The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-28

Zns Late Curis Case Alleged Sod ocst0a.
COUNTER AFFIDAVIT or ras F.Ia sEDrcED.
The foe~ipg apter sfbdavit has teen IN This
case shisb appeared ia sundays xRMD
CIV and O. afy Of Stw FOX q - Ryan % said
eff, berQ q, ssorr, ssyr hat abe Il tina
MENTIONED aps by ~bom The foregoing affidavit VS.
Il pded thar afcasit shau1 contan sever in iec1
siatem.nts ii ep odiea, - at said ahi issit
was prepared " - Of said city. dlrirg dsponsnt's
absspse that eepooear compansd 70 the flee Of
sand - By womsr named -, oy thcn depa-
pent hereafter mentiooed, "a usistiai to take
proceedings against CAPT AcC-rren Tor Tue purpose OF
coeIcipg pay depor ent large sum % money;
tbst on ,be lfh day Of Angus de.oneot IN company
WITH said - went 10 the Office OF sad - ,or pro
Il s.t pa advice .na hen h,n htt for ysri
years lase pGs she has intimate With Capt hoot
hcCeETen, ~hie acting A. OF se,@ral shp oy
gwen up going TO sea- hid cesed Al Intimacy with DO
popent and had erted her and that fhe wan cd TO
compel hD 10 & " Der support; that So" - then
ftsi that bal legal claim against sad Ger
rem but that he Wou,o wti,a t. rad McC@rren avd he
would d. something for her, dep"nent should
esposs him IN vav that htweeo the th AMI 10Th
Of August deporent had several interviews viva said
- at his oiee, add at the house Of slii -;
that On the afternoon OF The 10th OF august,
depoDent called ~ the Office Of said ---; th..,
abe then aud there, II the request % said -,
dfsB1 Two glasses ~ b'a:fberry brandy, and he
depopent that he couic d. moth with said
McCuen That she nad no leg a claim unless deponent
aggravated him ADD caused rim commit an assault
upon her ana the sal - then advised pope at TO
20 the country residence OF Mr.. McCerren.
fbe sa,t - reor, 9apiea depopent f-om his office 10
the ixth end tteo depons used no
oppose get INTO trouble and get inip iris N, cha:
shall DO ?' the said replied, Don't be afraid OF
that, IN bail Jou out that d-ponent hen hired
rage and hove To the residence OF sad - at $50
Sixth avenue; that the said - then induced depo.
nent 10 brandy and thst alter rus ing
she pi eded the hou.e OF said Nc erreo, where
she arrived GU. half past nine o'cl OK NJ; that
the said Nc errep together with ~ his ismiy and seye
Of the and that depun nj oeiog not Ia Del rybi
mind BIT under the inj of sp itucus drink ssed
Vi lent kpgus1e to Il said McCsrren and family tina
depopent broke the wpc OF said house. other
wise injured the furniture of said house md refus
to leave, sLe orcibly eec.ed b. al Nc md
received much injury that the following Monday,
the 2sth Of August deponept now best ec she
went to the Law office of said " that ponsnt taen
fencing her visit to the rssiet of said SIC rron and
stated truly to him every circumstance which under her
the injury ooGm ted by and sustained oy her thu
night Of aturday the 26th Of August the house ad
HcCeJyen but de- ponent tepes that she directly
Indirectly At any time pstructed the said to state
embody IN said sd svt inaccuracies which
now appear therein peponent saith that che never
stated to sai1 -, to any other person, that she
induced by the opportunities pesuasions and pro
misses OF said acCerren to leave her home Liverpool
and 60 with him on board his Ship but on tbs contrary
deponent stated to said - that deponents aunt APP
piled to the said employ ward
board his ship, dsponsnt then TO wit,
tie fall of ls4 anxious to visit her iather who then
and since has resided in said city Of New York and
Opponent saith thai she never save on one oc asion
the said McCerren prior her departure from Liverpool
a. steyardess in his ship, in the fau Of ls47, aud
that she had or made and nAver stated to any
McCerren Of indicate improper nature prior the
time Of her leaving Liverpool last aforesaid and de-
poEent faith that the statement to the contrary in the
foregoing affidavit was unauthorizedly inserted therein
and when ceponent gave instructions to said - she
told the truth she has now stated 1T Dsponent saith
SOD that she passed as the wife Of said McCrren during
the time she was at Washington, and in going to
room and bed with said McCerrsn that said state
ment and has been nauhorizedly asserted in
said afc avit contrary the direct instructions
| deDODtnt. hat
portion of said affidavit last mentioned she Interrupted
him, and used the words NO no 7, pepol ent never
tell the said that on her return to New York said
hat shortly prior to the 4th of August the said McCer
paid to opponent, in divers payments the Of
was in the ofacs Of said -, and 500 Of which she
induced to give to said hereinafter stated.
And deponspt saith that said payment Of $3.50
and above the due and previously paid to her
her wages ste sartes board tne ships anded
BY said Mccerren Deponent that sire stated
to that Capt AcCrren had retained from her
any money, or any amount whatever, received by him
from the of ship In VIII she stewardess
for the that said McCerren invariably paid her
the amount stated wages and as aforesaid pa to
her 1850 in cash prior to her interview with said
and which Pay ment Of $3.50 . we known to said
that she stated that said mccerren knew
vas in strange land. without friends, for tie
that the said McCerren well knew that the father and
mother OF deponent residents Of this ct and
deponent resided with them during the past sever
pepnen Hns saith hat aa AFFIDAVIT Is hshy
cOicIsd, and every statement made to said
Stated to said 800 that she did not and could
not read the receipt 1925 prepared by the friend Of
sold hcCerren; that the frieua referred to in said aft
davit is - the proprietor of Wcodla sp hotel on
The Boomipgdae road that being the place referred to
in the fcrssons afdayit Ths. the said NC rrsn wrote
receipt for opponent to the phraseclogy of which de-
por emit objected; that he said - then wrote . re
ceip which he read to deponent and after reading
same harded the t, deponent TO read and which
che did read and fully understand and then signed tbs
same, snd then the said - handed to deponent 1925
amounted to tie sum Of $780, and deponent saith that
when she went to the Office Of said - she piaioly
stated and detailed to him the truth just ated in
ference to the receipt ofSsad money ct said SIS ana
delonent never stated that the LANDLORD of ad hotel
took her In his wagon to the Hudson Railroad hat
said - drove her to raid railroad; deponent never
thought that sad AFFIDAVIT would contain or did contain
tanned and never knew to the contrary until she read
copy Of said affidavit, the 9th inst as hereinafter
stated That when she made said affidavit, the said -
stated that bond would be required before he could
procure warrant Deponent stateo that she bad no
friends to sign the same and the reupon the said re-
which che then paid over to him ont Of the
money she had received from said McCeTen, in order
to induce nn @ or get % to sign said
several sessions thereafter met the said $500 at the
house Of said "a. WHERE here dspons,t was tOl by said
sons in the Attor House, and by ne desire of said -
depcnent to the Office Of Ne AstCr House and to
VIZ Wv VI veSseB COMMANDED McCorren,
the purpose of exposing said AcCerren and order to
induce him to call at the office Of said - to settle or
arrange ssid suit That after mskrg said affidavit de-
ponent, as hereinafter stated, deeply resrettng the
trouble which she had caused said MoCeren and the
misery which she had entailed his family and by the
advice Of her mother resolved have nothing more to
do in the matter and while deponent her way to
said IS to STOP said suit she met the said McCerren
told him see was going to said ---'s, that she had
enough Of trouble and determined have nothing
more to do with the matter, and that she then on
wQ d IN ot 30 ~ . I'm
which she had previously given ii Mr. AlcCerren re-
Piled that II Mr.. - did not return it he would and
promised to attend at Mr. - That deponcnt then
went to said -'s, and about half hour thereafter
Mr. Mccerren came in and deponent stated her deter
minaton to said -, and demanded the 500, to
which he replied that be would return it when his ex
penses we're paid. That deponent then voluntarily, in