New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-07
T.a yan Se.. WIN Case.
Correspondence Of The Is'oane'

WASHINGTON. Dec 4th 1915
r..ysn Ness Case SUI continues to drag us
.,,x length along. but ii is whispered that ne
,.,rsl .or the defence have not yet reached thslr
,iou.nt developments. In that case me tF'ai VII,
eoa.i,ns some DAYS mo next week. if Hot osEona
-bs week This Is the fourteenth ds!y
NJ GiIp;p was again placed On the stand as soon
-. Corr, opeuei this morning Ststed thai At
5000, of t;overnerr Vsn Ness, he had. early
IN June. 1s46. examined the records OF the Alder
mon Of Philadsphia for the purpose OF dlsco' eFins
whether Gen Van Ness was married IN thaf city
!, tho Samu,er Of l-45 He hsd been unabieio ma
o7v evidence Of such marriage Stated farther tha'
- had not had access 10 the msrriase records o!
four o., rho Aldermsn-G sIlowsy. Hauhman CooA
o,i Sr,itb-nop, Of whom were residents III the
c;ty proper but had their Offices in the Incorporated
di.t-cts Ne described to all these the person oi
Gen Van Ness.
Cross erauaiaed-Six OF the aldermen had their
records on separate sheets of paper. ami one-->
Jsrniaa Feaner-vho had performed but TWO hiSF
rin-es. hsd them recorded on single sheet OF paper
which was shu, IN in bis docket Thought thst
the aldermen Of Philadelphia kept their marriage
records with as much care as any OF their o'h'E
records Certificates are fled aud n pIseon'ho1es'
under lock and KEY General yam Ness was al
his house IN Philadelphia in July ana Nus'st 80
--cnerailv came there when he was IN the CITY OF
Philadelphia
Rear, NED. w hen at his house the Genera!
did no, saw ANYTHING about being ma TIED. " rs
very much engaged with Mr. LOnsaci { about en-
craving MS coat Of arms for book p!S.' e
Mr. James Laruei OF the Contru!er oli!ce'
was examined as 70 the handwriting OF ten. an
,.b.,, b. had ppau aruualLIeH. SOUlt
twenty wears and with whose hand wiring ne was
familiar, having been wiki hun as Director u tt
Board OF Orphans OF which the Generai was $50:
up 70 the period OF his death lie gave II as rs
that all the letters, the gcnGneHcss oil wncn n"u u.i
impcsched by the witnesses previously csiieo ~. c
defence not IN the Generals hsnd"runs III 'mc
or two of the Wallace letters there were occae'OiAy
E few words which had mere close resemblance u u
than the other parts OF the letters
General Thompson was sworn-iad been acqualncd
with General Ness upward OF torty years ueh pat
of which time he had been in intimate association win
him number OF civil and military stations anu hau
full opportunity OF making himself acquainted WIN the
hand writing OF the General The Orphans Court letters
being exhibited to him be expressed MS opinion tha'
they in the hand writing OF GeneFa an Ness;
and such his opinion of the other letters presenter
10 him the genuincness OF which had been mpGsneu
Levi, Johnson had known General an Ness intui-
atelv since lsla From lSS witness was director IN
the Bank OF the Metropolis TO this tinc Gen an Ness
President Of that Sank during the "hoe o' tla'
period 10 the time of his death. Had IRE qucnty seen
him writc-knew the general character OF MS nAho
writing and was OF opinion mat the urp n'n' Coua'
letters the Wallace and Green Valley letters were pu
rious Que OF the receipts to Matncy ne mo us'' e"
inc-thc other two were doubtful
George Thomas had known General an n. rom
1914 until he died Witness clerk IN the BARK Oh
the Metropolis from l-li TIL l-S9. General an ness
WAS President OF the Bank during the whole Of that c
Examining the Orphans Court letters and other leteIs'
he gave his opinion that they were not in the hand"'
i1c OF Gen. Van Ness.
On cross.exarninn,nn witness said he could not re
oocnze the hand writing OF General Van Ness IN letter
shown hui-one OF the Wallace letters seemed to De
much pcrplexed about the eenulneness OF some sishs
Mr. Rives reexamincd.-Sncs last examination had
examined the figure made by General Van Ness MS
having been called 10 the subject By the cues
tons then put to him Tie looked through great many
genuine documents and could not in these instances
md made like those in the Orphans Court letters
Had looked little into the punctuation ana the letteL
had until to-day As 10 the Wallace letters M
had looked and found some lines Ike the trencfaI
h., dwri,inc but had found line more unlike than any
o,be- Leesburs letter has the hyphen at the end OF te
line and NJ Vt at the beginning. ms was one Vi Tue
nr Thomas atten..iing physician TO Gen Van Ness
stated that he attended the Genera N Ms .asa ]
which lasted from ten 10 t~ei'e day ,,n, 70 rho ma
excluded because OF the danger OF eNc!e i - -,
rcnt Corfoborated the testimony OF Aich, W. - -,
to the conversation of the latter with the re 10 sn
his affairs and his will. Never hesIa n ..onsIiv
uon ANYTHING s5out wife and child Wes occA oy =,
ncohercnt and unintullsib e--tslked about mat, ~
business but never about any connections. p'a his
see any hack come there on the morning oc'oie
death. p, L,i
J. c. Grs,nmer Presden, OF the Patriotic Bank mao
known Gen Van Mesa since lo09-knew his hand'"tit
nc-did not believe the Orphans Court letters 10 oe WIT
ten by hm-nor the Wallace etter=,nor tne ureea
Valley letters-nor two of the Maitingly receipts a
short time before his death had seen the General sign
note 10 be received in the Patriotic Bank de dd u IN
feeble and not ne wss accustoinea 70 ssn ~
Nicholas Csllsn was examined 10 testify TO the hand
wiring OF General Van Ness and also TO prove hat Co
John Fl Sherburne OF Philsdephis, had acted az MS
agent IN the affair before the Court.
Objection was made to his testimony