Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-13
TWO SWEENEY BOYS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Hearing in Justice Court Last Thursday
Adjourned to Next Saturday
March 10th.

Upon the complaint of Martin
Sweeney made before Justice G. w.
Burrows Wednesday evening, Fl.
Gorenstein. who has been coming to
Lancaster once or twice every six
months for several years past represent
ing dress goods firm of Milwaukee.
was arrested on the charge of assault
and battery which the plaintiff claim
ed was made upon his wife, Mrs,
Addie Sweeney. on the afternoon of
Wednesday, March 9Th, while the
said Fl. Gorenstein was at the
Sweeney home trying to sell some
dress goods.
Mr. Gorenstein was found by the
chief of police and at the reading of
the warrant he gave a bond to appear
in court Thursday.
Accordingly on Thursday afternoon
at 2 O clock the case was called before
Justice Burrows in the sheriff 8 Office
at the court house. AS the case was
of criminal nature District Atty.
state while Atty. Ed. Lowry assisted
by Frank Meyer appeared for the
defendant Gorenstein the defendant
had no one to testify for him but the
state had the following witnesses
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Sweeney, Jay
Sweeney. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gabel
and Mrs. Oscar Drew
After all the witnesses for the state
had been cross examined the defendant
told his story in which he claimed
that he went to the Sweeney home
Wednesday afternoon to sell dress
goods. While there be sold one piece
Of goods and also showed the lady of
the house another piece of cloth
which she liked very much. She
asked him to come back when her
husband would be home for supper
and she would try to get his per-
mission to purchase the other goods.
The defendant then told of his return
to the house at supper time to sell the
goods to Mrs. Sweeney. He claimed
that when he opened his case at the
house that evening Jay Sweeney and
| his brother Martin who were both in
the room accused him Of making an
assault upon Mrs Sweeney in the
afternoon, and they told him if he
would give Mrs. Sweeney the piece of
dress goods which she wanted they
would Ecall 1T square,. He then
told them he did not know what he
had to make square, with them and
that he could not give them the goods
for nothing. The defendant further
related how the two brothers then
grabbed him and tore his clothing in
an attempt to steal his money, also
assaulting him with cord wood stick
and beating him. He finally broke
away from them and ran from the
house with them after him. He went
to his room in the Farwell hotel and
got his overcoat to cover mp the holes
in his clothing and was then looking
for the chief of police in order to get
a warrant for the arrest of the
Sweeney boys but they had beat him
to the office of the justice and his
arrest followed.
The case was then placed before the
justice for decision and he pronounced
the defedant HI. Gorenstein dismissed
with a judgment to be entered against
the plaintiff for the costs of the trial,
as the complaint in the mind of the
justice was entirely groundIess. The
plaintiffs will be given 20 days to
give bond for the costs or at that time
other proceedings will be commenced
against them by the state.
Friday morning, Fl. Gorenstein,
defendant in the preceding case,
obtained warrant for the arrest Of
Martin and Jay Sweeney on the
charge of assault and battery with
intent to steal and rob. The defendants
were arraigned before Justice
Burrows Friday afternoon at O'Clock
and the case was adjourned by the
state until March Is at 8 a. m.
The defendants were compelled to
furnish bail of $4OO each or go to the
county Jail until March 10th.
After considerable trouble the
defendants found Henry Nichols and
Eugene Wanamaker to sign bonds for
their appearance on the 10th and this
being done they were allowed to go.