The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-15
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Special Dispatches to the Intslligencer.
MUCH TRIED TEST CASE WITH WHEELING


MUCH TRIED TEST CASE WITH WHEELING
MAN FOR DEFENDANT.
ST. CLAIRsv1LLE, June 1.-THE jury in
our Common Pleas Court last evening rem
dered verdict in the case of VIM. Moore
house vs. James Crangle in favor of the
plaintiff for S75 and over ten years, inter-
est. AS this is one of seven cases in
which the same questions are involved
considerable interest has been manifested
in it, especially by your readers in the
Glass City. The plaintiffs in these cases
claimed that Crangle guaranteed to them
that the National Glass Manufacturing
Company, of which he was President,
would, in case they subscribed to the stock
of said company, pay from 10 to 20 per
cent dividend on such stock the first year.
This Orangle denies.
These cases were tried before a Bellaire
justice first, where judgment in favor of
the plaintiff was given. Crangle ap-
pealed. The case just decided was made
a test case in our Common Pleas Court,
and upon trial the jury gave verdict in
favor of the defendant. The Court charged
that a guaranty not in writing was not
binding, it being a promise to pay an
others debt The case went to the Dis
trict Court, where the charge was sus-
tanned. It then went to the Supreme
Court, where it was claimed that it was
not a debt of the company, but Crangle's
individual promise. AS exceptions were
taken to the ruling of the Court on other
points, and all the testimony taken down
by a stenographer, it is safe to presume
that the case will go up again. Before the
Justice Ex-Governor Stanton was attorney
for the defendant. AT this trial Messrs.
Kelly and Danford were his attorneys,
while Messrs. Cowen, Smith and Peter
Tallman were for the plaintiff.
SHOOTING scRAPE AT sTEUBENv1LLE-wARM
RECEPTION OF AN INVITED GUEST.
SrEUBENvILLE, tJune 14.-This evening
Theodore Weems went to the house of
George Irwin, on High street, and at
tempted to force his way in, when Irwin
shot him three times, once in the eye, the
ball lodging under the skull, the other
struck him in the neck, passing through
and lodged behind the thorax, and the
last struck his left ear, making a slight
wound. It is thought that the wounds
will not prove fatal, although they are
quite dangerous. Irwin was arrested and
will have n hearing tomorrow. Weems
claims that Irwin invited him to his house
and when he approached drew a revolver
and commenced shooting him.
SERIOUS RUNAWAY ACCIDENT NEAR 1URa-
ErTsTowN.
HANLoN's STATION, Pa, June 14.-Yes-
terday evening, near Burgettstown, Pa, a
horse driven by Mrs. Cochran, became
unmanageable and ran away, throwing
Mrs. Cochran against a fence, by which
her arm was broken in two places and
other severe injuries received. The buggy
was completely wrecked and the horse,
which was valuable one, was killed.
BURNED TO DEATH.
WATNEsBURG, Pa, June IA terrible
accident occurred here, resulting in the
death of Mrs. NJ. Wiley. A kerosene
lamp upset and the flames were communi-
cated to the carpet. Mrs. Wiley attempted
to smother the blaze with her clothing, but
it caught fire and she WAS fatally burned.
WHEELING DARKEY IN TROUBLE.
CAMBRIDGE, o., June IA colored
man, who refused to give his name, but
said he was from Wheeling, was arrested
here last night, charged with stealing a
watch from an engineer named Thornberp,
who lives at Norwich. The watch, which
Is gold one, valued at s95, was found in
his pocket. He was taken to the Zanes-