Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-24
CHAEF|Tz HELD IN
$1,000 BAIL FOR
GENERAL SESSIONS
He Had Been Arrested by Phila
delphia Policeman on Charge
of Stealing Auto.
YOUTH TAKEN WITH HIM

abraham Chaehtz was held in $1,000
bail for the Court Of General Sessions
after a hearing in City Court, today. on
q charge of larceny 1t IS alleged that
ChaCtitz, with several other Young men,
stole an automobile from the garage of
Edward l\rauSe on kirkwood street, on
April :. In court today Patroman
Callahan OF the Philadelphia police force
told of the arrest of ChaCftz and Harry r.
Scott. at Broad and ,hnipcr streets
while they were in krauSC 5 machine.
The officer said his suspicious were aroused
by the actions OF the young men N the
machine and that he placed Scott and
Chacfitz under arrest while three other
men in the car AT the time escaped.
Chaeftz. represented by J Frank Ball,
offered no evidence at the hearing.
Scott was arraIgned on charge oi
larceny of the machine and also on an
assault and battery charge preferred
bv Calvin Schwatcr Both cases were
continued until tomorrow morning to
ascertain ms age His mother claimed
that hc was but IL years Of age. The
records OF the Ferris Industrial School,
where ne has been, are 70 be consulted,
hence the continuance
Mrs Harry Donohoe Of 10 du Pont
street i confined to her bed as a result ot
being struck and knocked down by an
automobile truck driven by Warren
PTitChett Colored. 81 Ninth and latnalt
streets. YESTERDAY at noon Prltchett
was 10 have been arralgncd III CITY Court
TODAY On a charge Of assault and battery,
but ii the request oi Assistant City
Solicitor Mallov, the case was continued
for . week to ALLOW Afre Donohoc 70
appear in court
Benjamin Gibson q Negro, was fined
$50 and costs and held under $500 BAIL
for the Court Of General Sessions when
tried yesterday on charges of carrying
concealed deadly weapons and larceny.
After his hearing II was learned that he
was suspected OF having stolen about SIS
worth of barber supplies from Mary Reed.
also colored. Of ) East Front street, on
Monday. and he was arraigned on this
charge TODAY and held under 500 add
tional bail for the Court ot General
Sessions
Charged by his mother. Florence Jack
son, colored with the larceny Of an over
coat from her house. at SIS Nollaston
street. William a. jackson was held under
$500 bail for the Court Of General Sessions.
Judge Churchmau ordered thai >tanlS-
Law kovschutz be turned over to the
I nlted States aut horities after he had
heard the evidence III case Of disorderlv
conduct against the man Il Is alleged
that the defendant spoke in q disrespectful
way about the United State, army and
that ne Is alleged to have gone 10 Il ship
ward TO evade being drafted He claimed
that he was not naturallzed and was born
In Russia
Andrew J. Peterson was tried Yesterday
for threatening bodily harm to NIctori4
Barto and Judge Churchman continued
the case until today for investigation and
upon report Of Court Officer Mcdaniel
ordered the man 10 stay away from the
woman II he wanted 70 keep out Of
trouble
James {. Nickerson and Joseph Gill,
both charged with trespassiug were
each fined 50 Thomas NIanign was
fined SO On q charge Of begging