The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-13


nsr seuhisg in there; never saw dsfsndant before;
have been frequently ct Mrs. Wolfs's and wash for
weeks while Capt. Howard was there; NO lady ever
called on Mrs Howard.
Cress-.ramiseI.-WhenI came down from the room
Of Mrs Howard, found Mrs wolfs her sister, her SON
and little boy In the Kitchen.
TnoMAs J. LEoo, wstehmsn.-Wsnt to DEFENDANTS
house en- Cutter, near George about O'Clock FRI
dsy night, but didn't End her; about one o'clock
went sgsin with MIR. Black. but without finding her
ed in court, lying ON tho door, covered With some
clothes; the Knife one sids near the handle had
two or three spIinkes Of ory blood on Il; found |:
hard and stiH think | have seen defendant before,
but never saw deceased before her death.
Jams BLACK, co rstable.- A boy ran to me In the
street on Friday evening, MRS. Wolfes and said
woman had killed another, and was wanted there;
vent: and found Capt mD.: ara: ;S S 5udSsS
to dsfe house but did not md herr vent again
after ~ O'clock and found the knife and dress spoken
blood one side and In crevos Of the handle the skirt
Of the drsss muddy two other ladies lived In the
ons in 'ss knew SoosS Sg
the wife Of - Smith, who was sent to the fsnitsn'
cyos. sIs~;mss~ Don't think II was blood on the
drefs.
Jsssn HuLsr.- Defendant came TO my fathers house
Hsrsbsl lived there, saying abe wshra to see him an
very particular busp oss learning that my father WAS
not In she asked II she might remain TIL his return;
sinsss; che turned round and paced ths up and
down in = state VI high excitsment then addressed
but which had no bearing on this case after = few
M nutes che asked ! was the son OF the Marshall
told her WAS after conversins half IN hour about the
weather and other indifferent topics che asked where
my father gone told her murder had been
committed that evening, aud that the watshmsu hAv-
les for him, he had gone out 70 attend Co the
matter, and would probably return Ia An hour; shs
asked n | knew her; answered that knew her face
ba, not her name; she still eontinnsd pacing up aud
.A,lp
round AID matselod something ABOUT prisousr;n /
ted her dient understand her; she turasd 60
ma s.a che WAS the psroa NY father Was ssskas Asa
that shs had come TO surrender herself she said she
WAS acquainted With NY father, aud for that reason
delivered herself TO h@, ssslag rspaxasnss to esipg
dragged by ou1cer, aud thar II she had not kpswn
NY Ia, her, il her intention 70 deliver herself TO
TIE Mayer ~ the morning; | pressed her TO sit
the ore she SAT do~a and asksd her how it secarrsd
shs ,as bali min Qse, walked the axaAa and
gave reola substantially AZ rollows;
She said . few days before, she bad moved out u
pie where she lived, ana that sae u woman of
Dad Ola. soteri thaG the who kept the noass
iod nor neat day wha5 Capt Howard bad said that
sne elt maui tad and left the house sad moved dova
te OF Cutter and George scrssss shat
or hrea days Atsr shs bad bes there On tbs
Stair grj living ia tho same hoass; asked her:
arc you Chpc. Bowards lady, merely prvtsnoias
to be; you tho woman | saw msasicn-d IN tbs
newspapers tothar day having . fuss Asoas eht~
we're msnt,ened, il set her brain ars; that she
worked hard next day making shirts, aud ar night
herself 60 "a nc she could neither eat nor
sleep till she knew What had become of her children
ahar abe vent down to the house where Capt Howard
bearded inquired fer him and was told he not
hat he then asked for his lady; that when Howards
sdy came down stairs defendant asked, are you Mrs
HowarcW Who raid "yes;n that defendant replied
sYcu dare cali yourself Mrs. Howard! am Mrs How.
lrdi'-t that the lady reached forward to grasp me,
sad desendant turning to witness, MIR Hulse. "and
know the rest" when she defendant, having thus
reg ming oomposurs witness Hulss sdded) de-
L nda mt then proceeded with her RECITAL substantially
She remarked that Capt. Howard had said he would
bring her down lower than tho duet, and oe had done
TO- but that II he had one spark of feeling left in
MIN Is man he would think that night on what he
rad suffered: that she had lived fifty years in four
She said he had driven her from house to house.
had Watched her and logged her. had told people she
was woman Of bad character; and she vas therefore
compelled to leave houss after house, she could not
bear 1t for others to throw up to her and insult her
She had suffered much her mind was gone; ut times
didn't know what she doing whom her children
were mentioned (Witness forgot to mention that
when she told him who she was, he sens his brother
From what further witness gathered from converse
ton with defendant he inferred the immediate cause
on the day before, had gone In company with the
man he was living with, to dsfen dsnt's children,
which Circumstance togethsr With what the girl said
her the stairs defendant said had set her brain
IRE. For four years she had lived with Capt How
ward and tried to make him good and honest wife.
came home and beat her In bed till she black and
blue On this she sent to Judge Wiseman to
advise her what to do. Judge Wisemsn asked
for dseds conveying certain property to her,
in order to have them recorded, which she
declined giving him because abe thought II
to do 80 in her husbands absence Her husband came
home same evening and burnt the deeds Witness
asked defendant why she didn't leave him. TO which
she replied that she lived in the hope he would
treat her better. not for her sake at least he
would for the rake Of their children She said had
sent the father of witness to Capt. Howard to
see II he weuld atsst her; and when Marshal Hulse
W. m ~ kol
him how much he had loved her, but when the sub
ject Of assistance preached he showed the cloven
loot, and eaid she might starve and perish in the
streets. This Is the amount Of her conversation, ct
intervals, walking up and down the room.
Cross eaanined-Dsfep dsnt said Capt Howard had
thrown her among all kinds Of low society whorss,
blacfguards, &c
Here the persecution rested. and the case WAS SUBJ
mitted without argument on either side.
The Mayor, rsgsrdipg the evidence as establishing
care OF deliberate murder remanded the prisoner to
jail, refusing to receive bail.
Public sympathy IL in her favor. Howard was not
prefeDt ut the delivery Of the testimony although his
name was called He left the city this morning.
Domestic Miscellany.
The American Kali, at Hartford, Conn, was des-
troJe BY fire ON Sunday morning. Hanningtons
Panorama OF the Creation was in 1t ct the time and
Destroyed.
William Bennett has recovered $4,000 damages
against the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Com
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