The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-11


Parrish ! have brought up your wiil-de yen wan,
isw tsns his reply Va. . alshs nssstiys, .,
ton, and he made Affirmative motion Of the head
he took the viii from my hand and think either put II
sofa, or he kept it In his hand upon his lap; no,
positive which, and to the best Of my recollection, Mrs
mansspisos .oon p Mr. Ps1h la 1e
missed the object the WILL and made motions gestures
which apparently signaed desire for i-for hing
Mrs. Parish believe, returned to the mantepie,e, and
made certain motions With his hand towards me- ndicat-
vsr.a,On with me- he kept this up time, Kept up
theee ons but Jailed to ascertain what he wantsd
Mrs Parish observed in words amounting to this "hs
said to Mrs. Parish II feel that a very delicate
said "Oh you had better waive ali dscscy upon that
subject, All dslcacy in the matter, and try TO find
recommendation vas made By Mr. Kernochan and others
in the room; the words ! shall now uss may not b
literally, thoas used In my questions to him NJ.
an Affirmative motion Of lie head; then ssid, Shall
name amoun,sr' sun the same Affirmative motion; /
dred - he nodded 1.-TWO tn ousand his motions in rs-
ply to that were ndefnite then said, "Ar PARISH do
words to hat effect; he made motion or motions with
his hands, believe, towards M KeraochAn and myself;
! also asked him Il he wished balance which stood
seatnst upon his books cancelled; about this time
said to Mrs. Parish either immed.tey within short
tme You believe and soy that Mr. Parish Is Of sound
misd or words 10 thu. effect said, "Yes' then
said 70 her, "You see be can use his left hand freely"
which IL the words used bv me % possibly
members said 70 her such being the case should
put block letters before him, he would certainly b
able to mako himself understood, or HE vishes under
ltood" words similar import; IN reply Mrs. Parish
propose any tucn hr go not long afterwards Mr. Parish
appearing atieued We left the roon Mr. Kernocnan and
Ksrncchsn believe 1t was who suggested that perhaps
MIR. Parish wanted his balance Sheet think requested
Mr. Deladeld say TO Mr. Parrish that would make out
ace ont his balance Sheet and Monday, the seventh
OF January, ! think 1t was, had the balance sheet
completed, went mp TO Mr.. Parish's house TO deliver
it TO him. end found that he with Mrs Parish, had
gone ont riding; Immediately returned to our Office,
snd there found assembled Mr.. and Mrs Henry pssisn
handed the balance sheet to Mr.. Heary Parish; the
conversation then turned the matter Of the viii,
when speaking of IT. remarked to the effect that had
doubt Mr.. Parish satis6ed with wha. had d,ne,
words Of the sns then s'a nsss
very soon let you know whether no satisfied not
replied, !" Hhe should TO his mind, you may
thank your stars il can render - clear an acc punt
can" words to that effect; these almost the
precise words used she then retortsd angry and Mr.
Parish turned abruptly towards her. with : menao
ing gesture Of the head and may say struck her upon
the shoulder pointed towards the carriage she said
Well he speaks to me that way, must answsr him,
and await the question to be put to me- @ At the in
tervew ct Union square, whom after the uterrog atores
Mr. Parish a shout his giving the Union
Chambers street property you spoke about his incapa
city unsoundness Of mind to Mrs. Parish where
near to us indeed for he had Just rIssn and think MRS
Parsh still sitting ct his sde made the remark to
ss the
so had desire to say it under my usual tone or In
such that he could not hear it; felt so posi-
fear Of its Affecting him. Of the speech affecting MIN. O.
Did be make any indication thereuponP A. &c did not.
taken away from m the Ph@ni1 Bank, where Vas
the key Of the truuk9 A. The key was In my
possession. @. Rave you. ever parted with that
key? A. do not recollect OF ever parting with 1t.
At the time You spoke to Mrs. Parish about her belief
ard statement that Mr. Parish Of sound mlnd and
Henry Parish present? A. he WAS immediately beside
O. Did he give any Indicate Of any emotion on his
part remarks on that nead TO those
Of Mrs. Pash? A. To the best of my memory he did not
Do you know what became Vt the oox ma .ked a. d.
Parish containing securities papers belonging to both
!. O. Where was It kept 2 4. 1t the Phoenix Bank
@ How was the key of it KEEP. and disposed OFF 1t
generally kept in small prva drawer 10 the store,
kept O. Had you and what ,ess to and Of
the trunk marked ia D. Parsh and the Key thereby
Parish anything wanted from It, whether they
sosen or present At any time always considered myself
liberty 60 to # Was t tAs + trunk marked n
place removed from the Phoenix Bsuk9 A. know that
It removed and to the house o. henry Parish after
who took it there @. About how long after the attack
did such removal take placer A. should say some three
or four months g Do you know Mnsthsr It that time
separate properties Of Daniel PArshS A. know that
there were. Q. State such OF them you at
your recollection, to GET them back ? A. think
there some Alabama bonds, Tennessee bonds,
and cnci.n.t per cent bonds think, and $50 :Sns
think ct the request OF Mr. Daniel Parish wrote note
to Mr. Henry PaIsh requesting him to send down the
Alabama bonds and the Tennessee bonds belonging to
both Henry and Daniel Parrish that he might coest the
interest which then falling due, or that they did
not wish to send the whole to send Daniel Parishes and
portion belonging Mr.. Daniel Parish which WAS 900
OF the Alabama bonds and think 900 Of the Tenues
O. Do you remember any results Of that letter. A.
The us very negative for te the bonds
not forth coming think the bonds were eventually
sent down to Mr. Daniel PARISH but not for some months
Alabama and Tennessee bonds came Q. Have you any
recollection Of anything done with the books or other
at the store door in reference to these tondsY A.
have recollection to that effect. O. State 1t !?
A. lecolect that there appeared to be doubt with
MIS- Parish to whether part OF these bonds belonged
10 Daniel Parish and Mr. Kernochan took the book down
to the carriage in which the entries of the division Of the
properties Of H. and d. Parh made and exhibited
and explained the entry toher and which, think
auenced the return Of the bonds belonging to Mr. Done
Parish O. About what date was that division made on
the books2 A. think 1t early in 1849, the latter
part Of 1S4S don't recollect which, it might have been
year two esrlier; forget perhaps in ls45 or ls46
" ACCORDING 10 your peBt r0ce4iec non, now mucu
elapsed after the occasion when Mr. Kernochan took
down the books, before Mr.. Daniel Parshs bonds were
returnedS A. do not remember; ] have no idea. @
Up to the time Of his attack, what the character
OF the books and accounts kept by Mr.. Henry Parish
in respect to mnutensss completeness and accuracy
A. AS kept them myself, / am bound to give them
good character think they we're kept minutely cor
rectIy, and every transaction placed to Its pro-
per account, all of whi:h due more to Mr..
Henry Parish's own supervision than to any effort
of mine. Q. Did he keep expense ACCOUNT A. He
cid. q. Did he keep an interest acc ounr A. He did
O. Have his units to any and what extent been CON
tin attempted to be continued subsequently to his
attack and 1t not, why not A. They were continued
think not long after the LIST Of January, 1880 the rea
for continuing them longer were that with the
disappearance Of evidences Of property deprived OF
the power Of continuing the books, ~ could not tell
what was paid what not paid Q. After that dis
appearance you furnished with information,
materials to enable you TO continue the books
or accounts A. never @ On these occasi ons
when Mr. and Mrs. Parish In the carriage to ths
door, did it happen it usual that papers or
brought In the caHrsge had to be left with
exhibited to you? A. 1t cid often happen Q. State the
psual manner in which that operation conducted
A Tn he Parrish would sit