The amount sued for was thought to be an enormous sum in those days, and the ablest talent to be found was brought into requisition by both sides.

Richard Thompson and Daniel W.
Voorhees were associated with O.L.Davis for the fair plaintiff.

H.W.
Beckwith, Ward Lamon, and Abraham Lincoln were for the defendant.

The little town of Danville was crowded with people from far and near who had come to hear the big speeches.

The evidence brought out in the trial was in every way against the defendant, and the sympathy of the public was, naturally enough, with the young lady plaintiff.