Evening journal., 1905-05-18
BIGAMIST WIEN
WAS SENTENCED
Pleaded Guilty and Given
Nine Months in the Work
house
TEN YEARS FOR BURGLAR REASON

Thomas viven, alias Thomas Lynch
alias B. b. Lynch. who pleaded not guilty
to bigamy in the Court of General ses-
sions yesterday afternoon changed his
plea to guilty today. on account Of him
pleading guilty Chief Justice Lore in pro-
nouncing sentence stated that the court
would take three months of Of the sem
tence. He then sentenced him to nine
months in the worlxhouse. The prisoner
was represented by David j. Relnhardt
Viven was originally from the lower
part Of Delaware and married his first
wife in Philadelphia in 1899. IL is alleged
that he deserted her and their child and
about two months ago married Elizabeth
Beaumont, Of Chester, Pa, in this city
under the assumed name of Lynch. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. DR..
Thomas L. Poulson. Vivian shortly after
wards was arrested for bgamy.
! HIS COUNsELs PLEA.
Mr.. Reinhardt made a short statement
to the court in regard 10 the case. He
admitted that his clieie was arrested
once for non-support He afterwards left
/ Philadelphia, the attorney said, and went
10 Chester where he lived with the par
ents Of his second wife. He said Vivian
thought his first wife had died in a hos
pital. There was no concealment, he said
in regard to the marriage here, as the
father of the second wire was present at
the ceremony.
Deputy Attorney-General Hastings stat
ed 10 the court that the prisoners second
wife was but 16 years Of age with hair
down her back and in short dresses. The
court then pronounced sentence.
TWO YEARS FOR FORGERY.
Charles Murray. who pleaded guilty tc
forging a check on the Charles Warner
Company was fined $500 and sentenced tc
two years imprisonment.
Thomas Robinson. colored. who pleaded
guilty to stealing a pair Of shoes wal
paroled.
Albert Fennimore was sentenced TO
months imprisonment for stealing lea,
from the Delmarvia Telephone Company
HEAVY SENTENCE FOR REASON.
The heaviest sentence imposed durlnl
the present term OF court was given jaime
Reason. eolorod, this morning. for break
ing into the home Of Harley Pryor a
Taylor and Bennett streets and stealing
watch and coat. He has bad recor
with the police. In pronouncing sentenc
. Chief Justice Lore said the court wa
3 determined TO stop the business Of break
= ing into houses if possible. Reason wa
then sentenced to pay $500 fine, be whip
ped with thirty lashes and TO serve te
. years in the workhouse. He never finche
when sentenced.
. Gilbert Jefferson colored, was place
! on trial charged with breaking and en-
tering the house of the Misses Sarah an
Mary Burr, on New Castle road with in
tent to commit larceny He is alleged I
have stolen two silver watches and
stick pin the property Of Miss sara
Burr The prisoner is represented b
Sylvester ID. Townsend, Jr. The case wi
l go to the jury this afternoon.
v TRUE BILLS RETURNED.
J The grand jury returned the followin
true bills: Alfred Cleaver unlawful
cutting trees.
u WHITE INDICTED FOR ASSAULT
At the afternoon session of the Coul
of General Sessions yesterday. jaime
White, colored, was indicted for ord
nary assault and battery upon Mis-
Nellie Sapp, of Kirl1woOd, and pleade
j. guilty He was arrested on a charg
a of attempted felonious assault, bu
. owing to the resistance Of Miss Sap
and her pluck use Of revolver, Whit
was repulsed, and the authorities foun
8 it impossible to establish a case {
p felonious assault.
n Edward L. Rice and Arthur Sullivan
is both colored, were indicted for perjur
F. They were witnesses for the plainti
t in the case of Goldstein against tn
S, Peoples Railway Company. and swOl
.e that they witnessed the accident to tn
10 Goldstein child. Since then the railwa
n officials say they have learned tha
|, Rice and Sullivan did not witness tn
10 accident and gave false testimony.
Thomas Viven. alias Thomas Lyncl
alias B. b. Lynch, was indicted on
charge of bigamy. 1t is alleged ths
he deserted his wife in Philadelphia an
Is married a young woman from Chest,
" in this city
n Alexander Wortenburg, alias 'Cooney
N colored. pleaded guilty TO larceny an
" was sentenced to receive five lashes an
\. to serve six months. 1t has bee
A. twenty years since he was last cor
,r victed, the court was informed, an
gave him a light sentence.
1t James DENLY pleaded guilty to carr,
ID ing a razor and got twenty days. Lou
Baker, a young white man from Ne
Rochelle, n. Y, was sentenced to serN
six months for larceny.
Rafelle DiJurio was acquitted for II
charge of pointing a revolver. He W,
represented by Leonard e. Wales.