The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-10

whom the foregoing payments wer directed % be made
and in shares aud proportions which should be pro
poronate TO the payments therein before mentioned,
and directed 70 be made to them respectiysly Any
daughter could get nothing under that resduary clanse
Under circumstance were they TO have any more than
capital might 10 the issue Of Mrs Perry the daughter
m case she thould leave issue The minister,
s9 H9S Sr s%S sn% 70 s Ss
whom nobody could tell What was this 81 ecuation Of
Mr. Chase'sY He said, upon oath, "when went to the
heirs Of Madame Jumel said to them This proceeding
IL contrary 10 equity and Justice and TO the intentions Of
Madame Jumel, and you know that Madame Jumel
meant 10 give each of you some handsome, moderate
provision. You know that she intended and ought to
have intended the rest of her property for my family
soecnIa e m 81 your ,hsr "9S wSa d
Chase dor Said he:-"Let make such arrangement
as will conform to the intentions of Madame Jume dur
and such arrangement as is practicable and pro-
cisely as Madame Jume ought to have done if
advice, guidance and direction Of able and learned
COUNSEL What was that arrangement II was to give
each OF them handsome legacy, that would DO sum
cient to meet their expectations and to give the rest the
direction ought TO take Counsel found no fault with
Augustus +. Smith. II was creditable for man to fight
for his client lie INT OConor) had nothing to say
against the counsel for the defendants They gen
temen, and always behaved as gentlemen TO him, and
he never desired to do anything but what kind and
courteous to them, and he hoped that would end the
matter Of personalities between counsel II stated
by counsel that Mr. Chase was guilty Of an attempt to
ing that she was in her lifetime legitimate child.
Mr.. stoughton-We have not suggested that she was
Mr. OConor said that the heterogeneous all pointed
to proving and they had proven, Far the testimony
OF some old witnesses speaking from hearsay wentthe
came from Rhode Island, that Phoebe Bowen hemother
OF the two girls and Betsy Bowen the daughter who
turned up here to be Madame Jumel, and her sister,
whoever that sister was, women of the loosest
character and of the worst and scandaous asoca
tons, and the defendants attempted prove and did
furnish some evidence that Madame Jurnel had secretly
O n
would nsnuate boy of hers gotten
period when she ought not TO have had boy.
Mr.. Smlth-We never made any insinuation that Will
liam Ballou was her child. We know he not.
Mr.. O'Conor said that II she had not child 1t would
cordng to the evidence Of the defendants she put her
self In the way Of having children as enectuay as any
Infamous to be prostitute But to the charge that
Mr. Chase attempted to throw odum upon this lady, it
would be found by looking at tho examination Of Mr..
Chase that the intention was to throw dirt upon the
whole family. All the world inclined to look
upon Aaron Burr as tho perfection OF wickedness,
because Mr. Burr had something to do with this
family the defendants wanted to into
the pedigree Of Nelson Chase, with view OF
proving common story that has been in circulation
not only about Mr. Chase but about half The people in
the country, who were alive when Aaron Burr was in
existence but turned out TO their astonshment that
Mr. chase had any knowledge whatever OF Aaron
Burr until after he married Miss Jume The defendants
they Intercepted Mr. Chase. He mr.. Chasel had no
desire to bring before the world far he could avoid
it, anything that might reflect upon the mother Of his
children his wife, He stated, when the question
directly put to him. that according 10 what properly
called information she the daughter of Mrs Jones'
and she, herself the vito Of his BOSOM his companion
for thirteen long years, and whom he followed TO the
grave never said anything to him but that she was the
daughter Of Mrs jones' and here the matter might rest
There O. no seeking to push ito prove that she was
the daughter OF Madame Jumel But they 60 on and
ak him what reason, If any he had for thinking that
tbiged to answer that he had been informed so.
They not satisfied with that but they wanted TO
ay in M
this thing before the word9 He did drag before the
world when tho defendants dragged him to the stand
much for this base imputaon that Mr. Chase dragged
into court any private scandal affecting his family which
he could avoid bringing before the court
tho family Bible Of The Jones'. kept BY
William Jones in his lifetime, in which was
year 1904 in the right place and there was to be found
William Jones' tho husband and Maria Jones, the wife,
and BY somebody lines were drawn over the name of
Jones and his wife, and hence horrible suspicion
that this woman's name not Bowen. II was
corded the parocha records of Trinity church that
Maria Bowen and William Jones were married by Bishop
Moore about the beginning of this century It would
also be found that William Jones not only recorded his
own family but he recorded, on the next page, the
family Of his father and he gave day and date for the
birth Of every one OF them, father mother and ten
twelve children and the death OF two Of the
children. II was In evidence that at subsequent period
Mr. Maddox married ono OF tho daughters Of Jones,
who was now plaintiff in this case. HI opened his
another page Of the book by inserting
his marriage and the birth Of his child and long before
Madame Ime died this Mr. Maddox passed TO his last
account. His entries were not entries that had been
made since this suit was commenced He initiated his
falher-in-law William Jones, by giving account OF
the family OF william Jones, and he inserted in his
handwriting copy OF William Jones family record,
showing who William Jones married and what children
he had. This copy sworn having been made
by MADDOX, who was long dead; and in Maddoxs copy
OF jones' matrimonial entry the entry would be found
to be William Jones TO Mary Bowen. He didn't give
any other name but Jones His wife was
Jones, his mother and everybody was Jones,
and, therefore, he said tho entry was wrong
he scratched out and in making the copy he wrote it
correcy-Msra Bowen So much for this pitiiul piece
regard TO the evidence which sought 10 be INTRO
due d. In abiding to the Rev; John Howard smith ;
connection with the MIR. O'Conor remark cd that
the duty of clergyman TO the souls OF his
parshncrs to take of their spiritual interests and
to strip their families OF ther property. The inter
OF humanity aud the rights OF the heads OF families
far superior to the claims OF cergymen the var
public charities that appealed to the community for
support Defendants counsel properly called these
noble charities. Every charity nobe but
sometimes charities were ignobly administered,
that he would not like TO be q member
of the board Of trustees of any OF these charities in
sisting upon the execution Of this will The cause vi
charity could never be promoted by oulragng the amc.
mites Of private life The OF charity could
he promoted by permitting minister at the bedside Of
aged person OF ninety years OF hereabouts to
get from that person will Of his drawing by which
that person violates all the natural instincts OF the family
and all the principles OF humanity and justice, for the
benefit OF charities and for the benefit Of himself Such
outrageous and ought not 10 receive any
tcnance ana The attempt 10 shun that far nvesugaOn
Of the trGe question, whether tho will that Of
intelligent tcstator and procured by honest
by rummaging the wide world for some pretence
that the claimant had not sufficient title 70 bring 60
the matter in question: evidence Of conscious weak
and of certainty that tried by the common stan
dard OF right morality and religion, the act must be
rondemned py ali honest men This minister ought TO
be anxious " his acts would stand fair scrutiny,
to bring this 10 speedy trial. and not attempt %
shun n IN this way II Madame Jumcl in her right
mind, this minister he thought she was; II she
intellgenty and understandlngy gave twelve lots OF
ground on which 10 build new church for MS
parish, aud $4,000 to build the church and a
parochIs mansion, or rcctoTy, for the rector.
| and If she did intelligenty, in addition 90
| all that give the rector 5000 with cal
u that brings him so 600 to 500 900 NOR
she did inelligentiy all these things, then he M.
ConorI would AK II there could be found In lsnguag,
In the heart Of thought which properly OK.
pressed would give with sufficient vehsmeuce the shock
ing character OF the deed that would make that munster
a Of justice and say, instead OF meeting
the issue and showing that this woman sound, snd
that he pracsed articles ~ will set 10 work and
Il nd all no rhere