Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-05-15
CIRCUIT COURT.

cut Oouft, THESE TOOK lnree Gays each.
At odd moments, though, quite num-
Der OF divorces have been granted. The
two jury cases disposed of were as fol-
lows:
The case of Hans Carlson VS.. the Fen
wood Lumber Company, took Up the
time in the Circuit Court. Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. Judge
Silverthorn charging the jury Just pre-
vious to six o'clock P. NJ, of the latter
day. A special verdict, of fifteen cues
tons, was submitted to the twelve
jurors for their consideration. We are
told by one of the twelve that the ques-
tons were finally disposed of at O'Clock
Friday morning and that the hour
which followed before the opening of
the conrt seemed longer than the pre-
vious fourteen hours, which was proof
sufficient that the questions fully alb
sorbed the attention of the jury. A
verdict was rendered for 81, 800 in favor
of the plaintiff.
Carlson was carpenter, working for
the Fenwood Lumber Company, and in
December, 1888, was set to work build
ing tramway ut the rear of the mill.
The place selected rs the starting point.
had, up to that time, been used as a
dumping ground for ties. AS ties were
being dumped there, after orders were
given him to commence work, Carlson
went to the superintendent and COM
planned of the unsafe condition of the
place, and the man at the head end of
the mill was given orders not to
allow any more tie timber to 90 up
into the mill. Notwithstanding this
precaution, a piece of elm timber,
eight feet long and nine OF ten
inches in diameter passed up the slide,
was made into a tie by the head-sawyer,
sent out to the tail end of the mill, and
dumped in the usual place; it tell some
fifteen feet and struck Carlson on his
right side, breaking his collar bone,
several ribs and injuring his lung. The
severe nature of the injuries has since
incapaeitated the plaintiff for work.
Carlson was IS years old when the acct
dent occurred. The case was previous
~ tried and the plaintiff given $500.
An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court and a new trial granted on errors.
The plaintiffs interests were looked
after by Geo. L. Williams, of Milwau-
kee; ID. ID. Conway, of Grand Rapids
and Louis Marchetti of this city. The
defendants attorneys were c. H. Van
alstine, of Milwaukee, and Bump,
Kreutzer & Rosenberg, of this city.
The next case to be called after the
Carlson VS.. Fenwood Lumber Co. was
a perjury case, State of Wisconsin vs..
Frank Currier. The case was brought
from Waupaca county on a change of
venue. The jury was drawn on Friday
morning, and was as follows: N. Z.
Morrow, Frank Brabant, Nj. H. Dun
can, Steve Bessey, Fred Bauman, T. H.
Cole, Joseph Pope, John Donnelly,
John Curtis, Carl Wartman, Charles
Thayer and A. w. Goetsch The de
PENDANT is farmer, who had borrowed
money from G. S. Ogden, and claims to
lave furnished something like 1900
bushels of potatoes, for which he re-
ceived, or should have received, a credit
of;fifty cents per bushel. This covered
number of seasons. Mr.. Ogden
claimed not to have received one-tenth
part Of that quantity of potatoes In
making oath, Currier was charged with
perjury The states testimony was all
in on Saturday afternoon at 3 P. NJ,
and the defendant finished at noon,
Monday. The arguments of attorneys
lasted until 400 P. NJ, Monday, when
the case was given to the jury.
The twelve men wrestled with the
questions all night and at nine o'clock
were brought into the court room for
information. Later they announced
that they could not agree. The case
will be tried again in this city.
Attorneys in the case were E. E.
Brown for the prosecution and Louis /.
Lefebvre.
The case on trial is the State of Wis
consin VS.. Joseph Malack The defend
ant is charged with intent to do great
bodily harm Manson q Warren are
for the prosecution and Marchetti &
Bump for the defense. This case will
probably so to the jury this evening.
1t will be another week before the
jury is discharged.
The Methodist Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, of the Appleton dis
trict, will hold its annual convention
next Saturday and Sunday in this city,
at the M. E. church, beginning Satur-
day morning at 10 O'clock. On Satur-
day evening Miss Harriet Kemper, a
returned missionary from Mama Tai,
India, will speak, and the Sunday morn