The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-14

Another instance OF the ueBeneraCy
of Carbondale's notorious bad boy,
Arthur Young, was disclosed In Judge
Edwards court yesterday. He was ar
raigned on the charges of assault and
battery and larceny and receiving. The
prosecutor was William Hicks, a
butcher, residing on the outskirts Of
Carbondale. In November last, Young
began loafing about Hicks slaughter
house, and out of charity, as much as
anything else, Mr.. Hicks paid him for
doing odd jobs. Young's badness, how
ever, could not be repressed even by
kindness. One day 1t burst forth in
one of it's wonted torrents and once
more in consequence Young is en- route
to jail
The assault and battery was COM
mitted on Mr.. Hicks 11-year-old bog.
Young took the lad into a woods. tied
him TO a tree, piled brush about him
and then attempted to set fire to 1t III
true Indian fashion. The brush, how
ever, would not burn readily and be-
fore Young could get it burning the
Hicks boy broke away from the tree
and ran home. Young in his dime
novel readings had learned that true
borderand ethics required that after
burning the captives at the stake It
was customary to drive off with their
live stock.
DROVE PIG AWAY.
The only thing approaching live
stock that happened at that time to be
about the slaughter house was q drove
of pigs. Even Indians on their fleet
footed mustangs" would not attempt 20
drive off q drove of pigs. Young picked
out one of the best, released it from
the enclosure and proceeded to drive
it into the country. The pig got away
from him however.
1t did not take the jury long to
find him guilty of both charges.
A verdict of guilty was secured by
the Municipal league in their case
against Joseph Ahearn, of Lincoln
Heights, charged with selling liquor
without license. The defense put for
ward testimony to show that on Aug.
: and Sept. 20, the dates on which the
leagues detectives alleged they bought
liquor from Ahearn, he was at other
places than his alleged speakeasy.
In the case of Edward Moran and
William Moran, father and son, charged
with'aggravated assault and battery on
Charles Stanton, the jury, after being
out nearly nineteen hours, came in at
$50 o'clock yesterday morning with Z
verdict of not guilty, the defendants
to pay three-fourths OF the costs, and
the prosecutor one-fourth.
INTERPRETERS NEEDED.
Morgan Sweeney, who was convicted
of assault and battery on the young
son of his neighbOr, Anthony McGurn,
was sentenced by Judge Edwards to
pay a fine of $15 and the costs. The
jury had recommended extreme mercy.
Court Interpreter Woyshner had TO
put on an assistant yesterday after
noon. In Judge Kelly's court one Ignoz
Konocko was on trial for hitting Wal
ter Sheminiski, of keyser Valley, on
the head with Il beer glass on pay day
night at the Continental In Judge
Weand's court, at the same time, Simon
Hinerriak and George Chicura, of Oily
phant, We're on trial on cross charges
growing out of free fight on River
street, the night of Sept. IA. Chicura
was returning from a church fair when
he encountered Hinerriak and crowd
of his friends. Bad blood was existing
between the two, and it did not take
them long to get into II fight. Chicura
used a set of brass knuckles very ef-
fectively on Hnerriak, but Hinerriak's $
friends We're too numerous for both
Chicura and the knuckles, and, taking
the brass knuckles from him, they pum-
meled him with them until they thought
they had killed him, and then threw
him into the river.
Squire William Mason ana John
Murray, who saw the disturbance from
a distance. hurried to the scene and