Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-01
COURTS AN D TRIALS
INCREASE IN CIVIL SUITS
MANY CRIMINAL CASES.

With the exception of the resignation OF
Associate Justice Charles II. DUEL of the
District Court of Appeals and the appoint
ment of Charles II. Robb to fill the vacancy
on the appellate bench, no change occurred
in the personnel of the District courts dur
ing 1906 Richard H. Alvey, retired chief
justice of the District Court of Appea s,
died during the year.
The changes in the office of the United
States attorney for the District comprised
the resignation of Assistant United States
Attorney James S. Easily Smith, the pro-
motion of James NJ. Proctor from special
attorney to assistant United States attorney
and the appointment of +. Sprigg Perry as
special attorney.
In the office of the clerk of the District
Supreme Court, j. Wilmer Latimer. clerk
to Equity Court No. =, resigned to practice
law and succeeded by r. =. Be.ew.
Clerk Young also appointed Edwin J. Nc
Kee additional assistant clerk Miss
Ellen Lee Young, in charge of the files of
the court, resigned and was succeeded by
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, promoted. Miss l..
NJ. Gardner was appointed to Miss Will
sons position.
The business of the clerks office was
increased considerably over 1909 During
the past year there were issued 1905 mar
rage licenses, against $3.50 during 1903.
Law suits to the number of S24 were filed
last year, as compared gu the pfeCeG-
ing twelve months. There were instituted
in 1906 So3 equity proceedings, while only
7s5 such cases were brought in 1905.
In addition to the suits involving the
Waggaman estate and the 100000 trust to
the Catholic University. the equity suits of
general interest filed last year include the
suit attacking the validity of the title to
the large tract of land in the county known
as Metropolis View, the settlement of a fee
of S750, 00o in the Cherokee claim of over
$4,000 allowed by Congress, and injunc-
ton proceedings by the Typothetae of
Washington against the striking printers.
Besides the mandamus proceedings to COM
pei the board of education to reinstate
Francis L. CardoZo as supervising principal
of the thirteenth district of the pubic
schools, the suits at law filed during the
last year included suits on behalf of the
United States against number of Imam
cial institutions of the city to secure mon
eys paid out on alleged forged checks by
James w. Boyd, clerk in the marine hos
pital service, and by William S. Yeatman,
late disbursing officer of the war Depart
ment.
in February by the District Supreme Court
for alleged unprofessonal practices. He
noted appeal, which has not yet been
decided by the District Court of Appeals.
The local grand jury in July investigated
an alleged combine of local ice dealers and
returned indictments for alleged violations
of the Sherman antitrust law and for con-
spiracy against the American Ice Company,
Samuel A. Kimberly, its general manager,
and George F. Hoover, its route agent,
and the Chaplin Sacks Manufacturing Com
pany, Arthur A. Chaplin. its president, and
Samuel G. Redman, It's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The defendants all entered pleas of not
guilty The cases have not yet been
brought to trial
The substantial increase of 9S3 papers
filed last year over the number offered for
record in 1903 is shown by the records of
the recorder of deeds. The total number
of papers filed, excluding certificates of in
CORPORATION, in 1906 was 21,309, COM
pared with 20,326 in the preceding year.
The report of the register of wills for
year ended December 81, 1906 shows num-
Der of wills filed, Sol; number of applica-
lions for letters testamentary or of admin
istration ISL; number of applications for
letters of guardianship, 1863; number Of ac-
counts stated, 1,123; number of pages of
typewrting 12,SS5; number of pages re-
corded in the records by book typewriters,
1887 number of appraisements, 30; num-
Der of letters to fiduciaries notifying them
to render accounts. inventories, ME Vouch-
ers etc. 4, l23; number of letters answered,
$50: number of witnesses to wills examined
and testimony reduced to writing, JOS;
number of bondsmen examined. LAS.
Last year made substantial contrlpu-
ton to the long list of trials held in Grim
inal Court No. l during the last half CEN
fury The first case OF general interest
called fer trial was that of John F. Beach,
who was convicted of assault with intent
to kill Ernest Gichner at the marine bar
racks The conviction had depressing
m effect on the mind of Beach that, while
ont on bail and just a few days before the
time for the imposition of sentence, he
Jumped in front of express train and
met instant death. George L. Green,
state senator of New York, defendant
In the next case tried in the famous court
room Mr. Green was jointly indicted with
George W. Beavers for conspiracy in con-
nection with the installation of time
recording clocks in the Post Office Depart
ment. Several days before Mr. Green was
mt on trial his co-defendant, Beavers, came
into open court and after acknowledging
his guilt was sentenced to the penitentiary
for two years. A protracted trial was had,
replete with sensational Developments, upon
the very indictment to which Beavers had
pleaded guilty, and Mr.. Green was ac-
Quilted William r. Pruitt. indicted for
murder in the second degree for the al
legged killing of William II. Steele,
twice tried, but each time the jury. being
unable to agree upon verdict. dis
charged. The echoes of the trial which
resulted in the acquittal of George L.
Green had hardly died away before he was
again called before a jury of his peers.
This time on an Indictment charging him,
Willard ID. Doremus and George w. Beav-
ers with conspiracy in connection with
Doremus canceling machines. sever
trial proceeded in respect of Green and
Doremus. After nearly four weeks of the
courts time had been devoted to this case
the defendants were acquitted. There stll
remained pending an indictment against
Mr.. Green, which, however. was nolle
pressed last month.
John PopkinA was convicted Of assault to