Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-25
AMONG THE COURTS.


expenses for the December civil session.
of the superior court. which recently ad-
iourned; Jurors, $5292.S4; sherifes Off
GERS. attending court, etc, $11O1. Sc: stem
ographer, $4l2 constables for Venires,
s7S.S5; c. Hamilton, printing, dockets,
S46.70; total, $692S. 95.
The trial of John Reed before the
criminal court of MiddleseX county for
obtaining money under false pretenses,
will be held at Cambridge Tuesday hav-
ing been assigned as the date by the
district attorney. This is the first case
wherein Reed viii be tried for his al
legged bunco games; and Tuesday Col
Gile will so to Cambridge.
DRUGGIST INSoLvENT.
Harry H. Fairbanks, the well known
druggist at Washington square, filed a
voluntary petition in insolvency Thurs
day, through his counsel J. F. jan
dron. With the petition is filed an Of
fer of composition on the basis of fif-
teen cents on the dollar the hearing on
the offer being set for March 18th The
assets comprise; Stock of drugs, medi-
cines, soda fountain, etc, at 2S Wash
ington square, mortgaged to C. w.
Bowker for $1710 and John f. Jandron
for 5000, valued at $2500 The liabilities
comprise the following large accounts:
Chambers, Calder & Co., Providence,
$500; Dean, Foster & Co, S11S.s4; Cul-
bert & Co., New York, $40; John c.
West Co, Chicago, $153; B. johnson,
$103. Among the Worcester creditors are
F. P. Norway & Son, $175; H. L. SAT-
ford, $10O.6O; c. w. Bowker, $1710; John
f. Jandron, 5000; Brewer & Co, $21; Hol-
den & Earle $50; j. w. McKeon & Co.,
$2S.75; E. L. Brigham, $50; A. B. Tain
ter, $50; Rogers Young Co., $1S; o. s.
Kendall & Co., $1S.22.
ATTACHMENTS
Abraham Cohen VS. Sarah Eisenberg,
Worcester, in the name of the Eisen-
berg Iron and Metal Co., worcester,
$500, central district court; writ served
by Early. G. NJ. Thayer for the plant
iff
Nathan Siff VS.. Dechar Haddad. wor-
cester, $500, central district court writ
served by Hayter. Charles T. Tatnan
for plaintiff.
SEPARATE SUPPORT CASE.
In the case of Julia A. Fuller VS.. Fran
els H. Fuller for separate support, j.
Fred Humes has entered an appearance
for the respondent. The case comes up
for hearing in the probate court in
March.
Judge John Hopkins handed down
| decision Thursday in the case of the
Ffnlanders' Grocery Union of this city
VS.. F. Hjorth ct al. of Cambridge. which
was heard at the recent jury-waived
session of the superior court The
court finds for the plaintiff in the sum
Of Sl70.O6. The plaintiff claimed in his
| Dill that on Dec. %, &c. he had pur-
chased 40 barrels of herring of the de-
| Iendant, who warranted them to keep
| at least one year. The cost was S44O.
| and at the end of six months Is barrels
had spoiled. He sought to recover at
the rate of S11 barrel, the cost price.
Marvin M. Taylor appeared for the
plalntltf; Hopkins, Smith & Hopkins for
the defendant
INSOLVENCY DOCKET.
The docket in the court of insolvency
for today is as follows:
LISA. Lindstrom & Co, Gardner. ad-
journed first meeting and adjourned
composition.
l72s-charles A. Payne, Worcester,
| first meeting.
CENTRAL DISTRICT -COURT-IyT-
LEY, J.-THURsDAY, FEB. "a.
Daniel Murphy was charged with as
sault and battery on Joseph Delorme
and William C. Dolan. The government
side of the Delorme case was presented
| Wednesday. and as the Dolan assault
resulted from the one on Delorme the
cases were tried together
| Delorme's side of the story was that
last Saturday afternoon Murphy, who
| works for Connie Murphy. was at
tempting to eject an old man from the
saloon, when Delome asked him to
deal gently with the old man and not
! strike him. At the same time he laid
hands on Murphy to restrain him Muir
phy at once turned his attention to De-
| lorme, and struck him a blow in the
face, which knocked him down.
Dolan said that after the previous in
I cident he remained about the saloon
until the proprietor, Connie" Murphy,
came in, and, seeing the water which
had been used to remove the blood
stains from the floor, asked what it
meant. The defendant explained that
there had been a little trouble, for
which Delorme was wholly to blame.
u Dolan stepped up and said it was not
so; that Delorme had been struck with
out provocation. The defendant told
i him to shut up, that it was none of his
business. Dolan replied that Connie had
not heard both sides of the story.
The defendant then came from behind
the bar and clinched with him. They
fell to the floor, the bartender ons top,
who, Dolan claims, pounded him unmer-
!; cifully Connie held the crowd back
and would allow no one to interfere.
, Officer March came in soon after, but
the fight was over.
j Dolan wanted to go home, but MUIR
ply carried him down stairs, to wash
, him up, where he tainted
Il James Moran. who WAS prpsppt facti-
fled that when the men were on the
floor "Connie" said to his brother:
Give it to him. Dannie" Moran at
tempted to interfere, but Connie, pulled
I him off, and threatened to punch him
, if he persisted.
i Officer March did not see the trouble,
! and was unable to add to the testimo-
ny.
Daniel Murphy said that Delorme
struck him while he was putting the
old man out and he struck back in self
defense. Regarding the other affair
Dolan started to tell a story that was
untrue, and when he told him not to
interfere, Dolan said he told him not to
him out The defendant accepted this
challenge, and a scrimmage ensued. He
did not know that he struck Dolan a
single blow.
Joseph Bean. the other bartender,
told about the same story.
Several others were called and cor
roborated the story. Murphy was fined
500 on each case He appealed and was
held in 500 for the superior court
lockwood Hoar for the government:
Sullivan & O'Connell for the defendant
Gen. Josiah Pickett of the license COM
| mission was present at the trial.
| Patrick Tully was arraigned for bas-
! tardy. on complaint of Della McGourty.
and was held for the superior court