Evening journal., 1919-01-24
fine FATHER Who
THREATENED Child
John F. HALEY Broke Up
Thanksgiving Day Dinner
by Pistol Play
Joy RIDE LEADS
TO ROBBERY CHARGE

Indicted by the New Castle county
grand jury for pointing a pistol at his
daughter Katherine, John F. Haley. a
man Upwards Of GO years Of age. was
found guilty in Court No. 1 this morn
ing with a Recommendation TO mercy
He was fined SIS and costs with 10
days in the workhouse as the alterna-
tive.
Miss Haley, who lives with her father
and mother at No. Stroud street, tes-
titled that as she and her mother were
eating their Thanksgiving day dinner
on November q her father entered the
room with a revolver in his hand. She
said he asked what she was doing and
that she replied she was eating her
Thanksgiving dinner, or what there was
Of It.. well, you viii never eat an
other" she declared her father said,
at the same time pointing the revolver
at her. She said she wrested the wea
pom from him and fed out Of the house
taking refuge in the cellar Of a store.
Frank de Priscoe, a policeman. testi-
ned that he had arrested Haley an hour
or so later and that he had another
loaded revolver in his pocket.
Haley declared on the stand that he
had not pointed the revolver as alleged
but had merely shown 70 TO his daugh-
ter.
On a charge OF highway robbery,
George w. Kreer was placed on trial
before Judge Heisel and a Jury in
Court Room No. 2 Of the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions. He was accused Of tax
ing Charles Davis out into the country
in an automobile and then robbing him.
The jury acquitted him.
Philip L. Garrett represented the de-
fendant. while Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Green conducted the prosecution.
Davis testified that he, Kreer and two
or three other men went out on a 10y
ride on the afternoon Of November 2i.
and after they had returned. he tripped
over tie tailboard OF the automobile
truck IN getting out Kreer then pick
ed him up and placed him in the truck,
although he objected, and then the de-
fendant directed lie Roy Miller, t6
years old, who was driving the ma
chine, TO drive into the country again.
Shortly after they had started, he was
hit on the head and knocked insensible.
In the country, Greer went through
his pockets and took $40 and some
cards. He testified that he was not
drunk at the time
John Benckert who was on the first
trip Of the party, said that none were
drunk. He testified that Kreer forced
Davis into the machine and drove of
again after returning from the first
trip. Miller, Kreer and Davis were the
only ones on the second trip.
Miller said that all I'm the party. eX-
cept himself, were drunk When Davis
fell from the rear Of the automobile
on returning from the first trip, he
badly cut his head, the witness said,
and Kreer placed him in the truck
again to take him home. They drove
out into the county first, however, to
empty the machine Of some straw
Kreer did not hit or rob Davis, Miller
said.
Kreer denied the charge. They were
all drunk, he said. and when he drove
into the country with Miller and Davis
TO empty the truck Of the straw, Davis
got out Of the machine when it became
stuck in the mud and refused TO get |
back into it again after they had got |
ten the truck from the mud He then |
LETT Davis there, he said, when he want
ed TO nght