The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-18
Closing Incidents Of the Craig-SprAgue
nrooah of promfcn Ease

CLOSING incidents OF TIE Nfhlg-SpIuENt
Breach Of Promise Case.
We Clip tic following nom the chicago
Zines report Of the great breach Of prom-
ise case ~ Vibrator, ILL.,, which closed yes
terday afternoon IN q verdict Of 100000
for the plaintiff: ~
II JURY RErIBEs.
Az the jury departed 10 their room below
the court. 20 confer togo ther on their YER
dict, the utmost silence g broken only byR
whisper ventming an opinion ON the ISSUE
-pervadod the court room.
THE uyrNyonED srEcr,ToRs
who have sat from day TO day Impatient
witnesses of the trial, pushed eagerly for
ward 10 tbe railing which separated Them
from the circle set nphrt for the favored
few. with the intention ofnot losing n word
that might %iunspire after the return of the
jurors. Tho counsel, pro and con, gather
ed together. and looked grave and uneasy.
MISS orAtG. lU Sill
the plaintiff. on the departure Of the jury,
fell back apparently hrcless i'm her chair,
her head resting on her breast, and her
hnlEclosed eyes Redeemed with weeping and
wntcbing. Behind her sat her mother,
LOOKING as resigned MS II she were fully pro
uarod Tor some dreadful catastrophu. At
The door of the Judges chamber, and IN the
vicinity of tho clerks desk, were sitting n
poodly numbcrof fair Whoatonites, smiling
mt each other bchlnd their fans md pnra'
soils.
RETURN oTTIE JURY.
Tho whisperings and smiles ceased
when nrIer twenty Minutes absence, the
Jury ~rc-ontrrrd the court, headed 10y AN
honogtlnoking German, their foreman,
Adam Gross. They having tnken their re-
s%pcctiyo seats. answered TO their names,
handed IN their verdict, md oil was still.
rre. VERDICT.
Court Jury, have You agreed to your
verdict
Foremane Yes. sir.
Court You say you find for the plaintiff
tho entire Amount of her claim, 500, 600.
Foreman Yes, sir
APPLAUSE.
lake q thuuder.clap the entire audieno o
applnndcd with their hands, aud rs this
was n signal for u number of persons
| outside The lmilding, they joined in tho
applause, and cheercd vociferously. Judge
| Wilcoy found considerable diniculty in
qucnching tho nrdnr Of the enthusiasm, and
restoring order in his court.
NEW TRIAL MOVED.
Nosoonor had the words lone hundred
Thousand dollars escaped from the lips OF
the iudge than Cen. lander stood mp, OK
cited, and said: ave move for q now trial.
We cannot Clio the reasons now, | suppose,
hut I presume we can do "a tonight, oi
tomorrow. '
Mr.. Cody do not think the motion can
Lc taken up until after The discharge Of the
jury.
which were nat put forward during this
hearing.
AZ aiatcr hour in the evening, Genem'
Linder informed the Cont that hc had JUS
p. filed in the Office OF Chief Clerk OF Oh,
Court Q number OF objections, to show why
n motion should bp made for u new trial ii
the superior court. 10 was agreed that th,
counsel on both sides shonldagroe when thi
argument in behalf OF tho motion for n nov
trial would be made.
n OBJECTIONS.
The following are tho objections alludc,
To hy Gen. Liudcr:
THAT The verdict Of tho jury is not il
, acceptance with tho evidence gubmittc'
/, before them and tho ouuIt; that the eplr
permitted Illegal evidence on the part q
the plaintiff; that the court refused to re
ceive legal evidence ON tho part Of tho dc
= iiA'AtAANf AiNA AAAN 'NA hAaNAA ~ hANAhA -
/ structions more in favor Of plaintiff tina
of defendant that the court permitte,
, evidences 10 By given in favor OF plninti
that was illegal, md refused evidence io
4 the defendant that WIN legal; that III
court erred in permitting Dr. GaIrcttc 4
10 sworn after the evidence had closed
, that the court erred in refusing to let MI
. Peters comment upon tho dissenting opiI
ION of Judge BrcCse, in the case rcicro
4 to, during his Argument
DINNER.
e Counsel for the defence, NJ tho close {
the case, invited tho jurors TO partako q
. tho hospitality Of the Platt House, Whc.
4 ton.
At 5Sn y. M, the train for Chicago bor
I. away from the WheniOnites the fair plair
tin in the suit, her relatives, and those pro
= OCCASIONALLY engaged on the trial, leavin
! behind them food enough for small tai
. and scandal In serve for years 10 come.
r A BoLp ltouBIY,--A man named c. W
A IlolhrOok, u resident Of Chicago, was rol