The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-28
Mrs. Arlington Says the Bum
Case Will be Tried.
BARNES VS.. CRAWFORD
This Noted Libel Suit Set For
Trial Monday.
Palmer Will Case on Trial--Mrs. Wat
son Sues the Railroad for $4,000
Damages--Mrs. Arlington Claims to
Have Made Big Find


title is: I'm re caveat will Frank
Palmer. deceased. f. A. johnson, pro-
pounder VS.. Mary Lyon, Cayeator.
Battle and Mordecai are attorneys for
the plaintiff and Argo and Snow for the
defendant.
Frank Palmer died and willed all
his property to Mary Sawyer. The
relatives of Palmer now come INTO
court and contest the WILL charging
that undue influence was used. and
that Palmer was not of sound mind.
The trial has been quite tedious, and
a good deal of evidence has been IN
troduced.
The amount involved is small, the
estate being worth something over hVe
hundred dollars.
The cases on the calendar for trial
to-day are:
r. "a. A. T.. r. r. Co. vs.. E. b. Stur-
geon.
]. A. Griffis VS.. NJ. A. Partin.
Nathan Holleman VS. w. H. Harvard
and A. b. Hunter.
Register, Park & Co. KS. VIM. Moore
ct ais.
WILL BUM CASE BE TRIED?
Mrs. Pattie D. b. Arlington said yes
terday that she expected her suit a.
gainst Ex-Congressman B. III. Bum
to be tried at this term of the court.
If tried, it will come up next week.
The case is entitled "Pattie ID. B.
Arlington VS.. B. I'll. Bum ct al" The
case is on the motion docket and is
starred. with this foot-note, placed
on calendar by clerk, by request of at
torneys, since meeting of Calendar
Committee" No attorney is named
for Mrs Arlington; Battle and Nor
decai and Il. H. Busbee are attorneys
for the defendant. 1t is said that Mr..
Bledsoe will appear for Mrs Arlington.
WHAT MRS. ARLINGTON SAYS.
Mrs. Arlington had Mr. d. II. Gill,
clerk of the court of Vance county
subpoened this week, in order to COM
pei him to produce the original papers
in all her varied litigation in Vance
county.
He arrived yesterday and in the af-
ternoon Mrs. Arlington and Mr.. Bled-
soc examined the papers in the office
of Clerk of the Court Dan Young. There
was a whole trunk of the documents.
When Mrs. Arlington had looked
about halfway down the big bundle
she drew forth one paper and waved
it in triumph. 'That," she exclaimed,
is the paper Spier Whitaker swore he
never signed and now there is his sig
nature at the bottom, in cold, black
ink. That's the paper / wanted to pro-
duce at my trial" Mrs. Arlington
seemed to consider the document a
great find
All this mass of papers is to be used
in the case against x-Congresslnan
Bum.
SUIT FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
j. G. Maroon, administrators OF En-
gineer Watson, who was killed in the
wreck at Hamlet last year, sues the
Raleigh and Augusta railroad for $685.
900 damages. The case came up for
trial yesterday, but by consent was
continued until Tuesday next The
tragic death Of Mr. Watson is well re-
membered, and the suit for damages
on account of his being killed promises
TO be Almost interesting case Quite an
array of counsel is engaged. The coun-
sci for Administrators Maroon and the
widow of the dead engineer are Argo
and SNOW and Battle and Nordecai;
counsel for the defendants, Day and
MacRae and Maj. ]. +. Bachelor.
BARNES vs.. CRAWFORD
TIE case OF NJ. s. Barnes against III.
n. Crawford is set for trial next Mon
day.
The case has been, ia one way and am
other, in the courts for several years
and al last is set for trial.
Mr. Barnes, secretary Of The State
Alliance, sues ex-Congressman Craw-
ford for libel
The case is complicated, and grows
out OF the alleged signing Of the al
lance Demands" by Congressman
Crawford.
This report was circulated py Score
tary Barnes, a no said that Mr. CraW-
forti had signed the demands in
GLIDING the sub treasury scheme, III the
campaign oil 1890. GraW ford admitted
signing the demands" but said that
tie sub-treasury scheme was not IN
Guided in the document he signed.
Barnes repeated the allegation aud
said he had the original signed copy
on file III his Office Craw ford denounc-
ed as a lie the report 1hat he had eyer
endorsed the sub-freasury scheme,
and Barnes sued him for SANDER
The case came up n Wake county
murrer, Judge Hoke sustained the de
murrer, ana the Supreme Court al
frIned the Judges decision.
Barnes in 1904 went through CraM
ford's district stating npubiic speeches
Crawford had signed ali the Alliance
demands, and then turned traitor, and
was even denouncing the Secretary Of
the Alliance Crawford sued Barnes
for SANDER, alleging that these state
ments caused his defeat. Barnes filed
a demurrer, which was sustained in
1.-THE Superior Court. Crawford appeal
ed and the ease is nov in the Supreme
Court.
THE ALLEGED LIBEL.
The alleged libelous statement IN the
ease now before Wake county Superior
Court is contained in a letter written
by Crawford to Editor Carter, Of the
Rutherford Herald, in the campaign
Of 1894