The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-27

n the Jail besides Walkers; l. was afraid when got
into the JAIL and followed thu Others into Walkers
cell; don't remember what occurred in Walkers
CELL except that they all talk ed; Idcnt remember
what the talking was about; nc refreshments were
served mn while was there went from the Jail
home with Mrs. Warner; no ne else went with me
I left the gentleman and Mrs Malcolm ct the cor.
ner of Eldridge and Walker freets.
O. By Mr.. Busteed-DuriI q your visit to the Ell
bridge street jail, did Wake say anything in rela
ton to his family
Objected to, and object on maintained by the
@. Did Mr.. Walker show vou any thing then?
A. Yes his wife's and CHI Idren's daguerreotype.
Edward Crowell examine d by Mr. Busteed-1 am
clerk in the Registers OH ke; 4 have known Walk
er three or four years. and became acquainted with
him in the Eldridge street Jail; was introduced to
him by Mr.. Rue; had the no particular business;
have had connection will the custody of Walker;
/ have taken him out the jail twenty, thirty,
forty times; Il hay g taken him to his
office in Broadway; l never took him to
any place of amusen ent or to q house
of il-fame; he never asl ted me to take him to
either; don't think eve { saw Walker speak to a
woman outside the jail don't know Birch who
used to be turnkey there.
Cross examined by Mr.. Blunt:-Ithink it was in
the spring or winter Of 1852 1851 that CONNIE nc
ed going out with Wa lker; continued thus for
four or five months; y was always in the daytime
that took him out; l was employed by Mr.. Rue in
the jail; never had charge of Walker liz the Jail;
have been with Wal ker to his Office, to Wall street,
and to the post Offices don't know that staid with
Walker all the time lie used to be in his office; his
Office was on the sece md floor, and sometimes went
dow into the street and left him there for fifteen
or twenty minutes at a time; | never went so far
aw ay that he oonld escape.
Susan Smith, exam med by Mr.. Busted, sleposed:
/ a married my husband il the TAILOR Of the Ell.
dIi dee street jail; l know Wildes p. Wall or, and
have knewn hin since the Sd of January, 1853;
have had something to do wirh his custody;
l have known females visiting him an Jail
Aiui ing the latter part Of February or March 1853;
the continued their visits until the l4th or 18th
Nayr; Birch and myself performed the Office Of turn
women visited walker in the Jail; their names were
Mrs. Malcolm, Miss Liman, Mrs. Warner, and Miss
Fel; my duties were confined to the house ana do.
estsc establishment OF the jail; don't think Mrs..
Malcolm was there more than seven or eight times;
n 90 Pell visited him once, and Mrs. Warner and
Miss Lman visited him twice or three tines do
llat know where Miss Liman now is; sometimes Mr..
lNrch, sometimes my son, and sometimes myself
let there ladies in; the kdies in company with
e,sh other, never alone; woman that know Of
was ever let alone into the Jail to zee Mr.. Walker;
Birch was there up to the 23d Of April; Mr.. Smith
discharged him because he lost prisoner, and be-
cauee be was drunk; | know that Birch made an
affidavit at the request of Walker; don't know
where that affidavit written, but it was read in
my room by Mr.. Walker, in the presence Of myself
my husband, Mr.. Watson and Mr.. Birch; don't
think that Watson left the room at any time of its
Icing read, but am not positive about this; 1t was
read very distinctly, Walker stopping twice while
reading it; recollect part Of that affidavit.
o. What part of it do you recoect?
Objected 60 by Mr.. Blunt, on the ground that all,
II any, OF the contents OF the affidavit should be
given in evidence.
Objection Oyerrued by the court.
Examination cOntinued.--I rec0llect at the first
stopping that Mr. Walker asked Birch if it was
right the affidavit stated thai deponent had never
taken Walker to any place Of that kind; that he
had never asked him to take him, and that he had
never let woman in alone to see Walker.
z. What do you mean by places of that kini?
A. Places to that efect-to which it was not right
mentioned in the affidavit; presume that George
Watson is now on the ocean; / believe he was q
bookkeePer; think he has gone to Australia; the
conduct Of the women who went into the jail was
very prudent; never saw anything else in them;
al the commencement of their visits, the women
came through the upper hall to see Walker; after
wards they came through the basement and my
room.
O. While Walker was in confinement did he
speak to you about his wife and children?
Objected to by Mr.. Blunt and objection sustained
by the Court.
A. Walker showed me, while in confinement.
some daguerreotypes Of his children; after the
lower hall was fixed no one could 60 into the
prison without passing through my room; the
women did not make more than two or three
visits: when they went through the upper hall ;
Mrs. Malcolm was not admitted up stairs to the Jail
the last time she came there's do not recollect |
whether It was Miss IimaD or Miss Pell who was
with her then; they saw Walker in my back room;
tie reason why they did not see Walker up stairs
was because Mr.. Smith objected to ladies going up;
be objected because one OF the sailors found fault
that woman was not let in to see him.
Crossexamned by Mr.. Blunt-The women were
always together, and no one was ever let into the |
jail alone: there were always two women together; |
don't think that they could have gone up stairs |
without my seeing them; remember Mrs. NAL
coins first vsit-it in the latter part of Febru-
airy or March; Bobo and Miss Liman were with her;
think she could not have got up stairs without
my knowledge; / cannot tell exactly the time of |
the first visit; Miss Liman anduMrs. Malcolm were
rhn g. IaJs AInAn
sworn that she went up stairs alone on her first
visit, would not cay that she had not done So but
] do not know how che got up; don't know Mrs.
Warner; have seen Dr.. Place; after the
lower ball was repaired, the same entrance to
the upper ball was there, but it was not used;
there was the same bar the door that is there
now; by removing the bar the door could be opened
! only recollect Miss Pell coming there once, and
that was, think, towards the latter part of the
visits; let these females in, but did not go in with
them; after admitting them l locked the door be.
bind them, and went down stairs; was in the
cell OF MIR. Walker with them; | have no personal
knowledge OF their conduct and department while in
the prison; the duration of these visits was some
times fifteen minutes, sometimes half an hour, and
sometimes an hour; only knew these women by
hearing their names called by Mr. Bobo since June,
1853, mep's wives have been admitted up stairs to
see their husbands; l did not say that all females
were refused admtance after last May; | said that
females were refused admittance to Walkers room
after that time; the discrimination made by Mr.
nitted unless they were the mems wives; ] could
not state the interval of time between the visits of
these females; / generally waited at the door
when l admitted females; cannot say that
always did so l don't know of any other
females visiting Walker in the jail, except
Mrs. Walker, Miss Liman, Miss Pell, and Mrs.
Warner; knew Mrs. Warner by hearing her name
called; could not say how many visits Mrs. Warner
paid; [ did not notice them enough; don't think
Mrs. Warner visited the Jail more than twice or
hree times; could not say when two of these la
lies came with Mr. Bobo; l do not recollect when l
saw the affidavit Of Birch; it read in the prison
his spring; did not read the afidavit cannot
state the language Of the afdavit part said that
DC (Birch) had never let immoral woman up
,aIrs into the jail lewd or immoral was the word
lsed; he said he never let in one woman alone, ard
hat he bad never taken Mr.. Walker where 1t was not
prudent for him to go the affidavit alluded to places
70 which it was not proper to go; don't recolect
my allusion being made in that affidavit to houses
If iil-iame.
To juror think there were one or two chairs
n Walkers CELL / do not know of Walkers plavinp