The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-15
there is bell the Greenwich street door, but no. on
the one or the Reade street side
The &C urt here took recess for hour.

there bell the Greenwich street door, but no. on
the one the Reade street side
The urt here took recess for one hour.
AFTERNOON Sc ssION.
At o'c ock the court rrassembled The district attor
the herald at the time of the melancholy
Emanuel White, sworn-I am a member Of the Fifth
ward polce member the time Mr.. 10 Corn was taken
to the station house examined the cell after Yards and
found piece of paper with writing it, which sup
posed to be part Of letter; that part of the letter
have misaid
Cross examined BY Mr. Brady do not read French;
the writing the piece Of in French the sell
was in the basement Of the Fifth ward station house
Mr. lie Rogue then opened for the defeucs lie review
cd the evidence at length and dwelt upon the
good character of the prisoner previous his
rival in this country All the circumstances Of the case
nted to the fact that Madame Fowler only the
foster mother of Melville but actually the person who
gave him birth She herself obliged confess that
Corn She confessed that he had been ice the inmate
OF the lunaue asylum, and that during his temporary
stay at her house before his departure for this country
she was In fear OF her life from his fits of ungovernable
passion His conduct the vessel, coming from Havre
to New Orleans, wild and erratc in the extrems He
took every opportunity that presented itself 70 steal
every thI he could lay his hands and even attempt
ed to create mutny among the crew. He was Stunned
by every lriDg his residence in New Orleans and
Cincinnati and the testimony Of living witnesses could
he produced to show his of violence and madness.
He was also in the habit Of constantly going armed and
always had in his possession sword he MAS In
Inc constant habit Of Boosting of his skill in athletic
ana ugisc exercises and also pc sessed, accord
ing 70 his frequent assertions, of trick by which he
~as able to knock down by single blow from a
The first time that De Corn Mrs. Melville
at the house in Lpenard street. where the deceased had
called him in bis capacity of physician to after to his
wife, who eente While there, the lady intimated
to him that she treated in the most brutal and
aldy She averred that her husband had stolen
from her all her vauables, including Dresses and ap
sled 10 his sympathy. She that she had not the
Of obtaining the necessares Of hethat the very
clothes she stood In borrowed and entreated him to
lend her small sum of money De Corn consented to
give her rome small pecuniary assistance She went to
the hotel At Franklin square at the accommodation Of
Mrs. Barker and afterwards sent for hun for further
loan Such the circumstances which led the
visits of Mr. De Corn at the hotel The OBJECT of passing
under the of Mrs. Stanley was TO herself
from her husband, who woald kbave speedily
Tor nd her out and renewed his i'll treatment, had
she retained bis name AS to the pistol which
found De Corn will show that he utter
clerk Of the store in which he bought it in order to get it
loaded. After Mr. Melville had gone to Connecticut Mr..
De Corn was In constant apprehension lest he should su
fer any outrage az the hands of this bad man. showing
hat he was man Of great constitutional timdity The
boy Ottoman rays that at early hour Mr.. Melville
came in, with face white with passion CARRYING in his
hand q cane, which he had never carried before and
which Vas . most dangerous weapon Bainval telh GU
that he made several visits there that morning looking
very angry and that he would not believe him when told
that De Corn Was not there and sea ched in every drec
ton 0fhm THIS place is very dark and gloomy one
and Nj De On woulave been very close on Melville
without seeing Him What the conversation between
the parties lot known, but it was angry and tumultu-
Mrs Melville when she left the house in Ispenard
street. in search Of divorce which she was fully
determined ard bad been befo lawyer in THE city and
had desired him advise her tie subject What wal
the impression the mind Of MI De Corn on seeing Mr.
Melville entering the store with open letter
and swoIdcane in toe other The only inference
that Mr. Melville had come there for the purpose OF
murderous assault Mr.. De Corn has repeatedly ans
olemnly stated that bloody threats made by TIL
deceased. The evidence Of the boy Steman says tina
both parties suddenly broke off talking French, and IN
Corn notwit standing his excitement said in English tn
word wait The idea is absurd for Frenchmen par
tculary excited break of into foreign Ian
guage What earthly motive was there in this case +