Boy Stoning R.R. Train Is Jailed for 100 Days

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BOY STONING R.R. TRAIN IS JAILED FOR 100 DAYS Charged with throwing stones through the windows of trains at Haddon avenue and Line street, Ernest Tinney, 17, colored, of 1012 Sycamore street, was sentenced to 100 days in jail yesterday by Police Judge Pancoast. Three youths arrested with him, Thomas Howard, 18, of 815 Cherry street; Robert Morton, 20, of 457 Berkley street, and William Wallace, 19, of 1031 South Ninth street, all colored, were given suspended sentences when George Baitzel, a Pennsylvania Railroad policeman, testified he saw only Tinney throwing stones. Edward Barnes, 29, colored, of 958 South Ninth street, alleged to have threatened Baitzel, also received a suspended sentence.

Charged with throwing stones through the windows of trains at Haddon avenue and Line street, Ernest Tinney, 17, colored, of 1012 Sycamore street, was sentenced to 100 days in jail yesterday by Police Judge Pancoast.

Three youths arrested with him, Thomas Howard, 18, of 815 Cherry street; Robert Morton, 20, of 457 Berkley street, and William Wallace, 19, of 1031 South Ninth street, all colored, were given suspended sentences when George Baitzel, a Pennsylvania Railroad policeman, testified he saw only Tinney throwing stones.

Edward Barnes, 29, colored, of 958 South Ninth street, alleged to have threatened Baitzel, also received a suspended sentence.