, 1880-01-31
Conclusion Of the cortright.Far.
we'll Libel Case.
The Jury Agree on q Signed and
Sealed Verdict,
which VIII 10 Presented 10 tho Bench
This Morning.
Nav Butts, Divorces, Judgments, Confess
eionH, Etc,
r.orTR101tT-TARwELI..

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ncc,;nv,ng ncary all Of the morning session
IN making his final presentation OF the Cort-
r,eht side of the case.
Aftrr fully statulg the question At bar,
snecIIying the several charges Of libel, and
thc justification Of the Charge Of dishonesty.
Nr, Woodbridge commented npon Gen.
s,,lcs, virtual admission that MS 10 the charge
nj matchmaking there was no question that
tbo defendant wus lable for damages, tho
only poiut being Ms 10 tho amount OF sl.ch
manages. The blackn,uillng charge out Of
tho case there WINS nothing left Of It but tho
charge Of dishonesty, which the dcfcrso Ind
attempted to Justify. Afr. Woodbridge
then proceeded To argue that the salury
contract, which CorttiEhk CraMk, and
Collins entered into, was abroEated. It was
never reported to tho body which appointed
Farwcil to make It, nnd one OF the Directors
had testified that lie never knew anything OF
Il until l.e wns told TIM! It was oif. Collins,
oue of the parties 10 II, WAS settled Wilt by
thu Company ut his full salnry, md then cnr-
rlcd the contrnct away with him, 50 thnt,
when Farwcll wanted the document to help
Ills case, ho wrote 10 Collins for 1t. The fact
TINT tho President Of the Company knew that
ono Of lis ufchtycs WIS In tho hands Of n man
down East was, to sny tho least, significant.
II tho Directors never knew Of tile reduction
contemplated by tlio contract, 1t was natural
for them to suppose that the officers were
still drawing tho same pay. Crank first dig,
ffSasf sss W Wo e'Htssa sssa 1a not sn efy sf"?
ratc, f bit 10 make kiin q present Of
sl,j00 OF salary, ind to bly, Ills stock besides.
l'aul Cornell, y wholly d!sinteTrstGd witness,
WIS nIrosated BY Tho purchase Of thc M
tlonal, because tho force WIS reduced, the Of
f,ccrs changed, aud additional labor put upon
them: md that !e ha heard tl!o members Of
the Executive Committee declare TINT the
eS@I@st GSnrs %s aor M II Ei e WI Will tap exp%aq ii 9
why the cnntract w!as not reported to the
Hoard Of Directors for approval, for, un,ler
the change. It was absolutely Impossible II 70
ever perform one Of tho conditions ot the
cent 'bss|s. Gortrignt bill thIs % Ear%:;l on
Ills return from California, md II WAS then
that Farwell told him mt to trouble himself
nbout that contract, because. 1t Wns of.
The members Of zig Executive Colnniit-
well never told them TINT .Ggortrlghtt
had ovcrdrawn his account The fnct
was that C0rtright was never tAxc! with
oyerdrawInE his account until 1t bccnlno
necessary for Farssei1 to hnye s,n convenient It
II
own basi management Of tho Company. These
alleged ovcrtfrawthgs Of Rcconnts wero never
reported to the Finance C0tnMfttce my more
than was the So, 600 LINCOLN Park bond
tEss9Stsn sn ~ FenaEe 4 wS any
paid sol ,ooo, putting tho other $1,000 in his
pockct, and afterwards donating IL to tho Y.
II. q. 4. IIal he beeii voted si,ooo commits.
sion II would have been aiI right. But hntt
lio not ly TINT act ,;, done tnst whnt ho now
without the knowledge Of tho Company?
Getting down 10 the question Of damages,
NJ, WnobrItEo ]laa good deal to, sar
tho aanner u il VIII WICK X o E sad II IT, se copt4st shi IT
wasn't shown TO lavo had any connection
with the filing Of tho stockho1ders' bin, md
yet Fnrwc1l rushed forward TO attack him ns
IT'S author, merely because he himself had
contained certain ugly truths tllat touched
hin oil the raw, md hence hIs 0utbursts OF
rage against cortrighhtt, whom he had select
cd as q s,apeg0nt, The libel WINS repeated In
TT n, nSgTS + ws pDsea fs 99ter Hf es ,955 {ss bar
Its author, from Ills ennlmereial md religious
prominence, was likely to be believed,
mud l!cnce the aggraratlon of tho injury.
But Ills victim was not to he crushed, whiln
t2 2.S ths world was presented the sYR,estacle Of
aon,e Of tho clfecls t,f tho libel, rs lllustrnt-
inE tllo extent Of the inlnry9 When Cort,
right started Ills Patent Escsnngc hero TINT
libel compelled him to Elvn It nj. l[e then
Yst t EEis E "a B Tasfa a ncee "M Gf tsH sasr SSw
followed him. and compelled him to give M
his position. But such was tic power nf
honesty TINT l,c would eventually live II
down, despite tho injury which the position
aycr'!ct Of Tic Jury to help l.im ltye !ttiown,
wanted tile 1tiry to Huy nllh]lylv f]lut
THIS story was not true, md fhattho man wii'
told Y should bo punished down to tho homo
ior y. 4 verdict OF 81 0o9 damages would
that. To properly pnuIsl. him required lha
iniIctlon OF heavy damages. l}Nt il WINS
not merely question Of money that WIS In
VOWED. II there Was my ,otfcnsc, agnInst
dsseency o.. earth, i wns 70 harhor the sp!rlt
purpose nf redress for wrong and punish
%sg' nry allowed 12s H ts sFensa a aI! u ~ i dl ss
S!ho Without q g9odly verdict, they slm,
Witch sd sd been ns srSatea fS' ts1oushout SS {a
land. lie did not believe they wcre ready 10
do that,
Tho Courts instructions wcro very full on
botl. slides and cMlncntly fntr: MI nronntl. At
ds6cratesd @ un sifs oeosek a aud 'yS VIC Fe'1fs s
Wing Of tic DaiiW. Returning, til tlieyy yeS Went N
II again, and for l0ur long hours the ocrN-
elOllnl low, nlNfea tunes Tint cn,ne from TIC
1ury;rooni showed that they were still dis
eusslng the questions whether Mnys,0dy hRd
been tlalMngttl, and, II so, low much, TlN
court adjourned at 3 o'clock, and, in
accordance with previous arrangement, Ii
thoy reported after tl,at hour their verdict
was to be sealed. Towards Il o'clnck there
canle knock 0n the door, md the knock was
followed by a request for paper, pen, md Ink,
IN q few moments moro tile yertltct WIS
copied, signed. Benfed, and delivered, and tho
Jurors struck be4-lfMG for hulCc, proof
agnlnst tho persuasive arts OF the lewSEatl-
erer III Ills endenyOrs 10 learn tho g!st OF tl,pJr
and!nX. The most he could ret was that y
wasn't much" md that Il disclosure oi Just
Th2t S, ~" was had been torLiIt!cn hy sana
higher power. The plaintiff antl defendant
WIN Their counsel and friends, visited tho
e0Art.room at one time md nnnther during
he afternoon, until, d!sgusted with thu pros
Rect Of remaining III doubt over night, they
Nna!1y .Enve II Np and went tholr several
ways. The Jgenernl impression WIS, how
ever, TINT tho defendant stood y decided
Chance of being found guilty Of libel, aud
uiat t1e ol!tY quest. ~ was rs to tile untount
1twhlch the Jury would assess tho plnintlf's
aSM!nges, Tie Defendants friends virtually
talniited this, alNl ono Of thonl uyen went 10
laf Us to lntlulata that the damages wouldn't
fIop III the region 0f d few hundred dol
tAfs, though probably they wouldn't 20 fur
np Into tho thousands. The rplnArk Of
k1e Juror who said ut wasn't l.tUts,,"