The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-27


AXE any notice of Anonymous letters but these
acts are easily proved. az be had found iht
here was sach a house as that de. cribed i,.l
The letter, and that Key had rented it. He
,sked me to watch and see il the woman thai
went to meet Key was his wife. ! hired
room in house opposite to it, and did so,and
We both went in the carriage 10 Fifteenth st
and he pointed ont the koHse TO me. Mr..
talked to Mr. .Sickles, aud tried /
to calm him. After bis first exclamation, Mr.
Butterworsh said oniy. we Know il. Mr.
Sckles replied, The whole town kuoTs i
what shall 4 do? Mr. Butterworth SAID
you are ulan of HONOR and have no advice
to give never heard Mr.. Butterworth sav
to Mr.. Sickles. There is but one course /
you 10 pursue. 75ff ~
The court adjourned till to morrow.
WAsHINGroN. Apri! 20,-George B. Wool |
ridges cross examination was continued, -oui
nothing of Importance was elected.
v{s Examination in chief resumed - Ait T
Sickies returned that Sunday. there was a
great buzz ard confusion in the house; some
drzen people were there talking in couples;
in regard TO exercising caution IN the inVesfi
gaIien he told me must be careful and not
use Mrs. Sickles name. for suspicion was ~orse
than the dreadful reality and be hai no knoWi-
edge that Isis wife had not been there on
Thursday. II was that which depressed me
10 having to tell him that it was on Wednes-
day and not on Thursday, and that the lady
was seen there I rode with Sicsles to the
Iueighborhood of the h,use in Fifteenth 81 rect
on Fridav he did not get out of the carriage
or make inquiries: returned there about sev.
en- o'clock 10 the evening it was dark stormy.
snowy night. / did not stay more than hall
an hour in the neighborhood; drove from
there to the Capitol; cannot say what times
got TO the Capitol. understood that | was
TO see the lady when she came there and as
certain whether it was his wife or not; was
| to find it out by seeing the lady myself.
4 met with the negro boy GritteDdeR, and found
lIha. be was fall of knowledge about Key go
| ing there; she negro boy did not know who the
Iads was. ] did not have TO make any iDqnir
les; the information came from The negroes to
me. was acting on the first directions which
| we're TO 6ud out, as his friend, whether this la
dy was his wife; he did not say anything to
line on Friday eve ming about it; he said moth
ling except what was in. the letter about ms
being guarded in my inquiries; he did not say
whether | was or was not to make inquiries
from other parties; by Sickles' manner should
think that my communication TO him. on Sat-
l urday af ernoon about the dresses of the lady,
and about the day being Wednesday and not
j Thursday. completely convinced him, and be
was quite prostrated 1t was after he had
shown me an anonymous letter we drove to
d the neigbborhood; and he indicated to me the
house; he said he had been there that morning
be said bis hopes were that it was not her; The
, lnote addressed To me by Sickles on Saturday
> hfternoon said should be cautious iL nv in
: quries about using the name of Mrs Sickies
as suspicion that was not proven or not trut
/ was worse than the dreadful realityin anothe
81 letter he had made inquiries which assured
e him that il was not his wife who had beer
e seen there t-~,,.,-,f5..,-... s =
II John M'DonaId, footmaa for Mr. sickles
D tesuied: On the Thursday preceding Mr.. Key'
! death. v hile Mrs Sickles was driving in tn
2 carriage. we met Mr.. Kew. Mr. Key leane,
/ face a-ked her if she was going to the hol
!; at Willard's. Mrs. SickIes said. ] am goin
! lif Dan, will let me- He got 10 and we rcd
e around awhile. ,,i...,-..f, ssili
, Mr. Oald then rose and said tbev had bee
e told that the defense had closed. The prosect
n iion had objected at every stage of the proceed
h Iings to the admission of proof Of be adultery
8 Some objections they had made had been sus
s tanned. and Others had bet overruled, bnt ID
Z evidence of the adnlerons ini ercourse havin
g been admitted they conld see no objectio
n now to the admission of all the proof Iha
d could be obtained, touching the adultery Fl
was not responsible for the publication. III
o does not know how the papers rot it., and wi
even admit the truth of the c. nfe ssion OF Mir
Sickies, and allow it TO be re, eived in evidence
There was much sensation a, this statement
Z: Mr. Brady rose qni. ky, and said, this wa
i most unexpected. Tie counsel Cor the pros
e ecuiion had objected to almost every thin
G during the trial are now willing to ADMIT som
: of The things they have objected to. The dt
II fense wanted time 10 consider this most SUI
J; prisirg proposition He would take occasio
= to say that the prisoner regretted very ,nne
the publication of the confession of Mr.
ESickles. ,s-s,,s..s,s.
Il MIR. Onld-The prosecution are certaihl
> not responsible for it. They knew nothin
about it. 5-sstg ~
e Mr.. Graham said it was to late in, the da,
J., for the prosecution to attempt 10 re open a
q the doors after the witnesses for the defens
= have been scattered 10 the four winds q
I; Mr.. Woolridge. recaIled-Mr Brady hand
/; ed him an envelope and letter. asking whethe
y he had ever seen them before I?
y Witness-Yes, both of them, saw ther
Is on Friday. before the killing; on the 25th {
e February saw them. first at the Capitol; The
e we're shown me by Mr.. Sickles; he. read all
el the letter except two or three lines he enul
n read no more; hat was about one o'clock;
o gave it hack TO him. and put mark on tn
e envelope and letter. s+....z-.1;.--
|; Mr.. Brady proposed to read that letter.
The counsel for the prosecution. having el
J. amined it, submitted whether it came with
e The ruling of the Conrt IL
e The Court decided il was admissible, and
e was read. 1t was addressed to Mr. Sickle
t aud signed r P. e. The letter was hande
If to the Jury, and is as follows: 800 s, @
sa;as55 WASHINGTON. Feb. Gath, 1869.
I! Hon DANIEL SrcKLEs,
" DEAR SrR: With deep regret Ileneiose t
i our address the few lines but an indispensabl
d duty compels me so to DO seeing that you az
Y igreatly imposed upon t@b 20 eai
+ There is fellow may say, for be is not
:: gentleman bv any means by the name of Phi
= ip Barton Key & t,elieve the district aitol
Q ney who rents house Of negro man by th
4 name of JDo A GRAY situated on 18th stree
. hewen K and L streets for no other pufpos
4 than to meet your wife Mrs SickIes, be hang
4 string out of the window as a signal 10 he
II that he il in and leaves the door unfastene
q and she walks in and sir do assure YOU
. With these few hints Tleave the for you t
1 imagine. Most Res, flv 80 a7sA {,
pl7a 9ii5 1sie ai5e7si. Your friend r P G.
1 i.ffE IN -------------- i5F 80
9 Mrs siekles' Confession-How it was Made.
= The New York Times publishes card froI
: a friend of Mrs. Sickles giving the history .
e Mrs. Sickles confession. The writer state
4 that Mrs SickIes made three attempts to pre-
O n