The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-22


pelants H. Van Scbaick attorney for respondents.
Motion by H. c. Van Setback, counsel for respondent,
calendar Lorenzo Mitchell, plaintiff in error VS. The
People, defendants in error r. Anderson attorney
torney. for the People. Motion by A. c. Griswod,
ED Of counsel for plaintiff in error, to pu cause
calendar Ordered placed on foot OF calendar Judge
Beardsley heard part Of appellant in cause No 10,
and closed Saturday, Nov. Is. No. 18. MIR. Ruger
closed his argument on the motion referred to Sstur
day, and MIR. Csmstock closed. The motion was made
in No 10 instead of No. 7, stated yesterday. No.
II. James Cox, appellant, VS. Hiram Cliff respondent;
George f Comstock for appellant b. Davis Noxon for
respondent. This cause Exchanged places with No.
20. The Trustees Of Hamilton College appellants W.
Alvan Stewart, respondent Kirkland Bacon for
appellants, L. r. Marsh for respondent. The argu
ment Of this cause opened by Mr. c. r Kirkland Mr..
l. r. Marsh for respondent until the adjournment of
the court.-Syracuse Star.
ANOTHER GLIMPSE AT LIFE, AS REFLECTED IN
THE CASE OF MEpoRA WEBsTER.-We published
yesterday somewhat romantic account Of the adven-
lures Of one Medora Webster, she Is called and ap
pended Q very affectionats letter from Mississippi
cotton planter In which he offered his heart hand and
cotton to the adorable Medors in she would
cept his offer of marriage In the same article 1t was
stated that Medora has not been heard Of since
day two subsequent to the trial Of Mrs Mead for
her abduction. AS have accidentally learned some
additional facts in relation to the singular prosecu
below as an illustration Of life In phase not &C.
morally visible to the public Maria Webster she was
christened, or Maria Medo Lincoln Webster as she
calls herself is very pretty and intelligent GIRL who
born in Montville, Me, in the year 1925. Her
paren reside at East Thomaston in that State.
They being poor Maria, or Medora as she calls herself
at the age Of seventeen eighteen left home to
Massachusetts, and was engaged In various cotton fac
tories. She came to Boston from Lowell and vent to
Lowell from Springfield Shortly after her arrival here
the prosecution against Mrs. Mead was commenced,
and at the same time another indictment, charging
Mr. Ellis constable and Mrs Mead, with attempting
to hire her to leave the city and not testify the first
case, was found. The story she told and on which
such wrongs and such q detail Of virtue struggling
with vice. that the grand Jurors, in their INDIGNATION
away strnggling tear or two. and voted the bills
When the fret Indictment tried the affecting
story as toid the grand nry was olA upon the stand
addressing the jury murder and some Of the
bhoys behind the bar their sts shsok their
punches Of fves at Mrs. Mead, and would probably
have vented their wrath upon her orally, II in no
other manner, had they not feared arrest for con-
tempt or course it necessary to break down her
testimony in order to clear the defendant sundry
witnesses testifed that che notorious liar; that
she had been turned away from her boarding house
gfeld in consequence Of bad conduct; that she
was prostitute, thief &c Those who had screwed
their In agDation up to the highest point, put
their hats gave Medora look of contempt and left,
the interest Of the scene having passed Interest in
the affair would have ceased here but that the indict
ment sgaiDst Mr. Ellis had not yet been tried and It
nscefsary to prepare the evidence pro and in
this case. Mr. Jonathan Whpple, constable, acted
the part Of Medors and Mr. EMS locked after his
own defence Both were undoubtedly dilgsnt, Mr..
Ellis to sustain his reputation a citizen and pub
lie officer, and Mr. WLppls to sustain the prosecu-
tions AS we stated yesterday, few days after the
first trial, Medora was nowhere to be found and she
has Lot been since There is strong probability,
however that she went TO New York for Mr. Ellis re-.
ceyed. few days after her absence, a letter from
Nashua, New Hampshire written by q man who pro-
posed to 80 to New York with Medora IL Mr..
Ellis would send on funds for him and her to
travel with, and he urged in inducement
fer him to comply with the request that in case he
sesinst him. In the Of Mr. Ellis's enquiries
with view to the collection of evidence in his de.
bad Of
the Hon. John d McCrste of Maine whom she claim
ed as an uncle was lot relative Of hers that her IA
tber was not Nor had be been mater Of vessel
named Med'rs, and several other Of her stories he
found to be false. Furthermore, be found person
to get about two hogssnd dollars out of Mr. Ellis as
hush money. There may be those whe will believe
that Medora has been hired by Mr. Ellis absent her.
self, that money has overcome her original detcrrn
patton to punish those who would have d,r,oed her
Of virtues but others are undoubtedly Of opinion that
re .npse.es IN the outset relieve Mr. +. OF Of
ne surplus FUNDS as ne is known to be man of CON-
to'rabe property and that virtue had bat little to do
with the matter The offer made in the letter
take considerably less than two thousand dol.
Jars, which offer was probably made from her sup
position that MIR. Ellis would stand trial, in which
care he would get nothing Such tricks are not
entirely new, and large sums have been undoubt-
sdly paid as hush money BY persons who unvil.
ling TO have their characters oyerhauledD In court
Of justice. With reference to the Mississippi man
who fell in love with Medora from having seen the
we do not know than that his letters be the
postmsrk, Vicksburg" and that letters bearing the
strongly resemble each other In certain peculisies Of
handwriting One written subsequently to that pub
ih.d yesterday and directed to Mrs Mead, indicates
That suspicion has began to haunt the mind of the
unknown lover The following Is extract from it, =
Having read in the sFers an account of trial of abduction,
defensive Miss Webster from psrusai Of the
decoy away abOroas ocsupation for
s 1s q Us t Or ssdG'oa NY object dear
shasnss S and hSnOr whether you
acted unchas,e in her conduct, othsrws Ny
hut mary I' s Is , Ss To o Of
protesting to retain that virtue which few days pos
cares he Acts relative character and standing in society
s ss Duse dG,Sg my tsmPray visits
E, and sse sRs let me know al G Parto1as
ian y'u"ond to njare her if she did not deseye
1beletter postmsrked "New York; and which Mr.
Ellis thinks Is in the tame handwriting the Voks
burg letters Is directed TO hn and contains the fol-
loving language
Webster ease deierves and contempt
te FASTENED before awful tribunal
Az these letters written at about the same
time judging from the dates could have been
w1Itten in New York and the other in Vicksburr IL
written by the same person. Mr.. Ellis thinks they
were all written here and sent to the points where
they are postmerked, for purposes Of deception.
hat have written with regard this nsulsr af
fair has been done In order to illustrate scene or
two In life under the surfaces and what have stated
matters that have been testified to in Court,
would have b. en- sworn 70. had the against
MI fI1s ana MRS. Mead been tried Mr.. Ellis explains
hs connection with Medorss very satisfactorily.
lie Gays Mrs Mead solicited him TO get her out Of her
house she having become Disguised with MedorAs bad
consuct He says that the only time he ever saw her
before he was indicted was ON certain occasion,
when he offered to assist her to go to her home in
Maine, and that was az her own request After the
In dictment, he did not zee her at all Two three
questions very naturally suggested themselves in re-
lation to this matter. Where Is Medora nowl Was
The hired to leave the city and II she was, By whom!
Medora who six months ago was entirely unknown
out CT the circle Of her acquaintance In the cotton
factories, is now the subject CT nearly much con-
versston as General Taylor Hundreds of dollars
have been expended and hundreds of miles travelled
over her account; and after all, nobody kpows
where she 10, why she went svsy, and who sent her
Eoston Tines, Nov. II.