Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-16
Mrs. katie Cobb.
A RACE TO THE COURT porrSp-rup rRIsnSEe
Trr St.,1r,r,, -. -.

RACE TO TIKI CoURT-RoUS.-rHH PRISONER
AND THE SCHOOL. CIR! nR,yx
telegram from Norwich Conn Ian IL
11@aS;-ibete Is growing sentiment IN favor nf
hate, and she has more friends than n weeE
Sssss hahS IaoleS have called upon her since
saturday: The Norwich city iatl is situated m,
the top of steep hill. from the summit pf y -,
q il3 ehiicent view OF the "City'' Is Obtained II
nas been the custom of school children In ,,'.
thiS hlil as their fayorte sliding resort ana
every morning In the few remaining ma1cnte
ueloIe school time the hill has been ttlIei with
merry coasters This morning. when the s-reat
doors OF the Jail were thrown omen Ia SifoI,
kate ard the laller TO pass out a crowd al
merry children greeted her. When she
stepped INTO the natty sleigh to be taken IN
the court, which Is situated at the foot of inc
NIL, il was the signal for s'all aboard" for race
Wnh me laler,s sleigh To see who would reach
the court house door first. The children Won
ana Wien Kate stepped out upon the sidrwalS
I'D front OF the court a few seconds later a hlu1-
e3eu, pfelts-lace child OF eight years old
stepped up 10 her and rendered her a TIM
mower, a strange light illumined Rates face
as she bent toward the child TO take lis tIle
o tI.e1g and when she lifted her head tears
ulckied down her cheeks. She looked steadily
at me Hover Tor moment and then hent 10
wald the child and kissed it, saving ..Tbanl-
you, my niue glrl, thank you" She then passed
INTO the Crowded corridor or the cour and WAS
met oy many Old acquaintance that nodded
Pleasantly TO her. who week AGO WnuId NOT
ltcoShlze her She returned the compliment
with a graceful bow and passed nm into Tho
room where she Is confined until the signal j.
given TO bring her into the court room.
A "STARTIING DECISION TELEGRAM firm
i1ttSburg, Pa, SayS:-The supreme court 4
Pennsylvania has just rendered a decision
which has startled the people from one end of
the state to the other. This case was that OF
Charlotte c. LaZeaT. plaintiff in error. VS.. w r.
Porter, assignee in bankruptcy Of -. Il. w Gll
the abScoEded banker and real estate areat
The assignee. by order of the district court OF
the nited states, sold piece or property sit
uated in the 2Uth ward OF PittSburg To Char
lotte {. LaZedr. The question as TO the title
came up. and the right OF the wife OF the bank
Tupt to dover was preached. This matter n As
long stood upon the record against the sales OF
real estate OF bankruptS, but had never been de-
Cided by a competent legal tribunal. II WAS
therefore, determined by parties interested in
the case In question 10 have "a judicial deliver
ance on the subject. Accordingly. IL was placed
before common pleas court No. l. without ar
gument. and decision asked at once This
was given. to the effect that the sale by an
assignee Invested the widow OF the bankrupt OF
her dover right. The supreme court has now
reversed this and decided that the widows
dover remains unappr0achabe by any power
directed against the husband. This decision
viii affect the titles ~ almost all safes OF real
estate through assigGees and when il is re-
memheIed there We're thousands OF such during
the last year, 10 say nothing Of those OF pre-
viGuS years the importance and far-r2aching
consequence of the decision will be readily per-
CcINed. The amount of suffering the decision
VIII cause will make most people regret that ii
II be the law il was not discovered earlier: that
While doing justice To bankrGptS' wives, il
should not operate 20 do equal il not greater
injustice TO peone VINO never went into bank
rUptCS.