The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-20

stuart by name No bedy could BE- kinder
th,u hu, and he wants YOU to come and see
him us soon q. You are here such larks,
PIP, and Booth! he has talked about you.
and himself proposes to bring you outl
THAT 'coNsrLsuIr.
ono IF the most interesting portions of
the testimony thus far, wa, that produced
from Boston for the purpose of showing
the iac, that Richardson, with his money
and influence, aided Mr.. Mcfarland in
defending the suit which defendant brough,
to obtain possession of his children. and
which resulted IN the surrender of the
eldest, Percy. Mr.. John ID. Elwood IA
New York lawyer who was counsel for
Mcfarland in the suit pending against
Richardson for damage. in seducnr his
wife when the tragedy occurred, fully con-
hrncd the report, which has been den led,
that the prisoner was offered a consul-hip.
which was to have been procured by the
Tribwcpcople and Colfax from Grant if
hc would discontinue the action. He said !:
To Mr. Garvin-Thcrc was a proposit-
which Mcfarland was to receive $1,000
amt n cous0isbp; this was the only prop
o,tion Of which | ever heard; / never
made any offer of settlement the case was
never brought to trial. but the proceedings
were It'll, pending when the shooting oc.
CURED.
TIrz-HUGn LUDLow's TESTIMONY.
The testimony of Fitz-Hugh Ludlow,
the hashecsh-eater and author, was given
Wednesday, to the following effect;
Fitzhugh Ludlow who became acquaint-
el with the prisoner in 1864, testified TO the
kind relation between the prisoner and
Mr.. Mcfarland ut that time Their man
nor toward each other was afTectionate and
even foolish. Met Mcfarland subsequent
~ in 1861, when he read to witness the in
terccptcd letter from Richardson his con-
| diton was absolute frenzy. Witness said:
Al various interviews he exhibited very
singular condition of mind. He spoke Of
seeing shapes and hearing sounds of which
he could not account, and of being
alarmed by them. That must have been
something about year ago. He suffered
| much from them, 80 much that one even
ing when he came o.My hoLYc, l walked
with him to his house. My reasons for do
ing 20 were my deep sympathy and my
fear he might do himself some harm. !
rccollcct his seeing me soon after he had
got back Percy. At first his symptoms
were allaycd; the feeling he had
got back Percy seemed ut first 10 Alb
( sorh him. Then the feeling for his
| other child aud his wife occupied him and
he talked mainly Of that. Histalk was Of
II conspiracy against him that money wa,
being used against him that he had beg
| gard himself aud spent all the money lac
could borrow in the hobeds corpus proceed
| ing. Down 90 very late time he had in
dugcd the belief that but for the con-
.piracy his wife would return to him.
Never saw him when he did not refer to IL
Should say lac was wholly irrational from
the inc hc discovered this letter 10 the
time l last saw him.
To Mr.. Garvin--I mean when | saw
him down 10 October, 1869.
q Did you ever understand from the
conversation Of the prisoner that an agree
mcnt had been made between him and
| his wife fora scparation1
\. Never. never heard him say any
! thing on the scbjcct. | had u speaking
| acquaintance with Mr.. Richardson; no in
,imacy, Mr.. Mcfarland, before
the discovery of the letter,
was most delightful companion. The
only time after that he ever spoke of liter
ary matters was that he came 10 ask me
for volume Of Herbert Spencer |
noticed il rs remarkable. he used 10 talk
Of Pcrcy's book of rhymes, by his wife.
lie spoke Of these people being engaged in
the conspiracy, some of whom were liter
! AIRY, some not.