The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-05-02

their marriage.
The Court then adorned until Mon
day morning at O'Clock.
SIXTH DAY.
Monday, April 20.
| MORNING SESSION.
o o'clock, A. M.-Mrs. Dorland re-
called NY daughter had in her purse
when she left a $40 note against John
Doarc, and S. ; the purse was return
ed to me by Mrs. Ramsey empty re-
ceivcd the news of her death about 4
o'clock, A. NJ !; arrived at Ramsey's
about nine o'clock when / went into
the sitting room FIRST saw Harden ;
he asked if we wanted to see the
corpse he led the way he told US we
should not grieve, but bear it as well
as we could, that he believed she was
i in Heaven; she gave evidence Of clear
hope; that she had left word for her
parents to meet her in Heaven [
looked at her and said, How she
I has suffered she is turned all purple
and is bloated !" he tried to take me
away !; said I must not be by her /; |
said if I could only have spoken one
word to her, it would have been more
satisfaction, and asked why he had not
sent for me said he did not think her
dangerous; she had died very sudden
! ly-the cause unknown to him / told
! him it would be more satisfactory to
me to have doctor called to inquire
into the cause of her death !; said it
would be desirable to him also. (Be
then related the manner Of her death,
as detailed by other witnesses.
He gave as reason for burying
her so soon that she had died in full
health and could not be kept; / told
4 him all the family could not see her as
/ / would have to make dress for one
of the children J; he asked if / could
not get ready by o'clock; / went
home and came again on Thursday
about 9 o'clock, A. M. went into his
room he asked why we had sent for
DR. Blackwell did not tell him he
said there was no use in making such
| time he was satisfied she died a
natural death asked me if John (my
sony blamed him on account of her
death said how much betterit would
| have been if she had died at home,
then there would have been no suspi-
cion he seemed to be more uneasy
that day; on Saturday, on the way
home from the inquest at Anderson. he
requested to go home with us; | told
him he had not come when my poor
child was there and that he could not
come there the way he was now he
said he was willing to qualify that
Callie Smith had no undue influence
over him asked my husband if he had
any objection to his going to his
fathers he told him he thought there
would be nothing wrong about Is; /
found some letters from Harden to nv
daughter in her " box )" handed them
in at the inquest Harden staid over
night with rs only twice after he was
married, once the same night they were
married, "a parcel ofletters were shown
the witness) these letters. are in the
handwriting of my daughter and Mr..
Harden, (they consist of correspon-
dence extending through long time;
not yet offered in evidence)
Cross-examined. my maiden name
was Tuter. Harden told me he had
sent these letters to my daughter one
time when he was at our house previ-
Gus to their marriage. / had often
read them, and told him from the
letters he had written ] thought he
could not treat her well said he had
promised to marry Der and was going
to do it. If / had had my will they
would not have been married, Har-
den seemed affected when / saw him
after his wife'S death; saw nothing
unusual in bis appearance or conduct.
My daughter was naturally still. /
often saw her crying before her marri-
age she told ne once that she feared
Harden was going Co leave her, and
if SO her comfort was gone forever !;
she was naturally quiet, and much of
the time by herself She was not
sickly had doctor called once about
a year before her death when she had
an attack of inflammation of the lungs
kept Der room at that time AFTER
wards she sometimes complained of pain
in her side had the sick head ache
about month before her death.
Redirect. My daughter had con-
nected herself with Harden's Church
before the marriage. When my
daughter Margaret first saw the corpse
] was with her; she said '' O, my dear
sister, can it be that she is gone -
did not hear her say anything farther;
Mrs. Harden told me sometime before
her death that Harden didn't want
her to have any family under FIVE
years, aud he would get her medicine
to prevent it; she said she had not
then and would not take it this ex-