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VOL 40,
BLO OMSB UR G, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, igoj.
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RICKETTS BATTERY.
Reunion at Berwick La9t Satur
day, Was Very Well
Attended.
Next Year at Gettysburg.
The reunion of Ricketts Battery,
Company F. and G. of the First
Pennsylvania Volunteers, held at
Berwick last Saturday, brought to
gether a number of the survivers of
this famous Battery and many inci
dents ot the bitter struggles partici
pated in were talked over. It was
this lamous Battery that stood the
charge of the Louisiana Tigers in
the fierce hand to hand battle and
turned defeat iuto victory.
Friday evening at the G. A. R.
hall the Capt. C. G. Jackson Post
Committee, composed of Col. A. D.
Seely, J. P. Hayraan, William Roup
and Ii. Lenhart, Post Commander,
had refreshments served by IS. M.
Clewell and a very pleasant evening
was spent. Speeches and story tell
ing were in order.
The officers of the Battery are:
General President, Col. R. Bruce
Ricketts, of Wilkes-Barre; Presi
dent of Battery F. James F. Ken
nedy, of Milton; Vice President,
Wm. Minier,, Riverside; Presideut
of Battery G, John P. Beringer,
Churchtown, Vice President, Wm.
J. Troup, Hanover; General Secre
tary and Treasurer, Luther Seiders,
Reading.
Following the business meeting
Presideut Kennedy opened the
meeting in the evening with roll
call following. Letters were read
from a number of comrades who
could not be present.
It was brought out tha'. on the
field at Gettysburg, marking the
Battery's fight ou Cemetery Hill is
a monument with wording to the
effect that Co. F, and G were from
Schuylkill County. The members
of the Battery are very indignant
over the matter and state that not a
Schuylkill county man belonged to
the Battery. . The error was one
of the state and national record.
The matter has several times been
brought to the attention of the
State and National authorities but
nothing has been doue.
NEXT REUNION.
The place of next year's reunion
was fixed, for Gettysburg in Sep
tember, the time to be fixed by the
officers.
Recitations were given by the
secretary Mr. Luther Seiders and
by Miss Helen June, and addresses
by Dr. Hughes on "National Sol
diers Orphan School," Frank B.
Brockway, Col A. D. Seely and
others.
Before adjournment a vote of
thanks was extended to the G. A.
R. for their entertainment. During
the last year five of their members
have died.
Those in attendance were: Col.
R. B. Ricketts accompanied by Col.
Beaumont of Wilkes-Barre; J. F.
Kennedy and wife of Milton; J. M.
Harman and wile Millville; Harry
C. Harman, Albert Ilerbine and
wife Bloomsburg; William Miner
and wife, Riverside; Mrs. William
Morrison, Wilkes-Barre; Maynard
Gates, Susquehanna, Pa.;F. Gray
and Sam. Gray, Watsontown; S. L.
French, Susquehanna; Oscar G.
Larabee, Susquehanna; W. H.
Esterbrook, Gibson: Dr. M. B.
Hughes, Supt. of Soldiers Orphan
School, Chester Springs, Pa.; Luth
er Seider, Secretary and treasurer,
Reading; Lieutenant Frank P.
Brockway, Beach Haven; EU Sher
wood, John Dodson and wife of Ber
wick and John . Wright of Berwick.
COURT PROUEEDINuS-
On Thursday the Grand Jury
made their report as follows, and
were discharged.
" The Grand Inquest of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in
quiring in and for the body of said
county, respectlully report.
" That we have, pursuant to our
required dutie-t, investigated all
bills of indictment presented for our
consideration, and have passed
upon them according to their res
pective merits. We have also
examined the public buildings and
find them in exceptionally good
condition with the following recom
mendations :
"The repairing of plastering in
the jail. One electric light in the
ladies' department of the jail ; also,
the placing of an iron railing around
the rear yard ol the court house
and to keep a trespass notice on
same."
The bond of L. C. Mensch,
guardian of Mary R. Leader, was
approved by the Court.
In case of Commonwealth vs.
Lewis Metz, capias was issued.
The Grand Jury made the fol
lowing returns :
Commonwealth vs. Robert Hen
dershot, charge larceny, a true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Harry F.ck
erd, charge assault and battery, a
true bill.
Commonwealth vs. Joe Minchi
engo, charge assault and battery
with intent to kill, a true bill.
Commonwealth vs. John Huff,
charge embezzlement, not a true
bill.
The Court Thursday confirmed
absolute the report dividing West
Berwick Borough into two wards.
John Robinson of Berwick, en
tered a plea of guilty to the larceny
of property from D. B. Lauden
slager of Berwick, and was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $25, cost of
prosecution and undergo a year's
imprisonment in the county jail.
Robert Hendershott, of Bellefonte
pleaded guilty to having stolen two
gold watches from his boarding
bouse in Berwick. He was sentenced
to pay the costs of the prosecution,
a fine of $25 and to undergo an im
prisonment in the county jail for a
year.
Charles Williams, of Berwick,
pleaded guilty to stealing a bicvele
from S. K. Fenstermacher, of Ber
wick, while in a drunken condition.
The evidence showed that there
was no intent and Williams was
allowed to go upon the payment of
costs; and with the admonition not
to again get drunk.
"Little Italy" in Briar Creek
township furnished the last trial for
the week. Joe Mercheigo was
charged by Venia Ripa with assault
with iutent to kill. Two hours were
required to try the case, a flimsy one
ou the part of the Commonwealth.
The Court instructed the jury to re
turn a verdict of not guilty, which
they did without leaving the box.
The second week of court open
ed on Monday, Judge Staples pre
siding. The case of Susan E. Cooper vs.
Archie Averal and others was first
taken up, and the jury found a ver
dict of $44.21, for plaintiff.
F. B. Ringrose vs. W. D. Camp
bell was a dispute over a line fence.
Verdict for defendant.
Mary A. Creveling vs. the Sus
quehanna, Bloomsburg & Berwick
R. R. was an action for damages
for laud taken. A verdict was
reached on Wednesday, $1019.29
for plaiutiff.
In estate of Harvey S. Mourey,
late of Hemlock township, de
ceased, petition to sell real estate
was filed.
In the matter of abandonment
Continued on 8th page 3rd Col.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OK
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At close of Business Friday, August 25th, 1905.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY'S CALL.
Resources.
Loans - - $238,127.09
United States Bonds 100,000.00
Other Bonds, - 178,904.92
Furniture & Fixtures, 8,000.00
Cash and Resrrve, 80,493.60
$605,525.61
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock, - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits, 26,773.28
Circulation, - 100,000.00
Bank Deposits, 14,667,07
Individual Deposits, 364,085.26
$605,525.61
A. Z. Schoch, President.
Wm. H. IIiui.ay, Cashier.
Berwick Homicide Case
Naugle and Bellas Found Guilty
of Voluntary Manslaughter,
and Get Two Years.
Verdict Generally Approved.
On Friday morning the jury in
the case of Naugle and Bellas, on
trial for shooting the Italian, Verdi,
returned a verdict of " guilty of
voluntary manslaughter, and ask
for the mercy of the court." In the
afternoon the prisoners were
brought up, and in passing sentence
Judge Staples said :
" This case has given the Court
considerable trouble in arriving at
just what its duty is in the pre
mises. We are aware of the con
dition of affairs in West Berwick.
We know some of the people who
live there and what the people of
that neighborhood have to co :tend
with ; but there are other questions
to be considered as well as what
might be classed the dangerous
element that is there, and that is
the fact that homicide is growing
more and more prevalent each year ;
not only in your own community
but in every part of the United
States and any reasonable man who
has at heart the welfare of his
country must look with horror upon
the present condition of aflairs in
that regard.
"It seems there is a large class of
people in the United States who
have no regard whatever for human
life. They forget that the same
blood which courses through their
veins courses through the veins of
all others of the human race and
that their lives are as dear to them
and their families as the lives of the
people who commit the homicide ;
and it we permit cases of this kind
to go without any punishment what
ever it is simply saying to the peo
ple that if a good excuse is offered
for the commission cf manslaughter
or homicide they can easily get off
and it adds to that alarming condi
tion of affairs iu our country.
"There is another reason in con
nection with this case and that is
that while officers of the law are
clothed with authority yet for that
very reason the Commonwealth de
mands of them that they shall use
that authority with which they are
clothed with the greatest caution.
This case is an evidence of the want
of that caution ou the part of you
two m.n in the use of firearms and
the exercise of your authority.
"It is not the purpose of the
Court to go into details and recite
the facts of this case, but there
evidently was something wrong in
your actions upon that day in which
Verdi was killed. Iu addition to
that there was something wrong in
this Court. In our experience there
never has been a case tried before
the court in which there was more
falsehood from start to finish on
both sides of the case than there
was in this. It is the opinion of the
Court that there was false testimony
on both sides hard to get at it is
true ; but from our experience in
the trial of cases we feel sure that
neither side were telling the exact
truth in relation to this matter.
" The jury evidently gave this
case very careful consideration.
The Court defined to the jury, it
thinks, in specific terms and in
plain terms the different degrees
and the different penalties if the
evidence of them was established
and that they, giving the whole
case careful consideration, taking
hours to do it, arrived at what was
probably a just onclusion iu the
matter.
"Officers of the law In the case
of misdemeanor have no right to
use deadly weapous in attempting
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to make an arrest unless the resist
ance oflered to them is of such a
dangerous character as would war
rant their calling into use deadly
weapons in order to protect them
selves lrom great bodily injury or
impending death.
"Upon the other hand we deem
it advisable to say at this time that
this case does not give individuals
whom they are attempting to arrest
license to resist. If an officer of the
law iu attempting to arrest a per
son charged with a misdemeanor
is cautious and uses only the au
thority and powers given to him by
the law as they arise and in such
an affray the person resisting and
resisting so as to warrant the belief
in impending danger upon the offi
cer death should ensue to that indi
vidual, the officer would be ex
cused and if such a case were be
fore this court the court would so
instruct the jury.
" We feel, however, that you two
men did not use the caution you
ought to have used ; that when you
approached these men you ap
proached them in such a way as to
alarm them and that there was some
reason for resistance, if there was
any upon their part, and that you
acted in a reckless way, or reckless
of the consequences ot your act.
" Under the recommendation of
the jury we unanimously feel, how
ever, that mercy ought to be ex
tended to you and the Court hearti
ly joins in that recommendation of
the jury. The maximum sentence
for an offeuse of this kind is 12
years. We could send you to the
penitentiary for a long term. It is
not the iuteutiou of this Court to
do this but we are going to sentence
you to such a term as will impress
itself upon the community, impress
itself upon you, and impress itself
upon all the officers of the law in
the county of Columbia, at the
same time cautioning individuals
when they resist arrest by an offi
ce! they themselves run the risk of
great danger to themselves and,
perhaps, some times of death for
which the officers attempting to
make the arrest would be excusa
ble.
"The sentence of the Courtis
that you George C. Bellas and
Jacob Naugle pay the costs of pro
secution in this case,. a fine each of
$100 to the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania for the use of the county
of Columbia and that you each
undergo imprisonment iu the Bast
em penitentiary located in the city
of Philadelphia for the term of two
years to be computed upon this day
and stand committed until the sen
tence is complied with."
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