The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-24

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sedgviok, and he could not deny that had dome -
and tho shows that he had done so tber.fors
and TO which he was driven by the nscs.stes Il
the But let see, Independently Of what the
jury asked, what evidence there is that, at the time
this man Gavin was msking up this affidavit he was
dssirous of keeping back ythng or that he woula
have kept tack anything which could have operated
against MIR Willis (Mr O'Conor cited portions o(
Garvins testimony relstipg to Captain Cacrat Richard
willie MIR. WJkoif and rs 70 the disorderly state 81
the house in Mr. FORESTS absence and the comnen
remark, among the servants and generally believed in
thst Mr. Forrest wss grestly wrongsd) What does ~
mean by being greatly wronged le that great
wrong destruction TO the peace honor OF husba nd
but not having got his conrage sufficiently screwed
TO the sticking point TO directly that any aot a
absolute ashonor had been perpetrated BY Mr. Wiii.
wse the Aichen reputaton Having other or betssr
testimony thnn ths witness who was, at that time
iirous d Keeping bsck anyt thing which would opssats
= the prejucce Of Mrs. Fcrrest they have givcn
Kitchen belief irstead Of ktchen business. Why he
scarcely unwilling give evidence of Che last d.
gree guilt the part Of Mrs Forrest when he ala
gU- evidence in respect 20 Captain Ca!crat lie ssys
Speaking Of this dinner
Nhtn they (Mrs. Forrest nud Captain Caicraf,) osws
DOWN TO dinner, about four O'clock they were both che
were fer drinhqs y was not quite e.
street I,E,n t G'lorsf sss srp9sc the are ;.i
oLeLer and much affected BY drinking thu. sSs
S,riS e1tsY Nee , Ss,ys d y she yss very ssoa
ner ususlly did; waited the table and after
&. fss AND Msis s'is:s s
herse lighted i. entry and went back into ,h: SiS
entecd hs dining room through pansrJ s3ss connects G
,S.en the hsii and ,he dining r.om h entered fs.aA
lap With fsr kis breast and around his neck
This the witness who tells you that Of endsrness
to Mrs Forest when he giving that testimony he
suppressed tbs stoIy about seeing MIR Willis absolutey
in the act of adultery in the drawing room Why esn
tenen you believe him lis 1t possible to beii,y.
him Iapprehsnd gentlemen that the eontrai,oton q.
this single point the testimony Of the alone
sufhcient without any other observstons on it.
ttaVr TIN In.,. hat L., ALL
himself to swearing all that he against Mr. Wills
aud he puts 1t very strong What did he n this
aoavit with respect to Mr. Willis did hs not mean t>
charge the commission Of some gross mpropristye
When he comes to testify here he says nothing abos
that circumstance mean he did not at nrst till oee-
tain observation fell from the learned counsel He tsA
the story directly the Of the way he before
told It, but amounting be to the very eams thinx
Instead Of the window being the first state
meht Is open instead the room being dark nov IL
is light; instead Of his being unable see ints the
room he was now able to see all that going He
went to tho window and looked in and Instead
Mr., Willis and Mrs Forrest keeping the window shut
in the usual way and keeping the sofa In tho usual
mendabe liberaty in the way OF furnishing testimony
against themselves opened the window thst any
might look in and transferred the over to
where it very incoDvenient to have It. inas-
much there spansh painting there land, In the
Of very little motion 1t must have been apt to
very hard with the Spanish painting) thus placing
then In full view for the purpose OF being tesHe1
ssainst. Why, they could have only done one thing
more liberal and that would be to have moved the sofS
outside Of the door Why gentlemen the story itself h
nonstrous improbable, and just the opposite OF tbs
story which he told before MI sedg wick 1t s hardly
worth while to any Of the whiok
might be shown for the purpose Of proving to that
testimony is not to be credited He is contradctsd Of
but his by himself Infinitely better than
contradiction by anybody ese. He Is guilty of tho most
fsgrsnt contradictions and nconsistenoes, deem
it OF slight Importance to show that these witnesses
are nH only false but most evidently wfully so ani
hen you coDsider how the vii have been got to-
gether the fact that many OF them re wilfuI,
corrupt you must say that these these SER
vaDts-ssmp the character Of the whole trial. What
other evidence Is there against Mr. Willis Not satisfied
c en- cf MIR Nathaniel =. Willis, and picked up . man
tbers-tbe very counterpart Ct Robert Garvn-to give
shamefui perverson OF state OF thpgs-(one which
exhibited all the amenities kindness and tenderness of
cnl intercourse between families under trying circus
stances, and teween ladies' who in Ill health)-fo9
the purpose OF raising presumption against Mr. Wilks
thas be was guilty Of misconduct with Mrs Forrest
On other occasiops. Mr.. John Kent informs ~
that particular evening, at about 10 or IL o'cock
Mir N L Willis delivered to him letter to carry to Mre
that the receipt Of that letter or shortly a.
che must have come down to the house OF Mr
Wiis-come In without being let in by anybody crest
np stairs till she reached the third ,tory in which s6s
Mrs Willis in the preceding at time when No
suspicion existed In respect to N r. Wills that she ~
Ied to that room In that quiet and that subss
lusntly when he was going up and he'd reached the
y the stairs he heard Mr. Willis in the most csvasr
manner that could well be imagined Of any man who had
Lls got hi, neshbors wife into bis house where his own
wife and hs ov family were-in the cavalier wayI
repeat as he stsked out Of her bedroom say aood night
~ dear loud enough to be heard to very considersble
iis nee and this John Kent who has been examinsA
by tie learned counsel before he came here vould
have ,ou inter that Mr. will, visitad tha hsd
,oorn ~ Mrs. rorrost and that n. va. ou,,,, -
,ouYs. Of The last deoree of dslirousnc, in goir~
Ibs,e Rut IN Jobn Esnt,a crosssvam;1..t;o,e ~.
LII rsnsn,.ar aant,.man ,Sa, /, ann...aS' .k.t
~ - nots ,aara.tiSo NJ. Forrs.t 20 o - th hnnss
,s.s I,.assas \. ~ Ju;,,is -, Ia, - =; E ~ - o s -
M. wins in w ,ieh ronr, avd th., NJ VIII; Ss;ssx
bim IN wait IN aocomnany Ms Eorrsst ~ tns honss
Nv / wfuId al va,, bow tb.t ogrsa. w;,h ths ;Ss:
bat IL yss nriyate snnointmsnt hy ,,h;ch NJ w;,i;s
.as 10 Get Ms Torrs,t 70 come ~ ~. har.s ~ ,,h
,,,ht Ley / sunpo,s steal no fbe door stasl ,n ~.
air, at II, tie way IN 10 that room vhIch ,he sor
nev eccupiea and hen commit th,s Iaar d.I;nonancv
,rd tbat We. Mr Will, a, ne was comirg out NJ tks
roor, o1estti,e All the caution which bs h "A sxcr
ri.,d in the miade ,tspe OF the aho,t,r
out csyaliery Good nigbt INV dearpr Jt s.ems thai
the.e ,taees do not dt we'll to0ctber beevs ths -
i IN ks III. middl. and the mid Ala unl,hs the h.o,.
,unr Mrs Forrest e,, nm ats st nisb ana .,s.i.
awey pnoteryed II no morpipe bnt ras tbs Is,ss, 80
arpS,ntr.nt N brtrg tar tbaTss go ,;,ara @ ~ ~
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