The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-10
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
BUSH BANKRUPTCY AFFAIRS IN
 D. s. DISTRICT COURT.
BiIi in Equity Fned Against Elias GIoaskin = A Big Admiralty Suit Brought by nrr. Dewsli-rIrs. Beecher sues--Decisions Rsadereti-other Im- portnnt Legal Items.

One of the most important libel cases in tbe history of the eastern district of the United States court has been brought by Attorney James D. Dewell, Jr., of this city against the steamer schonfeIs as the result of the disas- trous collision between the German liner and the five master schooner Jen- rlie R. Dubois. which took place off Block Island last Saturday morning. Attorney Dewell and his father, Hon. James D. Dewell, the managing owner of the vessel arrived in New Haven yesterday morning from New York and said that the papers in the case were fled Tuesday afternoon in the district court of the Baitass,l <isslsss for the east ern district of New York, Of sskIich the Hon. Edward B. Thomas is judge.
 The amount sued for is s12S,000 afr,,. the steamer with all her cargo consign- ed to Punch, Eddy & Co. of Brooklyn, is tied up as the result of the action. The papers also charge the captain of the Schonfels with cruelty in landing the shipwrecked crew in Brooklyn Sat urday night without offering any as- sistance. Altogether there are three actions brought, one for the schooner one for tine cargo and the other for the personal effects of the crew, who saved nothing. The cargo consisted of $500 tons of coal, all of which is lost Attorney Dewell said yesterday morn ing that the hope of saving anything is 2 o1. oI, II 1.l not live in eighty feet of water, so the schooner, cargo and effects will be total loss.
 She was valued at S105,000 without the equipment, which consists of charts, conpasses and few other things that come under that head. The value of the Schonfels is about $250,0Oo and she carried general cargo.
 In the complaint it is stated "that 4 the captain and crew when they left! the schooner after the collision, had no time to save any of their clothing or effects and were taken oh board the steamer Schonfels very scantily clad and with no money. The captain and officers of the steamer Schonfels we'll knew this, yet landed the captain and crew of the schooner in Brooklyn on Saturday evening, September 5, 1903, at about half-past eight without offer ing them any, assistance, financial or otherwise. It was also known to the captain and officers of the steamer Schonfels that one of the crew of the said schooner had his leg broken in the collision and was in need of much medical attendance, yet well Knowing this, the captain and officers of the steamer made no attempt aftre land- ing the said seanlen in Brooklyn to se- \ cure for him proper care and treat n1ent.p
 In the complaint a clear description of the accident is given as follows:
 The said schooner left the port of Philadelphia bound for Boston on the twenty y-seventh day of August, 1903, | and in the prosecution of the said voy- age on the Saturday morning, the 9th day of September, having arrived at a | point about five or six miles southeast l of Block Island, at which time she was 1 sailing on her proper course of E. N. E. l the wind blowing light from the S.. ] by w., with fog prevailing which at l times was very thick and then would | be sufficiently clear so as to see a con- siderable distance. The lookout at 1