The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-06

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O. Did he mention 70 you the occasion Of hts last VI
st any thing regard 70 difficulty with Mrs on the
previous saturday, A. heard him say nothing about
anything OF the kind he seemed pleasant; beard
him say nothing about anything Of the kind
Q. Did you see him ssains A. No; he wanted mo 10
come over and have my tsesh Fixed; no said, Come
over 70 morrow" said did not know-bu. 1t being
pleasant cay, came on Monday.
@ What vas the Conver,at'oI you mad st thai time,
cousin was with him In the parlor; Mrs. Cunningham
in and said tonne, "wslf in this way" and came
into the front parior spoke to me usual and
sad, "Ah thought you were not coming over 70 day.
ssI ssS su
ADDRESS his conversation to Mrs Cunningham than TO me
che (Mrs Cunningham askeds II the Dootcr vas no
rot said be later home than usual, and 70
piled that late when he visited mo the converss
then turned the portraits that he had had taken
a. Mrs UuDnpgham remarked that her daughters had
the and that she had not he asked us TO 60 up
stars ana zee them We did So and found they were
suall photogI sphs OF fifty cents each there were two
OF tbem and be pointed to one and said there the
toy" snd then pointing TO the other, "teere the
man sale 10 Mrs Cunningham that the Doctor hsdpro
mse6 to give one, but that wanted better one and
would take II hs then remarked that woman had
stolen bis daguerreotype and afterwards the case ana
Mrs. Cunningham said 10 me everything that Ii taken
is laid to me-"
O. How did you understand the Doctor 70 speak Of this
woman who had stolen his portrat-ss frequent vsi.
ter or wen known to him A. do not know thought
by the way he spoke Of hor that she was patient
nrs Cunnipghom said that rhe took 1t in fuu.
O. DID you suppose from that that Mrs. Cunningham
was AGO Qualned with thai person. Ishoud not think
shat abe acquainted with her the Donsor told me her
rsne but do no. recollect u think snd that the
lsdy lived IN SANDS street, Brockly1
q Did the Doctor speak Of Mrs. Cunningham with re
,pecY A cannot cay thss he evsr spoxe dsrsspscoi
IL Of her. sad any thing Anst he for he had s'ways
praised her TO me befo got acquainted with her. ana
II would not have Tor him 10 bavesad 90.
Q. Did he not mention TO You on Monday that no had
been licked ouS He said that when he came to the
door b.t night locked, but Mrs Cunningham said
that not; did Dos tank that was, but that
vas bard 10 open
v.yf" A She almost always called him "Harvey;'
Ioiiced that Tor almost always called him Doctor a.
old every one ese she called him Harvey"
Q. Did che call him "HaYvey" from the oomnence.
ment Of your acquaintance With him. think che did
Q Bow did he speak Of her TO you-dit he call her
'Mri. Cunningham" or "Emma" A. "An. Cunning
O Did you ever hear any endesrng epthets pass be-
o. Did ou ever see any familiarity between theup A.
never did at all excepting he FIRST time she was at my
hovse, when che came With the Doctor.
O. What time In the day evening wss that A. II
VAS year ago last fail. and In the evening
@ For wha, reason did you not like TO get acquainted
vii herr A. My husband aud his friends were not
upon very rood term. the Doctor and Mrs Cunning
ham and Mrs Wilsms my husbands sister, were very
10 eSa and tsSs sess ne SsI spoSs o.
npghsm that be had introduced her to Senator vau and
that they were going 10 try 70 mako match; came
here and saw the woman, bu. saW no improperly
Q. De,cIbe what you a. your house. A. He called
in the evening with Mrs Cunningham; he said he
had been to vsi. Mrs. wiliams (Luoy), who lived
block above and that she not home asked
Mrs Cunningham TO come In, and she said vi rather
whether she sad g. Doctor, ~ or Harvey" think how
ever, ,aa Doctor; he spoke TO Of her a. she
wero particular friend OF bis, and that wherever be
Mt be thouth, shesh Alright 70 go the Docsor
,sther uncouh manners sometimes, but he seemed
O. nd the Doctor mention to you where he spent
bis evenings aner taking his dirnerss No.
where he xoud be hkey to spend the eveuinsY A he
told me previously thu! he had goa acquainted With tbs
widow
O. This ww year ago Ias, ssn7 A. Yes
DID be speak kindly Of the inmates OF the house to
your No; be always said that he quArreed with
p lhe boure and With everybody else excepting me.
o. That ives the iast Sunday thai he osms to your
o Did he assign any cause for these quarrels A. No
spoke TO him about tho widow; was joking With him
about her DO not recoect exscy What be said but tue
said, al do not want her" he was always sskiog me
wha, Mrs conpr CHAM told me, but would mover s.Hs
~ him the that krs. Cunning gnam couhded TO me
ssi summer WAS that abe Vas engaged TO be married TO
the Doctor.
O. nd she ~ city any date wheo expected lo get
married A. She did not; said. In It possoef" what
some Of The best offers in New York she vas
who hao received attentions from eenusmcn; he
,s'd something about seus,r Vail and said that n So
pator Val VAS fine man and o gentleman, that she
would ske him bese but he sad che did him,
and introduced him TO Mr-. williams said she wanted
take him her,elf; "No" sad he, she does not like
him. but somebody e,e beter;r when she toa me che
engaged 70 the Doctor astonshed for he hsd
told tha, he would msrry-,sA, he would
make any woman unbAppy-,ns, he vas not a. 10 be
msrriedthst ne wss unsociaole and did not wish 70
ruin any family or make ,h,m unhappy.
o. Did she mention this matter again TO You subse'
Q. &ben tho Doctor called on YOU nrn generally
once week--on Sundayt A. Yes.
Did you no. try 10 get little OF the secret ouR
A. No, never did; he used 10 ssk what Mrs Gun.
nipshsn an told me, but would not tell III him him -
when he spoke OF Mrs. Cunningham? Never whom
spoke 70 bim aboui marrying the widow he said no
would have her than any Of her daughters,
o How ofsen did he call upon you In the months Of
August, September and October, a. you
coecs1 A. do not think he called upon over ouce
fortnight so be used to 20 10 ssraoss saturday
and stay until Monday.
O. though. tina, he wen, to Shrewsbury and that he
that Was two years ago.
O Did you see him IN the carly part OF octooer' A.
did, and did 20 about once q weck.
q. Had be special communications 10 make 70 you,
some conndcuust rennss2 A. No.
Q. Were his inquiries more inqusitve at ths. time
o. Dfd be ai that time mcnioa some trouble that he
had bsd with nc inmates Of the house, A No, DO not
had connected himself with the bank: be spoke Of
money matters; there gentleman who boards ., the
Ia.arge House who vas In the bank with him; he loaned
him money; forget his pamc.
A AJuror-was Il not Fraser
witness-Ycs, think that vas the name; he has
wife, and boards ~ the Lafrge House, they supposed he
bad money when be went into the bank, but he had
ss o. Ss on
ing money
o. Bis pare wss Fraser, you think9 A. Ycs he
boards st the Iarse House, and bis wife has two little
bov-.
Q. He lives ct No. q Bond street A. I do not know
o. Cannot you rccoect what he told you In the latter
part Of October, when ho told you that he had
trouble With the parties IN the house. and had settled NJ
A. No, do not.
O. ND the Doctor ever spcsk 10 you about his WILL or
sbcut making Will A. No, no, laiely
o wbcn oid he speak 70 you sbou, ihati A. Really
cannot toll whether this fall last summer, In
toe spring, but think Il 10 within year, or les Than
| year. witness r(leyed.) Oh, DO remember nov,
and Win cay that Sns In the a after he had brought
his cousin here 10 - city; think was afser he had
Tres In the furnace; he got speaking OF this cousin ser
he brought her 10 the oiy he said she vas staying M
Mr Grahams, that she had . beau, and thu he was
having her taught French ami musc; this II the cousin
who was divorced from bcr husband n this house he
said that be had told her that she would marry he
wanted her to he would viii 10, eco 70 her.
The Coroner-(To the Juror who has persisted through
ont the whole investigation In putting questions 70 he
win esses destitute OF The slightest role vAncy the point
| IN bsue.) Tns n entirely away from the subject.
i The JuroY-Ons more queston-IIave you noI ,ed In