, 1869-06-02

yss living win hin. He sud to me- "S1t down,
ND VIII convince Jou that al g nGat between
ne and The gtrL" told him thst tnon9nt he
~ engagement linE aid daener1eo.Sps im1ne:,
dtately after mas engaggI TO alm. EIae articles
were here shown.l Nj. scsnsue has ring which |
gave to him .-.....-...
TESTIMONY OF w1111Axc c. nCEk1Sa.
FIN. c. D:.nniac, s.rorn: reside at No: 4"
Neas Adams s:reet, chicazo l Inow Vt me plg1:n- n
auest, isds1 IS ID ctnci,.lati. The same tnonsn
h s At n ~ hRss 4e @ e.
lime, IN erecting Two brick stores NoH 81 q and
,na g., ~ a Kosa aou. uae ses
House, in Chicago About the middle Of septem-
ees as &c 81 as IL 1ease xss
ssse asos, ssa dsys nis health; sSsn;e; during
fee oood ne st,enae TO pnsness rse
latter part Of February, 1864, he LEFT Chicago for
Cincinnati and returned about tne middle .s, M ot
would be Married before October !, 1885. | won
the bet nzst saw the plains1d tn July, 1863. She
III the evening el that day she canle to ms nouse,
md represented that she was engaged TO he Hlar-
RED to SpEagne, md wanted to see htn. After
taking breafast at my house, the next morning,
she left. shortly afserTasd received note from
her; saying that she was at spTagues house, and
could rot set u ! yent a e. to see her MnsE a9a there
took her Into the station aod examined her cloth
ing 10 zee whether she WAS a1lel. The DAY fol-
HMIns @ esers day ior e1 seyer aas
did not see him at ny house on Saturday
evening, July + About week atter rlatntid as-
to me: "DunnlDp, this IS the Inst time, probably.
S sSsr zee S1u I'm s9ns y 10 !;
natl and sce Mss Craig before leaving. NO he
said: m going TO gel out Of the country" That
vas the lag! !! saw Of him. think 4 Vas vas II Il,
sl,Tneoc and WheclocE took place. the p!aii1s,ll
seemed much anecte,l when shc heari Of the mar.
ts5t. than ne does now thirk he nai . i.1se
set c& teeth nj that time. In january or Feb
r,ay5, 1s6;, saw defendant at tic briggs l!o1ae
| bin. lie asked tue wlat l thought about 1t.
trHas-:raniaat,on: Mr. Sj,7asues relation;
With tne werc not Intimate: lIe continually talked
thereahon,a, iii erecting hts brick buildings Of
1fes,nasns ,na of an tompant u
eeven per cent. The evening l saw defendant
when 10 told me that he waa going te Eurupe, h.
exhibited some tickets which hn said ha hal pur
chatetl 10 curry him across ia Europe.
TKs7tMpAr uF ANpNEw v. CRAIG.
AMlrese y. Craig, sasvrn: Am brother Of th
tncky. know the defendants. 1rss saw him fl
the summer Of 1Sse. nj MY fathers house In cln
sau s ~ Is esast s'' to ny
Of defendant Il Intentions toward MY Hster AtnaE
da, told tier tuas he waa too nl1 4 man for te.
near Cincinnati he frequently cal.el at unt llost
kaw Mr+ srrague OH Runtay evening, april
1ss5, ut lny fathers huusc. hatl cnarsraat!o
asked him i be intended % keep hls prolulst
Ilu answered In the affirmative. In the spring
/ 1+Gn Haw him again. lie made the excuse tha
ny set fur thn marriage. lie fUl1 mr. snser
rear. ani TINT he VIA worth nearly hall . ln1lllq
Of 'toltArs !tr'iesn tila. my sister WAS sIACcEe
, attached IN Ifte ,lefet'1ast
I C,"..'esunfnss,a: NJ s's'et appeared 10 sNsi
Errat 'feRt Of Nfr. ppragne.
Mr. fsl,,s. iiuw l1n wntfrn hl,ieRs whrn ii,
sra. a.ht1er1ea sl.n. whY7 IN love,
~! W,i%.t Tnrt "ilFar natural ct'o'Rh., ~
"'e'''''A s,ts 'is5S; DEPENDANT. sxrrxna.
t'ste;nl t:i1i!lYe :a!,tsr; !"r Y. tl9!nt'. r.
: t'rRiH. Tim fifxt VIA atrt hnRuat IL, inot. VIII,
i tuhiA!ne't nothing - ln1''enAr, was '!ut n .
rrs es:ssy ntex s r sts s' SItIr stsr as s Ga xa
!. M'!hl, ho sat Tim. hs wha AlrlLl q. tA. SURF
i W. s,'e, Ma winds Up " ha5'nK .ther"'a y
tnniu!y Of gushing lnya Sta,,zn ts'tstlr'i "t0v
!, l!enlAnu." llp EraIng Of wA,eh, togrlnr1 "
tne Ht!ter's canclu,nE r.ma.ks kept@ @ the :
' d1tnce in Il chnttnlat runr OF laughter Tie "
witness cal!tsl wah
DANIEL IE11y.
n know Mr: Snstgce, defendant IN tht, =
l. Have Known him ttr lyc years. Iu tst5 ur l.
G he told me le was trcc:int, tulnT III Csta
II TO be called the Sprag,Ie Block. lie seemed to
very much absorbed in business, asked hin
he vas man Of family. lie sad he did no; kn
4. thAt there MAS au5 need OF his having o vile {
.e was not married. Ae thought he engaged i
ne nc some Iei1eTs II Ifiite 10 hin HIN % ny ccran II III u
% and rca1 cxt1acss from sor.c OF them. This
n CURED IN dining saloon on Ealsa1, ayen
i telnlJ. lie mentioned her nniae, think il
j. Craig. live about mile north Of Wheaton.
4 cTosf-sxunttAei: NIT Sprsgue In Chicago At
Il three years ago. lie said he proposed 70 efec,
ID cost s. ooo,Nn an.1 desired to GET the state W>al
a. Governor sp-ayle. OF Rhoce Island, wns IA cou
E Of HIS tLaUgAEeE1 He then appeared to be
II excellent Spirits.
5 TEE CORRESPONDENCE
{. Genera! 1iEt.c7. couc5cd fur the defence,
r n1anded That all the correspondence between
.g | parties be read IN evidence.
e. General EldrtGge, counsel for the plaintiff, II
3, commenced the reldlnS o1 letters written By
10 fend2nt, Most Of them arc pros5 IN t!.e eSt7el
being merely dess:tp'iTs q '!s ..sosc, htS wea
al ! amusement In one Of his cpistles lle said t
e for fourteen years he had been living with . Iii
IL II had wings would ny to ynu every Snn'I
;. down to Clnclnnatt, and COME back on VI
:. After some fifteen or twenty letters hal b,
read, the counsel for the plaintiff declined to T
r General Under, OF the counsel for the ,.efcu
j. demanded that The corrcspon1cn.e be han,
r over for reading by the defence. This was ref.s
+ One Of the letters written By the defendant Is
Sc peclay eccentric. In 1t hc ch:ded her for yar1
70 mysterious things, a.lt In desperation said
te "dnr care for ali the devils In aru, apt. 60
g nsl' his weight ta M wtIa cats: .
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