BIG VALLEY GAZETTE – BIEBER, LASSEN COUNTY, CAL. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1904 VERDICT AGAIN SET ASIDE Judge Bellinger of the United States court at Portland has set aside the second verdict in the famous suit of Birdie McCarthy, the Michigan school teacher, who charges James Heryford, a prominent Lake County (Oregon) stockman, with tampering with her affections to the extent of a large share of his fortune, which she is now seeking to get judgement for in the court in question. In the first trial, the jury gave Miss McCarthy a verdict for $22,500. This was deemed excessive and that unless Miss McCarthy will agree to accept $6,000, he will order a new trial, or if Heryford should decline to pay the $6,000, he will allow the second verdict of $10,000 to stand. Source: [email protected] Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program