St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-14
A LIVELY WEEK.
Street Car and Gribble Libel Damages
in the District Court.
Two Struck Juries to Decide the Amounts
The Finish Of Jury Cases in the Su-
preme Court Calendar.

Ihe nearing In two cases In The district
court, before struck juries, this week, will
finish up the set cases in the September term
calendar
On Monday morning Judge Brill viii take
up the case Of Lizzie Crosby vs.. the ST. Paul
City railway. at which time, aud TO cit on
which case, the following struck jury is re-
turnable 10 the court at that time:
T. A. Abbott, s. L. Davis,
Irving c. Atherton, c. c. DeCuster,
Ernst AlbreAht, VIM J. Dyer.
Ed. II. Briggs, Thad. c. Field,
Edgar G. Bowen, Nathan Ford,
Edgar A. Brown, Chss. Friend,
VIM NJ. Bushnell, K Gordon,
Thomas B. Campbell, p r L. H4rlenburgh.
This action Is for s., 5g4 damages, claimed
70 have been sustained by the p.aintiff, Feb
10, 1884, while attempting to aIight from a
street car on the corner OF Seventh aud
Jackson streets, after having given the proper
signal 10 stop the car, its stopping, aud
her exit TO the rear platform. At this point
the plaintiff claims that the driver sudde nly
started up the car without warning, throwing
her over the rail into the street, causing
great damage 10 her nervous system and per-
manently disabling her. 5. 2. Crosby, ESQ,
will appear as counsel for the plaintiff aud
II. J. Horn. Esq, for the road.
On Thursday morning next the court will
enter upon the trial OF what Is known as the
second libel suit Of Edwin Gribble. ESQ, vs..
the Pioneer Pres, 10 sit In heaaing Of which
the following struck jury has been drawn AMI
is returnable to the court that morni ny:
John o. Adams, Crawford Livingston,
John II. Allen, S. K. McMasters,
Maurice Auerbach, Richard Warran,
Geo. L. Becker, Jas. Z. Middle ton,
John B. Cook, j. Ross Nichols,
Geo. l.. Farwell, Geo. Palmer,
Z. G.. Hemingway, Vim. Perkins,
Geo. W. Dawson, Kinglsnd Smith,
This first suit Of this series was heard at
the last term OF court and was for SO, a
jury awarding 81, 900 damages which was aD-
pealcd by the defendant TO the supreme
court which sustained the verdict given be-
low.
This second suit Is for the sum OF $4,000
damages, the libel complained Of being
claimed 10 Be uttered in the issue OF the
Pioneer Press, August "a, IsS2, which article
reads as follows:
edwin Grbble, attorney aud counsellor
at Law, has undertaken 10 sue the Pioneer
Press for libel, laying bis damages at &c.
600, for calling him 4 half imbecile shyster,
the butt OF the town. When the Pioneer
Press found II necessary 10 make a personal
reference 10 Mr.. Gdoble, IL understood very
well that II was treading On dangerous
ground, and II therefore selected its descrip-
tive terms with great prudence aud dscre-
ton, so as 10 say nothing about him that
could not be proved. The delicate appropri-
ateness OF the Characterization may be
judged from the fact that this distinguished
luminary Of the law, who says In his com
plant that be has been for ten years q prac-
tieing attorney and counsellor at law In ST.
Paul. has not yet been able to learn so ele-
mentary matter Of practice as
how 10 serve a summons. His legal
adviser, Capt. Castle, announces that in
order 10 make sure that the papers were
properly served, Mr. GrIbble served them in
person upon the editor Of the p. p. The
familiar fact that the statute requires such
service TO be made by the sheriff, or his
deputy, or by some person not a party TO the
action, authorized by the judge Of the district
court, was evidently not known TO either OF
these legal summaries. The proposition TO
be proved Is that Mr.. Gribble Is "a half i'm
beetle shyster." By his first step In the
prosecution OF his great suit agsinst the p.
r., be has conclusively SHOWN that this is an
error, aud that he is In fact almost as
wholly imbeeile a shyster as his legal adviser,
Capt. Castle himself.
The plaintiff viii be represented by Hon
j. B. Brisbin. as counsel, and the defendant
by W. d. Cornish, Esq.