The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-20
QUESN0NSOFlAW
ARGUED TO COURT
Ambold Damage Suit Will Prob
ably Go to Jury
To-day.
NO STRIKE IN PETERSBURG
Hundreds Of Citizens Manifest
Interest : in Hallcy's
Comet.
Tjmes-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore street,
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100 North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg. Va. May 10.
The case Of Charles M. Ambold, who
Is suing the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road Company for $4,000 damages for
the loss of his legs BY an accident al
legged to have been due to the negli-
gence OF tho defendant company. did
not get before the jury to-day, as had
been expected. Interesting questions
OF law arose and had to be argued and
considered, and this morning the jury
was adjourned over until 10 o'clock
tomorrow.
In his declaration the plaintiff set
forth the violation of four ordi-
nances Of the city by the railroad
company as c~ontributory to the acct
dent resulting in Mr.. Ambold's in
turies. Among the most important of
these was the ordinance providing for
the installation and operation, day
and night. of automatic gates at the
railroad street crossings. A motion
by the defendant to reject this ordi-
nance on the ground that. under the
charter. II should have been published
to make II effective. was sustained by
tho court on the ground. which vas
admitted. h a no public caution had
been made, as required by law.
To this ruling the plaintiff excepted.
and t%hereupon asked to amend HE
declaration by setting UP a previous
ordinance of similar nature. This was
allowed by the court. and excepted to
by the defendant.
The Jury will be called tomorrow
morning, instructions will be given,
tho argument of counsel made, and
the case submitted for a verdict.
Death of Worthy Citizen.
Isaiah Brockwell, a well known and
highly respected citizen. died at a late
hour last night, at his residence. cor
ner Of Commerce and Dunlop Streets.
He was in the sixty-sixth year of his
age and for some tire had been in
declining health. Mr.. Brockwell was
a man of high standing in the COM.
munity and esteemed by all who knew
him. He was a member of the Board
of Aldermen from the Fifth Ward.
and a citizen OF solid worth. He is
survived by his wife and seven chill
nran. all Of this city: Mrs. chas. %.
Eanes, Mrs. Lawrence kirkham. James.
Edward II. Joh and Misses Lottie and
Daisy BrockwelL Deceased was 4
member Of the A. r. Hill Camp. C. ",
and a prominent ~odd-Feliow.
Died In Texas.
A telegram received this morning
brought the intelligence of the dealt,
SsSlS!Idy pdIIas. u eN..LOy EDGAR,
Carrier a former citizen and promi-
men. clothing merchant of Petersburg.
No details of his death are given. but
It must have been somewhat sudden.
az no knowledge of his sickness had
been received.
Mr.. Currier was for some years the
senior member of the firm of Currier
& underhill. of tho Boston Clothing
House. Recently he has been travel
ing for a PHILADELPHIA house, his du-
ties calling him all over the country.
with his home In Tarboro. n. c.. He
married Miss Anna Orr. OF this city.
who survives him with one son and
one daughter. Mrs. Currier is In
Washington visiting friends at pres
ent, and is said to be Frustrated by
the news of her husbands death.
No Strike in Petersburg.
NO strike has occurred among the
clerks in the employment of the Nor
folk and Western Railway in this city.
as has been the case In Roanoke, Bris-
toll and other points. in obedience TO
the orders of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Clerks. The clerks here are %satis-|
fed with their positions and show no
disposition to quit work.
Personal and Otherwlsc.
At the home of the brides parents,
In Dinwiddie county, yesterday after
noon. Miss Edith Markert. daughter oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Markert, was mar
ricd TO BENJAMIN Schenk. a prosperousI
young farmer of the county. Rev. j.
w Eure, of the Methodist Church. per-
formed the
Fl. j. jackson. a representative of
the Continental Wireless Telegraph nd,
Telephone Company. was in the city
yesterday in conference with a num-l
Der of citizens in regard to the estab-
lishmcnt of a wireless station here as
n feeder to the high power station to
be established in Richmond.
Maple Camp, No. 150. Woodmen OF
the World, vas instituted night before
last at City Point by District Deputy
membership. The officers were in
stalled and the amp started on its
business. Fl. L. Muret is the consul
commander.
The Board OF Supervisors OF Dinwid-
die has appointed a committee to con-
fer with a similar committee from
Chesterfield as to the erection OF a
bridge over the AppomattoS at Matoaca.
opposite Ferndale Park, and to esti-
mate the cost and the proportion to
be paid by each county. The bridget
will cost $4,000 or more.
r. A.4Dennis. of Newark, N. j., who
is visiting tho battletelds around
Petersburg. is so favorably impressed
with the city that he intends to In
sduce the Grand Army Post of Newark
to hold It's next nnual outing here.
DR.. Antonio A, Burke, of this city,
a recent graduate Of the Medical Coil
lege of Virginia, has been appointed
resident physician to st. N~incent's Hos
pital, Norfolk, and DR.. Clarence Dali
ton, also of Petersburg, another gradu-
ate, has been appointed to a hospital
In Philadelphia.
Looking for the Comets Tail.
Hundreds, not to say thousands, of