The daily gazette., 1882-05-16
SUPERIOR COURT YEsrEaDAH.
The tnalI-COurtney Case Continued, and
Several Witnesses Heard.

several Witnesaos Aeards
Court opened at o'clock yesterday after
noon and the case Of TatnaIl VS.. Courtney
was taken mp. .is- li E.
George Barnhill testified to having seen
Mrs Courtney standing ON Market street
near Fourteenth with three men, whom she
left and approached Mr.. Tatnall, moving up
Market at Fifteenth street. She then
attacked him with the lash (the instrument
offered in evidence Is foot and a half In
length with six tails) about the face and
neck. She mumbled some words to which
Mr.. Tatnall replied: 81 didn't do anythingl
What's this fort" She then pushed him
against the house where he seized the whip
Immediately after Courtney crossed over to
the same side of the street and snatched the
whip from Tatnall saying: ''Take it Kate
and give 1t to the gray haired - -"
He thus urged his wife and held Tatnall
who finally broke away and ran, Mrs. Court
ney in full pursuit, laying on the whip with
ali force. Tatnall made no resistance nor
did Mr.. Courtney strike. Could not iden-
tify the strap.
John Poinsett confirmed the above.
Frank Il. Gallagher was called to the
door that July morning by Mr.. Gabke Ito
see the fun" even before the assault took
place, and witnessed the same assault.
Mrs. Gabke swore to Mrs. Baker being in
her house that morning, and when she saw
Mr.. Tatnall going to work she left and
crossed the green to her house, and i'm
mediately Mrs. Kate Courtney came out and
crossed to Fourteenth and Market, Mr..
Courtney following.
The plaintiff endeavored to show by this
witness that Mrs. Baker was acting as secret
agent for the Courtneys. o..
Miss Margaret Tatnall, daughter of the
plaintiff, testified that her father complained
of his left eye, the one claimed to be injured
by the whip, as being very sore. She saw
the eye was bruised and bloodshot when he
came home. Her father cannot use the eye
without shade; it is worse. He did not
complain TO her and did not notice anything
wronged about him, nor did she the next
day at breakfast. She testified that her
father was very much troubled with sore
ness of the eyes, and visited the doctor about
them. She stated that the left eye was the
one injured by the lash, and the right eye
only suffered by the wild hairs. AT that
time her mothor was sick with heart disease
DIR. Read j. McKay-Am an oculist and
| examined the eye of Mr.. Tatnall August 8th,
| lSS0-the left eye-and 1t was good. Saw
the left eye November, 1880. At that time
saw trembling motion.
Thomas McGee, when called, said he for
got the affair and innocently remarked that
| he did not know what was wanted. After
wards he remembered seeing the fuss. Mr..
| Courtney said he wished it had happened
sooner so that the mill hands could see the
fun. Courtney asked them to take drink
afttr the muss.
Henry b. Courtney, sworn-"Kate is my
wife, airl will produce the certificate thai
she is my wife. My children are my child
rem"
DIR. Read J. Mckay said the muscular
part of the eye was injured, and the lent
back of the colored part dislocated. Tht
plaintiff complained to him of 1t being hur
by a switch. One eye, when hurt, has sym
pathy for the other, and is generally 81
affected. The eye was all right in August
but bad in November. At 9 O'Clock cour
adjourned.