Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

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than any whi

brated Monte3itti cas,

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hest residences in th

Mr. Shaw is one of the oldest

,ratter heretofore unimpeachable.
les biography was given in the course of the
horn and brought up in this city, her
er here and in

while on a visit to

Philadelphia, and her father lived only a year auerwarub.
A short time previously to his death, he went to Charleston
in the hope of recovering his health, with Miss Effie, but
returned to New York to die. Ile seems to have been
pretty well off, and to have left his children two daughte",-
- some property, "enough to make them comfortaF'
Soon after

Effie went
.to Chari

Alen, beim

but twenty

She next res

vith an aunt in Cincinnationeeting uer sister 1.111.ae.
'WO went to St. Louis, in 1854,,where they lived together
lie eider, Mrs. Seaman, who had not lived with her husban(
;ince 1850, taking a •house and renting rooms to lodgers
like Mrs. Bardell, in the • famous case of Bardell v

Pickwick, a preference for single .gentleman.
The plaintiff was introduced to-the defendant in the street
in 016 spring of 1856: He called, upon the strength of this
introduction, and continued his visits till the winter of 1857-8,
ks before the institution' of the suit. Mr. Shaw
mesa week, and at all

a few Nv

Effie two or tureel
hours,of the day. The testimony of her sister, Mrs. Seaman,
upon which the case principally rested, other witnesses being
mainly corroborative, is on this point as follows :
Defendant Was usually alone with the plaintiff; defendant
spoke to me of his object in calling ; first time defendant
spoke of some books on botany which he brought her ; said
he wanted her to understand flowers previous to her going
to Tower QrOve (residence of defendant three miles from
St. Louis), as he was going to. take her there ; he said he
--A of flowers orbotany ; this was a short time, about
defendant commenced his visits ; I
remonstrated with my sister about receiving defendant's
visits,- because lir. Shaw wets, too, rich to be visiting- people
Of our-stanffinq. One day, defendant said to me, when he
called, and she was not ready, and I received him, " I
suppose your sister has mentioned to you about my
visits ? 7 I said to him, "Ifeq, she mentioned to me you
intended to make her your,wife." My sister had mentioned
to me.

used to visit iv

was fo

[Defendant's counsel objected to the admission of deelaratio/
of plaintiff to prove promise of marriage. Objection .overruled
When sister came in, r left; think they went out riding
together on that; occasion- in a buggy. or kind of carriage.
I had another interview•with defendant some two months
afterward. ,At : that time, he- called to take my sister out
riding; he frequently: did-so ;at that time he asked if she
,was ready to 0.0, and he said the next time I take her I am
going to marry her, hut Twill brig- her Idek this time ; lie
(the defendant) said they were going to be married some
time that Fall ,_• in August I think--I think it was warm
weather—defendant spoke. to me since and asked me
if would like .to lite• out- in the country„ and spoke of
se country as being: Very pleasant; it was very warm
T told him the- country was very pleasant,
. I know
some prepara-.

J live. in the

at 1, ,

!on of the last conversation
cot married he would like to

me come to ,tlje;country out to Tower Grove ; my
lie got a travelling dress ; my sister
)-New York : know of no unusual
rd plaintiff; other than those I
tetimes called; he sometimes

lot some tbidi

ie they were going

imes two

eaniag,e ; when

ire nil

T a piano to
,tiff nractised

much
ie had

when she liv

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