The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-10-28
NEWS FROM
THE COURTS
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Smith, Hollisterville; j. e. Clark,
Preston; Alfred T. Whipple, Preston;
Horton Megargel, South Canaan; A.
A. Seeley, Dyberry; Frank Warfield,
Berlin; Aaron Goble, Paupack; Mar
win d. Hall, Equinunk; Peter Sutton,
Honesdale.
In the case of Commonwealth VS..
Jos. Kowash, the court appointed
Chester A. Garratt, Esq, to act as
counsel for the defendant.
+. NJ. Monahan, Esq, of Scranton,
was an interested spectator at the
afternoon session. Mr.. Monahan is a
native of Honesdale.
In the case of the Commonwealth
vs. William Reilly, the District At
torney, NJ. E. Simons, in his opening
address to the jury said that an at
tempt was made May 2Sth near Haw-
! ley to hold up Mr.. Hulse, by two
young men, one of them with a re-
! volver in hand, who forcibly took
$1.15 from his pockets and tried to
take Hulses watch, but the section
| foreman coming along, at this critical
| juncture, saw the highway boys, and
they became frightened and ran away.
! An odd feature of the case was re-
vealed when the prosecutor, Charles
! l.. Hulse, took the witness stand. Mr..
| Hulse is stone deaf, and Prothono-
! tary M. j. Hanlan had to write out
the oath for him and Mr.. Hulse sign
ed it, Court Stenographer Head ex-
! perienced much difficulty in getting
the testimony. The attorneys, NJ. e.
! Simons, for the prosecution, and Her
man Harmes, for the defense, were
compelled to write out their ques-
tions, and Mr.. Hulse wrote his an
swers to them which were then read
to the jury.
From Hulses story it appeared
that on May 2Sth last, late in the
afternoon he was on his way home
when two boys held him up, one of
! them having a revolver. He had
been to White Mills on the day of the
robbery and came in on the o'clock
train. He admitted taking a drink
Only the opportune arrival of the sec
tion. foreman prevented the loss of
his watch. He admitted having
poor eyesight and also that he had
withdrawn the charges against one
of the three boys who were arrested
for the defense. He got the names
of the boys from people outside he
said. One of the boys who robbed
him had a stick. Mr.. Hulse with
drew the complaint against John
Burns the day after the hearing in
Squire Vandemarks office. and had a
warrant sworn out for John Henry.
William Reilly, the defendant, tes-
titled to being seventeen years of age;
! to living near Hawley; and to work
ing in the Maple City cutting shop
works.
At this juncture the jury came in
on the Manley case. When they
handed their verdict to the court,
Judge Searle informed them that they
couldn't divide the costs between the
commonwealth and the defendant,
and sent them back to further delib-
crate.
William Reilly testified to being
sent out to gather wood last May, the
2Sth, late in the afternoon; to meet
! ing a Mr.. Burns on the hill; to an
extended conversation with Burns;
and to his going home without seeing
Charles Hulse.
He spent his time that afternoon
gathering wood on the bank between
the tower and the gravity bank, and
in speaking with Charles Burns. His
home was Il of a mile distant, and
he returned there between and 6
o'clock.
Charles Burns, of Hawley, father
of John Burns testified to the arrest
of his son by Detective Spencer, and
of the hearing before Squire Van
denmark He saw Reilly May %, at
4 p. m. between the bridge and the
tower and spoke for almost an hour
with him.
John Henry, of Marble Hill, testi-
fled to seeing William Reilly sitting
on the bank with Burns shortly af-
ter p m. May 2S. He went right
past them without stopping. On
cross-examination he admitted he
came from Adams saloon, where he
saw Hulse who was there when he
left.
Mrs. Reilly, the mother of the de-
fendant was called. She testified to
sending her son William after wood
on May % about p. m. She had
to go after him. William came home
between 5 and o'clock.
Thomas Cook, of Marble Hill, tes-
titled to being at the squire's hear
ing. At this hearing Hulse point
ed out two boys saying: There is the
boy that held the revolver and there
is the boy that took the money out
of my pocket"
The jury came in again on the Man
ley case reporting no agreement as
yet. The court sent them out again
instructing them either to place all
the costs on the county or all on the
defendant.
Guy Ralph, lieutenant of police
testified to being at the Squire
hearing, The lamp did not give a
bright light at the hearing. Hulse
identified two boys there as the cul-
prits.
County Detective n. b. Spencer
also testified to being at the hearing
and detailed his official connection
with the case,
Squire Vandemark, who thought
he ought not to be brought into the
case" and who said he was hard OF
hearing" was excused from testify
ing
John Henry, an uncle of John
, Henry, Jr., was another witness
Arguments were then made by the
counsel for prosecution and defense
and the judge charged the jury.
At $50 p. m. the jury in the gray
mare" case came in. They found the
defendant not guilty hut Dlaced the