New-York tribune., 1870-04-29

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him the street. and he told me; do not remember what
street II was. .r.. xo.
Sir do not recollect much that was said ABOUT 'no
shooting. ,.u had
with hint A. rocollect had talk about their cnil
dren while that suit was going on; do not recoeu' % s
words remember one conversation 'na' '"0 '' VIZ
Mr. Graham-I object to that; you have no right 70
O. Well after that' A. recollect we had conversa s
ton about Pcrcys going to school advlsea M, H., =. him
self. fold him thought it would be better for him to
send him TO school where he would he Win oneI
q Did you know the prisoner ana hiS i"''N' A- ''
O. DO YOU remember any time going there and seeing
We're iying A. Yes sir sent for one evening 70
immediately arrived there ana n hn importance
OF Recorder uocket-Now is 1t possible because man
was drunk in "a II made him crazy in 69f .,o. .h
Judge Davis-we do not propose to show @ that 'psg
npe a. bertv to trace his whole e showing solitary
Instance of intOxication II We choose.
6ecSrder state What you sawi A. found Mr. and Mrs
Mcfarland there; he was very much lhlOxleat@u @ ms me
face bleeding and tried 70 aG sedP tbnre n T him m per
haps half an hour. three longer t
on in &e nSi's Sed several V tines but kept getting up
finally thought that he had queted down ana Went n
yous TO the birth Of the second boyI should tnk iour
Was there ANYTHING said In his presence in regard
Judee Days-What we offer ia this. that on this occa-
sion ee having called him in to take care OF this man
She ntrcaed him TO Keep secret and not TO disclose
"r' Mr. 'Graham-Thcy cannot prove anything that took
place in the presence Of q drunken man. 49,
Recorder Iackett-The evidence Is permitted
Answer-she requested me to say nothing TO her 1atner
aSoI Did e MeFarand have his wife at any time Croton
A. Yes Sir in the Spring of '6i at Mt. Arat back OF
p came back to Croton In the fa Of G he lived in my
house during the Winter of Ca the Spring OF GS they
cd init "A
O. You rented the housei A. Yes, Sir.
O. Did they pay any rent lObjectcd to.l
Recorder iIaciett-Is that material Judgci a.,
Judge Garvin-They have been showing what MS
Mr. Grahan,-In 1854, he was on a salary.
Judge Davis-we want to show that he was entirely
dependent on charity that year.
Mr. Graham--He was proved to be Commissioner Of
Enrolment 1863 to 1865; he would never have taken
Office IL had not been compelled to- he took ONCE
because he had lost everything and no had the emoln
ment Of that Office tExGlndsd:l y. r,v r,,n,.v
Office had most OF the conversations there OF course
he talked deal Go1 aG r n eg
short before she left him, and that In my Judgment
there had never anything improper between them
we had great many arguments about that We talked
about pretty nearly every time he came to see me-
O. In all these interviews you had with hlin aid you
ever discover anything rational irrational in his con
duct in his conversational A. No. Sir he w0nd sometimes
be good deal excited in his conversation sometimes
cool.
Crcssexamined by Mr.. Graham.
O. What is her namei A. Charlotte A.
RiShardsSHa & n1h SSaa eyer Nc stf Sir p'''l IL '
O. Did you ever see pistol that was said TO belong
to himl A. No, Sir; not that recollcct.
@. Did you any over ~ the Astor Housei A. NO,
o. Do YOU know anything about the employment Of
private counsel in this prosecufioni A. Yes Sir.
O. DO you contribute to the expense Of private coun-
O. Have Won agreed tof A. No, Sir.
O. Do you expect TOT A. do not know whether ex-
pect to or not; If AM asked shall
q A.
O. How much would you be willing TO contribute TO
the expenses of this prosecution lolected to, and
@ Have you written any articles the subject Of th,
O. Have you caused any to he wrftteni A. No. Sir.
@ Have not you since this trial Nv was as commenced
reviewing the conduct of counsel after this trial was
O. Did you see nytbng in the paper about thati A.
O. Have not You seen anything in TIE TRIBUNE since
this trial commenced threatening To ccise the acts OF
counsel A. remember to have seen something.
q. Did you anything to be put inf A. No. Sir.
O. Have cent letters out OF the city In regard
q, Have you caused any TO be senti A. No, Sir.
g. Do you know OF any being sentf A. No, Sir
O. understand yOu TO say that this interview TO which
you testified occurred on the oath Of February 1901 A.
Q. At your house, No West Washing gton place A.
Yes, Sir.
O. Was your wife home at that tmei A. She was out
Of the city; she was in Washington.
q. How long had she gone away before thati A.
O. Was this party got mp for the occason0iver John
son and these others that you have named they
brought there by Mr. Mcfarland A. Not that
q Did they como there by invitatoni A. did not
@. What night in the week was thisi A. My rccolec
tion il that 1t was on Sunday.
that dayi A. do not remember think not, from the
fact that in the habit Of dining In the middle Of
@ Now you were there Oliver johnson, old Mr. Sage
Mrs Mcfarland, and who elsei A. Mrs. JohnsOn.
@. Were they ALI A. think
O. Where did the interview take place-in what room
think was in what we call the middle room, on the
O. Now did they not come from the dinner table into
the middle when this interview took placei A,
@. About what time was iti A. Half past or o'clock
Did Did you {Ss dtov know he DW was coming Yes Sir
o. Was it not talked before he in as TO what
to DO said after he got inf A. remember.
VIII you undertake to say that the whole thing was
not cut and dried before Mr. Mcfarland camel A. do
not know anything about It.
Were you and your wife not brought In as witnesses
to what was said A. think we were invited there by
q; Did you not 20 into that TO hear what was
q Did not Oliver johnson and his wife 80 In there to
hear what was saidi A. Yes, Sir.
Q. Was It not arranged what Mrs. Mcfarland should
q You knew that that meeting was to take place at
that house on Friday or Saturday A. think did;
@ Did you see Mr. Richardson between that and Sat
urdayi A. No, Sir
knew him partially long ago Kansas troubles
G Now, do you remember when Mrs Mcfarland spoke
walking up to him and saying " Mack, bear 1t Ike
man am your friend r. A. do not recollect 1t.
q VIII you undertake to say, when you him sur
man, Mack am your frendr A. 1t Is very likely; do
not recOllect saying IL.
O. Had you any Judgment that night as to which of
them was wrong and which right A. My impression
was that they were both partly In the right and partly In
the wrong.
@ You we're the friend of both OF themf A. Yes Sir
But yon id not say anything to her about being her
frendl A. No, Sir.
O. Did you hear Mr.. johnson say also to bear up like
A. / not
O. Did you ever hear Mr.. johnson sympathize with
him A. do not remember about 1t my recollection Ia
that Mr. and Mrs. johnson had engagement aud they
left very soon.
O But from anything that ranspred did Oliver John