New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-04

that none of these visits were the result OF accuo p
because of destitutioni A. MoSto vi '"o'' 'i
O. You do not know that she had money ." my
''' Yon do not Know from Mr. Mcfarland what ar
rangemcnt he made with his wife under winch STU
co !o1 om remember the trouble about the haDcas
corpus proccedings1 a. Yes soincts onv notes TO
Mr. Ncr.rl,ud after he got Percy baoh a. "i'''
him one. o,.
A., Ony , On certodn Of tiati A. Perfectly certain
e o. 49,! "' he nistekeni A. Cannot be mistaken
MhSh Su RI might have been three or four weeks
after the boy eit think it was In December OIL Ut
Now 10 you remember about what time you wrote
MI Mcfarland letter before hati A. No. 90 not hn
,etSr in 1861 A. No. do not recolect of any he sent
we $40 in CO. aud replied to il. o.o ATTAIN 10
rof Percy backf Did you authorize any one OF your
family to write him backi A. No, Sir; ,,.
O. DO you know of any one of your family writing him
a note ? 4. do not.
Mr. Graham-Now We will see what these things mean
O. Is that your handwritingi a. That is mine but l
had forgotten all about 1t: they are both mine
O. Both written in December, 'G7i A. Yes, siri
Mr. Graham~That is in 1896 and brmful of affection
shows witness another letter. @ Do You recognize
the handwritingl A. can't say whether II Is hers UT
Q. Showing another] Do you recognize that; is 1T
Another letter was shown the witness, which she
O. Yon swear that you don't know whether these three
letters are your daug hter'si A. Yes, Sir.
@. Did you know Mr.. Richardson's A. Yes, SIR; since
the Fall Of 1867 he to my house in CharestoW
Mass at that time; never heard OF him before 'na'
@. In what month of 1867 did you first hear Of Mr..
Richardson A. In the month of March, 1867.
O. When did you first hear Of Mr. Richardson's inten,
can't fix the date first heard Of McFarland's going
around the country with the ntereepted letter III fne
think that rather rash letter to write, on Mr.
~ t. 10 ,' .hi, 30 ,o,,r cbter,s conduct SIM
posing the limitations Of the letter are true a. hor
'V o. Have Won read Mrs Mason's testimony A. No,
Sir don't know anything that has been proved on inc
trial. ,
ciatng with Mr. Richardson and then going to Indiana
to reside for the purpose Of procuring divorce
Mi GraIam-we want to prove what her feelings upon
this transaction were.
Q. Where are you now stoppingf a. With my daughter
at Woodside. ,,
She didn't pay me any money to come on mean 10 pay
q Ths letter Of Sept O. &c of Mrs McFarland's, when
did you first that letter. A. In Sept 1866 the last OF
g. Can you tell the date of that letter from recoec
toni A. No, Sir . =,
@ Was any other letter exhibited at that time A. I
don't remember; she said she had some.
O. When was your attention first directed TO the i'm
portance Of coming here A. 1t wasn't directed at all
O. When did you know that this particular letter or
September 1866 exhibited here A. could not tell
q. DO you remember about any other letter. a. No.
@ Concerning the of the little boy Danne, who is
called Danne sage now do You approve OF the change
II he has mind to call himself Danne Sage, why we have
@ He is only FIVE years of age do you mean to say
that the taken by himself and not given TO
him by othersl A. don't know.
O. What do you consider his namei A. Consider /
don't know what it Is. amusement in Court.i
@ Has he any other name than Danniei A. Dannie
willie; / suppose it is Dannie Mcfarland.
q. what is his name to-dayf A. III mas never peeh
@. lie is boy Years old and you mean to say he has
thrown off the name of his father and taken on the name
of sage-done 1t himsefi a. He goes by the name OF
6 Has anybody given him the name A. No, Sir.
@ You have had no band in giving him the name OF
q. How long did Mr.. Mcfarland and his wife remain
at Boston the occasion of the reading OF the letter OF
September, 1861 a. Not but a few days
O. Did it run into October before they lefi a. Yes,
Sir; it was the first of October when they left.
G. The first day of Ocoberi A. NO. Sir the first week,
should think; l am not sure of that. 80.
O. When he left Boston where did Mcfarland go with
his wifci A. He didn't go with his wife; he went Ia
Manchester, NJ H., ON gas busness-sonething he pre-
tended he was going ao that was about the first week
@ Did his wife remain behndi A. She went directly
Q. do you know Mrs, Calhoun, A, Some.
q. When did you first see herf A. think in the Spring
OF 1867 she called at my house.
O. When did You first hear of such lady' A. think
first when read that letter. never heard of her before
Q. You say this note which has been exhibited here
was given for borrowed money-tlis Lote for slO9f A.
O. Was you present when the money was loaned' A.
No; not; husband loaned II 10 INN.
q. Were You present when the note was glvenf n NJ"
q. Did you Mr.. Mcfarland write the motel A. No,
O. You don't know how Mr.. Sage got it from Mac A.
1t was sent down to my husbands store in Boston, was
Q. You don't know of your own knowledge that your
husband ever loaned Mcfarland dollar, do your a.
O. You don't know Of your own knowledge what this
note was given fOr \. Only what have said.
O. DO you know how this note came to be torn A. 1t
stood III the garnet so long III mas GOT Torn .,
O. 1t not IN this way for the purpose OF de-
O. / suppose you know your husbands handwriting !
A. Yes, Sir.
O. Showing witness letter. Is that Mr sages hand
writingl A. Yes, Sir.
G. Is the Endorsement upon the envelope the same as
the handWrtingi A. don't know .
O. / have only one or two more questions for yor.
When your daughter Mrs Mcfarland s dn III nay iS'
q Was anything said TO the time when she was 10
he ABSENT A. don't know anything what was said !;
nothing was said about il that remember.
q. How long had she been stopping m your hon,e be
after she left home she away with the exception Of
the time that she was in West Amcsbury.
latter part OF May 1852, you heard conversation be,
tween Nr and Mrs Mcfarland, in which he approved Of
her selecting The stage as G t A. 1oS' s; was
@ DO you want us to understand that Mr.. Mcfarland
then approved of her adopting the stage as callingi
\. He did, as understood it.
TESTIMONY OF MISS LIZZIE J. SAGE.
Miss Lizzie j. Sage, daughter of the preceding wit
ness and sister to Mrs Mcfarland Richardson called
and examined by Judge Davis She testified that she lived
with Mr. and Mrs Mcfarland i'll November 1858; at that
time between November and December 1885, he came
one day he had previously promised, to take Inc 10
matinee; went in to the play, and after he had been
sitting there about half an hour he got up and went out
saying he had business To do after being absent
about quarter of an hour, he returned, and snct IL
quor in his breath; after being IN about 10 minutes more
he again went out, and said he would lie back
didn't see anything Of him until the matinee over
and could not him. and spoke TO an oldsh lady
Mr. Grahaln-NeYer mind the oldlsh lady.
WtnesS-I went out and met MI Mcfarland III the
yestibule he very much intoxicated.
O. How do you know il \. By the way he talked and
looked and spoke started with him. and he staggered