Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-29
Inn MANLUFF'S
| HEAVY SENTENCE
\ Years in Prison, One Hour in the
PlIIOry and Forty LaSheS for
Highway Robbery.
|LISH ENLIGHTENMENT CASE
| IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY
cLaughIin Gets a Year for
Assault.
FORTANT CASES YET TO Be TRIED

FORTANT CASES YET TO Be TRIED
&t tho county court Thursday
n II. Price, Albert Thompson and
yd Griffin, colored youths, who
aded guilty of stealing 81 chickens
BIN Howard Webb, were each sen
iced to ono yoar's imprisonment, to
eiye 10 lashes and to pay S34 restitu-
ii money. Chief Justice Lore said
u chicken stealing had stopped in
Dir nrighborhood since their arrest.
{E2ekiol II. George, colorcd, aged Is
MS, charged with barn burning,
aled gully and was fined 500,
npuCed TO two years in the county
PrkhOu1e and to pay "a, 900 restitution
tney to Samuel Logan, owner of tho
rn he burned. Frank Matareso,
argod with stealing coal from the
". a. Is. Railroad Co., was
5htonrci to one month. Harry Brown,
l0rcd, charged with stealing cymhals
N drum from Wright's Band, WINS
|htcncol to six months and 10 lashes.
omas Smith, colored, was sentenced
4 $lCO fine for conducting a gaming
bic, In default Of payment he will
I've 10 Send six months in Jail.
in General Sessions Court Thursday
emaon, Martin C. Woodward, d
by haired man, pleaded not guilty
The indictments charging him with
hprorer relations with Edith A.
Burner, II years old, and Myrtle NJ.
{lrncr, 3 years old. He was put on
pal in tho trst case. While tho chill
Eens mother vas away at work,
fcording to tho little girls, Woodward
fted improperly towards Edith. When
pB Of tho children threatened to tell,
Il said Don't tell, for they will put
Il over in jail for seven years. -
|Alrs Jonathan French, grandmother
the children, testified that after she
Erncd tho condition of the children,
b. Jold Woodward THAT he had com
fitted an objectionable sin and tho
|bId never would forgive him. - She
Pi declared that Woodward ought to
strung up 10y the thumbs. lie
pinned TO be a Christian, but She said
was a hypocrite. After her outburst
wards Woodward, he took his hat
Id left The acts on which the indict-
ents we're based were alleged TO have
ken place at 1923 Market street.
Dr., Ralph p. Stubbs testified to
wing Edith medical attention.
Special Agent Frank Stout Of the
z. g. G. testified to soaring Wood
lrd's arrest through information from
G Pension Department, who furnished
edwards address in Philadelphia.
ate Detective Francis procured his
rest in Philadelphia.
lola French Turner, mother of the
ildren, testified that she told Wood
trd that he ought to bo lynched
The prisoner called j Jonathan French,
Q child's grandfather, to tho stand.
Why WASH t this prosecution entered
lille was at the housey" asked
oodward.
Because / did not know it. If l
d known it, you would not be here
day." replied French. 'You would
yer have lived to have got to Phila-
lphia.
The jury after about half an hours
liberation returned IL verdict of
ilty. Woodward was sentenced to
y q fine Of 300 and he imprisoned
REQ years. The other case against
M was dropped,
When George Fclcorn, an italian,
IS arrnigned on six indictments
arging him with selling liquor with
it license at Wooddalo, he declared
at no did not sell whisky but sold
A Plea Of not guilty was
tered. He afterwards, after jury
ID been drawn, pleaded guilty in
rec cases, and sentence OF $50 fine
ID costs was imposed in each Of them.
10 other three cases were dropped.
Juror John c. Stuckert was not pres
It at the opening of General Sessions
ourt Friday morning. After waiting
While, another man was called to tax
8 place and was about to he sworn
hen Mr., StuclSert arrived. The lat,
ror announced that he had been dee
yed by Lnlrl street bridge being off.
Then the trial of John ID. Connolly
+ permitting a minor to drink Liquor
his saloon went on. j. Frank Bal
presented Connolly and Attorney
eneral Ward the Stats. Milton Flower,
years old, testified that on Novem
,r 18th, with William Curry, he wa;
tho saloon drinking beer. Curry
lid for the drinks. On cross-examina
on Flower seemed uncertain as t.
ow he knew it was Connolly's saloon,
lillian Curry of Rorkland, when puI
4 the stand, would not say positivel!
neither they were in Connolly.
Iloon. Then Mr.. Ward abandoned The
Use.
Randolph F. Walls was put on tria
n the charge OF stealing brass anc
on from the Bureau Can and Manu-
lcturing Go. Mr.. Ward said he woulC
old that tho preparation to steal good
as larceny under the law; that |
erson caught in the act OF stealing wa
utility of larceny. Thomas Hennis ant
rank II. Jones testified to seeinl
Walls gathering up articles and disap
caring into the cellar, where Jone
fterwards found him.
Hon r Williams and George Fisher
olorod, Patrolman Joseph Cornish
iorace Greeley Knowles, agent for tn
bureau Can and Manufacturing Co
Mr.. Knowles could not posi-
irely identify the iron and brass
udge Ball asked the court to instruo
he jury to return verdict OF no
utility, on tho ground that tho propert
lad not boen identined. Mr.. War
ontended that tho evidence was sui
iont and Judge Grubb agreed wit
i'm that there was enough to go to tn
ury. But Judges Loro and Pennewil
uled that the prisoner and the PROF
'rty had not been connected and di
ected the jury to return verdict c
lot guilty.
The State put in its testimony Fri
lay afternoon in the case of Alfre
Wright, charged with manslaughter i
,ausing the death of Howard Windle
Attorney-General II. II. Ward an
Deputy Acknowledgement Robert H
Richards appeared fer the State an
!. Frank Ball for the defence.
Officer John Winthrop testified thf
r Tuesday afternoon, March 25th, i
|nd Officer BuTchinal were at Fror
q Market streets, when Alfred Wrigh