New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-22
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THE GREAT BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
FOURTH DAy-TUEsDAy.

FOURTH DAt-IUEsUAf. ..
TESTIMONY FOR THE PLnsrHF cosTIsuEe.
Nre Mary Seaman Crosse Examination continued
BY Judge Lakeland. not say, OF pretend 70 say
thst inherited wild land from my father; inherited
personal property &C.. among the rest W part OF the
furniture row in hoass; II came from Kent avenues
bought some Of the furniture in my house as stated
yesterday, in Cincinnati; took the same furniture,
after my mother died. 10 Charleston, then to Cncip-
NATL then here; pay $500 yelr for the house now
occu lied; sometine s get the amount IN rents from
ledgers; if house was full and everything goes on
pleasant wond receive from $500 10 81 600 year;
on the former trial stated 10 the best Of my koo vi
edge thst the income from roonie amounted TO- Si5O
per year; have received, Just ne told you, when
bouse IL full from 1900 TO 81 600; dd say on former
THAT thai my Iecepsfor rents were sioO, and balancs
of the money " ed on from interest on notes;
being told alter last trial. tta was wrong nlu red
TO fid ont Mr.. Shaw's iirst visit ID my house was
before Williams came TO zee mel doat know that my
sister was in great want OF money about February,
1856; when We first csme here we were not in debt
to anyby0y, and paid eur fret years rent in ad-
vance; know my sisters hand writing; this writ
ing here shownl looks like plaintiffs hand;
this tanother note shown looks also like piainuhs
writing can't tell her writing without seeing her write
II; never heard OF these notes before this trial; If she
gave them to Mr. Shaw, il was eecret; was not let
INTO it, Fife has never denied the execution OF tbese
notes TO Shaw; don't think ever heard her msnticn
them to any person. she has not said anything - me-
in particular, about them at ALL didn't know OF En- IS
borrowing money from defendant; don't know that
she Represented herself 10 Mr.. Shaw IN great want,
aad wanted 10 borrow $780, at the time of getting this
money don't know Of any necessity that existed re-
curing Fife to have the money at that time; nave
visited Mr. Sbaws house, in town, between and
o'clock, with my sister, various times; couldn't say
whether it was three dozen tmee; we. went 10 see
Mr.. Shaw, Sc wertto make hima friendly cal saw
him every time never any white person there;
have been there in the afternoon returned home with
nv sister; never left there later than o'clock; If 1t
was Winter that would make il dark don't know that
Efiie CaIstapg ever stayed all night at Mr.: Shaws
house. in town nor in the country either; don't know
that che bad at bis house. in town; don't think
1t likely that she would have had one without my
knowing it.
O. Did she have a room ont OF town, az stated IN
PaTson Homess speechi
Witness centinued-Miss G. might have stad out at
Tower Grove one night without my knowing III she
has been away from the house one or two nights has
siaid with the family of Mrs. Bray at the Converts
she went out to Mr. Shaws think abe would have told
mt; don't know that che has been away from the
house than three nights; she has been TO o., Jo
seph to see her cousin; she went to Cincinnati about
NO weeks before the first trial. and retained in about
two weeks; came home in the night on the arrival OF
the cars. Have been to Mr.. Shaws house without
Ehie; went there once to carry note, written py
Eie; it was think written IN pencils she signs nsr
pane differently, sometimes " II. C.. sometimes III
fe y and som etimes Kate Don't know the contents
of the note and supposed she was thar king him Tor
fruits don't recolect that she told me about NJ was
satisfied that Mr. Shaws intentions were bonoraoie,
note; went TO Tower Grove alone with Efhe ID see
tie place; MIR. Shaw was not az home; we stopped
there and then went to John Brays; It was not ON
the road; don't know how far out Of the way It IL;
Fife knew the way better than did; abe had been
there with Mr.. John w. Harris il Ellie went to Mr..
Shaws and stad all night, che concealed II from me;
she concealed also information OF the notes from me;
have beard that che denied the execution OF the notes.
but this was after this suit was commenced never
heard that che denied signing them 10 Mr. Hannegan
or Mr.. Harris; regarding the piano. Mr.: Shaw never
presented receipt To sign for the piano, nor did
tell him tina. woudpot interfere in my SISTERS affairs,
and refused to sign it; he never presented me such
paper pever saw such paper; don't know that
the plaintiff told anybody that the piano be-
lopped TO Fred. Holmes; don't know that sue
tried to pledge or pa the piano, or that Shs bought
the piano ard left IT there at plaintiffs instance aud
that defendant took away the piano soon as he heard
Mips CaISang trying 70 pawn his property never
spent any time ont In the country at the house
of Young man or widower; never went
with Ellie TO the house Of MIR. Irving; that was
where John Bray lived; knew DIR. Qber he lived
e. Ss.s III ss sSS part 81 s
sleeping place for them; his Oldest was 49, think
Bray wife was IN another house across the ROAD
don't know that Irvine was there; the time went
ayed ont all nights came back with Mr.. Bray; nave
bee to the Lake House with Mr.. Bray; returned with
him; Efie was there; never knew mr. Backmsn TO
take Ee out or bring her back from the Lake House;
knew John Wyatt; he has called 70 The house; don't
remember Mr.. Black mans bringing Ellie In and Mr..
Wyatt bringing me in after night from the Lake
House. this in 1851 came here hrst IN sJO; Mr.
Wyatt has n,ver gaDaned around alone; kpe v Mr..
John p Blabey; met him at Mr.. Brsy'si don't know
Capt Consall; don't know that Mr.. Blackman
ever brought Fife back in buggy with John
Wyatt and myself and another; the first house
ever lived in, in this State, was Joseph
Elss boarded him previously i stated on last trial
that my husband lived with me in Brooklyn; never
kept house in New-York City; was married in lSiOi
lived with my husband till 1916 or 1877; my mother
bad been married before marrying my father; had
children; one of themLis now living, named Jeremiah
Bennett; father was widower when married to ny
mother; had several children; Mrs. Gerotdeh Ia one
of them my aunt Mrs. Seaman, lived next door 70 us
in Brooklyn ard left Brooklyn in 1917; We lived part
Of the time at his famy's and part OF the tune a.
mine; NY husband and mysslf agreed to separate;
witness was affected TO tears at this stage of the ex-
animation; he could not get into any business and
couldn't support me; he had nothing, and could not
get anything to do; he could have raised ~ 900, TO
buy the Kentavenue lot if he had got it from his
father; don't know what reason he alleged to others
for leaving me never had any other reason for leaving
him except stated David Seaman had three sstsrs
know John Lloyd; he married the eldest of David
Seaman's sisters.
Q. Did you ever have anything else against your
husband for leaving him
A. Yes; my husband sought other society, not re-
Witness contnued-He went 10 see frail women, 80
was tod that was the reason, suppose, why left
bin; his failure to support me was one reason; l
thought II best 10 leave him; his going into bad soc
ETY., think was one of the can yes; old say that his
failure TO support me the why left him,
but did mt want to speak Of it, do mt think said the
only reason do Mt think said that the only reason
left him was because be could not get anything 10 do
The cross questioning at this point very severe.
We mutually separated, without any cause; don't
tn nix said that bis failure to support was canss;
did MT cay the women were canse but did say that
the complaints heard about his going TO thee,
csuse; fled bill for divorce in the Circuit Court
of St. Louis On the ground of adul cry and deseron;
am not about the deseron; 1t was great while
in