The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-22
NElGHBAKERS CONVICTED.
Sentenced to Nine-nine Years in the
Parliamentary for Murder
Of Harry kowalIio,

baker brothers, JOhE, Henry anu An
tome, who murdered Harry kowaIlip
ut Dcslogc on Sunday night, the 2sth OF
last September, began on Thursday OF
last week and closed at two O'Clock
Sunday morning when the jury brought
in verdict of guilty Of murder in the
first degree, aud affixed the penalty nj
ninCty-ninG years III the pcnitCntiary
The trial throughout was novelty to
the majority OF Pennington and ST
Francois county inhabitants, for the rca-
son that the witnesses were llungarian,,
who could not speak word OF Eng.
IiSh, and consequently an interpreter
was used The courtroom was filled
during the trial and until the jury
brought in the verdict ut .wo O'Clock
sunday morning. Among the specta-
tons there was feeling OF sympathy
for the defendants because they were
foreigners and unable to speak word
OF English But everyone realized
that the crime was dastardy one and
deserved extreme punishment, The
deed was the most brutal in the annals
of crime, and reveals the dcpra'ity OF
some OF ou' imported labor. The
facts deducted at the trial from the
witnesses, Peter and Annie WisnOskcy,
Constantine Larncow,kcy, John To-
karskcy aud John Brc,uoskcy, show
that beer drinking was in progress nj
the " luOskcy house on the night III
September 2sth There were several
Ilungarians present and the prospects
for huge time were excellent, In
the course Of the evening john Neigh
baker came in aud wa. asked "a JON in.
He refused and at once began accu--
ing Harry kowallio of owing him a
board bill. Kowallio denied il and it
seemed that a fight was pending
Annie Wnosky then entered from u side
door and wanted to know what right
Ncighbakcr had to start a TOW in her
house. For several minutes they hurled
yitupcrative Hungarian lingo at each
other, and at last Ncibakcr Slapped
her. He was speedily oustcd. kuwaI-
II, wo,, ,r,.i,to and ,bc i,,, had q,
fist fight Then kOwalHo went up
stair, to bed with his roum-malr, Com
stantine Larncowsky. In about lhiIt!
mipp,c. IIcury. and Sn,oipc Matchmaker
n,n,o IN and wont nn.,,f,a f., kn,,l-
Ir,,. rnnn 4, ,,n .,,c. rur hahn
v.i,olcr o,,c,,d ,hr,p,h q uinlnv
and f,rlnvcJ ,hcu IIcury and An
roi,,o ,,cut inn, knnollin'. rnn,n .vyIrr,
H.. no. Il, loJ ,.l,r, ,rh,,. ,r,I,h.l
Kim, lao. ,lo Lo,d AL 600, .n,iLor.l him,
dawn wl,ilc lain ,hrp., q Ior,,.l.,if,
h,,,l5. L,,r .rrco,rsl.c, r.,y e.,
hal ,,.,.,, r,o Noi,,hL.l.o,- o.,;,,J Inc,
.ooi,, ,ho ur, thi,.. wc,, ,,lins
ho n,omn,ly roIloI npt. ,r,l rr,,y,,l
nnlnr ,hn hal anil III RI, ,,,l,o p,,l.
III. o.c,,, d,vu-.t,i,. Wbrn ,lr
Nriahhakcrs frs, came in Pete. Wi.pe--
lc,.. and III. ,,;tc Ami, l.r the .l.,r.,
and won't +, Tho ,y,,d. vlirh v..r,
,,,, Tho,. ,c,r,.ucI IL, ,n,p,. 4, r,l,
hour and (ound several proplr IN
K,o.,Ili,,. r,,m ,r,prr,I ,rnpnl ,hr
Io,1 h,J, T,,.,f finn .p,prIr,,,-
,Jobn and Henry Nriobbakcr lctr the
.aur piobt for Il Loui. where the,
we're rapturcd by tine pplicp and
Antoipc was found At hi, home b.,
Constable NIurrill All thrcr vcrp
lodged in iail and have been there
ever since
The uial wa, conducted on both
,inrs with considerable yigor. Prose
cutting Attorney Marbury made one If
the very best sppcchcs ever heard in
the court room here. The attorneys
for the defense were very much handi-
capped, because they were unable to
cross examine the State wituc.sr, for
the reason that everything had TO 20
through an Interpreter. The pggof
produced by the State was 50 couclu,.
i've that the obtaining of the sentence
Of imprisonmcn, for life may be con
,ilcrcd q victory, though the manner
Of examination of the witnesses and