Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1889-05-28
CREAM OF NEWS.
Ano,hed Just Verdict.

Anothed just Verdict.
In Fridays Ne,o Era tho follow
Ing notics appeared; "Tne jury In
the case of tom Leayell against the
l. & N. railroad company, returned
verdict In favor OF tho plaintiff this
morning. Tom Leavell IL will be re-
mcmDered Is the old colored man
who was knocked from the track by
a freight car In the city limits several
months ago. The old man filed suit
through his attorney against the
heartless, soulloss corporation, claim
ing damages to the amount Of 5000"
Our neighbor Is in error. The jurv
gave a prompt verdict for the defend
ant, as 1t should have done. There
was no merit In the case. Tom Leav-
ell, col, was walking between the
main and mill tracks Of the railroad
In this city ON Mar. Is. The tracks
are s feet apart and the engine pro-
jections 20 inches, leaving clear
space of s feet. Leavell admitted
that he saw the train meeting him
800 feet away, but went on 10 feet
further before making any movement
to get out Of the way. He claimed
that he was then dumped" of be-
cause he had no room TO step aside,
aud sued tho road for $1,000. The
Jury that tried the case were sent TO
Tho spot aud stood between the tracks
while trains passed aud found that
there was room enough for four men
TO stand between the moving cars
Their verdict was promptly aud
unanimously In favor Of the defend
ant. A verdict against tho railroad
iu such case az this would have
been simply an outrage.
Attempted Safe Robbery.
An attempt was made by burglars
10 blow open the iron safe Of the
Cant Il Gather Co., Ia their tobacco
warehouse, about midnight Saturday
night. Parties In the vicinity re-
membered having heard the explosion
after the discovery was made Sun
day. No investigation was made at
The time, but the robbers were doubt
iess frightened away by hearing
some noise, as they left crowbar
and other tools by the safe. The in
side of tho safe was not broken open
aud nothing was disturbed. The
fact that an attempt TO open 1t had
been made was not discovered until
Sunday afternoon.
The Two Chestnuts.
The Collectorship and the o. ".
bond case are still unsettled.
II was confidently expected that
Collector would be appointed We'd
nesday Of last week, but the matter
went over and may or may not be
settled this week.
A decision In the o. v. case was
looked for Saturday, but II came not
aud is still hanging fire. 1t may
come this week. This tardlness may
DO taken as a hopeful sign, since bad
news travels fastest.
Residence Burglarized.
The dwelling house of j. II. Reece,
an old farmer living in the Mt.
Vernon district, was entered by bur-
glars Friday, during the absence Of
tho family and robbed of $S5 in
money and lot of valuable papers.
The thieves entered By breaking open
tho door, which was locked. AT last
accounts no clue 10 the robbers had
been discovered.
Or. Amos" Thomas Stabbed.
DIR. j. @. Thomas, surgeon for the
lessees of the penitentiary convicts,
was seriously stabbed by convict,
while trying to stop fight between
convicts, near Paris, Friday. A tele-
gram to relatives here Sunday says
his wound, which is below the ninth
rib, Is not dangerous.
Dedicated.
The new Universalist church was
formally dedicated as a house Of
worship Sunday morning. Rev. s..
Il. Gibbs and wife, Rev. Sophia
Gibbs, ofiiciated.
Marriage Licenses.
CoLoRED.
Ross Coleman 10 Rose Dlllard.
Il. ID. Hooks TO Fannie Il Vaughn.
.Tanaa Harry IN Mariah Rail