The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-31
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It Court.
On Tuesday Judge Endicott presided
and called the case of the American Ice
!, Company VS.. the Pennsylvania Railroad
: Company. The big ice houses, property
of the former company, were destroyed
by fire and 1t was claimed the railroad
company was responsible by reason of thu
fire being caused by sparks from loco
motive engine. 1t took three days to try
the case, there being large number o
witnesses to be heard. The lawyers wer'
w. ]. Kraft and Howard Carrow of Cam
den. and Eckard P. Budd, of Noun
Holly. for the plaintiff. Judge Joseph Fl
: Gaskill and T. Logan Gaskill for the de.
l fence.
, The testimony for the plaintiff showed
that an engine of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company was right under the caves
large sparks rained down on the roof Of
the house. Not long afterwards the end
of the building nearest the engine was
found to be on fire and the entire plant
was mass of ruins in half hour.
The defence was that the workmen en-
ployed in and around the building were
always smoking and that the fire origin
ated at their hands
The jury, however, did not take this
latter view of the case and rendered a
a verdict of 5000 in favor of Henry Dali
man, whose home was destroyed, and
$13, 900 in favor of the Ice Company. The
verdict will probably be appealed from.
On Saturday Fred Purchell was sent to
state prison for one year for an atrocious
assault upon brother italian in Pember-
ton township.
There was session of the Orphans
court on Saturday.
On motion of s. A. Atkinson an order
was made appointing a new trustee for
the estate of John E. Dubell.
Charles Evan Merritt was granted an
order of continuance for accounting In the
estate of II. Pauline Gregg.
At the request of Samuel w. Shinn
November II was fixed to hear adoption
proceedings in the estate of Mary E.
Schleinkofer
Ernest Watts made several motions. An
order was made to appoint an assignee to
succeed Howard Flanders, deceased, in
the estate of Runyon and Grady. Also
for the same reason.a new assignee for the
estate of Hettie Rosenthal. On motion of
Mr.. Watts another trustee was appointed
under the will of Jane B. Haines to sue
coed Mr.. Flanders Reginald Branch is
the new trustee
The account of Florence Eyre, admin
istratrix of Miriam E. Steward, was pre-
sented and allowed
Judge Gaskill sat yesterday to hear
criminal cases.
The first moved by Prosecutor Atkinson
was the indictment against Thomas Corn,
colored. accused of committing msrder-
GUS assault upon his wife. on September g.
He struck her with a razor, infiicting an
ugly cash on her arm. Her wound was
sufficiently severe to cause her removal to
hospital.
DR.. Ezra Haines, of Medford, treated
Mrs. Corn for her injuries. She had
clean cut wound of about eight inches on
her arm and shoulder, which bled freely.
She said her husband had cut her with a
razor. She was at John Stokes house
After treating her she was removed to the
Burlington County Hospital
John Stokes, a farmer near Medford,
employed the defendant On the day
of the assault Maria Corn came to wit
ness house, suffering with an ugly cut on
the arm. Corn came up the road and
met witness. The defendant said he was
sorry he had injured his wife, adding,
however, that he was sorry cit was not
worse" The man was somewhat intoxi-
Gated.
Jay Wilkins, a neighboring farmer,
heard defendant say he was sorry the
wound was not worse Corn told witness
the quarrel started because he wanted to
go to Philadelphia that morning and his
wife objected.
Maria Corn. wife of defendant, got cut
on the day in question, but how she did
not know. She was standing at a table
when she felt blood running down her
arm. She did not see her husband and
did not know who inflicted the wound.
She denied having told the Prosecutor
that her husband had cut her. There was
another man, named Reuben, at their
house that morning, who had stayed all
night. He left the house before she dis
covered the wound ON her arm. Both
men were too drunk to eat breakfast.
She admitted having appeared before
Justice Allen at Medford, and entering a
complaint against her husband for cutting
her with razor.
Constable Nelson Peak, of Medford, ar
rested the defendant, who admitted hav-
ing cut his wife with razor. The cause
of the dispute, Corn said, was because his
wife used strong language when he told
her he was going to Philadelphia that
morning.
Richard B. Eckman, counsel for defen-
dant, entered general denial of having
committed the crime.
Thomas Korn, the defendant, remem-
bered the day in question. A negro
named Reuben, who had been working
for A. w. Lofand, called the day before
to engage board for week. He remained
all night. Reuben and witness each had
quart of whiskey. No quarrel took
place and witness denied having inflicted
the wound on his wife. nor did he know
anything about who caused it.
When Constable Peak came to arrest
witness no warrant was read nor anything
said what the charge was. but he knew
what he was arrested for. as Il didn't do
anything else" he stated.
| The jury rendered verdict of guilty.
He was Immediately sentenced to three
years in state prison. After passing judg-
ment Judge Gaskill stated that any negro
convicted in this court of assault with
razor, gets one year more than he would
If the assault had not been made with
razor, the object being to discourage the
carrying of these instruments.
John Washington, colored, was placed
on trial for assault and battery on Joseph
inc Platt, on June 20, in Palmyra
V. Claude Palmer represented the de
PENDANT.
Josephine Plstt. the complainant, II
years of age, with tears in her eyes,
told how the defendant, without provoca-
tion chased hor from, the bouoo buook od