Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-15
sRIsr OF DAMAGE SUITS FILED
Plenty of Things to Keep the District
Court Busy,

GRIsT OF DAMAGE SUITS FILED
Plenty of Things to Keep the District
Court Busy.
Marcellus Moxley, who was arrested at
the instance Of Dagmar Jensen, a 17-year-
old girl. but acquitted, 10 made defendant
In another suit brought yesterday in the
district court by the young woman. The
suit is entitled State OF Iowa ex rel Dag
mar Jensen against Maroellus Monkey and
the court Is asked to order that Monkey
pay the sum OF 1900 for the maintenance
and support Of the child born to Miss Jen-
sen. June II Of this year. The allegation
Is made that youns Moxley IL the father
of the child.
Last March Miss Jensen brought suit
against Monkey in which she asked 5000
damages for the alleged wrong done her
and the case lie still pending in the district
court. "-.'".%.- sca -~t
Stiles q Douglass, a Council Bluffs firm
dealing in novelties. has brought suit
against the Burlington railroad TO recover
$500. the value Of ffty-sir boxes OF no
lions delivered to the defendant company
in May, 1909 for shipment to Kansas City.
The goods were destroyed in the big food
which visited Kansas City at that time
and consequently were never delivered TO
the oonsignee. The railroad company. Il Is
alleged. refused to make good the loss
sustained by the firm.
The Wabash railroad is made defendant
in a suit brought by l. d. McCarville to
recover damages placed at 1880 The cir
cumstances alleged as grounds for the
suit somewhat unusual. According to
the petition OF the plaintiff he purchased a
ticket from Chicago to Manhattan but
den Crossing paid the Conductor the fare
from Manhattan to that point. The train
however. it is alleged, carried the plaintiff
q long distance beyond his destination
before 1t was stopped. McCarville being
assured that the depot was but a short
distance back started TO walk In COM
pany with two others who had also left
the train. After walking a mile or more
In the. dark and failing over cattle guards
and other obstacles they failed to find the
depot and were compelled to seek shelter
at farm house until daylight. Not only
was the plaintiff. he AYERS. made seri-
ousy I'll from the exposure but the rain
damaged a number of notes and other
valuable papers which he had In his pos
session to such an extent as to render
them worthless.
Hugh Boylan has brought suit TO set
aside the will Of his sister, the late Mrs.
Mary Tatro, alleging that she was of
unsound mind when. she executed the
instrument by which she bequeathed nearly
$500 to the Roman Catholic school in
Nicola, Ia, Of which town she was a resi-
dent. He asks that tina 7bequest be set
aside and that the entire estate, valued at
about 1900. be given to him.
The petitions In the two suits brought
against the city OF Council Bluffs by John
L. Price were fled yesterday. In the first
suit he asks for $500 for the loss OF the
service Of his 11-year-oldSson. Robert. who
on May 30, last, Is alleged to have been
severely injured by stepping on a rusty
nail in a plank Of the Sidewalk on Eigh-
teenth avenue between rHleventh and
Twelfth streets The sidewalk. It is alleged.
had been in bad repair Tor some time prior
to the accident. and ahe plank containing
the rusty nail was turned bottom UP. In
the second suit Price appears as the best
friend of his son and asks the city to pay
the boy $1,000 damages for. the alleged
Injury he suffered. eos -
Thomas Rowbothan, q nice appearing lad
OF IL years, who lives with his parents at
1905 South Sixth street, was before Judge
Wheeler in the juvenile division of the dis
trict court yesterday for the third time
and was ordered committed to the indus
young Rowbothsm, with live or three other
boys, was before the court charged with
throwing coal from a Milwaukee train on
which they were stealing a ride from Nicola
back TO the city and severely injuring Chris
Jensen. q section hand. who was struck by a
big chunk of the coal. Eat the time the
boy ordered sent TO Eldora, but the
commitment was suspended on promise OF
good behavior Lately the boy is said to
have given the railroads much trouble by
Jumping on and off moving trains, and he
was brought before the court yesterday on
this charge. preferred against him by Spe-
cial Officer Burke OF the Milwaukee.
Fred Potter. a newsboy, charged with as
saulting Paul Blackburn, a one-legged col
ored boy who also vends papers on the
streets, was before Judge Wheeler In the
Juvenile court yesterday, Potter. who Is
a bright, manly young lad. was shown to
be the chief support OF his mother and lit
tie brothers and sisters while his father
was an inmate of. the insane ward at st.
Bernards hospital. was given another
chance by the court on his promise to be-
have in. the future. 5. --.. --
George and Ezra Harvey, charged with
jumping on and on moving Milwaukee
trains, were also before the court on COM
plant Of the railroad officials. They were
sent home after receiving some sound ad-
Vice from the Judge, who placed the boys
under the surveillance Of Rev. Henry De-
Long. probation Officer