The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-01-28
COURTHOUSE NOTES

George Sauer and l.. NJ. johnson.
the two young fellows who confessed
70 being implicated la the burglary
of the residence OF y, Wright IN the
Waiia walla addition. were dis
charged from Justice Cams court
this Afternoon for want of prosecu-
ton.
Hen williams. arrested the other
day at BLACK Diamond for supposed
completely in the Maple valley post
office robbery, has been discharged.
as Inspector Wayiand and District
Attorney Gay are II the opinion that
tere " no evidence upon which 20
hold him.
Selma r. Mcmahon got her al,
Voree from Martin -. MeMahon. arf
was decreed the ownership % the
delicatesssn ct ISIS First avenue.
Judge Emory made the decree yes
terday. Martin - in the county
jail doing time for contempt ~
court he has 81 days IN which 70
reflect over the lost paradise.
An action was MED yesterday
against Jacobs and Trwnholme for
1915 attorneys fees - Gray and
TAFT. The amount claimed 10 for ser.
clark against the defendants w this
action. In which clark recovered
Judgment for tz8ao. which Naa paid
hy the insurance company. which
had issued policy on the elevator.
In the white River drainage sys.
tern case. after long argument
this morning. Judge Emory denied
the motion far a uon-suit. and per.
mitted the plaintiffs % amend their
complaint.
IN. point raised was that part O:
the toxin ~ Kent had been left aut
Of the contemplated system, which
Isft roo heavy an assessment upcn
the remainder. II vas alleged that
Il was out % proportion to that up
on the adjoining districts.
A So. 900 damage suit IL on trial In
the federal court. The widow ana
children of John A. Smith. late Of
Ross, seek 90 recover that sum from
the Northern Pacific Railway Com
panv Tor causing the death ~ the
husband and father last April. near
Fremont. Mr. smith was run down
by Il Northern Pacific train IN the
night. IL u claimed that the acct
dent was due % the negligence OF
fha frainmeu. Brady and Gay repre-
sent the plaintiffs. and James F.
McEiroy the corporatios-
All four departments Of the SUI
perlor court wtil adjourn tomorrow
on account Of the Mckinley memo
rial services.
There viii be no federal court. as
Judge Hanford Will be IN Tacoma
william Graham was tried this
"A. st ~
larceny from the person. The Jury
returned a verdict Of guilty ln few
minutes The charge was that one
evening IN November Graham fell In
with an old man named II. NJ. Laub.
who bought Grahama supper Tor
him. and then they too ka walk to-
Rether along the waterfront. when
alone Graham forcibly took $50
gold piece from Laub. who raised
an outcry. and officers who happened
to be- near arrested Graham Lnub
has since died. but other testimony
convicted Graham.
peter Dreeiand was convicted late
yesterday OF burglary. lie broke into
two rooms In the Dereg house, but
secured nothing except his own ar
rest. Peter IL alleged to be a moral
and physical pest. His mnlodorous
person makes IL necessary 70 keep
him ia the hall at the jail. as "
would come under the constitutional
Inhibition Of cruel and unusual pun
ishment 20 compel any other prisoner
10 affiliate with hun.
he IN an extreme type OF the ten-
dcrioin iazarone, and could only he
made innocuous physically by pro-
lonRed immersion In the scalding vat
Of ~ slaughter house. Morally. u
Ia thought. he is beyond redemption