Evening journal., 1914-03-03
LASHES FOR
FELLOW WHO
WILL STEAL
Court Promises Wharton
Long Term If He Returns
Fifth Time
SENTENCES ON
OTdER PRISONERS

morning, with Judges Boyce. Conrad
and Rice ON The bench, the prisoners who
were indicted By the grand jury yes
tcrday were araigncd and entered
pleas
! Johu Loebc. young white man, in
dicted on the charge Of larceny OF a
watch from August Crouch in this city
+ on February 10, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve five months IN the
workhouse, TO pay the costs OF prose
cution and 10 pay Crouch the sum OF
si5.75 restitution money.
Ernest Wharton, Young colorcd
man. who was represented by David }.
Reinhardt, entered q plea OF guilty 10
the charge OF stealing q basket contain.
/ ing four dozen eggs on January 20. The
court lcctured Wharton. this being the
fourth time he has been before the
court A sentence Of ten lashcs, one
year in the county workhouse and 80
cents restitution money WAS imposed
upon Wharton, together with a warning
that If he appeared before the court
many more times he will get sentence
so long that he viii ha on old man when
, he gets out Of the Wofkhouse.
William Frantz, colored, pleaded not
guilty to the charge OF stealing iron fix
lures valued at S25 from the American
1 Perfect Tile Company on February ..
John NJ. Foraker, pleaded guilty
and William Powell, white, not guilty
10 the charge of stealing four blankets.
( five pillows and 300 feet Of rope,
valued at about $40. from George c.
Kiug, on February ,. Foraker's plea
was guilty TO stealing the rope. He
declared he had been intoxicated when
he took the rope.
Il m done with it, he exclaimed,
referring TO the drink.
The court sentenced Foraker 10
serve three months IN the county
workhouse and pay MIR. King $3.50
restitution.
John Collins pleaded not guilty to
the charge OF stealing 5000 pieces OF
paper valued at IL a cent each on
January 27.
Jay Bostic. colored. entered plea
Of not guilty to the charge OF lar
ceny OF a pair OF trousers valued at
Sc on December 20.
William Frantz pleaded not guilty to
a second charge of stealing bronze
valve stems valued OF S1O.50 from the
Water Department on February T.
William Wright and William Sprin-
ken, white boys. were arraigned on a
charge OF stealing two pieces Of cop
per wire valued at cents each from
the Wilmington aud Southern Trac-
tion Company on January 8.
Sprinkler entered a plea OF not
guilty and Wright pleaded guilty.
The court was informed that Wright
was shot in the head several years
ago and had not been entirely right
since then, so the boy was held under
5000 bond and committed to bis faith
er's custody.
stephen Krabowski pleaded not
guilty to the charge of stealing brass
journals valued at s125 each. from
the B. & o. railroad company on Jan
uary q
Harry Merritt entered plea Of
not guilty to the same charge, as also
did Dorie Salvatore and Joseph Mama
tuski.
Weadislaw Slime pleaded not
guilty 10 The charge Of stealing
watch valued at 81. on January Is
Lloyd Clark and Irwin Brown
/ pleaded not guilty 10 the charge OF
highway robbery. II was alleged
that in Appoquinimink hundred on
! January 2i, they held up and robbed
{ Walter Hickman Of a quart bottle o;
/ VhislSey. valued az 75 cents
/ The first petit jury in the term
was drawn this morning 10 try VIII
liam Frsntz on the charge of steal
ing brass valve stems from the Water
Department.
/ David Black. an employe OF the
{ water Department testified that he
saw the defendant coming out Of the
/ ash pit at the company yard with six
oron1e stems, valued II over SO. on
MS shoulder Witness said he ask
/ cd the defendant what he was going
to do With them and he replied that
he was going 70 put them on his
wagon
The defendant told witness that a
man in the ash pit had told him that
nc could have the valves. lie made
tho defendant take the valves into
the plumbing shop.
Edgar NJ. Hopes, IT., chief neei-
neer Of the Water Department. testi-
ned that the valves belonged 20 tho
city plumbing shop.
william p. Lewis. the man who
was in the ash pit. denied that he had
told the defendant to take the stems
In his own behalf Frantz declared
that the man taking ashes had told
him to take the valves and put them
on his wagon. David Black, be said.
had stopped him and told him to nut
them in the plumbing shop.
The jury deliberated short time
and returned a verdict Of guilty
without leaving the box.
The second jury case in was that of
John Collins. formerly colorcd porfcr
IN the employ of the Crosby and Hill
Company, who was charged with the
larceny Of 6.000 coupons from the
Spcrry and Hutchinson Company. which
occupies Offices in the Crosby and Hin
Building.
Collins had been caught by some de-
tectivc work on the part OF Charles T.
Narcoe. manager OF the Speriv and
Hutchinson Company and J. Allen WI.
liams OF the Crosby and Hill Company
Mr.. Narcoe testified 20 the value Of IN,