The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-13

for publication. 1t is unnecessary to accompany them
to-day with single remark. 1t is now incumbent on Mr.
Theodore Dwight, Jr., and Howe & Bates, they
Story to come and clear their skirts of the disgrace
which must them, il the facts stated be
As to Maria herself, sine is second Harriet Wilson,
and Mr.. Hoyte little better.
MONTREAL, Nov. z, 4s35.
Province of Lower Canada, District of Montreal
Before Inc, W. Robertson, Of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace, for the District of Montreal ap
peared, Catharine Corners, of Montrea servant in
the hotel of Mr. Goodenough, in the city of Montreal;
she having made oath on the Holy Evangelists TO say
the TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH declared and said
what follows :-Towards the 18th of August last, two
men and woman TO the Exchange Coffee House,
their names written in the book, one by the name
of Judge Turner, and the other Mr. Hoyte the name
of the woman not written in the book IN which the
of travellers are written, because was informed
that they taking single room with two beds.
Sometime after, another room was given 10 them for
their accommodations the woman passed Tor the wife OF
Mr.. HoyI
The day following, when was making the bed,
found the woman in tears; having made the remark to
her. that her child very young traveller, she
piled that she had not the power 10 dispense with the
Journey for they travelled on business of importance;
she also said that she never had had q happiness
since she had left Montreal which was four years, with
Mr.. Hoyte; she expressed wish to go and see her
father She enreated me TO try and procure secretly
clothes for her. for Mr. Hoyte wished 10 dine with her
in his own ROOM in which he was then taking care oil
the child gave her my shawl and bonnet, and con-
Quoted her secretly out by the street ST. Pierre. She
returned and left the child in the hands OF Mr.
| Hoyte. She said that her husband was a Metho-
dist preacher, and agent of the Sunday School for
Montreal, in which he had resided four months last
winter; but she had not then been with him. When
returned the room, MIR. Hoyte still taking
of the child, he asked me if had seen has lady; said
ha fboff ha fail nrnf
his lady dead, that her mother yet lived in the
suburbs of Quebec and he asked me for all the cloths
which had given to wash for him, his lady and child;
clothes the lady had taken from the only pormaneau
| which they had. Beyond that L perceived nothing
remarkable, except that MIR. Hoyte wished to conceal
this woman, and prevent her from goingQut heard
/ ,l,a jugs ~ = ;fa, So = i ro5-S ss'sr
(Signed) w. ROBERTSON.
| November, 1885.
William Robertson, of Montreal, Doctor in Medicine,
being duly sworn the Holy Evangeliss, deposeth
| and saith follows:-
| In the course of few days she Maria Monk was
released, and did not see her again until August last,
when Mr.. Johnston, of Griifntown, joiner, and Mr..
Cooley of the ST. Ann Suburbs, merchant, called upon
me- about o'clock at night, and after some prefaa-
tory remarks mentioned that the object of their visit
was to ask me, magistrate, TO institute inquiry
into some very serious charges which had been made
against of the Roman Catholic priests OF this place,
and the nuns of the General Hospital by female who
hid been nun in that institution for four years, and
whs had dvulged the horrible secrets of that establish
aleut such as the illicit and criminal intercourse be-
tween the and the priests stating particulars of
such depras ty of conduct the oath OF these people,
in this respect, and their numbering the osprings OF
these criminal connections, they were born
TO the number of from thirty 10 forty every year. in
stantly stated that did not believe word Of what they
| told me- and that they must have been imposed upon
| by some evil disposed and designing person. Upon
enquiry who this num- their informant, was discovered
that she answered exactly the description of Maria
| Msnk who had so much trouble about last year. and
mentioned to these individuals my suspicion and hat
| knew of that unfortunate girl. Mr.. Cooley said TO
| Mr. Johnston " Let US go home-we are hoaxed."
| They told me that she then at MIR. Johnstons
house. and requested me call there, and hear her
own story The next day, the day following, did
| CALL and saw Maria Monk, at Mr. Johnston's house.
She repeated in NV presence the substance of what
was mentioned me before, relating to her having been
in the nuunery for four years-hayng taken the black
yel-tbe crimes committed there-and variety of other
| circumstances concerning the conduct of the priests
and nuns. Mr.. Hoyte introduced to me, and
was present during the whole of the time that was in
the house. He represented as one OF the persons
who had come in from New York with this young wo-
man. for the purpose of investigating into this myerious
affair." was asked take her deposition, on her oath,
| as TO the truth of what she had stated declined
doing So giving as a reason, that from my knowledge
of her character considered her assertions upon oath
were not entitled to credit than her bare asser
tIon and that did believe either; intlmaiing, at
the time, my willingness To take the necessary
steps for full investigation if they could get any other
person 10 coroborae any part of her solemn testimony,
if direct charge made against any particular
individual Of a criminal nature. During the first inter-
view with Mes<rs Johnston and Cooley, they men,
toned that Maria Monk had been found in New York