The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-19
From the Eew York world.

From the Few York World.
the Propriefress OF FashionaDie
Hotel i'm Fourteenth street Arrested
for ALLEGED perlury-A singular
Case, Involving $500.
Mrs. Hardie is the keeper Of the Wind
sor Hotel in Fourteenth street, we'll known
no q fashionable resort, and pays the owner
90 the PREMISES, Mr.. Cortlandt Palmer, Of
9a7 Madison avenue, about the sum Of
| ar, 600 per annum for rent. 1t seems that
at the end Of the third quarter Of the pre-
sent year there was bill Of $4,000 due
from Mrs. Hardie, which Mr.. Palmer's son
presented at the hotel a few days after.
He made receipt for the amount of the
bill in the presence Of Mrs. Hardie, which,
as Mr.. Palmer alleges, she took and re-
tanned in her possession without pay
ing him the money. AS Mrs. Hardie
asserted that she had paid him the
money, that she had seen him count
it and put it in his pocket, and that
she would not pay 1t again, Mr.. Palmer
left the house, and soon an action was
brought before Judge Smith, of the Third
Judicial District, for the recovery Of the
money. But as Mrs. Hardie had the re-
ceipt for the money in full, bearing the
signature of Mr.. Palmer, and as she pro-
duced two witnesses, both Of whom testi-
fed to having seen the money paid into
the hands of Mr.. Palmer, Jr., when the
case came up for trial she very easily
gained decision in her favor. The next
step taken by the compliments was to
bring, charge against Mrs. Hardie for
wilfully perjuriDg herself in her statement
under oath before Judge. Smith. She was
accordingly arrested, and yesterday, as
| already stated, she was brought to the
Tombs for examination, which took place
before Justice Bowling in the private
room in rear Of the courtroom. The pri-
soner presented a striking contrast to the
swarms Of ragged, filthy beings who are
daily brought before the same bar. a
large woman, Of fine form, clothed in rich
silk and velvet, and costly furS, she sat
with her face yelled, and her glovcd hands
crossed carelessly upon her lap, and reclined
back in the arm chair that had been pro-
vided for her with as much grace and compo-
! sure as if she was passing the time in her
own drawing room. The counsel for the
prisoner sat on her left, and on the oppo-
site side of the large centre-table sat the
prosecuting counsel and the two complain
ants-Mr. Cortlandt Palmer, ST., a white
headed old gentleman, and his son, Cort-
landt Palmer, Jr., slender young man of
twenty-six. The latter, the principal wit
ness for the prosecution, was the only one
examined before the examination was adj
iourned. The witness testified that upon
the day mentioned above he called at the
Windsor Hotel for the purpose Of collect
ing bill of $1,000, the amount then due
from the keeper Of the hotel for rent, in
surance, etc. He found Mrs. Hardie in
the front parlor reclining upon sofa be-
| fore a mirror. He stated to her that he was
Mr.. Palmer's son, and had come to settle
for the last quarter. There was another
lady sitting in the room, whom he after
wards learned was Mrs. Edmunds, and soon
Mr.. Edmunds came in also. Mrs. Hardie
took the bill and examined it, and spoke of
the charge for insurance, saying she thought
it was not right. "However," said she, " if
it is too much you will have to correct it
the next settlement" The witness set
down to table to make receipt, and
Mrs. Hardie went into another room, as he
supposed, to get the money. When she
returned she came along to the table and
took up the receipt and sat down again
upon the sofa. After waiting for some
time Mr.. Palmer remarked, care you
going to give me check or greenbacks ,"
at which Mrs. Hardie said q" have al
ready paid you in greenbacks." The wit
ness then looked to see if she had not laid
it on the table, but not finding it anywhere,
stood up and turned all his pockets inside
out to show that he had not got it. Mrs.
Hardie then called back Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
munds, both of whom said they saw him
take it and count it. Soon after, he left
the house, having left a receipt but OBJ
tanning no money.
At the conclusion of this testimony the
examination was postponed. till Thursday
next. Mr.. Palmer, Sr., openly accused
the prisoner in court Of previously swind-
ling him of large sum, and added that he
did not care so much for the money as he
did for his own and his sons character,
which the defendant was doing all in her
power to ipjure.