New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-05

70 heir meeting in sAe ioase. Masters wa
,kort ssoat, dark man about AZ or a.
II appeared from the records Of Doctors Com
mons. thu. on the 18th of February, two days be-
fore the application Of Sheppard, an application
for A. marriage Bcense was made and signed by
James Masters, and from the records OF St Pau
crss Church, it appeared that on the 18th OF Feb
yuary, James Masters was married TO Mary Jones,
and the signature Mary Jones, to the marriage
register, was sworn 70 as being in the handwriting
Of Mrs Steppard-s point which did not appear to
be contested. There was also produced as having
been found in bundle Of papers left BY Mrs.. Shep
psrd, described as consisting Of old bills, love-
=" ktters, and other rubbish, certificate OF mar
risge between james Masters and Mary Jones,
widow, 1t appeared that MOrsiboy the executor
wishing 10 console the sisters Of M Sheppard for
their disappointment az to Mrs. Sbeppard'' will,
offered TO give them the clothes Of the deceased
and one Of the sisters testified that having sent Tor
her share Of the clothes, she received, with tnem
the bundle of papers in which the marriage eeriin
cate was discovered though Mortiboy denied hav-
ing rent any papers, and the servant TO whom the
business was intrusted denied having delivered
ay-tbe insinuation being that they had been
previously purloiued from the house. 1t would
seem that the sisters Of Sheppard had heard subse-
ouent TO bis death that Mrs. Sheppard, of whose
early history, and of whose name or names previous
TO her marri.ge with their brother, they knew
nothing had been Mrs. Masters before she was
Mrs. Sheppard; but the first suspicion that this
r. - 10 aIid of he
second, appears TO have grown out OF the date
of the certificate Of m:rrsge with Masters and the
dates of the other records which were hunted up
in consequence Of the discovery Of the certificate.
Their frstinfor nation as to the fact of her having
been Mrs. Masters, seems to have been deriv ID
secondhand from misman, who being employed
to sere milk to Mrs. Sheppard after her separation
from Sheppard, recollected, and so told two sue
cersive servant girls of Mrs. Sheppard that in
1924, he bsd served milk to her at No. "a Morning
ton place, and that then she was Mrs. Masters.
The milkman was produced, bat all he could cay
was that, in 1894, he had served milk at Morning
ton place to Mrs. Masters, whom he afterwards
knew as Mrs Sheppard. lie knew nothing fany
Mr.. Masters. One Of the female servants with
whom this gossipping milkman had talked, testified
that, in consequence, she said to her mistress,
" You have been married before2" Sbe appsr.
emily much vexed, replied, "Yes, have; l was
Mrs. Masters, but did not wish it KNOWN"
She said they went to live at Hamstead short
time. This servant was soon succeeded by another
by the name of Hannah Hawkins to whom the
milkman told the same story. Hawkins testified
that ,be lived on very infinite terms with her mis-
tress and that in reference to this story of the
milkman che sad it was true, that she had married
Masters before she married Sheppard. She fire.
quently alluded to it afterwards, aud said Masters
was a piano forte maker. That she married him
st ST. Pancras ard lived with him in Judd street
at the time Of his death. That he was taken i'll in
the street, was brought home in a cab, and died
shortly after. She said abe wss very happy with
Masters, but unhappy with Sheppard, whom she
left Of her Own accord, having married him Tor his
money That the first time she went to be mar
red to Masters they were too late That she was
angry and had good mind not to have him, but the
next day they went to church and were married.
That Jortiboy knew all about her affairs and thst
she was IN his power.
Mortiboy, boz ever, positively denied that he
ever heard Mrs. Sheppard mention the name OF
Masters. She did tell him that she was once going
to be married 10 person other than Sheppard, but
they were too late at church. and she then changed
her mind and did not marry him. She did not tell
the name Of this person. He never heard before
her death that she had represented herself as Mrs
L.. H. ha az
He had heard that she was kept by nobleman, but
did not hear by what name she went Sheppard,
he believed was aware OF the fact, though he never
told him go.
Harriet Hayes was the next door ueghbor ofMrs
Sheppard, in Mornington place, the whole tine she
lived there. She mad, however, formed no personal
acquaintance with her till 1892. Previously to that
she knew her by sight only-frst as Miss Wall,
and then Ms Mrs. Sheppard; never as hrs. Mas
ters Mrs. S. told her that she hsd been engaged
TO be married TO q persOn named Masters, and that
in anticipation Of that marriage, she told some
new dodgers moving into the house that her name
was Masters. But that marriage never took place
When they went to be married, they were too l,te
and Masters went into violent passion and swore
il was her fault. ThereupOn, being as high-tem-
pered as be was, she declared she would never
bsye him, but would marry the first maj that
offered himself-that Sheppard, who was poor
man, lodging in gsryet in her house, had gone to
church with them as erOomsm,u, and, upon hear
ing this said "WiI you have mel and that she
accepted him The witness stated that Mrs 5.
required frequently to this subject, and in Shep-
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