The New York herald., 1870-04-29


| q. Didn'l ne cryf A. No, sir.
q. II " tong had yon Knowi htm before thit' A.
Four nge wears Drev'pusv.
g Mr. Greeey. ino.e letters are n your hanawf's
ing. letters pr duced.) A. les sir.
q. One rs daica s7tA July, lses: wnen Won rae
him The nrst these letters Was he not y0ur ire"d
A. / nave always bee o trie Il 10 nlIn.
@ wnal you wroe in ms lotcr was TN, or u y.n
", "a not havewrtten 10 A. 1t Is az true as sl'n
ielts.s u,aaly are. lila ighler.l
those ,tie' son the r aatssi A. No sr; spoke OF
''@ cou- u So OF any NJ 70 orncr man. dsu-hter,
Ma Con I'll tnppos YOU want 20 shvw Mefar
lands goY rharaesss r pei G tas oGSa @ rs,oe ono
Tying Mr. GreclcY's testimony; one TO MFililnl =,
the effect that Mr. Greeiev. m giving M 'ad
lie Mr Grtc'ey, had written 80 many letters mat he
was eaten e Gner than golden iesf and SO had no
Co nsef Vas about to ca the letter hut owing to
ne 20 nolicate hi.Iog ypnms ne was unabe pro.
rinent. 1t twasa letter 10 Mr.. Ora or, an the va,
a SO one to Mr.. NJ r 10Y, recommending MI McFar-
Q. MI. Draper was Collector OF the rorts A. Yes,
Mrs. ca houn to the Row. Henry wad Bee-her' A.
Yes Sir.
Q. When did you write tina. letter. A. When
q. For what purpose did you write tha' letter
A For the purpose OF Introducing Mrs Calhoun 70
the Row. Henry Ward ucecher.
z. With what views
The District ALtOrnev-I object.
The Court don't think 1t is competent.
Counsel lor The prisoner subme that the defence
were entitled 10 know any entanglement into which
the witness had got hms sif. THIS very traus cion
SUBJECT o. lis char 20 TO the Grand Jury. Every wit
ness oonloc,ed wilh the Astor HOuse aiair was
III y Lad got t. swear TO That tran islci,n, for
winch The whoe civiized world had ariaigned
and condemned them both on morai and legal
gro, nds. Tiiey hal cot 10 swear that SO lar
as they were concerned th y were perfe lily innocent
ami puilei IS In the transaction. The proceed ng
was copdemne throngnout tho whole civl.ized
worl where peOp'e read or were ab u read. There
hardly ngle Ner let outside those come ted
with the ralsac ION In is avor. Those parties had
now tie rongest mo tsss In swearing. They Lad
fear themselves about lnpuiatiOns OF guilt
and asper ols Of guilt IN reiernce to tnat
ma ter. Counsel suomitte TO the Court mat
OWN, 10 the mo Ives OF the witness M had
r eit 60 ask wih what VI " tie letler vas written.
lie had right 10 show hat Mr.. Greeley was running
TINS pros culion lie id not mean e. CHI rye Mr..
Greety with corruption, but he had right to know
with whai Wv ne ie tet was writ n 1t was to
for that gentleman would not hive participated at
tn reque OF Mrs. C4lh aun MD 1t not been &C
cou Il Of the ta d 10 VI Mr. Grssiey wl0 wrote her
the ietler OF nr ductltn.
The Court a am d tie objection.
Counsel c0ntendel that II was he cauSe the wDdss
knew Mr.. Mcfarland wa to be ma rie to tie man
Rchard'on and no aided II, and he was precisely
w.tnln 10 al lab W. He introduced tie agent OF
not Otherwise has pa ticipateo III the Proceedings.
The Court excluGed tie question.
desired 10 show hat MIR. Greeley intro luced Mrs.
Calhoun, who went in purSuiG OF Mr.. Beecher 10
soiemnile the eremouy, and tint Mr. BE cher
woull no have zen IN itcel 10 90 so hal she leen
In roiaced b. any otner pc n than Mr.. Gree aley.
q Did yOl ever examine the manuscript from
which tina article was written? A. | am very cei.
tam thai di read ~; he came aal ask ID me TO al.
low hiiD 60 make Statement; lie went away AMI
away out au nouri cannot swear this IS ii al
copy OF IN NAM uscrps: sent the manus r.pt up
sta rs 70 The printers, an | taat was tie last saw
o. Had your paper at that time been threatened
wilh nit ty N AeFarand flr de'amalionp A. No.
Q. Dom you know that any puh at on that ap
pcared In the yTfOune was under menace OF 5al
proceedmgsY A. do not.
q Yon win not undertake 10 say that threat II
legal proceedings hal not been made aaaInst the
" per' A. ls might Lave been made without my
q. This you say fs yonrs "a raper handed to wit.
nesslS A. Tne last i've Ines OF tho paragraph
Redire.t-o. Mr.. Creelev when was this conver.
sation with Mr.. Reds A. should think it WAS
ahot tho time OF Richardson death or shorty afer
A's .. II. In Your roomY A. Yes.
O. STATE oil you know about that conversational
A. This person CAME 10 me and said he was con-
he wanted t. ask some questions OF me or to 20 t
him about the matter; answered HIM as well as
could.
q. Give us the substanc. Of what yon sadS A.
He frs asked me abont the letter gave to Mrs. Cal
noun lor Mr. Beecner; told him what the con cnts
were that Mrs. Calhoun was to consult him. and
tha ne ntieht trust her as q woman OF truth; then
Id him that mcFarllnd had colne to me ana told
him about one-thrd OF what he printed.
Q. Oi that IN the paperY A. Yes; he asked me tr
did not think they would make o good point Oh me
about this marriage and iree love business, and
told him that thought every one knew my charac-
tr.
q. DID any per ons-Mrs. slncfalr or Mrs. McFar-
land-appy 70 you and interfere On behalf OF Mr..
COunsc for tie pr s,ner obIectad.
The Court oveuuled the objection.
A. Mrs. Mcfaffind net cr CO. suited me: Mrs. Sim
clar asked me- lhink wien he was seeking The ap-
polntment in the enrolling ONCE;
Counsel for the pfisoner-Was Richardson cOntem
plating gong 10 any place in December, lS60f A.
Not 10 my know iedge.
Q. You have no knowledge on that subject A. No;
as soon as he cane rom the South he conlnelc d
writing looks, and nave seen him very rarey to
my kncwtdge; he was twice employed to go West.
To TIE District Atiorney-He was not permanent Y
was CORE spondent; lie did not write uny letters
from there, but was under pay.
Testimony Of Samuel Sinclair.
Mr.. Samuel Sinclair was next examined by the
District Attorney. am publisher of The Tribune and
have been SO Tor nine years; am acqnined with the
prisoner; first saw HIM III the lal of 1867; have
known him more or less ever since then; did not
know much about him Until 1861; also knew his
wife: first saw her In the autumn Of 1857; did not
see much OF her until 1861.
your house when the prisoner, Mrs Mcfarland her
iatner and your Wiie were presentf A. ! recoet
the 24th Or February, 1857,
Q. VIII YOU state VINO. were PRESENT. A. Mrs
McFarand. MT Mcfarlanu, Mr.. ana Mrs. sage, MIR.
Onver Johnson, Mrs. 10 bnson and myself
q. Now state what occurred on that occasion In
the pre- sence OF the prisoner.
Question objected to B., counsel for defence.
long argument here ensued between counsel as
to the aamis ssibiity OF evidence OF McFarlans con
dlton previous to tie 10th of March, 1857 when he
obtained the intercepted letter c0unse for the de-
fence contendng that 10 was only from that date that
the Insane condition commenced
The OBJ ection was oycrruled BY the Recorder.
Witness resumed-I forget, but think Mrs. McFar.
land opened the subject she told Mcfarland
1hat lie had sought for an interview with
her, and that She had refused 1t uaitl her
father arrived, and that her IA her was then there,
and that tie Interview was now cording appoint.
ment; she commenced tie conversa ION ana at seve-
ra times maze reference to her past history; Mr..
McFa land objected 10 these statements bee cause it
was going back so many years. there was more or
less said on both sides, and finally Mrs. Mcfarland
told MIR. Mcfarland that LIS conduct had deprived
her OF any affection size ever had for him, and mad
driven her TO the vi aerable conclusion that under
no possible circumstances could she ever live with
him again; that was very nearly her language To-
heye. .HN
Q. Wcll, what did he say TO tha.s A. BE sail that
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