The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-05
II. house at the time Of her rash act that Mrs walker

the house at the time Of her act that Mrs walker
vas reduced to poverty and want, and had nothing
Direct eramination ressmrd-Ai the time she WAS at
witnees's mothers she uniformly cheerful; one
would have supposed that had crossed
herr think when she first to the house she said
for about week some where in the middle Of winter;
that Is, in January; witness does not know she had
miscarrage witness thinks she had not; she herself
pretended she had; witness husband knows about It,
To the ATTORNEY GENERAL-She told witness she T.
pected to be confined in February; it shortly after
the rash act that the miscarriage took place.
GARDINER PIKE next called to the stand and
sworn-Witness is an optician Here some infinitely
written words afterwards erased In letter alleged to
be written by Mrs Walker, were shown to Mr.. Pike,
expert, for him by his magniyipg instruments to
decipber them. The words erased were =" You dare
pot' then break; then "to-if you do not call this
evening or Sunday morning, can doubtless or can
do ths-orI can do thatwill not--no-th will not
no that will not-you must in January-come this
evening" Or thus, put together and interpreted
by Mr. O'Conor "You had better not dare too much;
ifyou do not call between this and Sunday morning
i can do something that will"
The letter was then left with the Jury along with
the gigantic magDifyng glass of Mr. Pike that they
may decipher it at their leisure.
Cyrus D. HoYT next called to the stand, for the
defence, and sworn-Witness Is husband Of the last
witness; present when Mrs. Walker sick, and
when the letters were found thinks the first words
the letter to Isaac Walker, were "When ysu receive
this shall be more" witners does not know what
became of the letters: witness knows there talk
Of miscarriage in the family when she sick about
week; it might have been in January or February,
ls47 but witness knows nothing Of It, except by the
talk oft.
To JuRoR-witness said he thought that no physi-
clan attended her for a delivery.
Crosseanmined Witness married at the time;
has been married four this fall witnesses mother
law attended Mrs Walker in her illness; it was
commonly reported in the family that the nature Of
her sickness was delivery witness has come on here
Direct examination resumed-The report in the ia
my nothing more than her statement of the
case that she prematurey delivered while at the
water closet witness supposes that the understand
ing was that the feetus was deposited there.
Mr. o'Coson, the prisoners counsel, was then, at
that in the summer or the fall of either 1S47 1848
(witness thinks IT was lS4s), Mr.. Thomas A. Walker
called witness to consult him counsel about this
LADY, he wished process to be instituted by which
to prove by which to establish
Mr.. McKros rose and objected to this testimony as
being what Walker himself had said The advice given
must have been something which Mr.. Walker required
MIR. O'Coron said he wished to give in evidence
simply the fact of call made upon him, and the infor-
nation which he (Mr. OConor) gave to the law Of
discussion here arose on the admissibity of this
testimony.
Mr. O'CoNoR as counsel, not as witness, stated he
wished to prove that at this time Mr. Walker received
legal advice that Mrs Walker not his lawful wife
and that he wished to take proceedings, so that he
might have good excuse for leaving her in honor ir-
respective of being his wife.
The Judge admitted the testimony.
MIR. O'CoNoR then testified Witness has known
Mr. Walker from youth and knew the deceased also
when witness informed him counsel that this lady
had living husband from whom she was not divorced
because ner ulvOrce was Wnely null ana VOID In the
State of New York. and that lawyer would be found
to think otherwise, he the prsoner) consulted wit
process for leaving her in honor witness
told him 1t impossible to get foot any case to
show the contrary to those who might think him wrong
in separating from her. Walker consulted upon the
practicablity getting some in st. Louis to sue
her for board or some other thing that he might have
chance Of indicating himself before the world; wit
did not think this impossible but disapproved Of
1t, in strong terms; witness then explained how the
letters produced hetral hitherto had been obtained
witness visited Mr.. Walker the day Mrs. Walker
died, before she died, and while he In custody.
Witness requested Nelson Chase to go and have his
bureau broken OPEN and to bring all his letters bear
ing in any way this matter Witness also sent him
the messenger MIR. Chase to Mrs. Spears sister of
Mrs Walker, with letter He brought back the two
last letters and G. About the LIST Of the last month
DR. Archibald Macay, brother in-law of Mr. Walker,
went to st. Louis to prepare testimony there, and on
bis return he (Mr Macay) brought several letters
On some remarks made whether he had found other
letters, after the trial had began he showed whole
budget of letters which he had brought from st. Louis
In this bundle witness found all the letters which have
been hitherto given in evidence, until the letter which
begins, have just discovered your basenessn The
other letters delivered by Mr. Spear to the coun-
sci for the defence.
c, REORGANIZATION. Witness knew all about the
facts better, perhaps than the prisoner himself did
on which to form an opinion. Witness was originally
applied to to be counsel for this lady, before Mr.
dan became his COUNSEL but from certain reasons wit
declined. Thus he knew enough Of the facts t.
give an opinion.
At this stage of the proceedings the Court adjourned
toto-morrow (this) morning at 10 o'clock.