The herald., 1895-03-13
Osborne Says That Duncan's
Predictions Effected II
THE COLONEL is LECTURED
Captain LIE Veen and Judge Brunson
Break Learned Lauces
Blue With Greek Roots That
Nobody Understands

days vacation. Colonel Blanton Duncan
of Kentucky looking like Father Time
in an almanac showed up early with
his weird r;7,rd orcb;ves in the ham moo
Ll. III. -. ,,,os +ar
nshernan pasAe'' Inc 0oui' vas 'eN
minutes late, out that was very ilucn u
the advantage of the lobby, which was
slow in showing up.
Major II y oshorne was reouested 70
!o' IT,. 49, 49, ~ Tho
resume tne stand NJ sa'u 'i,'V d, w,
time OF the publication OF the alleged II pei
the board of directors of the Evening
Exnress Comnany consisted of Messrs E.
p cleveland ! M Davies. Lester Os.
horne ! " Elliott and II. Z. Osborne.
ILL., IT, had - 81 p fror' Coonel Dmncon him.
soIf and Nv ganeraI ranort that nainti #
;s u,;Jel1, En99,yn hv nnblic men such AS
tbe president and Vice. nresident of the
frnitaS States senator's, conrressmen and
other neonle If national repute He de-
ta;ied thow be had directed his city editor
TO have the Flovd story printed, and
y, r,al,e II ne easv Tor Colonel Duncan as
tba facts would admit He never had
faIt amr ~, aIica ar anv other feelinr but
that Of good will for the plaintiff In
nniries as n the truth or falsitv of the
ffacts nubEsbed we're made of reliable par
ties.
ouentlv come 70 him when he was nub-
Ish;nS f,olonel Duncanis meteoroloGical
nronhecies. and astrological predictions,
wwba had told him that snch articles had
tendency to frighten the public. He was
connsead TO curtaiI the colonel in giving
,MrhI;c;tv in the columns Of the Eynress to
these lncnhrat;ons az a scientific mind.
The major ad Knitted in renlv 10 a oues-
+;on hv Nr Gave that Colnnel Duncan
had snoken IN Him after the publication
miss the civil suit for libel il witness would
Give him the name nj the writer of the
Elov5 storv 90 that he conld nrosecute
hin3 crino ;nalIv Major Osborne refused To
accede to the request. This answer was
arSo,e al % exn,noedd hv tho cnnrt
law Civ Editor IL Veen who said that Mr.
FIovd had narrated II to him. exnressino
r,nch disgust with Duncan's nredictions
and their effect mon his drugbter at the
San,e time The testimony fiat followed
80 Gov 10 nnrnose ~ sLouing tho Ex.
nress' good faith and lack Of malice as
we'll as the truth of the publication.
either in mart or as a whole. The gist Of
the answers was that there had been
No Intention 10 hold the nlaintiff mn To
r,dicule or hatred. or to charge him with
40 1-;oIotio, ~ 1aws but oniv tb.t ~
nnhlisbine the news Of the dav in the
paner.
HCojonel R1anton Duncan was mis-.
taken said Major osborne when he al.
laged in his com nlaint that no nronhecies
had been published bv him before Miss
Flovd's departure. He had predicted as
a nrobable contingency that tidal wave
would take place, in his article entitled
Falh's CaIcnlations
On cross-examination the witness could
not recollct the names of the persons
in the EXPRESS had a tendency to scare
neople. although he remembered that
he was approached on the subject by
many. a motion by plaintiff to strike out
ali OF Major Osborne evidence was de-
MED bv the court
Colonel Blanton Duncan now took a
hand in the cross-examination. and
Judge Brunson stole silently from the
oourt room Nearly every Iiestion asked
hy the Colonel of Major Osborne was oh
iected to as not being cross-examination,
and most Of these obiections sustained
those that were allowed to 90 uncbal.
lenged but they took, up Considerable
time. Colonel Duncan's interrogatories
had been typewritten previously and made
UP voluminous pamphlet
. ColoneI Dnnran asked the witness IL be
knew the meaning of all the big words
contained in the article. Objected to.
The Court ruled that if the Colonel want
ed to know the meaning of those words
there were lots of dictionaries on the
table from which he could gather the
needed Inflammation
some Of Blanton' s questions were made
for the purpose of showing that the
name Of his paner tbe peonie's Union
was as widely known as that of the nv.
nress and that when the name Of .tPeo- !
nle's Cause'' was used in the defendants
ruhIication instead il was for tho mr..
nose of derision as was snch a thing .,s
dnhb;no The nlaintiff win tho titis Of |
"CoIonel RIanton Duncan ESQ - The |
witness denied This The nlaintiff asked
witness certain questions to which Mr.. |
GAGE Objected because Major Osborne was
NOT PASSING an examination as a candid !
ate for admission tn the bar Colonel DIM. |
can swung round sharply and exclaimed !
that he Objected 10 this circus. He was |
tired of the "fines and sllrs'1 Of counsel !
for the other side,
Wen. sir. " retorted Mr.. Gage 81 have
had to stand many remarks from Won
which have overlooked an accounf Of
vour age y -
Never mind NV ace. - roared the Col
oneI take il oIt in size
More objections followed shortly after
on the part of the defense to questions bv
Colonel Duncan because OF their irrele-
vance. and the Colonel EXPRESSED dis
pleasure at being lect1red.
'"rhc Court lectures Won now" said
Judge Mckinley. Ito adopt n mode of
examining your witnesses more in accord
ance with the rules OF procedu O -
Almost Immediately after . recess was
taken till O'Clock.
Cortoin Isooc IT T. Voc, ~. lii.