the Eastern Cherokee case. After securing through Congress the passage of 2 organic acts and a long court procedure, when the case./span> came up for a final hearing before the Court of Claims with its 5 Judges and the Heads of the 3 Divisions, "the Eastern Cherokees," "the Eastern and Emigrant Cherokees," and the Cherokee Nation, had made the bulk of their arguments. (Mr [?] Geo.), the [attorney] for the U.S. arose and said, "May it please the Court, you have before you to-day in this court of large case./span>s, the largest case./span> that has ever been brought before it, and I wish to warn you in all of these eloquent speeches which you have heard, not to be biased about the talk of these poor Cherokees." I wish to say to your Honors that these poor Cherokees� whose claim is pending here to-day, have as good attorney as this country affords. First I will begin with Mrs. Belva Lockwood
decidedly the most noted woman attorney in this country if not in the world, and the male attorneys in the group are not behind. I warn you to decide this case./span> on the justice of the claim, and not by your sympathy wrought up by these speeches. In the matter of the Mary Gage case. charge "Insanity." Dr. Thos. V. Evans, one of the specialists on the case. in calling at the house to- day said, Mrs. Lockwood, I consider the Gage case. one of the most important case./span>s ever tried in the District of Columbia, especially as it tended to prove what paranoia was. It was a great victory the gov't had all the legal, medical, and moneyed talent of the District against us, among them all of the District experts, 3 bankers, 3 layers, the [Superintendent] of the Gov't Hospital for the Insane, and the Bishop of Washington. It should be reported.