The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
A VERDICT FOR S3.48|
Given Miss Mabel BofRer In Breach
Of Premise Case Against Ed. ".
farquhar Tried Last Friday.

CAPACITY last FRIDAY evening aC lus
mock trial which was put n.sundel
the direction of Col. A. V. Newton
for the benefit of the Leon Fire De
partment, and everybody who attend
ed got the worth Of their money anC
plenty of fun besides.
The curtain rose on typical cOurl
room scene, with Cal Hoffman FOL
the first time in his life sitting al
Judge, and they do say that Ca
ought to be on the real bench. =
E. Beck, of course was right at home
as clerk of the court, and 'Duny
Lorey had no difficulty in taking the
part of court crier after his expert
ence in the sheriff's Office. A jury
consisting of F.. S. Stewart, VIM
CrichtOn, Clarence COen, Maurice
Grogan, G. E. Stuber, Claude Stiles
Clyde Butler, Bryan Sears, We're Rob.
erts, Will Gardner, Lloyd Smith and
Robert Bowsher, were selected to try
the case, in which the plaintiff Miss
Mabel Horner was demanding judg-
ment in the sum of $3.4S as damages
to her heart in the breach of promise
case which she had brought against
Ed w. Farquhar, although there was
some objection to "Uncle Bob" Bow
sher sitting on the jury, on account
of his age and his we'll known liking
for the ladies'.
After the jury were empanelled
the prosecuting attorney Col. A. V,
Newton stated the case to the jury,
claiming the plaintiff would show
that the defendant Ed w. Farduhar,
had paid hcr every possible atten-
ton and had asked her to become
his wife, which offer she Of course ac.
cepted The fair young plaintiff told
her story on the witness stand, the
leading up to the pro-
posal being quite romantic. She
claimed that while walking on nortn!
Church street she saw rushing to-
ward her a huge beast with glarine
eyes. She screamed for help, and
Mr. Farquhar rushed to her assist.
ance. Upon being asked by her at
torney what the beast was, she re-
piled that she at first thought 1t was
a tiger, but later; found that 1t waA
only Bill Alexander's big red auto
truck. She stated the defendant es-
corted her to her home and she ASK
ed him to enter the house, and after
little hesitation he did so. and stay
ed as late as asquarter to 10 O'CLOCK.
She received many love letters from
him and he asked her to marry him,
but later he disAppeared mysteriou9s
II and was not again sesn BY her q w; "a;
I'll this case was on TRIAL. The de
fendant upon being examined BY his
attorney Ed H. Sharp, stated that
the first part of the plaintiffs story
was true, but denied he ever asked
her to marry him, as she was. old
enough to be his mother, and that he
was really in love with her neice,
mrs. Maude Fulton), and the only
way he could court her was to go
and talk to old auntie until she was
tired out and would go to bed and
leave them to themselves. The wit
nesses put on by the defendant were
Mrs. Maude Fulton, Miss Helen
Deck, G. B. Price, Jas. w. Hurst and
Charles Horn, and the questions and
answers of the witnesses brought
forth much laughter.
The attorneys then made their ar
guments, the jury was instructed Dy
Judge Hoffman, and in charge OF the
crier they retired to the Jury room
under "Dutfy's" care. In about a
minute after they retired the crier
came into the court room and stated
the Jury wanted a cork screw, which
was supplied by the court, and five
minutes after the jury returned to
the Jury box, "Uncle Bob still wip-
ing his mouth with the back of his
hand, and the foreman handed their
verdict to the clerk to be read, which
stated that Judgment had been rend-
cred against the defendant, Ed w.
Farquhar, in the sum of $3.4S, OF
which $500 was to go to the jury
and 4S cents to the judge.
1t was a pleasing farce, well put
on, enjoyed by everybody, and the
fire boys cleaned up nice sum for
their share of the entertainment.