Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-21
HERDMANSTAYS
JAIL SENTENCE
Former Republican Official
Sentenced to 80 Days
But takes CertiOrari
Boy SHEER TAPPING
CAUSES ASSAULT CHARGE

Charles Herdman, former Board
Of Health officer. was sentenced TO 80
DAYS in the workhouse by City Court
Judge Cochran this morning, on the
charge of having assaulted Wilsan
Hogan. aged 16, at Fourteenth and
Jackson streets on Saturday. 1t was
alleged that the boy had aroused
Herdman's enmity by tapping a keg
of beer which had been left in Herd
mans yard.
After Herdman had testified that he
had removed the keg of beer from his
ward to an ice house nearby and that
Hogan was among a number of boys
who had tapped the keg and dis
tributod the beer among other boys,
Intoxicating them, Judge Cochran
became curious.
Herdman ?" he asked.
why I found il in my yard, your
honor replied Herdman.
Well who put it there?'
81 couldn't tell you. sir" was the
response 81 was away. and when
returned it was in my yard
Judge Cochran smiled, but was per-
sistent
WAS it yodr goods OF a political
party's goods?" he continued.
Herdman hesitated.
Go ahead" prompted his attorney,
j. Frank Ball. GO ahead, Herdman.
tell the judge whether it was politi-
cal beer"
Now really your honor. l couldn't
answer that question" he said. 1T
was there for any individual TO
drink No, sir. ! don't know who paid
for IT, It was just put there
City Solicitor Brady became even
more curious.
"Herdman," he asked. aren't you
the distributor of beer in Happy VAL
ley for campaign purposes
no SIR" declared Herdman.
Mr.. Ball wanted to know whether
Mr. Brady wasn't getting an early
start in the campaign, but Mr. Brady
didn't notice.
"Herdman, don't ycu have keg OF
beer in your house during election
day he pursued.
mo, sir
And don't you make more men
drunk in Happy Valley than any 9th
or man2
sNo, sir.,lHerdman replied.
Don't you have more men drunl
on election day in Happy Valley than
on any other day?"
Mr. Herdman was certain he die
not.
Judge Ball wanted to know wha
the beer had to do with the case, anC
Mr. Brady explained that he was
merely trying to show what kind o
a man Hcrdman was, since. Mr.. Bal
had tried to show that Hogan was
rather bad boy.
According to Hogan he had beer
made ill by the attack and had beei
treated al the Homeopathic Hospital
Miss Aida Turner. superintendent o
tho hospital. had been summoned b.
Mr.. Ball to testify that the boys in
iuries had been slight. but she de
clared she had made no examination
Mr.. Ball wanted the case continued
i'm order TO have other witnesses from
the hospital TO show that the boy
injuries had not been severe but Nh
Brady said he would admit that, be
ing satisfied to prove an assault
II was Herdman's plea that he haI
merely showed the boy. but Thoma
McCloskey, of No. 1916 Jackson street
declared he had witnessed the as
sault from his house and that IL wa
brutal, Herdman having struck an
kicked the boy with violence. Herd
man declared that Hogans father ha
given him permission to punish tn
boy, but the father said Herdman ha
misunderstood him.
Joseph Flaherty, who was with He
gan at the time of the assault, tes
tilted that the assault had been vic
lent
Herdman later appealed the cas-
on writ of certiOrari and he wa
released under bond pending a revie'
of the case by the Superior Court.