Bridgeton pioneer., 1902-10-30
|CL0SING OF
OCTOBER COURTS,
Court AdjOurns for the Term on
Friday Last.
SENTENCES WE'RE IMPOSED.
The October Term is Remark
able for the Number of Con-
victions Found = Jury Dis
charged.
[From Daily Pioneer, Thursday, Oct. 23.
Wednesday Afternoon.

[From Daily Pioneer, Thursday, Oct 2s.
Wednesday Afternoon.
II Victor Miller, one of the gang of
thieves that entered the hardware
store of D. Bacon & Son, and who
had turned States evidence. was
4 sworn as witness for the State in
u the trial of the case yesterday. Wit
ness detailed the robbery, duplicating
George Brown, Gormellia Barous,
Bloomfield Cuff and John Barcus, to-
q gether with himself, in the crime.
Witness said that Isaac Brown was
d not with them ON night of robbery.
d The State rested it's case and Law
yer Donnelly asked for the acquittal
Isaac Brown, one of the defend
ants, as the States witnesses had all
Testified that he was not with them
on night of the robbery
The Court said that the jury would
be y1struoted to acquit Isaac Brown.
Mr.. Donnelly then opened the defense
by calling to the stand Mrs Martha
Gibe. Witness testified that she lives
opposite Racon's store on Atlantic
street and that on the night of the
robbery she was awakened by the
noise OF breaking glass. 1t was about
two O'Clock in the morning She
arose and went to the window and
saw a man enter the store, it looked
like colOred man. A little later she
saw the man come out of the store
with bag of plunder. Witness did
not see. any crowd Of boys. She only
saw one man and he went up Com
merce street.
Mrs. Rhoda Opdyke testified to
hearing the breaking of glass, also to
seeing one man come out of Mr..
Bacon's store. She said she tried to
call police officer at City Hall over
the telephone but that she could not
get an answer..fr Central Witness
! saw no boys. Saw man 60 up Com
merce street.
Police Ocffier Fred Barton was
sworn and testified that he was on
duty on the night of the robbery of
4 d. Bacon & Sons store. He was at
City Hall and some one came up there
and said that the night phone at the
Central was ringing. He went down
to the central and found the operator
asleep. He woke him up and found
the message to come from Opdyke's
laundry, and in reference to the rob-
I. berry. Witness said he went over to
the store at once and saw one man
4 going up Commerce street hill with
something on his back that looked
like bag. Witness also saw Mr..
Chas. Gibe, who told him that the
man going up the hill had come out
OF Bacon's store. Witness then ran
up hill after the man but lost sight of
him.
Charles Gibe testified to facts as
stated by other witnesses for defense.
He saw but one man and saw no boys
whatever.
John Barcus, sworn in his own de-
Tense, said he lived in Jehokaville.
Denied that he was with the other
colored boys on the night of the rob-
berry Of Bacon S store and that he was
not at the house of George Brown on
Elizabeth street at all. Witness said
that he was in Camden on the 23d of
April and had gone there from Allan
tic City. Witness said he had been in
Jail awaiting trial for over four
months. On cross examination Prose-
cutor Fithian tangled the young COL
ored gentleman up pretty badly as to
dates and where he really was on
April 49,
George Brown, another of the de-
PENDANTS, testified that on the 23d of
April, the time of the robbery, he
was at his home ON Elizabeth street.
tie denied all knowledge of the bur-
glary and said he had never seen any
knives, razors or pistols stolen from
ID. Bacon & Sons store.
Both sides rested and after argu-
ments by counsel and charge of the
Court the jury retired. The case was
very remarkable and presented some
tall prevarioations by the five inter
ested witnesses.
The next case moved by the Prose-
outor was that of the State against
Ward and Hiram Blizzard, charged
with the larceny Of money and
watch from Harry Nelson. The rob-
berry occurred at Millville on July 10th
asst.