Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-15
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The SOmbre Judicial Atmosphere
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The police eonrt room Saturday re-
sounded to the greatest torrent of eloquence
that has yet awakened its echoes. The
orator was one Isaac Jacobs, who occupied
the dock and used II US a forum.
II appeared from testimony given by Mrs.
Hannah II. Hill, who lives at No. $40 Pine
street. that Jacobs came TO her house ON
Saturday last and tried to get her to have
her children insured In the Prudential In
surance Company. Mrs. Hill stated that
she had considerable trouble on her hands
Just thon and could not think Of
IL for few weeks. Jacobs inquired
into the nature Of her troubles and gal
lanrly offered TO assist her with his advice
and skill, as a man of the world, which
offer she accepted. He went with her and
her five children to Philadelphia, where her
husband was In difiiculties,on Monday last,
but upon their arrival there his ardor took
smother turn and he demanded compen-
satIon for his services, to be paid in
advance. The result OF his actions was
that they parted. She came back to VIII
mlngton and Friday he went to her
house again, when she claims he took I'M
warranted liberties and carried away n
pistol belonging TO hsr husband, insulting
her and putting her In fear OF him. He
also said he had handed In applications for
insurance for her and paid for them. She
also said In effect that she suspected him OF
being thief.
Charles II. LefTerts, inspector, and
Nicholas Hart, superintendent, OF the in-
snrance company for which Jacobs was
working, were also on the stand. 1t ap-
peared from their statements that Jacobs
had been working for them four days, but
no party who has been insured by him In
| TINT time will take his work. Mr.. Letferts,
| In examining the Hill papers found that
| Jacobs had signed the applications himself,
and that Mrs Hill denied giving her consent.
During the giving of this testimony Mr..
Jacobs was sight to behold. He rapidly
| alternated from free-and-easy carelessness
| to great nervous intensity; one instant he
| was affected with laughter so uncontrollable
| that he had to stick his handkerchief In his
\ mouth, and In the next he was In the midst
| OF propounding clear and pointed but a
| superlatIvely worded and stupendously
enunciated question. He paced the dock
with rapid and nervous strides, bit his
| lips, snapped his fingers, leaned far over
| the railing straining to hear the evidence
stood up, sat down, and kept the whole
thing up TO such atremendous extent that the
| court WINS constrained to ask him whether
he was "baianeed In his head" as he
seemed to have lost his centre, Sc far as
appeared to the naked eye. He declared
that II was q persecution, not
prosecution, that he was more
Il
the charges were presented by "aneemus,
cross-examined addressed the court, mad
motions for adjournments, discharges, &c.
and played so large part In the small
space allotted him that the crowd OF specta
tors were scarcely able to keep up with
and his colored dock-mate dwindled int
insignitcance beside hin.
SO far as the charge Of Insulting languag
and intimidating behavior toward Mrs. Hi
was concerned Jacobs was discharged, blu
on the charge OF forging her signature :
the insurance applications he was held Il
S400 bail to appear on Monday morning.
Isaac Jacobs was called up to nnswe
the charge of forging Mrs. Hannah II
Hills mark to applications for insuranc
on which he had been held in $4C0 ba
, Saturday to appear Monday morning. Mr.
, Hill was not present, and Charles L
IIeiTerts, inspector for the insurance CON
, pany, Withdrew the charge, 80 jacob
| was dismissed without further parley. i
was represented Monday morning b
, | Austin Harrington, Esq.