The New York herald., 1870-05-04

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3. Is II the prisoner'si A. Itis
g Look at that letter. Is that in Mr.. NcFarlands
9: Look at that promlssory note. Is that the sig.
nature OF McFarlandf ltis.
In consideration for money borrowed by Mr.. McFar-
land OF my husband.
her husband and during the following summer she she
spent part OF the time at your housei. A. Yes.
A. what M M time 9, did she present herself at your
8 How long a!d she remain there, A. She re-
maiued there until January. 1870
Do you recollect the time Of the shooting or the
O Was she at your house at that timer A. She
@ You accompanied her to this cityi A. did.
O. How long did she remainf A. She remained
HA afTer the death Of Richardson and then she re-
Cross.examinsd by prisoners counsel-o Mrs.
4 IL asfTed e s SutF %orY @
A. She never worked In factory.
@ Then she really d!d no work for herself, In that
factory, and she might have worked there.
O. You have given us various times when Mrs.
came and how she jeft-how do you remember all
these thingsf A. have looked 1t over and thought
Q. Then you have carefully prepared your memo.
rys A. Yes; my daughter and have talked 1t over
Three.
O. Do you mean to say that none OF these visits Of
lection and desire to visit her familyS A. don't
know that they were
Q. Then you do wish the idea to be conveyed that
the visits were the result of pecuniary wantf A.
Most Of them expect were for that purpose.
Q; Were any Of them visits Of anectionf A. How
O. You don't know, then, whether she had made
any arrangements with her husband for paying you
for her bOardp A. don't know anything about
that; did not know what money she was supplied
with.
the habeas corpus proceedingsf A. Yes.
Q. Do you remember whether you wrote note to
Mr.. Mcfarland after he got Percy bacKf A. wrote
him only one note.
O. You cannot be mistakens A. No, I'm not mis-
Prisoners counsel-That Is right.
O., Now, did you write that notes Note handed
to witness.) A. Yes, 1t was 1867, or January,
@. Now, did you not write him second note when
Percy got back? A. No, / did not.
Q. Is that your handwritinga Handlng witness
ten all about it; those are potn my letters.
Prisoners counsel-That should be warning to
% Now, Now Madame, do you know your daughters
handwrting2 Is that Mrs. McFarland's handwrit-
ingf A. 1t Ia not like her writing; l cannot say.
(The same answer was given in reference to two
Q. Did you ever see Mr.. Richardson's A. 1 did.
O. When did you first see hims A. In Charles.
town, in the fall Of 1867, when he came to Mr..
Clevelands.
O. Was your daughter stopping tneres A. No, she
q Miss Gilbert came with Mr. Richardson A. In
@. You had never seen him before thenf A. Ihad
q. Then you never heara Of any intercourse be-
tween them until the first shootlngP A. No, did
O. When did you first know that Richardson was
about to marry your daughter9 A. cannot tell
o. Was 1t in 1857 A. No, not in 1857
Q. Cannot you tell when 1t wass A. No, cannot
O. How many years Is iu since Richardson init.
mated his wish to marry your daughterY A. 1t
might be one year or It may be two
@. Cannot you remember whether 1t was 1867 1868
or 1882 A. don't remember.
Q. When did you hear Of the Intercepted letter
heard t..ere was q great fuss about this letter.
@. Did you hear during that spring that Richardson
was going to marry your daughter9 A. heard Of 1t
Q. You never knew what was in that letter. A.
40 not know except what people told me.
Q. What Is your opinion Of this letter. A. think
that was rather rash letter after the separation.
Q. Is that all 2 A. Yes, on his part; believe my
daughters conduct has been perfectly. good; yes,
sir up to this hour; l have not read Mrs. Mason's
testimony or Mr.. swans; I have not even read the
@. Do You approve of Mrs. McFarland's conduct
in associatng with Mr.. Richardson and going to
diana to procure divorce for the purpose OF marry
Mr.. Davis objected, and the Recorder said he did
not what the opinions Of the witnesses had to do
Prisoners counsel contended that he had right
to test the moral views OF each Witness and II they
ment it. He thought this especially applicable in
view OF this witness failure to identify her daugh-
ter's handwriting.
A. see no harm In doing 30; am residing with
my daughter in woodside; she did not send me
saw s. mrs: oanoun's letter II 1885, j; don't don't
sno aid how NOT g sa hy daughter d then n IL
in Boston; don't remember any other letter; he
M to a hv sav
that he had taken all Mrs. Calhoun's letters; don't
know when heard of TINS letter being read; when
upon:
Do You approve of the change Of Dannys
name no one mas given him the name Of Sage.
Q. He is q child OF five years OF age. Has he
have not changed IT..
The court here took q recess
After Recess.
Upon the re-assembling of the court Mrs. Sage
again took took the stand and testified on crossex
Mr. Mcfarland and his wife, after the reading Of
this letter, remained few days, running into Octo.
the latter part Of September, 1865; am sure Of 1t
from a letter received from Mr. Mcfarland from
Manchester, to which he went from our house.
Testimony Of Lizzie J. snge.
Lizzie ]. Sage was next called on and testified
Richardson formerly Mrs. Mcfarland.
O. Did you at any time stop with them while they
them five months in Brooklyn at the corner Of Clark
and Willow streets; during that time I saw
af asfqSSsn SS was qsASd y bS e Museum Sa
he brought me to the matinee play; he
came In With me and only remaihed few minutes,
n %aS he to n
his breath; ne stopped but few minutes when he
went out again, saying he would not be long, but he
then waited few moments and Was leaving the
place when met him at the vestioule door; he was
walking few blocks he said he had to makn call
at house on our way to the ferry; he staggered SO
thar l had to heip, him along; he went INTO
mained there about five minutes and when he came
out walked towards him and asked him II bis
| took me by the hands ana kissed them and NUT
tered some words which could not hear or under