Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1892 — FIVE THOUSAND $$$. [ARTICLE]

FIVE THOUSAND $$$.

Awarded The Plaintiff in Whiteman A__ Versus Whiteman. The most interesting case tried in the Jasper circuit court for several terms was that of My rtleE, Whiteman versus Francis A. Whitemau, tried last week. The case is from New- | ton county, and was sent here on change of venue. The suit was seduction. The parties are cousins, but the defendant being much the older was ca'i led u ncle by the pl a intiff, . -1 -■ : - The defendant, a young married man, with two children, lives in Newton county, very near the Illinois line, on a good farm of 120 acre?, given him by an and aunt under conditions* that he supports them during their lives. The plaintiff is Arather comely |irl, now about 18 years old and lived just over the line in Illinois. Her family was poor and about 1888 she. went to live with de. fendant, at bis solicitation.

Wlinu 14 years old according to her evidence, the defendant, after considerable solicitation i seducing the plaintiff, and their illicit re lations were maintained until about last June, when th.? plainriff dis covered that she was pr gnant. D - fendant took her to-Kentland several - times, and aft»-r doseig her without effect with “pennyroy 1 pills* by the box-full, fie v.'cm. i/'' xTwitKner to a physician in Ker.tl ui--. lie firstgave her drugs without result, and then ■ usfed instruenicnts,as are-ultajf which a child was bora which lived but a few hours. _ After lierc'm.dii-to.. ccame ■plaintful; Pft Urimdabt ficus’c, n-d, according to her testimony, he sent an agent who offered her 875 to leave the country. The defendant t’en-ed all the plaintiff’s charges an<! chime- ! that she hid named lumas the auth-.r of her rein because ho hid money. Sev-

oral of-his relatives testified that she had said that she proposed to charge the trouble upon someone who had money, One LuELMcCartlly, a former hired man of the defendant’s, testified that he had had unlawfulrelations with the plaintiff, many times; but he was very geiieral in his statements- Another young man testified to having been permitted to nnkcsiime very improper advances towards the plaiptiff. In rebuttil of this other young men testified to having associated with plaintiff and seen nothing unproper in tier talk or behavior. The hearing of the evidence began Friday murning, and about 5 i*. m. Saturday the case was given to the jury. The y remained out only about 40 minutes, and then brought m a verdict of $5,00# for the plaintiff —the full amount sued for. The attorneys for the j hintiff were Saund< rson and Bishop, of Kentland, and Chilcote, of Rensselaer. For the defendant they were Brown, of Fowler, and Thompson, of Rensselaer. The jurors were: Robt. Randle, Geo. W. Houser, Andrew Ropp, Geo. Phillips, A. R. McGimpsey, Wm H. King, C. A. Roberts, Jos. S. Will- | v.. iams, J. T. Siyler, Jas. F Hemphill, IL O. Harris, and Wash. Scott . It is said that the judgement is collectable.