Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-31
And the Charges Form the Basis Of
James H. S. Cams Action fOf
Damages Against His
Brother, EdE. Gam.
LATTER is UNDER $4,000 BAIL
Alleged Slanders Said to Have
Been Spoken Publicly.
FIERCE FAMILY FIGHT TOGO TO COURT

Arrested on a capias out of the
Superior Court, Edward Gan of st.
Georges has given $40, 200 bail for his
appearance at the September term. The
plaintiff in the case is James II. 5.
Gam, brother of the defendant, and he
seeks damages for alleged slanderous
statements. Patrick Plunkett went on
Edward Cams bond.
The affidavit of the plaintiff, on
which the capias was issued, alleges
that edward Gam, the said defendant,
hath publicly uttered various ISLANDERS
of and concerning the said James III.
S. Gam, some of which and the dates
thereof, are as follows: That on or
about the 26th day of July, A. ID. 1901,
at the hotel of the said Edward Gam,
in the town of ST. Georges, \ y
he, the said Edward Gam, wilfully and
maliciously uttered and circulated false
and slanderous reports about and in re-
spect to the said plaintiff to John G.
Stuckert and Albert N. Sutton, then
and there uttering to them, the said
John G. Stuckert and Albert N. sutton,
the following false and slanderous
words, to wit: There is Jim Gam
| (meaning the said James H. S. GAM,
he has robbed me tmeaning the said
defendant, has robbed my mother,
| (meaning Mary Gam, the mother oi
the said James H. S. Gam and Edward
GAM, and then went to Port Penn and
robbed John, (meaning John Gam, the
brother of the said plaintiff and the
said defendant).' Then look at his wife,
(meaning the wife Of the said James
IL. S. GAM when she was sick he
| (meaning the said James Ii. S. Gam,
gave her pills and killed her Ele
| (meaning tine said James II. S. Gam,
and his mother, meaning the sale
Mary Gam, set fire to the house anc
stable, tmeaning the house and stable
of the said Mary Gam in the town Of
st. Georgesl i, and burned them down., y
The affidavit also alleges that on oil
about August 1st, 1901, Edward. Gam,
at his hotel, said to and in the hearing
of Charles E. Rose and other persons,
that my brother, James III. S. Gam,
the = ---- killed his wife tmeaning
the deceased wife of the said James ii.
s. Gan), and robbed me (meaning the
said Edward GAM.
Further, the afndayit alleges that or
or about May 2lst, 1901, Edward Gan
said to the plaintiff. in the presence
and hearing of William II. Roberts,
| IIllLdbtbu lNpDtIbo anu Ophh AiOSAo
you (meaning the said plaintiff, are
- thief; you robbed my mother, yor
robbed me, and then went over to Port
Penn and robbed John (meaning the
said John GAM, and that everything
you tmeaning the said plaintitf), have
you stole from us (meaning the sale
Mary Gam, John Gam and said defend
anti. >"
james II. s. Gam thus closes his
affidavit: "That each and every o
said slanderous allegations made b,
said defendant concerning said plaintiff
as aforesaid, are wholly false and un
true in fact, but hath been, and mus
in the future, be Injurious to said
plaintiff, and t7>st this suit is brought
by the said plaintiff to recover damage!
sustained by him by reason of the saic
false and malicious slander."
James II. S. Gam is represented By
John Biggs.