, 1874-03-26

Summary Of the Evidence on Both
Sides. ~
Condition Of This Particular
. 80 Lot Of Hams. IL.
Tho :Inepector Thinks 1Ie May Hare Made
aFeW Mistakes,
Verdict for the PlaintiR.


Verdict for the Plaintiff.
Tho casc, Of. -sleyeagh agninss ,Thorno, which
has already boon mentioned in tho legal column,
was concluded yesterday, aud q verdict rem
dorel for the .plsintiR for thp full amount
claimed-$2,7o3. Tho nctlon was brought by
McVeagh Il 20. against Thorne l. Co., to recover
dan1agea far Relling tho plaintiffs about 2i,o0o
pounds OF hams. warranted to bo equal to any
brand on tue :Ohicago market, but which woro
ascertained, aftor resclling ,them to bo tainted.
large amount of Testimony MAS introduced,
aud incidentally much Of. iptarest, as showing
tue manner OF curing meats hero, and in some
degree!tha causo Or nauHns Of "Hour u1eats." On
this latter subject The TRIBUNE has had ooca-
sion to speak repeatedly lately.
mn. Join B. RAYMOND,
Of tho firm ,of MoVeagh l. Co., tostlhod, that ho
bad bought tho hams; ~ IN censs pound from
Me1andsr !,e r. Iho9ne who MAS = eprer Of hans,-;:
thom, the torn "cure " not embracing amQAiug.
Tho hama varo represented to be as good a hain
as was made in Chicago. The hams .wero sent
to Salt Lake City, but . lottor was received In
about two Or throo Weeks stating that
THEY WE'RE lad.
lIo then wont to see Tllorno, aud TINT person
stntoa that the hams were sold Bn'tjoct TO tho
Boa'd Of Trade inspection, and that lot him ont.
shippoa Raymond % statod that Ia 'DS ho 'Ilapae mme'
'' to SEQ "up about " tho aNi HAMS h@ke Whom oS T.
hoard they woro bad. He raw tLem In ware
house not Ut for anything. number Of them
blaok inside. They wero Immediately shipped
back here after an intellectual attempt to soil
thom there, and we're here disposed Of after .
long time for nominal sum. Witness had seen
hmtn $FctNr r&nQ
some OF this lot in that way. When they wero
examined IN salt Lalo City ttero we're none Of
GEORGE D. WHEATON. ~.
salesman Tor tho ,plaintlH, tostiflad "a to :tha
character OF the hams when thoy reached Salt
Luke CITY. He found them in 4 bad condition.
A1any Of thom had black apots around the bone,
aud discharged D thick Offensive .matter from tie
inside.
THos6Aa o. BARTER
business, waa next examined, .and testified to tue
condition Of tho hans When .thoy wore sont to
him after being returned from Utah. Tho frat
thug he noticed was tho .nkippars aud
| tho huns. He tried eoulo, and found
them-i III D wzetched condition. On opening tho
bags many wore found to be bruised, and nearly
ah were wrapped in two .shoets Of papor, whom
ono Was enough. a number also we're '' atage,"
that is, made from oldboars that Ind boon fat
tened, md the skin was nuuarter Of an inch
thick: Some, too, were hand-salted. Tho hulk
wore hams that had been bruised ut tho time Of
tho killing Of tllo hog The present fashion Of
killing WAS to tnRe the bogi by the hind leg with
a clutch aud ,holet it by steam Oh a bur, aud tie
moment the hog get there it vas vsry apt, espo-
Gully when it felt the knife, to make jirk that
tissues and arteries, and allowing the blood
to DO difused through tho meat.
| The ,braise generally developed itaelf on tho
skin In short timo by red mark, and might
oacape notice when the ham was green, but grow
| worse tho longer tho hmm was kept. But tho
| truo injury to tho ham Has found around tho
bone, about an inch md q half from it. A black
| spot camo first, and when that decomposed it
turned inso' q kind OF matter. The witness
thought that tue hams In question wero mover
oven aseGond-clasa ham. Defective hams were
| more easlly. discovered after they wero smoked
than before, rs the salt. mud; hoat In smoking
brought tho defccts to tho surface. The skin
Wa8 tho best thing TO show, tho quality of q ham.
-, CHARLES \. DupEE : :.~.,- !.
| had Been tho hams In question, aud thought
thoy we're not first -claas lot had seen d largo
| number Of Sour ones thrown out. They wore
aont to his emoke-house BY Thorno d Go. to be
smoked. John Thorne stated to him that .llo
had bought the hams at CENTS q pound, aud
would mako $4,000 from theni. They wore a
kind Of misourod hmm. md many Of them were
drysalted and had not been pickles! at a. They
| not morchantable, TINT III, anything that was
tnintol, soslr. or bruised, OF. ".stag" hams wore
not frHt-ctasB. Rejected hams wero sold at about
half price. Sometimes, a. now, they could not bo
sold at all.
| Why THEY souR.
! Q.-Wbat Is tho oocnsion Of hams souring
Mr. Dupce-Thoro arc Q good many ocoasious
you might say, for it, but still, when you como
right down to the point, for instance, hama TINT
are not a. wou taken care of, TINT is ona great
thing, but, still you may take caro- Of hams and
yethaye thom sour; but not aB much. But |! . No,
hum Is properly cured 1t will keep indefinitely.
NY hams would koop forever;
was also examined. no waH overaeer In hiH
| father'A establishment, and found tho lot Of
hams sent to them by Thorne in a bad condition,
but gave no important general information.
a foreman, WAS next eallbi and gave some testt-
| mony oorroborating that Of the two Dupee'H.
After Homo further .tossimony from Mr. Dartus
tho plaintiffs rested, and .: -.
opened their case by calling one Of the defoud-
ants, Alexander Thorne, who testified tt1ut bo
Was packer and ourer Of :hauH. and had been
engaged IN that business for thirteen years. His
pract1ce WIS to buy hams Of the packers aud
hams woro packed in tietces, aud lilo pickle
when anixod WAS run into them by hose.
Tho ha1ns wore left in tho pickle from sixty
to nineny days. The hams 'Herc sorted At
she Paeakinghoase. u !. into two lots No and
doing bnslness very rapldly, especially during
i1e winter. The hams TINT wore bruised or j,
t'Btag" hamh wero laid one side, aud
/ when packed we're married. = Hugh j. Brady. "
their fictitious brand, or second brand. III tho
wintor Of 1928 the defondants' firm purchased
660,00D pieces, or hanls, to cure, aud out Of tho
whole lot about 5000 places went Into the seconS
hams, wore nent to Dapeo'sto be snoked, willis
tho No., brand wore sold CURED only; Ih9 dif-
ference In price between tho aratqna'ity and tue
fictitious brand was from aoenk 10 cent and q
half. Witnosy, when he met naymond stated
that he was about tp smoke 100, 600 pounds Of
hls sccoud quality hams. He saw Raymond
about II . week after, aud refnHed
to warrant tho hams, but =, offered
spoctlon, and Raymond agreed 10 tako a CARLOAD
on tlose terms, for l2}< cents IT. pound. Thorne
denied that he represented that the hams wera
flrst:claua. Of that thoy we're equal to any other
brand iu tho market. In relation to
TIE cEnT1r1cATR or 1NHpEuT1oN,
Ia alleged that Raymond received it, nayng 1t
relieved him Crhorne) from all liability. Thornu
also denied the statement that the hanging OF
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