The Washington herald., 1914-01-30
In the District Courts

Thoughts that breathe and words that
burn. in the language of Mr.. Gray, OF
] former days. may be said to be the cause
of a suit filed yesterday by Arthur "
Conover against William J. La Varre
for $4,000 damages 1t is alleged by Mr..
Conover. formerly a deputy commits
sioner OF the Bureau of Lighthouses,
that defendant. November 20. last. uttered
| libel against him.
Not even his thousand mile ticket book
which he held aloft with one hand to the
| inquisitive glance of the gateman at
! Union Station. October l, last, was sum
cient argument to convince that man to
let Fielding l. Poindexter pass through
| the gate to catch train for Ohio. Poin-
| dexter sued the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
| road Company yesterday for $4,000 dam
ages. claiming that he was refused pass
| about, mortified and embarrassed and
! injured in mind and reputation.
fraught with danger is conclusively
shown in a suit filed yesterday by Betty
b. Nicolson against the Washington
! Railway and Electric Company. who
solemnly AYERS that January 4. last, when
crossing Eleventh and G streets north
west. car approached stealthily and
knocked her down without giving her
due warning. Plaintiff alleges she was
injured permanently and asks $4,000
damages.
Seized by the neck and arm. drasged
| to the front of the platform, clothing
torn. bruised. bleeding. seriously in
jured" are some of the reasons given
in a suit for s1O.Oo0 damages filed yes
terday by William A. Morgan against
the Capital Traction Company. Morgan
alleges that all the so-called rough
work" was visited upon him without
solicitation or provocation by an agent
Of the defendant company.
Susie F. Robinson and Jesse F. Robin
son had a bad day of It August II last
while they were riding peacefully on
Washington-Virginia Railway Company
car and were suddenly belabored by the
conductor with violent blows pulled
about, elected from the car and locked
up in Jail. This is the sum and SUBJ
stance of a suit filed by them against
the street car company. each claiming
$40. 900 damages.
Not being altogether impervious to ac-
tual contract with a speeding car, Harry
w. Goddard who January last crossed
street, between Twenty-frst and
Twenty-second streets in a wagon, was
unceremoniously bumped into by a car of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company, thrown out of the wagon, and
seriously and permanently injured. This
much is alleged in a suit for $4,000 dam.
ages brought by him yesterday against
the car company.
False arrest is alleged in a suit for
$1,000 damages filed by Ralph E. Walker
against Alfred d. Smith and William z.
Seachrist yesterday.
Susie NJ. Wood was granted an abso-
lutte divorce yesterday by Justice STAFF
ford from Edward s Wood. Her maiden
name, Susie NJ. Humphries. is given back
to her and she is awarded $500 in lieu OF
all claims of alimony.
Let the dance go on" said John Tobin.
owner of the Arcade dance pavilion yes
terday. as he notified the court that he
and his brother, Maurice Tobin. had made
up and that Maurice would resume his old
position as manager of the temple of
Terpsichore. The trouble between the two
brothers arose over a question Of owner
ship of the dance enterprise.