Evening journal., 1908-03-04
TO PRISON FOR
NIGHT ESCAPADES
Two Men, Convicted Of En-
terine Dwellings at Night.
Gel Heavy Sentences
JAIL FOR YOUTHS. ALSO


General Sessions Court this morning
heard an unusual midnight robbery tale.
1t was related BY George W. Richards, an
aged colored resident of Brandywine hun-
dred. who appeared as the prosecuting
witness against James Price. a young
colored man, indicted on a charge of
breaking and entering the Richards house
on the night Of January IA
Richards. under oath. swore that Price
and Clarence West. son of Richards
housekeeper, who has not been appre-
hended, entered his house about 10 O'Clock
on the night in question. After a quarrel.
during which a window sash was demol-
ished and Richards shoulder badly in
jured by a stone hurled by West, Rick
ards said he beat the men out" They
next returned to the house about o'clock
Richards said, and entered his room.
West stood over him with a revolver
in hand and threatened to kill him If he
moved. All this time Price. Richards
swore, was examining Richards clothes
They got about st2, valuable watch and
a revolver. Richards said Vests threats
to kill him did not Iarm him and sitting
upright in his bed he struck West a blow
that felled him Then he got from his bed
and engaged in hand to hand fight with
the man. At this junoture things wers
made even more unpleasant for the wit
ness, Price having come TO the aid Of
his chum with bucket Of scalding water
which he threw on Richards Then the
men escaped.
Price was not represented by counsel. In
his own defense he denied taking part in
any robbery at the house. but admitted
being there the night in question. He said
he saw West come down stairs with sew
eral articles in his possession.
What are you going to do with those
thingsT' Price said he asked West.
Tam going to become a burglar and
you got to join me-" Price swore West
remarked. mo / won't, don't care for
that job" Price replied.
Five minutes after Price had told liis
story the jury had convicted him of the
charge. He was sentenced TO be whipped
with 20 lashes and to serve three years
imprisonment
4 A jury was drawn to try William
Briekle, colored, charged with the larceny
Of So from Charles e. Smith. The prose-
/ cutting witness swore the money was
taken from his overcoat while he was
having a tooth extracted in the American
Dental Parlors. DR.. C. E. Burt an EN-
ploye Of the company swore to having
seen Brinekle examining Mr.. Smith 5
coat which had been left in the waiting
room Of the dental parlor. A verdict Of
4 guilty was agreed upon by the jury with
out leaving the box and Brinckle was
sentenced to be whipped with ten lashes
and to serve one year imprisonment.
Through an agreement entered into be.
tween the State and ]. Frank Ball. coun-
sci for Leon Hicks, Harry Watson and
Charles Chippey, colored boys, indicted
on charge OF breaking and entering the
store Of f. c. Cooley, the boys were
found guilty by a jury and recommended
to the mercy Of the court. The recon-
mendation permitted the court to remit
corporal punishment. Each Of the lads
was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment. Another similar charge against two
Of the boys was abandoned.
Gets Pay for Imprisonment
Charles Freeman, a witness against
Charles Kennedy. who was sentenced e
six months Imprisonment yesterday fol
the larceny of goods from the Salvation
Army, was allowed s21 by the court thi:
morning as compensation for the tirus
he had lost while being locked up at tbs
workhouse.
John Thompson, colored, of No. llq
Chippey street, was the second man L
relate to the court during the morning
an experience with an unbdden mid-nlgh
guest. The fellow was JEFF Jefferson, I
hurley negro, indicted on charge o
breaking and entering the Thompson
home. Thompson swore that Jefferson
came to his house at / o'clock on tn
morning Of February % and upon beinl
refused admission, kicked down the doc
and entered. Later he left and in his alb
sence Thompson swore he nailed the doc
in position again only to have 1t kicke
down a second time. Then Jefferson as
, saulted Thompson, causing him TO leav
the house in the possession Of the man.
Jefferson in his own Defense denie
forcing an entrance to the house. He ad
mitted that he had been in the house
having been taken there by the wife q
the prosecuting witness. This the womai
3 emphatically denied. The jury found Jei
ferson guilty and the court sentence
him to three years Imprisonment.
The grand jury returned the folowin
indictments: Henry 5. Moore, using Il
! male child; Frank Mettler, embezzlemer
D as baiee: John w. Bird. John w. Frazie
George W. Gray Ely Greenblott, \
I Rosenthal and Son and J. W. Supplies
doing bueiAess without license.
In court yesterday afternoon, Benja
min +. Spence entered plea Of no
guilt yto the indictment charging hir
with embezzlement of city funds.
?, A jury convicted Percy Landon. col
ored on charge Of larceny Of pin
from ]. r. Cummings and the prisone
was sentenced to one year imprison
ment.
Z For committing an assault and bat
terry on Joseph duRoss, Wesley Rus
n sell, colored, was sentenced to thre
n years Imprisonment. The assault too
place while duRoss was on his way
Kennett Square and was unprovoke'