The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-10-22
COURT HOUSE NOTES


The trial % the damage case Of
Drexel against the Great Northern
Railway Co. was concluded late yes
tertiay afternoon. At II - the jury
returned a verdict Of t5-00 for the
plaintiff. Judge Emory opened the
court to receive IT. The plaintiff
claimed that he was put on a nov
Ing train near Ballard. upan which
he was stealing a ride. He fell un-
der the wheels and lost q leg.
Needs Quick connsetioa
Lawrence Whitworth, alleged in
surance embexzier. did not plead this
morning. Instead his attorneys IN
ed a demurrer 20 the Information.
setting up that the Information Is
defective and void for uncertainty /.
and further. that 10 does not state
facts sufficient 20 constitute an Of
Tense under the lnwa u Washington.
Msry Got nsr Wages
A Jury in Judge Bells department
yesterday gave n verdict 10 Mary
Kyle for sso.75 against Anthony
Rove and wife. proprietOrs OF a Bal.
lard restaurant. The action was
for wages.
esdIy sroksn Up
Joseph p. Lambert demands 5000
damages from the Ia Conner Trad
ing and Transportation Co. on ac-
count Of personal injuries received.
he was employed on the r. h. smith
steamer owned and operated BY the
defendant, when the boat cuili1au
with a drawbridge and boards torn
from It's side struck the plaintiff,
whereby his collar bone and two ribs
were crushed and broken, his chest
crushed In, and various portions Of
his anatomy, Including those al.
ready mentioned. were permanently
weakened and injured, the result ot
which WINS that he was made lame
sick and sore, and detained from his
service for a. days.
| G. ". Carr has sued the White star
| Steamship Co., alleging that ~ con.
tracted 70 carry him and his wife q
Teller City, with all reasonable dis.
patch. and 70 furnish them witt
board and sleeping accommodation
during the trip. On arriving al
Nome CITY, Carr and hia wife wers
compelled 70 disembark and board
themselves for II days. at a cost Of
$40, before the Journey 10 Teller Citj
/ was resumed. He also alleges thai
he lost 1918 in wages. BY reason oil
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two sums. He also sues for t2G5 up
on 0 similar claim assigned 70 hin
1 ~ Frank OBrien, who, with his wife
was travelling on the same boat.
Marie Annie stevens calls the at
tention u the superior court to hei
claim that her husband Leroy J
I Stevens, abandoned her and theii
{ three children on August ~. 1900
I and has contributed nothing 10 tbef
support since that date. She want
a divorce and $50 a month aiirnonv
with ownership ~ certain real 90
tate.
william Hoepfei accuses nj,
wife. Edith HOepfeL with undue r,t
timacy with one Clarence Cilfgort
at the Juanita house on Sept. 40 nnt
Oct. /. and thinks that entities hin
to "a divorce.
The wife's answer IL also flied, ant
lis specific denial.
The attorneys for =. Williams. &C
oused Of tampering with a witnes
in the Mabel Heating case. this morn
ing made IA motion 10 dismiss oi
technical grounds. The motion wa
denied by Judge Emory, and tn
tase k"t TOR trial on Thursday.
Four deeds were filed ia the coun
ty auditors office this afternoon. h
pursuance OF the recent sale OF IN
property Of the Seattle Hallway CO
d The deeds are from Eben Smith
Master IN chnnccry 20 James :
Goldsmith, from a. r. Haas. receiv
er, % Goldsmith. from the seattt
Railway 60. Of It's equity Of redefnp
= ton 10 Goldsmith. and finally a re
= conveyance from Goldsmith 10 IA
. Seattle Railway Co.