[On September 20, 1857 Mrs. Lincoln wrote: "Mr. L. is not at home, this makes the fourth week, he has been in Chicago. Sandburg & Angle, 201.
Lincoln must have been in Chicago during first week of Sept.]
Defense witnesses continue to offer testimony. Chicago Press, 17 September 1857, 18 September 1857.
Lincoln concludes his argument. T. D. Lincoln, for plaintiffs, speaks balance of day. Speech to the Jury in the Rock Island Bridge Case, Chicago, Illinois, 23 September 1857, CW, 2:415-22; Chicago Press, 25 September 1857.
T. D. Lincoln speaks most of morning, and Judge McLean's charge takes up most of afternoon. Jury retires. At eight o'clock they report that they stand nine to three, and that there is no prospect of agreement. Court dismisses them. Chicago Press, 25 September 1857.