The New York herald., 1870-04-09
NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY APRIL lS7o-TRIPLE SHEET


aces CngusSr Alercsy,ars are well known to the
general luolic peculiar objects OF CURIOSITY whicn
'once seen can never be forgotten
s.RNaAGED TO BE MARRIED."
The revelation OF the plot which the defence claim
was concocted py Mrs. Mcfarland and certain
other woman In order 10 get apartments ior tne
former IN the same house with Richardson, created
most decided sensation. In RICHARDSON'S letter 10
Mrs. Mcfarland he laughingly calls her ana one
s'MOllley--a friend Of the woman VINO claimed that
she was engaged TO be married to him." class
intrfguers" and this given out by way OF connrma-
tion OF what the defence asserted in their opening
but added to the excitement which the trst an
nouncement OF the "plot" mad created.
"A BUTCHER PAINTING AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD,n
an expression used by Mr.. Spencer IN his address in
alluding Richardson's feignud reluctance to hire
q room, with bed in it, where his lady friends
might call to see him, caused considerable merri-
ment in the court. and few LOUD gunaws escaped
of the spectators Notwithstanding their whole
some fear Of being arraigned for contempt.
MRS. M'FARLAND
will be tn attendance on Monday next hen she VIII
be placed upon the stand as q witness. 1t Is said
that the most strenuous efforts have been made in
certain quarters TO deter the defence from insisting
upon her appearance and they have for the most
part been made on the ridiculous ground that The
land and her, without in the end doing
any good TO the prisoners cause. But
the defence know better than anybody
else what they prove. and from present indica-
tions and the determination already expressed by
them during the trial, they will not be moved from
the course they have laid down for themselves by
any sentimental considerations whatever. 1t Is
SAID that little Percy Will be removed from the
court room when his mother Is placed on the stand,
ont of consideration for his feelings than any
thing else. II would certainly be humane act and
great deal OF unnecessary pain might be saved the
little boy by doing so.
THE MARRIAGE CELEBRANTs
Beecher and rockingham, wall, 1t is given out be
subp9naed, and. If they are, the scene that Will
ensue when they are put under the hre OF the
examination of the defence viii certainly be rich
one, II all the that ying about concern
ing certain ugly developments TO be made by
their examination have any foundation in truth.
MIR. FrothiDgham's prayer-"Father, we thank
Thee for what these two nave been to one anotEer'
may be SO parsed ana analysed when the reverend
utterer OF 1t will have got within the clutches OF the
counsel that he who runs may read that al's not
religion that deals in prayer, nor all honest convc-
ton that endorses acts Of illicit love.
THE LINE OF DEFENCE
which the prisoners counsel have adopted is that OF
temporary alteration Of mind on the part Il of
the accused when ne shot Richardson Insanity
in fact-brought on by what he had suffered
In the loss OF his wife and children and all through
the machnation OF the man he killed. The counsel
contend that they Will prove this eectually and In
doing so VIII reveal a .prearranged conspiracy on
the part OF persons calling themselves respectable
who fathered and mothered" 1t and boosted OF hav-
ing torn a wife from her husband and made her
convert to "free iovism" OF the most damnabie
kind.