Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-27
superior Court.
CONTINUATION OF TEE vALEH'
TInE-TANTUM CADE-THE
EVIDENCE ALL IN.
CAPITAL CASES MONDAY.

CAPITAL CASES MONDAY |
Court resumed proceedings Mt 8 OIL
clock Wednesday afternoon, with Chief
Justice Comegys and Associate Justices |
Wootten and Houston present. Imme-
diately after the opening, Charles B. /
Lore, Esq, attorney for Annie Forrest,
In the suit of her husband, Edward
Forrest, for divorce. asked the Court
to grant q rule allowing his client |
alimony while the suit Is IN progress.
j. II. Hoffecker, Esq, attorney for
Edward Forrest, said he would admit
the service OF the rule, and it was made
returnable on Saturday.
s. A. Macaliister, Efq., attorney for
Augusta Billings. vs. j. ID. Billings,
libel for divorce, presented the return
Of the commmisioner, William T.
Lyman, Esq, in favor Of granting the|
divorce, and he made the usual motion
that the rule be made absolute.
Mr.. Lore, who appear cd for Mr.. Bill
lings, said that he would take exception
to the return and bring the matter
before the Court. The case was set for
q hearing next Saturday.
l Authouy hikkiub, 15q.s oucrou tno
return of Francis M. Walker, Eco, the
dence in the divorce case of Daniel W.
Edgecomb, vs.. Kate ii. Edgecomb, and
1t was received.
Harry Sharpley, Esq, attorney for
the plaintiff, asked for q continuance in
the case of Pusey P. Brown, vs. Neal
Duffy, and the application was granted.
Anthony Higgins, Esq, asked for O.
continuance of the case of Howard Il.
dubois va. Forbes & Banks, on account
of his client being Obliged to leave the
city for aome time. The application
was resisted by Thomas Davis. Esq,
1.-THE attorney for the defendants, who
said he was ready and anxious 10 pro-
ceed with the trial, and had his wit.
nesses present both last term and this.
As the term for the first panel of
Jurors had expired, they were all dis
charged except those empaneled In the
pending case.
The court announced that on Monday
morning the capital cages will be taken
Iup. and that all the Witnesses should
be present at that time.
The Valentine-T Tsntum case was then
resumed, and DIR. Joseph e. Tantum
; was recalled to the stand. Mr.. Lore
Il buOWGu Alh Oh akEOOhDnt, WAACu uO
identified as having been entered into
between himself and Isaac e. Valen-
tine /; IL provides, among other things,
that Or. Tantum should pay Valentine
800 per year to live on the farm and
work it with his family, and that
Valentine should pay all the hired help.
The docter then continued his testi-
mony, and said that according to the
term of the agreement everything that
was raised on the farm belonged to him.
He found In the course Of two or
three years that he was losing money
ION the farm, and after he had sunk
9 fully 81, 900 he told Mrs. Valentine that
II she would pay him the amount which
he had paid for the goods she could
d take them. She did not say that she
y would or would not take them, and the
0 witness afterw wards told Mr.. Valentine
that something bad TO be done, as he
could not afford to continue losing
o money on the place. He also told
!. | Valentine that he would have to move
o in the spring, and he replied that ht
would bed-d II he did. The witness
afterwards sent to the farm for horst
belonging TO him, which he had lef
7 There, and Valentine refused to let hin
have 1t, and he then took measures II
have them elected.
The witness was cross.examined b,
Mr.. Bird, and stated that the agree
st ment with Valentine was read to hin
3, before he signed 1t, and that he WA
fully aware of all its provisions.
He could not remember If any on
Q, was present when the agreement wa
D. read to Valentine. The witness did no
know what had become of the good
which were exempted at the time @
a the constable's sale. When he was ne
=. gotiating with Mr.. Dyson about buyin
the things on the farm he told him tina
he could get Valentines off the farm q
any time, as they were only on tn
or place as hired people. The eros.
a. examipation lasted about three quarter
~ of an hour, and when Mr.. Bird finishe
the witness was subjected to o re-diret
Examination by MIR. Lore.
Mt Percy L. Tantum was sworn, an
al testified that he was presnt when Mr.
Valentine came to bis fathers Office I
get b i'm TO buy In the goods. He hear
~ - her say they were about to be sold Gu
and turned out of doors, and a. the
to buy In their things. She was crying
and said that if the doctor would bu
IN these things for her she would pay hi
T. back as soon as she got her money frol
down the State. The doctor asked he
how long that would be, and she reptile
ds in little time, and afterwards in abol
en- two weeks.
nd ncross-examination the ..witne
el. said that his attention was called
ng this conversation two or three weel
ey ago by his father he also said that
is now % years of age, and that he vi
but12 years old when the conversatit
.tI took place, hut notwithstanding tn
~ fact he thought he was able to tell &
&. court the exact words used.
kn' Miss Ida w. Tantum was sworn, aI
testified that she remembered seeil
In Mrs. Valentine come to her fathel
house she had seen her mother 81
he her at least two dresses, one of whi
was a plaid that was worth IS.
Ia = heard Mrs. Valentine say about t.
weeks ago that she he'd worn the pla
dress four years. The witness had {
sisted to make underclothes, which W.
sch given to Mrs. Valentine. She hea
re Mrs. Valentine tell her mother that 9
IFS would not have pushed this case had
!. not been for Mr.. Bird, who had told
that II she did not push 1t, he wou
yer bring suit himself and put the mon
in HIS own pocket. She also said In
IN presence of the witness that DIR. Tantu
~ was the best friend she ever had.
to- The produce was generally brous
non to their house by Mr.. Valentine, .
nra 1t was usual custom for the witness
ons take the articles and have them wei {