St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
FOUR JUDGES AT REST.
Only Two Turned the Cranks of
the Justice Mill Saturday-Mur-
ray Tells His Story.

oH1y Two ltFneu the franks OF
the Justice Mill Saturday-Mur-
ray Tells His Story.
Only two judges sat in the district
court yesterday. Judge Kerr heard sew
eral motions at the special term and de-
cided them. Judge Kelly presided at
the trial of John Kazala, one of the five
PolanderS charged with the murder of
John Kahont. The jury was secured
shortly after the noon hour, and the
and adjournment of the court. The jury
was dismissed to report Monday morn
ing, when the trial will begin.
MURRAY TELLS HIS STORY.
In the Holman-Murray strife for the
city attorneyship, Mr.. Murray was al
lowed to submit his side of the case to
Assistant Clerk Helm, of the supreme
court, yesterday afternoon. The evil
dence given developed nothing new
from what has already been published.
Certified copies of the proceedings of
the common council of March and II,
1885; March and 15, 1887, and March 5.
dence. A copy of the bond given by
Mr.. Murray in 1887 was sub
mitted. Clerk Prendergast testified
to various matters connected with
the duties of his Office as custodian of
the council records. He also stated
that Mr.. Murray's bond, supposed to
have been given in 1885, could not be
found. The minutes showed that it
was referred to committee, but what
became of the subject after that, the min
utes don't state. The rules in the official
compilation, charter and ordinances of
1875, were offered. but to this, w. III.
MI Nv hnl Oft
jected. The same compilation of 1884,
and especially rule 1, was then offered,
but the same objection, Oh the usual
ground, was made by Mr.. Sanborn. At
any rate, the Murray evidence is all in,
and Clerk Jones will report the same to
the supreme court. which will set a
time for the hearing and final determiu-
alton of Holman's title or Murray's right
to the corporation attOrneyship.
CREDITORS TIGHTEN THEM sCLUTCH.
On Friday afternoon the creditors of P.
Durack d Co., a co-partnership COM
posed of Patrick Durack and William
f. Bickel, filed a petition in the district
court for the appointment of receiver
to take charge of the available assets
of the firm which they believed to be
insolvent. 1t was set forth in the pc
titiOn that the insolvent concern owed
some $1,000 which it could not pay, 'and
that a receiver, appointed by the court,
would be the only person who could
make an equitable distribution of
the insolvents property to the
creditors. Yesterday, Judge Kerr
granted the petition and filed an order
appointing J. III. Morrison as the receiv-
er, and directed him, within ten days,
to cause Patrick Durack and William F.
Bickel to make and execute unto him,
all inventory of all their property, real
OF personal, not exempt by law. The
receivers bond was set at $1,000, and
the respondents to the petition declared
inSolvent and commanded to comply
with the order of the court. The cred
itors of William F. Bickel and Patrick
Durack will now have an opportun-
ity to realize their proportionate
share of the entire assets of both.
MATRIMONIAL MISTAKES.
Emma Louisa Olson sues her husband.
Carl q. Olson, for an absolute divorce.
She alleges that she is twenty-nine and
he thirty-fOur years old. and that they
were married at Oscarshamn, Sweden,
on the 18th of April, 1880. Thereafter
they lived together as husband and
wife until the year 1888, when Olson de-
serted his wife for no known cause and
without the slightestprovocation. They
have had borne to them one child, whose
name is Emma. Mrs. Olson asks the
custody of the child, the right to use
her maiden name of Emma Louisa John
son, and decree of divorce.
In the case of Charlotte Hoover
against A. p. Hoover, an action for di-
vorce, to be tried some time in the near
future, the court has granted Mrs.
Hoover alimony of $50 per month during
the pendency of the action.
BRIEFS.
Ed Faribault, convicted few weeks
ago oil grand larceny IN the second de-
gree, was sentenced yesterday by Judge
Kelly to four months in the work house.
The case of Joseph Cafaritti, as adj
miniStratOr of the estate of Antonio
Felicetto, against the Northern Pacific
Railroad company, an action for $1,000
damagesf or the death of Felicetto. has
been removed from the district court
of Hennepin county to the United
States circuit court.
The case of Charles Jones against the
Northern Pacific railway has been re-
moved to the United States circuit
court from the Ramsey county district
court. This is an action to recover
$4,000 for personal injuries sustained
while acting as brakeman on defend
ants road.