New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-14
TIE FORREST DIv0RCE CASE.
Catharine v. Fsrrestus -. Edwin fsrrsst-Edwin
Forrest ~ C4tharine n. Forrest.

Cath0r3ne ". Forrest agt. Ed0sn Forrest,
ard counter oh1rs, Action for DlvOrce-cestsEusd
TWENTY SECOND DAY.---Tuescay, Jan. ~
Dr. Wainwright. sworn-By Mr.. 0'c.-Is cler-
gyman OF the Episcopal Church do 20! know Mr.
OF Mrs. Forrest never spoke - either O. Ihem On
any occ ssion or 10 DriDg about reconciliation be-
tween Mr. Fo!re6taud Mrs VcoThies, q any person
Bridget Dempsey, swom-By NJ . 'c-Seslde IN
T~euty-eigttts 81 IS moiher0t Mrs Anne lovers
remember her living Win MI. abd Mrs. tafrrNf
sbe never tod me to nov knO Wedge, xnythng IS
to Mrs Forrest and Capt Howard never h7ari
her while she vas there, say an, thinS dsto MS e
but what was proper auf good her ch.lb diel WI
June last my daughter Mary Vas nome iis. hl5lI
NJ subpenaed 20 come here, but Is not acre th1S
morning. ,. -,
chsel Dempsey he Is ~ the Cry don't Nh' W
nuH.ter where ne hyes ana Cannot thug OF lie
name It IS near Bieecker g., csnho. zen "hp sc
lives with he - a carinan the SIieet $3.50 -
bleecker west side broad way u = Aunt ipu'
wears slLcO met with MN J nave not seen Anna
SINCE she mt 70 New Orleans, before Sae was
married sax her once slnce on ne SIDEWAYS Ou' "a
not know her do not fscoileci the year she A,s'
vert to New Orleans nv memory IS very oa1 IN
deed Anna never told me anything a)0ut CdPts
Howard and Mrs Forrest Messrs. Howlani -
Chase snbpensed me 10 attend mere re chlu
was with me three wears, since ne was thileeu
months ole. except SIX months ne was sehl d"a5
from me recol ect when the child was wl-h M.
Butler oid not pay her from mOnth 10 month
hsnC "a Ler money as II "as gwen % i.'e leesro'
money t.ICe from servant Of Mrs FJfrests De
heve her name was Cathanne she came once To my
house with 1t, and once got u i'oIn heI a.
Mrs Forests | met Catbarine a. Mr.. OC0Hors
Office Mrs. Forrest also there, ana my daughter
Mari buow Miss Mar sarei (Mrs w. 90 not re-
member heT ever giving ne any money " hAau 20
MIS- Butler. GO rot TeCOllect ever gong wiih
Miss Margaret 10 see the child kno" Mr. K "
moId / went once "lia him 20 hrs Buffers
that time got away the child never saw tdpg:
Howard 90 not knO" anything ABOUT MN
have ter children (namos tneG- Anna or ltonGfd
is tue nth one oftnem Patrick went by the name
| OF reoeuCk hlr O'ConoT made a mistake wneh
h signed my name AQeila ! Only n l0e my cross
can read wIiILg, but have neglected nay writing 80
much. cannot now Anna y Detsee a anu =
Cannot tell the year she vas born, Du 10 me oe ~
| nv knowledge she Is about thar age was married
| In Ireland IN SIS been here about 10 years my
own age is between 50 and 50 cannot EEL TIE year
| Anna was horn III Ireland cannot say exacdg ha"
| Old she was we lost the book IN which the dates
OF birth were put down, on the voyage 10 this cOun
| tTv Frederick is the next older thdn her iona,
nextvounger. is between % and % cannot tell the
year he born in cannot tell the age OF Mayor
OF any Of the children cannot say whether Anna
was born In 1927 my memory Is very BAD
MIR. Forrest Inquired Of me once where Anna was
| II was more than year ago she was theh IN new
Orleans. ard lived there ! told MN do mob Know
where she wes, ard die not Know, Is mai no cor
dependence with her 10 MIN dld not Know
whore she lived | employ myself taxing care OF
ray house and assisting servant have have
two sons and two daughters living With M John
aud William and Marg aret end Mary J0hn ana
William have not been subpenaed they do not know
ANYTHING about have notsee9 Mrs Forrest SINCE
THIS ClcUlty arose but once, At MI OConors ONCE
| called &c Ter house, but did not see her Mrs.
VOORHEES, called for ne 10 50 see her nothing was
raid ne on those occasions never gov am
money Of that kind, and never looked for Il sap
ported the child myself got three months
pay for 1t got 1t from Mr.. God%ln s. month II
was an Arrangement with Mr. Raymond, IA my get
ting the cho from Mrs Bu'leT, that was to have
81 Month for taking care OF 1t there was no time
mentioned MIR. GOcW.n PAID me the money at my
house there some money gwen me 10 get
II child 10
Newt Orleans ] got It from Mr. VOORHEES,, who maize
me give him receipt, he SAID he would nave 10
get the money again from Capt Howard II was
shortly after that my daughter, Mrs Hlnsdale,
who Was here at the time from New Orleans, TOOK
the child with her when she went back cannot re-
member how old the child was: my memory IS
so bad / can hardly remember ono day from tie
| next the child died at my house was present
Il vas buried At Greenwood Cemetery went over
with H. and all my family ! mad ia the house and
several others my son John went over Mr.. Kay
mOnd wss not there 90 rot suppose ne knew OF
the death never heard Of Mr.. Raymond nor Mr.
VOoIhIes did 40. the child dId not Gle suddenly,
but fingered good while DTs. Forester aod Rog
ers attended It 90 not know whether their Dlite
have beer paid vet DR.. f. has sent IN his bill Wis
Forrest or Mrs VOORHEES, never otiied 10 see the
child when 1t was III never lved IN beach-st;' 1
have lived in Bank-st, Mrs Forrest never caeo 70
see me there never said 10 Mr. kOrre Il IN MRS
| Forrest ever called 10 see ne, Mrs / has never
been to my house but once. and that as far as the
| soop, TWO or three weeks ago the GID tod her L
| was rot IL knew Mrs. T. and saw her was IN,
rather complained at having TO answer all the quts-
sions which had been put to heg, and Nh Van B.
SAID ne would not ask her any more.l
BU Mr.. orc When MI Forrest came tome told
him Mrs Forrest ought to have fair trial. alc that
0ld not think her testimony would be OF a1y ser
vice ne said she was respectable m,E!ied woman
told him do not think she could 90 him any go0i,
she had family and thought she ought 10 stay
where she was.
81 NJ. Van B-I knew she would have to tell al
about her own COLrgs. and she would disgrace nef
husband and her children.
Cqiisfa Russell, sWon-Llye at No. 80 Laurens-st'
know Mrs. lngersoil shei my aunt tved with her
Is months at No. 555 Greenwich.st" ana afieTward
about three months IN liouston-st
Q-Was the house In Greenwich st, what is called
q house Ct designation
At was sad 1t WAS such house
Odd YOU ever see agy OF the gentleman who
frequeniedu
A-One or two
Q-WhO were they
Al 90 not know lbeiruarnes.
Q-Were they known, by any game in the house,
e.inercf them
A-No sIl
Q-Who were the women that boarded there
A--There were two ladies' boarded there, Mrs.
DAVE ard Miss Eliza believe the name OF latter
Was PIerpont She old not, 10 ny knoHiecge, re-
cove gentlemen visitors, nor dlc Mrs Dave sac
Lad a husband saw nlm once ne called IN the day
uhle he vas called DAVE l went to the door
son otimes. but seldom The house Was called an
sssenatonhoose not IN the house but by tne neigh-
bofs ;heIe were 10 ether ladies there While 1 was
dOrOf know whether they slept alone never sa"
OF heard Of any husband OF Miss Eliza: there were
no Other lacles that to the house 10 my kno"l-
edee took ny meals III the basement MIS- DAVE,
Mss Ei,Za ana Mrs lDgersOil sal With me do not
feCoLtct any gentleman VINO ever SAT Win US,
ior anv o,her woman | frequently heard the door
omen and smut N the DAY uuie ana Al mga' co
rot know who .iov were tha. cane IN a1d went
cot thele never ans hing - IsaU NE 10 suS'
lect tnst there any hing wrong L am =
widow have seen but one gentleman that Is IN thls
room that ! had seen there Il was Or. Foilen
che ewes OF Tie audience pointed 10 MI. forfe:1
tKFectlig ne would be the Onel never say Mr.,
Forrest twh0 Is present. there or at Houston. -
never saw NJ DAVE there but once did not hear
what Miss ia dId for a lTlrg, she never sdd any
'iirg as TO that | have spoken 20 my aunt As 70
What the neishbo1s saId about the house Hiss EuZt
nc uot GO 10 HoustOn.st Mrs Davie cid' she DID
not say long; she Was backward and forwIo TO
Phi aCtiphia for three or -four months at Houston
s., tnsle was another lacy boarotr named Merr-
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