The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-19
A VERDICT OF $4,000
Damages Awarded Ex.RcpreSentatIve 7,
@, Snyder Against the City,
A sixteen Year Old airi Given One Year In
the PsnitaDtiary '--James Tuttis
0ets Three Years,

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The arguments In the case OF TX Rep.
reaentatiye Il, q, Snyder, OF this city,
against the City Of Canton, asking for
$4,000 damages for personal injuries
sustained, were concluded In Common
Pleas Court Friday afternoon, Judge
Pease delivered his charge, aud at 4:30
O'Clock the jury retired TO sit upon the
case.
Az $3.50 o'clock Friday evening, after
having been out for Just liye hours, the
Jury came In and rendered verdict Of
tS coo 'amapea, Ia favor Of the plalnlilf
galnst the city CITY Solicitor Myers
on hehalt Of the City, gave notice OF u
mutlOn for new trial,
The cilGum thuG'a Of tha Gaze have
bG u fec0unted several times Of late iU
thesH columns, aud are briefly these.
o he night Of October 6th, 1883, Mr..
Snyder, accompanied 10y Mrr X q, Moss.
grove, was dllyrg home from u pullt'
cal meeting, winch he had addre sed
NJ Oanhbufg, The night waa very dark,
and while driving along South Pnm,
near Ninth, the buggy came IN CON-
wv kN DllN VI NhhuI NulNh WV
turned II, throwing both gentlemen out.
MI Snyder suffered dislOcation OF the
hip, aud was assisted TO the residence Ot
hr j, j. Parker, close by, by DR. X. p,
Morrow aud Mr., Alvin DOnd4, who hap
pened OppOrinnely along NJ that mo
ment, after which he waa removed 20 li1
room on North Poplar street, where he
WIS given medical aid, Mr.. MOasgToye
nan two llugers OF hia left hand dlalo-
Gated, and was otherwise badly ahasen
up,
The BOckiua lat was belng erected NJ
the place where the accident occurred,
aud the pile OF sand which capsized the
buggy stood In front Of II. No precau.
tlOnafy light was displayed TO warn
travellers OF danger, by reason Of thls
accident Mr. Snyd has been made u
cripple for life, and being u large, re-
bust man, l0cOm0tiOn In no easy task
with him; u cru oh or cane Ia hls con-
stant companion, and sometimes no IL
obliged 10 use both,
Messra Day, Lynch, Parker and Grant
were Mr., s6yder's attorneys, and City
Solicitor Myers, assisted by Messrs.
Ffease and Case, represented the inter
eate Of the city.
The DEMOCRAT interviewed number
Of attorneys aud other gentlemen, con-
yeTaint with the case and the clrcnm'
stances, They all agree that the amOdnt
OF damages awarded IL not too much.
although some are Of the opinion that
the party who all0 we'd the obstruction TO
remain In the street, without u danger
light aud not the city, was the proper
one 10 pay the damages,
TOUCHING soENE,
A touching scene occurred In the
Common Pleas Court this morning,
Maggie Dixon, VINO WAS indicted by the
Grand Jury for burglary and larceny,
came iut0 court ana changed her plea
of not guilty TO that OF guilty aud was
sentenced 10 one year In the penittn'
ilary The girl IL not yet sixteen years
old and looks much younger, Az she
STOOD before the Judge, her fresh,
rosy face, encircled by long, curl.
ing treeSes OF hair, ahe looked the
picture Of pure hlldIsh innocence
Julge Ptaso was evldently touched by
the gulleless appearance OF the girl aud
questioned and talked TO her for some
time, iuQuifing into the cause Of her
crime aud commenting upon the aad
beginning ehe had made In life. The
story ellclted ia In substance this .
Maggie Dixon In the daughter OF poor
but respectable parents, who reside In
Leetonia. Some eight montha ago she
tired Of going 10 school and determined
10 20 10 work aa n domestic. She went
10 salem and worked for u short time
aud then went 10 Alliance, where
eho worked about u week M u
domestic for q Mr.. Moore. Ia
Alliance abe became acquainted with
another domestic, named Mary Gainor,
and the two determined TO leave ALI
ance together. Az both we're poor and
had but little clothing Maggie stole n
br0pGded velvet droas, belonging 10 Mira,
Moore, and disappeared from the Moore
residence. About a week later Maggie
Dixon returned ana entered the Moore
residence one evening, during the ab'
aence Of the family, ami gathered to-
gether lot Of Mfe, MOorO's beat clothing
and other aluables, intending 10 carry
them away. Mr.. Moore returned home
UNEXPECTEDLY and caught tho girl In the
house; NJ the time ehe was wearing the
dreae, frat stolen from Mira, Moore, Ar.
rest, imprisonment and indictment fol
lowed.
In response TO Judge Pease's Ques'
tlons the girl said that abe was prom pt.
ed TO commit tho crime by the other
girl, Had ehe been under lltteen years
OF nge tho Judge would have sent her Ia
tho Girls Industrial Home, nj Xenla
but being past fifteen no was obliged "a
send her TO the penltentlary.
TUTTLE GIVEN THREE YEARS.
james Tuttle, tho Youthful burglar
who IL wanted NJ Youngstown, Ohio
and Sharon, Pa, for q number OF bur
glarles, aud who tapped the ticket Of
Zoe OF tho Valley Railway In this city
the night OF the Inquest upon the re'
mains OF Christian Slmler, plead guilty
Friday afternoon 10 the indictment Of
burglary and larceny found against him
aud was given three years In the ponl
tentlary. Tuttle Ia only nineteen years
old.
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