The New York herald., 1868-04-05

ening TO make trouble between her and her hns.
band: There were two or three letters sent
to Mrs. Howard, In which the sum OF 500
was demanded, and two sent to MIR. Howard,
which set forth that the writer would impart some
important information to him for the sum of $500.
Justice Morehouse Friday afternoons The dc.
fendant, Mrs. Moore, Is quite prepossesslng woman,
The first witness called dnV wss wi Mrs. hsa Howar who
testified that she resided at No. los Elliott place ana
ad S the Ee she h no
note marked "A' was shown and identified as oae
she had recelved):-
for You a long. time. The other day me and miss
spotted you con. coming up the a, rse and found where
slo to keep me 1 s r or h win s haze 70 oyer to
so he
give lots Of money wSs2s H.. e him ws
enough 70 ge the slip often bu. have 50. yos
YOU any more but il DO not will go ssraghs
sSd aS % me ssna me much a.
notice long gold sh;n hs ySS ,an sem Sc
S s % y ss s
self tor that would sp0 all you n DO s 40 as Says
mercy on you. She would make s,vs more and m!ca
sSin.s III a.s.'s' 0u' 40 - 70" ''' ''A' ''' ''''
witness proceeded-I received this letter q week
ago last Friday, the Goth ut; the boy waited f0r an
answer. aud told him there was no answer; neyT
saw the boy since to my knowledge saw no one wa
clean my IN 'front.' yard tod him no, and t6en r
handed me the letter; he said woman In Fusesa
avenue sent him.
The following letter was shown and Identified
MRS. HowARD-I told you tina. would 60 to huselas
you did not @ do as told yop 70 do and 80 dS So M
Y; ss &: ss 81:
:I % ss Tisa * =
for you 70 come down Win hundred Soars ss1
%S e. M S r.
but don't VIII tell ~ HIN Ts ana ySS y%Sr are s
lars do not want 70 send any your house,
had better make an appontmen h s NE r TEL acs s nov
me know in the personals
Mrs. Howard continued-l received that letter On
the 2eth Of March; 1t came In box and was brousM
In by my servant; did not see the person who l0s
1t; gave them to my husband; my husband
broker, Of the lrm Of Dibble s. Howard, Of No, u
MIR Francis Howard was next called to the stand
and testified that he never saw the defendant un'n
identified by witness as the one he received:-
you Sir il is OF the utmost importance to
yo ii tell should in the Judgment o. .s!Is
Ua s yo m ms n not me E
little OF this, for mportan, you, nvolyes .he
f0F'ns OF large portion OF your sIeNy YIN
received this letter from the Post ONCE, thiDs
on the 23d of March last. The following letter waa
also received and identified by winess:-
Mr. HowAsp-I wrote you important letter on MonsAS
ao he % s': %ySs me that n1t ~ad
have attention Thinking you might not have so
ssIo wll ss some Ialormaon !hai SlI be as
nm oa he most po H
be given and ''f news
Mr.. Howard rcsumed-I opened these letters ard
showed them to my wife and she showed Inc those
sue received; Cal ed upon Captain Jourdan, OF sse
po ica. IN New YORK; first wrote to the defendaht
the day she was esIed on the 3lst Of March; saw
her AT the Inspec tors olce In Washington street.
be- The following letter, which IL appears was
written o the purpose OF securing the arrest Of the
accused, was identified by witness:-
BaooKLyN March 81. 1868
Post once i Will know where wha! wnlets
Yours lou WI" give me g. DAVIS s s"otyn Pos, Pos ocs
next saw the letter at the Inspectors office; she
acknowledged to having taken 1t from the Post
Cross-examined-I frequently read the personals
In the papers; remember seeing A. A. a. in the
personals she said it was unfor innate she called for
the letter; there was something said about order.
but don't know what 1t was
Detective WOndery testified that he saw the de-
Post % once ; in Brooklyn; She went from The Post
Office towards the Park theatres. | next saw
her on the & slst Of March, the day ! arrested .s
and In a conversation with her she said
had been in Brooklyn the night previous and s'
letter OUT witness asked her II the letter addressed
"A. A. A." was the one she took from the Post Ollce,
and she said 1t was; she said met gen enan al
her II sne knew the man or where she could mud
him: she said she did not know she told me she
lived at No. rs COrtandt street, New York. and that
she was married.
Crossexamned-I arrested the defendant; 1 do
not know that any money was received by the de.
fendant: saw the deieu Monday evening,
the 10th OF March.
Captain JOurdan was called by the defence and
testified that ne knew the defendant BY sight;
knew $. W. Moore; In 1s65 the Bank OF Concord was
robbed and Moore was arrested ON that matter IN
1865; we asked Moore to assist in cap urlBg
Henry talias Harry Howard, and Moore informed rs
that In case Howard wanted to see Moore he w0uh
pub. .ish In the newspaper Personals" and sign
some of them "A.," aid II Moore wanted to see
Howard he would use four Asp in April, May
and June, 1885, think you will find several adver
tsements Of that address; the de endants charactes
Is good.
G. Elder testified that he was a detective and knew
the defendant ana her husband knew the defendaDfs
tain personal addressed four "As;" had knoaa
$. W. Moore by the name OF Charley Norris; called
MIN Moore tunkng that was his name.
Henry Lynn testified that he resided at No. 70 Cor
landl street, New York; knew the deendant and hel
husband; on last sunday morning Mr.. Moore showed
him personal in "a paper; 1t was as foll0ws:-
IA A. A.-You will find letter in the Brooklyn Post eos
to that address,"
AS witness had On engagement in Brooklyn MFR,
Moore requested him To sop at the Post Oiiice and
get 1t. lie called ut the Post Oiiice but found b
closed.
Frederick Surge testified that the defendant was
his daughter; was married woman and lived Win
her husband at the present tine.
No further evidence or importance was elicicd.
The Judge held the accnsed to answer before the,
Grand jury and she gave bail IN tne OF 5000 fvs
her appearance.
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