The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-15

Interesting Happenings in and About New
York Yesterday.

Interesting Happenings in and About New
York Yesterday.
Lawyer John ID. Townsend and LAWYER
Marshall p. Stafford had lively time with
each other III the superior court. before
Judge Gildersleeve. yesterday.
The case was a suit for $4,000 damages for
false imprisonment Mrs. Sarah ii. Lcrgett
Emory. who formerly kept a boarding house
at No. 60 Clinton Place. was the defendant
and her former housekeeper. Mrs. Catharine
Is. Campbell, was the plaintiff. The cause Of
the suit was the arrest and Imprisonment of
Mrs. Campbell on "a charge of having stolen
the boarding house furniture. Mrs Emory's
defense was that the arrest was not malicious
The fun began after the testimony was all
in. Lawyer Stafford Charged LAWYER Town
send with suppressing the fact that Mrs. Camp-
bell claimed TO have a verbal release or agree
ment and had SO notified him in writing two
days before she was arrested Referring to "A
passing comment Of Lawyer TOwnsend's that
there might be some ill-gotten goods in two
trunks that Mrs. Campbell had on storage.
Stafford SAID.
1T Is an UNANIMOUSLY unprofessional thing
for "A lawyer TO inject such serious CHARGE
when he has no evidence to support il -
would rather you would repeat that
statement outside" broke in Lawyer Town
send.
II will repeat it in any place you choose -
retOrted Lawyer Stafford.
During the remaining time of the trial the
usual Nv friend on the other side gave
way to The person on the other side, " and
the mercury IN the thermometer fell.
Judge Gidersleeve ordered the jury TO
bring IN a sealed verdict
CHARGED WITH swINDIING IMMIGRANTS.
Joseph Alpem, pedler. living at No. 81
Essex street, summoned Leon Lait. of No
37S Grand street to appear before Justice
Duffy at the Essex Market police court yes
terday. Lait advertlses that he will trans.
init money for small percentage t. nnv mart
Of Europe. or will sell passage tickets on the
Installment plan. Alpem SAID that ho gave
J.ait go three months ago to transmit 10 his
wife and children In Russian Poland
week ago he received letter
saying that the money Lad NOT
arrived. lie went TO the banking Office and
when he demanded an explanation was
elected from the place. Iait smiled syveatIy
in court and said that there was nothing in
the case. he foreign bankers must have
made mistake, and 1t would be Strengthened
out in a short time
lou we're before me two weeks ago on
similar charge" said Justice Duffy. II will
give you two weeks 10 furnish proof that the
amount OF money paii TO YOU has either been
paid over 20 the people IN kussia or has been
returned 10 him. II you fail TO do so | will
hold you for trial"
While the Netherlands American steam
ship OLDHAM was struggling through q strong
northeast gale on November z, "a large steam
radiator on the Storage deck was wrenched
from It's fastenings and toppled over on Mrs.
hifka Oolzmann. Her left leg was
broken in several places and She died twelve !
houre alterward- She held her eighteen |
months old babe in her arms al the time INIT |
as the radiator fell she threw the babe firm |
nor IN time 10 save It's life. IL struck on tie |
hard deck and one of its legs was broken. aud /
II was injured internally
JanK 1olzmann. the husband and father
was landed from the OLDHAM yester6or Wiz
ms injured infant IN his arns Tie was driven
rom ms nome IN Odessa. Russia. by Russian
persecution. and the death of his wife and
INJURY 70 ms youngest child have almost
driven him crazy '14O''
Tho babe was placed in the barge oeica
hospital and the attention of the Un;,ad
heorew Charities was called To Golzmano,.
case. IL 10 SAID that n suit for DAMAGES vii
10 brought against the steamship line
THE SAME OLD STORY.
The dead body Of Julius Spier was forrd
yeetoraay afternoon N q room AT tho S,u~t
vaht ii"use gaping bullet wound - ~.
linp'o an" tue pistol lying beside him told
sp.ier lived with his widowed no,ho, .,a
Two orcthers atAo 60 east one Unndrad ga
iwenty-fourth street. He was horn i, NJ sau
wien, Conn, thirty years AGO wha-. ~
father had accumulated comfortable so,tn n.s