New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-16

,s,;de 9TH kin 81 Mr.. Tnom.s enc heS.a hlh |
gpeak Of the place where he isniy iesnso, = -.
Nanda this safe; could not cay hcN may oo-flefs
.he,o ,ere AZ Th0ms TT this tune there were many |
o,hers: the boardeIs some OF tncin usually ren'snh
az their treouen. "enccs" ct the house OF evenings;
toese were Spiritual ereiesi MI. ih'n, anu "a.
Hmm were LEADERS Of these spiritual eifees; sac
1;5 no. yeooIect the names OF o.her3 Who were spirit
n,Es.s there were others around the taoes; tneis
was but ore other lady boarder a. tue noase wso vas
a SpirtuaIst this was Mrs. Gale sic thoagnt Mis |
Gaze was Soutuslist Mrs. ne asd husb snd there
~ the time she did not recoect Of having seen M
Gale in the crcleg did not recoect the names OF any
other male Spuussts al TIE house bot Messrs. lboHi
and Hume; there was quite number OF o.n,f gshIs-
men who eat down 10 these circles ether laes os5's
Mrs. Gale and herself down 70 these circles bat they
did not board in the house sous OF these were MT.
Jarvis, Mrs. Kennedy, and others whose rames SUI
could not give; these two LADIES' were groIessII
Spiritualsts; she did not recolect how often sucn
circles were formed she could not state how many
circles were formed these circles might have peer
formed orce week and they might have been fSftaed
oftener che wac not believer in Spirituensm peive
table by number in the house among whom were ar
aud Mrs Thom; she did not think Of any others she
could name she cczd not cay how soon aier sne came
to the city in the month OF may tna. VI. 49, 20
wes formed but Il some time during the month OF
NAV: she did not recollect that she WAS
"entrsrced" the frat night che sat al THESE
circles. nor did che reoollect as to the second
sting nor rs TO the tn I'd at sitting about the
middle or last of June, she was first entranced
she did not recOlect becoming "entfabced more
than once; che thought she did not SIT AT any o'nr
circles at the house after she was "enuancedi MI.
Hume left the ouse and returned West 70 his nome
before she left the house; he left for his home lev
DAYS after her being entranced-less than a week
after: Mr.. Thom and Mr.. Hume were at the table the
night she was entranced-did not resohecS o.hels,
though others were present: she remembered young
man who boarded there, whom they called Buy
she did not remember OF bis having been present at
but one of the crcles this was on one OF the hrst &C
casioDs; there were always some iemales present
on these occasions and consequently some were
present at the time che was entranced; sne could
not recollect how many were there a. that tmei
abe could not stste that either OK tue la1as
of whom she had spoken Spirtualsts were present
ON that occesion she recolected that Mrs. Thorn was
there che did not recoect that Mrs Tnon, Mrs. jar
Wis and herself spoke aerward about their al beng
present on that occasion; she did not recohec. the
number there; she occupied room on the trst moor
off from the hall, at the end of the hail. she had to
pass through the hall only to get TO the paror there
YVES room between here and the parlor; II was on
the opposite side of the ball. her husband sat with
her at these circles Eeveral times; she could not
state the hour they sat down in circle on the night
she was entranced; it was before midnight; her
husband not at home on the night che was en-
trsnced; he was in the city, but not al the housei
he came home some what near midnight OF the same
night she could not say tbat any person was up
wien her husband came home; she did not recoIect
how long che had been to bed when her husband
came home. Here some discussion arose be;
tween counsel to the propriety of the counsel
for the defense stating that 1t was remarkable That
che could remember little as to the circumstances
of the occasion. He her husbandl usually came In
with night key she was In BED when ne came;
and had conversation Of Importance with her hus
band after he came home that night that she remem
bered of he slept in the same bed with her that
night; Mr.. Hume there the next morning n,
breakfast, che thought; che thought he renamed
there that night she spoke to Mr.. Hume frequently
after the evening upon which she was entranced aud
before he left for home; she had no conversation
with her husband as to what had been done to her,
while she was entranced by Mr.. Hume, until after
Mr.. Hume left the city; on the night she was en-
ranced the first thing she was conscious OF after en-
erng into that state was, she found herself IN her
own room, on the bed, and mir. Hume was there,
committing the violence complained OF; there
was other person in the room; she had no con-
to how she got into her room that night;
she resisted the efforts of Hume as soon as she be,
came conscious she resisted him; abe resisted aud
threw herself from him; this was not far from ii
O'Clock according to her recollection; she did not go
out into the paror or any other portion OF the house
that night after she became conscious she could not
say the exact time her husband came home after that
it was midnght il was about eight months
after that night that her child was born she first spoke
to friend about the occurrences OF that night IN
july that friend was Mrs. Clifford; Mrs. Clifford re-
sides in Newburyport she told DO one else for some
months afterward; she next wrote to her husband
about il; she wrote to her husband soon after
her child was born she was induced to write to
her husband by her feeling; she could not keep it
in any longer her husband had not charged her with
nfdehty with Hume before she wrote to mregard-
ing the matter; her husband went home from here
with her in July and stayed four weeks he then left,
and she did not him again until after her child was
born she in the receipt OF letters from her nus.
band ali the intervening tme she could swear That
her husband had never charged her with being TOO in
innate with Hume before she wrote him about IT.
Counsel for defense objected to the question as to
whether Mrs Thorn had spoken to witness of her
being too intimate in her associations with Hume While
he was boarding there. The snswer to the question
oAvn,t tad and tha xptp nat
did speak to her in that manner, but the contrary
had told her she preferred g freedom among her
boarders the boarders generally returned at all hours
between O'Clock and l2 she never did put her arms
around the neck of Mr.. Hume and kiss him, as he
rived at the house, she would swear TO that she had
often been at the door when he came IN; she had
spoken to him when he came In she did not remem-
Der to have met Mr.. Hume at the door aud iondlng
with him as he came in; the words used by Hume
when he had committed the violence complained Of,
and when she became conscious, were that II she ever
told of the occurrence II would be the dsath OF her.
she had the clothes when she became conscious
that she had when she went into the trance; she
thought Mr.. Hume had on the same clothes at the
time she aroused that be had during the evening;
her daughter boarded with her at Mr.. TDoms;
her daughter did not cit at these circles always;
she thought her daughter might have been
at the. circle that night; her daughters age was
between twelve and thirteen years at the tine;
her daughter was in bed at the time Of the
occurrence with Hume; her daughter occupied the
room on the lower floor adjoining the psror and din
ing. room; she lodged with her sister, her sister
six at that me she assisted the younger OF the chill
dren in going to bed that night she does not recoeot
at what hour her elder daughter went TO bed that
night che could not tell whether it was before or al
ter the occurrence with Mr.. Hume; her younger
daughter went TO bed before the circle she does not
reconect that her eldest daughter came TO her,
when che standing at the door, and told her that
she Mrs. Morrill, liked Mr.. Hume better tina. she did
her husband, and that if she was not less intimate
with him. she the daughter would ten her father;
che recnlected Of MI unue's having come into her |