Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-10
PEACEMAKER WINS
HIS USUAL REWARD
Hears Woman Yell Murder"
Goes to Render Aid and Gets
Injured Eye.

Blessed are the pcacemakers There
not "A shadow of doubt about il II they
succeed in getting away with their huge
| and self imposed task they have well
earned their beatihc reward And il
! the best they get is the worst of il con
| tumely. cpithcts blows. the adding of
| injury TO insult. why then indeed are they
worthy of n crown of glory. And getting
the worst OF it is what usually happens
| So says tradition and facts Of everyday
! life back II M
To-day saw something like this in
! City Court when Frank T. Hines who
| lives on Rockford Road, was gwen a
hearing on a charge of assault and bat
terry preferred by his ncxt-door neighbor,
Byron Van Fosscn Van Fosscn occupied
the role of the crSt-whlle pcacemakcr who
suffered from his labor And the case
was SO remarkable in the manner and form
of defense presented by IIinc through
his counsel Philip Garrett that Judge
ChurChman commented upon il as rec
ord-hreaker SO far his experience was
concerned I'm continue tho case for a
week, said he. after he had heard the
testimony and consider whether II is in
human possibility that the story told by
the defense can pc true -
Fan NOsScn said that on the night Of
August % he had heard crlcs Of "Mur-
der. murder ! am going - nc killed,
coming from the house of the Hincst@
next door He ran from his house into
theirs and so he said today II seemed to
him that Hines had Mrs Hines bv the
thraat He grabbed lIincv around the
waiat The next instant h vas Int and
when hc came back to = asciousne ess
found himself with badly injured eve
a cllt which damaged tho tar duet and
which Il We testified by i physician. IS
not unlikely t. caif,c him trouble ~ the
future
Nr~ Van fossen said she had heard
the cries and followed her husband greatly
excited only ~ find him on the floor
Several nciphours testified to having
heard tho wells # murder and one
said She had also heard sounds Of dis
tut ai.cc NJ he I'ioc. hn,.S hold
BIT Hines and his wife denied most
cmphaticaly there had been real trouble
What was they Sald was the dressing
Of thoir latest child for bed Hines said
he wanted % do il, and Mrs Hines
SAID II WAS her business and she play
FULLY told hm She 4 cry Murder # he
dldn hand the baby over to her But
Hines didn't strike her he never had -
She avcrrrd When She called out Nan
Fo~,cn came rushing in and struck her
husband. who struck back Hines didn't
deny this striking back lie sad after
Van Fosscn came IN and struck him
whilc hlS back was turned he returned
the BLOW and told he same story as his
wife about fixing the baby up for the
night
After Judge Churchman had personally
questioned Mrs Hines hc announced his
ama3emcnt at the story and Ills d"sirc 10
take week to consider is piauSiblhty
II cost Charlcs t'rAnlIIli and August
Tornahcco something over SO between
them ID cause = battle on i Darby trolley
car said battle resulting IN DAVID Figgs
the motormau. getting punch from one
Of the two men The trouble arose over
the desire of the men 10 gct OF the car AT
a nonstop point Ilggs SAID GrandilIa
struck him and Tornabcco grabbed and
held his leg trying to pull HIM off the
car t'randilli was fined SO and costs +!
AMI Tornaheco $40 and costs
For keeping An unregistered dog. after
he had been warmed 10 take ont i license
for Il John Tcolano was fined s. and
costs
Alex Bruno. for msbehayior OF the
street, was fined s. and costs
Frank I.andav was fued a similar
sum for dlsorderly conduct al the Unlon
Park Gardens housing operation, having