The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-20

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lid OF hoase No. % is; don't know It's sharastsr
Is dxelliDg house, apyarentiy.
Have ycu ever been acquainted with It's character
A. No. air; believe whom f1st went there IL th
properly OF widow lady; never heard Of IL bsng
honse OF N fame; am in my sixty third year.
nss Mary Gallagher beuy duy sworn, depossd as fob
g Do yoa resde in Wooster strestP Yos. air, 7do.
s..a aa. s long have % zsu rsseed srss A. took pos
@ Do yon know Of any other person occupxs,g q
bon,s N that street OF your asms. A Not y my
F. 9. Hhsre DO yeu nvcY A. I live .. III
9. . Jon know Mrs. Grsff Al do not.
New gorks A. Yss, sir had juss then rstarnsd Sssr
an absence OF ten years.
Mr. 6h.rd-xow, want You to lock ut that lady-enl.
ludiDs 70 Mrs.. Cor who stsod up)
Witaess-I sse the lady
Mr. G Was that lady in your housse witpess--
and tbes abe was with her lawyer.
cross..za.ined By Nj. s.osghtcn-g You went, yOa
say, to thsA house In May, 1888? A. Yes, sir
Q. What kind Of . house did you ccmmsncs keeping,
therg A. Roem furnished, for gentlemen.
DON'T know what ksad Of . hosse you cali it,
Q. DID yoreve see ladies oczne theses A. Yes sir.
Q. DID you ever know ladies to TO your house
wi,h gentlsns1. Yes sir gentlemen and ladies' both
O. Did you have ladies 60 up stairo with gentle
mens A. That question am not obliged to answer
g. DID you ever see Ladies' no upsairss A. Gentlemen
and ladies' call and visit me-
q. How do you rent those rooms A, By the MONTH
week, day or hour, M you like.
q DO you usually occupy that house soncP
The Judge said the question not In any way role
Q. Where you durir9 your absence from the cyS
A. don't know THAT has anything to do with this case
If yen want to knov very much was travelling, was
in California, New orleans and other places travelling
round the country merely for my amusement
q Had you ever i.ept heuse of similar charscter to
this OF reS A. That am not obliged to wer am here
to anewer If l ever cav that lady
You ssy you keep house with rooms furnished for
Q. Bave you ever seen any gentleman come1nto tho
house and go up stsirs with a LADY,
Q. Do you or your servant attend to the door9 A.
S< me,lnes myself and sometimes my servant
entirely alone in the house for the first three months
OF that year.
How many rooms had you in that house that you
were in the habit Of letting? A. Ihad 6ve rooms.
Mr.: Byrne-And thore was Methodist clergyman
boarded with Jou there was there nots e. Yes,
Harriet Cusi ing sworn, deposed as foows-I 1.-Two at
No. CO Wooster street; have lived there ve years.
:, Mr. s...a1Iosl = that sh.t iaay sMsa. ee and. +
once, and that was withraer lawyer
@ Did she call with her lawyer within month or twc9
A. Yes, sir, but she Was never There before.
Crofs-exsmiced by Mr. Stoughson:--
DO you keep that Aouse slins A. Yes, sir Lam the
q. Did you have girls boarding with you thsres A.
No, sir; keep rooms for gentlemen
Q. How long have You sspt IT, A About Eve years.
O. Did you keep servants In the houses A. Yes sir
d Who attended the door? A. Sometimes myself, and
@. We're gentlemen in the habit of coming from and
going up TO your roomsi A. Yes cir.
@ Did You ever see any ladies going up to themf A.
Q. Can you Dsme any? A. No, sir; don't know;
never asked their names
clostbs A. ses enousfof them TO know them when .
see them seain.
Mr.. Stopgnton-I ssw you tsN:p1 with Mrs, Coz yes-
tercay, when you citing beside her.
WitneH-l was rot here yesterday. (Lau9hter.)
Mr. s'oughton-Weli IT ~as person very like her.
Mr. GiraId-oh, that wss Miss HAWKS (Larghaer)
MI. stoughtop-Wel, I beg the lady's pardon. (Ss-
newed suehter)
Mr. Sioughton-Were people rnuiied thor faces
exposed going into your house3 Sometimes they had
vel, on ano sometimes not.
O. You net in the babis Of disclosing the Of
pea sons going tO-yOnr housc? A. T. don't know thsfr
@. You are rot in the habit of exposing persons BY
giving descriptions of themy A. No, sir.
Eliza Pratt, kwora deposed ~ follows-I Hve in 500
Houston street. moved there a5outsix ago; for
the last two years have been out ofthe city resded
ii corner of Houston and Nescsr streets about two
years ago. and left May, 1864 fhare seen Mr.. Ha
ssMr. Grard- Was that lady (Nrs. Cc1) ever in your
houseS A. Never but once and that when she called
with her lawyer.
O. How was the hall Of your house in regard TO Hs ss
A. 1t was rather dark; it was q long hall
Cross. examined by Mr.. s.onshioD.-Q. How one ,ad
kept house before that 1t 90 Mercer street or ABOUT
two years; kept from fosar to five servants in that
hoase.
O. Had you rooms for ladies and gentlemen there9 A.
o. You kept female boarderss A. Yes, sir, and gen.
ttmeD too, when they le4uire cd board:
Q. Permanent transisotY a Both.
q. Dio gentlemen meet ladies therea A. No, sir,
@. They came to SEQ those in your house, A. sup
Q. You don't recolec having the defendant
there? A. am very posi.ivs that never did
Q. Who opened the door A. Sometimes did, and
sometimes the servant.
&. Had you = heusekeeper who took charge OF the
Q. Did you know the gentlemen who went to your
house 4 Some did and some didn't.
Lpou >ha~ ~hO In vOur hOtn
A. There were ncne who went there.
O. Had you any female friends who went there9 A. No,
cir.
Q. Not one9 A. Not particulsrly-I might have had
Lila Wise, sworn, deposed as follows
Q. Do you knowiHamilton Boomer A. have seen him.
O. VII. Won state what YOU know about his eyes
what hfnd OF sight he hads
Objected the Rroznd that the person himself
absent from the CITY, and could not therefore be produced
@ win you state any facts you know about his being
The Judse--Do You know anything respecting his
sightg wi1ness-Yes, sir.
O. Did you observe when he looked at anything any
contractiea of the eyss A. Yes; perceived that his
eyes contracted
The JUG cye-How were the bas-were shey rounds
wtness-@el, doa't hrow; / suppose thoy were.
Mr.. GiraId-whsn did you live At that housss A. I
think in 1852
K. Dia you ever see that lady (rs. Cox) thereY A.
Cross exam med By Mr.. stoushton-I live now At 5s7
t.
q. Who do you live with now? A. With myself.
Uapghter}
Q. Bave you q houseS A. Yes sir.
q. What kinl OF q house do you k1ep-for gentleman
and lsdiesS A. fes il they wish TO board there they
Q. You knsw Boone protty well A. Yes pretty we'll
q. When did You first know him! A. By seeing him
"a vaiick street, in 1852.
Q. Was hs not there pretty otea A. very frequently
O. We're you theregvAen Captaia Joe Diver comaitted
sucice I'M that house, A. did not reside in ths city
then
Q. Wban did you come he-sS A, In the month Of
August, 1851 1863; from St. Louis countyiMis
sCufi.
Q, Was that yeus native pAce9 A. 1t was, sir.
frslcs Blanchard, sworn, ceposed folloss-I know.
Mrs G and ha1a had charge finer property SINCE her
mari age with Dr. Cox, had charge TOP her Of six
houses four in Court stes and two In wycko street,
Brooklyn.
Q, Had she sny intere mortgages to pay on those
hovsesy A. Yes, they were mortgaged for $l2 OOV;
bad not charge OF her ats on Cypress HIN Cemetery.
To Mr.. stoaghton-L have had charge Of her houses
since February 1852 renUg them and payn the inte
rest tho mortgages, and then handing the