The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-08
THE COURTS.
business of the Circuit Court,

dict or not guilty.. Inc lHtelcSlc"
parties and their attorneys were In
court when the verdict was read. Inc
counsel for plaintiff sat back In MS
chair and gaSped for breath ana muir
INJURED, ''can it be possible" On tne
other hand smile played over the
faces of the victorious parties ana
when the Jury was discharged gem
. eral hand shaking followed ana con-
CALCULATIONS were extended MT. SIor-
mont by his friends.
Henry j. MonOt began a suit on
Friday against the Utica Pottery Co.
to foreclose a mortgage for ST, 10000,
made by the Company OF the four lots
in Utica on which the pottery works
are situated. 1t is alleged that the
company agreed to keep the buildings
in repair. MOnOit alleges they have
not done SO; and further, have not
paid him the 81 800. Rector G. Hit is
solicitor for plaintiff.
Frank Quincy came out on the top
of the heap in the suit with f.. Z:
Davis. The case was tried Friday and
the jury gave Guerney a verdict for
1929.
The case which take up the week in
the circuit court is that OF Samuel L.
Dickson V. The Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad company. The
suit is brought to recover $4,000 dam
ages for injuries which the plaintitf
claims he received in November, 1883,
while under the protection of the Off
Gals of the company.
Dickson is a resident OF Worthwhile
township, where he rents a small farm
Prior to the time the injury COM
plained of was received, his Occupa-
ton was that of a well-digger. Some
wears since. when the greenback craze
struck the county, he was light IN
that party: and its candidate 1or
sheriff. He bases his claim for dam
ages in the present litigation TO an IN
Jury to his back and spine rendering
him, as he states, unable to do heavy
manual labor and making him very
lame in walking. When the horse
show was on at the exposition build
ing in Chicago, in the fall of 1883,
Dickson, in conjunction with ia Sea
man, shipped from Sheridan Norman
stallion, "Turcoman" by name, for eX-
hibitiOn. Dickson rode in the car with
the stallion, and when near Downer's
Grove a passenger train ran into the
freight train, of which his car was a
part, iOstling it so as to throw Dick
son against the side of the car and
striking his back in such a way as to
cause the injury complained of. The
horse sustained injuries from which,
Dickson and Seamen claim, it after
ward died.
The defense claim that, under a
contract signed by Dickson and Sea-
men, no one should ride in the car
with the stock shipped Dickson was
negligent in being in the car, and can
not recover for any injury he may have
sustained. They further claim that
his injuries are slight. MeSSrS. O'COnor
Duncan & EckelS and Bird BickfOrd
will appear for plaintiff, and Richol-
son & Seeley for defendant. Judge
Dibell will preside.
Florence f. Westervelt has been
given a judgment against the Illinois
Valley Paper Co. for $3, 1922
An order to sell property was en-
tered in the chancery suit Of Doug
lass V. Cleal ct al.
The MarSeilles Manufacturing Co.
began a suit to get $500 damages
from James Stevens on Monday. Bird
Bckford represents the plaintiffs.
George and John Full V. John and
Philip Yost, is the title of an asSump-
sit suit commenced on Monday in the
circuit court to recover $1,000 dam
ages. w. II. Whitmore, of Mendoza,
represents the plaintiffs.
The masters report of sale in the
partition suit of kratz V. kratz was
filed and approved.
An AFFIDAVIT for attachment in the
case of Wolfe V. Wolfe ct al. was filed
Thursday by NJ. r. Moloney, attorney
for plaintiff. This suit is now pending
and was originally brought to get
$1,000 damages. 1t is alleged that the
defendant, Ed Wolfe, is about to re-
move from the state to the injury of
plaintiff, hence the affidavit was filed.
County Court.
A jury in the county court found
Frank Abel mot insane" last Friday.
Abel is the man who was tried for in
sanity January "a and sent to the
county asylum for one week. Warden
Reedy said there was no evidence of
insanity, and Abel was discharged and
allowed to return to his family at La
Sale
Judge Snyder has entered an order
inStructing the assignee of AlonzO S.
Black to pay the interest on the real
estate mortgages held by VIM. Carey
and the National City Bank, of this
city.
Hugh Black, of Streator, plead gull
ty to twenty counts of an Indictment
for keeping a disorderly house, which
was found against him by the last
grand jury, and was fined $40 on each
count, or 5000 in all. He could not
pay the fine and was sent to Jail.
John Gilgun, alias angel" Gilgun,
the man who was wOrsted in fight
with "Reddy" Brennan. at Streator
last September, plead guilty to a
charge of being party to IA sparring
match, yesterday, and was sentenced
to sixty days Imprisonment in the
county jail.
An order approving the sale of lands
in Missouri was made by Judge Snyder
in the Wilson assignment matter,
Wednesday. Charles M. Smith, the
assignee, was instructed to go ahead
with the sale.
Judge Stipp presided in the County
Court room Thursday and heard the
evidence in the chancery case of Chase