Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-29
Three for $4,000 Each Tried
in Story County District
Court This Week g}.s'
GIBSON WINS AND LOSES
Maxwell Merchant Given Verdict lin
Defense of Case Brought by Cook,
But Must Pay $3.50 in Another
Magic Suit Against Fort Dodge &
Southern Railway. y
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Special to Times Republican.
Nevada, Jan. 29.-District court has
been clearing UP a large number 7of
cases in which there was considerable
involved. during the past week. In the
case Of Cook VS.. Gibson, which came
from Maxwell and In which the plain
tiff brought action for $4,000 damages
for alleged malicious prosecution, the
Jury brought in verdict for the de-
PENDANT This is a case that gained
considerable notoriety at the time. Glib
son, who is the mayor of Maxwell and
engaged in the mercantile business.
sought to garnishee the wages of Cook,
from a lvery,na named Shyrock. Cook
swore that he was a married man but
Gibson, who looked the matter up,
found that his wife had applied forsdi-,
vorce. He had the man arrested .for
perjury, but the man proved that al-
tho his wife had applied for a divorce
and he was not supporting her. the de
cree had been issued at the timeHthe
matter came up.
Gibson, Loses to shyroek. M
The next case was a $4,000 damage
case brought by O. M. Shryock, an
other prominent business. man of Max
we'll, in which he. sought to recover
damages from Gibson for injuries re-
ceived in fistic encounter which oc-
CURED on the streets of Maxwell. just
subsequent to the filing of the papers
lin the former damage case in which
Shryock got decidedly the worst of the
argument. Mr.. Shryock received ver-
dict for $3.50
Following this case the ease of Talley
VS.. Lash was taken up This was also
a damage case in which malicious prossA
ecution was charged After listening to
the story of the plaintiff, who was put
upon the stand, Judge Lee directed the
jury to bring in verdict in favor Of
the defendant. x
Another $4,000 Suit.
Following this case the $4,000 dam
age case brought by s, B.-Nagle against
the Des Moines, Fort Dodge & South
ern railway company, which grows out
of the removal from one of the com
pany's coaches of the plaintiff, by the
conductor and a Des Moines police, Of
ficer, was placed on trial. The eonduc-
tor claims the man was making dis
turbance and he requested the officer
to remove him. That. he claims, Is the
last that he had to do with the case.
The plaintiff. claims, that the railway
officials ordered him placed In the
county jail and agreed to appear
against him the next morning, which
they failed to do
The next case to be taken up Is that
of D. v. Thrift, of this city. against A.
J. Clark, a we'll known broker OF Mar
shantown, who also conducts branch
office in this city. The case grows out
of some alleged crooked transactions
of one John P. Albert, at one time in
charge of the Clark office In this city.
Mr.. Thrift seeks to recover some
money lost in the transaction of a
pork" deal.
Albert is under Indictment for con-
Quoting a bucket shop in the city and
is under bonds. 1t is thought that the
trial Of the Thrift case will be the
cause of the Albert criminal case being
continued.