The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-07-01
PRICE TWO CENTS
THE WOODMAN DIVORCE CASE AT NEW
ORLEANS

Upon the opening of the Court yesterday, th
rendering OF dispositions of witnesses for the plain
tiff was commenced, the principal questions anC
answers only being touched upon by Mr. Chiffon
Dispositions of Mrs. Mary Farrell Is acquainted
with Mr.. and Mrs. WOodman; knew them first il
the winter of 1885, while they were boarding a the
st Louis Hotel; they remained there about -four
months; witness was employed as chambermad in
ue hotel Mr. Furniss there during the time;
e only improper conduct she saw, was that one da v
Eng saw Mrs Woodman in the room of Furniss; she
W I@u oeeh informed by the chambermads that Mrs
"ouman had gone to Mr. Furnss' room and
they all concluded to watcb Fnrniss came TO the
h.t =" t t!lu suspicion, and said he wanted clean
@ om ms ped she supposed at the time that it
was d luSc 10 make out that Mrs. w. was not in the
room; she procured the Sheets and went into his
room Tor the purpose of putting them on his bed.
She was hrmly impressed when she entered the
room that Mrs. Woodman was concealed in il:
upuu u see hothng OF her commenced making up
thG ped; she, thinking Mrs. w. might be under the
Ded, was about turning the mattrass over to look:
ruThiSs, Just then, laid his hand on the mattrass
L anu Sald you need not turn the mattrass to-day;
| sue nau however, raised it enough to discern plain
! ~ the skirt of Mrs. Woodman's dress underneath.
sue let tIle room, and in company with the others
| coItihued to watch the room until about four
| etoIN III the evening, when all left but she and
IL N'' dhaugh, and they concealed themselves be-
llhu an arinolr In the passages shortly afterwards
saw S Mrs. Goldman come out of Furnss' room and
hu h aong the passage, passing them on her wav;
her hair was loose and dishevcIled and her dress
tossed and tumbcd up
=, VT Goldman came homo to dinner and looked
al ABOUT Tor his wife, but not BEING able o find her
th ao"h 70 ms dinner; supposing she in
.he city, he fixed nice dinner for his wife which
ne ne sad ne wanted kept hot until she came home;
inns preparation of the dinner for his Wife who at
the tlme was IN furniss' room. caused much merri-
Iieht among the girls; saw letter put mder the
! door of Mr.. Furniss room By one of the boys of
| the house, who said Mrs. Woodman had sent him
with it; ! opened the door, picked it up and took il
/ 10 Ann havanaugh, who read it; it contained the
! 1'lDpar md p,l,.
Dispositions of Ann Kavanaugh: Is about nine
| teen years OF age; knew Mr. and Mrs. Woodman
uurlng the winter OF 1856 when they were boarding
! at the st. Louis Hotel: she was EMPLOYED as cham
| oermald by the hotel; knew Gardiner Furniss. he
| was at the hotel at the same time: saw him in
Mrs. Noodmans private parlor alone with her
nearly every day; never saw her go into Mr.. Fur
MSS room, but saw her come out once: she had
Deen told, however, by the girls in the house that
MRS. w. went there frequently; she saw her 90 in
that direction often and rs there other ladys
rooms In that direction. she presumed that She
went in there; told Mrs. Woodmans chambermaid
that her mistress went into F. room: on the day
that she was told that Mrs. w. was in F's room
she watched with the rest Ofthe girls while watch
my Mr. r. came to the door and ordered them
away, as, he said, he wished to take BATH she then
lett, but concealed herself, with Mary Farrell be-
hind an amoir in the passage; soon after Mrs W
came out with her hair loose and flowing about her
face, and her dress much rumpled and displaced
letter was shown to her by Mary Farrell; it was
from Mrs. Woodman to Mr.. Furniss giving an af
iectlonate promise to 90 to his room: believes the
E'ter ~ was destroyed; Mrs w. always received Mr..
+. in her parlor in the morning. dressed in her
morning DRESS and not as she received comnanv
- Mr.. Chiffon here introduced a letter, written by
gardiner furnlss, the morning after he had been
seen by the chambermaid Of the Winthrop House.
boston, In her bed, about which circumstance Mrs.
W. told two different stories-one to the nronrintor
OF tine house, that it a connexion, who said he
wanted to comnromise bnr E,r royo,o. o,,d a. tI,
err stated to the chambermaid that + n hn bm
IN in It,r.,, a. l.
the last statement was made on occonnt nr this
note
Mrs. o. Woodnan: Dear Madam Shortly after
you left this morning, a chambermaid entered tbe
room and discovered me in your bed She imme.
diatev Withdrew, thinking, ! suppose that | was
Mr. Woodman. | then got up and dressed and
went down to the office and inquired when they
expected Mr.. Woodman. They answered that thn;,
did not know. | remarked as | went ont that /
had learned he had come in during the night, and
left again. You know how to act | shall be in
town tomorrow, and will be happv to serve Won.
Yours 'Ff'
(Signed) GARDINER FrnyIss.
Room M 10
several bnns |GD eaTG 10 e m evidence
Woodman, in which She Gnterod airnst ho -? oIor
thought from lS5f to 1857 the time of tLc discovery
The books are rnpulorlv hound diory hoots A.
Piment was introduced and placed on the witness
stand, and proved them Ia bo in bnr nI-wr;tino
The purpose of the Introduction of these diariasi
to show the manner in ,yI,icb sb, ~ ,,Ii.o ~ i' 49, -
friend sc -" and whom shn n.r,,to ~ lin, arl h
she received letters from him. 4 Iorrn rn,,Lc, ,r
letters were here filed Mr. Chiffon stated that tba
counsel considered it iudicious NOT to have Than,
made public. Some Of them were from New York
some from Boston, and some from Paris and otb"r
places A letter which Furniss wrote to Mrs "
to show to her husband to lul his susnicions ,yas
read. 1t was upon ordinary topics. He spoke of his
sister, mostly, and gave the General nnlvs of H.,
M NJ fr;.o,, o,,
+ M n<T ishfI TO read the following let
E, Miiicn ne SIiu would snow the manner in which
sNIrs q Va"da, PI., i" ,'' ~ wa? wa? directed.
dated Novcnhnr tti '"''''' DePo'' MlSSiSSlPpl'
Nm arm Jc,,. R,,L,. Uo,. LIND o,,1 ,
nv dear PET to writS ta NV, anG Soou you are
patch Dear Pot have ,o,or raooi,J !oIl uls
ina,,.I 20 - -, nav never received your letter
n;tLar ,,oJo . ,;,tiI' ' " e!I p"pH' 'naC you nave
odviso I" M, , 81. VI ~ mas peeh lost. would
vonr i6nnaI' tItII e. ~ el'tl your letters IN
kiss r6n 70 dotl, ~ iSi' my uc'r PIoy' N"uiu
, e. % w u"li!' :.! Il hau lo" herc' nave I" scod
SS ~ ,, no' "lt'in8 all that occurred ON the pas
'"Sc' &c;
IT,, ala. i ours o. trRNIS'.
r,5o ir"gucea ctterS directed to Mrs. ood-
acai u'e. 'ie "cIitlous names which names were
az ~" W Ill lcIVef from Mr.. T., Whlch was
"%'eu. %
Mr.; PIment sworn: Has known Mr.. and Mrs.