New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-19


having foet 3cc bad asked about
ssst.
On cross ozsinan witness could as hethsr Caroline
had shown her letter "a fare sending IA 10 the
fosi Once Hardy her Il She s len Tho letter at the
fost. 0fice aud she answered that eh. had
N.sa Caroline IIarhy y ia n.xt wilma raied shs bad
been waiting HI The Office and vas escorted in BY Capt
FemAaux Ths anxiety Of ali to see her wes nan, av vary
intense she neatly dressed disclosing graceful 7ahe
small feue closely veled AMER receiving The oat
he took her elevated chair still yelled Mr. Noise
told her, politely. that would for her 10
her veil She raised heavy veil which hid face
e&vnE black lace veil sim hanging Her face however,
could be plsny She very pale very resouie
licking reply questions Of Mr. Du1ant she gave
IN clear voice. and IN language which proved
her 10 have received the education Of alady
she rst became acquainted with Stone she said. about the
first o. April 1855. commenced visiting faiher's
following He visited the house very frequently in
About ave months afer the FIRST introduction
became frequent
Upon being asked BY Mr. Dusnt 80 manner as decorous
the would allow II Stone had not seuced her. II
was not the father of her child her nrmes deserted her.
She bowed over the arm Of the chair
tery Her father also gave way feeling spread among
the spectators jurors every body We much
silent weeping any crowded assembly there this
OCCASION father ans daughter sobbed together The
lasted several and finally interrupted by Mr.
Durani eiugy asking the witness 10 herself aud
give to the questions which he compelled to
pound In few Miss Hardy recomposed herself and
give her testimony with the cearness and
hmnes She said that Charles H. c. Stone had seducsd her
the father Of her child She became mother in
Louis the 9Th Of February last She did certainly
pect become sones wife for he had promised
ny her, few weeks after their FIRST acqnan'ance. Her
parents knew that she to become mother, until
DR.. Stone told them with her This in the
latter part Of November last On the evening Of that day
which the discovery made her parents, Stone
housecsne her her ROOM as she lay sick
in bed After he had sat with her awhile her faith II came
into the ROOM and Stone left his seat and went and leaned
against the piece Her confronted him.
msnded know il he not the who had brought dis
honor his gray hairs and he the father Of the
born child Stone kept looking down. sad made
Then her father told him. that he would have TO redeem by
marriage ine &C. ne mao perpe'aeo OF else aners ven
eb,sp4s manner Fo ods sale yr y4a,bv dom. hoo,
masu give me tn O'Clock tomorrow morning. and IN be
here to make all the PREPARATION that lies in power" They
pen ~ wy 'O" "Au ~'sSA "s's' %" s''"s
Upon examination by Mr. Noise Miss Hardy gave FER
answers with undated hmness Stone ssa the father Of her
child He did seduce her. He did on the evening Of the
Sa Nossmss $50 n .s parlo q hs, fathers house The
Ts, ~ ~ I, '"..s
house except once Tbs once was in stones room at the
where he ad on Common street On that occasion she
ieft with carriage to go to the thear They
left foot TO an ice cream saloon This
about past o'clock After leaving the ice
they Magazine street. look for the on
take them 10 her home up town There was no Omnibus
Stone took her up Magazine far as rayie and then back to
aFpfehended
ofencet had been only once previous to this time He told
her to Keep quiet and kept on walking He wanted to 20 In
direction did not owing to certaa man. whom he
for being IN the way Finally he got her opposite pud
ley Nelson Co opened one Of The door pushed her in and
closed the door remaining outside There was cab else Nv
he ad outside I'LL the cab left when be came In took her by
the hand and led her through the dark to his room nm ~
He was in habit Of taking her to heaters and
halls Her father had 80 much confidence ,r ber d l., g.,
that he permitted her to carry ughtkev with which she
tered the house on her return at night she had b ONT AT
night alone with different gentlemen with her h.ther,s
knowledge and CONSENT Went out with Mr. Morrox and viii
Mr. Simmons; went once to ball with Mr. Ferguson with
sioaes knowledge and consent and had also gone out with
Mr. Kitchen snd with Mr. Alnet and with Mr. Coils She
never went to the lake Never went to any house on Ccus
aeh acquaintance Basin street The hrst
time Stone her partly through force and
always after wards he had succeeded bv persuason
When family left for St. Louis she didnot ak
Joseph Stone money He insisted upon her taking soma
expressing great deal Of sympathy and for br
uatlon and she took IT, twice before leaving She sent notes
70 him Joseph sone) to come and see her her uarrts di
not know Of this she never stated tina. II was inst before
Charles Stone lefs for the North IN Nav Is57 ia. ba m
duced her When il St. Louis she wrote several esrs a NJ
Dearest Had no recollection Of writing 10 him that soma
had seuced her partly By force uarv through her love
for him. After further questioning witness did recollec
that She had written a. above 70 Mr. enarest INT be 50
distressed and unsettled at the time she dId,t well kuo what
She was about No one except Charles stone had aver a