Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-04-27
LEGAL NEWS.
NEW SUITS.

/ National Cash Register Co. VS. w. NJ.
Kirkpatrick, replevin for cash register
valued at $3.50. The register was IN L.
]. Molyneaux's meat market and when
| Molyneaux became bankrupt kirkpat-
rick seized il for rent. The plalntln
| claims Molyneaux had it leased from
them and that Kirkpatrick knew this-
| Daniel Overheim vs John Sontag,
Henry truth, Jos. Bachman, summons
| in eiectment for 7j acres in Clinton
which Overheim leased from Sontag in
| Dec. 1908 and which he states some OF
the defts subsequent leased and began
| operating on
SENSATIONAL SUITS.
| On Saturday afternoon last, man
named Hay Philips, said to be an Aile-
| gheny politician, accompanied oy Dave
| Marshall of Butler. went before Esq
| Christie apd signed and swore to seven
| informations charging Theo. and Joseph
| Nevin of the Pittsburg Leader with
| criminal libel for publishing articles
and cartoons during the past SIX months
| regarding the Allegheny graft cases.
| The informations name JAS. g. Wyman,
Thos b. Scandrett, NJ II. Campbell,
James Wilson, Sue Williams. Dora
Fleishman and others.
The Nevins were arrested IN Pitts
burg, and gave bail. before Alderman
McMasters for our June Term And.
so, in the ordinary course of law and
nature, we can expect to see the Ale
gheny bunch" in Butter at next
| Quarter Sessions. posing as injured IN
nocents. =.
James Wilson, Police Captain of
,aI in (NrTTnipa1
Court in Pittsburg, this week, charged
with extorting money from Sue VIII
liams keeper of disorderly house on
West Robinson street, and the jury dis
agreed.
On Tues6 ay Philips reappeared in
Butler, and made information against
Messrs Scott, .Tord and Rowe of the
Pittsburg Gazette for criminal libel. in
publishing an article entitled wy
mans Job is in Danger" in their Issue
of Nov. f4th last. Deputy Sheriff
Vorous went down to Pittsburg. tnat
afternoon, and served the warrants on
| the defendants, and they gave bail be-
| fore ESQ. Anderson there, for their ap-
pearance here at next Quarter Sessions.
NOTES
Court convened Monday morning
with a new jury for two-weeks term,
but as none of the cases for trial Mon
day or Tuesday were ready an adjourn
ment was taken until Wednesday
morning.
The case of Theodore Schenck Va Mrs.
Fred Schultz, ejectment, was continued
on account of the illness of Mrs Scbutte.
to May 5.
The case of A A Bortmas VS. J. J.
Leidecker and A. n. McCandless was
settled.
The case of Index Co. VS. Kearfott
Lindsey & Co., assumpsit, was con-
| tinued.
The second trial in the E. J. Quigley
vs. Penn'a r R case was continued ur-
til May 2.
E. E. Aiken vs Craig Kennedy Hard
ware Co., was continued until today.
The case of Chas Ehsler VS. Fl Linsner,
admir- of Catherine Swaney, was settled.
The case of j. H. Starr, Mrs w. ].
| Marks ct al, vs. Western Allegheny r.
R. was continued, one of the plaintiffs
| being sick.
DR.. Frank Hazlett, N G. Mccullough
| and Geo. W. Amy were appointed a
commission in lunacy on W. L. Bowser
of Parker twp.
Robert Adams. Chas. Campbell and
W. Fl. Walker, Surveyor, were appoint
ed viewers on petition for new road
| in Washington township. to run from
the Butler Emlenton road to Hilliard-
| North Washington road.
The case of First National Bank of
| Zelienople vs Annie and Albert Winter
was discontinued,
Maggie S. Morrison, nee Coovert, ct
! al, VS. Elcho Oil Co., assumpsit, was
| continued on motion of the deft, after
| the plaintiffs had amended their plead
| ings. A trespass case between the
| same parties was also continued and the
| two are TO be tried at the same term.
| Joseph Wiles of this place is in the
Kittanning Jail awaiting trial on
charges Of assault and battery and rape
made against him by a Mrs Brock,
| wife of an insurance agent of Kaylor.
The Brooks formerly lived next door to
Wiles in ROCKVILLE and the families
| were intimate. Wiles is widower and
a young daughter kept house for him.
Lately Wiles was promoted from u
hostler to brakeman on the railroad
| and there was a two days vacation be-
tween entering on the new job. He de-
cided to improve (O this time by visit
ing the Brooks at Kaylor. Mr.. Brock
objected and then there was trouble
and lots Of it, which wound up In Mrs.
| Brock making the charges against Wiles
and his arrest. Wiles being absent, his
young children left their home in Root
vile and went to the house of Lewis
Estep, Wiles' son-in-law, late one night.
A few days later Wiles goods were
seized on a landlords warrant for rent.
Miss Eleanor C. Little of Gallery on
Saturday obtained a verdict of 1880
against the Central District and Print
ing Telegraph BELL Telephone) Co In
July 1908 Miss Little. whose home is
near Gallery and who was formerly
} employed as telephone girl by the de-
fendant Co.. was in party of ~ young
people who took hay-ride to Harmony.
On their homeward drive it rained and
!, was very dark Passing the John Clark
, place north of Gallery the wagon scrap
ed against telephone pole, and Miss
Little, whose feet were hanging over
the side of the wagon. was jerked off,
knocked senseless, and had her shins ter
, ribled bruised and lacerated. Her
physician made 204 calls in attending
her injuries She sued for $4,000. A
new trial was asked for by the deft
The case Of the Pease Piano Co and
w. A. Steadman, their Butler agent, vs.
Thomas Morrow, was the last case tried
: last week. The plaintiffs placed a
piano in Morrows house They claimed
r he bought and he claimed they placed
it there only on trial. Suit was brought
q for $500, the price of the piano, an{
q Morrow put in a counter claim fol
storeage The Jury could not agree ant
late Saturday night were discharged.
Three hangings are scheduled for tn,
e Pittsburg Jail, today-likely over b,
this time.
J, Ephraim Brown, Glade Mills, G
q Nicklas, Connoqqenessing, and F. P
/ Mcbride, Coylesville, have been draw
{ as jurors for the United States Circuit
court which meets in Pittsburg com
u mencing on the sth OF May.
At New York, last Wednesday night
y another jury had been selected in tn
a Nan Patterson case; and she was agail
@ placed on trial, Monday.
Under the new law the salary of on
: County Commissioners will be 81, 900
! year.