The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-05-02
ross.examined hy Shinman:

0io. AAdtucu , pdIeuIS CaHc cnily
on Wednesday morning, it was after
pr. Blackwell was there that Harden
remarked that her parents were salts
led, when Mrs Harden came to RAM
| ey's she complained Of having bad
| old. the Monday afternoon when we
came from Andersontown, we walked
very fast and she complained of having
a very severe pain in her side, heard
her speak of having pain in her side
at various times, also that she had had
two attacks of sudden illness before,
and not long before and one good
while, it rained quite hard when we
came from Andersontown, he got wet
some. think the glass in which Mr..
Harden gave the cordial was one
which had been brought up during the
day, and stood upon the table, stood
there until after her d ath when Har-
den asked for buttermilk, told him we
had none that would do, suggested
/ that he should leave it till morning, he
said if she wanted it she should have
| it, when it was brought he requested
me to go and null it, was reading
at the time, then he knelt at her bed
side, asked her how she did, then he
went down to take off his overcoat and
overshoes, | then asked her how
should prepare it. she said she did not
know whether she could eat it or not
hut | should boil chicken, sat down
by her bedside, she extended her hand
to me and sad her fingers were numb,
Harden had come up again then, did
not go to prepare the milk because
there seemed To be change taken
place she then remarked that she
thought she woald not live and made
the remark about saying her prayers
&c. Harden remarked that her breath
was cold, he became alarmed and
seemed afflicted Immediately, called
Mr.. and Mrs Ramsey, my aunt Mrs.
Ramsey made the bed, I gave her
some tea carried it up in a tea pot,
some in the forenoon and some fresh
in the evening of Tuesday, it was not
kept warm think the letter contain
ing the money was brought from the
office the day before Mr.. Ramsey came
home.
Court adj. to o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mrs Smith still on the stand.
Harden's conduct to Mrs. II. was
uniformly kind. aceeeding to all her
requests, &c Harden was sick with
neuralgia before Mrs. Harden came.
MY husband went after Mrs. Harden
because Harden was not able haze
heard Mrs. Harden say that her has
band did not like her m other and was
sorry When Harden prepared the
ginger for Mrs Harden she said it
did her no good. and she would not
take it. set her up hot to take it.,
he said he would make rs both take
it pnt some of it in each of our
nionthes and threw some of it around
the room. The powders were in a
bundle Of small brown paper. I saw
him open il. "a powder shown) it was
white like that he went to my aunt
for the milk, did not see him put the
powders in the glass in which the pow
der was given, stood there until after
her death, no attempt on the part of
Harden to conceal the contents Of the
vessel in which she vomited, &C., don't
remember when he first gave the cor
dial.
1t runs in nv mind that she asked
for the cordial, think it was in the
forenoon when I tasted it; it had not
been opened before be opened it to
give me a taste / asked Harden
about the wedding dress to lay her out
in; he said he did not want arrange
ments made for her funeral until her
parents came he did not go to the
funeral because he was not well enough.
Had prepared to go on Thursday, got
a person to drive for him, kissed his
wife on Monday morning before he
went away. The porch was q long
one, and there was q door opening
upon it from both the kitchen and Sit
ting room; we washed near the kitch-
en- door; | think the rats that were
taken from the cellar were thrown out
on the ground it was before Airs. Ii.
died.
Was re-eSamined. Think he said
when he came from Easton that he
had his fortune told; don't think any
other one was present when he said
i
tlsis; talked with Mr.. Shipman
bout the ginger to day before dinner
(Conrt thought that his was not ex-
actly proper practice, after the Wit
ness had been brought on the stand.
/ Mr.. Bradley made ali explanation, and
said that if there was anything i'm
/ proper about it, his legal education
was not completed. Court remarked
no wrong motions imputed. Shipman
aud Robson each explained
1 was still reading; be asked her
how she felt, she replied that she did