The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-19
AFTER THE NEWSPAPERS
MR.. CRONK THINKS THEY TRIED
TO PREJUDICE TEE MILLEN CASE.

All the Evidence In and Arguments
BeRun-Bach Side win Have a Six
Hours Whsck at the Court and
| Jury-Authorities From the Last Cen
fury Read IN Support OF the Plain
tiffs' Claims-The Jury to Get the
! Case Tomorrow Afternoon or Mon
| day.
The Millen land case Is nearing It's end in
the superior court.
The most interesting feature OF the long
hearing, the arguments Of counsel. has COM
menced, and the jury will get the case either
| tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning,
the latter being the most probable, as Judge
| Falligant will want a reasonable time to
prepare bis charge.
Yesterday morning another batch OF
documentary evidence was submitted by
the plaintiffs, and DIR. Millen and A. c.
Millen were put upon the stand to identify
certain receipts.
At 1880 o'clock Mr. Richards announced
the case closed on behalf of the plaintiffs,
and as the defense had no surrebuttal testi-
tnony Judge Falligant asked counsel on
both sides how much time they would re-
quire to argue to the jury.
Col. Anderson said he was unable to say
as be did not know what range the discus
sion might take. AS far as he was con-
eerned. the ex-attorney general said, be
wanted to get through as soon as possible.
If he should make long argument he
would disappoint himself.
THE COURT LIKES TO HEAR HIM.
Judge Falligant replied that Col. Ander-
son could not disappoint the court. On the
contrary, listening to his arguments are
always pleasing.
Col. Anderson bowed his acknowledge
ments OF the compliment aud said the at
torneys for the plaintiffs would try to con-
dense their arguments as much as possible.
They would not act like three lawyers who
when trying a case, agreed for one to ar
que on facts, another on law and the other
to scatter" The plaintiffs 10 the Millen case
had agreed TO avoid scattering.
As IL was then announced that there
would be only two speeches on each side,
Judge Falligant limited each 20 six hours.
and court adjourned until $3.50 O'clock.
At that hour Joseph A. Cronk, ESQ e,
opened for the plaintiffs on the law which
they depend upon to win the fight. The
table in front of him was packed to its full
capacity with law books from between the
leaves Of which peeped out innumerable
little slips Of paper, bearing evidence of the
great research Mr.. Cronk had made to Sc
cure authorities to support his side in the
litigation, which promises to be one OF the
most famous in the history Of Chatham
county.
HIT AT THE NEWSPAPERS.
The attorney opened bis argument by
reading from a scrap book every article
bearing on the suit from the time ii was
filed up to the present, published by the
MnRNING
which he complimented the newspapers in
the usual style adopted by some lawyers
when they consider that articles interfere
with their cases.
Mr.. Cronk said the papers had endeavored
all along to prejudice the suit In favor of
the defendants. He felt Like they had taken
too much on themselves in writing I'D the
case. Mr. Cronk also called the jury's at.
tention TO the interviews which Mr.. Prem
dergsss gave the press. These did not please
him.
Finishing with the newspaper feature of
the suits Mr.. Cronk turned to the heavy
artillery of the law, and for three hours he
poured a steady fire Of legal authorities at
judge and jury, ranging from the Eliza
6ethan period of English Jurisprudence
down 10 the present day to prove that Grief
Linch, as trustee for Mary s.
Millen, had no right to dispose Of the prop
erty involved in the suit, that his action
was illegal in doing so, and that the heirs
should now recover.
This morning S. B. Adams, ESQ.,, will
argue the law for the defense, and when be
concludes his labors In this line Mai. ?. W.
Meldrim, his colleague, will SUN up for the
defense. These two arguments will take up
all of to-day's session, and tomorrow morn
ing Col Anderson will sum up for the
plaintiffs. A great speech is expected from
him, and no doubt the court room will be
crowded with spectators to hear him.