, 1905-04-26

Judge Swayze announced that it
was his intention TO try all the Court
business himself hereafter, and that
circuit Judge Endicott would not in
the future hold jury trials in Cape
May county, as the list was too short
to require two Judges. His Honor
urged the lawyers present to make
haste as much as possible in Court
business and said long hours would
have to be made in order that he be
enabled tn get away in time to take up
the Court business in the other coun-
ties of his circuit.
INCREASED LICENSE FEES
Among the first business taken up
by Judge Swayze was the applica-
tons for liquor licenses. He made the
statement that after this term there
would be an increase in the license
fees and thought it only right that
such notice should be given at this
time. The present fee is 500 and the
Judge did not indicate how much the
increase would be. All the old appli-
cati ms for licenses on Five Mile Beach
were granted as follows:
Anglesea-Wm. E. Cozens, whole
sale; Mary H. Brobson, Windsor
House; Andrew S. Weeks, Hereford
House; Charles Mace, Hotel Royal;
Hotel Ottens; Frank w. Dougherty,
Walnut Avenue House; George J. Ent,
Hotel Germantown.
Holly Beach-Julius Rauch, Gren-
oble; Gus Nelson, the Brighton; Will
liam r. Pinker, the Elmira; August
c. Miller, Barker House; Ruric N.
Adams, the Ruric; Joseph Geisen-
berger, wholesale, Colonial Hotel.
NEW LICENSE APPLICATIONS
Applications for new liquor licenses
were made as follows:
Anglesea-Augustus Hilton, Hotel
Hilton; Richard r. Stanert, railroad
bridge, south side of Grassy Sound.
HOLLY Beach-Henry H. Hoffman,
at the county bridge; James N. Maxim,
Hotel Colonial; Chas. H. Kurtz, Hotel
Beachwood.
Judge Swayze laid the new license
app ications yer until Wednesday
morning. May 3, at ten o'clock.
THE SLAUGHTER DAMAGE CASE
shortly before noon yesterday the
trial Of Evans G.. Slaughter and Mat
tie Slaughter VS.. William Knabe, was
commenced. 1t a a double suit.
Mrs. Slaughter sought damages as the
result of a driving accident on the
Holly Beach turnpike, and Mr.. Slaugh-
ter asked for damages for the loss of
the companionship of his wife during
her illness. Lawyers Henry S. Scovel,
m. r. Boyle and Levellyn Hildreth
represented Mr.. and Mrs. Slaugh-
ter. the plaintiffs, and former Judge
"A Armstrong and Assemblyman
Hildreth were the attorneys for the
defendant. 1t was contended that on
August 4, 1904, while Mrs. Slaughter
was driving on the Holly Beach turn
pike in a buggy her vehicle was run
into with great force by an automobile
owned by Mr.. Knabe, a piano dealer
and manufacturer of Baltimore, and
in charge of his chauffeur. That she
was thrown from The buggy and in
jured. william Knabe, the defendant,
was the first witness, stating that he
summered in Cape May.
Mrs. Slaughter was sworn and testi.
fled that she was % years old and had
lived at Wild wood for seven years and
had been married seven years. She
told of the accident, stating that on
August 4th she was driving on the
Holly Beach road in the direction OF
Wildwood in company with Miss May
Bartram and a little boy four years old
That the curtains of the buggy were up
and she was looking out for automo-
biles. She said that upon turning
around she saw the automobile coming
behind her very swiftly. Pulling heI
horse, which was trotting, to the right
she endeavored to get out of the way
of the machine. That the auto ran in
to the buggy, hitting the left hind
wheel very hard, the force of which
threw her from the buggy to the
ground. The horse broke lose from
the buggy. Mrs. Slaughter said nc
horn was sounded. She testified thai
when she saw the automobile coming
al a rapid pace that she waved hel
hand for them to stop. Thst as 6