The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-03
The Court of Chancery.

The Court of Chancery.
The February term of the Court OF
Chancero will open tomorrow morn
ing. There is only one local case on
the list of fifteen causes, and thai is
the n of Watson f. Van Camp vs..
John Taylor ct al, charging the latter
with not correctly accounting for the
funds of the John Taylor Company.
Chauncey II. Beasley is counsel for
Mr.. Van Camp, and E. H. Murphy and
A. Q.AKeasbey & Son for Mr.. Taylor.
The following are some OF the more
important cases or the list
Mary L. Miller v. Mayor, etc. Merristown. A.
@ Keasbey & Son; George W Forsyth.
NJ. Simpson Mccullough v. Absecom L.; az
Imp. Co. ct al. d. J. Pancoast; II. NJ. Snyder,
Mary A. II. Cox ct al, exs., V. Ellis N. Needs
ct al. G; E. Hendrickson; y. K. sooy; -
A. S. Boyd v. William Peter. A. s. Boyd: Russ
d Heppenheimer,
Alexander B. Simonds v. Essex Passenger R.
r. Co. G. & w. Parker; A. G. Keasbey & Son.
John Rowbotham ct al. v. s. Preston Jones.
Edward Dudley; e. M. Garrison.
Benjamin Il. Hutton's Exrs. v. Adele, Marquise
de Portes ct al. c. & w. Parker; B. Nilliainson,
Stevens & Ward.
James Blundell ct al, Exs., V. Eliza Pope ct
al. George S. Hilton; Barkalow, Pennington &
Beam, q. M. Ward, Alexander Elliott, w. b.
Gourley, Oscar Keen, Marshall & Weston.
Catharine V. C. Van Rensselaer, V. Edmund
deuQfICkS CT al. A. W. hGaSDey q OOu3 Nulbc-
head 81 Condit.
Cumberland's She ritf Had to Hustle.
John Knox, the murderer. of colored
Annie Borden, was both fguratively
and literally railroaded to States
prison from Bridgeton Saturday even-
ing, where he must serve a sentence of
twenty years. Sheriff Shaw was rest
ing easy in the belief that he had five
more days yet in which to take the
murderer to prison, when he suddenly
learned late Saturday that by a re-
cent law it was the last day allowed
him, the fifteenth since Knox's SEN
tence.
Accordingly preparations were hur-
riedly made. A telegram was sent to
the prison authorities and another to
Glassboro, that Knox's father might
be at the station to say good bye to
his son.. The prisoner was taken on
the last train.
Knox maintained his GOODNESS and
reasserted his innocence. The Sheriff
had been delaying his departure in
orfer that the proposed application
for a new trial might be presented, but
this fell through because of the inabil-
ity OF Knox's friends to raise the law
yer's fee.
Suffering Mentally on the Eve of Trial.
Chalkley lie Coney, who was placed
on trial in the Camden courts today
for the murder of his niece, Annie LIE
C~olestown, passed a ~sleepless night
Saturday, and was reported by the
Warden last night as suffering mental
agony over the approaching trial.
Garrett Murray, the colored boy
witness, was in good spirits and said
he was glad that he would soon have
the opportunity of relieving the bur-
den that was on his mind. The mem
bers of the Press Club, through the
courtesy of Judge Garrison and Prose-
cutor Jenkins, have completed ar
engagements for reporting the trial.
The members of the press will have
exclusive possession of the space in
front of the Judges bench, on the
south side of the court room. Accom-
mediation for twenty-four reporters
has been made.
Fell Down Stairs and Broke His Neck.
Benjamin Reed, of Bridgeton,
seventy-three years old, fell down
stairs last night and broke his neck,
dying instantly. The back part of his
head was also crushed in. Mr.. Reed
had been suffering with the grip for
several days, and at midnight
was seized with violent coughing.
His wife went down stairs and built a
fire for him and then he started to 60
down, thinking his cough would not
be so severe if he were sitting up,
when he fell. Coroner Barnes was
summoned this morning, but decided
an inquest unnecessary.
The Seat of Atlantic County.
The war over the Atlantic county
seat between Mays Landing and
Pleasantville is not over. In fact it
has just begun, and Mays Landing
is feeling rather badly over it. 1t
now appears certain that either Egg
Harbor City or Pleasantville is to be
the county seat inside of a year. Both
places have now about S., 900 sub
scribed for the removal of the county
buildings.
EDIS0N'S LATEST.
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