, 1860-11-29

1ftItf1 1lIU 5If, uCF WILL 1lSs4T .tnHs nHE
t,ld, II don't carc;' then the window wat
shut; he spoke low and she loud; heard
hem talk loudly on Monday In Fannic's room
] think it was about letter; heard after
wards it was Il letter Of Mr. Boyd's; saw MIs.
l:urcll write on Tuesday; Mr. Durch WIS talk-
i,,. II her, aud sat il front Of her: he looked
ii, If lie was debating; l do not remember
" cc:her it was turcnoUu or afternoon; talEcd !
it'll her I'll tlat night when Bile washed her
lt.by +; she was in the brown room on Monday;
! did not SIZE Stuart OH that day; Fanny WIS
.ahn. care of her sister that 'lay; llsF room
MAS opposite The brown room; had lie
work uf that floor t" do. and was around |
tlIeEc all the time; saw Fannie III the brown
room Mrs. Nurc!l todd ult that SHE would
lave to 70 away; said, ''Dh, no." She said.
t. have been y naughty woman lie cannpl
live w:tl me-" 1t was At another time she !
lid sworn not to tell Of it :" she said that Stuart
was n very bad man, and there were few wo~
linen that lie could not overcome; think it was !
alter WAS informed she was going; ut The |
tiin>of my making My statements to Miller t
" Hoync, Sir. Burch helped me about circuin- !
stances and lates; there were some things |
lAought Mrs. Burch must have told him;
] was always ln the habit Of knocking !
Ut thcrarlor or library door if they were closed:
wlcn WIS asked about these things, fFonl
time to time, told what had seen every
INC in the house did SO: Mrs. Thomas Burcl.
Fannie ond Mr.. Burch; Iremembcr her asking
INC many tines; telling me had TO see theec
14inss, aud it was continually go, from tile
time she came to the house; can't remember
alt the things she talked Of; had no harm in
]lis being 80 close 10 her, and asked me hard
Il: tht lime l gsye my testimony before dc
Wolf; it would not have attracted my attfn-
lion if you had not tlfne so; did not know
the badness there was in it till you n.ade it SO
bad: shc stood and be was near her; her dead
i.rotler was in the house; was asked how nts1r
they were; saw no harm in It; they were
talking closely together; Mrs. Tlolnas Burch
was asking MT about it; she was troubling mc
nbout those things all the while; lie asked me
about Stuart's visits, and said he was very
bad man and said be ought to be sent to States
prison. and don't know what l'c did not say:
he did not have a good opinion OF him, uor did
after heard his stories; he said l.could do
lust as wns mind 10 about seeing Mrs Burch
hut that they would ruin my testimony by
talking to me; that they would have somebody
lid 10 hear what l said md come here and
swear to what / said, or what did not say;
don't know which; be told me could see
Ecr, Int rot advice tllat it WAS better not; hc
| talked so much about 1t that got afraid
| he said that persons would llcar and
| 1cryert and mi-reprcscut what l said
| wcutto Mr. Pcck's tile week before she cane
! to Court; sue was absent and told him :
| have a(yass told him when sue sent for s,,e:
lc asked inc what said and how I felt; he
has told me ought not to see Mr. Ncckwith,
| in the library iu lis own house; s2W MIR.
Bcckwltl,, and told Mr.. Enrch that had seen
him, and that I wanted IL 80 East | wanted
10 do everything that was right; Air. Bu1ch
| advised me not to 20; emit rccollcct exactly
what he said; at another conversation lspokc
to Mr.. BurcL and asked him to 80 East; !
| thought it WIS bctter-cyrry one seemed to
think so; he advised mc not TO So and talked
hard to INC; he said that they would poison
me; Mr. Corning wonid give SO much for my
lite, he supposed; he said thlt she could conc
here and sec inc; my wages have been the
came Is before Mt 01r. Burch's; no one iiss Paid
or Offered mc any money On either side; Mr..
| Curnin;, told rnc that cuu'd I've with airs
Corning or Mrs. Burch, or in New York OF
Chicago; no irtlucc1ncnt has been offered lnc
irnlii either side; both sides have told the tc
t,:ll the truth: nol,udy lAs told me to dcy;ate
Mis- lsurcll whose COUNSEL have never toid MT
10 lcll ANYTHING wrong; Mr.. 1loync Enew
| would OF tell i lie and told me- he to'd Ar
Eurcl1 was truthful girl; nobody has SUI,
. gcstcd facts to me to swear to, or could lnak'
| INC swear to q lie.
Rs-C -Ctos Examination, by -}fr. Etct'eith.-
| remember Mr.. Burcl bringing home d disratcl
= OF Kitty Pruyn's death; l WIS in her room
Minnie w:,s sick, Oh Mrs. Durchs bed; l.c Ell
: down ant. read ii Mrs. Eurch and air. Stuar
| were there: Mrs. Burch did not 60 East TIL
summer Of 1s57; Mr. Durch did not 90 Eas
~
will: i,cr ut the time Nora went; Mrs Durcl
told 1ae ut the fremont that I had said eut
tains wht1i they were sli1drS. and 13lat 1 LII.
!. said silver when they were plated; those Wer
the only things sl.c spoke Of; l never lake
with yuu before I gave my testimony no co1
ycrsaiion about my going East bcfOrc l CAV
, nv testimony; Wien s!7c told INC these thre
,, gentlemen knew something. she did mot tel
inc what it was; she said, "a gentleman Il
thc Bank lad said he was Il bad man, and il!c!
wasn't many ladlcs he couldn't overcome; ;
she mentioned no names.
Ie-iirkef GxTusinGfi0N 7esuMfN.-Ihe ons
; thing she complained Of was the curtains;
thiuk she said something about her going
she had il one way. and had it another nool
: what she said; as far - my recollection, lii
was alt shc said;
i CroSs4;r1nii7tufioa 1xsu,'td--Sllc did not 6
II over the whole Of my testimony with nc,
!, that time.
:, vii. A. s1uRFEY's TESTIMONY.
!; 1r7uidtn i, Murfy for The DJts'ce.-1 resit
J, in Wisconsin; part oi the time aul III cl1c
Il 60; on tho :.4th Dee. 1887. III the evening,
II p.rty Of gentlemen, 31r. Dyer, Stuart, Guy
Il and others belonging to our part were ~ \
i u short 1ilnc he said then le was going to
It ball, given to the servants by Mr. Drake in Il
r. house: DYER ipkcd lin, anu he said he did
r. for amusement: We had cigare there, and-E
.e forth, on Il side table; hc cane in aud out Sc
" cr:,l times; lie had white kids IN, and We jok
/: | him n:,out it; he said the first gentlemen
lc lie house were there; VIC got together Mt
Il :lalCpast I; lie staged there an hour and 4 liza
q. was in our roop. after and went out some 10
or five times the first time hc came lip ic i
:; on the white kids; after the party our scssl
III broke ul', we went to Daylu,s ra,lor III
+. house: VIC met Gilbert C. Davidson tlcE
SC Stuart was there: couldn't have been far frt
he IL O'Clock Stuart ca1uc in ottr room cve
10, half hour during the evening; Mr. Kurcl
ii | house is pcrl,a,s ti,rcc-cighths Of mile FRI
he the fremont; YOU 20 east thrcc blocks a
ID south three and i half blocks.
IL Cross examined by -nr. Tan Arman-My
~ n,ily reside in Wisroa-,n: ! have lived th'
r. four years before tia: lived at the IIelnt
H. House four wears; !i.c' ut kacine, Wisc'
ht sin. ciu1t wears my :,,-7l:s.:s :1 Chicago y
nj railrualnE was cuiucr1s:l Will tue y
J York Central two or i1i:.s ,';!f. of winch
IL Corning is President: cc:.>rd my connect
IT, well; knew linn IN Detroit, eight or tcp "
nt aro wl.ilc boarding ut the fremont We "
Ill friends and companions, and are eo now;
e. Stuart few weeks since; Mr.. Caulicl1 cal
IT. upon me aud asked me- il was il Chicago
hr before Christmas in 81; my little SON
Yer come III IL s1,rnsl Christmas with Inc, and .
nd Davidson wished 1ue to 70 to kenoslla "
ltl him; / refused to on that account; MY
lid | tells ME l WIS there then; was proba
lad around tile house OH Christmas; had
my conversation in Stuart's presence ao
zen this a short time, casually, in front OF the
1ve mont 1iol,sc; Caulicld WAS present. had
;ed cr thought If it before, aul did not know
nof wus connected with this case; while wc
Ike talking Ca.lticld says. "Oh, here is Muir
The pcrhais he knows something about II -
lgh attention was then first called to 1t. ate
few lar,se Of over two years: when met Stuar
em Dayid's it was the last time l saw lliln
,ar- evening: Dyer was with Us I'LL the escntn
inE the room Til the game broke up. about elc,
ne, think one Of the Cages Was there; we Ec
lid ally rut together Us early US possible; c
act swear WIN wns there beside Dyer and Stu
Int; VIC probably met and played cards the !
mud night; DYER was probably thcre; cant
~; whether Stuart was there; stuart was
lily aueutlv with US, hut can't specify any q
c it i recoltcct when Iiart was there: can't
.sti- whether hc VII, tl,c night before or after;
: t" hors at the Trclnupt occurred every lortni
her | did not oi&.n attend them: can't tell w1'c
Id l he did: sometimes VIC played what We e
Sun .r,1u-wad 1okrr;" VIC took say twcnt.
cly; these cun E:t.is: II five cents each 81.
vice len ccilts carh. 81; We used tlc1n til! "e
'cnt broke and then borrowed from the other
at1ie also played ''nl1y;sin that cant dcscl
she Gil. Davidson introduced the game; We pl
her for MEASURE: the man who lost paid tie
till Direct examination resumed was y
have "hop." but j servants ball, and the only
her r;ycn ut the fremont that year; each Ct
ais mas lave been with my family; Mr.. Cor
the | did not have anything to do with cin;slo
j; he me on the n. 7, Central Kailroad; he alt
ID it know me at tho time; I WAS employed thr
eek Dcan Bichmord; We generally had four
!; be or six for "Esn.wad poker" but whcI
sing nlaycd "11nggins" there were often more
oout d0zen. ~
here The deposition Of Frederick y. Bur1
Rerr | - 1,r Afr fAutfn1i