New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-09
SPRING POETRY BY A JUROR
v,rpsrs HANDED TO THE JUDGE IN
PLACE OF A VERDICT.

ovsEowIrz ALIAS OwITER GETS NO pN"N'N'
poR HIS SIX DAYS IN JAIL-A FINE
FRENZY, WHICH CAME OUT OF
THE LONG DELIBERATIONS.
TyoIve men spent nineteen hours trying - on
an agreement in a case in the C'y Co'l -
al o. AMI veq.erday The ordeal drove one Vi
49,. ,,o such straits Of desperation tha' ne u
IT,, ,orse The balry spring weather vi ~. =,
dav NAV also nave had something ~ w W. o.,
A. any rate the rhymes 50 amuseu MS ~ ,,1,a
Iou.s mat IL was decided TO hama thei" " ~ -.
T., ,a, of the verdict on which they cou!d NJ. 40
rho s,,It WAS that Of Leo Owshowit%' VI 49,
-, ,be Natropolltan Life Insurance Cohpd"S
,r :, oOo for false arrest and Imprisonment
r,ain.in according to the defendants S'ue'
formerly an agent for II in Brook's" 'e,,o 80,
name of Owshowtz. After a few months he o.
hix r,ace and removed to this city. lhei ne or
,,,ied for an a. ency here this time giving Leo O"
as his name His application was Ia'oiao's p
., and he entered the employ OF the COMPANY
again 4 few months later this conhec'''"
ended on the ground as the company s'''
Ovshowitz was short in his accounts Inc" !" -
came known that Owsh0witz ana O"I'er "''' O''
and the same. ,, :. =
nlislcmeanor to apply for such employment "','o'
= f,lse name and address the agent was arrested
police Iustice RYAN fixed the bail at S5Jo anu the
accused man spent six days in jail before ne cou''
give IT, AS the Grand Jury refused TO ma d" III
dlctment he was discharged. Thereupoh lie o'o"s ~
his suit. william j. Warburton being his counsel
G. ~ Bovee jr appeared for the insurance CON-,
pany There was mistriiL ana the CASE ae'''
came up Monday. ,-,.os1,y and
was locked up the night by order OF JuaSe an ~
Wyck no verdict had Deen asree ai,r 81" and the
foreman handed an envelope to tne jug bic ne
court smiled on reading the contents Oh '"'s' do
In re John Doe. alias Leo Owshowltz alias Leo
Owitcr. against the metropolitan Lie insurance
Company:
over the sea. not over rich,
Came to town OWshoWltZ.
one time he's known as son Of Ma,
Another favOring his natural Pa
The two made like by nuptlal tie.
The son regards with equal eye,
So binding both with compound name,
Assumes and uses the hyphened same
50 far as ioye contr roll his act
I,u, when for gain he spit the two
And used alternate what was true,
cruel man invoked the law
To punish him for what he saw:
TO court hauled the twO-named man,
And went to prison in a van.
For six whole days ncarcerate
I!e SGifrrSi much N mind ~, ana , STATE b
And marched him forth with wanted bail.
Now. greatly madlened by his fate.
Consuming al with fiery hate.
H. seeks to punish AID all
Concerned In bringing round his fall
Re sues these men far damage great,
And for the Ills they did create.
Within hands his case IS placed.
And We. locked up now feel disgraccl.
Tho Tables turned. h. treats us III,
An! We are glad that he gets nil.
In spite ~ the closing line Il was understood that
nln~ ~ the Jurors thought the two-named man"
ought 10 recover damages. Judge Van Wyck said
h" was sorry that the time Of the court had been
spent usc!css!y. and discharged the Jury. The
identity ~ the poet was concealed.