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Show LOW AFFAIR m j POLICE COURT Two Young Men, Rivals for the Smiles of a Young Girl. Are the Principals in a Tale of Woe Gun Was Used in a Threat to Kill. Judge J- I Murphy was called on In poliie court this morning to decide j ihat time-worn questl .n ol what i-1 fair In love. Feeling 'hat to weighty a problem shoul 1 not be pas-e. upon without due consideration, tho Ju !g has taken the matt-r under consideration consid-eration and will withhold his opinion until tomorrow mcrning. Harry Ross arid Joseph Harrop a'-r.vals a'-r.vals for the hand of Mls Mary London, a pretty Mi-s living with h-r parents at -T4s Jelferson avenue. Harrop. who recently teems to have been gaining favor In the eves ot the I plrl. alwtut a week ago caused his rival's riv-al's arrest on a charge of threatening threaten-ing to kill. All of the principals were In court this morning Harrop. on the stand, told a story of mce'lnc Miss Indon at a dance and taking her home. This was on the n!i;ht of October 2 Hiss, with envious en-vious cev, watched the two depart , fi'otu the dance hall and. according to the witro-ss, lollowed them all the way home. Uoss rooms at the !ndoa home wlih a sister-in-law ol the girl III the case lie w.-nt up to his room and waited. Miss London warned her mltor that Koss would probably attack at-tack him on his way home and he advised him to call up the police station sta-tion and ask thut an ofllcer be sent to escort him. Harrop followed th,s eirl's advice and asked for police protection. The I dice, not feeling lhat the case was a serious one. told the young man over the phono, to sneak out of the back door. Harrop attempted to do this but was neen bv ihe watchlul Koss and fome distance from the London home was stopped. The witness wit-ness tvsililed that K'ss pulled a revolver re-volver from his pocket, pointed It at his breast and said that he was going to kill him. "Say, guy, are j on going to see this Cirl again?" were the words alb-geJ to have been used by Koss. "I am going to kill von on tills ssd if ymi don't promise to never come to the Indon house again." "The gun was pointed straight at me," stated Harrop. in telling of this Incident, "and I promls-d that I would never aagin pay any attention to Miss London." "'I will let you go this lime,' said Ross to roc, 'but If you ever come to her house again, Ir If I ever see you speak bo her again, I will put a bullet bul-let through your heart.'" Harrop stated that he came direct to the police station and was advised to have a warrant Issued for Ross' arrest, ar-rest, which he did. Miss London, when called upon to ts'lfy. told of having kept company with Ross and of her fear that he would kill Harrop. "He told me that if lie ever saw me with Joe he would kill him."' she said. "I told Joe to call up th.- police, f"T Iknew- that Ross was wailing up-Hairs up-Hairs and would follow him when he left the house." "Id Ross ever carry a revolver?"' asked Attorney David Jensen, who was conducting the prosecution". ' I don't like to tell."' answered the witness, confuted and bluxhing When the voung lady was pressed for an answer she stated thai he did carry a gun. and that he bad shown t to her, making threats on Ilarrep'a life. Ross, when called t,. the stand in his own lhalf. denied that he had pointed a revolver at his rival. He-stated He-stated that certain friends had informed in-formed him that Harrop had told them that he intended to thrash him. nnd It was for this reason that he followed the young man from tho Ixmdon home He claimed that he was not Jealous of Harrop, and that when he accosted his rival he was rot angry. Ross said that he was of Irish-Italian parentage and had no relatives In this city. Mrs. Walter Ixmdon, sister-ln law of Miss Iiondon. testified thai she had Ross' revolver in her pos.sioa 011 the night r.f the alleged assault, and that the was certain that Ross did not have n gun when he met Harrop. If not Impeached, Mr.V L ndon's tes- ' Utnony was considerably weakened by j the statements rf Hnrrop and Miss London, who were recalled to the stand after she left the chair i Mrs L. london. mother of the sir I. gae testimony but It was not of an Imporbini nature and had little bear- j Ing on the case. . |
