The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-10

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Observation-Disclosures Case.
All the court rooms were in full blast
yesterday disposing of the 1O5 cases on
| the common pleas list. Judge Archibald
had the Won Storch case before him in
the main court room, Judge Lynch sat
in the case Of Patch against the city
OF scranton, in the superior court room
and Judge Gunster in No. heard the
case of Connolly against Shannon and
| others.
The Won storch case was quite inter-
| esting throughout the whole day. Judge
Harding was under cross-examination
all morning and as on the previous day
his answers and witty side remarks
| provoked no end of merriment.
In describing the visit of William
Won Storch and the children of Ferdin-
| and on the occasion of the transfer Of
the deed of trust from Abel Bennett to
William Won Storch, Judge Harding
made a number of humorous references
to the tongue lashing he received from
| one of the children, Ellen, who is now
Mrs. Sawyer. "She was pretty spicy,
l tell YOU" said the Judge, "and no
~
you get her on the stand. Mrs. Sawyer
was seated within the bar enclosure,
but did not betray by any word or
movement that she had heard the rail-
lery or the venerable judge.
Forty years or so may have possibly
softened Mrs Sawyers manners, but If
she failed to fulfill Judge Harding's
prediction as to "spiciness," she showed
10
noon that she is certainly very clever
woman. An instance of this was shown
on cross-eXamination. The plaintiffs s
attorneys had apparently aggravated
her somewhat and she evidently deter
mined ITO be just as mean as they
We're"
SIGNATURES SHOWN TO HER.
she was shown a number of papers
bearing the names of her brothers and
sisters and other relatives and asked
to identify them. She said she could
not. For the purpose of impeaching her
testimony on this point, the lawyers
piled her with a raft of questions to
establish that she was intimately ac-
quainted with all the persons whose
signatures had been shown her, and
their handwriting and particularly
their signatures. She admitted all this
and even went so far as to say that she
knew perfectly each and every sigma
ture in question, but she added, II will
not attempt to identify under oath any
signature 1 do not see made" The op-
posing lawyers could not get around
this logic and had to let it go at that.
A
was shown her with the request that
she identify it.
Il will have to examine the paper"
she said.
But you know your own signature,
don't you?" said Mr.. Farnham, exhib-
iting to her a corner of the paper on
which the name appeared.
Il will have to see the whole paper.
she maintained.
Mr.. Farnham we'll knew she had the
law on her side and handed her the
paper. After examining it closely she
said: "Yes. that's my signature"
Her testimony, like Judge Harding's,
tended to show that Henry NJ. Fuller
was acting as attorney for Ferdinand
Won Storch, when he bought the prop
erty in question at sheriff's sale and in
the property figured before and after
the sale. Her examination was finished
at adjourning time.
MRS. PATCH'S RELIGION.
Once again, much to the amusement
of her hearers, Mrs. George E. Patch,
OF Newton. outlined her new and pc
culiar religion to a court and Jury.
Mrc ta1, Nd l,ar
against the city for $4,000 damages for
injuries which she alleges she sustained
by being thrown out of a carriage at
bad place in the road this side of the
Notch"
The accident happened May Q, 1S93
and suit was brought in the summer of
1894. 1t went to trial last fall and on
the ground that the city was not shown
to have been negligent Judge Gunster
granted City Solicitor Torrey's motion
cured by Mr.. Soper, the plaintiffs at
torney, and 1t came up again yesterday
before Judge Lynch.
Mrs. Patch when called to the stand
related the details of the accident and
the nervous shock which her system
sustained, and then led on by Mr.. Tor
Joyous
beaming countenance her unique re-
ligious belief.
After Mr. Torrey got her to admit
that she was able to assist in her house
work every day since the accident he
asked her what she was doing now.
Preaching the gospel" she an
swered.
For what denominations" Mr.. Tor
rey asked.
"Oh, 1 just preach where they want
| me-"
Who do you mean by they?"
People in general"
We'll, when do YOU do your preach
ing?"
ALMOST EVERY MINUTE.
"Most every minute is spent in
preaching"
Il understand, Mrs. Patch, you claim
you can control your sufferings; that
you can Danish these pains you speak
of at will. Is that right?"
well, not exactly. If I had full con-
troll of myself 1 would not be here
now," saying this as If her being in
court was distasteful and painful to
her.
But YOU don't have to be here. my
good lady. You are the plaintiff and
you could have discontinued this trial
any time you wished to. You have my
consent to 1t now" remarked Mr.. Tor
Fey.
Yes, but this suit was begun before
knew the Lord Jesus Christ was nv
healer"