, 1874-12-04
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agai,st Mr.. Docchor llas just closed III rittsold.
Mass. DR.. Loronxo Waits was tho fosolnost
homeopathic rl,yslclan IN Botssbiro County,
and was socially and professionally wo regarded.
Wealtl and reputation ho had arcl,mn}atoh i'll
ABUNDANCE. Ii, 1867 l,o medically treated tho
vito Of T. IT, Wilson. aud sbo clainls tint, wlilo
iii condition 80 feeble NJ 10 be easily impresscd
lo replaced hor husband Ii, l,er favor. and ntrec-
tloI.. During tho next four years DR.. Waiso
callod often ard regularly upon Airs. Wilson.
Ono lnalaty waB scarcely cured before. nccort-
ing to tho attentive practitioner. another Hs-
tucked lcr. Tho luslansl pafd tho bills rog'1lar-
w. nnt, II hiB version OF tic matter is truthful,
suspected nothing Until tho wffo confessed to
lin TINT she Builtily loved llor medical adviser
Mr. WilAon wont to Dr. Wnito in u fury, but what
}nppenea in tho intoryipw in disputed. Wnlto
HayH that Wilson tlcnandcd 81. 600 ns Il salyo for
his wounded honor. Wilson aays tliat Waito
voluntarily offered tho money. There is lttlo
doubt, however, thAt moro or lesH money
changed hands 1non sonlo basa of settlement.
Or. Waito claims, u spite Of this that 1o IL in
nocont. explaining Tint the fear Of IL damaged
reputation induced him 10 buy SILENCE. Yet
si!cuco was not strictly maintained, and Pitts
field was soon full Of whiBperings Agaillst tic
popular physician. at length tho social exrlo-
ton came in suit for 9o0, 600 t'anagos brought
by Mr.. Wilaon FOR tho alleged seduction Of his
wife. DR.. White was 10 bauly scared Tint ho hid
away for !. fow dnya, bnt took courage attorward
md begun bold defonsc. lin had many
friends who firmly bos'ovo that buckna WAS
tho only crime involved. and tho sentiment Of
tho county wns about cvonly divided.
Tho trlai which lasted Il wecit. was d notable
legal contest. Congressman Dawes was tho
couhsc! for tho plaintiff, and Ills Total political
opponent, 11r. 1laral,all Wilcox, way engaged ou
iio other side alrH. Wilson adhered TO the causo
Of hcr husband, a,ul ler Testimony was full md
ctrcumstautial. sl,o even produced aIi''auacs
covering tho yeara of alleged tltscollduct, III
which tAu guilty days wero n,arkod, uor story
wns adhered to IN Hpito Of tnntaiizlng crosa-oS-
nmiunton. The defense met 1t with tho couutor
chareo of blaehmail. Mr.. Dawos .uatle IN elo-
emphasizing DR.. Waltos fright, Taclliation. md
expenditure OF money for s,tonce us proofA OF
guilt. lir. Wilcox, tor tho defonao, argued tint
tlcso things wero natural enough i'll MI in1loccnt
tho succesH OF blackmail did not always depend
mon tho guilt OF tho victim. Ho also aaitl that
iY Wi.sos. 4ad bollevol his vito guilty, l,o woull
not hRya cond0ned hcr crime, nor have lett
Waite ,nashot. Judge Rockwell, in hip charge.
sail that no controversy OF law was involved.
It was simply 4 question Us to who had told the
truth. -
Yhe i,ry acrecd Upon q verdict of $40, 900 for
1lr. Wilson. An effort will be nsade by tho Doc
cruuud cf excesHiye tiRnauea, II tI,lp fpils it
Viii probably be car,ied to tic Supreme Court On
cxrent;ous.
H. FORFEIT rnAt'Epy.
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A short time ninco lAlul-llunter pamed Duffy
llsd quarrel with All Indian ncnr RICO Lake,
and all supposed that the parties concerned Ind
had forgotten tho affair. Il short time since
bolA Duffy ausl tlo 1ntlian disappeared; about
ten days wont by, wlleu, tho friends of Duffy
getting aartnea, 4 party started ilto tho woods
10 scuiuh. In n a!lort time solno Of tho party
came across the bodies OF Duffy nud tho InaiAn.
Tic body Of Dutly laid across that Of tho In
dian. From the appearance Of tho bodioy, death
lus claimcd itH victims several days previous,
On examination It was fotlnd tllnt tho 1ndiau
lad received Il Severe blow from son,o blunt i'll
st11nput in tho breast, which lind caused lIu
iloatl, Duffy's body showed throe wounds
causeu by u knife two Of tAonl woro III hg
breast wililo tic third wnJ III Lis Eack. It ~
st,pnosci that tlo 11uiiuu had slipped up to
1)1iffy and stabbed linn III tho buck, NAoM Duffy
tur11etl q. l,,s uBsanut, aud then received thu
other two wots1,dB ntoroupon l,o struck tho Ill
dian blow that killed. hin1 but tho real particu-
inrs OF tle forest tragedy will never no known.
ris,,,r fou 1lrs WITH AS 1xruM1kgEp s1ApMAs.
Chcaicr ia tjec al Ufspatch 10 ke st. Louis Giobr.
1t Irylngton, Washington County, I'LL, n small
town OIL tlo Illinois Ce;ltrnl ltai'roaa, low days
glnro our,rret1 IL frtghtfui tragedy.
The conductor OF nortnwarl-bound freight
arai,, nut on T. man WHO appeared to bo iaborlng
u,ulor Temporary insanity, with the request tint
ho bc cloaely looked nftar, as he was not III q
condition 10 take euro Of himself.
Ihe maj, was taken to tho ruiIronsl station by
A., /. MTarul md q. Hohlunn, bnt sometime about
midnjgl. tho iuuatic nado Lis csoupc, aud made
tarrGio effort to breas into tho residence Of