Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-02

A CASE "a AtJu EEARs -oMz EE-kMBI asrE To
TIE TILrCN-BEUC LAW sJI.

CASE hitu EEARs -oMz kE-sMUIAscE TO
THE TILrCN-BEUCH Law sJIt
A EW tult rtse en4bliug tlst OF NJ IaL5l
again-t Lr. EescheE has jose closed I'D Pits
he'd, Mass. Dr. Lorenzo WHlfs was tle fore
county an ss tocis.ll zuu profession AZ well
regarded. Wealth Gu4 repu alton he lsf a..
cUMulafed m abundance. IN i-.- le medic t.iy
treated the wife OF J.. E. Wilson. aud Size claims
that while IN condition 20 feeble a. % De easI-
ly Impressed, he replaced her husband In her
faFCr and aeGCUUn. Daring tue next t0ur
years l)r. NAl,e caledoiten and regularly upon
.dfs' wilson. one ualauy VS. scarcely cured
before, according % TIE a. attentive practitioner,
another attacked her. The husband pail tho
bids reGU-arly, sud. it Bis ycr-ion OF the mat
trT is tiuthlul, respected nothing ant the vile
confessed ~ LIN tbat sie guiiuv loved her
medical adviser. Mg. Wilson went % Dr. Waite
ln -UTy, ta- what happC lcd IN the iutCry.ew
~ Disputed. waite - - that Wilson demanded
5000 Pr 3 saiFe f0r IN wounded honor. wilson
-sys ih8t Waite v0luII trily offered tue money.
There n little doubt, however, that more or lCss
money charged tsu1s uuon s1LEe ba-Is al set
temsit. br. Nalfe claims, .u sTIte Of this,
that le '7 irrocsuf, explaining thal Tao tear Or
a'amsEga reputation Induced him o. d ~ So
lOrCe. Yet silence Uas lot strictly mliut .irl :.
ana IittsLed VAS soon fuA Ut WE'.peIngs
against The POPULAR pLysiclar. A lena th the
social tN lIC>.Dl e. anne fN asIlf tor -2H.""l dam
ases brought by M. Wilson ior the alleged Sc
uLcJra O. Lis 1ile. Dr. Waite vs. 20 baflg
sc'tcO tLat Ice hld away Tot tew fsvs, but took
courage afterwards bHd began bold defence.
de Ltl many iIleud- "a l5 dIm'y believed that
sentiment o. tie county was about evenly c.
vided.
The trial, which lasted 8 week, va s notable
legal contest JUEEr .s-man Daaes Vas the
counsel for ;Lc p'aiIi ri, and his local pslitical
CIVCut ut. Mir. Mar-lau Wilcox, Wss ENGAGED
on tie other side. Nrs. Wilson adhered u tue
cause OF her husband, sHd hor testimony was
fUI and CiTCuEistautisI. She even prOduced
aiuSrscs, covering TIE yeaIs OF alleged mis-
conduct, ln which he guilty days were marked.
Her soy was adhered . IN spite u tanEalizing
CT s examination. The defence met it With
Tie counter charge O. black mail. ~. Dawes
mace an eloquent address - tle jar for the
pre- scu'iOD, eflI lasiZiIg Or. " .itg'7 f-'Eh-,
Yacll'icn- and exp -nliiuTe OF mon " f1- 81
!CUce as proofs OF guilt. Mr. wilcox Tor tho
defence, argued o. a. these things were natural
enough m an innocent man in dsIger OF unde-
served iutsmy, aTd that the sucCefs VI black
mail did Tot always depend upJG the gIut OF
the victim. Re also said that, lt 's0n hal
believed his git6 guilty., he would not aye con-
cOued Eer Cr.n-e, nor have lett Waite rustp-.
Judge Rockwell, in his charge, said rhat ~
controversy OF law Ugs involved. Ir Wa
simply question a. &c Who EIl told the rrrfN.
The juTy 6greCd upon a yergict Of SD. .UyD Tor
Mr Wilson. An effort viii bs made bv the
doctors JCUrsel 10 get a new trial granted on
the ground Cf excessive damage II this tails
n will probably be canned ID the supreme
Court on exceptions.