New-York tribune., 1870-04-14

O. When was the last time you met him' A. In tho
Fan Sr Wht ,ss h,s mannerf A. He would speak Of his
love for his wife and the great wrong done him seemed
to he always present to him he dd not ba n would
never get 1t; saw be was miserable anu ""uu 10
O. I Il seemed to have entire possession Of his mind'
% Was there liquor on him s any ~ Of io1ss ta1ss
him to glass of caret but always saw nh soo'i
and as gentle a mon as ever knew; ,,o all bis life
where he was educated, where he met his wife ASKED
% i he mad S2P1s@ 10 @ ans hs
good and vrtuous woman he would not have tna' io'
O. , What was bis appearance A. He shed tears and
appeared miserable. I was sorry for him - .,.o
q Did you ever Percy with him A. Two or tnree
q Did he speak of the trouble he had to get him back
O Did he say how much 1t cost him A. Yes
were snS SSs SSsti ess
place A. The first tune there the Recorder OF TINS
city and Mr. shaw in England an archtsG osvo wVo
When 6e got excited did you check the prisoner to
prevent his being heardi A. The first time he sad itue
about his private fe the second time there ~cre pu''"
O. Did You notice the restessness Of his eyei A. It
restless and CLASSY; 1t gave the impression OF ms
mind there was resessness tgdt sa'i'nea 'no '"0'0
Crosse xamnation~Q where did you see him last' A.
At No. 70 william-st. ,.,.r oho,.
him. or simply that OF man bowed down by sorrow
A. have seen steadier eyes In lunatc asylum 'h'n
| O. You have seon lunatcsi A. Yes, Sir.
d Did You that particular thing in THIS sr Gy S
that you saw In other insane personsf A. ieS' on ''
Q. You have seen others, and from their appearance
O. At that second interview did he read the letters to
you, did yOu read themi A. he read them W no'
O. Did he tell you q coherent narratvei A. Yes o.
RedirectQ understood you TO say you haye sesa an
those Of Mr.. McFarandi A. Yes, Sir ... ur,oss :. 4,
Sneg swsg Sns more Sy OF ess dut % to discovers
O. And finding nothing particular the n[sE Ie dd
not at that first interview bersy Dis INSANITY a.
IThe examination OF this witness was here concluded
COUNSEL ON LETTERS
Judge Garvin here rose and said; wouid cai tne
attention OF the Court to injustice that has been done
by the counsel for tho defense to person not In this
case II was yesterday in reading one OF the letters OF
Mrs. Calhoun observed in the papers tho morning In
which that letter is published that the initials r. T.
are inserted placed in largo capitals as though they 80
appeared in the letter. and the counsel claimed that 1t
should be SO read Instead OF that being correct Is
very clear 10 my mind that the letter will bear no such
Construction and wish to call the attention OF the
Court jury what think s In fact not the Initials
| pers that saw A name had been given as that to
which these initials are supposed to belong ,, o,,
The context Of the letter will bear me out In TINS read
"There just three persons who are muon 10 me IN
| the fesh-you and two others whom you can guess
Now you written there just as 1t written else
| where In the letter. a.. - -,
| Mr. Graham said May it please the Court, we had
great scrupe about reading the letter in Court In which
ladies were present because of its exceeding obcent
and we had consultation about it, and were forced 10
the conclusion that where our client had so mucn al
| stake could keep back nothing.
Mr.. Gerry then said .
have word to say about this matter The letter was
placed my hands with the request that would have
an accurate copy made to enable the senior counsel 10
read 1t determine the value of its contents this was
done because his eyes not such as 10 permit MIN 10
| decpher readily such manuscript. when the copying
came this particular sentence subjected IL 10 tIee
microscopes Of different powers and came to the conoi-
sion that letters neither more nor less tha te
three initials X. Y Whom they referred to may con-
| lecture, but cannot guess -
Mr. Graham said, from the context 1t must be proper
name II Is q statement of obscury, and you can put
| no other face upon it. . =, A.,
Recorder Hackett said instead OF subectng TO three
microscopes think it better to subject II 20 the
test of common sense and though agree with judge
Garvn in the matter it strikes me that TINS paper should
be submitted to the jury TO ascertain Iof 'ho
| contents and meaning OF the sentence.
The Court does not agree with MIR. Graham
The trial adjourned after the above argument ana
| decision until to-day at the usual hour