Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-02

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The Case OF Mrs. Emily Wiley, versus
Marshall Brown.
CIRCUIT CoURT-Chicf Justice Carter.
After our report closed yesterday, the coun-
sci for Mrs. w read number of letters. which
were admitted evidence, written by Mrs.
Wiley, then Miss Brown, Mrs. Brown, Thos.
G.. Bell, principal of the Newark (Del.) School,
Miss Bell and others, dated during the years
II, 42, l3 and IA. The letters of Mrs. W.
were addressed +" Dear father" and those
OF the others speak OF her as the child of Mr..
Brown. Mrs. Browns letters are addressed
to her ssdear daughter and generally close
with "Your father joins me in love to you;''
and one contains a postscript in Mr.. BIS wri-
ting.
TIE counsel for Mrs. Wiley here closed; and
Mr. Bradley, opening the case for the
defense, stated what he expected TO prove by
respectable witnesses; that he would show that
Colonel Larned took Mrs. Brown in a hack to
Mrs. Dodd's; that she passed as his niece IN
that house, that she visited house of ill fame
while in Baltimore; that Mr.. T. p Brown
never darkened the threshold of the house of
Ann Simms Mrs. Weeden; that in Baltimore
she passed as Elizabeth Reed; that she lived on
street nearly two years, and during that time
Mr. Brown never darkened the door; that she
was the mistress of Mr. Brown; that in 1899,
when Emily was four years DID, she introduced
Mr. Brown for the first time as her new beau:
when the child Georgiana died. he would show
that the date of the birth and death and burial
OF the child was furnished to Mr.. Dom by Mrs
Brown, and by his direction stone cutter was
employed to put the inscription on the stone;
that she had declared that Mr.. T. p Brown
not the father of the child: that he would
prove that Al the tirae MIR. Brown was visiting
her, he was at boarding school in another
city; that he would prove by MIR. Bro WINS own
statementthat he was not the father of the child;
that the marriage announcement of John Wiley
and Emily Brown, was that Emily was the
daughter of Elizabeth Brown; that when the
remains OF Georgana were removed from the
Congressional Burying Ground, a new inscrip-
ton was put upon the tombstone, and the name
of Tillotson p. Brown was not upon it; that of
Elizabeth Brown was
Capt. George Wilson, sworn-Witness resides
in Baltimore. In the winter of 1882 or 80 Liz
Z!e Phillips was stopping at Peacock's, in Bal
Jimore, a chambermaid.
Mary Stmms, woman who has evidently
been one OF the fast ones, was sworn, and tes-
tilted that she has known Mrs. Brown 25 or 30
years; that she came to board At witnesses sis
ter's, on the avenue.
Mr. Brent objected, on the ground that the
testimony was purely collateral, and did not
relate TO the paternity of the child nor affect
the credit of Mrs. Brown as witness. He
argued the point, citing authorities and in the
course thereof admitted that the evidence of
hrs. Brown had negatiyed the idea Of a mar
riage between her and Mr.. b. until January
1889, and proved that prior thereto there was
only j promise of marriage at some future
time Therefore the proposed evidence was
not admissible to rebut marriage AZ period
when il not claimed, and there was no
other purpose for which it could be legally
admitted.
The Court decided that it was not admissible
on the question OF paternity of the child but
was admissible TO negative The idea of mar
Tiage de fdcto al the time.
She came TO the house in stage from Balti-
more, with man who she said was Col.
Larned, but witness never saw him. She
passed under the name of Lizzie Read. Wit
ness does not remember what year it was
when she arrived. Witness is certain that the
man not Tilletson Brown, who she knew
well she did herself. She never saw
Tiilo1son Brown at her sisters house, but bad
seen him in another houses and on the street
she thought at the time that Col. Larned was
married man and did not wish to be seen, as
. he kept himself close. Every man who goes
10 such houses does not wish 10 be known.
Mrs. Brown Staid witness sisters house
Two days and left, but she does not know
where she went to. AT the time she left she
was encisRfe.
hrs Sarah McGonn.-Witness resides in New
York, and knows Mrs. Brown, who she be-
came acquainted with in 1886 She was then
living ia a house on street, near the old de-
pot; there were two small bricks adjoining.
Witness stopped At Mrs. BIS from the fall of
20 to the following spring, and returned the
following fall, stopping until the spring of 30.
she stopped at the house short time about q
year afterwards while on her way to South
Carolina. Witness was quite intimate with
Mrs. b., and she was often in her room. Mrs.
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In speaking OF the children Mrs. B. said that
the one who died was the child of John White,
OF Kentucky; and of the other Emily as the
child of DR.. Miller of Baltimore Witness first
saw Tillottson Brown at the house of Mrs B.
II 80, and Mrs. b. spoke Of him as her new
bean.
BY Mr.. Brent.-Witness is now married and
resides in New York, where she is living an
honest, virtuous life. She was not married
when she first became acquainted with Mrs.
b, and if she had beer she would not have
q WAS ms rind To
McGann about two years since Meg, at the
time she stopped at Mrs. Browns, boarGed at
the hotel. Mrs. b. was passing under her
present name at that time. Mrs. Il. in sc was
nursing her babe, and was a truly devoted
mother. On certain nights a gentleman would
stop with Mrs. b., who she said was MIR.
White. Witness thought that Mrs. B. set great
store by the child, because it was Mr. Whites,
and appeared to think that he would do some
thing for her. Mr.. w. VI IS the Speaker of the
House of Representatives at the time. One of
the children was called Georgianna White, and
the other, who she said was DIR. Miller's, "Lit-
tie Ellen" Witness saw DIR. Miller in Balti-
more afterwards and, on looking at him, saw
resemblance between the two, and thought
that he should adopt the child. Witness never
saw Mr. Hardin, but has heard Mrs. B. say
that she supposed he had left her because she
took up with White. Witness was sorry to
say that she (witness) had deceived the world;
but she WAS now moving in good society, and
her adopted daughter, who was with her at Mrs.
BIS, also.
MIS-. Deborah Griggsby.-w Witness maiden name
was Easton, but she is now married and trying
to live yirtuous life. She did not recollect
that Tillotson Brown in sc and ~ was a con-
slant visitor to Mrs. Browns; could not say
that he had a female friend he visited con-
stantly. He visited her house sometimes. She
had understood that he visited Mrs Brown
Mr. Il. and witness had personal difficulty
once, but it was not concerning Mrs. Brown
ANOTHER MUEDER.-Yesterday afternoon
another murder was committed in the northern
section OF the city. 1t appears that about ssven
O'Clock three soldiers belonging to company F.
18th New York cavalry, passed up Seventh
street, and stopped at George Esher's lager
beer saloon on Seventh street between M and
n, where they had quarrel, one of them
refusing to return with his companions to the
camp; and when on the pavement in front OF
the house Michael Comeford drew his revolver
and fired four shots the first passing through
the lower portion OF the deceased's (Phillip
Riey's) uniform the second betw cen his legs
striking MIR. Ridley, a neiahbo,, who was near
by, in the foot; and the third the deceased, in
the right breast, about three inches from the
collar hone. The deceased, who had nv this