Evening journal., 1904-09-30
MANY CASES
| WERE HEARD
Magistrate Terry's Office
Crowded With Witnesses
and Spectators
SEVENTEEN WARRANTS SWORv our
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Special to The Evening Journal.
New Castle Sept. 30-Magistrate \
lrerrys Office presented a busy scene last q
Evening, the occasion being the hearing /
f3f a number of cases the result of
! @holesale "round up" by Constable Frank !
7eaver. q
f#Within the past week seventeen war
fants have been sworn out before the +,
Magistrate, charging various offenses. in ,
Icluding assault and battery. defamation /
of character. larceny and other minor Of /
Fences, and last night six Of these cases !
were heard. five more being on the docket .
,lfor session this evening, 4
'I Disturbing Religious Services.
The first case called was that of Henry
Hollis colored, charged by George wylie,
also colored, with making threats toward
him After hearing the evidence Magis-
trate Terry imposed that heart seken-
ing sentence to colored people especially,
a 800 bond to keep the peace for year.
Afte- much skirmishing. however, the
necessary bond was obtained.
Hollis was then arraigned on a charge
OF creating disturbance during religious
services in Salem NJ. +. colored church.
ITO this offence the prisoner pleaded guilty
and Justice Terry imposed a fine of IS and
costs. the costs amounting to S10.17. there
y being a number of witnesses summoned.
4 The charge was preferred by the trustees
Y 81 the church, and alleged that Hollis
esinle into the ediice in an intoxicated
condition and used bad language. After
scrtonce had been passed, John Wade.
pne Of the trustees pleaded for mercy for
the defendant and asked that the fine be
remitted and in accordance with this re-
quest Magistrate Terry threw off the fine
and witnesses waving their fees cut the
costs down to A.Ol, which was paid. It is
said that the prisoner offered. but was
refused, two hogs as security for the
/ amount of the costs.
Defamation of Character.
The next case on the docket was that Of
Mrs. Annie Barr and Mrs Mary Cannon
charged by Margaret O'Hara, of Whining
ton with defamation Of character. The
defendants admitted talking about some
4 woman but not Miss O'Hara. The case
was dismissed
"A Benjamin Coursey colored, was next re-
quested to step to the front to answer the
charge Of disorderly conduct preferred
by Mrs. Bertha Danforth, also colored
Mrs. Danforth testified that BENJAMIN
had come into her home and accused her
{ and his wife with talking about him. Az
{ ter an interchange of words the prisoner,
Il was alleged, hurled plate at Mrs. Dam
forth's head and cup at the Uranium Of
his better half. $50 20 keep the peace for
y one year" was the Magistrates sentence. /
Z Constable Cleaver has six more warrants
in his possession which he viii serve as
soon as he can locate the alleged Of
lenders.
Work on BaIdt Plant.
Work of finishing the Baldt Steel Com
me- IAN NJ
a week and will be pushed to completion.
! AS soon as the shops are finished ma
chincry will be installed and operations
Il will begin.
Youthful Thieves Caught.
William Waggenmann, conductor on the
local trolley line captured and turned over
TO the Wilmington police yesterday two
youthful thieves of that city.
The boys who were about ten years
OF age boarded his car at Fourth and Mar
ket streets bound for this city. When Mr.. !
Weggenmann was about to collect their
fares he noticed that they had an un-
usual amount of money for small boysl
and that their pockets were stuffed with
candy and other articles. Suspecting that
they had stoler from some one. the con-
ductor persuaded the lads to go to Della
ware city with him. On his way down
he met Conductor Charles Lancaster
coming up and he informed him of thel
Y circumstances, requesting that he notify
h the Wilmington police. on the return oil
& the car to Wilmington officer Moore took
charge of the boys and returned them to
their parents from whom they had stolen
d The articles
Parents Are Happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew M. Gallagher werel
a happy couple last evening. the occasion
being the return Of their little son Andrew
who had been at the Polyelinic Hospital.
Philadelphia, for treatment for hipl
h trouble. The parents went to Philadelphia
yesterday 10 visit their son and were in
formed by the physicians that the lad
could be treated as well at home as at
the hospital, and the little fellow was
brought back last night. He will be under
the care Of DIR. Isaac W. Young, a Phila-
delphia specialist.
Broke Her Collar Bone.
While playing yesterday the four-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hutchinson fell and broke her left collar
bone. DR.. William wertenbaker was sum.
moned and reduced the fracture.
Shepherds Visit City. ;,
About fifty members of Welcome Lodge
NO g. shepherds of Bethlehem visited
New Castle last evening as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hofmann, coming over
in special trolley cars. It is the intention
OF the order to establish a branch lodge
IN this city at some future date. 81
Removing Iron Floor Plates.
"a Workmen are engaged in removing the
" thin floor plates from the old cutting
li shop at the National Tube Companv's
plant here, The plates are being loaded
Z on cars and shipped west for use in mills
in that section Of the country.
Mrs. Myers Improving.
Many friends of Mrs. Eugene Myers
are pleased to hear that she is recovering
from ner recent attack OF illness. No
fears are now entertained for her re-
covery.
2 Will Organize Club.
At a meeting at the manse Of the First
Presbyterian Church last evening, prepa-
rations were made TO organize church
club. and eighteen persons We're I'm at
tendance. A temporary organization was
effected by electing Brown Frazer presi.
dent, and Van Dyke Stewart secretary.
William Greer and Albert King were tel
lers. The next meeting of the club will be
held on Monday evening at O'Clock when
the following committee will report on the