New-York tribune., 1870-04-30
}, Do you know woman blythe name Of willsrdi

| q. What is shei A. My housekeeper ,., ,novn
her 10 0r1i years. ,, -o;rst Won for
q. What magistrate issued warrant against 20" '0'
@. How many Years had you becn away from you,
wife before she compelled you 10 DO Soie'Ae '' "''
@ Bnt she had got to compel you to give hsp
something to eat A. do not know e was o'is'u ~
do IL; never left her she leit me .. nnor, bor,
Ye&s, Y& Sir. s&u were p"' u"''' ,,n..,
q. And you have Obeyed that order ever sincef A.
! o. Now. Sir with whom have you talked on the subject
of this did you know yon were % To De
a witness here A. Day before yesterday MT. GllDert
came to and served summons on me DAY before yes
@ Now when Mr Mcfarland had that habeas corpus
Won made an affidavit for him A. Yes, Sir; regret
coming here; tried TO keep out OK IT. never came until
| i was under $3.50 bonds 90 come.
Q. Did You ever have any other boarders beside Mr..
Mcfarland A. Yes Sir; Mr.; Edwards, who worked for
! me- and man by the name OF Thompson.
q now long have you been in the clearinghouse ousi-
nee A. could net tell ..-
House through TIE tribune infuencei A. No, Sir
| :. Any ore eisei A. M John F. cleveland spoke to
me- believe he is Mr.. Greeleys hrotherin-law have
O. Did you ever hear him refer to the subject OF his
domestic troublesl a. Yes Sir.
Q. Did not he show grief whenever he referred to
@ Very great gricfi A. did not consider it very ex
@. From whom did yop get your first APPOINTMENT to
office in ls64l A. From Mr. salmon r. Chase, Chase; Not
unless you call Mr. Cleveland TRIBUNE man; do not
k3Sy II whether Is pS S m4s qT a n1, Mr. Mcfarland
had threatened Mr. Richardson's life, and seriously
meant redeem that threat If opportunity offered dd
YOU ever know that il was your duty to inform Mr. Rich
ardSon you had the right TO go before magistrate
and have him put under bondsf a. hd not thlhk ho
meant to dc IL.
To Judge Garyin-My wife separated from me- she
sold furnished house while was away and took the
money aud ran of to the country have been inpor-
tuned time and again to go back and live with heT ovo
proved such state Of facts as have testified to here to-
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES G. STONE.
Examined by Mr. Davis-I reside in Hartford; have
resided in this city, am printer; know the prisoner,
Daniel McFaranG first became acquainted with him
in 1863 in the latter part Of May or fore part OF June
made his acquaintance in the ProvostMarshals Office
O. What do you know to his habits OF ntox alton at
that tmei a. 1 should judge that he drank know
at that time that he drinking man my ac-
quaintance with him extended over about three months
have seen him under the influence OF liquor; while
under the influence Of liquor considered him morese,
rather irritable should judge that saw him under
the iniaence OF liquor almost every day. 49,,
O. Have You at any time heard him say anything on
the subject of his domestic troubles A. Yes sir in 1867
q on that occasion did he make any threats toward
Richardson A. He did he said at that time Showing
me letter from Hchardson) that In case he saw or
heard of further correspondence he would shoot Rich
q. Have you heard him make threats any other oc
ossexamned by Mr. Graham-Q. Did you make
deposition for Mrs Mcfarland to sustain her right To the
children on the habeds corpus proceedings III Massach-
settsi A. was supenaed by her. and answered ques-
O. You were her witness at those proceedinGsl A. 1
was. and was also Mr. McFarland's; gave evidence
Runkle was her attorney; do not know whether Mr..
Mcfarland had attorney there or not think there
one there but the Commissioner was supenaed
about five weeks ago TO be a witness here.
@ Now Sir, did Mr.. Mcfarland dsplace you from
your position in the enrolment office 7 a. have sus-
pected him of doing it, up to the time of seeing him IN
O. Did YOU know Mr. Richardsoni A. No, sir.
q. Have you had any political position since Mr.. Nc
Farland's time as Commissioner Of Enrolimenti A.
q. DO you do any printing for THE TRIBUNE Object
| O. Have you done anyi A. No. Siri
q; Have you ever been In that office A. have been
| In there; never been employed IN there.
Q. Are you intimately acquainted III the 0ihce A.
/ am not.
O. Is there any person in there that you connected
@ Does any relative or friend Of yours hold official
position there at this time A. don't understand
@ Have you any relative or friend in the ohlcei A
O. Has any political favor been got out of Il At Office
by you or for any friend or relative Of yoursi SIR
O. You sympathze with them politically A. do not
O. Yon are not intimate with themi A. No, Sir.
q. Make nothing out of theIni a. No, sir.
TESTIMONY OF MRS. SARAH LANE.
live at No So sixth-ave am dressmaker; know Mrs.
McFariand boarded with them from June 1sce, to I
don't remember what time boarded at No. 80 sixthave
1 roomed in the front room on the first floor.
O. Have you ever known Of McFarland's drinkingi |
A. have never seen him drink.
O. Did you ever know Of his shutting himself in his
room for any length Of timer A. Yes, Sir for three
days; went into his room and asked him If lie was sick;
@. Did you know he was drunki A. thought so he
preston Of all in the house that he drunk; don't
know only what Percy told me about Mr.: McFarland's
being out and making speech; Percy used TO spout
CrosseSamned-I Was subpenaed here two weeks ago;
had talked with tine subject Of subpoena 10
my knowledge; don't know how they fourd me out;
O. You think when you saw him at the time spoken Of
he under the influence of liquors A. Yes, sir lknoU
O. Did you ever see him drink lquori A. No, Sir; |
went into his once during those three days; his
very much tossed up don't remember seeing
any bottles there.
you about TINS beforei No, don't,
g ask yOn again il that is all yon rememberl e A.
remember. lLaughterl
MR.. STONE RECALLED TIE DEFENSE.
O. MI Stone 10 you live in Hartfordi A. Yes, Sir;
have lived there since last September printer
there.
O. Have you come twice from Hartford to give evil
dence on this trial A. have.
O. You knew they could not force you to come on by
sending subpoena; you knew subpoena out Of the State
was good for anythingi A. supposed they could
bring me.
from Connectcuts A. They didn't tell me.
Was any suspena sent yS1i A. There was
himself deputy sheriff Of this state handed TO me.
@. You have come Oh twicei A. Yes, Sir.
q. How long ago was the first occasioni A. Last
@ Did the subpoena say your expenses would be paid
@. Have you the subpoena with youi A. have not it
O. Did you receive more than one subpenai A. The
DistcAttorney handed me one this morning to get into
the Courtroom.
Q. How the first subpoena worded: "To be padl'
A. Expenses paid here"-three words on the outside
Of the envelope
@ How did you get notice you were wanted here to-
dAyi A. received letter from the District Attorney
yesterday twas dated the day before havn got that
letter.
Judge Davis then offered in evidence the decree
cernng custody Of the children OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcfarland 1t as follows:
Daniel Mcfarland concerning
and Daniel bis children 1t Is dereed hat the
assigned his father and the custody Of said
his mother that both father and mother shall have reasonable
his her custody, subject the Of
IN, prescribe regulations that this decree sh
not from nghs hereafter required snd that neither party
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