Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-12-11

Dllls, LuulDB oo true anu lbuOiIHS "
recommended bridges in Summit twp
over Connoquenessing creek; IN Concord
twp. over Bear creek: in Allegheny twp
over Kensington creek, and betweeI
Muddycreek and Worth twps. ovel
Muddy creek; recommended a new
county stable, an iron hand-railing OF
the Court House basement stairs, anc
that the courtroom be changed so thai
people can hear the evidence of the wit
nesses.
TRUE BILLS.
Minnie Rosenberg. fdSb Pearl Arm
strong. fab; George LonitZ, SaxonbUrg,
a61b; John Benson, Claud Ziegler, A
Irvine, John Sproul, Vincent Ambuster,
Anthony Roher. John Taylor, Elmer
Stokes, Chas Haben, J. w Smith, Bert
DeHayen, Jacob Downey, - Klein,
Lucien Chenot, Harry Martin and
Francis Marshall, a&b and riotous de
struction of public buildings; Dauiel
Behm, a&b.
NOT TRUE BILLS.
Ed Kinch, a&b, costs on county; l..
Cohn, extortion, costs on prosecutor,
Michael Mehichae; Frank Kinney, ma
licious mischief, costs on prosecutor,
Anna Cousins
CRIMINAL COURT.
The trial of Dr. L. II. Stepp of Glade
Mills was to have been taken up Tues
day morning, but the DR.. was siezed
with violent attack of lumbago and
heart failure the night before. Drs. At
well, John Cowden and Wasson were
called from Butler to attend him. The
trial was continued till next term.
The case against A. P. Kerr for ille-
gal liquor selling was settled.
Robert Levin, a Pittsburg whole
saler, accused of selling liquor without
license at Petrolia, was acquitted by d.
rection of the court.
Elijah Wheeler, diminutive negro,
accused of agg. a&b for striking q Slav
over the head with board, was tried,
Monday, and acquitted.
Mike NJ. Wise plead guilty, Saturday,
to larceny and was fined $40 and sent to
the Allegheny county workhouse for 9
months.
Monroe Thompson and James Nc
Candless, both young men, plead guilty
to larceny of brass fittings from oil
wells belonging TO W. j. Gibson and j.
A. Garfield near Connoquenessing. Sen
tence was suspended on recommends
tion of the District Attorney.
The case VS. Robert Royle of billiards.
a&b on an officer was settled
VIM. Faber of Butler plead guilty to
the larceny of some chickens and SEN
tence was suspended.
The case VS. P. J. McDonough, a&b,
and carrying concealed weapons, was
settled on payment of costs by McDon-
ough.
Robert Fay plead guilty, Tuesday, to
a&b on ]. W. Gibson Of ZelienOple.
The case VS. John Craig was settled;
That against Jesse Reddick, agg. ABB
was continued.
Clyde Adams, the young man who by
the aid of the Hauck girls of Lawrence
county, escapad Jail some months ago,
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hoon at
Hollow in Lawrence county,
last Sunday, and brought back to jail.
Tuesday he plead guilty to larceny and
Jail breaking.
J. B. Brown was tried for entering a
dwelling house without permission of
the occupants and vagrancy. He was
and the costs put on the coun-
ty.
G. R. DeHaven of the South Side was
tried for a&b and acquitted
The Com. took mol pros in the lar;
ceny VS. Samuel Sadler.
VIM. Morgan, on charge of deser
ton, was sentenced to pay his wife $40,
costs and $2.50 per week.
Judge Henry B. Wilson of Clarion
county arrived in Butler, Tuesday, and
tried the Mexican and several other
cases
The case VS. Daniel Behm a&Sb was
settled.
Jos. Bush was convicted as indicted.
Jos Mexican, Hilliard miner, was
put on trial, Tuesday, on a charge of
for Staying Elmer Chris
tie during drunken brawl on Sunday,
Oct. 10. The evidence was that Nc
Kean was small man, Christie large;
Christie wanted to fight him; they
fought, and Christie stabbed Mexican
in the arm, breast and Also slightly on
the forhead with a knife; Mexican
swore that Christie forced him against
the steep bank of the road and was
there cutting him, and he then struck
Christie with a stone on the head, fell
ing him to the ground
At 4:20 yesterday afternoon the jury,
after being out half an hour, returned
verdict of mot guilty" and Mexican
was discharged to the apparent gratif
cation of many of his neighbors.
S. f. Wilkinson and G. II. King, the
two negroes who made targets of each
other during a row caused by King, who
was cook, not having supper ready on
time, both plead guilty to agg a&b, etc.
Pat Carney, the Car Works police
Brown into the car works to serve a
process on a man, was acquitted on a
charge of interfering with an officer
and the costs put on the county.
The trial of Policeman James Nc
Grady on charge of manslaughter for
shooting and killing John Bite, alias
Ed, Miller, was taken up at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
NEW SUITS.
Susan Stokey VS. Charles Stokey, petit
tion for divorce for alleged cruelty.
Mr.. Stokey was formerly proprietor of
the Stokey House in Zelienople and last
September was defendant in a suit for
desertion and non-support charged by
his wife, who swore he closed their house
and ordered her to shift for herself
S tokey alleges infidelity on the part of
his wife.
Wilkoff Bros, of Youngstown VS. John
and Frank Larkin, assumpsit to recover
$523.25, the value of 3467 pounds of
copper rivets sold the defts last July.
The Wilkoffs sued the Larkin boys
father. w. III. Larkin, of the South Side,
but on trial the verdict was against the
plf., Larkins defense being that the
goods had never been ordered.
NOTES.
Dr. J. M. List, J. H. Wilson and J.
w. Covert were appointed a commits
sion in lunaaf on Mary Ann Behm, on
petition of P. D. Gelbach.
T. G. Campbell, lately resigned, was
reappointed Constable of Slipperyrock.
An order has been made by the Court
directing the Jury Commissioners to
place $50 names in the wheel for 1903.
On petition of G. T. Wilhelm COM
mission in lunacy consisting of Harry
L. Graham, DR.. Schultis and Jas. F.
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helm.