The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-13
AGAINST THE CITY.
Trial of the POmr0y Suit Still Going
On--The Keegan Petition.

The trial OF the sait OF Gorham p.
Pomroy and Others against the City was
continued today.
A large amount of testimony was in
troduced in behalf OF the plaintiff. Ons
of the latter witnesses Yves John A. OAR
ling, n we'll known wharf builder and
repairer. He testified to having rebuilt
he coal pockets for the Hopkins and
Fomroy coat company, and that he re-
ceived about $500 for the work.
He was subjected to quite n long cross
examination by Assistant City Solicitor
Baker.
In reply to a question by the latter lie
stated the wall near Elm street had
bowed out and that there was a greater
bullying at the coal pockets and that the
bowling out OF the wall at the former
place would, of course, weaken the wall
for its entire length. The wharfs in this
part OF the river, the witness also admit
ted, were built on flats, and that crib
work sueti as was used in building the
retaining wall for the OLD coal pocket was
not now used In the building of walls in
the Providence river.
Mr.. Baker wanted to know il the pas
sing up and down the river of large,
beavily-loaded steamers did not have an
effect on the wharfs along the river front,
and IL the suction did not draw away
the dirt aroma them and affect the piles.
Mr. Daley said the suction caused by
the steamers would have some effect
on the dirt, but he did not think ii would
on the piles. Thesassistant solicitor then
asked the witness IL he had ever noticed
the appearance of the piles in the river be-
tween Market Square and Crawford street
bridge. The reply was in the negative.
Mr.. Gardner, of counsel for the plain
tifs, then WKed in an undertone IL MIR.
Baker meant to infer MT any large steam
ers won't past them to affect their po-
sition.
Mr.. Baker replied "No, but the action
OF the tide on them is shown"
TESTIMONY ALL IN.
The taking of testimony in the long
drs wn out trial OF the suit of Emanuel
Veta against Joaquin De Nascimento was
finished shortly before noon today. As
most OF the witnesses spoke only Portu-
guese the attorneys in the case had a
difficult task in getting the information
they wanted from them.
4. {. Dubois made the closing argu-
ment for the plaintiff, and Irving Champ
lin aid like service for the defendant.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The long and bitter contest over will
OF tho late Thomas May, a prominent res
ident OF East Greenwich, is settled by an
important rescript handed down By the
appellate division OF the Supreme Court
today.
Isaac Wadleigh took an appeal from the
decision of the court OF probate OF East
Greenwich refusing TO probate the will
and a jury in the common pleas division
of the Supreme Corrt declared May TO be
laboring under an insane delusion when
he made the will and now the upper court
refuses TO contradict the finding OF the
jury.
The court in the rescript finds that the
Judge in the common pleas division did
not err in permitting a paper enclosed In
an envelope with the will OF the deceased
| containing reflections on his wife's char
acter to go to the jury and also states
that the charges made were the result OF
a mind laboring under an insane delu-
sion.