Daily Republican., 1882-05-17
rlTyAIL VS.. COURTNEY.
,,sas YESTERDAY Az
TERsoOS-THE Esi-

Courtney Switt was recalled and testi
Williap heard Mr.. Courtney make
aSs isS statement in court tnat Mr. ia.na., ~
ine .s Thin him $4,000. Mr., Lore then asked
Cseu ,s;.ness n If he had ever examined the
the new w'CI W tbe Match Company. The de.
eoohS Vi Vobiected to the question when It
1eDce ,,bSrayn. and the witness left
W. % stand, Mr.. Lore SAID thaI tney
tAe .S S' rest their case here, and Mr..
sS'"ance sUu,a opened for the defence
splu'n '",mmsuced by saying that the
ne had heard one side of the question,
]uy t now became his duty to acquaint
nu ,., " nth the other. He admitted that
T'I TsrIjept had committed an offence
Oh nSt nS, the law, but he said it would
,ss4, ss,T'b have happened had it not been for
S' s'''a 'ansddlesome tattling tongue of the
'awrsinant, wv who had intertered with
@u,t sat GAS none Of his business, and thus
,.o",ht Sr" on the whole trouble. MIR,
sDynsuce %uus then said tnat to give the jury
ep,a p.0nar understanding OF the case be
spr appri 90 over it from the commence.
n,Ir W,. and Mr.. Courtney had daugh.
"a, named Laura, about IL years OF age,
Ntom ', r they loved with all their hearts.
rSsv had educated her, and looked for
rsrd with great hopes to q bright and
happy future .,,, h.r ,,,
.n,, in the vicinity of Fifteenth and
Vim TiUv ,treets. On the other side OF the
PsndyTine Mr.. Tatnall had his nurse
Is,udin his employ was a young man
named Matthew Hayden, who was in
,hs hsbIt of visiting MIR. Courtney's
ioup but was never looked upon as TIE
S,IsM,or. One day Mr.. Courtney
nat I tbe Young couple walking together
an tbe street and then forbid his daugh.
tahaving anything further to do with
Hayden. !.
ies forbid Hayden visiting his
house. but they still continued to meet
m The street and at the houses of
friends. until the Oath day of June,
1850. when she left home under pre-.
ppce Of visiting a friend, but instead
dp doing she met her lover and pro-
tssded with him to Concord, Ponna.,
yhsrs they found the Rev. Mr.. Sulli-
ysn, who like a good many other min
listers had very little scruples whom he
married, so that he got his fee, and
were married by him. Then this man
instead OF taking his bride to his own
home, carried her back to the parent
nest The marriage remained secret
until the 10th of July, when Mr.. Sulli-
van published it in the papers. At
this time Mr.. Courtney was absent
from the city on business and the next
day after the publication, Hayden went
and took the girl away from her home, ,
leaving her mother sad and broken
hearted. The father returned shortly !
after and upon learning the facts of the
cse was very angry, but even with all Z
hs wrongs the matter would have rest !
ahtre if it had not been for the news )
papers, These scribblers, who are always ,
G,he search for something sensational !
hdsh up to their readers, got hold of a
lie matter, and the Morning News j
came out the next morning with a
highly COored account of the affair. |,
But even with this additional wrong. :
Mr. Courtney who has been represent
Ns such a violent, high tempered ,
n'H, remained silent. "Wby gentle =
ng, continued Mr.. Spruance "If l h
M been in his Mr.. Courtney's :,
pFa ! would have gone to that news. \
paper office and asked for the scribler =
Who owrote that article, and then and
,nsFe punished him on the spot even if
lEouId have had to stand a suit of as
aaIIald oattery;l would have thrashed
mtp pup who dared to make music out p
any griefsY Mr.. Courtney did not do q
anything of the kind, but Mr.. Tatnall 81
Sentto the office, and told the editor a.
way wa tnere we're some mistakes in the r.
%ucie that instead of being a boy IL
nayaen n, was full grown man. He also u
't", 1ia mat Laura was not Mr.. Courtney's II
suu, out was the daughter Of another
4 aaa who had settled 500 upon her, n
" 'la was to be paid to her as soon as "
W. W. came OF age. This, as coming from v
!, at 4atnall was published in the News al
u a. 'ue z-ud inst, and no doubt provoked CT
usa, Ie assault The gentleman said that he
sS s'ua snow that the story which had tc
p,h SIa 'ola by the Gabkes, about Mrs. u
IA ,SAer waiting to inform Mr.. Courtney pi
s'. sIvl MI latnall was coming, was all IL
'' AN lie would show that Mr.. Court. n
y. w. u'u not know of the intended as. 81
=. ', vuI when he saw his wife in the 70
n hsv VI whipping the complainant he 81
i.s',Nha wv what 1t was for. Mr.. Spruance re
'". sso als remarks, and commenced or
&isnSe. n Vi Witnesses 1or the NJ
lI,Is nIe1ly ny 9, Conrad testified that in er
It;r;o ;ooV, ne was the editor of the be
ysr. T. news. Shown a copy of the
ri,.S . aalea .h July 2lst, 1880, and ad-
he VitusSa sua' IL was copy of the paper. At
"a IA gSud S,tIeSs u was also shown paner of IN
Nd .uu no, IL, ,lnst' which he also identified, 7,
ht ,ha s ,aw Anow who wrote the article.
Gsv so T'' witness furnished the facts AZ
vieosr m sTte gwen to him by Mr.. Talnall
A. AT"valIeaat ~ the office on the evening ~
b nr,s.. ,s,Nf. Tatnall said he had called
,hst ,eGT b01 , some errors in the article -,
tsus I of ,te oeen published in previous 81
,isps r Sue paper concerning the mar. II
The 4" n,,io oross examined by Mr., Lore rH
I,,DsIIt,ic Iustice may not have been in NJ !
bis nsaOin exact words but it conveyed faj
biz own oIlns III Mr.. Tatnall said that of sts
spythinaA aAanowledge he did not know mr.
Rs-direct 'sSlnst a. the girls character.
is Suho,,, h,,, 1he article was undoubtedly
hd dtdhu',ancs ths n't. Of What Mr.. Tatnall had
Ns in bis iS,snetS, ", and portion of it do
Spruspcs uess ~ ss was dismissed and Mr.. ,l
Nd been been 'nen read the articles that las M
which 1sn e,n.p published in the News @ ne
Mst,SSaauuss considerable merrimemt'
'lat be iv Wv hayden S sworn and testified 70, 70"
md was rs r,sv,t born in Chester coanty. Ps Pu
Employ Of offiv,lcns Nv u to July, 1880, in the 70
witness h.d f' Iatnall as a florist. The Al.
house io, Dsu so. visited Mr.. Courtnev's I'M I'M
tels m, ms,sse some eight months Srsu;o,s ior
NJ. CourtnsSqg had been forbidden bv IN
ss,sopped poiny. y u 70 visit his house and
All ci tJang ing there; was married on the the
sa sass bis maria nooo, at Concord, Pa. ~
married Iyuie vi,t and left her there: was vas tht
@ssa co"ssno,u o".snout her parents Knows ~Is or
sA,a Ss Ssssaninsd sas in "a years Of a10 The
loV tsconc;iIoa anarried; Mr.. Conrtnav3s du
s@ sSoe friends; Sa v S1 them and they are rea
saost distan1,ah hs has bought a farm ma
a's said th.. oe rom the city. The Wit Sol
won ever "' ~" ne had been in the cor..