The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-10-18
LUC|AN| FINED
5000 AND COSTS
Gets Three Months I'm.
priSOnment on Liquor
Selling Charge.
FAMILY HEAR SENTENCE IMPOS-
ED; DAUGHTER KISSES HIM
GOODBYE.

ed Tuesday, August 20, at Goulds-
boro, by County Detective N. B. Spen-
Ger, charged with selling liquor with
ont a license, selling liquor to min
ors, and selling liquor on Sundays,
was brought into argument Court
Monday morning where he pleaded
guilty to the three charges, and was
sentenced by Judge A. r. Searle on
| the indictment of selling without a
| license, to pay fine of $500 to the
! Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
pay the costs of prosecution and to
undergo an Imprisonment of three
months in the county Jail, the same
! to be computed from September l.
Sentence was suspended on the other
| two indictments.
His wife and six children, viz.
| Caterina, aged Ia, Angelo, aged 12,
Margherita, aged II, Stella, aged 8,
| Luciano, aged z, Maria, aged s., were
| in the court room when sentence was
| imposed
| Judge Searle questioned the pris-
oher before imposing sentence Lu-
ciani stated that he was was in the
store business in Old Forge before
going to Gouldsboro. He gave that
up because the business was light and
he had sickness in the house. He
used to work in Gouldsboro, and
went to live there because living was
| so high in Scranton. He couldn't
get job, and so drifted into selling
| liquor.
District Attorney NJ e. Simons
| stated that he had received several
letters in regard to the character of
the prisoner, all of which gave him
very good character. He went to
Gouldsboro last November and COM
menced selling beer Immediately, and
little later he sold whiskey too
he worked up large trade in
spite of the fact that he was warned
to desist He was quite defiant when
| warned, and said that he had a gov
J errEr ent license, and paid a revenue
| license to the government.
| To make matters doubly sure he
organized what he called club, of
which he was president. He had a
| secretary and a treasurer for his or
| ganization. Every person over 81
years of age was eligible to become
member of this club on signing a pa
per said to be list of the club mem
bers. He was then entitled to buy
beer from Luciani. That eXpedient
was resorted to after the matter of
his Illegal selling had been reported
! to the Court.
When questioned by the Court,
Luciani claimed he sold beer in bot
! ties, and that he got the idea of run
ming club from several similar or
| ganiZations located in South Side,
Scranton. His family, he stated, had
removed from Gouldsboro, and were
now living in South Side, Scranton
g In consideration of the fact that
you have pleaded guilty" said Judge
| Searle, and of what the district at
torney has said, that you supposed
you had right to sell, in considera-
| ton of the fact that you have wife
and six children, and that they have
left the county, we shall sentence you
on one indictment only. We cannot
let you go without some punish
ment."
After hearing the sentence, Luciani
wanted to know what was to become
of his family. My wife told me, she
had nothing to eat in the house." he
| protested.
The Judge suggested that as she
was in Lackawanna county she ought
to have stayed there, and said,
don't think that this is a case where
we ought to suspend sentence in all
I counts
Claiming that he had no money at
all, Luciani was removed from the
Court room by Sheriff NJ. Lee Bra
man to serve out his term, which will
expire December l.
| Little Maria, his youngest daugh-
| ter, dear little girl, only five years
| of age, with curly fiaxen hair stream
ing down her back, wearing a white
! sweater, came up and kissed her Papa
as he sat before the bar awaiting his
| fate. His wife sat tearfully awaiting
the judges decision with her chill
dren by her side, very picture of
unspeakable woe.
Luciani, who has been in this
country for 27 years, told Citizen
man that after he was released he
would go back to Scranton and sell
fruit. 81 got a license for selling
fruit" he said.
Scranton for me, too dear" he
told the reporter when asked why he
went to Gouldsboro. 81 be down
there. | couldn't find no job at all,
| got sick after or 8 days. Then
| started selling beer"