The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-22
this WAS A COSTLY Joke
Ex-Councilman Golden Refused TO
Pay Per Bartl Brand Cigars.
MRS. PULASKI IS THE PLAINTIFF
The defendant Said That lie Was Only
Testing When Mrs. Pulaski Thought
lie Meant Busiusss-An0thcr
Horse Case Non.Suited.

Ex-Councilman Patrick Golden. Of
the Sixth ward. was defendant yester-
day In a suit against him by Mrs. Eliza
beth Snyder Pulaski for 500. the value
Of 1000 cigars furnished by her to him
and for which he refused to pay. Judge
Archibald was on the bench. The attor.
neys for Mr.. Golden were Colonel F. ].
Fitzsimmons and John F. Scragg. Wat
son & Zimmerman represented the
plaintiff.
One June day in 1893 Mrs. Pulaski.
who was then Mrs. Snyder, a widow,
called at Mr.. GOlden's hotel. corner Of
Railroad avenue and Luzerne street.
She was in the habit Of calling there
regularly to sell cigars. and on this &C.
casion she had a brand of cigars that
she recommended very highly. She al
legs that Mr.. Golden said they We're Of
very fin quality and that he would take
5000 of them II she named them 1.-The
Edmund Bartl brand"
This she agreed to do and accordingly,
she went forthwith and had a cut made
Of County SurveyOr-elect Bartl after
first receiving his permission. A week
or so afterward she got 500 Of the cigars
ready and brought them to the defend
ants hotel. He was highly tickled, she
said. when he saw the picture on the
box and he paid spot cash for the
goods.
Said lie Did Not Order Them.
Later, when she. appeared with the
rest of the 5000 order he was not in so
CHEEKY a frame of mind and told her
that he did not order them. Mrs.
Golden. according to the plaintiff, was
present when the 5000 cigars were de-
livered and she said to her husband
that he had ordered the cigars and by
right ought to pay for them. Mrs. Pu-
laski said she did not leave a bill for
them that day nor did she ask pay for
them.
Thirty-five days afterward Drayman
Larry. Stone drove up to her. factory,
on the West Side, and had the. cigars on
the wagon. He carried them in n told
her they were returned from Golden's
hotel. She kept them on hand for a
long time and finally disposed Of them
at a sacrifice to other customers. AL
derman Wright gave judgment for the
amount of her claim. An appeal was
taken and arbitrator were appointed
in court to hear the case. There was
an appeal from their award and the
case went to a jury. The jury disa-
greed and now the case Is on again. The
court costs and attorney fees long ago
exceeded the original bill.
MIR. GOidcn's Version Of the Case.
Mr.. Golden went on the stand to tell
his side of the story. He said Mrs. Pu-
laski came to his place one day with
500 cigars. the boxes labeled with Ed
mund Bartls picture. He paid SO for
these. but had not ordered them, taking
them because he thought 1t was a good
Joke. He refused to pay for the 5000
for the reason that he never ordered
them. II he passed any jests with Mrs.
Pulaski in reference to supplying him
with a brand of cigars labeled with
Bartl's picture. he did not think that
she took 1t seriously. He said he never
gave her any room for placing such q
construction on his meaning. The case
went to the jury at adjournment.
Judge Edwards granted a compulsory
non-suit in the ease Of T. NJ. McGould-
rick against the Peoples Live Stock In.
a company, OF New York. When
the plaintiff purchased the animal the
insurance policy went with 1t. The nom
suit was granted because 1t had not
been proved that the company consent
ed to the transfer OF the policy. Attor-
ney H. c. Reynolds represented the
company and Hulslander & Vosburg
the defendants.
Jury Solving the Safe Question.
Judge Archibald. when court con
| NCueu yesterday morning, charged the
s.ry in IL, cas-, Of the Cincinnati Safe
and Lock company against M. NJ. De-
Witt. of this city. The jury retired at
a few minutes after 10 o'clock to de-
liberate. but at adjournment they were
as far away from a verdict as ever.
The attention of Judge Love In No. z
court room was engaged in the case OF
w. c! Townsend & Co.. Of New York,
against Frank Carlucci. Of the West
Side. The defendants had several wit
nesses. among them being Conrad
Schroeder, who gave testimony in re-
gard to having measured the blocks OF
stone shipped to Mr.. Carlucci for the
pedestal of the Washington monument
Mr.. Schroeder did no presume to say
whether or not the stones were in &C.
cordance with the plans and specifca.
tons; he simply gave the figures he
found and the plans were afterward ex.
hibited t. the jury to prove that the
stones were not according to contrac,
for the reasO that there was a dis.
parity between the measurement
called for and the actual measure.
ments found by Mr.. Schroeder.
The case closed at 4 o'clock and Their
the attorneys began arguing Law
points to the court.
THE SHERIDAN FAIR