Evening journal., 1890-05-02
lIRsL SUITS IeNoREn.
The Gooden-Taylor War Not Llbelous
Cove S. Wilson Held for Assault.

The Gooden-Taylor War Not Libeious
Cove S. Wilson Held for Assault.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, May 2 Two items Ia the work
of the Kent County Court yesterday
created local sensation; one was the
ignoring of the libel suits between State
Librarian John G. Gooden and ex-Editor
Taylor of the Smyrna Record; and
the other was the finding of a true bill
against Cove S. Wilson, we'll known
young man and quite an active Demo-
cratic politician, for assault upon Re-
corder Bewly. 1t will be remembered
that Recorder Bewly objected to Mr..
Wilson searching the records of the re-
cording officer, and the latter insisted on
his right so violently that Mr.. Bewly
had him arrested for assault
The recorder stood on the following
order of the court, which was issued
about four years ago. 1t was issued on
the petition of the county officers of New
Castle, who were continually ANNOYED
by conveyancers and others who insisted
on handling the records of the officers
and mixed up documents and records to
the annoyance of the officials After
quoting the law on the the subject, the
court says:
| therefore IL IS ordered tnAt no one be Al
lowed to examine them except the members
| of the bar Ii any one wants an examination,
he has a right to demand II of the officers on
paying the regular fee. AS to the other re-
/ wards they are under the control of the
/ officers having them in charge, and they have
a right to refuse promiscuous examinations,
/ the members of the bar being the only ones
having right TO ex ,mine. The records are
| not eXanlinable at the pleasure of any one de
| siringtt, and we say that these officers shall
permit no one but members Of the bar to ex-
/ anime them.
This is certified to by George A. Max
we'll, prethonotory of New Castle
county. The grand jury held that this
document made the recorder supreme in
his Office and they indicted Mr. Wilson
for assault Last evening Mr.. Wilson
went before Esquire Jester and fled an
affidavit against Recorder Bewley, charg
ing the latter with receiving Illegal fees
The recorder may have a hearing on this
charge to- day.
In the libel suit of Taylor VS.. Gooden
the article written by the state librarian
was read in the grand jury room, anC
there's no question but what it was
scorcher. But it had saving clause al
the bottom of it, which proved that tn,
state librarian knew what he was doing
when he wrote it. After taking Editol
Taylor up and literally tearing him NJ
for about column, the article CLOSED
with this paragraph:
'Oh, glorious country, does it not make
your heart grow warm when you remem
ber that a creature so despicable has M
existence in fact, butts only creation
of fancy-a picture of the brain" Thii
paragraph, the grand jury evidently
held, proved that the entire article wa
mythical, and they ignored the bill.
The state librarians counter sui
against Editor Taylor was based on
little paragraph in the Smyrna Record
which said: "Why don't somebody muz
zle John Cg' The members of the gran,
jury agreed that nobody could muzzl
the state librarian, and they ignored thi
, bill also.
All Of the morning session of court wa
taken up with the case of Beniah Rawle
l of Harrington, who was charged wit
black-jacking the police force of Har
rington. The police force swore tha
somebody hit with blackjack, but as
was in a general fight and the evidenc
couldn't pin it on Rawley, he was dii
charged.
Emory Stamford, colored, was acquit
ted Of the charge Of stealing lot {
honey.
2; A list Of the cases brought before IL
q grand jury would make interesting rea
Q ing, and also show that there is refor
] needed in some of the country Justice
Offices of Kent county They ignored bi
Of assault to-day which was brougl
by one farmer because another "caugl
o hold of his wagon wheel and gritted h
Z teeth and another bill of assault vii
intent to kill, where the eviden
showed that the defendant hi
E; thrown an empty psint-can
y the prosecutor and ''it came with
ten yards of hitting him."
Q Vickery's trial for the murder
y Smith will come up to day instead of ,
0 Wednesday next, as at first reported