The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-24
The Forrest Divorce Case.

We received by the Baltic, note from our Pars
correspondent, enclosing statement OF Mr. Henry
Wikof, relative TO the Forrest divorce case. 10
justice TO all parties concerned in this unhappy
affair, we give II to the public
Pans, Dec. %, 1850
TO THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE roRK HERALp.
sR-
viii you do me the favor 70 forward to the Heio
York Herald my reply to the state nents recently
made by Edwin Forrest. in . recapituiation OF hip
sr.vsncss sgsinst his wife He makes three charges
against which l will ansver in their order. lie
asseIts trt that endeavored in tn. month Of June
lsst to put end to the public scandal in which his
and bis wifes name are 80 sadly mixed up. This is
true
After much and strenuous effort Induced Mrs
Forrest to wiito letter in which she molly
TO sbsndon the country, and her name, to leave 4
yittance TO her husbands generosity and more than
all TO renounce her risht TO self vindica ton
Her only motive in these extraordinary concessions
was TO pacy her husband, asd with the self sacri-
heine spirit Of woman che made them, thoughtless
OF herself Her only Tear that Of o1ending her
honorable counsel whose directions she disobsye i
this act. My motive In this ss stated to Colonel
ForDey and Colonel swift. the worthy friends OF Mr.
Forrest was to act Mrs Forrest out u the country
prevent the trial her lawyer intended to bring and
70 procure we puoneslon OF svioence sgainst Mr.
acted In THE not as The agent Of Mrs Forrest he
all.gsr but a. his old riena Mr. Forrest says "had
he been sctua'ed by desire dissolve his ma
trintnial CONNECTION, he would have accepted these
pro pofitoIs"
What then was his motive for refuying them, His
en-, miles suggest mssy, but shall name non.
sscoud Mr. forr,st repeats the evidence OF his SER
vent Roter Gsryip fOf merly published In pam pnl.t
provem~nts The servant s~sre, last January. that
brought home Mrs Forrest n om the opera and thar
lie b.lkves he beard me kiss her in the hsllu Mr.
foIrstt must have quoted this evidence without lock-
ing at the book for he makes Robert Gsrvin ray
zone night brought home Mrs Forrest In . carriage.
and thst be heard kise her In the hall . Mr. For
Iests ver,ion does credit to his ingenuity II i'm
plies much more then bis servants story. Hut now
hear my statement In May lsis, ssoonps
MR. fcrrsst and her sister Virginia to the Broad
theatre. and returned home with them betwee ter
and eleven O'Clock handed them both Into the
houte, and as IL was raining heavily ct the time,
Grove OF Immediately. The tale OF hobart darwin
70 my skipping and plsyDg round the hall kissing
Mrs gorrett which he believes he heardn II pure
invention 90 help me God II all the rect o. his sworn
evidence agaiIst Mrs Forrest Is false as this thsr
10 che mort iuJsrsd woman.
Third, and isst, It IL stated By Andrew Stevens the
friend Of Mr. Forrest that Mrs Forrest In converse
tion With him accused Of having fret made bet
verbal proposals Of dishonersble nature. and that
siter~srdsI was induced to put them in writing
are he declared hat re Forrest him this state
m'pt then called on Mrs Forrest and she Indignantly
aen having ever done so She said that Mr. Forrest
bad s,ksd her VI this story which he got from
vsns had any truth in H. when abe replied that. itr
sbturdity vas nanifest; that VAS II likely that aay
not idiot would write out such proposals. alter
had once made them verbally when Mr. Forres,
his fal,.bood / leave the reader 10 infer new
gave esute 10 Nrs orreet TO traducs asesl ane
therefore am h. inclined to believe that she oris
mated this silly fabrication.
have ynoicsted self and but for the perseverina
malice 81 Mr. Forrest In crsggng my name repeatedly
before the public should have refrsined from doing
None know well Mr. Forrest how festfuily might
rsteste upon him but old friendship still strug
sizes with ne. srd forbssr. vii merely add that
during the mou;h 81 August last had the pleasure
o. meeting In pafis the Hon Josiah Randall Of Phi
led,phs and lately the cosuse OF Mr. Forrest 10 his
quit for di,oree Mr Randall stated to me that when
The evidence Of the servsnt against Mrs rorres,
rad .y.r 70 ts'm ~ his on,se, prior TO s Fub.iea
psIt which related 70 me ard sad gentlemen, feel
II due to ssy that Mr. wiko Ne the only person men.
toned in the evidence against whom have no sus pi.
elem Their, Why, Mr.. Forrest, did you ALLOW the
bsme Of an Innocent man to be used as a further.
mans % harm to ysur un fortunate wife Wa n &c.
nefous vas u just9 1t seems a. though you had
caught the rslG,h spirit OF Macbeth, and that you
we're intpred By the lines yeu have often repeated
with effect
For mne GOOD
All other eautes snail give wsv.
vii olose wi N this lDal remark to Mr. Forre-t'a
friends and ftrvsots, that my name Ia made again
70 hgur- In similar Inventions those have just
posed they nsy tout hereafter on my employing less