The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-15
DUMPED THEM IN THE RIVER.
THE TUG MAUD HELD LIABLE FOR
0VERTURNING 4 RoWBOAr.

the Amount OF DamaEes-A Fine of
$3.50 Assessed Against the Atlantic
Contracting Company ON Capt. o.
Vi. Carriers Complaint and TeSti-
mony-TwO Verdicts ON FOstmns-
tiers, Troublesome Concluding Or
tlers in the Central RaiIrORd Liti-
CATION.
The greater part of the session of the
United States Court yesterday was taken
up with the hearing OF the case in adj
4 miralty of Andrew DAILY against the steam
tug Maud, owned by the Propeller Towboat
Company.
DAILY was the owner of little skiff or
rowboat which he used in doing sort OF
ferry business between Savannah and
South Carolina on April Z, 1896, while he
was coming across with several other par
ties in the boat, besides a lot of groceries
and other articles, as is claimed in the
libel and interventions, the skin was
struck by the tug Maud and turned bot
tom upward. It's entire contents with all
parties on board, being dumped into the
river.
DAILY, through his attorneys Messrs.
Seabrook & Morgan, filed libel against
the Maud, claiming $25 as the value of his
boat, $50 as the value of groceries and
other stuff he had on board, and S25 as the
value Of his suit of clothes which he said
was destroyed He also claimed other
damages on account of the suffering he
underwent.
The intervenors in the case, the other
parties who were in the boat, appeared in
court by Messrs. Mercer & Mercer. and the
Propeller Towboat Company was repre-
scented by Messrs. Lester & Ravenel. The
intervenors claimed damages in the fol-
lowing amounts; Michael O'Connor, s2o3
Richard Simpson, $11L50; Ann Shields,
s110.25; Lizzie Barnett, S111.90, and Tara
knight $lC7.45. In each of these claims
there was the item of 500 for mental suf-
fering, fright" etc, and the balance in
cluded what the plaintiffs claimed to have
actually lost.
After a fun hearing of the case Judge
Speer decided that the Tug Maud was al
fault in the matter, and tnat damages
should be paid. He then suggested that
the attorneys for both sides should get
together and see if they could not agree
upon the amounts 10 be paid In the
event this could not be done between the
parties at interest, Judge Speer said he
would appoint a special master to look
into the case and make a report to tile
court. The attorneys viii consult with
view to bringing about settlement in nc
cordance with the direction of the court
District Attorney Marion Erwin took
a. final decree yesterday in the case of the
United States against the tug boat Ripple,
the property of the Atlantic Contracting
Co.
This decree is of peculiar interest just
at this time. 1t was in 1895 that the charge
was brought by Capt. o. M. Carter, of his
own motion against the Ripple the charge
being a violation of the navigation laws.
dumping ashes in the navigable channel
of the river. The testimony on both sides
was taken down at the time and is of
record in the court. On Saturday the de
PENDANT falling to respond, there was en-
tered against it a judgment pro confesso,
and yesterday the final decree was signed
assessing against the Atlantic Contract
ing Co a fine of $3.50 with the costs OF
court.
The case has been on the docket for
sometime, and it was solely upon the
testimony of Capt Carter. which is of re-
cord that the District Attorney decided to
ask for the final judgment and decree of
the court. 1t was referred to around the
court yesterday as rather remarkable that
Capt. Carriers action in the case and his
testimony should have caused such a fine
TO be assessed against a company with
which he is now charged with having con-
spired to defTaud the government.
Verdicts and judgments on the bonds OF
two former postmasters were entered TN
the United States court yesterday the
cases being based upon the charge that
these postmasters had failed to account
for certain moneys due the United States
as the result of their receipts from the
sale of postage stamps, postal cards.
money orders. etc.
John Mason Rice, the former postmaster
at Jamaica. in Glynn county. was under
bond for $500 for the faithful perform
ance of his duties. His bondsmel were
John w. DENLY, Edward IA. Nance and
James l.. Edding. The charge against him
was failing to account for and turn over
TO Postmaster George s. Haines of Savan-
nah, when ordered to do so, the sum of
$27.2S. A verdict against him and in favor
of the United States for that sum was
rendered. and the amount will have to be
paid either by himself or his Londsmen
similar proceeding was had against
Screven A. Sweat, former postmaster at
bonneville, in Chnch county, who was I'M
der 5000 bond with Jonathan l.. Nor
gan and NJ. Dame as bondsmen. He was
charged with failing 20 account for S74. 40.
The charge was found correct, and the
jury rendered a verdict for that amount
against himself and his bondsmen. Juds-
ment against the defendants was taken "a
In the other case.
II would appear that the termination of
the litigation brought about over tie Cen
trail Railroad and Banking COMPANY of
Georgia is somewhat of an unknown duan-
tity. Now, when almost everybody is try
ing TO forget that there ever was such a
litigation and receivership, some new or
der appears Ia court, or there is some ar
gument over an intervention, and the old
subject is again brought before the public
mind.
Two orders signed by Judge Don A.
Pardee of this circuit and the petition upon
which they are based were filed with the
clerk of the United States court here YES
terday
The first of these matters was the report
of Special Master George w. Owens, who
with Special Master A. f.. Buck, sold the
Central Railroad and Banking Company
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