The sun., 1870-07-18
An Authentic synopsis of Court Records

NtrlVUt~ltT county, N To-. Wnefe Mts. MCI NrlAhu
at that time was living She also visited Mrs. Lud-
low at Watervle, Oneida county, N. Y, in conn panv
with liennessy. Size remained there a month and
her return to this city stopped over night at the
Dclavdn House, Albany, IN company with her friend
liennessy The love between Hennessv and Mrs.
Ward appeared TO increase rapidly after this trip for
In March, 1865, Mrs Ward, no longer are keep toe
secret Of her iidtsoa with IIennessy, one night
her knees confessed 20 her husband the love she
bore To Hennessv, and begged his forgiveness.
She told her husband that she still enter.
tsined the highest esteem for him; hut
that she did not feel the same affection
for him that did for Hennessyy. She confessed
that she had been weak. erring woman that She
had allowed llcnnessy In some measure to under.
mine her Affections and that sho and llcnnessy were
mutual lovers. She confessed that she was grc.ty
in the wrong; that she had been in the habit Of
meeting llennessy in Lis studio and otner places bnt
she now s9lenhly PROMISED to break oil all connec.
tion with him, and endenvor to do her duty.
Dr. Ward then gave tlennessy to understand that
he musi never enter his home again. end supposng
wife and Henncssy he entirely for-avc her and con.
tnued to treat her with kindness and anection,as he
had always done.
PERSISTENCE or THR TREE.LovER.
About July 1SiG at winstead c.. wlithcr she rad
gone TO spend the -ummer, Dr. Ward intercepted let
crs written by Hennc-sy to his wife, urging her to
run away aud 90 and spend the snmmer with him at
boirdug-plce he had found ior her on Long Island
sound aud 10 tho flil thoy would 90 to Euronc and
as lcr husband DR. Ward then went to his wife
and demonstrated with her for allowing lcnuessy to
correspond with her after her solemn promise to
lave no further relations with him. Finding to
his surprise and pain that there was some doubt in
hCr minu whether 10 true and iattNin To her
husband, or to desert him and 20 abroad with Hem
messy, hc r-quc-icd from her definite decision,
Le could not live with and support
An USFAirHFUL WYE
Subsequently, the relations between husband AMI
wife not aelnc very pleasant, although Dr. Ward
treated her with the utmost KINDNESS and cnusdera-
ton, 4 was agreed 9i nsr soicltalion, That shc
-utirg the Rev John II Hague, her former tclcher
to whom she related all her troubles Mr. Hague
gave her some GOOD advice lie reasoned with her
conjured her, for the sake OF her husband hei
child, and herself to shake of her inatua,ion 'or
lIonuessy and renlain true aud faithful wife to him
whom size had promised before God to love and
honor. she came back II ON this vi-i much relieved,
and determined 70 follow the min ster's advice But
Hennessy n At her -iie. meetin her at every
turn, and she voluntarily visiting him at bis studio
and elsewhere.
Or. Ward, hearing Of these
oLANnEsrNE INTERVIEWS
again spoke to her about them and she again prom
sod to DO better She made another visit to Mr.
Hague with whom she discussed the ouestion OF
love IN theological point of view, and defended her
course on the iree-love affinity principle, philo-
sophy with which she was thoroughly familiar hav-
ing heard 1t so often treated among her associates.
DR, HAGUE rALKs COMMON SENSE.
TIE Rev, DR. Hague in a letter dated February
H. 1861 written 20 friend OF the parties, thus he.
scribes his interview last referred TO with Mrs.
">s nearly as can learn Charlotes intentions when
,he ls , here thSy were S to 90 pretty much
and thcn tor awhile to Plymouth, after which to return
everhSs more y and On nas s' more Hn dcp;
on the wngle mater, do not feel 50 hopeful be-
thinss and fear has deceived me in Others. Now,I
chance to do right / would give il 10 her. i She
wishes or cNpretses desire 10 return would let her
oreaklnV ~ entirely wl llennessy. He owes ms 70
lanly no person cou d expect mo doctor receive
RRgr wsaa s1s not i ~ b. osS Pg tae mater %
| with hum asked her She were Wiling TO be known
loFegq , pna H 5S s@e 20. reaay for MS s9c darG
| COuld he trtHted-tO winch | ugrppd-uD
| ,ueh man ihink mat nave planted some thorns
WIN no, let her rest. succeeded in showing her that
eSa ss,y aGmed ~ Rer NJ one S c"ud 5s 6d @
who snoudeye come between her and Hennessy; that
cause ne likes her cannot possibly scrupe to take any
ws % 70 coas6r @ w With a hm @ ai 'iS maa %aS sRS
has no nrmel3e Of regard Tor thc gh gf the aoctor
feelings and passions his only rule of actun TIA al he
cnnnot pos neld bltk by any ogacip pie rom de.
sertng ler should only n occasion 94H ne tgmpta,
h, dlI deset her oocalse ne hJs ctpted ms ptn
ter What ne claim, or rghs @ 4 oihets nay De- Now
her proies. ions OF Trust she Is already afraid and thus
her Iun-hmeut begins to come and VIII necome great.
trust hm Tie torture dolb and lear is ~ her heart
and & oren 1 this is why sue IS not prepared to 90
This state OF things continued until May 1867
| when she went to b 0omhed, n, j. a visit to
| ler mother, who had removed from Connecticut
| She remained tnere' RECEIVING visits from her hns
| band and one from HenncssY until July q. 1851
| Tie ast Visit maze 10 htf ny htf husband was on
the 4th Of JulN, when, in his kindness and affection
| for her and their boy he took tucm a number of
| presents. On the 9TH he wus Obliged 10 return to
| New York, she promising to return ON the next
| train which she did but she met lleuncssy. aud
| took the O'Clock r. VI. train with him for New
| Haven, Conn., where they arrived at IL oclOe6 r.
| NJ lodging In the New Haven House.
Edward d. Ialco,t cerA at the New Haven House.
| deposed that Mrs, Ward ana Mr. lennessy wero reg
| istcred the motel register in the handwriting Of
| the former on the night Of July s. 1857 the two
were together at breakfast the next morning and
HeNSEssY PAID THE BILL OF DOTH
| on leaving. Mrs. Ward occupied room No 10 on
that night and there was ONLY one bet IN inc room
| a double bed. Hennessy had no room assigned to
| him ON the register though le was marked as lay-
| ing arrived for logging.
| Mas Ward on tie next day went 20 board In the
house OF Mrs. Btssett, at Savin Rock, q short dis.
auce from New Haven. Immediately she instituted
a suit for divorce from her husband on the ground
by his wile's mother went after them, and endei.
vored tn persuade her 10 give up her Wild and
wicked ideas-to cease her unlawful attempts to get
ioregn divorce, ana, II not tor ms sake AT least LOT
that OF tie boy, to return with her mother.
But she was determined TO follow up the course
she had taken. Sne employed for her counsel the
Hon, William DOOttle, gentleman well known in
able to reason and affection, was obliged TO submit,
and employed q, r. lngerso, Esq, OF New Haven,
and a. W. Tenney, Esq, of this city, to defend him.
THE DIVORCE SUIT.
On the the 23d Of November, 1867, Dr. Ward sued
and also arrested Hennessy, suing him for $40 0OO
damages for the seduction OF his vie. IL was during
the tal Of these several particularly tile one