Daily Republican., 1885-11-25
Superior Court.
TaE CASE OF MES. VALENTINE
W.. Dg. J0sKPa =. TANTUM
~SrfLL ON TRIAL.
THE CROSS-EXAMINATION

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The afternoon session Of Court con-
vened at o'clock on Tuesday, with
the Chief Justice and Associate Judges
present. INN ediately after the OPEN
Ing, the case of Mrs. Mary Valentine,
W. Joseph r. Tantum, was resumed,
and Mrs. Valentine, who was on the
stand when Court adjourned at noon,
was recalled, and testified that during
the four years she was on the farm she
attended to the dairy, and did all the
|other work, such as Is generally done
| By women she Thought her services
were worth fully ~ q week.
During the four years that DR.. Tan
| tum had charge of the farm there were
| at least $500 worth sold off the place,
and the money paid to DR.. Tantum.
| She had asked DR.. TAntum to attend
the sale and buy the goods for her, and
1 he consented.
After the sale, the doctor gave her to
understand that he had purchased the
goods for hsr, and that they were her
property. On December 23th, 1879, the
] witness was waited upon at her resi-
Idence By Constable Pritchett, DR.. j. +.
Frantz, Perry Tantum, Joseph Wheeler
and Barney Brady, who Informed her
that she would have to leave the prem
ises, and when she objected, DR.. krantz
showed her an agreement signed by her
Husband, but which she had never seen
before OF even heard Of.
Constable Pritchett then said, Mrs.
Valentine you will have to go on tile
place." when she replied that she
| would have to have time to get her
things together. Pritchett said he
would allow her two h0ure, and she
Icommenced TO get her household goods
| together, after which she took them and
left the house. When the goods were
taken, they had no benefit OF the ex'
Iemption allowed them By law.
Within the past month DIR. Tantum
called upon her at her residence In THU
city. He was accompanied by MT
IChandler, but she declined to talk with
them. and referred them to Mr.. Bird
her attorney, as she wss afraid tha
Mr.. Chandler was there as spy. Tha
Same evening DIR. Tantum called on hel
and asked about settling the case.
The witness was subjected to lont
and searhing cross.examination BY Mr.
IIore. which lasted until nearly6 clock
latter which she was examined re-dtrec
by Mr.. Bird.
Thomas ii. Hinkson testified that b.
atended the sale Of Valentines goods II
November, 1875 he went there TO pur
chase goods, II anything was offeret
THAT suited him. He saw DR.. Tantun
There, and heard him say that he intend
\ cd TO buy the things for Mrs. Valentino
A colt was put mp and the doctor BIZ
$35 for IL, and the witness also bid on II
wnen DR.. Tantum bid again, and tn
witness also bid.
The doctor came over to him ant
said, al am bidding these thing
In for Mrs. Valentine" and he replies
"That's all right 1 am bidding for my
Iself." The doctor. then stepped OF
labout ten feet and said, don't thinl
THAT any gentleman will bid sgains
Ime," and the witness replied that b
considered himself az much Of gentle
Imau as the doctor. He continued q
bid on the colt until 1t went over sixt!
ldollArs, when he ceased and II va
knocked down to Tantum. He though
1.-The things sold very low, and did no
Iconsider that anything brougbti Its val
Iue, except morse collar which, was tn
only article not bought by pr. Tan
ltum.
On cross sexamination he said tina
the statement made by DIR. mntnm di
not have any effect on him, but he di
not know what effect 1t had on othert
Sarah Royal WAS sworn, and testitie
that she is sister In law to Mrs. Valer
tine, and visited her freq GENTLY. sh
, saw her milk the COWS, make butter
attend to the chickens and do othe
work about the farm. that she woul
. not have done herself for lees than min
dollars week.
William H. Pritchett testified tha
he was q constable in 1875 snd sold Nj
Valentine's goods, under an execution
In November of that year. The toti
amount realized from the sAle was $45s
he did not consider that the good
brought their value. Tbdre were eigt
acres of wheat in the ground, whic
with the chickens and other goods
the amount OF $500 were not sold, btin
yexempt under the law. All the oth'
Igoods belonging to Mr.. valentine wei
sold, and all, with the exception OF
horse collar, were bought by ID
Tantum.
Il On cross ss.examination by Mr.. Lor
he said that although there was mum
Der OF persons present there was vel
little bidding, except that done by ID
Tanium. There were some OF the goo'
that did not bring az much as the
were worth, while others brought the
full value. He thought any one won
have been perfectly safe in giving o
lor seven hundred dollafs for the good
There was no interferertce with the So
THAT he heard.
ii Mr.. Husbands testified that he WI
! lat the sale, and heard Dr. Tantum .,
THAT he was buying inl the goods .
! Mrs. Valentine, and did not expect
lderive any benefit FROM 1t. There we
about eight tons Of hay sold for u .
THAT the witness considered worth $l5
lton. He thought tue cows we
lwortb $50 each, and THE horse that W
Isold for S5 was worth 500. He thong
K the goods should have brought at lea
$500. People did not bid on the gooo
as It was understood dhat DIR. Tantu
,, was buying them fo1 Mrs Valentir
Samuel T. Pierce testified that
G Iwas present at the sale, and heard /
lTantum say that he intended TO b.
/, the goods for Mrs. Valentine.
>, George Dyson testified that In L
cember, 1879, he bo,tght lot OF goo
lon Valentines PLACID, for which he pa
DR.. Tantum 81, ,072 He thought he
fair bargain, butt had paid all
things were worth.
AtK k0 OsclnClr Gdurt adjourned IN