, 1876-01-19
The Crystal Lake Company Finally Goes
Undcr...Unplcasant Charges.
Record Of Judgments and Of New
Suita.
Tho Illinois Supreme COURT, and Other
Tribunals, at Springfield.
souaior Trumbull to Argue In tho
gny Carte Lovco Case To-Day.
CHICAGO.
THC EtNt]E-fIILL ClHra.

begun last Friday. Tho principal w.tnaaa was
James Isood Turner's old omployo. and :ho por-
ton who Gays ho forged tho tlocdg. Tho cross
examination Of Mr. W. II. I]zaltoy, tho Cork Of
tho Court was tho ilrst ovlonco ln tho morn-
iug. Mr.. Bralley adhorcd firmly to Ills Htato-
mont .has l,o had roocivol soven photographs OF
Tutnors docuB for the pIaiutil g tlne aud Hoyet,
cupios OF Hills deeds for Turner. This nun.
boz la important, from tho fact that Hill pro-
posos to prove that whs1o Turner only claims
that ai1 copies woro mado Of his dcods, tho
yovonttl .copy was found III Hocd's trunk aud
VAS uacd by him in making tho copnrmatory
decd, ms It Ia called, which hns mover yok boon
recorded.
After Nlr. Bradoy's evidence WAS e1osnl Reed
took tho Rland mud occupied 1t during tho 70.
nasndcr Of tho day. Ills proHcnco was sur
prso to Turner, who supposed TINT ho %as out
pf the country. Ilocd adterod to h!a statements
on tho criminal anti, that ho had boon eugagea
lor yenra In forging dceda for Tnrnor; that tho
jcejs in question from Robinson 10 Hamilton,
datol April i, 1886, and from Hamilton TO llole,i
O1Inrn HarrplI, datotl June q, 1872, wero forged
by him in October, 1874. nt tho Grand Pacific
Hotel In this city, and that tho sllrd or coptirm-
ltory decd was nlaklo ut Alton In Februnry. 1876.
Tor tho first two deods. bit that Turnor only paid
hin e10D. lie also ntatod TINT lo hud somo
paper witt, water.n,ark identical with tint III
Tho third dsod, offered in oyidonco Monday by
!be plaintiff.
AIarEo numbor Of lettors vera a1so ofro1ea In
pvi1onco, And identified by Heed rs boinE sigued
by Turner, In which hc scnt various BulH OF
money to Mrs. Uarroll for period Of several
yoars. The dofeuso nlao offered twenty OF thirty
old and tattorcd doedB With holes punched III
thom whore seals had boon. and covered Will,
signatures, answering in ovory particular to tho
signatures, aoals, etc., OF tho forged docts, go
that tho forged dcctas could bs reconstructed
out of those materials. Reed nlBo offered to
reconstruct decd showing how ha lad tlono 1t
bofoFe, but tho judge thought that Huch owl
dcnco would l'e inadmlssiu!o. Tho trial will DO
continued to-day.
ANOTHER TAE-BuIT.
Alto. lul of Hevoral days III tho Courts ovar
tho perAonns property tax.catortion, tho war
ecem1 to have bean begun yesterday by Had
dock, Coxe Il Co.. who filed q bill 1t, which they
relate tholr experiences with Phillips. They
throo years to turnish abstracts Of title to nucll
as mi ght bo deurous Of having them and capa-
hlo Of paying for tLom. Their capital Invested
did not amount to over y, 2,550.GG iu May last.
but they also Ind 81 ,us07B in bauls, and $500 in
farnlture. Their buelocsu, however. doos not 30
much depond on tho amount they havo In
make accurate aba.rac,s. They. Lowovcr,
iayo no special rlghta privilege IL Tho courts
or or Recorders oaloo Tor procuring information
mon with oil tho public. In May lust they u,ado
their roturn to tho AascBBor or required Iy law,
salulnE, their property at S1,0uo, Dy sonle
u1oans, howoyor, thcsr valuation WAS raisod to
$4,000 to Which tho bsnto board made ita usual
contribution. and tiIoy wcro taxed sG36.73 on D
basis Of el5,2oO Of property. Ti!is noc,ns to
thnm rather lilo crowding tho mourncts and SO
lLcy want tho usual In Junction.
CincU1r COURT.
Julius 11eilonroich commenced ouit yeater-
1ny In trcsnasH against joln b. Rltchio, Jnuios