, 1866-02-13

and The pat that the defendant acted in that matter
Soon after HtarlEunlt vent 10 California Mr. onal
friend Of 1i1z.- Heartzuun aud OF her absent hus-
hand, and In that Kuixe h6 found accees to that i4
il5. and BY w,et which wilt not low refer 70, bnt
fcctIons Of Mrs uearuuft betrayed the trust that
Has put In him, ruined her as wtte, himself and
hs brother setug in concert to procure IN abortion
The case tor the dstendant was opened by Mr:
Cody, who developed f5e defence to 6e tke general
nadety of ,hs wie e deseI,,sa q tnc huse71a 20
son Of the death Of the w1e for other damages than
for loss u society, assistance, and comfort,
Ite testimony Nas Then proceeded with. Ihe
following is complete abstract.
TSsI1HOSY OF TIE DAUGHTER
Mary Elizabeth Heartrunff. fsina swo<n. testified
~ follows: haEn lived At karefyi1le dneen yekEs-
My ather'e NINE IL Abraham Hesrtrnnt,: my moth
ers lame fs Mary .Ann Heartunft- MJ Giher xen&
to California in The spring and ':as absest three
her Of 1851, hel.sEc- We lived tro ,1t. Ebezie's
house for couple e months. Whsishs came back
;aoyed on farm about seren miles ftom home:
aeo he went to CalsIorn1a neain. nc came beck
ron California about the 21st Of July, 1864. /
fnew r. NJ. Yu9dt haye @ kn9wn M him si1se a;ehnd
In NJ: Iundt's nands. NJ: Yundr
cane cane to our hoEss f,1a 9ncs o. tsise
er gave Mr. Yundt some notes TO collect. Mother
rent for him to come to the house 70 nee about
The notes He took one note, and Mr: Yundt and
Of eix dollara Of BIZ. Fisher. There were other
notes which be collected money On. We traded It
s.: Iandt weni With y 10 CaI:aeo. don't know
what for except 10 purchase tickets. We put up at
the afatteson House- lie took us about town dnE-
We were q. The aiatteson House. aud moihcs and
Mr. Tundz vent of 10 purchase tickets. We retired
about oetock. got nwake IN the night. Twas
from mothers room, and he got Me the wafer. We
started Eaat The next morning early. Mr. Yundt
went to the cars with us. He eame ia the. car and
hid u eood6J. W went a3 to we W.
stayed almost year. Mother received le1ters from
NaperTille, and posted letters for her for Sapsr
A question arose az to the admission Of evidence
OF correspondence between the defendant aud the
IN rennsylyan1a afler the Communication had b.
tween them at the Matteson House In Chicago.
The corresdoudence. IT any, was destroyed the
stated BY her mother to nave arrived rom he de-
fendant- The coRrt held this to he part OF the
Tes0ta9. and proposed 10 admit the testimony,
The witress continued We gor letters ffom Nd
perville. peIhEps every tTo Weeks. saw the
writing on the outside Of the letters. have been
and could resd wiring at the time The letters
'yeie received. think could tell whether the
W1itinE was IN tho same hand. and those saw
letters md took Them to the Post Office They
we're directed to Allen c. Yundt I read eome
oi e.l the & 1stters 1T rseeived rpm Napcr,il1e
We stnyed In Pennsylvania about eleven months.
We arrived ID Chicago In the evening and went to
the Aatteson House. NY cousin sister and brother
were with us. While taking Of our things Ml.
Yundt came tn. We remained at the Matteson
norse that night Nr. Yundt took breaktlst there,
and saw him in The evening at supper, and heard
hun abont nine Or ten O'Clock In motheF+ room.
Our 1ooms were On the ssuae side Of the hall He
left rs at the cnra when we stnted home RON Chi
ca9o. lie went with rs to the cars, and hired
back to lake ns 10 the railroad. We went to my
nnces at Napervtfe, and afterwards went to huu.e-
keeping. Nj. Yunat came 70 our house IN the
evening, think. for I thought heard his voice.
elept up Btats, and thought heard him In the par
sors Il Tas lAte ~hen mother came to bed at the
time l epeak Of. She had her hoop skirt in
her hands when she came up. asked her
who was down Eairs. think from my
knowledge oi MI. Yundt's voice. TINT
cou1d not be mistaken about it being him. Mother
vent down AGAIN and took feather bed with her,
After the came up the second lime hhe eiept with
me and my lttte sster. This VAS IN the fall OF the
yesr, think In the latter patt Of October, 1868.
We had been b0ck at thtt time about month"; i
plagued mother about who was down staira.
said to her that 1t vas Ill. Yundt. Mother was
taken atck In November and remained sick until
March and never was we'll aiuce that time. Dr.
Daniels was called to the house. She had Mrs.
Ball do something Tor her. and uaed alcohol to rub
her limbs. In her Last sickness John Yunds came
10 the houEe. He ia brother Of Allen C. YundE,