New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-22
THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE.
Gu fnribe y. Forrest ~. Edwin fotrest-E ;wfu
Fsrrestrs Csthnrinc y. Forrest
SUPERIOR CoURr-ssfc,e Jrdss oAxLsr

Catherine y. OrrcSt agt. Ldt5n Forrest,
aad oounfsr cha-ss-ActoR for Divorce. -corh,seG.
r.. VAN BuKsN's SUMMING Ur CONTINUED.
Mr. van Buren, said he had called tue a,tea.ion OF
The jury YESTERDAY 10 the contra ilclrons 10 Mrs.
FORESTS sfiCayt-he would now ADVERT 10 me fact
that Mrs + said ihe letter % Dec 70. vas the first
iniimaon she ha that Mr. Forrest had any sIsPicon
OF her purity. and yet this was II months a'ter the
finding OF the ConSueo lotlor-a letIer which bears
IL ItscG uTe1agaole evidence OF the gulls Of Mrs.
FoueSt-and whrh led TO their separation. The
statement OF Mrs Forrest. which she ainltse5, must
have been made between January AMI April, 1879,
speaks Of aconveTsston between Mr. + and herself.
TO s separation, and she asserted - him her
innocence, ana she signed a paper 10 that effect,
which Ceries improper conduct. and which she
svoTc Ia This was IN January, 1872
She afterwaro explained that these bad been wri-
ting over her signature. but the Jury viii see that
that Is probably, not the case. IL Is also said BY
counsel that there Is DOUBT as 10 Jan being IN the
same whiting But che herself acknowie igeS that It
WINS after they had agreed to separate, and before
they Cid 1t shows that IT was eleven months be-
| fore the December letter.
MIR. Forrest had IN his possession the consuela
letter, the fncirg Of which, ani the conen.s of IL.
caused conviction OF guilt on his part and led TO
| the separation.
DID She agree 70 keep secret the cause Of the sepa-
ration, and cid Nj Forrest Dir. L. dIi, and KEEP.
~ The testimony of his sister of Mr. Lawson, Mr..
Green snd others, showed that he never made any
mention Of 1t till December 1919 that until that
tine ~ never opened his lips 10 any aumin soul
about IT,
nrs. Underwood said that Mrs Forces. told her
thai che hai asked Mir. +. not To say ANYTHING aoOut
the cause, ard he had promsed-She SAID tat
tnaIl could crush woman ant this WAS me Cause Of
her wishing TO carry In the coal, when brought the
letter. &c, SO As to have an opportunity to speak
with tim.
Yet Mrs Forrest denied that she ever asked Mr.
T. To keep silent IN regard to their dicg.ies-that
Mr.. F. never suspected her, aud spoke OF Mr..
Marready as a cause OF difficulty. Garyln as she
acluo N,edged, overheard tie conversation IN the
room en- she said to Nr +. "lt rs lle-it lie"
II vii e forthe Jury to decide from this and other
facts whe her she cid Ms stited-f 50, her denial Is
AL unCua med falsehood.
Itras shown Dy the testimony OF Mr. Burr aud
Ms Willis end Mr. Lawson. that Mrs Forrest said
Tire cause OF the separation was the Macreaty dih.
co IL, aud vet terward IN Dec 1879, In her letter
TO Mr.. Forrest, she had never done so. II she Is
woman devoid OF truth, You, the jury, have great
element 10 base your views, as To her aliavits. |
say she is woman destitute OF Truth and her word
and hcr afldaVts alike 10, 20 be believed.
The question as 10 her guilt
TICre is fret the testimony OF Mrs Underwood
she was old friend OF the family tMr Van b.
Yesterday stated II was with regret he had 10 aludc
10 Mrs IS family and would not DOS but that II is
part Of the easel As to Mrs. Understood,
her character and relation to Mrs Forrest Is
shown by tire testimony OF Mr.. Harper, who spoke
OF her az belonging 10 the Church he did, and her
bringing Mrs. Forrest TO The Church one evening and
Introducing her t. him. MIS- Underwood went with
MIS- Forrest after the sepdfauon where she re-
/ NAMED TIL after she was married There does NOT
seem any reason why she should state anything taat
was incorrect. Mrs Underwood gives Mr. Richard
|
he did hn self and spoke OF DR.. Rich not half so OF
| ten as he did himself As To Mr. Raymond, Mr.. X.
Acknowledges he renamed there all nieht ous
tbokSAlrs L. COMPOUNDED her testimony As To two oc-
| cssous the Jury viii remember Mrs u. stated what
she get as 70 hls being there was from Mrs. and
as 10 Mr. Ray m0nd, he Is implicated IN relation 10
matters spoken OF at the house, and his testimony Is
to be taken with care. MTs L is wonderfully con-
ffmed by the testl nOnY.
As TO Rohert Garyin, he WAS servant, in the light
/ OF which 60 not consider Mrs Underwood TO nave
! hran In tpStt
false and they say procured lie proves one or
two things as to Capt Calcrait aud Mr Wills ous
the actual adj .tsTy he spoke of was as bet Mr.
! RAYMOND end Mrs YoThies. IL had no bearing As
20 the charge in relation 10 Mrs Forrest, aud ~ pro
! cured testimony he would not so have testified lis
did not speak Of that IN his testimony before Mr..
SedgwIck, where he un willingly gave tmoaT.
Mr.. Raymond and Mrs VOORHEES, could punish him
If he stated untrue.
lying against each other on "A sofa. tie SPOKE OF
seeing aiterwaTd hair pin and other things. and
SAID be called Caibarine oBnen to witness them,
and # It was desirable 10 contradict HIN, Cathaune
O'BrIen might have been called
As to the testimony Of John Kent, that he took Q
lot.T TO Mrs Forrest, and her coming aud going TO
room she usually occupied on the third story, and
that on gong up stains after ward ne heard Mr.
r. L. Wliiis say Good night, dear !" and sa~ HIM,
! from the stars. at Mrs Forests door, MIR, n. Il.
! Wills. MIS-. Willis MAS called IN latiOD 10 this
she stated that she sick, and that Mrs T. cane
TO see her. The only witness that could have
/ answered the question was Mr. n p. Willis he eE.
claimed by saying II his habit going To bed
10 bid bis child good night but he dd not say Ina! no
cid not Kent the stairs, or that he never SAID
/ TO Mrs Forrest, Good night, dear" The general
bearing of kents testimony az TO other matters, was
confirmed. -
But come to another point in relation to Nr. N.
7 Willis. In Mr.. Forests absence Mr. Willis vas
seen by three persons with his arm round Mrs For
resls waist aud In that way they LEFT the room. II
! the Jury will look At the dlsgfam sho al they .iu
zee hsw it could De done. Mr wills might, IN nls
! testimony have made some explanation, but when
he swears ne never had his hand on her person nor
his ann round her waist, then It Is a marx OF love
! and precursor OF crime: MI dempsey was not
servant When he Was placed on the stand knew
nothing as TO what be was gong 10 testfT. heafo
! a rumor he had seen something, and was conpeneo
10 get the process Of the Court 10 compel MIN 70
testify. IL came out that his wife sa" it-Ofousnt
Out by the other sIte-and subsequently IL ap-
| peIed that Mrs. Dempsey also had Tney we're
/ brought to Court, and tesanod as shown
agreed that the Jury shall visit the premises ana
they will Judge for themselves as TO the oPportu-
/ nifty they had Tor seeing what they stated
Inow viii speak OF the testimony 10 regard 20
CAPTAIN Howard That rests upon the testimony OF
/ Anna Flower The Jury viii Judge o. her mains.
and bearing. TGey knew she MAS TO De mere, anu
the manner In which they have brought up evidence
shows the zeal with which they have done IL one
was but eleven years old when she lived with Ihe
DIV Sician and went to the House of the Reiuge,a,
strange with the frightful onslaught ade upon Ler
ii will not be wondered at that she did not feeol-
/ lect that she lived with Dickinson.
There 10 no doubt she was At the House OF teiuae.
The testimony was that she tied 10 run away, WINS
! lie record shows that she vas returned and sent
home to her mother on account OF severe Illness
AS TO her living 1t the house OF ne snu
the charge of her having stolen she herself explains
IN regard 10 that and no testimony, although
I offers were made, TO the contrary.
I.to the ironeachng her Mr. Raymond, CathaTiae
| Leylps. Barrey McCabe and Mrs. Dempsey are al
| variance ana also some ofthem different from Anna
/ herFeD
Among the persons brought Up against her vas
/ Mr. DlcSinson, with whom she lived IN 1910. They
/ swear 10 her having come out OF her room IN her
| night clothes, 70 that IN which they were. ihey
both 81 ear It Was but once they both say tney saw
/ n, and YET one says II IN the morning and ths
other II the evening, before making the IRE
They spoke OF her chastity with al me clan y.
I that was agslns, her the mosi Iney Hint W "A
/ tbrt AZ that time in Der childhood, sne san
10 witness. companion 10 the house s , .oad