, 1860-06-02
Little Falls. at each Of which places they stopped
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Little Falls, at each of which places thsy stopped
for several days
she was surprised that she did not receive let.
ters from said young lady as frequently as the
had been before that time accustomed To receive
them, aad sooa after discovered that the cam
plainant was writing letters to her, and Us this
defendant now believes was receiving letters
from her in reply. That about this time de-
fendant was informed that the complainant had
at Chicago her permanent home. Noe long utter
this time this defendant was informed that the
said young lady had ia January, 1858, while at
this defendants house, made statement 70 Mr.
Bu1rill Of Chicago relatiye to the. said Stuart
and this defendant, and thereupon khs wrote to
made the remarks attributed to her, to
which letter she replied, denying that
she had ever made the statement at
tributed to her, and professed to state what
she really had said, and imputed dishos sorable
moiiVes aud conduct to the said Stuart, and
acting under an impulse, caused By belief IN the
truth Of said letter, and Of the 7mputations
therein made, on the 25t1 day at November,
1850, addressed note to tue said Staart, charg.
Ing him Herewith, which she handed him on
the day and yesr Inst aforesaid. This defend.
after she met the said Stuart upon the street,
who joined her and walked with her to her
home; aud she then learned FROM him that be
was very much offended at this defendants let
ter; upon which occasion he denounced the i'm
putation therein contained as utterly false, in
unmeasured terms, and so emphatic WAS he in
hts manner aud language, that this defendant
said to him, that he7 lester was Writtan under
the impulse Of the moment, and she hoped that
he would think no more Of it; out the said
Stuart replied, that while he would make no
further mention Of the matter, Jet be desired
that their acquaintance thereafter thould be Of
the most formal character.
This defendant has since tile 6liEK ofthe COM
plaiuant's bill Of complaint, been informed that
said young lady did make the statement to said
Burrilt first hezeinbefore referred to, and that
be Immediately thereafter communicated the
same to said Stuart, who then denounced it u
false and Us having been malciout1y made with
some sinister end in view, and who, in conse-
quence Of snch information, ceased his Eislts to
this defendants house after that time until the
month Of September, 1859.
This defendant further says, that after her
return to Chicago in the fall Of 1859, the com-
plainant's dislike to this defendant seemed to
tressed on account Of the same. .
This defendant further says, that she has
been informed and believes that zbout the 5th
day Of January, 1860, The said complainant was
indebted to the Albany City Bank, Of which the
said Corning was and, for long tine. previous,
therein, in q large amount for money loaned
many years previous to that tina; that about
the dute last mentioned the cashier Of said
bank wrote to the complainant or. to his bank
ing house at Chicago, requiring payment Of such
Indebtedness.
11.s defendant further says, that about the
7th day 0f January. 1860, the complainant conf
menced finding fault with her nbont various tri-
ding matters, and on Tuesday, tie 10th day Of
January, 15i0, this defendant having been up
town with the compaainant's niece upon neces-
sary household errand, and tho said Carlisle
lloyd having joined them, and walked to this
defendants h0use with her, when the complain
an: came home to dinner he asked this defend
ant where she had been and whom she had seen
during the morning. This defendant then re-
lated to the complainant where abe had been
and for what purpose, and whom. she had seen,
not mentioning the name Of said boyd, by
essat eSsssn Rsp sna not eReS y Sssa T m The h.sna
seen Carlisle Boyd; to which she replied,
"Yes, he walked home with us." This
defendant then inquired Of tho complainant
the reason why he had made his inquiry rela-
tire to the said Boyd, to which be replied, II
wal told So" From the manner Of the com.
displeased, and thinking that such displeasure
might be in consequance Of said Boyd's atteu-
tions to her, and being afraid to speak to him
on t4e subject, onW ednesday, the l1th day Of
JantarJ, 1sG0, she wrote to The complainant
note, aud sent the same to him, therein stating,
she had received more attention from Mr. Boyd
than the complainant approved Of, and which
she regretted, and she hoped be would forgive
her. In the evening Of that day the complain
ant. in rery harsh and sevbre manner, in
quired Of this defendant what attentions she
thsreupon t,ullfuIy related to ahe complainant
the whole Of such attentions, AID every net and
circumstance connected there+sith, which she
! then recoliecsed. The complainant then asked
this defendant if she had ever been criminal
With said 3oyd, to which this defendant tsush-
"father, (,he uppcllation BY which she usually
addressed him.) how en- you ask mo such
question? You know never have" The COM
p[ainant tlcreupon repEoached this defendant
in the most harsh and severe language, for
what she had done, aud. represented TO her
that by receising the said attentions, she had
brought Eeproach, shame aud dshonor upon
him as we'll as herself, for the reason that such
attentions had been observed by others, and
would be commcatod upon to the injury and
disgrace Of tho complainant, this defendant and
| the church and society Of which they were uem-
| er said to this defendant, that be would drive
| the said Boyd from the CITY, and would ruin
| him aud his business, and mentioned the man
ner in which lie proposed to accomplish those
ends. And The complainant upon that occasion
| further said to this defendant, that sho should
not lire with him my longer, and that he should
| send her away. This defendant expostulated
With the complainant and eudeagored to ap-
| pease his anger, by begging and inplo1ing to
be forgiven, mud By renresentlpg TO him th8t
no such scandal as be had mentioned could pos
sib1r arise; but her efforts SO increased his de-
termination, violence ard denunciatlou, that
| she thought it wiser 10 submit aud did submit
| to the same in silence.
| After The scene above mentioned, nothing fur
ther tranapired upon the subject on that day.
This defendant further says, that on Thurs
day, the lesh day Of January, 1850, the COM
plainant presented her wi.h draft Of d note
| which be DESIRED her to write to said Doyd,
| therein stating to him that the complainant was
| coguizaut Of all that had transplred between the
SAID Boyd and herself, and requesting him to
return TO her to the care OF the complainant any
articles that she bad given, and any notes that
she had written to him, and further stating that
the complainant said that ho. the saia Boyd.
day copied the said draft of letter, and gaye
the copy made By her to the complainant; and
nothing further trnuspired between tho COM
plainant and this defendant on that day, be-
yond general remarks 1eproaching this defend.
+ant. OF the nature Of those hereinbefore men,
toned.
This defendant further SAYS that on Friday,
January 18th, 1860, nothing was said relative to
said unpleasant matter until they went out to
drive in the afternoon, when this defendant
asked tho complainant ii he had received a
package from Mr. Boyd; to which ths complain
ant simply replied in the affirmative; after their
arrival hone from said drive. the complainant
showed this defendant book and a pocket
handkerchief that he had received from Mr.
BpFd, and as ked her If there was anything else
which she had Giyan him, to which she replied,
"yes. ,ae ring and smoking cap" The com:
plainant then inquired why the hsd not told
him Of the smoking cap, book and pocket hand
kerchsf before; and this defendan. truthfulJ
told him that be kne* that she was Knitting the
cap for some gentleman, but that she did mol
knit it for any one in particular, and when shs
hal finished it she gave it to Mr. Boyd; anc
tha. the circumstance was 30 trivial she 1ofgo
To mention it. She also tru.hfully told ths
complainant that she never gaye the said boof
to BoYd. bnt onty allowed him to take it t.
read, and that she did not know how be can't
by the handkerchief Thereupon the compiain
ant reiterated much OF the harsh and sever.
language be had before that time made use o
to her. and thinking the handkerchief one giy
en- to ,tis defendant BY hero deceased sister
lighted match and set fire to and burned i
over his wasIl. bowl, and then tauntingly inform
ed this defendant why he had done So
This defendant thereupon unfortuua.el!
informed him that he was mistaien-ani
that the handkerchief was common one. aat
that she did not care suythiog about it; q
which he became very much enraged, and ate
some more rcproachfnl Language from him th
i | scene ended. Nothing more relative to the mat
ter transpKed on that day. The complaiaaa