New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-23
Law LNTELLIGE NCk
THE STEPHENS POISONING CASE.
COURT on OYLg AND TERNINEK-NAKca q


tire officer ST the door "a. compelled 10 shot The door
s.Als, huudreds VINO soush, adm!ttsn, e. The test-
nory ior the prosecution 10 rebu;t,l continued:
hichsel FINN the druggist Tecsllet.-He
@ hs james hsDua sne ths be had neyrt o.
y stse % sm 10 tn slner Of 49, nor 70 say boy 70
80 sre1 e s'.ps-E, he further s,sed 'aa ne had oon'e
c,o..~ssrrcc-S,yrr, ss Hsnna that ander.oOd he
be WHO beosh ne -ru sad 20 srserus Ana be
Ss re orc. 1. ~ esUs. an esac.
Mira Ihofnton sworn a'-d cp y o. c'rt> or 'rouf
the d"ry; o-ugied record % tposo0s snd ts~ sis
ratures ais dsfus there tesfet that eq -eEiy
~ ga eoin tact ar mice - wee erAf 10 tue a
It's, ss1uy Bel the prpcps attendant Mrs. esphrns;
Mrs expressed dlfr 70 Aks medic ,5a.
zoe Mrs o.9 Nh'ei "a peat two oocs IN toe ni'ruinl
doL rcco,ct OF Mrs hns pseeDd from sPesIirs o. o
Coroner the ~ness, were directed 70 correct their tss
Wines stated osr portion, Of Mr., H,oaAs testimony be-
b, t,r or h ,Ial ,ic pools O. tie
tsnouy OF iss5e = Hare (uos ME- isab-is Bennctt,
Mana Hanna Ad George DAVIS 81 variance WIN 'aeH 'e'
Tie crfvrse declined ercs ex.uiostio
Nlsm Knox, s~orn-l rrste al No ID LAsht street sn"~
the prisoner Anew M' Stephens Know soPsa and f"aHJ
Bel; they M cousins
4 hen Objected to BY defense question Ao~ed and eN
vs. Gpou bed With bo,h Of them ouee 1, after
Mr. stspisrs died To visr one evening ~4'
sc sleep With Stspbens and be told 70 20 sna sleep
with The gf, said there room thrrr went ~
outside Of the be 'be sis SAID 'hoqa not DO
thr lsie sero.. The loot ne bed TOOK ca Only nay rs,
aije ot bed or lying on ioot with Fam or Sopn.
EEL OF eitast o. 'I 90 e S. s a., M, 80
l-tt The bed st night Mara Hama ftuut
IRE in ted with fsuny Bel sunday morning sny oher
IN went wh The Bel girls they len paeuss hoIse
SOPHIA dia uot here TO nisht;
bsns boz sr-o,s the room c KIND OF y ~.
ts did not give hin warning that they going to leave
o.m carried gin TO pic mic who're the Bel girls we're they
Cos, ,ssmI ed-was fir. slbpensed attend this trial las,
Fnosy, examined witness before Coroner Cornery
ara - fore Justice Welsh, PAID sttenton these
Girls sutc understood Sophia engaged 20 Mr. Cads
ert Wiki her TO New Utrecht sad .ad eli neat Dever p,d
attention, TO saem with avew 10 itrmony because thought
BeIer swo,s that did before Justice wel,h.
q Uptowhst Sophia Bel and Jlmes Ste phens init
use A swsys saw them inims'ei don. know ths' ever
intimate; thM stephens very aten
geih'T sophia 81 nay nave had ~ pei ralhy
mine Akeu In Sphens wanted Fannys and
mine ~ and bis and sOphs In anoher sophia
Objected did no, object Il difference have
the 6seueotype yet; Mr. NILS then paying attention .
ronirg after had been out stephens see his r
N, bsd been that right and toli ner had
sether. borrowed uouy Of ti, morning aud had bard
woh to my relations with htl awa, pleasant t
foaDd Sut b. deception. never threatened to Kill ha never
Direct re,rmsd-When went to Nsw.U.recht with Sophia
lmed welch; slept with Mr. Wscb, and SoPha with Mrs
Wc'ch.
weuty third James Hanna worked there IN Sep
temter ls7 WIS 'hS"1a ,o. n' s ViOa o. 20 ns
dy, ana that on Moldsy following he made deg
- Hsr INA Maven ,e,d n e.o to bis .epd.ac. A. The
Twenty. seet Methodist Church lie had odc.Atet
sasJ and Sabbath schools u time did be
SEE any improper eoLdoct IN them. -, ~. 49,,
reyer hsd charge preferred against MIN.
John B.co ofe Corooe Jury in the case Of Mr.. Ste,
be Jlry 10 elicit the whole Truth from all witnesses.
The Cont then tooA AZ the rsopenns the testimony
james, H.mmon- reside a. No sol Third avenue sud
supeun I'd the csrtnE business al No = Broad eei sno-
Mis-. solbia sid f'nly Bel snd nA'e kIo@u them number
year, member Of the rwshysegenth stree Methodist
Csurcn have attended ere regus and never saw snya9g
dsre'pecu ia the Mses Bells cortsct an class eader II
lie church
=, snd member Of the Twenty seyenn street mst1o-
dis thur have been 80 iJr thrre yesr have me. h 50
hsc station at the door 10 the church have never seen any In
proper uc between hr stepren. and Mi.a p.ia Bell
81 Ahma here asked 70 have the whole OF his testimony
the rrcuud OF is being prevalent which motion
denied BY the Court
have present the camp Of 1855 held
TufUers - mile. nom jersey Cy % Toe Erie Road
a n ,mbsf Of The Camp MeetDE Com1it,se
Jane Hsryey-I reside Il No 81. sNn aycnuei am mar
ned woman; my husbands ID James Harvey hs na
taori resided n joan Cak. house IN Twenty ,id 't.e.
so rem sned ur the lat Of October family I've
ta,r al Toe tne they lived la the oun '.oy Aoew tn
b.ns kept in the cellar, Of arsenic ng in ;
~ Ia Consequence II tar water which there
never the Hsnnss have any lsrEe quantities Of
sop. stored they the habit Of borrowing every t,
thing IL easte line lr arsrs; quality Of provisions
Anew them 10 bug WAS quarser Of pound Of butter a.
jane. Harey-Irr.ide At No 522 6h sysrus hu,b,qd
the l,s ~itue,' in July sBd August 1887 lived 10 John
Clsrks house worked a. the tailoring business In that hou
cellar in very bad condition lever knew Of auy
visions being aep there there might have been rats IN sle eel
ni.. Fanny Bell Va, then rcc,ed did not hear the test.
mony Of bs Susan Hams. 10. presn In Count az that
ntysr sick during hl, stephens ast illness. irJm
eating cabbage and never called Ms Sophia stephen,
a used such language, and ne yer stluk her vita
BEECH MI, Hanna came 70 my aunt. duiins her SICKNESS
4, ter death when shs remained all days Isabella Hama, Wa
there about Gays snd MINT the week pe. 10 a1n.s
ah End when aunt died she not there from the
Saturday until my aunt Died daring her last .esne'. aAhs
Han there about ouF O. FIVE times Abcut half an hoas
I'M r@usm5r seeip, John Rsuas = nv s1at.
three times before she died he generally for Mrs
Hanna ~ the evening he sOIDeItne sone sho
tim. before she ci-c ATTENDED the camp meeting held Ia 1888
went TAunday morning. and returned on Saturday; my
~ Tsls ~ ~ a. f - ,' 'a1e ~ a'
turned the saturday closed never Ine~ OF Mr Stephens
% - No., 80 sigs-iy IN ~ md nav. bss,d ,b,, ~
.oy sT- a., sna ssysI Ia t5, sss
would t longer than ~ aHt never ~rote home -
Ire Ano MP aunt died Of dIuusenness never had
~lh steph shout any letter had written
ssssd stephens % let o.n with hin unul could
boarding house WIN. Knox De got u,o my
bsc upon any time Isabella Bennett 10 the bou,-
th country the 18th Of November 1856 Wan Ka3x
got INTO bed with sister or myself ne might have laid
him my sopns welt % bed with tbs night william
kHcH sd Gown CT the bed Isabella Hams wen. under tue
bed she i5d IN the morning that sas hsd besn there
q sister SOphs going into other bed % lie
down Nm Knox 5evsf into ny ondIesssd, Ste
odIed - leave h, p.ce day b. asket
had seen boxing or Ls about t. sud snd
be Did did spssG about golag ~ Ire
5pote ny fsiher bei-E trunksra hs might
used drnss never hin do at
PIC mic Of The T~,nty-srnh street hsihocbt church
remember dTinilnr ythirg bat smonade told Mr.
Days there b-loD ziDg 70 VIM. Knox and
g.y- hus .oue Sir NIL. disc sntnge ala WIS.,,
Ne bsY- e.d tsys been connected The r~eaty
is Gas ss,l 1'1 . snr 1"g :. 'i.o TO-
street CHURCH STEPHENS bad ea. IN the SANE church
Ms amy ID Goilaad t5en caSsd-l tbs wife OF
Cbsrss HllhoiAId have been cora-ctsd with s fSensy
Chuch n. Bel girls snov Mr. Stephens
from iesirg hiI church have De-n member btsen 6se
years he q ne Bell gr. kloS