, 1870-04-13

Seventh Days Proceedings.
Other Witnesses Examined to Prove
the Insanity Of the Accused.
Letters from Mrs. Sinclair and
Mrs. CALHOUN to Mrs.
Mcfarland.

specia1 Despatch to The Chicago Tribune
SEw YoRk. Apr1l 12-The testimony for the |
,ctcncc In the Mcfarland case Will probably close
u Thursday. Horace Greeley. Samuel Sinclair
md wife, 1nd MrA Calhoun, will be called BY the
to prove AcFAsltnda brutal!tJ toWatd |
his wife bcfuse her acqusintahce with Richardson
The Interest IN the trial steadily Increases and the
,,srr.s arc selling larger editions than for some
lime mast Judge Hsckett to-day ruled out tcAtt-
.nopy In reference to Richardson on the ground
that he MAS not on trial 1t Is thought that he may
q snply thls argument and exclude much OF the
evidence that the p.osecntou Is ready to to odcf
70 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STW YpHx, April 14-IQdEe Davis IT'LL sun up
the McFarlAnd case for the people Gerry will sum
IN partially for the defence, and Graham will COD
cIudc It, Spencer having tccn obliged 70 withdraw
from the case to defend the murderer Pe17J,
whose case comes on unawaIes-
CONTINUED Excr1EAKS7.
The interest, On the seventh day. In the 4cFar-
land case Is undated. The noticeable humber OF
ladies' in the audience increases daily.
TESTIMONY or NICHOLAS GREEN
The 1yts witness examined this forenoon MAS
Nicholas st. John Green. who testified that hc Nas
\ member OF tho Boston bar; had been 80 Tor Elk
teeu yeats; remembered ha1lnE been retained In
tho proceedings tn the hahcas no'7,ut hrongnt y
Daniel Mcfarland against Albert u. lacnA!nson
The motiou before the court when be went Into
The case was to ptnlsh the father Aad mother Of
ME Mcfarland for contempt, In not producing
the children; remember having an inte'S1c" with
Richardson.
The Coun stated that the w1sncas cou1I not be
allowed 70 state what Richardson had told to him
Richarusot1 Ind supplied finds for the lItgaiion;
The testimony was 1uied out as iuadmissaoler
the defence excepting.
stfuctions fsom richardson In relation TO the Case
The testimony waa excepted
III, Graham argued that the ev1dcnce showed
Mcharstsen; ,hat he vas the whole cause Of the
alienation OF Mrs. Mcfarland from her husband
and that IN the prosecution Of the sut foE nc re
his wife, but Nchardion+ i Was Important
to the prisoner to pEoEc he relations e1issnE r,
twcen his vie and hehaEdsont and % TO show taat a
husband thought that the recovery OF hls children
WOULD be followed hy the return OF his vile, whom
be kttl] loved: and Richardson probably W1A OF the
sane opinion, and hence his efforts % keeG nc
{a.hcr from obtaining POSSESSION Of hts children
/ This Moruau was vibrating between the Iuholy
| the natural uNectt1u for her children, and were
the purse Of Richardson not It her CONTROL she
might hare returned TO her husband.
| The Recorder ruled that the evidence proposed
| TO be given wa1 fnRdmi1sabfc.
| Judge DA11s taad. as he understood ne hdeed1
pus matter stipulation a. ~ ~ ensetra ann me ,ss oe
agreed to separate, each retaining the custody
| ono child
time he san Mcfarland In Boston the prisoner Mas
In his judgment. II not insane, al feAst IN 1Ai
NRy to become 20
pnI13;Il1 e6a,6er 6e ,ncmbet T. Of The Eos,o
He testined that he hsd been retained by Mn
2+ II .aa ne G me eH tsenf pf n
ssi1a ssn 70 IN aHf aefsf.snd l.s! - d!sat
1 nTftH mi
oat o1 xfasss End upon s s =
sroTy Of bis life and his wrongs Acta,And ". ".
vey much s1cltel ana NJ, 70 % nsntcn'.1
haae9a mns .s.. u h,,7, '1 n.ea thst R1chartson
expression o. aaoa man y n.d snnihct can4,rss;it
sanssaeee N,.S sse prsons1 n1 II sniaF caafacser
eas ;ss ,rs ssa ssss1 ss
cIaEy man =, .-,,.. In, y, ~,
Wines stS1ea n, inn' - ~ rn1n.ei mated that
70 s1es srss1,on n to he su!or counsel
= the case ,., v,,n-sr,vrn
j. Snan A. nvue rr.e +s,ts,n.p xer ".
he VA nnsnlet IN 81 e" kpeT R1 n1ssnnsr,s Vi
se wen sa~ y his nfce. ~ II Me SmaIned abo
ID 81 c.n ,nnnt.s ie va IN great state of All
tinn h,s e1es r1a.inc. IL said: apocto., / Ia
ct 9ees loanl,ae - tu1at h.tr nv hoy1 We satd
~. a. ~ a.r3Ie imnHl,e to i,ij himself: that
III ha sa nt1o tsafore Witness tolti him DO must &
y .c +hut lie s.i11 hn was afraid he could not
10 uu k.a- Las e' ~ -ir. ~ y,crnhtn- ent
care tne ea p1lSongt 'qa, s"o ~ ian1snnm. lis nn
~ - -. r,isnnar saih. R,chA
nE ~, ~ cno tn tntc nv wife ewa
Witnrse fnF1nct, the tn1nfrsstou that McFaIiap
,nni ,srs diseasrtl. md that he was iuattou
e Knew WcFsT.and from 1869. The t,usband .
nd Ene ev TX ~ Sn,rn,sx net1esn Shen ,,sfo,s !;
q n rho simmer Of Is they lived 1t Mr.. Slncla
lly hhnnaa Witnas1 xps medical ntter,lant If
Gu ts,nr,sirs fsmily Mrs, McFarland became {
eIsEe acquainted with Richardson Al a recertou At
r. -; meet ii other receptions Prisoner was not pl
e!a mi IN any Of tnese oceA8!ons Saw Acrastnt
is1' ~ ne ~ 81, ~ faft him an1 fn.rc
~. len, aua s' ~ ~ iii Lin Wss hnt his n.
le5 Wi,d. and he was very restless Nid Agtta,
Its face was nnshed on that occas
": ns 1noos.1 .na sermct to ba sntJe,
At ,, , .s1nn of .nn hrntn Witness prrscEt
Ion 1 ~ i1 iSSn he n1escrIired mornnne for
+. H. .aner .o ~.s snfYerthr from s]ecp1cssatsa
OF ererS occasion he kaT McFatland, his cons
,,.- thrmc VIA bis wrongs and bis fanll! tsouf
a. tapH! Ia1,ca1 IaI 1,i.asss H. tnoF = XaII
IN. ~ one cccssinn Fnsoner Threatened 70
Ies , mir suic!e He esd init Ia bis dreams be RAW
n III ~Ife ant cn,3drtn. and jonEcd to have them
sAH NJ *tie n t4e enptaees ae ~ " III 4hrnsp
49, eand Hu nn4 h.rc nsrri fo 11se him raj
Or nn sus Il M. Ia ne sfnonai exciter
anS nnf3rr Th,cn nrisnnrr VA lslyoFtnE. QA3y II
NJ ~ trc,ne cascs i faornhine admlnistcred Saw
Ae frr0nentIT In ,1e snrtHx Of is<o- sometime
,ForS rone in the tnorrtnV 70 hIs once, and q
+,,., isSe a, nisht. aaw hin frequently between
1oa Frrtng o{ ie69 sn,k November, 1850, and tut1n
eon- | that time his rynptnmg were the A1rae- VIE