Evening journal., 1917-01-08
DENIES Guilt. BUT
JURY SAYS GUILTY
4 Hope | Will be Paralyzed
Wilson Says in His
Defense
WILL HEAR HIS
SENTENCE LATER

Protesting innocence Of any com
plicity IN the highway robbery of
Leon German, Of No. 423 East Fourth
street. last election day. James VIII
son. oolored, called upon his Maker
to witness the truth OF his denial In
tho Court OF General Sessions this
morning.
q hope I will be paralyzed right
here where / stand" he pleaded, add
ing to the Jurors. ANY man who
swears like that must be innocent
His vehement denial availed him moth
ing, however, the jury returning q
verdict of guilty.
In his contention OF innocence, VIII
son was corroborated by Corphew,
who had pleaded guilty on plead
guilty" day Corphew testified that
Wilson had had no part In the high
way robbery. Wilson was sentenced
to 40 lasheH and given 3 years In the
workhouse.
German. who was on his way 70 the
Pennsylvania railroad station, to take
a tarin for Salisbury, Md, was rob
bed Of S24 at Front and Walnut
streets and positively identified the
two colored men as the culprits.
While Wilson held him, German said
4 Corphew wreated the roll OF bills out
OF his hand. The money was later
found up Corphew's sleeve.
( Wilson's defense was that German
was mistaken In his identification OF
him and that he was merely passing
when he saw German and Corphew
with bottle OF whiskey in an alley.
Both men will be sentenced later
in the day.
James Brunough, colored, pleaded
guilty to larceny and was sentenced
to pay S3S restitution money, costs OF
the case and serve nine months IN
/ the county workhouse. Brunough was
indicted with Samuel Richardson for
robbing a freight car ON the B. & o.
railroad, taking therefrom cases OF
beer. cans of soup and magazines.
James E. Murray, the colored man
who was found not guilty Of the lar
ceny Of q gun from Nathaniel Booker
last week. was arraigned this morn
ing, on the charge of breaking and
entering. Attorney-General Reinhardi
moved TO retire that case. however
and Murray walked out OF the pen q
free man after which two months
confinement in the county workhouse
Judge Heisel said. In warning the
prisoner. that the old charge would
be held against him II he ever came
before the court again.
Another case where two men were in
dioted on charges of highway robbery
and where one pleaded guilty and tn
other not guilty was that OF William {
Smith, who entered the not guilty ples
Joseph Myers, who had previously plead
ed guilty, absolved Smith from any pai
: in the crime. Smith was subsequent
} acquitted and discharged.
John Tuttle, of No. l0l JacksO
+ street. an aged man. was the complain
/ ing' witness He testified that on II
evening Of December 2 he was set upo
. by three men at Front and Onng
, streets and robbed of about SO in moncl
Joseph Cohen, a Junk and second-han
: dealer, pleaded guilty TO an irrcgularit
in his bookkeeping, and was sentence
, 70 pay fine of $3.50 and costs in th
case by Resident Judge Rice, who ais
passed sentence on Milton O. johnson
who pleaded guilty TO two charges q
violating the age Of consent law. Their
were four charges against Johnson, tw
, Of which were retired On the frs
charge, to which he pleaded guilty h
was sentenced TO four months IN Oh
worlhouse and TO pay fine Of 800 an
costs. On the second he was paroled fo
a term Of two years in the custody q
Probation Officer Stout.
The grand Jury this noon handed j
the following indictments; Williar
Groves. charging highway robbery, an
Fred Shaefier, three indictments, charf
ing the issuing Of worthless checks.