The daily gazette., 1880-12-06
FROM saturday. Late Edition.
THE SUPERIOR COURT.
MIR. LORE CLOSING IN THE Ii
BEL SUIT.
TO THE JURY-PLAINTIFFs CoUN-
Sell ON THE CLOSING PLEA.

specially reported for the GAZETTE.
NEW CASTLE, Dec. At the
opening of the Superior Court this
morning the libel suit of the Della
ware ). +. II NJ. Ins. Co Us. VIM. II.
Croasdale was resumed, and Mr..
Lore continued his closing argu-
ment, barely commenced last even
ing.
Mr.. Lore said, in opening this
morning, that he would not descend
TO the personalities in which his
friend, Br. Bird, had indulged yes
terday, nor be party in the vitu-
pcration which had characterized the
argument of that gentleman. lie
had not called Mr.. Croasdale "a
liar" but he had said that the Every
Evening sometimes told tho truth,
and sometimes lied if Croasdale
was the Every Evening, then they
would have to make the best out Of
il they could.
The solvency Of the insurance COM
pany was then taken up. Mr.. Lore
said that the defendant would lose the
case unless they could prove it was
fraud at the time of every lib slous pub
lication. They must prove that it
was "A fraud, hot only when it was at
Delaware City, but after it removed
to Wilmington aud through all the
periods of its existence while the at
tacks were made. lie read from Every
Evening an article which had been in
troduced to prove malice, and said hat
in this article Croasdale defined the
fraudulent insurance company" as a
conspiracy to cheat people. In this
conspiracy, of course, were all the Te.
putable gentlemen now engaged. AL
ludlng to the defense made that there
had been rumUrs of the company be-
ing unsound, Mr.. Lore read the arti-
Gle Published in Every Evening, Octo-
Der 9th, 1877. when the company was
about to remove to Wilmington and
said that was what caused the rumors
He originated them, and this aggavatcs
the offense."
Mir. Lore went on to speak of the tact
that the attacks were commenced Ia
Every Evening by the editor OF that pa
pei, the exatnina ION OF the insurance
company by the committee Of other IN
suranca companies was instituted hy Mr..
Viii am e.. Gibbons, The leading man IN
the Farmers Mutual, and stockroldel
in the Every Evening Publishing Co.,
aud the examination vas eagell ly made
by Mr.. Bates, an insurance man like.
wise, Il stakeholder in Every Evening
also, and counsel in his case. They sa,
they made the examination TO protect
themselves, but in the policies of all
these companies was a clause preventing
them from paying any loss which may
ensue from the Insolvency of any othel
company which co-lnsu-es with them
Mr. Lore argued that the tact that the
committee dad not 90 TO the Office of The
Delaware ). +. ~ VI. las. Co. aud mad,
only an examination ot quest. enable as
sets, which examination vas unfair
tended TO show u conspiracy on tie part o
the other insurance companies 10 breai
the plant iis down.
The investigation was started by Eve
rY Evening. Two Stockholders IN lh,
companies took part IN A. and the Har
risbufg lawyer VINO took dispositions fO
the committee - the same who furui.he
evidence from Dauphln county Tor Mr.
CroAsdale In tbs case. The examination
made by the COMMITTEES ot unbiase,
citizens Of WIlmington-M NJ essr- Car
penter, Chandler, Dlrlugton, Murph,
and Reynolds was compared with TN
other, and Mr. Lore argued that surel.
this last-named examination Was tlI
most trustworthy. This committee wa
not influenced by any selfish motives
The frst committee knew nothing o
her own knowledge and could not testl
~.
Ar. Lore took up the third investi
gatiOn-tlIat made by the Insurance
tlHN . a q Al
Insurance Company. Mr.. McFee wa
assisted IN this investigation by Mr.
Muir, and Mr. Muir made What Ia,
cali "a thorough investigation in les
than three days, while Prof. Reynold
says the investigat ion could no b,
made completely in less Than II days
1t is plain TO be seen that Muir wa
prejudiced against the Insurance com
pany, and what he said about the pol
icy of the burued White Deer Mil
shows this very clearly. lie SAID Ii,
knew he had sent the policy to IT,,
company, but Myers said he knev
nothing of it. Muir neglect d 10 81,
that the next day Myers cam
to him with the policy an'
said it had come dunng hi,
absence aud had been mislaid. j0hu /;
Mcfre had no confidence in Muir, 10
he Il rev the recommendation TO close u
The Insurance company to the wind
The insurance COmmitiee did not con
slider the company fraud the citlzen
committee did not think it fraud
Carpenter took out $1,000 OF iusui
ance from the other companies an
put it In this company john Il. McFe
did not think it fraud, and il Was nc
fraud. 1t might have been fran
wheu Mr.. Birds Mr.. Henry was Pres
dent, but il was not after 1t came /
Wilmington. The Company may hay
mad worthless assets, and SO have a
the other companies, and all your banb
ers-but the only fraudulent thing
the DuPage county land which vas in
posed upon them by Myers.
Mr., Lore then took up the Danphi
county land and severely handled tn
witnesses for the defense upon TIN
subject. Mr.. Ferree and his brothe
and Mr.. Musser gave their evidenc
fairly aud iLtelligently, and knew wha
they were talking about.
AReferring TO the pleas, Mr.. Lore sal
that the defendant skuIked behind tn
plea Of mot guilty =" aud denied - a. l..
honest man would have done II he m
committed ancrelurt0us act But TN
plea Will nor stand for we have show
that he did write the articles In tn
Every Evening of Dec, mbsr y h