The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-11
THE MCFARLAND, TRIAL.
A PLOT TO DRIVE MACFARLlND TO
INSANITY OR DEATH.


The ri uation this Niorntng-whRt the De-
fence are Goine to Do-Mr.Gerry's sp'en-
did Preparation OF the Case-Frce Love
nidF Lovers 70 De p"' on rr'"l' Wv"
mcr H.na as ne, pec CO..
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CENTRAL PoNf
on which the defence turns ID, 'hat hofmlano was
not responsible beins when ne shol hcnardeon !
and surrounding this central point I" inc 'neory 'na
there was preooncerted scheme on the part OF the
friends OF richardson nrst 70 alternate 'ne snec"ons
o' mrs' "orar'anu 'ro"' "er nuso"no' s"a '"on' W
persn'en' perseo""on' p" urNe mor "'anu
nnuo asyium oi INC srsvo' 10 orue' 'ns' "''"" u''"
might possess mrs' her~mna In saie'y'
10 sustain TINS .heory, inc oeienee pave aheseo
ana aIeaoy paruaiiy proved ano o'A" "s' mey
wi" 'uny pro'e' "a. ~ garry 10 "'o summer w ioo''
mrs. oslhoun' VINO WIN mrs hcr""no VIZ
"nno mountains began 10 impieh' IN ner nino
'uo seeun VI snehAuon run ho' nu'oanu' SUI y"
ouceu her 70 'eha hotphao'e ear " 'ne ooeume
Vi 'ne
49,, A., ~ ~.
.n"' MIS- Na"ou" '"eoeeuoo 'n inspiring '"'' nv
a'anu WV" ".hte' ". 'o.n' u''''"oNo" ."u
, 'o'"on, U''o". N,, '"". ~ "s me-
,."se eono,''"" .ou'o H"'i', s,' oN
70 hrs' mefariands becoming dissausneo WIN her
numo'e nome ua' she became intimate wi'n Ncn-
aiuron, VINO sy"ps'n'seu WIN uer eoc'a ano'uo"
'na' MIS- Oahoun ana .achordson go' an or gaee-
sue appeSieu unoer 'he name OF miss ous"ins .na'
she fed from her home TO the house Of Samuel Sin
clair. a WasLippton Mace xhere .he and Richard.
=
son
OCCUPIED ADJOINING ROOMS
without any door between them that the conspira-
tors spirited away MeFarlaud's children, ana that
Richardson supplied the funds to contest the legal
n,oeeedinV. which NcFarIand b,ongbt 70 reoover
- -. n'-,', W
'nem 'IA' iacharuson
INSURED HIS LIFE
for the beneat Of Mrs. Mcfarland. tba, Mcfarland
WI '"o oo"o"' VI mrs "Sr "inu' Na' hor "ia"u
fever ana came so near death that the
..,,a... ar. -, ~, a, -, o., g.. -. a., a,,-
staggered back upon the scene, q hopeless-hoarted
man with yninad cops,i.,tion ana .ha,,or.d M ind
,'.., ~ u'aeu ,nu ,' soA.o. s,na
t WINE In thet state he, on tile 10Th day OF March,
1857. intercepted the letter from Richardson TO his
wife which was read to the ,ury on Friday las, and
appeared In The sun on Saturday morning; that
that letter still further unsettled his mind that his
subsequent strug les to reglin his children, tile
and taunts 81 Richardson, tho Indiana divorce
Of Mrs Mcfarland and thu eommon rsnor, thu,
r. =. - a.. - u1., , 49,,
sue was soon 70 marry hchhdson' aeepeped hh
malady,
DROVE HIM TO DISTRACTION,
.na a,.u. ....,,o, A., ~, 1890. -, a,.. A.,
ahu nnahy re'uiseu IN inc homicde on inc foth Jay
OF November, 1869. As collateral reinforcement OF
this theory IA has already been shown that insanity
a. h.radit,rv An N,par,.nd,. ,.m,, ana ,h., "a.
u ne'eueafy ," "r "ianus iamiy' ana 'ha' his
first cousin died In tie Lunatie Asylum on Black
wells Island In 1871.
Another, and In some respects the most interesting
point In the defence Is that Richnrd-on's death
hastened by what IL known az the Astor House mar.
riage and other Astor House exctements, and that,
as legal cons equenee
u,rAu.sn 70 xov prspoxa,r,v
for Ma av,rs n, that r,..,.. finn. a. .n.r..d g., An.
inaic,meot fTndar az noi., ~ Saia eo,ra. ~
,reatmrnt To wLiSj, RicbaySson wss snbisc,sd anc,
he was sho, trcnd,ns The nsrr,a.e cssswonv AZ he
Astop Honss IN he mt N nxissnee Tn,s vii my "s
cnnrs. lsad 10 ax.i'n. ..arss go h,,,a, AM. 10