1899 WB Record Almanac, Murders in 1898

There were only six murders in Luzerne county during 1898, compared with
nine for 1897 and thirteen for l896.

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April 17 Andrew Sabol was killed by a fence picket in the hands of his
employer at Harwood, in the Hazleton region. The murdered man, it is
said, threatened the life of his employer and when they met a quarrel
ensued.

August 5 Michael Sea, of Hazle Brook, was shot through the head by a
breaker boss during a quarrel. It was alleged that Sea returned twice to
the breaker and renewed the quarrel, and the last time the breaker boss
returned the fire and Sea was killed.

August 14 Anthony Regalis was stabbed to death in a fight at Mill Creek,
which started in a saloon. Joseph Rascowsky was arrested and tried but
was acquitted. A number of other arrests were made, but there was not
enough evidence to hold any of the men. The crime was commmited on a
Sunday and the keeper of the place testified during the trial that the
men drank in his place. Judge Woodward ordered that his license be
revoked.

September 17 James Moffat was killed and Warren Richmond seriously
wounded in a Pittston saloon. A quarrel was started between several men
and suddenly one of them pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired a
number of times. Although everybody seemed to know who fired the shots
and an arrest was made, no one would testify before the coroner's jury
that the man had been seen with the revolver, and the jury returned a
verdict of death at the hands of a person unknown. It was a very
surprising case, in view of the general knowledge of the affair.

October 18 Stephen Woolsey, of Smithville, near Pittston was found
outside of his boarding house with a fractured skull, and died at the
Pittston hospital.

On December 3 Michael F. Corcoran, a prominent resident of Duryea, well
known all over the county, was shot dead by four masked burglars, who
invaded his house at 3 a. m. They burst in the door of his room, shot
him, bound the housekeeper, who came down stairs, and blew open the safe
and stole several hundred dollars.

Typed by Irene Transue,  October 31, 2003