The age-herald., 1900-12-15
PLAINTIFF GETS
 VERDICT OF $12.0S End of the Famous Breach of
 Promise Suit MORROW AGAINST M'QUEEN An Amusing Farce Played to a Crowded House at Seals Hall Last Evening In Aid of charity-Many Laugh
 able Ineidenta
MORROW AGAINST M'QUEEN

Judge Dan E. Greene Jeffersons newly appointed judge, held his first court last night at Seals Hall. The hall was packed to it's utmost with large and fashionable audience, drawn by curiosity to hear the famous breach of promise suit of Morrow vs Mcqueen, given in the interest of the | Hillman Hospital bazaar
 Sheriff Sam Blake opened court at S:15 D. m. The following cases on the docket were disposed of: Birmingham National | Bank vs. John G. Bradley, passed. Corona | Coal and Coke Company vs. L. B. Mus grove, passed account of defendants absence. Samuel Ullman vs. Mayor and | Aldermen of Birmingham, passed until December 31.
 The case of Lucy Morrow vs. John Me- Queen was then called. Judge B. M. Allen | represented the plaintiff and James l.. Tan ner the defendant. Defendant wanted postponement on account of the absence of a witness, John Bradley, and he pro- duced a certificate from Dr. Drummond | that he was i'll. This motion was overruled and the case went to trial. The jury was organized as follows: Solon | Jacobs, Eddie Smith, Georgie Clarke, | Georgie Ward, Corporal Billie Brown, Mon tezuma Ullman, Tommie Baines, Eugene Baldy Fies, Jimmie Smith, Burgundy Stei- | ndr, Jackie Barr and D. R. Dunlap Sheriff Blake started to swear in the | jury. You will well and truly try the case | at bar"
 "Stop," cried the judge. Don't say bar to that tury-they will leave the court" The judge then explained to the jury
 what were required of them to qualify. You must be over 21 totally lacking in honesty and truthfulness and without any sense of justice, and if married must be henpecked."
 Here Juryman Jacobs arose and said he
 was disqualified as he was henpecked
 Juryman Steiner said he was disqualified because he swapped yarns everyday with plaintiffs father. Juryman Brown said he was disqualified as he was not 21 q came from Possum Valley" he said land am happy Because you are away?' asked Judge Allen.
 Judge Greene dsallowed all the excuses of the jurors and the case proceeded. Be-
 fore announcing ready one of the attorneys wanted to know what Juryman Ward did
 for livelihood. The judge said this was
 not fair question as he was running for Alderman.
 Plaintiff"s Case Stated. Judge Allen then read the plaintiffs de- claration to the jury. He said in brief that she was suing for $100,000 damages for breach of promise. That defendant began to pay attention to plaintiff, taking ad vantage of her youth and innocence; that he had squeezed her hand and sighed with Dutchess-lke lovers sigh. That plaintiff
 had expended large sums for blondine and
 bloom of youth and had been to great trou ouble in borrowing rousseau, and after all this defendant had failed to carry out his promise.
 Defendants counsel then read his plea
 to the jury. He stated that his plea was drafted according to 'Lundun on Pleading"
 He denied each allegation of plaintiff, who,
 he said at the time the alleged promise
 was made was working in Pratt mines.
 Furthermore that he was non compos men, tis at the time and had been ever since.
 That he had spent $1O, 900 in candy and had financially wrecked himself also; that since the alleged promise. the plaintiff had be- come addicted to the undue use of per- fumes.
 The plaintiff then took the stand and in spite of the protest of defendants counsel shook hands with the judge and jury. Defendants attorney announced that he would appeal to a Justice Court. Plaintiff then told how she had met de- fendant at a church wedding. She had al- ways been opposed to matrimony; had a
 dog which growled, a parrot which talked
 and a cat which stayed out at night. But
 with the coming of defendant and his signs all this was changed. He began by spend-
 ing 10 cents on her every Saturday for soda Thap "a wOnld tqEp her home and
 hold up dad for cigars. He would hold her
 hand for hours and never say a word.
 (IIere the plaintiffs feelings overcame her and she burst into tears) At this point some of the jurors who had
 fallen asleep and were disturbing the pro-
 ceedings by snoring, were awaked by the sheriff.
 On cross-examination plaintiff denied ever having been abroad or engaged to the
 Duke de Switzerland.
 Ross c. Smith was the first witness for
 plaintiff He admitted his name was Smith.
 Had known defendant who was his god father, 21 years.
 Has your acquaintance with him been
 intimate or otherwise" asked Judge Allen.
 otherwise" replied the witness. He de-
 scrbed scene in e hotel in 1870. where de-
 fendant under the stimulus of a nightmare had sung the following song to the tune of "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight" Of all the maidens in this town There's none so fair as Lucy, For simple grace she wears the crown, And I'm her tootsy wootsy. My heart will heavy be as lead And filled my days with sorrow If sine to will not be we'd Oh! sweetest Lucy Morrow"
 The widow Parsons then took the stand.
 She told about love scene between plain-
 tiff and defendant. Knew they must be en-
 gagged after that, as Lucindy was surely
 good gal. Afterward she had heard two
 men a-saying that Johnnie Mcqueen was
 running all over town spending his money
 on a gal named Polly Ticks, and she went
 tnld I.llci.a.lz: IIa.