Filler company, charged
with embezzlement, and John Cole
man. William Lisk, Matthew Paff and
Thomas Gilboy. charged with selling
liquor without license.
JURORS FOR THE WEEK.
The jurors drawn for the week are:
Richard ]. Bell, farmer, Moscow.
#, s, Benedict. clerk Scranton