The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-14
CRAIG VS.. SPRAGUE.
Was the YordIct a Righteous Onee

Our readers will readily call to mind this spicy
divorce case which ended in a decision awarding to
the Chicago spinster cool one hundred thousand
for her injured feelings and blighted prospects OF
matrimOny. The whole Chicago press are now
commenting on the righteousness of the jury's YER
dict.
Sprague's Failure.
Says the TTiGune;-
The attempt on his part to impeach her chastity
by his own direct but doubtful testimony and by the
equivocating and singularly unsatisfactory state
ments Of other witnesses, who in nearly every case
created most unfavOrabe impression on the minds
of all who heard even read their evidence wholly
failed and reacted against the defendant to enhance
the damages. The numerous instances in which the
defendant had resorted to deception OF a low order,
both in the progress OF the cOurshp and subsequent
dealings wilh the planttf and on the trial, seemed
to surround his entire case with atmosphere OF
putrldlty and rOttenness which the jury thought
could only be dispelled and purified by damages.
Hence this almost uneXampled verdict. Large as it
is, 1t probably will excite no protest from anybody
except Mr. Sprague. The Cincinnati witnesses who
testified against Miss Craig will go home with an
uncomfortable feeling that the jury didn't believe
word they said
The Efficacy OF Greenbnck Plaster.
Says the Repubhcdn;-
Miss Craig has a plum in the way OF a verdict.
The debit side contained various entries against
Sprague for lacerated affections and broken promses
now the credit side contains set OF OF 500 900
damages. If that isn't cure for the heart complaint
will somebody tell us what is What q godsend it
was to the plaintiff that the young man died who
stole away Amanda,s gushing love in the decadence
OF her teens! Had he lived she never would have
tumbled into fondness for innocent youth on the
shady side OF fortyve, blessed with false teeth and
Two adorable running sores, with no end Of orig-
nallty in spelling that beats Nasby all hollow. How
highly educated young lady must have dwelt with
e0static appreciation over the genius evnced by her
lover in writing 1t with two It's, God with little O.
and the initial letter OF various common nouns with
a staring and pOrtentous capital. No cure-al for
such loss as Amanda's like greenback plaster.
Little Bit of History.
The Cincinnati Commercial OF a recent date gave
the following: ABOUT two years SINCE when this
anair was in the bud Mr. Sprague made eXtraord-
nary efforts, through detectives Of both sexes to
obtain some clue by which to establish his line OF
defense in the then threatened breach OF promise
case now in full bloom. He despatched to this city
TWO sharp women, from Allan Pinkerton's onice
who made every possible effort to find proof that
Miss Craig had resorted to an abOrtionist. These
women called upon various physicians OF our city in
this pursuit. one plan adopted by one OF them was
TO represent herself as eRcieRte, and desirOus OF
being relieved OF her trouble, insinuating at the
same time that the lady in question had directed her
to call on him (the physician in whose Office she
might be.l One OF the men tried thus was Dr. L. H..
johnson, deceased He detected the trick and
made 1t known TO the young lady,"