, 1875-07-17
THE COURTS.
Decision In the Hale Case...The Will
Set Aside on the Ground Of In
sanity.
Continuation Of the Effort to Change tic
Venue in Tho Turner Case.


| yfns. uALk'A wIL1s
d dccatop waH rendered yesterlAY morning By
Judge Williams IN tho caso Of Satlio r, Hale, BY
her next friend, ~. pantot T. 1Iate. Tho facts
sEe ~ followa, 1ts. Halo. Ito wife OF tho de-
fandant and mother Of tho complainant. MAS. for
along time prior TO lor death. tho victim Of au
| Organic discaBo Of the brain, and freIuout1y 4
| b,.ffetcr from various Authorizations Ono OK
her yagasies Was to ipduce her husband. under
thSeats Of suicide, to puschaaa large amounts Of
land for her. 11o yielded to hof Wishes aud ex-
ponded about s45, GOO In that nay ut her request
During tho year 1919 she frequently laAorea
under tie tleIustcn thai hor family wore intond-
i,4 to cheat her cut ct tho propekty ahoyo
painc1, aud In March. 1873, under this f4lso Inn
preston. .hc n,qde her viii giving al! hcr prop
orty TO- hes daughter Sadie, a child oplJ
about years old, and appointing :
clcrk In hnr husbands store ~
executor. About month later she died, aud
bill WAS flied 10 establish tho will A crosa. bill
was filed By tha defendant alleging tho Insanity
Of Tho tcstator, stating thas tha property hntf
bcen bought NTH lfr. Halo'a mopcr aud asking
that Il shoull 10 roronveyed TO hIu.
The easo was tried somo tme ago, and Judge
Williams gAye lis dsclsion yesterday, disniaalng
thobill. The Judge said that II Was delicate quos-
tlon, but be thought there was ito doubt but that
Mrs. Hale was 80 fnr insane that sho was incapa-
bio Of mhsing . will. Bha Was . Lady Of 1mpnt-
sive nature. brilliant In conversation, mud of
great kindness Of beast. Yet shc had tried 10
poison lor husbanl. and had offered a check 10
her physician 10 induce him to commit tho act,
i Vas uQt possible that Bhe could do co II sane,
She aqemed to have tho defuBion that her bus.
band was trying 70 get her proporty,-the land
II wldoh was really bought wit'. his uoaey, but
tho ttlo taken 10 hor name. Under tbi6 tletuaIon,
slso, she had Hilled Il att to loe child. Such an
explanation aud rlew Of tho evidonco left her
eburactnf above dispersion. aud exonerarrt1 hor
husband from any possible charge Of uuk!udness
ditmiss tho original bill for waut Of o1usty but
allow tho c!osR'bll which asked for dceJaratIou
OF trust and rcconyoyauco, to sta,, for tAo p,lr-
pose Of making further docroe al to .ho land.
Anne E. Whiting iUiskSi ais lin against hor 1,p,.
BAUD William Il. Whiting, ycqserlay, charging
hlm With cruel treatment, aud asking TT d.
vorce.
. Ellen shochan Ia evidently Of tho opinion that
eho has QUO OF tho worst husbands living. Sic
Bays. IN hcr nfea for divorce filed yesterday, that
Q ele married Patrick sheelan iu 1865; that only
etA mouths after their marriage 10 knocked hpr
down by blow between tho eyes Which rendered
uuo iu de'icate eonat!oa, ind, when her Guild
Mns bora, 1t had tuarks on its face similar to
t,oao sho bad roeoired which it las continued
10 cartY to tha prosont daY-a standing reproach
%nruat e aao 1sse'nd il aud daher Again. Ia
ktckod the table over, knocknd hor down agalu,
aha then waltzca. up md down hor body. III
pnothor time no broke a largo earthon ycsHel
oror her hoad. aud then Kicked her dorm stairs,
frequent practice In puglliHm has rendered him |
lnculnulonly expert. but his Win Ia rather tired
u tie ulonotony of tho thing, tho fun being I'll
10 ono si'fc, and aahB that tue Court Will grant
tor decree OF divorce,
Judge Booth will not bnye Any further call |
It psesenr, but will be In court Monday to boar |
Nottona.
Judge Rosera also announces 10 further call.
Today ho will boar submitted cQaeB
Henry Z. Shotwell waH yesterday committed /
o jail for contempt BY Judge Ulodgott tor fail |
nE 20 answer rulo mads on him Ii the case Of I
: +. To"ne, Assignee, I'll shotwell.
n4SKRurrcE ITEMS.
George Joernd.. merchant Ut 200 Milwaukee
venue, flied voluntary petition to DO declared
osnkrapt. klia liabilities amount to 31,1ip,W.
I'D AA aasat5 couhfEt Of bis stock OF goods val.
led M ae s1.o5o. fixtures. safe. etc., worth 1885,
.he case waa referred to- tha Reeistor. Fred-
flcS Aeppel was appointed proviaionsl A. /
lgnae. With power to tako Possession of The
In the naattor Of the Garden City Insurance
|
hould ttle Its schedalo8 BY the Goth or ba a.
achcd for contempt.
ln tha caas Of .Ames Sherman L Co., J. E.
'eltayon was allowed to foreclose Ills trust
,g IN equity.
i discharge was tssnod to William 4. Coats.
buPE1'oR COUNT IN HtIrs,
Iohh Koiland began suit Tor 81, 900 damages
Arthur l!yctaon hogan q suit in reprsyln
eaiust the Gcrman National 1auk. tho German
merlcan Lana. FrsucIs Agnaw, Walter MactIou.
ID, and John Casey, to recoyc1 shop building
nd oiilce, boinE NoH. GO to n Michigan stroct,
'gether with the machinery aud other personal
fopolty therein, valued In vii at %, 900.
George L. schultzo 1ilod blu uQaipst Jacoh /
ostMann> MasgaroIha portnatul, John Hsba.
~ :, lanes &C. DaElow, to forecloso trust docd
:. aw et'Iyo On ,,t, ~ lS. Bloek Z. in Higgins,
Pierce. Clark l. Sharp, for the uBc Of Crn}rto
assP IT,. commenced All action IN debt sgaiuat | ,
WIKI 1in1,t i.iNn9 laylng damagoa At S3o, 900. :
,at.'a. ai"ueara q Mfowa brought suit for $4,000
}aust >, u. Williams and ". II. Audoruon.
CRIMINAL COURT.
- "a Mosson wAa made ~ the Criminal Court Yes.
raay morning iu tho Turner forgery case for .
sss q e.se, Ths IT, Coy co9 s.e9ed to
,t to grant The uaotou- Tho trial Of ins CAUSE
" subsequently sst for the 9Th tnst.. the A..
rneyH for tho detonae not agreeing. >'
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