The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-23
Gets a Minimum of Five Years and a Maximum of Ten
 in Prison.
PECKHAM'S TRIAL BEGUN
Report Is That Caldwell May Plead Guilty-Wiilnm Shaw Gets
 Twcnty-one Months.

have to go through with, The morn ing session was taken up with the trial of William II. Foley, accused of as- sault with intent to rape Tn the early afternoon he was given a sentence of not less than five years or more than ten years. Frank ]. Gill received a verdict of not less than one year or more than seven yeare, in the after noon. He pleaded guilty, The trial of William Peckham took the rest of the day. It was the common report about the corridors of the court house yesterday that Caldwell had decided to plead guilty and would do so in q day or two. William Shaw was given 20 months.
 Tho Afternoon Session.
 Frank ]. Gill, who was charged with statutory burglary was given not less than one year or more than seven years in the Connecticut state prison. He had pleaded not guilty on April 1i, 1908 but yesterday that plea was changed to guilty. Attorney William T. Miner appeared for the prisoner. He had been assigned to the case on April IA. It was Glll's second orfense The s'burglary took place January II on the New Haven roads property.
 William H. Foley
 William II. Foley was judged guilty of assault with intent 10 rape by the jury which was out about half hour and returned at 2:20 lie was sen fenced to not less than five years or more than ten years in the states prison.
 Foley's trial began Tuesday after noon and was not finished until after noon yesterday.
 The assault Is alleged to have taken place upon February IS, on board the coal barge Brooklyn, then alongside the east side dock Hattie Prussog is the wife of the captain of the Brook lyn.
 The accused was the captain of an- other barge. He was arrested by De- tective Ward In hiding under bunk on board the barge Rosa Maria.
 Mrs Prussog was bruised considera- bly and sustained two burns by falling on the stove in the scufile with Foley, 1t is claimed.
 William Peckham.
 The case aaglnst William Peckham was taken up during the afternoon ses- sion yesterday, immediately after the jury returned its verdict in the Foley case. Peckham was charged with rob bery with personal abuse. The ac- cused is a colored man and the com plaining witness. Patrick McNerney an Irishman The latter caused no little merriment about court yesterday by his dry wit in his answers The assault took place Saturday, February on the manufacturers railroad track It was charged that the prisoner at tackled McNerney and knocked him down and took all his money but % cents from his trousers pocket. After McNerney had explained the episode at some length to the attorney for the de- fense, Attorney Donovan, he volun- teered the Information that he thought Mr. Donovan was pretty thick" Me Nerneys throat was cut in the fight. He went to Dr. Fred r. Budd's office on Grand avenue to have 1t dressed.
 Dr. Budd was put on the stand and asked to explain McNerney's injuries which he treated. These he began to describe in professional terms but was interrupted by State Attorney Williams who simply said "The Jury may un- derstand you doctor but must con fess l do not The doctor then said the cut extended four inches over the Adams apple. It gaped three-quar- ters of an inch at the center and was one-third of an inch deep. The man had lost considerable blood as result and number of stitches had to be taken in the neck.
 A number of police officers were put on the stand among them Sergeant Owen l.. Marlowe, Patrolman Thomas Trainor Captain Theodore A. rripp and Patrolman Matthew M. Powers the last of whom arrested the accused
 The first witness for the defense was Thomas Nolan, who keeps saloon al Haven and Chapel streets, where tho accused is eaid to have been just be. fore the assault. By him the defense tried to prove that McNerney hat words with colored man at the sa loon but that the colored man was no Peckham. Witness said he heard thu colored man call McNerney a "raggedS bum McNerney went out first; tn, colored man followed. The tracl where the assault took place wa' nearby.
 Michael Griffin, coal-cart driver who was at the saloon was called bS the defense just before the close O court at o'clock yesterday afternoon
 The Morning Session.
 Most of the morning session yester day was entirely taken up with thc trial of William H, Foley,
 Caldwell May Plead Guilty.
 Clifford Caldwell who is accused O assault with intent to murder, having shot his wife Mrs Vera M. Caldwell and her sister, Miss Virginia Peck Jan uary 23, at Gill street, is reported {, have altered his determination not tt plead in the case and will acknowledge his guilt. In that event 1t is also sait that he expects that he will not receive more than a 10-years' sentence, this be ing the minimum penalty fixed by tn, statutes. The maximum is 30 years Both the victims of Cadwell's marks manship have recovered from thel wounds. When counsel for Caldwell Attorney David F. Fitzgerald, wal asked respecting the position of hi client in thle respect, he refused t talk.
 Caldwell was arraigned last week be fore Judge Case and his attorney sail that he refused to plead under tn circumstances" which signitied that