The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-29

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toward her, lad driven out all the alice
ton she ever had for him, and she would
no longer live with him. This interview
was secured on the cath Of February, ~
Mcfarland spoke To witness that
evening, asking him to speak TO Mr.. Nc
Elrath In bis favor. Witness aud McFAr-
land spoke about the separation; witness
tried 10 put courage into him; thought the
prisoner spoke to him of becoming an nc
tor; witness told him now would bO the
time to prove himself o great lawyer. Nc
Farland said lIc mover could live again
with Mrs. Mcfarland; TINT separation
was total. The prisoner was In the habit
of calling on witness frequently. Tho
next time witness saw tho prisoner he
spoke sharply 10 him about his trying to
prejudice his son PCrCCy against his
mother The prisoner of(Gn asked where
Richardson was, and sometimes where
Mrs. Mcfarland was. The last time hc
saw Mcfarland he merely looked into
his room; Richardson was sitting in the
room ut the time. Mcfarland told wit
ness II Richardson ever married Mrs Nc.
Farlanl llcwoull shoot him. III reference
to the first shooting Mcfarland told him
il was when Richardson and his wife were
going home from the theatre. Witness
went to prisoners house. in 1864, and
found prisoner on the bed lying on his
face very much intoxicated. The
prisoners wife told witness not to
communicate the IuCt 10 her father; wit
ness stated; does not contribute 10 the ex-
pense OF private counsel; would contribute
10 the cost Of private counsel il asked;
never wrote or caused TO be written in the
Tribune nn article in reference " this
case: llall known Richardson u long time;
witness very likely said 10 Mcfarland
bear up like man; your friend did not
exactly remember what he said; his iul'
preston was Mcfarland and wife were
both partly in the right and purity in the
wrong; never told Richardson; Mcfarland
regarded the separation rs tlnal; lie
thought q husband and wife could sGpar-
atc hut father ind mother should
put up with anything rather than
separate. Mcfarland represented to
his wifo TINT separation would affect
herself and their children. Witness in
March gave Mcfarland letter. Letter
produced, and read by Graham. Il was
from Sinclair, recommending Mcfarland
10 Mr.. Chase for Treasury appointment,
and describing the prisoner US most
worthy man and one Of u very few md:
ical 1rishmen. Spoke with Mcfarland
about II week after the first shooting;
Richardson and Mrs. Mcfarland found ln
asylum in his house on the night Of the
shooting; Mrs. Mcfarland rcmAined long
or than Richardson; first heard Of the in.
tcntiOn Of Richardson and Mrs. McFar.
land to get married, the morning after the
shooting; he suggested that there was iIn.
propriety III Il; told Mrs. Mcfarland her
friends would think ii strange If they got
married so soon al(Cr the separation; she
replied they were separated; she thought
she had q right to get married. Never
told Mrs Mcfarland she ought to endure
anything rather than break up the family.
Did not know when Richardson and Mrs.
Mcfarland became acquainted; thought il
was in '85. Richardson was q widOwer.
One night, he testified, Mcfarland was
very much intoxicated. A mans getting
drunk would, in his opinion, not consti.
tute a reason for breaking up marriage.
Witness told Mr.. Noncs that very likely
| if Mcfarland hud shot Richardson the
first time the act would have been regard.
cd iustifiable. Re.direCt-It was the Mon
day afler the shooting thNt Mrs. MCFar.
land went to Boston.
To Mr.. Graham-The sleeping apart
mcnts o. Richardson md Mrs. Mcfarland
were Oh the second floor. Witness saw
Mrs. Mcfarland carcssing Richardson.
Mr.. Oliver Johnson testified that he
was n journalist and had been acquainted
with Mcfarland since 81; was present at
the interview between Mcfarland and
wife at the Sinclair house; Mrs. McFar'
land said Sue had appointed the interview
to state to her husband the reasons why
she could never live with him again; she
was beginning to speak Of incidents in
their early married lifo when Mcfarland
said hc had come to effect n settlement
and have her 90 home with him; she re-
ferred to his tils Of intemperanCe and he
admitted tlHt on those occasions hG had
not treated her well ;she alluded TO the
cOl(lncSs of her letters written from the
White Mountains, and stlC said you know
YOU have destroyed all lovc in my heart;
Mcfarland said ho would in the future
treat his wife and children better
than he had ever done before
witness remembered saying Mac bear this
like man; Mr.. Graham here showed the
witness letter from him to Mr.. Slack
editor of the Boston Commonwealth; wit
ness subscribed to It's sentiments, and be-
lievcd Mcfarland an assassin. MIR. Gra
ham read the letter in which johnson calls
Mcfarland m assassin, and defends Mrs
Mcfarland from tic charge ofbGing heart
less, and said tho prisoner had set false
stories ailOat in Boston. Mr.. Graham
read another Of Johnsons letters to Mrs
Mcfarland, saying lie would show how
q man OtJOhnsOn's ngc, addressed mar
ricd woman.
How old arc yon Mr.. JOllnsOn3
Answcr-About Sky.
The letter expresses Mr.. JOlmson's re.
CARDS for Mrs Mcfarland, and how glad
6c would be to SEQ her when she came to
New York.
Charles Howard testifcd-In Septem-
bcr, 1860, met Mcfarland, the prisoner
told him / was erecting q house over III
Jersey where his wife was living, but had
lost sight oil her. Saw q pistol with the
prisoner; met Mcfarland many times
during 1860, and he always expressed the
intention Of shooting Richardson.
Court adjourned.
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