The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1914-03-03
JUDGE j. R. SALMON
HEARS MANY CASES
Criminal and Orphans Court
Matters Engage His Time.

Judge Joshua R. Salmon sitting in
Quarter Sessions, heard the case of
the State against George Blanchard.
Louis Pfeiffer and James Russo, three
young men charged with malicious
mischief by breaking into the tool
house of the Lackawanna Railroad at
Port Morris on January 9. The State
had finished its case and the defense
had its first witness on the stand
when Judge Salmon adjourned the
case until Wednesday, The three
men are in jail
John M. Mills, appearing as counsel
for the estate of the late William H.
Dutton of this city, asked Judge
Joshua R. Salmon for an order direct
ing that will found among the pa
pers of the late Charles Stilwell Jr.,
be considered as the last will and tes-
lament of the late Mr. Dutton. 1t was
of later date than any other and the
request was granted.
verdict of not guilty was brought
in by the jury in the case against
Lena Thompson, eolored, for the lar
ceny of $101 from Mary A. Stevens,
also colored. The two women worked
in the residence of one of the officers
stationed at the Picatinny Arsenal
near Wharton. Miss Stevens said she
missed the money on October %, after
the Thompson woman had gone to
New York and did not return when
she was supposed to. The latter was
arrested before she was brought back.
She denied knowing anything about
the money, saying she went to New
York to see foster sister. The name
OF colored man named Joe was
brought into the case but it developed
that he has since died. John E. Fen
nell represented the defendant.
Andrew Wood, of Netcong, has been
acquitted of the charge of robbing the
office of Augustus M. Jones, a livery
man of the same place, of $500, at the
direction of Judge Salmon in Quarter
Sessions. The money was stolen from
desk in the Jones Office some time
after five-thirty on the afternoon of
November 8. Wood was suspected of
the robbery and left Netcong. He was
! later arrested and brought here to
JAIL Owing to the fact that Augustus
M. Jones, the owner of the stable, and
the only one knowing the amount
stolen and the circumstances under
which 1T was taken, was so i'll that he
could not be present to testify, the
robbery could not be fastened on
Wood. Judge Salmon, therefore, di-
rected the jury to bring in a verdict
of not guilty.
/ Through his counsel, Elmer King.
John Rice, of Hackettstown, re-
tracted his plea of not guilty of SELL
Ing nard cider and entered a plea of.
non-ylt before Judge Joshua r.
/ Salmon.
Judge Salmon has suspended sem
tence in the case of Steve Yafiovock.
of Hibernia, who pleaded guilty to
a charge of assault and battery up
on Hungarian woman neighbor. Th
prisoner said the trouble was over
a former arrest on charge of chick
en- stealing, the woman having called
chicken at members of his fam
ily He demonstrated with her and
slapped her face
Edna Hathaway, fifteen, and Grace
Martin, twelve, have been placed in
charge of the agent Of the S. P. C.
c., James e. Welsh.
After a short deliberation the jury
In the case of the state against Ed
ward Lonerg'an, of Madison, charged
with assaulting Steven Warnock. of
Se'iAC PioCC, DAOuSul III u YER
dict of guilty. Warnock. who has
been in All Souls hospital, at this
place, since January 4th when the
assault occurred, with a broken Jaw,
said Lonergan hit him with pair of
Ice tongs while the pair we're cutting
ice on the estate of l.. w. Smith, at
Florham Park. Lonergan pleaded
self-preservation, claiming that War
mock rushed at him with a pair of
longs in one hand and knife in the
other.
! Through his counsel, w. w Cutler,
Daniel E. Brennan changed his plea
to non-vnlt on the charge of appro-
priating $66 to his own use.
Judson Kelly, of Butler, pleaded
non-vult to both the charges Of re-
sisting an officer and carrying con-
cealed weapons. Elmer w. Romine
was his counsel
Judge Joshua R. Salmon suspended
sentence in the case against Joe De
Merino, of Netcong, and his wife,
Kate De Merino, for assault and bat
terry upon Nick Church. The couple
pleaded non-vult to the charge and
the judge placed them in the hands
of the probation officer for six
months.