Morris tribune., 1906-08-04

the supreme court on writ Of habeas
corpus. Other defendants gave bail.
Toledo Lawyers Exonerated.
Attorneys Tracy, Brown and Smith
of Toledo, who were sentenced to fine
snd Imprisonment by Judge Kinkade
for presenting motions in the ice case
offensive to the judge, have been re-
lieved from this stigma by the decision
of the circuit court reversing Kin
kade The circuit court holds that so
long as a lawyer presents matters to
o court decorously, whether they be
srue or false, he is not in contempt.
The case will be taken by Judge Kin
kade to the supreme court.
Cincinnati Ice Indictments.
Following recent indictments of coal
men and laundry men for combining
for restraint of trade in Cincinnati,
the grand jury of that city reported
indictments against fifteen ice men Oh
the same charge. All gave bond for
their appearance for trial.
John .. to Face Trial.
The attorney for John D. Rockefel
Ter has notified the court at Findlay,
o., that Mr. Rockefeller will appear
at the proper time to answer for the
charge preferred against him alleging
illegal operations of his oil company
and that he makes this definite prom
Use in order to avoid the unpleasant
publicity Of seeming to evade the sum
mons or a subpoena service. Mr..
Rockefeller's home at Cleveland is be-
ing prepared for his reception.
Theaters May Exclude Critic.
The supreme court of New York, to
which the case had been appealed, has
decided that the action Of the tEGater
managers in excluding James S. Met
calf, the dramatic critic of Life, from
their houses was not criminal. The
decision says that, according to the
conditions printed upon the tickets,
any manager has the right to say who
shall enter his house. 1t adds that
whether the attacks of the critic were
justified or not is immaterial.
Slaughter Houses Closed.
The Philadelphia board Of health an
nounced that twenty local slaughter
houses which were condemned as in
sanitary, had been closed permanently
and sixteen others had been improved
to order, while one proprietor who re-
fused to obey was ordered prosecuted.
Novel Way to Outwit Mob.
Sheriff Brown of Somerset county.
Md. succeeded in hanging the negro,
William Lee, and in avoiding a deter
mined lynching party by the unusual
ready made gallows from the Jail,
at Baltimore, on board boat to bar
rem island in the Chesapeake, but
within the bounds of the county where
the crime was committed. Lee had
been sentenced to death three weeks
before for assaulting two women.
Auto Owner Sent to Jail.
George w Bryant of Yonkers, N. Y,
has been sentenced to two months
Imprisonment and a fine of $50 for
violation of the speed law while rid
ing In his automobile some time ago.
His chauffeur also was arrested and
received a similar prison sentence.
Judge Beall in passing sentence said
that the criminal liability of an auto
mobile owner who was In the car at
the time of speed violation was gov
erned by the same principles as ap-
piled to any otner employer. An ap-
peal was entered and Bryant was re-
leased on bail.
To Fight For Sage Estate.
Shortly after the death of Russell
Sage it became known that he had left
his entire fortune. estimated variously
at from $63,OO0,OOO to $93, 900 900, to his
wife and nothing whatever to specified