New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-08

VAS rot received CID Mt en- of llsei. l sOs-
ges.sG 10 Mrs. Forrest on '-cl.. d sons N )nths
ago. TIA, Il would De a good th.lg 10 employ M.
Hoffman as counsel 1hluk 'oNr sn hr Oconor,
as 10 counsel, m sso. As - goLng cut or not, the
norm s7oAen o.. 70 was Mrs FHiresfs Impress
on our taiApg the mater over inc Oh not
so out l remember r.luctsIrs IA Mrs. K. iny!t
ZIG ne 70 steep IN TIE house Goa sAi, on .he ground
That Mt = was agay-to nat r-sA. iest the exact
WORDS az the time / went wlsh Mrs - and Mrs
NORWOOD IN the C1rflsge. [ AS al the h,use and
Mrs forrest SAG she would 81, ms 90 an she GOT
cut herself at Miss Lynch's "a not 20 ~ he
party, and Go not know thai BIZ. asked me Twas
not dressed Tor 10 MIS-. lltsrNcol - nerfand
and continued IA the carriage aat MAS set down a,
tne carlton House lave been alone ia a ropm With
Mrs. NoorGIoS, reco.lect oae eyenng oc.ny n the
room when a servant came ~ and slut me blinds
Mrs Y. was at the piano 90 '0leci any 0.her
tine OF a servant 80 entering and my racoileru0ais
lndistinct as 20 that have oeeR IN the room when
Mrs +. and Mrs. y were t-src. and I servant has
come IN ~ shut the blinds Ihf ne last 'nne saw
Mrs. VOORHEES, ~ the house, When VII Forrest was
al home Was IN January, 1915 StW her there re-
peatedly a'tsT,hat, when be ~a5 no. home the IN
tsrglew With Anna Dempsey a. hrs 3Vests house
was brought about by Miss sinclair (birs N)telhng
me there VAS servant, unieIfup,edl Iougmher
there believe understood there nlt Deen CON.
plant made by her Capt Howard was not then
here he came AFTER the settlement was effected,
Miss Sinclair FIRST spoke to NE ABOUT u Capt How
ard dld not wTi.e 10 me butte Mr Sergeant alawyer,
IN Wahsttee' Miss Sinclair ASKED me to call on
Sargent no one Was present a. the interview be-
sides myssl, Catharine and Anna. found Anna at
her mothers asked her to come 20 the house
engageduy ing 10 settle the matter With her did no,
tell her was going to conront her wthC atharlne do
not recolect ~hat told her II Was IN the day time
think she dad not make any objection 10 going there
the interview lasted about quarter OF an hour she
at first denied II, but family She said Capt. H. was
the father of her child, and cenied wing cohs0lei
with that boy previous 20 the Whiting she did not
at any time admit Capt. Howard was not the father
OF the child she did not ndepe dent Of The writing
/ have been IN other business IN the iron manutac.
turing business before that | studied law. did
so IN law once three yeas, ana wts admitted
vas So IN the sprnS OF loi6 went into Tie IRON
business Immediately first went In the employ
OF an non mandatory to ngani, on my return
next went Tor year never cO4tnued the probes
sion of a lawyer my father al al idea Of the in
rinsic fesnectahllty OF the profession, and lstlded
II was angry with Mrs. Butter when she would not
give up the child AFTER getting the money. as |
thought It trck, and sna.ched the child Of her
hands the $l7 was my own | never received II
back from any person gave n NJ sne request Of Mrs.
Dempsey | presumed Capt. Howard would have
paid me back, as he had ratlfci what had done
10 the settlement, and thanked me FOR it irst heard
of the difficulty between Mr. ant Mrs Forrest, by
reading out west spoke TO Mrs Forrest about The
child soon after getting acQuantet with her do not
recollect more than once never spoke to Mr.. For
rest about u went 30 the boat With Anna, not to
see her of, bat 10 speak TO the Captain, and see
II she bad made the arrangement she spoke OF
| took from Anna on that occasion eight letters,
which had been written 10 her b. Margaret Sinclair.
Mrs. V J. think she said she would get them from
her trunk, and she brought themt me the Captain
present do not recollect his nhne orthat OF The
vessel 1t was not very large vessel II was part
Of my object 10 get the letters asked for them at
my own suggestion Miss Sinclair had told me OF
them handed them over to Miss Miss Sinclair
told me she had corresponded with Anna and told
Miss &. il might be taken TO her Disadvantage Anna
said ,he would give them up II would make the
settlement TO get her TO New Orleans II was part
of the Arrangement that she should give up the let
tiers she expressed herself wilIng 10 give them up,
but when she found wanted them, she vas not iof
giving them up l paid her the day before she
sailed think IN her mothers house did not
then tem and the letters as truSe she would give
them to me, a. she said she would think went
down to the vessel once without and ohce WIN her
IL was later when got the letters never saw her
again before she Lett never paid her any money
except the $27. and paying for nurse OF the child
she did not object TO giving up the letters thlnk
the letters directed TO some place in Connect
Gu, cannot say whether the address was Miss FL
nendorf, nor whether 1t was Anna Dempsey
By Mr.. OC.-hy affidavit In 1880 was made In
great haste was going to Mobile. ana the carriage
was waiting at the door have seen Mrs Dempsey,
Anna's mother, Annals character is bad, down 70
the present time would not believe her on oath.
BY Mr.. Van B.-SpeaK OF her reputation AMI We
racty as given by her mother and sister mostly
| them heard Catharine speak OF her heard capt.
Howard deny the paternity o. the cnlld nave heHa
no other persons, except from heirsay heard
| Mr. Goodwin, DR.. Gray, who never saw her
| DR.. Warner did not hear any one speak against
her from personal knowledge, except the seur
| persons named heard Mrs. Forrest and Mrs.
| Voorhies-msny that did not kno" her u was
| after the commencement OF TINS trial, ana when
| il was Known she to be an Important wit
ness in the case heard Mrs. Goodwin say she did
not like the girls looks she always suspected her
heard OF II a. the time Ofthe Howard settlement !
boarded nj the house Of Mr. Goodwin have done
SO for yepr Mr. Goodwin has gone 70 England,
went lst Jan. 90 not Teco,lect VINO else spoke OF
her various people some about the Court here.
Mr.. OC. wished to ask witness VIVA. was sad by
Mics Sinclair at the time she asked han to cal on
Mr. Sarge n but the cOnyeTs itiOn was not admitted
In answer 10 question by Mr. Van u. wit
ness said he had stated in his AFFIDAVIT that he
pad Anna Dempsey $50, besides the s2)-meant az
TO former the 81 a month paid for nurse OF the
child, which amounted to between 80 aad $50.
! John Dickinson, swoTn-Liye at new. Canaan, Ct.
avn a shoemaker-a man OF family Anna Flower
| lived with me her character was anything but
cOmmsndabe, as to truth and vefacty Sou,d NOT
place IA straw upon her word from what heard
would not believe her upon oath IN Court oil Jus
tice she came TO ne on 30th March, 1870, came
10 the city and got her on that DAY me DOCK mere
shown is the register of The House OF Refuge she
renamed with me till the November following saw
her again IN 1913 she came to my house ana wisned
20 stay Wlth me Gld not receive her say 1913 De-
cause II is the best evidence We have, did not re-
tain her to the end OF her term OF SERVICE according
to the incentufes my family was my wife, young
man, a nephew, and another young man, an appren-
tice should suppose her at the time to be 10 or IL
years % age.
Odd you see or hear any assent or ACT indica'-
ing that she was an unchaste or leWd person
Objected TO, as the question OF chAsty 10 not
proper on an inquiry as 10 truth and yeracty,
Mr. orc, in reDly, referred 10 the testimony OF
Anna Flower in regard 10 Mrs. +. and Capt How
ard and she herself atthe time chaste, and the idea
OF plot on the part OF Mrs / 70 nave the olneI
servants sent away next evening 0rtwo, and Capt.
Howard coming 81 the house when Anna was alone
and viola ting her lie coniended mat the testimony
now Offer ed is under circumstances, pfopeft 70 show
she was rot the kind Of person she pfetends; one
stated, m her testimony, Mf OC. said, that she uo
not live with Mr.. ID.
Mr.. Van u. said in 1913 Anna Dempsey came 70
live with Mr.. Forrest She became sncxnts, tne
fact was not made known to defendant, ana sue va
sent secretly away, and a conespondenfe was keps
up between her and Mrs. v, but the later mas so'
bach her corTesDondence lie in doubt, he san,
hether II was admit this testimony, so az 70
he ABLE 10 examine witnesses that come up or 10 re-
feet H Sill the rules OF eyldencs ShOua ns pre-
served Her stating that she Was alarmed az tne
time she spoke OF, Will not admit Of her whole LIE
/ being incurred into. lie contended that the tesn
! mony could not be admitted
! The court could rot agree wiki the idea generally
held that the testimony OF an unchnte woman, 80