The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-31
MANS WHISPERS
ARE WORTH $500
Supreme Court Sustains Yer.
dict for That Sum In Favor
of Ole Hedlund.

Among the ancIentS no greater Insult
could be inflicted upon a man than to
pull his beard. Later history of the
various ages shows that this tenet was
long preserved and even now among the
Turks, such an act is regarded as an
indignity that cannot be wiped out ex-
cept in blood.
But in this more enlightened gener-
alton. and among the Christian people
of the United Statee, the plucking of
| mans beard is comparatively a trif1ing
matter and the chagrin and suffering
which it entails can be reckoned in
dollars.
| This evolution is shown in the record
of a case decided by the supreme court
yesterday.
julius erosion, according to the tes-
timony in the case, "plucked Ole He'd
lund by the beard" and according to
Hedlund's presentation of the affair he
| must have also yanked. for he tore out
some of the whiskers.
Still when Hedlund sued in the dis
trict court of Polk county for DAM
ages and demanded only $4,000 in
money for the injury done him, the
jury awarded him but $500. And then
erosion took the position that even
$500 was too much and appealed the
case. The supreme court, however, de-
cessive and upheld it.
Pulled His Whiskers Out.
erosion is a saloonkeeper at East
| Grand Forks, and from the record in
| the case it is learned that he and He'd
lund had some trouble which led to
| Hedlund'S arrest on a warrant, in
| which erosion charged him with hay
| ing used abusive language.
1t appears that later Hedlund, While
passing Cression's home, saw Mrs.
erosion in the door yard and under
took to demonstrate with her for some
of her testimony in his trial. His Ian
guage offended erosion, who heard the
| conversation from within the house,
and he came out to deal with Hedlund
in person. Then it was that the pulling
of Hedlund's whiskers occurred.
Hedlunds testimony is to the effect
that erosion seized him violently by
the beard, tearing out portion Of the
hair and shaking him violently. He
so violently by the beard that his lower
jaw was jerked around to one side of
his face" and that it still remains so.
In another decision filed yesterday
the court sustains the Serdict in the
district court in favor of Timothy
Reardon against Luther S. Cushing and
George B. Cabot, trustees, whereby Mr..
fledTQOH was dWdTuSQ 90,oto LUZ WOIh
alleged to have been performed by him
| as contractor for the Commercial build
ing.
Other Decisions.
Other decisions were as follows:
Everine Braafiat as administrative of
the estate of Nels Braafiat, appellant,
VS.. the Minneapolis & Northern Eleva
tor Company, respondent.
Order affirmed. Collins, j.
Union Central Life Insurance Company,
respondent VS.. H. G.. F.. Prigge ct al,
defendants, Henry f. Greenhagen, ap-'
pellant. 4sls71k@Sf
Order reversed and new trial granted.
National Life and Trust Company, re-
spondent. VS.. William E. Clifford, appel
liant.
order reversed. Collins; ].
Albert Kaiser, appellant, VS.. James E.
Campbell, as president, ct al, respond
Order affirmed. Collins. j.
Lars Peterson, respondent. VS.. American
Grass Irvine Company, appellant.
Order affirmed Brown, ].
M. E.. Mathews, respondent, vs. the
Board Of County Commissioners of the
| County of Lincoln in the State of Min
nesota, appellant.
Order affirmed. Lovely, J.
Louis A. Witzel. respondents e. NJ
| Zuel and M. c. Johnson copartners as
the Northern Land and immigration
| Company, appellant.
Order affirmed. Lovely, J.
| Fred Arndt, respondent, vs. James
Thomas ct al, appellants.
| Ordered affirmed. Lovely, ].