Daily Republican., 1882-05-16
SUPERIOR COUKT.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY AF.
TERNOON-NR. TATNALL,N
SUIT FOR DAMAGES.

l. TERNOON-NR. TATNALL'S
:. SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
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q Codrt re.assembled at 3 o'clock YES
u terday afternoon aud proceeded witt
the case OF Tatnall VS.. Courtney, Geo
! Barnhill having been sworn Just befor,
the morning adjournment, was r. call
cd to the stand and stated that on the
evening of the assault he was on his
way home from work when be sa "
Mrs. Courtney, who approached Mr..
Tatnall and hit him over the face and
eyes with a strap, and when he turned
to run, she followed and continued to
strike him over the shoulders. Saw
Mr.. Courtney when he took hold of
Iatnall and urged Mrs. Courtney to
continue beating him.
Cross.examined-I do not know how
many times she struck him; | did not
count them, but think that she struck
him fifty or a huadred times. Don't
Know how long she was whipping him /;
did not keep account of the time. Don't
know whether Mr.. Courtney pushed
Mr.. Tatnall against the house or wheth.
er he got there himself to escape the
blows. Don't know how hard she
struck him, but think it was as hard as
she could.
John Poinsett saw the assault upon
MIR. Tatnall, and corroborated the testi-
mony OF the previous witness Frank G.
Gallagher IL proprietor of drug store
In the vicinity OF Fifteenth and Market
streets, and was engaged in putting up
a prescription, when some one said,
| VI ,Otn nt1t harn if ,,t t1,
fun Went to the door and saw Mrs.
Courtney whipping Mr.. Tatnall, and
felt somewhat indignant to think that
he stood and took it without offering
any resistance. Mr.. Tatnall backed up
against the house, and held up his um-
brella to ward off the blows. Saw Mr..
Courtney when he came over and took
hold of Mr.. Tanall, and urged Mrs.
Courtney to continue whipping him.
| The cross examination of this witness
failed to bring out any additional facts
| Mrs. Gabke testified that she saw the
assault, but was nearly asquare dis
tant at the time. Mrs. Baker was in
| her house that afternoon, and left feg
minutes before Mrs. Courtney assaulted
Mr.. Tatnall. She went from the wit.
ness house to her own, and shortly
after she entered Mr.. Courtney came
out.
When Mr.. Courtney came out of
Mrs. Bakers he went over to his
own house, and / saw Mrs. Court
ney come cut and attack Mr.. Tat
nall.
Cross-sxamined by Mr.. Spruance.-I|
live at Fifteenth and Market streets,
and Mrs. Baker lives about square
away; | know it was Mr.. Courtney
don't know how long il was after Mrs.
Baker entered her house until Mr..
Courtney came out.
Charles Gabke testified that he is the
husband of the last witness called.
be knew that the assault vas to be
made over balf an hour before it oc.
Cured.
Thomas McGee.-This witness upon
being sworn said that he had forgot all |
about the affair, but afterwards said |
that he saw the assault. Heard Mr.. |
Courtney say that he would have liked |
to have had it happen a little sooner,
so that the mill hands could have seen |
it. The witness then caused the spec
tators to burst into loud laughter by
by turning to Mr.. Lore and asking in a
serio.comic manner, "Is that what
you have been trying to get at?"
This was evidently a very unwilling
witness, and he was let off withouJ
further questioning.
Henry B. Courtney sworn, and in an
swer to the question, SIS Kate Court
ney your wife ? answered very en-
phatitally, "Yes sir, she is my wife
and my children are my children" and
raising his voice said I'll briug my
certificate slr." "That will do said
MIR. Lore, and the witness after ex-
planning to the court why he was not
present in the early part of the after
noon, was allowed to leave the stand.
Miss Margaret Tatnall, the daugh-
ter of the plaintiff, testified that
since the assault the sight of her faith
er's eye had been failing very much.
CrOss-examined-She did not know
CT the assault until next morning, no.
ticed that eveningIthat her fathers face
was very much flushed. He was late
coming back to the store to relieve her,
and when asked where he had been,
said that he had been down town on d
little business. Nothing was said that
evening about the assault; talked about ;
business matters. The first the witness
knew about the matter was when she
saw an account of it in the morning ,
papers. He has suffered for some time
with what 10 known as wild hairs in
one eye.
Re-direct-The witness thought that
her father did not say anything about
4 hA M q a ho nj htn, pt pf Two |
Tatnall being trOnbled with the heart
disease, and the doctor had warned her
against and undue excitement.
Read j. Mckay testified that he is a
physician in this city, and makes :
speciality of diseases of the eye, he is :
known as an occulist Examined Mr..
Tatnall's eyes previous to the assault
and found his vision No. /. Exam
ined him in November after the assault
and found his sight seriously impaired. a
The witness examined his eyes again /
yesterday morning, and in his opinion 9
his sight is failing badly. Thought t
Mr.. Tatnall was suffering from the eff f
fects of blow or injur in the eye that $
had caused dislccation of the lense s
Of the colored part of the eye, that n
would probably result in cataract. b
Cross -eXamined-Mr Tatnall first b
me in August, 1878, said that O
he had been injured in the right eye 8
some time previous by being struck a
with stick. Could not ses anything G
particular the matter with the eye at r
that time. |,
When the Doctor examined his eyes is
,fter the assault, he found the left eye v
injured, with tendency
% cataract. Did not prescribe anything
'or the eye, az he was afraid of in-
,reasing the tendency. The cross ex-
by Mr.. Spruance was con- Is
inued tor some time without bringing tt
,ut any additional facts, and after Mr.. h
Spruance had concluded, Mr.. Lore "
,eld up the strap, and asked the wit p
less if the injury to the patients a
,ye could have been inflicted by blow h