Evening star., 1923-11-16
AWARDED DAMAGES
FOR FALSE ARREST
Malicious Prosecution Charged in
Taking Silverware From Rock
Spring Club.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, November 16-
ington lunch room, and Cairo Pros
peri. chef at one Of the Washington
hotels, were awarded dana ges in the
amounts of $3.50 and $1,000, respect
lively, by juries In the circuit court
here in suits for malicious prosecu-
ton. The defendant in each case
was Joseph w. Cain,y who owns and
conducts the Rock Spring Club, on
the Conduit road, this county. The
plaintiffs were represented by Attor-
ney John A. Garrett of Rockville.
In 1922, so the testimony showed,
Giradi and Prospect conducted the
Rock Spring Club under a lease from
Cain, and when they closed down in
the fall they removed the silverware,
which they rented with other equip
ment from Cain. to a vault in Wash
ington for safe keeping. Cain had
them arrested on charges Of larceny
and they were before Judge Samuel
Riggs in the police court here. but
the cases were dismissed.
On charges of disorderly conduct
Charles Gates. Dorsey Donaldson and
John Sullivan. residents of Colesville
district, pleaded guilty in the police
court here and each was fined
S25 and costs by Judge Samuel Riggs.
The men ascribed too much wine as
the cause of their misbehavior.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage of the following: Will
liam w. Wiseman of Spruce Pine,
n. c.. and Miss Grace NJ. Siddons of
West Lebanon. Ind; Willard p. Smith
l.. Lewis of Garrett Park, this coun-
.y; Fielder T. Marlowe Of Fairland,
this county, and Miss Florence V.
Connell of Burtonsville. and William
McCarty of Washington and Miss
Dorothy NJ. Hoover of Mountsville,
Va.
Raymond Thomas. colored, arrested
by Deputy Game Warden Gilpin on
a charge of hunting without having
obtained license, was not on hand
when his case was called for trial
in the police court here yesterday,
and his collateral of SIT was declared
forfeited Although the negro was
out in, woods with a gun, shells
and dogs, he insisted when Officer
Gilpin ran across him that he was
not hunting.
Acquitted In Auto Accident.
AS a result of an automobile ac-
cident on the Conduit road. near the
Anglers Club. last Monday evening.
in which John w. Haines, forty
years old, until recently resident
of Frederick county, lost his life,
William c. Gibbs of Great Falls, this
county, was before United States
Commissioner Charles +. Benson here
yesterday on a charge of operating
an automobile while under the in
huence of liquor. The testimony did
not satisfy Commissioner Benson.
however, that the man was suffi-
ciently under the influence of liquor
to constitute a crime and he was
acquitted. He was represented by At
torney John A. Garrett of Rockville.
While turning a sharp curve in the
road a machine in which Haines
and Gibbs were riding upset, pinning
both men beneath it. Haines' neck
was broken and he died almost in
stantly. Gibbs was not seriously
hurt.
Mrs. Gertrude Dorsey of Rockville
has sold to H. X. Van Alstyne of
Washington fourteen acres of land
near Rockville for $3.50. The prop
erty is opposite the farm of the late
Samuel l.. Phillips and is unim-
proved.
Miss Lavinia knight of Rockville
has been appointed assistant director
of the Montgomery County Social
Service League. Miss Elizabeth
Spamer is the director.