The Ambler Gazette 19041222

              the ambl vol xxi 1 no 52 ambler pa gazf/i em her 22 11)04 si 25 a yfiar proceedings of civil court number of interestinr local cases last week smiiel 1 swat otinrilliin lur allf>k<-il wenfc mliiilml patiwii ibwihsmihtj r.iwii«iii|i hum ray dannmm wmtuui iniurcii bj oar's taftt the case ol h mat hull m thomas vs samuel l garner guardian ap pointed by the conri of coammon pleas for surah ann thomas an al leged weak minded person wan heard before judge weand at norristovrn on wednesday according to testimony mr garner was in february 1804 appointed guardian lor sara ann thomas ; that previous to this appoint nieiit jonathan thomas with whom defendant sara aim thomas board ed had a claim for hoard nursing and care aggregating 1087.08 the guardian vould not pass upon claims prior to his appointment and suit was brought by the defendant these alleged facts were undisputed ami nncontest id the court directing the jury to re turn a verdict of xr.58for the plain l tiff i , in the case of harry 1 b besiel vs ' montgomery township the testimony of the defence was concluded thurs day afternoon it was shown that the slope of the bridge up stream is about eiglit inches in i feet another wit ness contradicted tho plaintiff by say ing that lie saw plaintiff running over a plowed field after a horse for about 00 feet it also appeared that plaintiff earned about 8 to fit per week in the insurance business verdict for plain tiff for 1217 the case of james waruock and emily warnock his wife vs the philadelphia rapid transit company was then taken up it was claimed by the plainiff that mrs warnock aud a young man named william outhbert son were riding along the york road on a car mrs warnock had a large market basket with her at ogontz the car stopped at the usual place cuthbertsou got off in safety the market basket witli the aid of goth bertson was lifted off safely mrs warnock was about to get off when the car started with a sudden jerk she was thrown off alongside the car bo close to the track that the wlieels cut off a piece of her skirt and her sleeve she was bodily bruised and hurt on side aud shoulder her home is in wynconte the sum of n(x was asked for by tlie husband as compensa tion for loss of his wife's services and 2000 by mrs waruock about 18 men who were passengers on the car on the night of the accident testified that the ear was moving very slowly at the time preparing for a stop that both mrs warnock and her com panion stepped off the car while the car was in motion and the woman fell the conductor then rang the bell sharply ami the car aiue to a sudden stop witlu,n a car man and condu an ii^reerhe lay nigk at 11 o'clock sa.w ... lug they returned i sealed veftfict.giv ing the husband 50 and tlie wife 100 john s chew a police officer of cheltenham township who has himself sent so many men to jail was saturday morning sentenced to 10 days im prisonment chew was convicted at tiie last term of criminal court of aggravat ed assault and buttery the specific charge being the shooting of a small boy full report of the case was given in tlie gazette at the time of the trial in imposing sentence judgeswartz said that he regretted having to send a man like the prisoner to jail but that the imposition of a sentence was necessary in order to warn police officers that they should be caret uj in handling tin arms the case of titus sandt vs the north wales foundry company was called before judge weaud in court room no kj the plaintiff began to work for the defendant in september 1808 unit continued np to may j the day he was injured the company is a corporation engaged in the maimiae ture of eastings at north wales the duties of his employment consisted in being general helper and in assisting in the moulding room in the foundry it is alleged by sandt that the crane provided by the defendant was iinsulti cient in size su that one of the chains slipped off and threw the crano upon the defendant's foot crushing it aud thereby causing the plaintiff great in jury thomas donnelly testified that he is a moulder anil that i nt knew the workings of a crane ; that this crane was poorly constructed and dangerous the witness said that he worked in a number of fouudariea and is a moul der by oooupatlon it was alleged that sandt tho plaintiff bad to undergo an operation in consequence of the in jury received and that he did not at the present time havo funds to pay for tho aine previous to his employ ment hy defendant lie earned 3 .">(> per day in tho ease of titus sandt vs the north wales record foundry company the court granted a uon-suit because the defect which caused tho accident resulting in the injury of the plaintiff's a lit foot was such an evident one atiie plaintiff should have guardud hist tin defect also being so evident the employers were not called upon to warn their employes iuub hell union if b church will hold their christmas entertainment on monday uight dec m at 7.80 o'clock thomas allison of near town was arrested on wednesday ' viiung for being intoxicated and ¦ lining a disturbance he was given *» hearing before justice of the react wood thursday uioruutf paid the tine knd uosti and wuu discharged obituary jaion ftomkrt jaoob bennett who hasbnet an in valid fur several months anil ikis only recent i v returned from philadelphia iies|ut:il feeling better from the treat ment received was again confined to lied at liis inline in sellersvillr by a paralytic stroke from which lie never recovered but breathed his last thurs day morning nl 1 o'clock he wan for merly a resilient of telford bnt for the past two veal's lias lived ill sellers vi lie the tleeeased is survived by his wife and nine children man wife of andrew zuelisuei t of ambler sophia wife of john pedloe of phila delphia maggie wife of john kepler of boailerton addle wile of john rjages of philadelphia carrie wife of charles dayton of philadelphia kille wile i allen weiilelnover of sellers ille harvey . living nf telford and albert living with his parents at sellersville bob clymkr m is hue clymer who suffered an other strobe of naraylsin on saturday died from its effects btuulay morning at line lexington deceased is the eldest daughter of ann and the late abram clymer and resided at home funeral was held on thursday morn ing at hi o'clook interment in the mcnnoiiite burying grounds i0skph w jkn'ks joseph w lenks died at his home at ilensiile thursday dec 15 aged h'i years the deceased is survived by a widow and one daughter mrs mary paxson the funeral was held on sun day at 19.80 o'clock with interment at solehnry friends burying ground anna ma1ua groktsch anna maria widow of the late joseph groetsch died at her home in lower gwynedd township near ambler on saturday aged 7 years deceased's maiden name was stoll sho was born in germany near the rhine oomuig to this country she was married to mr groetsch in 1858 and who afterwards conducted an extensive pretzel bakery establishment in philadelphia in 188(5 they removed to the homestead near ambler pur chasing the property from the late charles gray 10 children were horn to mr and mrs uroetsch.six of whom are now deceased annie having died only a few years ago at the age of iio the surviving children are joseph f of philadelphia andrew of chicago 111 and john and marie j , who reside at home mrs groetsch has been an invalid for years being confined to her bed the greater portion of the time and be ing unable to move without assistance she was a patient sufferer mr groetsch died in august of the present year the funeral was held this wednes day morn ing at l from her late resi dence mass was said at st anthony's church ambler and interment was made in the cemetery adjoining thief ckukir in the am d by his idener at william mccann of lafayette * mont ginnery county after the latter had it is alleged robbed roulstou's lionie on the widener estate while ronlston and his wife were working on friday in mr wideuer's residence one of them noticed somebody raise a window shade in their home situated in the rear of the grounds they hurried to the liouse ami upon reaching there encountered mecann coming out with a bundle under his arms they seized him and carried him to a closet the door of which was barred on him while her husband remained on guard mrs koulston went to a phone and told the police of their capture within a few minutes i policeman arrived on horse back and he took charge of the prison er until the patrol wagon arrived in the intruder's possession was a collec tion of articles including a toilet set that he bad taken from the rooms on thi road a short distance from the widener property tlie police discovered an abandoned team belonging to an oyster dealer which they learned hud been stolen by mooann from second ami dock streets ami in which he had driven to ogqotz bcooann when ar rainged in the central police court sat urday admitted that lie was guilty of both charges and said that drink liud prompted him in his wrong-doing i he was taken to ogonts by chief of police john saddiugton of that bor ough 	 centre si|u*r on thursday the blue boll horse company held their annual meeting at hotel siiydcr there wore nearly to members partook of tho magnificent dinner prepared by mrs siiydcr mr and mrs harry s young entertained the hitter's brother jeoi e young of jarrettown for a short time charles d miller of ohio is spend ing some time with the family of mr ami mrs william h baker mrs m.h.parrry.of wellesley mills mass in visiting mr and mrs fred turner linn hunsberger has entered tlie employ of 0 h daiiehower his family was increased last week by the birth of a daughter mrs john kerneu of columbia spent u couple of days last week with her daughter mrs william h.snyilrr j ' wesley hoover of limerick square and mts.snyder.of hinibridye were the guests of mr ami mrs irwin graham on sunday mrs albert mcmulliu is very low with consumption michael mattis is still ill with tho same disease with which he has been a sufferer tor a long time irvin meggs who has been a con ductor on the luanda le and norn low n line fur over a year ban been promoted to tin position of night manager at the ear barn at west point a large number of sleighs u«>kcd through tlie village on sunday and the ruu has been kept up ever since new trial refused the keck vs heilman case not to be reopened lntl|i i>\wiih nil mmttrr mi i'linllue i mm ill ill iii i iii tl ill l"ri mi silk c ifi iw,tini ifi i n«ivt \ i u ii ii i iii i i-i iii l i v until the court monday murniim refused anew t rial ill the drench of promisa suit of blanche oertrude keck ib edgar j rlcilman lutlge swart sa i 1 1 : the coinplai on the patl ni counsel for the i fi ndant that the ennn erred in charge covering trie question of p tive damages is not supported in judgment by a careful examinqfj ni the charge i art was exercised but lie would give undue weight in tlie evid ence offered in support of exemplary damage in fact our charge was ant argument against the timling of puni tive damages iiiki yet in our opinion there was some evidence which injiile it necessary to submit the quest inns the jury the amount of the verdict docs mil indicate that punitive damages were awarded to the plaintiff a minister's wife especially in the community where the plaintiff resided enjoys a position in life that is valuable it is a position that commands influence and respect the period during which the engagement continued was long and her disappointment and wounded feel ings required compensation and we are satisfied that the jury did no esti mate that compensation at an excessive figure ' ' a motion for a new trial was made in the case of beisel vs township of montgomery this it will be remember ed was tho cabo tried last week in which beisel secured a verdict of 1217 for personal injuries received by fall ing from a defective bridge argument was jieard on a motion to open judgment in the case of j w r doyle vs herman roth tlie history of the case is that when roth in his endeavor to sell his peimburg hotel en gaged a real estate broker named doyle and signed what he now contends was a contract giving the said doyle the exclusive right to sell and receive the commissions for one year after sale was made charles a kneule but not through the agency of doyle.the agent presented a bill for commission for r>i)0 aud later entered judgment for the same roth contends that he was not aware that a judgment note was in corporated in the contract and that the judgment be opened first for want of consideration aud further because doyle did nothing towards the selling of the premises ami that the time limit of oue year had expired il on sheriff property first time perhaps in the couuty u th for the history , the former official's duty under the law when the latter is incapacitat ed in any way fiom acting this was the condition of affairs which confronted sheriff larzelere and coroner kane when as was stated several days ago attorneys evans and dettra secured execution against mr larzelere on an 18-year-old judgment for 1201.14 secured by e leeds and j c leeds co-partners trading as b & j c leeds slieriff larzelere of course was not in position to act in his official ca pacity in this ease it not being com patible for him to ilo so when he him self is a victim in pursuance of his duty therefore coroner kane secured the customary writs on sheriff larze lere and levied on a horse and several vehicles which the sheriff lias at lar/.e lere's livery stable in korristown oak 1 ini people l'ruteat a public meeting of tlie resident of oak lane was held in the baptist church there on tuesday evening to protest against the new station of the reading railway ar that place it is alleged that the location is difficult to reach and that the roads are fa an ex ceedingly bad condition the railroad people state that in a short time the roads will !»¦ in good shape bsplodlng l'hin « ., mrs ella v forward raiding near the lafayette paper mills died on thursday night in st timothy's hos pital roxborough after suffering agony from burns caused by an ex ploding oil lamp the unfortunate woman a few days ago attempted to till a large and at the time lighted cylinder lamp acted for heating purposes suddenly it together with the oil oan ezploided anil the woman was immediately en veloped in a pillar of flame bbe ran from her home screaming with pain neighbors rushed to her assistance aud rolled her in tlie snow but not until her garments anil flesh hail been badly burned she was promptly removed to st timothy's hospital where it was found she had inhaled the flame all efforts in ave her life proved futile llroail axe a number ol our young paople at tended the mennonite brethren lhurch in llattield on sunday evening harold ppllings is attending ka«t burn academy philadelphia kov henry ingersoll meggs was visit iny here on saturday mi christie is making his in me with j watson craft in ambit i there will be a number of removals in the spring rev wm 1 jouet.froui the mereer boms philadelphia visited in anihlor and liriiml axe lust week mi.-s maud aiiiov.nf norri«tovwi,ha been vinlting her ancle tfloodon bchrlber t tin tun harry l stout has be«n eu tjie tick ast of the millers filth removes chalkley tleaver of whitcmarsh township lilrr.l while nl work ii never it.niv skntch nl iii i i)i mill in aotttt a i..i i iti rnis >¦¦.. i i in i i oi the up wlilili tin in i i ii century a«o i eatli has rulilitil whiteinarsli town i seennil in iller within ii few 1 1 1 1 ¦ — . albert ( oiiiird's death is now i i fil by the ilemise of olialbli v ver of the mio hi western t-iitl of o nship who tleparted this life tlay morning a in mi i o'clock the 1 illness being superinduced by an ilt in whit ii he suffered in the mill ut two weeks previous when he gfpaught in ii ratlidlv moving belt ievi-relv liruiseil about the bndy and so buffered internal contusions of a inful nature although at cure b miller the are 01 a physician jd apparently prow ressing satluactor tbn the road to recovery li is trouble ik a turn for the worse and nlinost tihee his life was despaired of death ting at the time above stated bhalkley cleaver was the third child john and sara kenderdine cleaver d was born ill whitemarsh township oct j l.s.v he had three brothers whom william who died some years at tended to the hauling and team at the flour mill silas the young , flied when about 18 after having n graduated from the township wols there were five sisters : annie ife of george rex of philadelphia d mary emma sarah aud tacy.ali whom reside with the mother in rristown home eight or jo years john cleaver purcliased a property korristown and removed there in inguishing active business at the j he died dec 14 1901 just after observed liis 79th birthday ialkley cleaver on may 5 1884 tied a laura daughter of thomas mary ann joaeh white who at time resided at jarrettown but later ved to philadelphia mrs white isluow deceased they had three hhldivii ella mary and isabel and d in the house which silas cleaver ited and in which he resided for so ly years the deceased followed tlfe milling trade at the old mill being itted to the firm of s ami j er in 188 and had a remunera business tlie cleaver mill flour tying a well established local re tion int a year ago mr cleaver was it in a piece of beltiug used in ig some of the machinery at the trac besides ii few slight bruises e tom cloth ing he wasuninjur death however resulted from yess ami blood poisoning from a blir imt more severe injury in the bid mill cleaver was a member of t nncil no 100 jr o u a m of fort washington his widow and three children survive him the funeral will be held from his late home this thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in the burying grounds adjoining plymouth meeting the cleavers are an old family of german origin their ancestor was peter klever who was one of the early settlers of gerniantown they have become connected through inrerinar riagp with many of the prominent families in the county in addition to the old mill there is a large and valuable farm connected with the property all of which was included in the tract mentioned in the treaty made between william peun and the indians on july 14,168 oil sept 10 1085 major jasper farinas arrived in philadelphia from england previous to which he had obtained from the proprittory governor a patent for him self and his two sons richard anil jasper consisting of 8000 acres and comprising all the lands in the limits ni whitemarsh township smith ol the skippack anil church road's to the silmykill river jasper fanner jr died just previous to his father liieh iinl runner's interest passscd to the possession of his mother madame far mer ami at her death her son edward i me possessed of abont three-fourths of her statr tho first owner of the present cleaver property after farmer was peter robeson who occupied tho place many years together with the farms of tne late peter phippsand that of thomas s phipps when it passed into the hands of william dewees nicholas kline became owner about or before the commencement of the l'jth century he built the present mill it being the second one erected at the location the first structure having antedated the revolution by many years kline was a large owner oi real estate in whitemarsh and also in springfield bul died before 1820 and was buried in the luken's burying ground after kline came daniel morgan followed by daniel bickel and then henry w sohulz followed for a short tune his heirs snld the mill to silas cleaver in 18151 and who con tinued the successful conduct of tlie business until his death when the mill was operated for a time by jehu cleaver who was silas partner foi st me years and later by jialkley okavur thus the old mill has bean operated continuously as a hour mill lor upwards of 150 years aud is today the ouly one of nearly v more which dimd tho banks of the sandy run and wl tthiokon streams itud which were in active use timing the middle of last century 	 uev i cornet lircinwuld foimi'i ly uwtor of ht paul's reformed con grcgatiou.wi'llcisville has lit en ejected ijaktor of the reformed church at hoyertowii kev irceiiwald is i son 1 uud mrs km s l alt hooaub fcvii rs iiit glenside and around walter anil qeofgfl olampffpt are taking orders for christmas ttrw kn bray nf wiiverlv road is hav ing licr ( iirringe hovm mini tulile w imiri'tl in fine shrike m iss kilna kent of philadelphia has bwefl visiting the family of mr shut b mi ciirni i ivenne hatman lauer of philadelphia ii visiting hid brother-in-law samuel h clayton proprietor tf the rnglc hotel lit brothers antomobile has within a week trigliteiieii horses around the railway station and caused twotulhlu in be npset a christmas cantata will bo render ii t catnui church mi wednesday evening dec is by the membeffl ol the sunday school a big four-horse sleigh load of people a stag party from jarrettown passed through edge hill for gen mantown on wednesday night they returned about i o'clock in the morn ing the reception riven by the i'sher assooiatlon in honor of the qirw as sociation and the olenside football team was very well attended notwith standing the inclemency of tlie weath er the liionhly meeting of the ushers association of cannel presbyterian church occurred on thursday evening one of the pleasant featurrs of th occasion was an oyster supper follow ing the literary and musical exercises demented wire auks oonrt'1 h«l|i anna c shoch formerly of beth ayres a widow and a lunatic through her guardian the norristown trust company lias begun an action in the courts of that county against frederick v wilkins administrator of the estate of her late husband george f shoch to enforce the fulfillment of an alleged agreement made whereby after having left bed and board during their married life she later resumed marital relations with her husband now deceased in the bill in equity the plaintiff recites that on april 89 1808 she gave a mortgage to georgo f schoch for l?00,and that later a mortgage of 300 on her property in morcland at beth ayres was recorded as being made july 34 1893 to william bcnuage also now deceased the later mort gage she claims was effected through undue influence and coercion on the part of her husband aud while her mind was in an enfeebled state she further avers that after having separated from her husband he on march 21 18 proposed to her that upon her assuming marital relations with him he would cancel the mortgage of 2000 held against her lands the pro position she claims to have accepted march 28,1896 her husband died aug 10 1898 since which time she has been subject to an unbalanced mind she now finds that lier now deceased bus bmid failed to satisfy the said inort u m h'ibtp null and void the 300 mortgage held by mm wil liam bonnage estate uuuhmi a new coiner hen is john a hentl ricks of chalfont he has rented a liouse and will have charge of irwin ambler's branch hardware store in the felner building three sisters named summers from scotland who havo been here for two months have left for california harvey supplee who left lansdale in october is now in los angeles california working at his trade of painting and getting t8 per day wages the second meeting of the science association will be held on this wed nesday evening papers will be read by the principals of the high schools ot i.ansitale and upper gwynedd ii (;. landis and s h qodshall the barn of charles aaron lately burned is in process of being rebuilt and the rocif is now on orders are so many that the pro prletora of the shirt and pantaloon raotories are continually advertising for more hands the late joseph shepperd buried in doylestown last week was the father of robert \. shepperd long a resident ol lansdale the deceased was 6 years of age a native of buckingham but died in philadelphia the fourth event of the all-star course wiis well attended on thursday night last ll comprised slight of hand irieks ventriloquism and a variety of music on stringed instruments the performers were morplnt and stephen son the next event \\ ill be on jan 21 h.m.naoe reports n hot air heaters to pin iii and a large orderfor work in the city of wilmington the sidewalks were indiflerently cleared off after the snow of last week houses are apt to lie sold here before they are finished f k brnuner has sold one ncli out of b block of eight now building the household goods of mrs mm were sold on saturday at third and ohestnnt no directory of lansdale has been published for ill years ami a new one is much needed dr 8 0 moycr of lansdale is one of the executive committee of the new ly formed moyer family union its first general meeting will be held next august probably at menlo park william i lleeliiier is sending oranges here from his grove in 1'lorida he reports a k1 crop this yeai on friday evening last kov patriot 1 kain i ). i of tin fourth reform ed eliruih philadelphia was the preacher at the baptist ohurch the engagement of rev patrick j kain d d of philadelphia to preach hero in the baptist church on thurs day tvening last was later cancelled a marriage lioenm has been granted to georoe hauuntrscliwidt of upper iwyuadd and miss ada him of lanidale thieves shoot watchman north wales watchman badiv wounded by robbers knrprl.eil tin vltlnltll ht work hiltl •?•• tolil in tlit.m i p mi ll;iit.l lull klrf on tin-in in ttetnrn i h«m in tie »''" tohu htevenx special ofbt'ci who patrols north wales borough at nights wus slmi iwiit monday ni^lii al dbout 1 o'elnek bj rhievi s whiiin he • atighr entiling a litore and he nnw lies ill a critical condition his vigilance saved tin general inercnandine ptore of wil liarn v mccrai i."n from being robbed lint in the excitement thai followed the bhootins tho thieves escaped leav ing no due the men lire delievejj to b members of the hiunp gang that robin il the posl offlpi hi prospect l':irk l.'i-i week they left a monkey wrench on the scene and one of them utoppeil ii blue cloth cap in his flight one of the cracksmen who was with the four men seen coming from the prospect park postofflee also wore ;>„ cap of the same description stevens was at the railroad ation when the last i ruin from philadelphia arrived a few minutes before i o'clock ami spoke to many of the passbtigers who liathiieii to philadelphia the station was closed and there was no one loitering about when the policeman walked away with a citizen who was goinn in the direction of stevens bout about 15 minutes later the policeman returned to tho direc tion of the station and came suddenly upon two men skulking about the en trance to monraoken's store the men commanded stevens to put up his hands stevens had his hands on his revolver which he had placed in his overcoat pocket as he was walk ing as ho raised his hands he fired at the men but missed one of the men fired and hit btevenl in the arm disabling his shunting hand another bullet from the thieves struck stevens in the hip and is believed to have pass ed through the left kidney stevens fell to the ground mortally wounded and the robbers fled leaving the officer prostrated in the street shifting the pistol to his left hand stevens emptied the weapon at the thieves tho noise of the firing aroused the borough and in a few minutes there were a hundred men about tho wounded policeman eager to know what the shooting was all about windows in the vicinity were thrown open and startled householders and women peered out in the scant robed f night stevens was able to tell the direction his assailants had taken be fore he became unconscious from pain and loss of blood and a posse was im mediately organized the footsteps of the fugitives led to the railroad em ie ami there were ntft heavy andtrom this it is believed the man who was hit was nm serious ly wounded - church i;.ti|imnil in collegeville trinity reformed ohurch of college villi has undergone extensive altera tions which have greatly added to its beauty dedication services were held sunday an addition has been erected at the rear of the church and a new organ has been provided through the aid of andrew oarnegie kev dr j h heutiricks who has been pastor of the ohurch for 4:i years was instrumental in securing the im provements at the dedieat inn services the speak ers were kev dr d w kbberi president of qrsinus college ; rev dr george stibitz.a former associate pas tor and v a hobson in the evening before the service prof limn meculloin of philadel phia gave an organ reoital ('. 11 prick returned hnme oil friday from jury work at t lit 	 unty seat qnite a nuiiiiii r of hands were laid off at meehan's nursery last week on account of heavy snows d e sti unit who has been confined to the house with illness is about again lidin roberts intends to stop farming in the spring qeorge minegan's valuable collie tlog strayed away lasl week and has not been found charles mocormiok's shop is ready for painting the dreshertowii social club which was organised a tow mouths ago is fiom hing with a strong membership 1 rge b.shaffer unloaded a carload of tiim turkeys at this station friday l.irrv mullerspiiugh who lias been employed at hicknian's crusher works has moved to blandiburg pa mcoonniok brothers have been over rushed with lioric-ahoeing during the past week irvin etoupt.who has invu employed in his father's store for over 1 i years has resigned his position ami in tho ing will move on his place opposite the store a son appeared at the home of mr ami mrs edgar clayton on tnesdaj and is named stanley dajuhower clay ten benjamin honpt and wife.of dreslt bltown were visiting mrs s k liat tersiiy on tuesday henry p.mckeun andtumily roturn etl to mail liimui oil saturday aftei sliding the summer and fallal prides crossing mass miss katie thomas.of philadelphia returned home oil sunday after ¦ briei visit to mrs charles landenberser the cedar hill school will hold theii ohristiiuts entertainment on l'i i.n kfternoon ui 2.80 an unclaimed if ( t i i niain in the jm-iottii i itn \. 1 brooke