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

belief that conspiracy against his dOmesuc happiness
existed Ii Just asserted by that you Will
submit these letters to the jury to show that what you
material so far as he believed those statements to be
true hut IL is perfectly due to the prosecution 10 snow
CHARGED hy the defense 1t seems 20 me that prose
cuton will attempt to show that this insanity was slm-
that there was no conspiracy-that he committed a
murder the purpose of revenge The question is per-
Question repcatcd-9 wero you aware before the re,
Seipt Of that letter in Washington that Mrs Mcfarland
g. Now, in all that YOU had done for Mrs Mcfarland
and her family ask You to state Sy v %9S' motives you
O. Had you any motive or design at any time 10 induce
@. Whom did You return from Washington A. ! think
il was on the Sth OF March. - NJ,
McFarlandl y Yes Sir; she was thcn at my house
@ How long did she remain there A. -Four or h'e
fmean to inquire how long she remained before she
won't to No y Amlty Sd A. lew oy s and nights
she spent a. Nc. 70 AmySE after leaving your hoSo
before returning! \. am not ,,,
o. DO you rcocct the day the first shooting occnrredi
A. 4 was ont Of town. ,-,...
@ Nou came home when2 a. Tho next morning 'i'''
Q. Do YOU rcoollcct what day that vast A. 1t was
O. Mere You there at the time Mrs. Mcfarland left to
Did tSa accompany her to the carsi A. did, in
o. Who else accompanied you1 A. No one in the
O. DHyou collect where at that time Mr. Richardson
O. what was his condition at tne' A. He was lust able
10 walk with that day for the first with dfcuty
@ That the first day That he had been out Oh Ills
O. DO You recoieet whether not he WAS able to go
GrosecXaTin1d by Mr. Graham--Q How long did you
know Mr.. Richardson before his deathf IN the Autumn
O. Where did you make his acquaintance. A. At my
O. How came he to be therel A. Invited by my nus
@. Was Yrs Mcfarland there on that occasions A.
@. Did She ever know him before that's A Not that
O. II" vas a widower at that time 7 A. Yes Sir.
&. Have yOu no way of judging whether he knew her
before That A. have.
O. And you judge that he did not know her before
c. Have you read that intercepted letteri A. have
O. Whore hc speaks of this love growing into his heart
O. lie srcais in one part of it: Darling should be
AFRAID you had fascinated me III day or week The
relieve 10 bt no love of MONDAY hour but for all time
y g t ys So tender and bessSd that heaven
needed and took it, This note OF the l9th OF March, 81
WAITING for YOU darling ali these long years to
l1r-cl0th aid serve seven years. Now want you
O. Now when did you first this letter. A. Since it
o. Yoa never heard Of its contents before that A.
a. Ysn9 husband states he saw it in March, 81 did he
ucSer b .ou the contents 0f that letter. 4. Never
O. Then your subsequent intercourse with Mrs McFar,
laid WAS IN ignorance OF what was in this letter. A. 1t
O. Now between the date of this letter and the 25th Of
March. 80. how many times were Mr. Richardson ana
Mrs McF ranl az your house together either at enter
tuiAmouts or otherwisei a. Once.
{, Nj Wbr oi' Wa that3 A, June TO- 1868
v ,c H living iy i in G presume it was
o. Were they never at your house together by invita-
ton except on that occasion after the 9th OF March, OH
O. You invited both of them there then3 A. My hus-
hand id
O. We're they invited in one Invitations A. They
invited separately and neither knew that the Other was
O. Can YOU swear that neither of them knew that the
other was comingl a. Except that my husband told
O. Your husband never told you OF the contents OF the
intercepted ctcri a He spoke OF H. but never tOu me
the contents. .,,, ,u.oroo,,to,
Icer at the time they to house in June 1868,
would you have received mem a. Nv mout Lot
Or. would You have allowed invitation to be ex-
tended 10 each Of them tOgether2 A. would
O. Then, according to understanding OF your cyl
encc yea see nothing in this Intercepted letter to dis
cotcIance the association OF Mr. Richardson and MIS-
McFarand7 a. Nothing 1. -
O. Do You think madam ne was proper man 20 re
when he SAID he vas not to be G9ned by otneT peoples
@ Did consider that be was apope1 person 70 De
received into your house after ne gave an scp5 b i s
intercepted letter OF getting rid Oi Que Iauy "r e
pose Of taking on another and eutng over the iact OF
having got ma OF one Iady ala you thk ne was Piopi
person to receive into your house after thatt -.
Judge DAVIS Ogect because ne coutsci Pei;oI''
the language OF the leer III OfuoT 10 no quos'on'
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