New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-01-05
when she married Cutler his mother-in-law should

when she married Cutler, his mothef-ln- iaw should
not live with them. Cutler once or moro said to
Mrs. Coles, Harriet, you know you are mine
She appeared quite fond Of him, and, after she
moved away, Mrs. Canniff says that she asked
permission to meet Cutler at her Mrs. Cannitf'sl
room. as she did not wish him to come TO her ia.
theirs. Mrs. Cannitf consented, but It did not
appear that any such meetings actually took place
Mrs. Cannif' s testimony seemed to imply that a
fair share Of the wooing was carried on by tie
widow.
For the plaintiff, it was farther testified by MIR.
Halscy, who lived in the house with Mrs. Coles
and the Cannitis, that he saw Cutler come to the
widows two or three times, and once saw them
sitting in her room, the door being open. Mr..
Rayner. who took Mrs. Coles apartments when
she vacated them, once saw her get into stage
from the parlor OF u public house, while Cutter
was seated in the bar-rooni. Tie (k.) sald to
her, Have you been to see your beau She
answered, Il have seen him He continued,
He has been sick She replied, hope he
will be better Hc pursued, When do you
mean to marry him. She replied When my
father consents He (Rayner) handed her into
the stage, Cutler not coming out Of the house,
and she departed This was substantially The
case for the prosecution.
On the part Of the defence, it was contcnded
that there was never any promise OF intention OF
marriage on the part of Mrs. Coles, though she
for short time received the attentions of her
neghbor with civility; but that the whole affair
had been got up by Mrs Cannifi, whose intimacy
with the plaintiff was very close and qucst'ona-
bic, who attempted first to manage match be-
tween the prospective heiress and her particular
friend that for this end was Cutler brought TO
the house, and his suit pushed forward by the
united efforts of the scheming parties; and that
finally, when Mrs. Coles left the premises and
ultimately married another man, the direction of
the conspiracy was changed into an attempt to
extort money from her who had escaped their
matrimonial snarcs. 1t was contended that their
testimony that Cutler spent every night or any
thing like it, with Mrs. Coles was contradicted
by his notorious and proved habit OF spending
most of his evenings and many of his entire
nights in gambling at a low public house entitled
Mrs Coles, a delicate and refined woman, OF most
unsulled character, had permitted Cutler to re-
| main in her room till 2 O'Clock in the morning,
or any thing like it, was-though, from the ma
ture Of the case, impossible to be met by direct
testimony-absolutely incredible, and abundanily
reiued By the whole lie Of Mrs. Coles and her
conduct toward Cutler throughout.
a.,
proved that Cutler, beside being very intimate
with the Canniffs at their house, and Mrs Can
nif at his own, was the gaming confederate OF
Cannif' at the Pocahontas, whispered with him
at the gaming table and divided winnings with
him. Cutters grandmother n-aw and house
keeper Mrs. Chamberlain testified that Oh one
occasion he declared to her that he would share
his last dollar with Mrs. Canniii..' Mrs. Cham
berlain Cutters housekeeper) said she had been
witness to indecencies committed by Cutler in
the presence of Mrs. Canniff, and offered to ex-
plain them, but the Judge informed her that she
need not. Mrs. Brace (who at this time lived in
the same house with Mrs. Coles and the Can
niffs) testified that Mrs, Cannif told her that
she thought Cutler and Mrs. Coles would get
together after while At another time, Mrs.
Coles said to Mrs. Canniif sarcastically that the
latter had better 90 and make matches elsewhere
Again, Mrs. Cannif told her 3D. that there was
a kind Of doctor who came to see Mrs. Coles, bul
she (Canniff) did not think much of him. Mr.
Wheatley testified that both Cutler and Mary Rus
sell told him in 1912 that they two (not Mrs
Coles were soon to be married. Again, Cutler
during the pending Of this alleged promise, usee
to call Ellen Orpan My lovely woman and hel
brother My brothcr-in-law : and in like man
ncr talked of several different women, Gas sworr
to by different witnesscs) each as soon to become
his wife He appears to have been fond of the
ladies generally, and as fond of talking Of as with
| them.
After Mrs Coles left the Cannifs, Cutler once
called on her at her fathers house, and observed
on his return to the Pocahontas,' that he had
met but a cold reception. Mr.. Woodruff test
fed that in 1912 he, at the request Of Mrs Coles
called on Cutler, with an intmation that she
wished to see him. Cutler replied that if Mrs
Coles wished to see him more than he did her
she must wait. At another time, three persons
testified that Mrs. Coles made an appointment &c
meet Cutler at the Pocahontas, but he left the
house on her coming and hid himself in the stable
Finally, Ellen hampton testified that Mrs. Coles
did succeed in meeting Cutler by accident, and
charged him with slandcring her by reporting that
she had agreed to marry him. whereupon he dc
MED it, and said he had never reported any thing
OF the kind This was previous to her fathers
DEATH Once, Mrs Coles was walking up. the
Avenue. when Cutler appeared walking the same