Year: 1875

A TALE POINTING IT'S OWN MORAL.


trial presenting some curiousy interesting features
has been In progress for the last eleven days before
Judge Larrcmore, of the Court OF Common Pleas Ad-
vocates for total abstinence intoxicating beyer
ages would have some difficulty in finding more
striking incident to point moral in support OF their
temperance tenets The story docs not require very
lengthy recital OF facts John OGorman, said to be
educated and highly accomplished gentleman, is a
bachelor not far from sixty OF age The death Of
his mother to whom he greatly attached, unhap-
PLY for him, he says, induced him to excessive in
diligence in drink In 1867 he boarded in the same
house with Henry Kamak. The latter, as he alleges,
having ascertaned that he the owner Of the house
and lot No 242 Madison street. took advantage Of his
convival habits and deliberately set a plan
on foot TO- rob him Of his property.
This robbery, he says, was consummated through
getting him, while suffering from delrium tremens to
deed over to him the property in question AS a pre-
liminary step Kamak as he further AYERS took him to
boarding house kept by one Samuel White, who, pur
suant 10 his instructions kept him almost continu-
ously in state Of ntoxcaton, using for such purpose
the cheapest and vest of liquors The evidence shows
that while boarding here he madlened with


liquor at times that hewoud frequently at night rush
about the house in puriS natrdbss, and two
occasions ran out in the streets in this condition
Finally he took him TO lawyers office in Tryon row.
and while suffering at the tmo from an attack Of deli
rum tremeus, induced him to sign the deed. These
statements denied by Mr.. Kamak, who claims that
he bought the property and paid for IT, Suit was





The case was tried some years ago before Judge Van
Brunt but the verdict aside and the sent
before the Equity branch OF the Court The latter
Court ordered the case to be tried before
Judge Larremore special issue, the principal
question 10 be decided being whether Mr.. 0'Gorman
was in sane condition of mind when he executed the
deed Some rather interesting testimony has been adj
duced in the trial of the case Dr. Hammond, who
called as expert in the matter OF dpsomania der
ium remens related incidentally rather curious story
He stated that Southern gentleman, while suffering
from deirum tremens, ran twenty-five miles without
stopping, the result OF which was complete Of
the Dr. Allen also added materially TO the budget
of information this point. He told OF gentleman
who, while suffering from similar attack commenced
reading the Declaration of Independence in front OF
Mirror when he became ncensed at the seeming mock
cry of himself by his reflection the glass and broke
the mirror into pieces Other stories were told all
going to show the vagares of the victim OF this disease
being parallel to those exhibited by Mr.. 0'Gorman
and all allowing deduction that in
q sane condition of mind would be guilty of
such erratc conduct. Some prominent lawyers are
engaged in the case, Messrs John McKeon and Justin
Palmer appearing for the plaintiff and ex-Judge Cardoza
and A. u Carroll for the defendant The has been
hoy contested thus far will be the close Just
before recess yesterday several members OF the jury
seeing prospect OF the coming to speedy
cuson, asked Judge LaTremore If the sessions could
not be prolonged enable the trial to be finished
before Christmas Judge Larremore stated that he
would be willing to hold late evening sessions If
sary rather than debar the gentlemen of the pleasure
of spending Christmas and Christmas Eve with their
families. The lawyers, however, did not favor the
suggestion to more prolonged sessions and finally
Judge Larremore adjusted the matter vory satisfactorily
by telling the jury that in the trial
cluded by Friday afternoon he would adjourn 1t over
until next Monday With view to keep the evidence
fresh in the minds of the jury every effort will be made
to bring the trial to a close tomorrow.