Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
NEW SERIES. VOL. i. NO. 40
A LTTBLr TIME.
Between the Clerk of the Peace and
Newspaper Man over the License
Applications.

Applications.
From Every Evening Of THURSDAY,
Yesterday afternoon the city reporters.
as well as a great many other interested
parties, were anxiously awaiting the
adjournment OF court to ascertain who
among the applicants for liauor licenses
had been successful. 1t was about Alb
when the Court finally adjourned, and.
although rather late for the reception Of
news, vet the representative of EVERY
EVENING was present, anxious to obtain
the license list for publication if it could
be procured.
II had been given out during the day
that the Court had forbidden access to
the license lists until this morning. and
tile representatives of the afternoon
papers accepted this as authoritative.
But, Immediately upon the adjournment
of court, Mr.. Francis. city editor of the
Morning Ne,rS. spoke to Chief Justice
Cumegys upon the subject and a moment
afterwards said that the Chief Justice
had told him to tell Clerk Osborne to
give this young man a list of the appli-
cants for license.
The press representatives at once pro
ceeded to the office of Clerk of the Peace
Cochran. who informed them that it
would take him several hours to get the
list in shape and that it would not be
ready until this morning. With this
information the EVERY EVENING repre-
sentative dropped the matter. but Mr..
Francis, together with Mr. Meyer of the
Ffeie PfeSse. representing morning papers.
tried to obtain from the clerk a promise
that they should have the list sometime
during the evening. Mr.. Cochran treated
their application courteously. but reit-
Grated that il was impossible to grant il.
This part of the story. together with
what followed. was thus related by Clerk
Cochran this morning:
Francis and Never came to me. inst
after the court adjourned. and Francis
told me that he wanted a copy of the
licenses. replied They are all mixed
up and there are a great inauy private
letters along with them and it will take
me long while to get them straigbtened
out, and we won't have time this after
noon to make it out; we can't get
through with it.
Said he: / would like to have them
now. Said l.: You can't have them
now you can't get them till tomorrow
morning at . o'clock. Well. said he.
this is unprecedented. Said l.: You
know this time is very different. There
have been great MANY more applications
and great deal more pressure brought
to bear on the Court and so many private
letters mixed up with them that / can't
get them ready Tonight,
Mr.. Never then said We can GET
them in the morning | answered YES
In the. evening Clerk Osborne DR.
Groves and myself came mn here and took
the applications and hacks and went ove,
them and it was lO.45 u. m. before We
left here, that being AS late as we cared
to work. We reached the Clavton Hons.
at II As and found Francis standing nj
the counter. lie asked me if wa,
through with the licenses. told him
was not. Int that | youId bavu theu
ready for him by Q o'rlock this morninp
lie answered. could | Get them for All
| replied No; nor for s50O. Ther
something was said nv him wbi,l, wa,
not trne. Int which cannot rarali ana
| called him n liar. He said tLat h,
would not take that. to which / renlied
you s. of n h oct in . and w,
rrappled and both went Ia tb4 door anf
lie rot NV right thnmb in his month anl
got him bv tn. throat with nv l.ft hanl
and choked him. Then Mr.. SINNERS tb,
night clerk iunnad in and sannrated II,
and said tn Froncis van ,nust Iaaya bara