Evening journal., 1898-06-15
GRISE ON THE STAND.
Thomas-Grise Case On in the
Superior Court.
SPECIAL JURY IN WILCOX CASE

WHAT THEY KNOW OF THE Pc
NgNSUIJA METHODIST DEAL
The following jury was drawn yes
terday afternoon to try the case Of J.
Miller Thomas VS.. Rev. Charles A.
Grise; j. c. Adams, George Cupit
Christopher White, +. G. Reynolds, b.
V. Armstrong, Enos RamIbo, Thomas
Kirk, Lewis Ball, Jesse Talley, John
McGonigal, Charles Tasney, T. IT.
Donovan.
Hugh c. Browne and Peter l. Cooper
Jr., represented the plaintiff and
Charles f. Richards, OF Georgetown,
and William Michael Byrne, Of this
city. represented the defendant.
Mr. Cooper made the opening ad-
dress for the plaintiff. lie said that Mr..
Thomas owned and published the Pc
ninsula Methodist. The defendant pur-
chased the paper on November 2, 1895,
for 81 500. or this $4,000 was paid IN
cash. A check for the balance was
given on the Farmers Bank Of George
town. The check was presented for
payment. but came back protested. An
nle M. Osborn was the FIRST witness.
She testified regarding a certain con-
tract made. ]. Miller Thomas, the
next witness testified to selling the
paper and identified the agreement, SGT
ting forth the terms OF the sale. In
cluded in the sale was the circulation
and the advertising contracts OF the
paper. Under examination the
witness said he was not In Harrington
during September or October. He de-
MED that the definite terms Of the sale
I were made in Harrington. He was ask
r ed II he did not on the occasion Of the
p Harrington meeting say the circulation
@ of the paper was 1900 and show the
S proof sheets Of the mailing list Mn.
= Cooper objected. and the court sus-
y tanned the objection lie turned over
b the property spoken Of in the contract.
u Since then Mr.. Grise has offered to re-
Il turn the property. The plaintiff here
= rested.
Mr.. Richards made a motion for a
~ non-suit on the ground that the pro
test Of the check had not hnen proved
= The motion was denied. AnS Richard'
in opening said the defendant sold tbs
paper by false and fraudulent misrep
- resentations. The representation wa
I that the paper had 1900 subscribers !
ls had less than 800. About 300 Of then
le were dead-heads.
ID Rev. w. f. Corkran was the first wit
IS ness for the defence. The first meet
l. ing, he said, to consummate thesale wa
held in Harrington. The terms Of IN
If purchase were then agreed upon
e. Thomas WAS to turn over at least 200
a subscribers, the charter Of the paper
he and the certificates of stock. In re
be turn he was to get $2,5OO. The meet
n- ing was held on or about October y
n On cross examination the witness sal
or he furnished $500. Thomas told ther
o. several times the circulation was 2,6O
ne and showed them bills for paper use
y" in printing the publication. He did n-
ne believe everything Thomas said.
III J. S. WiclVline oorroborated the Pre-
~ ceding witness. Tie said he put sac
y into the paper. Rev J. d. c. Ham
IN was not at the Harrington meeting, b.
~ he met at the Office Of the paper
nv this city. His understanding was thi
,e the circulation was not 10 be less tina
or 2 600. Rev. w. w. Sharp, Of Wesle
'or NJ. p. Church. was present at the NEE
he ing, but did not know anything abol
or the terms except about the circulation
ce, Rev j. T. Van Burkalow was u
'ed last witness called at the afternoon Sc
by sion. gIe said he was present at tl
Ut Harrington meeting, and was fir
mo believer I'M Thomas honesty. AT q
% Harrington meeting he wanted to a
-n cept the paper, taking Thomas wor
=, but the other members wanted to ma
further investigation. Thomas said
mo would take two days TO find out de
gi- nitely Just how much the circulate
was. but he knew ID was $500,
which 1900 was bona fide. His sha
- was $500. When asked If he paid (
Gov money on November 4, when the par
for was sold, he said he did not. "You s
bor there was some little dispute about I
of policy. Brother Hanna wanted to ma
eys it a Prohibition organ, but l did I
un- want any politics in it. We flna
ent came to an agreement
for The case was continued to-day.
rec The following special jury was dra
hat to try the case Of Lewis Wilcox,
'ied ministrator Of Johanna Wilcox, vs.
OF wilmington City Railway CompaI
lou' Charles f. Thomas, Joseph Davids
'On' George w. Gray, Abraham Armor, ]
uSe Cloud, Joseph Derrickson, Wlliam
'nS Morrison, William f. Griffith, JOSS
N1" H. Caleb, Patrick McGrory, James
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