The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1895-10-26
IT COMES HIGH.
The Jury Says Hoy must Pay
Dear for His Whistle.
NAMES $500 AS THE PRICE.
Love and Kisses and Candy for Hoy---Heart-
aches and Cash for Cobb.
Cobb Sued for Ten Thousand But the

Love and Kisses and Candy for HOy---tieart-
aches and Cash for Cobb.
Jury Didn't Believe His Feelings
We're Hurt That BaG-The suit
Sensational and Hotlv Contested
One in Which Family skeletons were
Exposed by Wholesale.
For sever.l days the curiosity of
bald headed attendants upon the
court proceedings has been fed by
the family skeletons which come out
in the sensational damage suit of
George B. Cobb against William l.
Hoy The SUIT was brought to re-
cover ten thousand dollars damages
for alternating the affections of Mrs
Cobb from her husband II began
on Friday afternoon aud the court
room was thronged during the trial
Hoy is superintendent of a division
of the South Penn Oil Company
which has its headquarters at Shu-
man Heights, this county and the
Cobb's kept boarding house there
where the oil men take their meals.
1t was through Hoy's influence that
the Cobb's went to Shuman Heights
and it is claimed by the plaintiff
that Hoy soon beca infatuated
and intoxicated with Mrs Cobb's
charms and began to pay her impro
per attention-so devoted that Mr..
Cobb was compelled to leave home
on account of them. Along about
three years ago Cobb left home for
good and his wife sued for a divorce
from bed and board upon the ground
of abandonment which the court by
decree granted at the June term.
Cobb then claimed his abandonment
was made compulsory by Hoy's at
tentions and instituted the present
suit for damages.
The suit began with Cobb on the
stand. He made good witness and
related his side of the case in an en-
tertaining manner-the partiality
which Mrs Cobb showed for Hoy by
giving him better things to eat than
she did the rest of the boarders and
family; that they always played
partners together in games at cards,
that Hoy frequently gave her pres
ents; that they often went riding
and driving together; that Mrs
Cobb was frequently seen in Hoy's
room, and that upon one occasion he
heard Mrs. Cobb kiss him, and that
finally in despair he had left home
His testimony was corroborated by
his sister, Mrs. Ferris, several mem
bers of his family and a great many
other witnesses from about the
boarding house and oil fields The
most damaging testimony against
Hoy was that of Wilbur Dorsey,
who testified that Hoy had admit
ted his relations with Mrs. Cobb
to him one morning when they were
taking drink together in Hoy's
room at the Wallace House.
The defense put up good case
and the testimony of Mrs. Cobb and
Hoy was supported by a considera
bic number of witnesses. They de
MED substantially all the testimony
of Cobb and other witnesses from
which unlawful relations might be
inferred and stated that the charges
were utterly without foundation;
that their relations had been friend
~, but not of an unbeeomlng char
acter. Hoy denied unreservedly the
testimony Of Dorsey and detailed at
length all of his relations with Mrs.
Cobb, and offered explanations for
all his intimacy with her. Upon
cross examination Mrs. Cobb became
somewhat tangled IN her statements,
but Hoy proved an admirable wit
ness for himself, the only weak
point in his testimony being that he
could not remember the conversation
with Dorsey at the Wallace House,
but that he knew it was not concern
ing Mrs. Cobb. The defense intro
duced many witnesses to show the
bad character of Cobb, his insolven-
cy and drunkenness, and to detail
his admissions that he left Shuman
Heights because of his debts and
not because of his jealousy of Hoy
The argumeL is in the case were
begun on Tuesday morning. Mr..
Joseph Moreland led off for the
plaintiff with forceful speech of
almost an hour and he was follosed
by Col. r. E. Fast, who stated the
case to the jury in very clear and
convincing manner. Mr.. George C.
Sturgiss followed Colonel Fast with
an admirable address which was at
tentively listened to by crowded
courtroom of people. Mr. Frank
Cox closed the argument and from
the beginning to the end of his ad-
dress he commanded the utmost at
tention. Mr.. Cox was at his best
and his arraignment of Hoy was Sc
verely strong
There was much disappointment
that the jury did not render YER
dict Tuesday evening They were
out about an hour and the crowd
hung about the courtroom speculat-
ing upon what the outcome would
be. 1t was the general impression
that Cobb would be given damages,
but there was diversity of opinion
as TO the amount.
The jury brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff on Wednesday morning
ASSESSING the DAMAGES at 81 400