The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-17
JURY DID NOT AGREE.
nI..i.f
They Fail to Find the Defendant
Guilty of Breach of Promise
as Charged.
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT
1T IS CHARGED BY THE COMMON
WEALTH THAT THE JURY
WAS "FIXED."
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT
The Mock Trial of W. Camp No. liz,
P. 0. S. of A., Was a Great
Success, and May be Re-
peated Shortly.

peated Shortly.
The beautiful room of washl9k kton
Camp No. 1lg, Patriotic Order kSons
of America, ID the Egan building, forner
Main and Centre streets, was crow fed to
oyerhowing last evening, and Standing
room was at premiunf. Besidet men,
bers from the three local camt, there
we're present large delegations from ad
Joining towns. The attraction of the
evening wasNthe'1nock trial gotten up by
the camp for the amusement ard edifics.
tion of members of the order, and to say
that those present enjoyed themselves is
putting it very mildly. From the begin
ming to the close of the trial the audience
was in continuous roar of laughter.
The routine business of the camp was
concluded at 500 o'clock, and the room
was Immediately prepared for the trial.
The defendant, George Horatio Krick,
was charged with breach of promise, and
the plaintiff in the case was Pearl r.
Lake (Wm. Zimmerman.) The plaintiff
was accompanied by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Lake, the former being repre-
sented by Evan j. Davies. Judge Horace
Bradley Dengler presided, and pr, pounded
the law in an able and impair ,ial manner.
The other court officials were B. j. Yost,
clerk of the court; John G. Thomas,
court crier; Henry Aregood and Henry
Sheeler, tipstaves; Harry Gable, sheriff,
and Joseph Temple, deputy.
The jury was selected with but four
challenges, and the twelve tried men and
t t'ue finally selected were Samuel Everett,
fireman; 5. w. Davis, ]. H. Smith,
Christ. Foltz, John H. banks, Eli Ram
berger, Felix Klock, Robert Lawson, John
Abrams, William Horsewood, Samuel
Brown and William Reeves.
The array of legal tale mt in the case was
District Attorney Bert. looks, Prof. J.
w. Cooper and Councilman c. T.
Straughn for the Commonwealth. The
defense was looked after by L. A. Bam-
berger, Esq the Sulzberger of the local
bar, who was ably assisted by ex. Council
man A. B. Lamb and School Director r.
A. Davenport.
The District Attorney in presenting the
Commonwealth side of the case to the
jury, stated that plaintiff asked for el0,.
900 damages, that she kept. steady COM
pany with the defendant for five years
and that he called three and four nights
each week. She intereeded with her
parents to obtain loan of $1,000 from
them for her dear George, and subse-
quently when he came into possessio
OF $4,000 he Tilted her and dashed the
plaintiff g fond hopes to the ground. The
plea Of the District Attorney was ably
presented and he conducted himself all
through the trial like a veteran of long
practice at the bar.
The first witness called was Pearl R.
Lake, the plaintiff. She testified that she
met George Horatio at Lakeside on
August 18Th, 1890. Kept com Dany reg
ularly with her thereafter. He often
kissed her, aud she liked it very much,
He always left the house before 10 O'clock.
In May, 1898, he made a proposal OF
marriage and was accepted. Shortly
after he came in possession of fortune,
and then became lukewarm in his inten
tions, and subsequently broke off the
engagement, saying he would not marry
/ her This shock was too much for her
nervous system, and she has suffered from
nervous prostration since that time. She
had no other gentlemen callers, but her
dear George, ard loved him devotedly.
She willsnever marry any other. The
Commonwealth here submitted a numb ber
of letters overlooking with loving senti.
ment from the defendant to Pearl, and
also a check on the First National Bank
of town showing that the defendant had
received $1,000 from Mr.. Lake. In the
cross examination the witness was little
confused as TO dates, but the defense
| failed otherwise to impeach her testimony.
S. w. Yost was then called to testify rs
to the cashing of the check, and was
subsequently recalled by the defense as
expert testimony to prove the signature
of the defendant. The attorneys here
had legal battle as to the admission OF
this testimony, but the witness was
finally allowed to testify.
Dr. Mckenzie Hamilton testified that
he attended the plaintiff for nervous
prostration. He stated that in the inter
est of his patient he called upon George
doratio to try and have him reconsider
his refusal to marry, but George Horatio
informed the doctor that he would not
and further stated, "If you cannot cure
your own patient, be 'gol darn If l will
help you"
The next witness was Maud Green
(B. f. Parrott), and she testified that she
Introduced Pearl Lake to the defendant,