The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-20

witness to Mrs. Mcfarland room; saw
prisoner take out some letters from her
writing desk; they were the letters wit
ness heard read from Mrs. Calhoun and
Sinclair; he also took out Of trunk a
likeness OF Richardson, which he put
back again; Mcfarland was very much
agitated during the search; the prisoner
asked witness how il was that Mrs.
Mcfarland came back; witness explain
ell as she testified previously; witness
told Mcfarland of her seeing Richard
son in Mrs. McFarland's room.
Mrs. Mcfarland would 60 out and
leave Percy on some occasions Rich
ardson came to board about two weeks
after the McFarlands; he said he would
have three persons with him; they did
come about nine o clock every morning;
Mcfarland was at home every night;
witness never remembered him TO he
away all evening; did not know what
his Office hours were; he used some
times to come home at = o'clock, but
generally at four; only Y remembered one
occasion on which Mcfarland went out
after he came home in the evening; that
time he went to market Mrs. McFar-
land used to come home after the wit
ness had reti red for the night witness
went to bed about 9 clock; Mrs. Nc
Farland generally did the cooking;
witness saw Mcfarland often doing 1t
himself; Mrs. Mcfarland breaktasted
with Richardson three days after she
came back to live in the house; the
breakfast was cooked by Mrs. McFar-
land; witnes. remembers Richardson
taking a piece of paper off of some
clothes that the washwoman brought
in; both Richardson's and Mrs. McFar-
lands : clothes were in the basket.
Mr.. Graham here read list of the
clothes, showing what it consisted OF.
Examination resumed; on the day
Mrs. Mcfarland left with Percy she
had q satchel on her arm; Mr.. McFar-
land was alone in the house, while Mrs.
Mcfarland was at the theatre; Percy
used to be put to bed about nine o'clock
he was never put to bed before his
mother went ont.
The cross-examination of Mrs. Mason
was continued without e!iciting any
thing new.
Rrs. Maria Benedict, Mrs. Ann Nc
Cormick, washwoman of Mrs. McFar-
land, and several other witnesses were
examined, hut the testimony is unim-
portant.
VIM. d. Morris, who termed himself
"a Fifteenth Amendment formerly
a servant in Mr.. Sinclair house, testi-
fled to seeing Richardson and Mrs. Nc
Farland kiss each other about Christ
mas, 1867.
Other testimony was given rs to Mrs.
Netherlands residing some time at
Gilhert's house, in New Jersey, in 1858,
and that Mr.. Richardson accompanied
Mrs. Mcfarland home several times
from the Winter Garden Theatre. The
evidence as to the life insurance policy
taken out by Richardson in the name of
Mrs. Mcfarland was excluded by the
Recorder. The court adjourned
The defense will close Tomorrow
THE FENIAN CONGRESS-.
The Fenian Congress, O'Neill faction,
will meet at Masonic Hall, on Thir-
teenth street, to-day nj noon. The
O'Neill party denOunce the savage party
as imposters and ridicule the dO-nothing
Congress at Chicago last week. 1t is
claimed by General O'Neill that the
Chicago Congress had no power what
ever to establish an executive committee
and that all its proceedings are void and
worthless The delegates from the
Congress in Chicago will, however,
be received to-day on exhibiting
their credentials The private cir
cular issued by General ONeill
to the circles, as President of the Broth
erhood, distinctly, instructs each circle
to send no money to headquarters until
after the Congress, but to send with each
delegate to the Congress sufficient funds
to purchase from 1000 to 2000 rounds of
breech loading ammunition. Valve SOS
per thousand. This token, in cOnnec
ton with other facts, is extremely sig
nificant of an intended movement.
Over three hundred and fifty delegates
are expected to attend the Congress.
The proceedings will he held with
closed doors, and every effort will be
made to- secure secresy. 1t is stated
that General ONeill's emissaries have
been acting in concert with the
Fort Garry insurgents during the
last two months, and there is no
doubt but that the sympathy OF the en-
tire Fenian organization is with Riel
and his followers. O'Neill openly
avows his sympathy with Riel, and SAYS
he will aid him when he can 1t Is
stated that 10000 stand of arms. with
ample ammunition, have been already
secured. In Boston and New Orleans,
it is asserted, other heavy purchases
have been made, especially in the latter
CITY. Part of these arms have been dis
tributed in the towns along the Yer
mont border and another and larger
portion shipped by Chicago a few days
ago to some point on the northwestern
frontier of Canada, in the vicinity of the
Red river territory.
The ONeill Fenian Congress assem-
bled at Masonic Hall to-day. Between
so and GO delegates were present repre-
senting circles both in the Eastern and
Western States. The credentials Of
delegates from the Chicago Convention
were referred and their admission is
considered doubtful. Further proceed
ings are unknown but the report is cur
rent that 20 or 30 prominent officers
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