, 1860-11-22

the 1gtt side; the dining room Is OF,
| the northwest side; the front door II
the ordinary way the sound could be hecr.l
over the house; Mr. Durrh was away fror,
/ home; there are two panel shutters and two
bArs to . window on the frnnt side; there are
live Windows to the two Communicating PAR
lors, two In front and two back; 1t might take
fifteen or twenty minutes to c1ose the house :;
I saw Mr. Stuart there aftcetward; nv I'm
preston Is that he was there the next evening;
think he went nway about the time was
slntting mp the house-about ten o'clock !:
there was no ether pcrsous In the room bnt
3frs. Barch and Mr.. Stuart; saw him there
another evening; Mrs. Brrch's brother and
some other young gcntlcmau cane out OF The
was absent three or four weeks during TINT
absence !. eaw Mr. Stuart Rye OF six different
times; nt two other times be was there when
l closed up; on ono Of these occasions they
were playing checkers, and ct another time
/ they we're reading and sitting side by side At
the table: it was in the library; left then,
there wien shut up, and not know when hc
went away; where Slept Iahonll have heard
the door If opened or shit N iho orl:n1ry
way, II awake; did not herr the dour open or
shut that night; I was then in the library !;
Mrs. Bucch told me ono night thai whcn Mr..
Stuart was there might clue up the house at
the usual time, but if auyhedy else WIS there
should wait till they weragone.
After Mt. Dnrchs return I saw Mr. Stuart
there upon two different occasions; I can't
| give tic date; know he came once and
brought some rose bushek; 3lr. Durch was
there at the time; don't know that anything
particular took place; I took the rose BUSHES
planted them in the }rontyard Afterwards
Mr. Stuart cnmc there On some railroad bus1-
ness; Mr. Burch and be were sitting in the H.
braIy; heard them talang. md they had pa
pcra; tls WIS in the fnll Of f'57.
saw Alr: Stuart come there afterwards,
whca I WAS out in the front yard; this w1s be-
tween meals, when lii. BureL was not at hume,
| but at his Office; this was along in tho spring
| Of 1857; saw him conc there once or twice
| from down town in company with Mr. Burcl,,
| that same spring, in the daytime; I Eaw him
| In the EbrarJ at one tinne;,I had been down
town marketing, and when came back l went
into the sraperJ and SOW that some one Lad
knew no oac could get In for the gates were
| locked and I had the keys, unless the key in
! the horse had been used; I went into liz.
| 1louso and asked thu Crib who had been out
there, aud they said Mr. Stuart; Invent up
| stairs and aaW Mrs. Burch and Mr. Stuart In
the library, and ! asked Mrs.. Bnrch who bad
been pruning the vines :: 3fr, Stuart said hc
had, md that it was the right way; told him
that WAS none Of bis business, and
! if had been there I should I.ayc
| put lin out Of the house; don't rccoliect
| that Mr. Stuart said anything. Mrs. Burch
| told NC to go down stairs,' and not make any
| bother there; I did SO; Invent up into the Ii.
hrary in great hurry; HRS. Burch and Mr..
Stuart we're standing up 'asainst the library
| table; it was about ten O'Clock; after ln,d
T got tho things for dinner, Mr. Turner, a broth.
er Of Mrs. Burcl. II or IS years Of age, not liy.
ing now, came down to sec me; this was in
June; do not recollect seeing Ar. Stuart
! then till ahout the time Of the bank panic, In
the latter part Of the year 1857, about the tint
weather; Mrs. Burch came down and told nc
| that need not tell Mr. Bureh about it, as she
| would sec him herself; raid / Should tell
| him; ANIL lid when le came home; at the time
| Ct the lanic Mr. Burch went away and was
gone three or four weeks / saw Mr. Stuart
there Eve or SIX times while lie WIS
gone; I saw him there the same night
| or the next night alter he went away
lie WAS there Wien closed up the house
with Mrs. Bureh alone, either in the library ol
parlor; closed the house from ten 10 Aal
PAST ten; saw him there also On Sunday
evening in the parlor With Mn. DurcA alone
when shut up the house; don't know q
any ono being in the house at that time but
times aftcrward, when would close up tht
house In the evening; ! saw him there ont
| time when 1fr. Burch WAS absent to Michigan
when closed up the house In the evening
rccbllect also other instances Of his being there
that Fall Miss spaulding a1d Miss Dnrch
carly in 1s5a The night they came Mr.. Stuar
and Mrs. Burch were atonc In the parlor play
ing checkers; Mrs Durch wanted me to e
| dawn and meet tho young tzsf:ea at tho Eitf
night train, which did; noticed Mrs. Burcl
| had On a gayer dress than usual went to thu
| depot and brought back tho young ladies, and
brought their trunks in at the front door; thi:
was about ono o'clock in the morning; sllt
had c!nnged her trcss; she told the young Ia
dies she had been sitting up waiting Tor them
Mr. Burch WIS not absent to my recollection
more than once the Fall Of 80; I do not reeol
lcct the time be returned.
Quextioa-On the evenings the young 1adiei
camc I heard the girl Margaret mike some ro
marks to myself aud the other two girls thil
WIS about nine o'clock; she went III
stairs to 80 10 the frcrt door md this &c
| mark was made when she came down
saw Stuart there after this; Mr.. Turucl
was taken sick in February; Az. Stuart wa:
there two Or three times right after, in the ia,
time he WIS not there as much when afr
Burch was 1t hume as when he was away tht
onlg times know Of his being there wlcI
Mr. Burch was at home, WIS tue two time:
above mentioned, and during Mr. Turner'S i'll
| ness; after Mrs. Burc1's return from the East
in the fall Of IS, Mr.. Stuart was there, aud il
the gsarcry with her, in the day time; dlt
not see him there af1crward In that year. II
the spring at 80 saw him come thcr'
within the business hours, when Nj. Burcl
was at the office ssw him there again in tn
fall Of '5Y, In the day time; In the forenoon
think, in the grapc1J with Mrs. Burch; va
in the basemeat, under the barn. potting som
plants; this was at the time of the Nationa
Fair; | saw them go through the grapcEy int
door; they wcrc about six yards from 1ne Elel
l canle in; when I came in they moved avn
from each other, and commenced talking nbou
the plants; l saw Mr.. Stuart there three o
four days before left there, which WINS on til
Goth day of November; they went from th
grapcry and were passing toward the house;
was In the basement ct the barn; = etnirw1,
opens into the greenhouse i was three or fou
yards from them; / could see them where
was The old Erapcry on the west side Of III
yard had no connection with the greenhouse
NC have to come out Of that aud 70 out Ct til
garden walk, to go inlo the greenhouse; 20
60 through this greenhouse into the otbe
Inrlor; WINS then passing through the green
house rccollcct wien A1r. Stuart was sic!
| at the fremont House; think It YVES /
MARCH, Of 80; at that tina took notes ohir
for Mrs. Rurch four, five or six times; Mr.:
Burch sent messages by nc; on one occaaio
she told me to 60 down there and sec how Nj
Stuart vas. and tell him she would call and SC
him; think Mr. Turner ard Mrs, Busc
went down. there; I found Mr. st1
art IN his room ut the Trcmou
House; I asked him how he was don't +,
member what he said In reply; Mr., Stuart
office was in Mr.. Dickcy's block next th
Post Olice, between Washington and kandolp
street, on Dearborn street [ rccoilect of soin
there with Mrs. Rurch, I think, In the {ali {
1850; she went there with horse and bugg,
there wns no one with Mrs Burch but myseil
drove to the front-thc entrance Of the b0ilt
ing-of the stairway that goes up in the office
she told me She was going up In Alr. Stuart
down; she went up stairs and was gone som
fifteen or twenty minutes; vailed till sh
came down; this WIS in the fall OF 1859;
have taken q note to his Office fur him, so1r
two OF three different times, from Mrs. Burcl
| my directions were t. take them to Mr.. Stuar
I delivered them to him at his Office; thin
have taken ono or two TO the fremont, AZ
left them ut tho Office with the clerk The,
notes were taken in the gear 1850, thinl
/. know Mr. Isaac Burril; he had an Office {
, South Water street west Of Clark street !:
| first saw him At his house In TIC fall Of sc;
!, have been to his Office By direction Of Mr
Durch, to take notes in 1857; l bare take
! | tho E1ll Of Sc; sometimes delivered them
his wife; think it was early In the winter
80 first went to his otf1ce for this purpos,
during the winter and spring Of 81 shou
think 1 had taken at different times or
!. til1y notes, perhaps more; don't want to =
!, bcJond the mark; some times when ha
taken notes, he has sent notes back; SON
= times has said he would intend to 1t cal
s say how many times have taken notes bac
as general thing did not; sometimes 4
!. reply would be that be wonld call around a,
| ! see her; have been there with Mrs. Burr
| sometimes with buggy, sometimes with
). sleigh, during the fall and winter Of 1S5
q sometimes two or three calls week would
= made; sometimes more, sometimes less
!, but myself: sometimes would 60 up and $