The New York herald., 1867-04-28
MAssAcHUsE


- singular and IneeFcseinH Case ef CESm.
Oee.-The Aushsr Of /" Down Aneng sAs
f1nss' and Of ''The L1e II Jeans Chriss''
Charged with Criminal Intimacy with Z
servant Giri-The Story sf tho sedueeA De
0essio. and the Aarhsrss Dsaial-The Jury
Disagree, &c., &c.
Thsrs are very few in the country Who have NOT, 4
some time or other, heard Of Edmund Kirkan His
real names is James Gilmore; but the foregoing ID
hs literary De pls# and his homo Il in the classic
and literary Cambridge, within the throw Of stone or
swo Of Old Harvard He once wrote . book called
Down Among the Pines which for him considerable
fame, and be has snos published Life Of Jesus Christ
During the war he sought to mako peace between the
North and South, and went even so far As 90 Rich.
nend IN company with Colonel Jaques and make pro-
POSITIONS Of peace to Jefferson Davis; but, wll be
remembered, hin mission was in vain. when he re-
turned he published full account Of his visit and
view With Jefferson Davis in the Atlantic kowthly, and
was extensively copied In this country and Europe.
His latest achievement, however II his accuser can
os believed, his Last upward step ON the ladder Of
fame, was reserved until the country q peace The
var having ceased and the smeke OF battle blown away,
- haa n would sssm from this anstr bsccme man of
pleasure SENSUAL plsaspreand the dsyelopmsnts ol
he alleged transactions have caused plepifu quantity
g gosstp and Of course not little s1rprise among the
that the ssb' b in hubub over the aair and there
= aboot an equal division OF opinion among the public
8 not the author has bsea guilty or ssducins jane
Langille. bin servant girl
The case up in the Superior Court civil session.
Ne Langs woman bringing an action against him for
and when she was put upon the stand told
ne following wins story Of The naughty Kirke:-
Wa born IN Nova Scotia and thirty nine years Of
sse and my husband died about eight years ago OF ye
3. fsver came 70 this country about four years ago
eoking Tor work, and went TO live at Mr. Brghs near
Fresh Pond; afser working at general housekeeping
ana e nurse q four or five different places among which
oS ~ %sn 70 live 2.
fall Of 1885, and worked there little thirty three
vesks; his family consisted Of wife and tour chill
dron; MS wife was there the first week, and
aiesr that shs was in an asylum; to the best
q my knowledge the first improper conduct
1885, he used TO come down into the kitchen with pair
o. patent leather boots and say to me, Jane, won't
50 would try to get his hands around nv Derson A.
another time he came home from Boston drunk and
found him In his room sick at about or 10 O'Clock in
70 BEEN vomiting head snS
cleaned up the vomit; while bathing his head took
- kiss me- once he told me TO make re in the parior
and following me In, be looked the door; he was in his
shirt sleeves and pants and then he had intercourse with
me the next time he caught me In the wood house. and
nd ne brought bis pitcher down 20 ss to say, he was
qegght hs brought 4 down 70 get hot water he then
nns m ?. ala snsn the IN
anar e call me while was dressing, he did the
thing over again. about three weeks before lef his
z
room len about the last Of May whsn left he owed
me sixty odd dollars for which sued him. slept over
the Kitchen he said he could hardly get away from his
daughter with whom he slept because she was 80 dg-
esy, and that his mother would hear him. his daughter
was sSOss = Or y years old part q u: time kept
told him because wanted to; he said should lock
any door his house; gave up the key TO him and e
him did lock my door but a the latter part Of my
servce at his house locked the door because was
s1aid Of him when be found out what state was in,
On t6e REORGANIZATION abe said; am sore was
Scotia and the one had last January; my husbands
name was Charles Mcclellan, but never went BY bis
name; was married at Picsou N. g. BY the Rev. Mr..
%. % the Cass Fan an Asts i. Il brighton, @ where
nvsd, perhsps. only about three or four weeks.
..s s s ". fsS IT. &c no.. wanted prsSssa nSss
bscause thought i was not 9 very good place; DO
70 know clerk y the name q Williams a = thai hotel!
gote was had about my wages; when lived at Mr.
1rshps there was : young man there BY the name Of
vas in the evening, but It was not dark; MI Choate
took care Of an insane man who boarding at the
sSs c. sss Hoss Ess s hope % sink right
Sewn dead 90 help ne Cod do;" While lived q Mr.
sss : =
never got out Of the kitchen window TO meet Choasc
..ss s1rs - Cod z my judge" - next G lived :. .r
nsxs lived 4 M Giimores but was noi called upon
MARRIED or going to bs married, 70 6hoae; there did
not . man spend the evening with me IN the kitchen
o DID you state during last JsIy that you had bsen
married. six months; that your husband was mate Of
vessl and that he had gone 70 sea- A. aid many
II september went to the Temporary Home 70 live;
while there had letter written 70 Captain Dracaren
father and asked him to adopt ii; one night while
working a Mr. Gimore's STAYED with girl a Nspon.
a s 60 i's
gss back; that's why renamed all night: Mr. Gilmore
ssvsr found fault with me for being out late q IHnt
and account Of any intimacy with men; sometimes
M Gilmore would get me 70 wipe black his boots;
then he would put his hands upon my arm and taks
soms Of the attendants at the Temporary Home then
sestned 70 the fact that Mrs LAngie gave birth 70
ads no stassment Al that time as 70 who the father
WAsa The case was commenced for the defence Gil.
moro Kirke took the stand and denied emphaticay all
tnas the domestic had satd and thas abe had made all
th I'm for the purpose Of rcveags Mr. Gilmore having
nosAB haA her trunk searched when she isis his
ssvos, q which time she manifested very vndicsve
: az & ~ ~ me- .ss M ss sSs
Svi6enss 70 sustain NJ. 0imorss dssiarasica Of
ieaesenss frs. nsmDen q M fanfy, soqsaIntancss
~, I'll Of whom united In the bsfsf thas Edmund
xkke ~ - soeh man = hs ias donssc he'd sndsav-
sss8A - prove him 70 be- als-.ss
av afternoon and aisr having bssn about eighteen
nes they came In, unable 70 agree and vers diharged:
1hcy stood seven TOR sustaning 0msres asserton o.
insscsnce snd Ave for the womans declaration Of
sasdy. The cass will b tried again
JAxOAaY AND mAr.
Psrssis Of = Rsnaway wife Usder Dimcul-
es..+1 ties-(sreesbacks versas Lsve.
From the Troy whig, April ISL
GeTHeant Aleo OF the second preclnct, has been
Interesting and amusing me parties implicated
were fAith1sss wife-young and good looking-and .
formerly resided q CornSh, Sasatoga county, where
they were known - Mr. and Mrx John Pierce The
fhols In the Substantially follows Pierce,
Who owned farm, sold the same for about $4,000, al
the solicitation Of hts wife, and after depoetng the
money In bank, In his wifes name started last week
with the intention Of purchasing another farm.
while absent, he wrote frequently for money,
bat received no reply. Becoming anxious he started
for home where he learned that his bester hair
had drawn ai his funds from the bank converted all
the household furniture Into grsenbacks and left
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