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= com tho editor1al-room into the Composingroom
a whom could We apply TO who would know her
baNdwritingl A. Wbitelaw keld o.,, ,o ,,os
The defense then called MI. John y brien "no ""'
duly sworn
reside at the westmorelaud Hotel. Seveneenth'st'
and Fourth-ave clerk there, and have peeh ior
wear and half have charge of the register where they
enter their names and assign them their rooms
O. You are required to know every person who comes
or goes in the shape boarder or odgerf A. fes' SIT
O. DO you know Mcfarland A. Yes, sir
We're YOU at the hotel on the 25th Of November 1861
A. Yes, Sir.
@ on duty that night A. Yes. Sir ,,,. ovoriuc,
8 Did you see Mr. Mcfarland there that eNcni"S
A Yes SIR saw hiw fist about or st,rr,apa came in
@ SAFE what took place a: m hin, one and asked
,i se - hc sonted 10 go up Tie SAID no. he woui9 wall
lie wanted to see genteD5S ,bnV went TO McFarands
,ao" Abont ten minutes later two persons cae ~ ola
asked there r@ned %G,e out the name Of Mcfarland They
ssEed me 10 show them up to MefarlendS room' Va"
SO lie was in his room.
q We're there any other persons in the office OF inc
hotel when Mr. Mcfarland came there that eyes he was
There bnc gentleman his name SaIly. wao he was
an inrate OF that hotel at that time he has now % ei
g DO you know where 10 snd hma M ,sayei a. a. guess
o. How long after that night did ne leaNe' ~ s'
'W0 Vn ue snto1 von u's seen him sincei A. No. Sir
q nd Won ever see Mr. Mcfarland before that nightf
no; 3e,he the appearance Of Mr. McFarlandi A. He
sn9Searcd DI' +" me very nervous and excited was
ppt,nS at the desk and looked around two or three
times and saw him staring at very yacantly haa
nme vritnc 10 do but stopped. and closed my book TO
watch him. is our custom with people wlo ma maro ~
ci"ns His eve was Wild lie took up paper and threw
it down again; walked out OF the door; ana came me m IN
,ain and took ND paper again, ana ala so TWO OF
sSe times that Was the street door the front stoop
q How long that going ONT a. During the opss ss
he was waiting for this gentleman " come IN RuesS
about an hour and haf'
O. What room did you give hint A. No 93l. .,.
q How did his conduct strike you A. As very sus
p,cioas His conduct struck as being very irrational
watched his room that night for tnat reason; .. shot
@ Was Mr. Greeley an inmate OF that hote az a mat
Yes Sir he was sogPns G there S az ad adas tIn%n 9
it. Did Mr.. Mcfarland enter his name on that DooA'
A Yes, sir
q Refer to it. Witness produced the register ana
read the name - .. =. r,
,h, bark Two wears and nine months-not commencing
back at 1867. but running back from noToand make
chain of evidence strong that II cannot be broken
Judge Dayis-Oh, we don't make any question about
'DSi Mr Grahanvery rasciblyI Why: yOu, cat what
the matter with youi What do you always scratch for
ITOqaa& & put cork into @AP' n Roq' dd ke 'na'
9 After Mr.. Mcfarland wrote his nsmet A. Yes; Sir
sScs the same as il was originally entered The
there change in the entry; 1t is the same as "heh
Has any change been effected in these letters at the
conclusion Of his name Z Not to my knowledge
O Who the watchman there at the timer A. lie
O. Did the hall,bOy see Mcfarland that night' A.
O. What is his namei A. John E. Flint he is Is years
O. Did you ask Mr. Mcfarland to pay his bl' A. Yes,
CROSS sExAMISED.
@ Did you ever see Mr Mcfarland at that hotel be-
forei No. Sir; TO my knowledge he had never been
guest there
O. Who was the gentleman that came ini A. don't
know l heard afterward 1t was his brother.
O. Who the spoke OF as being IN the room
Mr. Cutler; he in the room when the officers went
o. Where was he at the time Mcfarland in the
Office A. He was sitting IN one chair and Mcfarland ID
O Dd he sneak to anybody A. He spoke to Mr.
Robinson, proprietor OF the hote talked some with
O. Had this brother ever been o guest OF the hotel
A. Not 10 my knowledge They together went up to the
room heard afterward 1t was his 6rotheT oo,n0 =.
q Do you know who the man vast A Ihat came 10
O. Yes. A. No, Sir; do not
Elisha a. Sinclair was then recalled and examined
X. SINCLAIR RECALLED.
O. Have that ittor fIaof0rriH tho ono he
had cautioned him aboutl A. Yes, Sir.
O. Did you ever hear it read before to-day A. Mr..
Sinclair read me copy OF 1t.
O. That is the what lie read to you copy OF :
A. Yes. Sir.
O When did he read It to youi A. Some time during
the Summers should judge, perhaps, the middle of sum
Iner, perhaps, May or June, 1861.
@ How long after you gave IL TO Mr.. McFarlandl A.
should judge two three months
O. Have you any doubt that that letter is the
the one he read to youi A. Not any at all. OIL
Y You recognize passages III III A 1es Sir'
A CARD.
TO Editors Of Newspapers:
NEW YORK, April g, 1870.
notice that several of the Evening papers
state that during the in the Mcfarland trial to-
day talked for time with Mr. Mcfarland holding
him constantly by hand. have not Daniel Me-
Farland since day he shot Mr. Richardson have
been IN Court. As almost everything that has been
published about myself or my house. in connection with
the Mcfarland and Richardson affair has been untrue
will thank Editors not to my name without taking
pains ascertain whether what they publish
ing Is true. Very respectfully. SAMUEL SINCLAIR.
Amos J. Cummings the last witness called yester-
day His testimony was as follows;
TESTIMONY OF AMOS J. CUMMINGS
reside at No. ia Varckst OF the editors OF
The San was in THE TRIBUNE employ from 1859 down
to the Fan Of 1868. in November. when left.
Q. DO you know the handwriting Of Mrs Calhoun A.
q Was she a correspondent OF that paperf A. She was
fashions
@ Viii YOU be kind enough to look at that paper. and
state whose hand writing il isl A. have not her
handwriting for two years. but should recognize this as
O Showing the witness another letterl Is that the
same hIndwriugl A Yes, Sir; that is the same hand
writing on both sheets.
O Showing witness another etterl Is that the same
handwrtDgi &. Yes. Sir.
q. Another letter. Is that the same handwriting I
A. 1 should say IL was; yes. Sir
q. Just look at that aud state what the superscrp
Ou and contents oi that envelopes A. They are the
handwriting Of Mr.. Richardson.
copy of the letter which accidentally fci into Nc.
farand hands having been written three OF four weeks
after the final separation Of Mr. and Mrs. Mcfarland:
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