The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-13

against him for burglary the degree. After lns
indictment having been found Mr. stuart desired very
much "a have order entered on the minutes ot the
court dismssing this ndictnept. Mr.. Vsuderv1ort.
however desired first of all 10 MIR. Hall because hire
was On order for him TO discharge indictment against
q nnoy, and he wanted 10 have Mr. Halls signature
the back Of the indictment ia the usual Mr. Van,
dervoor accordingly went Ia Mr.. Has Office but that
gentleman had lett at the time. He came back and
found Judge Stuart very anxious TO obt ain certified
cory Of the order Mr. yandervoort having Mr.. Haps
noe anu seeing Judge Stunrt he Judge Of the court
gent for the order and hs thar the In tet
ment sgaios Cogrove the indictment ant aud in
tended, directed Mr. Sparks 10 take from the book
tiied copy OF The entry dismssng the suit and delivered
It 10 Judge stuart who then lett the Office with
M pa Sopy helm. IN on nus p1ess' but
On tie NEXT day, Mr. Vands ryeort called into Mr. HaPs
oie. Will the indictment and memorandum this pack
OF IT, disni sing H. Hall took the indictment and oooket
ntt. " why this eadhe, sis m indictment against
Mr. Cosgove. Yes" said MIR. vandervoort, "a Judge
stuart said that Tint the nd ,'meDt which To be
nei 7ros'd" Why" said Mr. Hall, "this Is different
Gaze Ny note refers to Mr. Connolly and this IL the
case al Mr. Go grove who Is Indicted far burglary
In The hfst dtgree-a notorious ofendcr-a known
70 the public by the of Bristol BILL sWelln says
Mr. Vsnde,voort, ON the remarks Of the uige, The
noie Irossqn actually entered yesterday in the
minutes o the court ard certified copy of the minutes
has been actually given to Judge stuart and he has gone
70 mate these records correspond, and to prevent any
difficulty ss far as the Clerk concerted Mr.. Hall
iuctsnty put his the back Of the Indictment dis
missing H. and entering the roile proseq but with
Intimate that he shoi hook into the case and II II
was proper one for prosecution he should take
the tuect Of the order thus entered without hls know
ledge anc against his intention This the 10Th.
On the 10th Mr Ftink who had been in search Of Cos
grove dhds Connolly, ior loug time and who desired TO
procure bis atrost, Ia order To relieve hinsel from
the lnbiIy he had incurred his bail found ths
the hight On his part 10 arrest him probably gone
by The entering of fote pross9i. Under that belief
he went TO the Office of Mr. jas NJ smith now and then
the Recorder Of the city told that he had heard
that the noitc roseqn had been in the
Cogrove. Wen the Recorder who had been COUNCIL for
Cosgrove, on the examination before the magistrate
mad thn furt. ,IIa k.,.
entered ~ 10 person who had been n client Of his
nearly soon rs he lad got into criminal court
Judge, would have very extraordinary appearance
The face OF ~ and he observed that the fact could not
be so he had held court the 10Th, and had heard
nothing of It, And he put his hat for the purpose
of going TO the clerks oice, to ascertain from cxag
nation Of the minutes whether this report which Ffink
brought well founded A. he reached the door lead
ing 10 the stairs Of the clerks office, he met Judge
Stuart and asked him for explanation In reference
TO the matter, Judge Stuart told him that nothing OF
the hind had occurred that there nd been no yse prose
m entered and that there nothing in the report.
Wo " said the Recorder . II will do Judge to lot
a man oil who has been my client, noe lroseqn
soon as ! come into the Office of Recorder. Public
opinion would not bc satisfied with such "A proceeding
and shall be- careful therefore, let such
care that nothing Of the kind would be done.
of course not, for 1t had been done at the time
the Recorder went back TO Frnk and told him that he
under great mistake in regard 10 this matter that
he had just en 10 Judge stuart who had told him that
there was no such thing noe proseq, In the mat
ter Pink left the ofce but next day cau,e back and
told Recorder that was right in what he had ogi
nay stated; that there had been something other
done ~ which Cosgroye had gt clear and he
hdtnt in his mBnner that the Recorder sad he would
again go and look at the matter. lie the his.
trict Attorneys Office that occasion and asked the
question, whether not n0ie proseyu had bceo
tered in the of CosgroveY The District Attorney
then told him what had happened, and they both went
together = the ceths oce tor the parp .e Of examin
had explained 10 him. that two days before noi pro-
qu, had been entered the minutes OF the Court and
stuart bad told him, Csnsh sks prssiaas day iSss
there had been no Ach procec In the matter aud that
stated The conver, alton 20 Mr. Hail. lcy tsat omethina
very extraordinary must necesssry be connected with
The whole Of this proceeding On the 10Th of March fl
grove again before the Grand Jury, who found another
bill against Cogrove But in order u prevent far
they could publicity being given t. this second ndct.
ment, he Grand jury put u under blsnk envelope
ana handed II to the Court that should ap-
endorsed on A. howihstanding the effort TO pur.
The Of public jnsce-as wall be shown you
~ tie of the trala confidential officer m S,uarts
| An officer named El'or almost Immediately after the
finding Of this second Indictment by the Grand Jury
went 20 The house in this city where the sister Of the
wife o. Connolly resided and told her TO telegraph forth
with 10 Connolly or 70 hs wife, not 70 come back 70 the
cy, because the no prosoY4i set aside because
there q Indictment found against him, or 10
that effect, The talegraphc despatch Immediately
sent on, in pursuance of Elders request. Now then
gentlemen come to the explanation q these very
markablo proccedings II these facs ali true and If
they be all proved the misconduct 81 this ofe
would be very apparent, but III. operating motive
could not he coniecurcd. But | now proceed to
pose to you the motives which aetuatsd him, and %
unravel whatever OF mystery there may be connected
with thus extraordinary transaction Several years prior
70 1858 female who went by the Of Margaret Du
vai became acquainted with stuart. She Kept house n
asEigna'ion In this city and Oecaon became bail
for female against whom charge had been made
This business led Mrs. Duya TO the police Office where
she became acquainted with Judge stuart very short
time after hi acquaintance wa thus formed Mr. Stuart
csllnd at her house In this city and Ia the habit
81 Ting her upon friendly and intimate terms much
that in their usual intercourse he called her by
maiden name, Margaret. II that her family had
originally from the interior ~ the state of Ses
York. She had married anard who resided Ia Cuba
and they lived separate and apart and 10 the city o
| York she was known as Margaret Duval difficulty
| had also occurred On one occasion between her
| s.l' aud this Spanish hprb,nd, who, coming to
this city, had matrea'ed her under circumstances
which led her 70 g. 20 the police ON ,e and en-
aware Of these circunstances This ,n-thc spaniard
-aitsrward died, and left Mrs Duys his widow--at H.
acquaintance ~tb Cogrovc Connolly, and had become
deeply attached TO hun. When Connolly, by the
name q cosgroye, arrested in April, 1853 on
charge Of burglary she had gone 10 Mr. frnk AM hal
placed with him thousand dollars In order
him in part ii he would become bail Tor Corgrove and
.he influenced and procured Mr. Frnk become hu bail
when Co,groye was discharged on bail he went 70 Pha
dephia, where she IN few days afterwards joinei him
aud In Pladep phia they formally marrisd BY Rev
Mr. Montgomery, highly respectable clergyman ~ that
city After their marriage IL became necessary f9r Mrs
Connolly 70 return TO the city of sev York o he par
pese ~ taking Of her houte and IN. furniture her
estsbshfn.nt, which In the meanwhile she hal le ~
charge OF some person In the house she remained In
the city and while here Judge stusIt Occssiynay called
10 pay her avisit. When stuart found she had married
Connolly he remarked - her in substance that hal
done very unsi,s and inerpcdien, thing 10 marry
man OF bis character and with Indictment hanging
over him and he observed to her Margaret ~ you bal
only told when Cn-gfove before me that yJn in
tended 70 have married him, Why Instead ~ holding HIM
~ BAN :" ihs sum Old would have managed % let
him 90 on much eaicr terms, lighter ball
but sue.eguently IN the summer u 1854 he informed
her ~ his project of becoming candfte fof the once
of G,y Judge, and told her that Af Hall aso
na.d er ,hs once Of District Attorney snd that he e'
quite confident that Mr.. Hall would BE- elected AMI
he believed that be himself would succe-i him.
and be aid that at all be dd BE- had grcsi
influence over Mr. Hall and would endeayor exert Il
Tor The benefit ~ he husband ~ Mrs. CJnnoy After he
sas elected be had more Interview s Mrs CJn-
noy IN ibis ely and he then t8ld her that be would
hold Court a. one az these terms sud tha, he would
md manage IN way 10 get her husband clear nrs
'.nnoiy, sben she q this city resided al tho
aou" 81 her sister, Mrs. fh In fspensrs street, and
Juag. stuart called upon her her. and had interviews
sih her she came on from Philadelphia 10 January,
Iroa Judge stuart ncn told her that bis ~ holding
tbe Court would b. Ia February, and tha, .be you'll
eene % 70 New York sometime la the month Il Febsaary
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