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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], End of the Burch divorce case — remarkable public Manifestations. (search)
d jammed with the crowds eager to learn the result. At 7 o'clock a brief telegram was posted upon the bulletin board announcing a verdict for Mrs. Burch. The news was received with the wildest demonstrations of joy, and spread like wildfire through the streets. Rockets and fire-works were sent off from the Tremont House, and bonfires were soon blazing upon the street corners. At the news depots, huge placards were posted upon the windows, one of them bearing the following announcement: "Verdict in the Burch Case. Good for Du Page County. The Traitors Rebuked. Innocence Triumphant?" Mrs. Burch arrived at Chicago Tuesday morning from Napierville, accompanied by Gilbert C. Davidson, of Albany, Mr. Corning's partner. She was escorted to her friends, on Michigan Avenue, where she will remain for the present. On leaving Napierville, which is six miles from the Railroad Junction, she was escorted by all the prominent citizens to the cars, beside a long string of farmers' vehicles.