This collection consists of seven documents and handwritten notes related to a slander suit filed with the New York Supreme Court in Montgomery County, February 1893. The complaint, filed by Elisabeth B. "Lizzie" Creigmus's attorneys, alleges that defendant Michael Youngs publically accused Creigmus of canine castration and bestiality. In the complaint dated February 10, 1893, Creigmus accused Youngs of speaking with malice "false, defamatory, and slanderous words." The document details the nature of the complaint in which Youngs, at Fort Hunter, New York, publicly speculated that Creigmus assisted in luring his dog into the house of a man name Nolter, encouraging the dog to have sexual intercourse with Nolter's female dog, and, then, proceeding to castrate the defendant's dog. Also contained within the complaint are allegations that Youngs accused Creigmus of having "sexual intercourse with a dog or dogs."
The primary documents present are:
- Creigmus's sworn and signed statement, dated February 10, 1893.
- Youngs's response denying all allegations, February 25, 1893.
- Trial Notice for defendant; court appearance date set for March 15, 1893.
- Two Trial Notices, issued separately for the attorneys representing Creigmus and Youngs; court date set for September 18, 1893.
- Manuscript notes, apparently in the hand of the defense attorney, respecting language, intent of utterances, and a similar case Goodrich v. Woolcott.
