Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-10-21

| N. NotfIt tastlht, A. IL tESS, BuCksport
FRANK W. LuNr. fremont; ALLAKp STAPLES,
Orland
Stcnographer-J. a. HAYDEN Portland.
Messengcr-WALTER FOSTER.
The business of the October term is
nearly finished. Court will probably
adjourn this week. The term has not
been busy one. The second traverse
| jury was sent home after four days, at
tendance and no trials. The first traverse
jury has had but two civil cases to decide
The grand jury rose Saturday and re-
ported seventy-seven indictments, of
which sixty-seven were liquor cases. The
| first criminal case to be tried was that OF
the State against Prescott P. Heath, OF
Bucksport, for assault, which went on
Wednesday morning.
Following ls a record OF such proceed
ings OF the court from day to day as will
be OF interest to the general public:
| THURSDAY.
| All OF Thursday was occupied in the
trial OF Musgrave vs.. Farren. This was
| an action, or rather two actions on one
| trial, on writs OF replevin to recover arti-
Giles OF household furniture and two car
riages. 1t was Of interest principally be-
| cause OF the prominence OF the parties in
| terested, and because the relationship of
man and wife was in measure involved
| The plaintiff in the writ was Mrs. Fan
ME E. Musgrave, OF New York; the de-
PENDANT named was Rufus Farren, propri-
| etor OF a furniture storehouse at Bar Har-
| Dor, but The real issue was between M RS.
| Musgrave and her husband, Thomas E.
| Nusgrave, from whom she has been sep
| arated but not divorced for about a year.
Mr.. Musgrave WAS a New York banker
doing business on Wall street until 1899,
| when his house went to the wall His
wife, the plaintiff, owns valuable property
on Fifth avenue, New York, and at Bar
| Harbor.
| The articles which Mrs. Musgrave re-
plevied were claimed by Mr.. Musgrave as
| his personal property, which he sent to
Bar Harbor to avoid expense OF storing
| them in New York. The goods were
stored in one OF Mrs. Musgrave's cottages
at Bar Harbor until their removal to the
| ne piAlHilI Chained lnaL
the articles were part OF the furnishings
OF the Fifth avenue house conveyed to
| her by her hus band; that they were re-
moved from he Bar Harbor cottage with
out her knowledge or consent.
The case was given the jury Friday
morning. The jury was out about fifteen
minutes, and returned verdict for the
defendant.
| Wood and Hale & Hsmlin for plaintiff;
+. $. Clark and Deasy for defendant.
| FRIDAY.
| Friday morning the second traverse Jury
was excused from further attendance
| The cases on the docket for Friday were
settled without trial.
| Clarence Z. and Albert Kimball Nc
Bride, brothers, Of Northeast Harbor,
were naturaized.
SATURDAY.
| Saturday was dull day in court, with
| only half days session.
| The grand jury rose at noon and report
! ed seventy-seven indictments, OF which
| sixty-seven were liquor cases. The Others
were rs follows: Violation OF fish laws,
five; assault and battery, four; extortion,
| one.
| The indictments for violation OF the
| fish laws were against the Round Pond
porgy fishermen, charged with taking
porgies illegally with purse nets in Blue
hill bay. There We're two indictments
against Daniel Mason, two against Rolin
+. Mason and one against Philip ii. Gray.
Gray also appears before this court on all
appeal from decision Of the Ellsworth
municipal court.
Orris Cakes, the war veteran ed at
the Togus home chraged with stealing
horse from Stafford Bros, Bar IIarbor,
WIS discharged Saturday, the grand jury
finding no bill against him. He proved
all alibi.
Sheriff Hooper took up a collection for
Cakes and obtained money enough to get
him back to the Togus home.
Milford Leland, of Bar Harbor, sem
fenced to ninety days in the Bangor work
jail for intoXication, was before the court
on appeal from the Bar Harbor justice.
He had already been in the county Jail
seventy days in default of bond for APP
pearance, and the court thought
ten days more would be sufficient.
MONDAY.
The case of Daniel Daigle, OF Bar Har-
Dor, against Maynard w. Paine, civil
action for = 900 damages for assault, was
tried Monday. At the time OF the assault
in March, 1897, he defendant was po-
lice officer in Bar Harbor. He saw two
boys boxing with gloves in Daigle's yard,
the scene and Paine accused him OF main