Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-08

the character OF the defendant we are pre-
pared 20 meet. ana rcfute BY she highest snd
hn euserprises succeeded, and FURNISHED ms
vie With al she desired; bot BY and By he he
came unfortunate and poor, and that AZ the
time when his wife was saying 70 herself :, All
Re treated her family and her friends w'th The
utmost kindness and consideration. He wss
an eminently domestic man, OF warn heart
and ardent Impulses, and his wife vas hls Idol
and n that Idol Was shattered his life was
vnecked and mis- reason shattered. In the sum
mer Of ls6o this woman became scG tainted With
the free lovers and Fourierites, with whom every
Jack has somebody elses jill She went
20 their parties and reunions, while he
remained ~ home aud cared for his children
About this time woman appeared on the scene
curess who commenced the work OF rcndering
Mn. Mcfarland dissatisfied with her husband
and in the train OF that feeling came misery and
ruin. In 1888 Albert ID. Richardson wa born.
in an evil hour for tins man. lie was =
a correspondent during the war, vas taken prs
Oner, and subsequently publlshed several inter
esting works. he was a man well calculated 90
charm the woman Mrs Mcfarlsnd, with
whom he, about this time. became scQaAsnred.
Then commenced plot "a ALLEVIATE Mrs McFar-
land from her husband. Notes were exchanged
and through the instrumentality OF Richard
son she procured an engagement At the Winter
Garden theatre. Richardson, IL wss who used 10
accompany her home when the theatre was out
Nheh Mcfarland was Assy, Richardson and
s NeAaAh NOuiu 10 out togeincr, and often
locked themselves in the SANE room Hut the
rum OF the woman did not satisfy Richar,lxon.
Ne also resolved TO rob Mcfarland OF his
children.
The counsel, in continuation. related the cir
cumstances OF the intercourse between Rich
ardson and Mr.. Mcfarland, claiming that the
defense woald be able W prove that IL was an
adulterous connection. Richardson became a
boarder At the same house with the McFar-
lands. That was in lsss. On Tuesday, the
2lst OF February, isa. Mcfarland came
home, and discovered his wife coming ont
OF Richardson's room. Tie eNPOstalated with
her, and 90 his remonstrances she returned eva
sive answers. She then moved in circles where
she met such men Colfsx. rIlton, and Others
Her ambition was excited 20 such a degree thai
she was no longer satisfied with her husbands
humole income. On the 2lst of February Isss,
he went out OF his home, his wife bidding
him an affecuonate farewell, and he returned "a
lind his home desolated and his altar shattered
His wife had fed, taking her children with her
What then was the state OF the prisoners mind
His hopes were broken, his life rendered desc
late, and darkness and ruin enoompassed him
There was nothing In Mcf arland's con
duct TO justify his vife's action The
highest function Of a woman is 20 console
the man she loves in the hour OF his misfor-
tune. She deserted her husband when he
most needed her ADMINISTRATION At this time
Mcfarland was accustomed 10 go into the
TrtbHne ONCE TO see a man who pretended 10 be
his friend. and one day while there ne ~zs
handed a letter. It was in the Handwriting OF
Richardson, addressed % Mr.. Mcfarland, and
Mcfarland, as be was justified in doiag, opened
the letter. In that letter Richardson ridicules
Puritan seruples. and tells this woman that he
often in the night thought OF her and lonRed to
clasp his darling in his arms.