The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-24


ther let no man put asunder" This Is picture wor-
thy Of your contemplation, and il il my duty TO re-
mind You OF u. The groom was, at the time OF the
marriage, engaged In prosperous grocery business
In Boston. After the birth Of her FIRST child, Mrs.
Walker went to Bath, and again returned to Boston,
where they continued to live prosperously. From
IS 600, the defendant got to be worth from $4,000
to $4,000. Some time before Mrs. Walker was con-
fined with the second child, her husband took
house for her OF Bath, in Maine. The second child
was born there. In 1912 or 1913 Mr.. Walker bought
house In Boston, furnished it WELL anticip atng
every wish and INDUCING every caprice Of his wife,
He settled that house on his wife and children,
so that they, at least, might be taken care Of
From that time until July, 1850, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker lived continuously and happily together
not one shadow Of suspicion ever entered his heart
in respect to the love that she was bound TO give
him. After ls4s Mrs. Walker and the children
called Hartwell They went there, and, though in
Boston, the husband would have venturea his soul
that his wife was true to him. Among other vsiters
at Hartwel was gentleman who aspired to the
dignity OF an MD. This gentleman's name was DR..
HeartweN He was an acquaintance Of Mrs. Walker,
but q stranger to her husband; he had never been
introduced to Walker by his wife. Every summer
the annual visit to Hartwell was renewed One
strange fact was that whenever Mrs. Walker was at
Hartweu, DR.. Heartwell was there also. This con-
tinued from 1916 to 1873 or -. In l849 Mr.. Walker
left Boston as place OF residence. He was not
exactly satisfied with the female associates Of his
and was about to hire and furnish house when the
circumstances to which we shall presently allude
took place. Walker became connected with the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank of New Brunswick,
N. j., OF which he was made director
This was in May, 1910. Up TO July, 1860, Mr.. and
Mrs Walker and the three children lived in New
Brunswick, NJ J.. One of the little ones became
sick, and the mother suggested taking her down to
Bath, in Maine. Up to that hour Wildes y. Walker
never INDUCED the most distant suspicion that his
wife was not what she ought to be- While the
mother and children were down at the watering
place, Wides L. Walker was arrested at the suit OF
Messra. CrOokers, merchants of Bath. IL was al
legged that Walker owed them 600, and q. night
he was arrested by Samuel Cunningham, under pro-
cess sued out Of the Superior Court of our city, Mr.
Walker had friends He gave the requisite amount
OF ball. and was at large for two or three days, when
his bail surrendered him and he was committed TO
close custody, though he had for his lawyer our
present District Attorney. Up TO December, 1885,
he was confined in the Ellrdge street JAIL being
only occasionally allowed to go down to Wall
street to transact his business. He dragged out
his existence there, the dupe Of lawyers, who
cheated and robbed him Of his money on the plea
of getting him ont Of Jail. and then left him
application for his discharge, and was discharged
under the insolyent act During all that time,
amid all that sorrow, in sickness, in poverty, and
in confinement he hoped against hope; but no wife
came no voice Of hers fell upon his ear, and until
December, 1862 Walker was never visited by the
wife Of his bosom. In December, 1850, Mrs. Walker
came to New York and stayed in the jailor's apart
ments with her husband for ten days, in company
with a gentleman who will have to figure on this
stage Of action. He is another proud citizen Of
Maine, and glories in the name Of Senator Evans.
l complain that Walkers wife never afterwards
went to see him for the three years be was in pri-
son. When he next heard from her il was in the
shape Of complaint for divorce, alleging that he
had ravished the virtue of every woman in New
York. We next come to the complaint ITSELF It
consists Of sixteen articles, in all Of which we are
nIo oJv,1<o
are given are married women. Our answer denies
all the allegations Of the complaint Some busy,
prying, lying knaye, got into the ear OF
Walkers wife, and made her believe we
obliged to answer the complaint under oath,
and we swear that we have not been guilty
of single act Of adultery. This constitutes one
part Of our defence. Would to God, gentlemen Of
over another part of the defence. From first to last,
Wildes P. Walker has charged me not to use the de-
fence Of recrimination if it was possible to avoid it.
We ask on what ground is this charge brought
poured the poison into our wiies ear? Can ii be
that che believes it? You were told that although
pleaded recrimination, we never opened our lips
about it till the commencement OF this suit. That
is true il is the last discovery man wants TO make
that the wife Of his bosom has had asciyious c0nnec
ton with others. But we discovered who the villain
was. DR.. Heartwel had been in the neighborhood of
our wife; he had her private ear; supplied place
in her confidence, and, as we most righteously be-
leve supplied our place in her bed. DR.. Heirtwe
Is the key to this divorce suit. We expect to prove
that during. the summers OF -, 40, ~ and '4s,
while our wife was at Hartwell, Dr. Heartwell was
there in the same hotel. Their bedrooms we're OPP
poste and they were always seated side by side.
We shall prove that on one occasion, as late as five
OF six o'clock, while Mr.. Walker was in Boston,
she and DIR. Hartwel entered q phaeton and as
sumed to take journey Of twenty-siX miles. We
will show tina. on another occasion Mrs. Walker and
DR.. Heartwel were seen alone in q grove in the
neighborhood, and in position which Indicated
the existence of very great familiarity between
them. He had his arm round her waist, and their
hands were claspei together. We will show that 80
habitual was this familiarity between them that
Mrs. Walker was refused adniittance to the hotel.
We can prove that she entered fictitious name on
the books; and we can prove that if she came to
Hartwell one day the doctor was sure to arrive the
next. And we shall prove that Mrs. Walker was in
the habit of corresponding with person of her own
sex; and we shall produce her letters which bear
upon their face the stamp of her guilt. As to the
third branch OF our defence, two adulteries are
charged against us-one al the house at the corner
Of Grand AMI Mercer streets and the second at Mrs.
Whites. Both are said to have occurred before De-
cember 1850. Our defence then, is, that in Deem
ber 1850, when Mrs. Walker visited us in the
Eldridge street jail, she cohabited with MS as
wife, and that, with knowledge OF those adalte-
ries she forgave US for them. If no act Of adultery
has been proven since then the plaintiff cannot take
her bill of divorce These are the separate deiences
on which we rely.
Henry J. Smith, examined by Mr.. Busteed-I am
the keeper of Eldridge street Jail and commenced
my term Of office in 1858; have known Wildes p.
Walker, who, with Henry S,urla, were prisoners
there; Walker was there eleven months and some
days under me; he was discharged on the l4th OF
December 1853; knew Colonel Bobo know Vim.
f. Birch; the latter was in my employ from Sd JAM,
1853, TO 23d Of April of the year; he did not
turn to my employ; he was the turnkey; he lost
prisoner, and discharged him as had TO pay sli2
10; Walker occupied the second cell on the right
hand side; it had large window in it ; a prisoner
named Turner occupied the cell also; iron bars are
the only fastenings in the windows OF the hall and
Of the cell; there four inches between the bars;
the crossbars are about eighteen inches from the
sash Of the Window there no shutters or blinds
to any Of the rear win1ows the shed comes up to
the bottom Of the sill Of the window Of what was
Walkers cell; there is q sky light six feet long by
three broad on the shed, about two feet and half
from the windows there Is an inside hook, think,
the door of the cells it is not much bigger than
straw; know Of both men and womea who visited
Walker at the time was iailer one OF the women
went by the name of Mrs. Malcolm, and another by
the lame of Miss Liman; see Mrs. Malcolm in
court now. don't think ever saw Mr.. Warner.