New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-16


AZ once-which was very immOdest
Rl'nsss-I never VAS locked Up in room with
her suppose she Was about 10 or IL never heard
any thing IS 10 her character, good or bad n WAS
gooa. so far as | knew anything 20 the CONTRARY
could no. tell anything as 10 her character for truth
and veIacity never heard any thing against ~oud
oeisXe heI under oath quick As would any other
i'oy mao no more acquaintance with than had
teioIe knew Mrs. Waite never heard anything
against ne woman tll came down here las. Mon
Gay. Objected TOT
By Nr OCTAVE seen Anna there more than once
1t VAS dunI one summer, did see her any other
time never visited her, and did not keep he's com
pany passed Mrs Whites house 10 get water f,y
my horses, and saw her do not know whether she
was married or not Old not snow anything about
her business Go not kno If she was cal ed Elmen-
c0Tf she was called Anna. do not know II II Was
eight or It was ten years ago 4m nos 30 years Of
age never SAID OF Anna IA got what wanted
OF her It Is false, If said so know butcher there,
young man. named Mitchell. aud SnO = an old man
~ho Is his father thar Is. called his father never
said IN presence ~ old MI Mitchell, sny body else,
that hac got what wanted OF Anna
1irS. Nary Raymond SwOm-By hr. Vaa B.-Reslde
~ south Norwalk | am a wldoS have grand
osugnter living with me | have lived there up
MARC OF 40 years have four clildren living. |
hhow Mrs Flower she stayed az my house neuly
uiee months oy name 81 Einendoff. It was
S.ais go one came some line IN Aoril and
NAMED TIL the last OF June she wts confined AZ nv
mouse do not know the exact time. but she re-
maihed tnree OF four weeks ahsrsard recollect
clothes Deng sent 10 the child she tol me os "a
tO) they were meTlnO cloak and can was af,r the
cnlld was born, TO go TO NeS.YoTk she received
letefs as often as once a week when she MAS az INV
mouse, and she wrote letters directed q Miss Mar
earet Sinclair, should think. as much az once a
week never saw anything leed Ia her conyers,-
ton. nothing but what Was becoming IN any ,peet
able lady never heard the neghhorS say anything
about her, to my recollection 60 collect ever
hearing anything against her While she there.
or against her ruih and veraciy everything APP
peared plan should believe her IN ier oatf am
not personally acquainted with Mrs Harriet White
she living az that time about aGuater OF mile from
me do rot know when che Ten Nor walk know
what the neghbors generally sand about her what
they sad was not much - her credit.
30 Nr. O'C-I cane 10 town last Monday do
not know the gent eman's name who came with
me do not zee him in Court 90 nos recollect
names II was not Mr. anknsn four or ave OF us
came down MI llarce, Mrs. Flowers. that geaie-
man. and another gent eman, the latter 40 belong
ing TO New-loJk believe they came 10 NorNalk To
set ms TO come On believe the gentlensn's name
was Doughery never saw Anna IN N0rwalk but
thar once. men she came to my house 20 get board
her health was as good AZ general under clrcu
stances, while she was win nae the doctors name
was Gregory.
jeremiah r. Brooks, ssorn--keep genllemen's
furnishing store at No no Broadway. under arm Of
Van Hough,on & Brooks lived in Norsaik was
born and lived there 10 the age OF 25 know Dr.
Gregory | followed, in 1913, the business OF tailor,
| viii be 81 years OF age next spring know Mrs.
Flowers first saw her, think, NJ ms Whites l
was passing by the house and saw her, II my men,
ory serves me night, sitting 10y the window my
place of business was within speaking distance OF
MIS- Whites any one speaking IN an ordinary tone
could he heard | was not married then my lady,
To whom have since been married, then lived there
II was III the summer or fall OF 1913 know Mrs.
Harriet White, from my childhood up, next time I
saw Anna was, think, az my tailoring establish
ment she came there, think, on Mrs Russelfs
recommendation for work | gave her work think
she was 10 work in my establishment, about three
weeks she worked by the side Of my board usu-
ally was there from O'Clock Ia the morning till as
late as she could see III the evening she tod me,
when she came, she had passed some little time at
the bust ess when she LEFT me II was u go TO tho
lady who IL my present wife, ana with whom |
boarded, and was a vest maker | recommended
her to go think she was there week or ten days
she then went 10 llve believe, with Mrs Russell
told her her work did not exactly suit me, being
OF a coarser kind, ard she tolo as TO Mrs. Rus
sell she boarded with Mrs. White never saw or
heard, while she was there, anything lewd or in-
modest III her formed an opinion that her deport-
mtnt was correct know what her character was
among the neighbOrs II was good, as far as know
60 not fecollect OF having heard anything aSslhs!
her from what | know Of her character, should
have no hesitation IN believing her under oath l
know Mrs White her general character among
the leighbors IN Norwalk would rather not men
ton | Was acquainted with her general character,
but there were associations ith her family that
would rather not answer.
br Van D. said he very sorry, but he would
have 10 ask him. Nil orc. objected that 1t must Do
general
W'tn,ss-The general speech OF people about hm
was not good.
Q.-What was the cause OF Anna leaving MIS-
White
Mr. O'C. objected unless the witness actually
knew.
Mr. Van B wished To show Anna wanted to leave
and 20 10 the house Of the lady witness married. be.
cause she DID not like what vas a. Mrs Whites.
Mr. orc. objected Mr Ven II. said every knd Of
question had been asked as 10 Anna Flower. Mr.
orc. said the point was different me inquiry was as
TO her chastity based on her oNn tesiimOuy, and As
TO her general character.
The Count thought the witness could not state Il
from the declarations OF Anna herself
NifneSs-She applied TO me % get her place 10
board think II was twice during the tloe she was
with me there no reason wny should not
promised would had nottne-tt1e witness was
not allowed to state what ALnaGai 10 hlm
Q-What was the character Of Mrs Wbiie for
chastity.
Oolected to-allowed # vas known 10 Anna.
Haness-Think Mrs WIS reputation was made
known 10 Anna dId not communicate anything
to her myself If she mad not known anything she
would not have spoken to me abou. thtt was tne
6rst time she spoke on a second time told hef
dli not think Mrs Whites reputation good, ana
thought she had better get another boarding house
she left Mrs. Whites.
The witness asked to be excused, on the ground
he had said before. IL was insisted.
U,fnsss-It had been considered bas
BIZ Mr. OC-Who have you heard speak against
Mrs White, Ia NOr~alh.
Witness did not wish to say insisted J II must
answer would refer TO Mr.. Absalom Days family
ne is now dead Mr. Peck. who married one " his
daughters, isnow living In Brooklyn Mr. Noah Day;
witness sand he thought Mr. orc. meant as to who
could say J DO no. knew whether Mrs Peck has
spoken against her II could speak Of the dead AS
So witness vas told that would not do j think have
heard a family named Seymour Mr.. nah Sey-
mour think one Mr. Stephen Searam another,
also OF kOrwalk think have heard Mr. Uiseler's
family Lorenzo Wheeler aud, am no. positive,
Dut thipk Mrs Wheeler his wife do not recoliect
paricu afiy, any other person, but 1t was general
1pinion have heard my sister Mary who vas a child
living IN tho house with her, now Mrs Van Hough-
ton her sidence is at Wllllamsburgh also Mrs.
John Rogers Of Norwalk also "A sister OF mine
-ounot fecClleCt any other person to this period
.hnk Anna went by the name OF Anna Dempsey
WREN knew her lived IN Nor.alk IA iSf5 do
not think then saw her do no! think ever saw
JefoTe 1913.
Adjourned to this forenoon.
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