, 1869-06-08
BREACH or PROMISE.
Seventh Day Of the Craig-Sprague
Suit at Wheaton.
Mr. Tourtelotte Concludes His A.
gulusut for Plaintiff.
Speeches OF Wr. Peters and
Judge Cody.
The Excitement.

1AuAN SONS~
THE Excitement.
Sreetl Derpatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WHEATON,, Jane 1, l5ea.
The tr12f Of the fstuout Ctalg-Sprag1e breach Of
,7rou.se Gaze .s dragging IT. SLOW length along In
the Circuit Court us DuPsge County, here situ-
sAted- Mr. Tourtelotte, On Saturday afternoon.
commented bis argument for the prosecution
and about The middle Of the forenoon's session Of
Today concluded, when he Vas followed ty NJ
I'eters Of the defence Tne interest IN the suit
stII rcn4!nA unabtsed, sud, II possible, ID more
.n'rpse II this time than 81 any other period Of
the proceedings. Quite number Of hdies from
hicago hnd adjoining towns we're present within
the Failrg surrounding the henen an1 counseI's
1atae, md listened wiin great interest TO the ArEu-
proceedings Of this remarkable case with the
Inost striking ohscensy, It is surprising ihAt The
1aass 70 Tsga4,y .s aaa a:ssaJ 2 M attend sssa a,f
only turmlses the cau1c-
Mr. 7pCErE1rtTE CoST1HUIn>
Pursuant 10 ADJOURNMENT, inc court feEonFeacsl
st 10 O'Clock y M, whcn MI. Tpurtelotte cont1n-
ned bis argument fur the prosecution. He said
facts 10 deInous11zie. lie ms silnded to lie
Ta Istse1 @ s ha s sern s.sImea % !; banning sl.
SELF, was tie !rum beginning 70 cud- Miss
craig was then AZ eonre Stranger to tne witness,
thinx 10 CO IN the snatlts. Only y The earnest
appeal Of SpEaSue did he write ai his dictauon,
u1anse to do eusinesss. This lie vas fainered by
The defendant, AMI he aionc saout suffer fo.i It.
The whole testimony Of spta2ue was ttssue OF
faisehpot., aud nut only was he Liar from habit
Heck was suspiooas- sevcTa1 little stasements
Me claimed on TIC stani that he id moi e1p:ct to
tc asked cettaln question Is to whether he had
made mammal OF tangible examination ot the
tcct whether he had done 80 or not.
The OILY point upon which the defence could
q Ia a q
y false. ue bad attempted TO screen hinseT be:
hind The claim that phyAc2ns should be protected
the pleintr bad nlvayR beon On good terraA
Would be have come all the NaJ from Cincinnati
to swear against the nanne and lame Of the lady,
Iounded to lin: i could not Be SID int den
eral 1in6es. OF the defence, had distracted Beck
81 es pe q e
atoo1 In the hands or Srsncoe, behind the scenes
lie had known fal wei! now to pEryaricatc when
placed on the wltncss stand
Nj. Touz1elo.tc then read portions Of i letter
written BY EprkGpe tn Miss Craig, and dated At
some mystestoua hing, and ~ Vaguely n ree1riaa 70
tho law Would sac hafe sought to eompe. lin
&C nes beiar aaeR s n of Sofen Tas
lte was TOO appareni to ADMIT Of Argument In
te ase as tass Is ey sss
had never made any threats to shoot nlna but She
would hare lcen justified ID doiug So for his basc
deception. TIE sec.ei which Is referred 10 BY
sps.Es.e IL his letters Is evidently he
II sxs na1
uent upon The letter Of Sprague'a In question, and
addpced number Of apparent falsehoods One
seemed to as.tc him in bis letters 10 tic p!n,ntifi
WIS the EtAtct1ens the tattet made to him reg11t-
vi sas f5 sonK e upaa
the foundation Of that conversation between the
Two, WAS the miserable tic concocted abont au
The speaker then proceeded 70 orer,aal the
1ef&e1s Of defendant, having eone through nll the
seep IN u ss eee e
u"s'sss &c 81 'ss fsspps sonss Tiss IT. s shs Gf 81
ooncab.ne. Il was The bounden duty Of tae larJ
10 render such punishment to the Defendant o.
0 pei cesduet ] Taes should erant n t. s ID ti fai
amount Of dAmaEcs claimed; money alone eonl1
net heal the wounded heart or build upthc fraEll.
duty 10 do ior hcr al that they could. TIE ecn
slcnl8n then closed with an earnest Appeal on be
nsit Of The plaintiff nd marked demonstration
ARGrHES1 OF MI rETERS
NJ. Peters, Of the defence, fouo*ed With 1t
III. Tonrtelotte had gone oser great deal .
testimony, but, to nts mind, had pInven nothing
The proceedings IN this case Afforded sad com
plaintiff was woman OF Intellect, city reared
and experienced lie wnz rlch and possesse4
@ nos sae @ asss quality WHICH could command Il
e1ideatslly ueroanded. Size had clsiiacd al al ID
w!trcss Etand that death had prevented ccrtn
young man from marrying her when she was nine
ieen Jears oil It @ss more probable that he ha
1s1n o.. aaa Saa p3 1pa,
men had been eu.agetl 10 her, and perhaps, ns
sincerely 1nyed her. and thai each nnd every On
Of them Ind quietly released her. Tnere vas un
douttediy sotne z1slsun fur this singular life his
1og. The disparity of the two intellectually, l.
.aem matter q .ee and n bodily eond,t,oo: VI
cie1t~ Ut. sprasuc was . man not easily uade,
viii sir,. lis gnoa quailf,es ~ e-sduatiy s dsveio
themsrases He wos1n not blame Miss Craig 70
c.almng that sEc iored him, Sut It seemed ha-d|
possible thAt 20 iutcie.ut q woU3n could cater
tain Affection fof 1uan 50 much her senior and 3
Inferior to lcr meatai,y md otherwise Her re'a
shef ought 10 hare 70 coun,ena1ce sae aadrezRc
OF kGch man But ihty knew tnefe was wtalt
sesa y Sc Il fqs assI
tint The plain.lH had no cause t0r ae:iol
There were three points 10 be febutfed 70 rpst
tho prosecution: First, hist On July a3sh, lso
Epraguc nErecd to marry her nj reasonable atut
second, tiiat he promised 10 Inar1y her aaout 1t
BE- postponsA tie ms11tsFe for : year. nnd unal
declined to kecn The aale and totsooI her.
seesn 1ets e. e es nc nna
hsd failed 70 coancct hts potnts- There wA {
proet thai defendant had PROMISED TO naazFJ HI
marriage IN September, lsea sprasue states tn
ths matter was thea talked over, end that /
e.: a. a. sei Tne - 81
I'd the counsel OF the prosecution TO produce at
evidence that there Eas an cneascmeu. Ia Sci
tenbe7, 1861 That little matter lad not bee
u1catoued "a the correspondence between Il
parties. On September i4,isss, Miss Craig wrote
csemony wss 10 hare saSca plase &c On NJ lie istI
That letter contained not the slightest seferanc
q he u.sx n1s;ss oal5 four da5a afrersard 81
i,1shins oa tic verge Of tic grave Ta.s lef,er d
te5es, nor dd il Setrsy III lines $50 ol M tSc nrisa IL
plA,nta anal in Tho laI q isss ne promised 10 !,
piatnud-s 81 defendants letters 70 show tnat SIC
1ed sepenses IT. aae aoea no me
ton that an cnEagcuoeEi Of n1a1tage existed u
tween her md sp1asuc to be fulnnci IN Apgi
apoat ihai ensasrmeas Wss another tsisenoot s;ot
He tno0Eht he could PROVE that the entire Cra
family wess cason.s a{s%othes asnshtsr ~
had the hsrI3!hoot ana bafefAcet 2udac3ty to uer
that the wedding was postponed At my time,
March, 1851. and yet IN certain letters Of hers at
distinctly states that Il was, n.
Sssss ,as,e5 p9s1nf e,r her n,,,,Ss pst1uref: t
81, 1sG1, plaintiff wrote 70 Nj. Dunn!ng anxious
lnquh!ng about 1t. sprague. She had heard
nts being Beeu on the street In Chicago with 4 &C
tAm WOMAN, md cEa1y With jealouET and alar
lest she nigh, lose her $500 Deo prttt, she wrp;e
I1unlng ssktng Of sEssguen WHEREABOUTS aE
doinEh
MI. Peters then eudcaxo,ed .o show tn., the,
Nn9 not the slightest consistency IN her testiaou
Ant further Illustrated that her letters md b
Testimony failed to oomEa1p fasorshly To b
cause II Sprague really hat prou1IecA to man
ner the aay following july u. 1865, aad fallcd
,Ss ,S,m nlaIs,,r M Pro@'ss. 1',, shy Tas T. II, i,
s!eu died ia, The fos!oTinr sep:enaoc1
This Allegation OF he1E WAS 20: only coattadl1H
h5 SptzRue, but By her, il nut being rrspondse
her dccla,Atio1 The gentleman tnc1 seTcrt
criticised Nj. pnnniug, who had xHpYn that
%rose taitehooa In his letter 70 Ai4s Craig, Il
,1nsa .nsa at The dictahou Of SpsnSuc. Mr. Pete
,aoosat the persecution had ltts1c gfoEC
EM Epoa Which to base charge ol falschoo4i again
t;n1, tkue, When pnr Of their own Witnesses =
1hnuast aTsa ss to !io-&nd 10 miserable \ lie. i
~ rair, ~! the fa&n ~1a not worthy Of bticf.
ahsnsh =, .tarte1 Nnte1 ia1sehool and, too, witho,
<naid ~. ~ ,snGne e his testimony cyrn under o.,
,,,!.. .s.&t q Spraeae's a.te.l nj Macf1uax v,
.HtQ read, Nj. Peters clalmlno fhst r. r1sfnfr +,
,fts y ttte mater Q, aeroytjpa secN,rrs n:
Aa SaAS naa p;cssed him to u,srr1 ~ ~, ~ *,
Ae eaktEEd nel 3t:h Calming whst she nsn =
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