Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-22

| supe 10 keep he tbeoleglcal paTi CT INC mouse u
I order Ii was he who furnished the seriptnrIl par
of the areumen hence the application Oak
sought an opportunity Of exPl Shining, but aiey de
! cliped Emanual B. uar AID Thomas J. Brosn, o
( New YORK. are UnfemiitiDg ia their attentions 3,
! Sickles Dr. Moorhead Is equally affective 10 Mr.
Sickles, senior. Bagoli has not been in Court GIlr
! inOthe mast week. Chevalier Nyckof esinees &c,
five sympathies With the defense The same face.
are seen in court day alter dsy Tie room Is al
ways 6lied to its greatest capacity The JUICES
decision sierday, admitting evidence Of adultery
! took all By turprise. The deciios hardly cover.
the admission Of robatiing evidence. Tie defense
viii be through with proof iO~msrrow The trial
! will probably be over this day week Two eours 4
sum up on each side. There no charge fTom tte
( Judge, in this District
Jchn ThemTson. at one time coaohnsn Of Siekie7,
OK emiBtd Lett MIR Sekles' employ on the 4 il
! OF Feb cary. 1859; was acquainted with Key by
seeing lin and driving him. Mrs. s. vent frem the
house in the Garage alone; she vent cut m silly
/ from ~ 80 ne. aud rtmsiaed out till 10 5; Key
! always ,ined Mrs S in ,he street; ecu hardly
meaiien a day tbat be did lot meet us; sometime5
/ lie would c, into The carriagr, ana tell nae to
/ drive through jhe back streets; he would alwsys
/ ta!uie Mrs. ) and say '-GoOd meaning. madam; y
sonnet he would remain OF horseback, AID some
times di moani; he got into the carriage at
Mr.. Ssezies door, ana always but once got cut be-
fore got ack 10 the house; he always got cut at
the Of the Avenue Of fifteenth street, at the
ClGh house; knew him only once 10 come home
with Mrs. Sickef: that was In April or Blay last
year; he into the house, aod whea he CANE out
| cannot say. have known key 10 cone TO the
house while Sickles was absent il New ork; he
alnays came at du, k; knew him to have been there
every night almost; some imes l knew him TO re-
msiu there late at night; ether times he did not
know how long he wonli remain: he and Mrs s.
always remained 10 the study; the door was shut
while they weTs there; there SOFA IN the ROOM
| with its foot right the door; have kGoEn him
TO be there one night till o'clock in the morning.
was always there when l weat TO bed, at 10 or /
o'clock; and would not know how long he remained;
on these occasions no person vas in the room
but Mrs S. AID Key; think that was il VI ~, 1858
QUesjion-Did any hing particular oecgr, to
which your attention vas called?
Auswer-Yes sir.
Qaestion-Relate it to the jury
Answer was going to bed about one O'Clock;
went to the head Of The hail siairs and met The
seamstIess / stood and talked little while wrh
her, knowing that Key was in the room; We thought
the hall bell had rung aud Key aud Mrs. s came
TO the hall door and looked cut there was nobody
there they shut the ball door and locked it gain
they went into the study, and heard them locking
the study door, and the door that leads into the
psrlor; there are two doors in ihe study heard
them locking both of these; l stood ljtt while,
and heard them making noise on ;he sofa FIR
about two three minutes / neutioued to the
girl that they were making noise the girl
away ; she would not heaTken 10 NE, IIaugatcFl as
it vas not language suitable for her to near heard
them after for about two or three minutes 1 went
bed | knew that they wasn't az ne goo work;
Llaughterb | knew that they were there, and here
was conversation among all they have visited
the Congressional oemeler" two OF three times, and
two three times at the buryiEg ground at George
town these visits would be made between oLe and
three o'clock be would meet US somewhere in the
street they would walk "a the grounds cut Of
my sight, and be away hour OF hour aad
half 4; then they would come back aud drive away
sometimes he would tide and tie his horss another
time drove her TO the gate there was ouy
time that Key rode With Mrs Sickles in the carfi-
age to the Congressional burying ground another
time he rode out his horse, tied the horse 10 the
railing, helped Mrs. Sicklc5 out Of the carriage, AID
walked down the buying ground they stayed an
hour.
To District AHorney--E Every lime Mrs. S rode ont
Key met her; there might be sgme days that he did
oct meet us, but very few; We drove Out nearly
every day, and be visited the house dliy, but not
when Mr. Sckles was present Witness repeated
his evidence about the occasion when he saw Key
at the house at one o'clock at ight.
Question-Wbat kind Of a sofa is in the study?
AnsWer-Pretty large sofa; the covering is rel;
it looks pretty good and dlceat Qqughter).
Question Did Key visit Mrs. S on She occasion
of Sickles' absence at night?
Answer-He alsays visited her at night, 10 my
knowledge, when Sicklcs away, l cannot ex-
actiy say NhelneF olckleS was away q night CT EOG
this yeer; think drove him nee to The cars TO 80
TO Philadelphia, but caHIot exactly say whether be
was an evening or not. Il was my impression he
was going to Philadelphia did net see him e in
TO the cars; he hal carpet bag; eaunot say cxacly
when MIR. Sickles was away, but know ii her was
away any night last year, this year, would ro'
be right back to the house before Key would he
there whenever Sickles vas away Key was here
| recollect the night of Senator GEyn's parry. q
fancy ball last year about in the morning Key
and Mrs. Sickle left Gwyns house and got info The
carriage together; drcvc him ard her Nations
al Hotel; they sat in the carriage liule while Key
got cut and bid her COED night; drove home wss
told to drive down Il or street.
It was always Mrs Sickles' orders, given in the
presence Of Key; that was the only time l drove
them from the party that ght; Mr.. 5. vas at that
time at home in bed cannot exactly give the date
of that party the orders to drive ia the back streets
we're always given by Mrs Sicklcs: key was always
in the carriage st the time: 1 drove past the Guy
Hall one day while Key and Mrs 5. were in the caJ>
rage: he came in, and she waited outside iii he
came out again, and then | drove to Georgetown.
This was last year, hlps in May. met him al
most every Gay in the year, and 50 clEHot fix any
day. ! drove her once TO Key'a house in G street.
left him there VIC came from the cemetery. hut
she did not go in she left her card there for Mrs.
PendleOn.
George 3. Woodbridge was recalled. The auony>
nous letter to Mr. SIckles was produced and shown
with the same envelope he hal seen en- Friday, Feb
ruary 18th, two days before Mr.. Key was shot. Il
said Mr. Sickles showed the letter TO mc; he read
most Of it. but did read all; he handed Il to
and read the rest CT it. The letter referred 10
was handed to the jury
Witness resumed-Mr. Sickles sail to me that vii
lain has Just passed the house TO make his signals
wi h my wife made inquiry as T. the truth of the
statement contained ia tae Anonymous letter; on
Friday communicated the facts / learned 10 MIR.
Sickles.
told him had got the consent Of parties to oc~
cupy a room opposite The house Of assigGaton. /
informed Nh! Siekles tina young man lol3 me that
the woman was last seen going into the house
Thursday previous. IalerTa:d discovered tbatitWas
Wednesday instead of Thursday that she was there.
told this Mr. S!ckles, and described ihe dress Of
the parties. lie convinced the woman h;s
wife. | told him the siGCal of the ribbon hang in
window Was known to the people Of The yisiauy.
They knew ny that that Key IN the house and has
the woman was coming. told him how the house
was rented When told Mar. Sickes il was We'd
nesday instead Of Thurs lay thai his wife had been
there. | remained with him.
To Mr. 9uld-When he first spoke of the letter,
he took me to his room, and said, George l have
painful rcvs to communicate to you He then
took the letter out of his pocket AMI read all but
the last two lines and then buret into fears /
could read no more / told him hoped the woman
was not his wife. lie then said he did not usually
take any notice Of anonymous letters but these fac
are easily proved as he found there was such
house "a that described in the letter. and hat be had
heard that hey had rented it. He asked me 10
watch aud see if the man who went TO meet Key