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AN INTERESTING TRIAL.Suit Lasts Three Days to Determine Who Is Entitled to Band Horn.Justice F.M. Taylor rendered his decision this morning that Ed. Richardson is entitled to the possession of the tuba on which he lias been playing in the Algona cornet band. The trial which caused the verdict to be rendered lasted from Monday morning till last evening and was very inte re resting and full of difficult problems.Ed Richardson lias been playing with the band more or less for the last ten years, the instrument lie played being a fine large silver tuba. When he decided to locate at Britt about the first of September he took the tuba home with the intention it is claimed of taking it along with him. Some of the band boys sent an officer with a warrant, and seized the horn and brought it away; Richardson offering no resistance whatever. Ed claimed the horn as his, but other members of the band claimed it belonged to t he ba n d o rga n i zatl o n. The suit was to determine the matter. Harrington and Curtiss appeared for the organization and Me Mahon for Richardson. Nearly three days were spent in examining the witnesses and the history of the Algona band enterprise cropped out in conflicting statements.Sometime about the year 1870 the Algona band was organized, the silver horns being purchased by funds dona-, ted by various citizens. Old members dropped out and new ones were taken in as time passed. Old instrumentswprp rHcp.nrrtorl anrt now nnoo nnvohoc.
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Algona Advance
Algona, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1903
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