Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-01
Q. Q. BOWEN.
HIS SECOND flIAL FOR sEGAMY,


VISA resumed tina. morning in the oripinal Court.
u sh sns as s:f
sI mr e me r sSgT a
stoned considerable strstehisg Of necks the part
judge 0iiH SAID on the question as to whether the
could be attacked that he thorght IL could First
for fraud: and second, want q yuri.diction. Toe
whether it fass OF frs nd aent atd every fact as
S sns 3: ooa I G SSsd b
vse inclined g think that no process could have
wsS no publication ct all He repeated that the
record Was open TO attack, on the ground of fraud
mr.. Biddle asked II this ruling Of the court did
no, effect rule out that record N
An exception % tn. ruling Of the csr RI was noted
Ny. r. NJ. Piame sworD.-wiIne.s 1. clerk OF
StTy IN the q ohri Sven ae T sasD sss
june 3D. decs made He ..o foGod name o ~ s.t
Bowen iI the index. The case wa, not ind sx I'd
his wa. made bur rsdiy Ne had de 0s cs, snd
arch for ,ne ~, ,snsl papers but did not
csrth, copy OF the originsl. On further auestian
log be .eslined that the accompany pspers
other papers. A lawyer, whose pane he did no,
knew s Of an
ho Se IN If 70 s.
b. sssenss w, Witns'; looked through the pagers
" Al sbi R,1 soin.
ents red the snd took tue Of th clerk who
was temporarily absent, but on his returnias she
Witness Iestnsd at Considerable lenstb f oa ts
mode Of procedure in hi. oee, during shioh he said
deceased three or four years does not Know Of biz
say syerai such srasfons in other Of the book
v Re LII. 4 no entry Of snmmens
generally entersthe eass as . whole not the preiim
Ddrtd N. Cooper, sworn a.
rPasJ the
ing, THE attorney and under the FIRST saw ndica-
spy din renee in the hand writing Of ''Chri: SCI and
sure. bal no attempt to conceal witness found ssy
en- No ot Gs, s1.; = s;;.,,,
lFATBER OF GENERAL srcxIvsJ
worn With. ., has bcen . isvyer in New York fer
.';s n sns Object
Never saw Mr.; Bowen in his ONCE; witness vas in
N. r, e.. suS.ser y I
. .Sr Az pFoSuced ns. q the Alas, and
s q to"sn 10 % ;p9a ID
Nj Ha:r,trstS, read MA. purpSrt. to be Mr.
notice, and Mr. Herrick mid he never mads m cb a
q the %sGs &c cher e.si
ness never published such advertfs ements in the
supplements, which contained only oorpor alton
The defence objected to the book and the eyIdsno.
-SyS.ss s. WOOD witness is connected with IN.
New 1ork Ddfiy Transcript. srd produced hies:
,3nnd no notice In the case Of Bowen ast Bowen in
Crosse foreman, would have
II wss not in the paper on the day mentioned nsr
n. q Btamsn.-Witnsss is Deputy U,ert q,
No such Gaze asC =: Bowen ast. francis Bowen
.ueh case on Judge Barn docket was there any
iess Sn' half e judge Bar.
to z etsree IL not beard b him:
10 x. .. 81 As
s sst iSs and xitnsss said he did not
ss.pe Bowen or taxing bis adsrf ne rec'eet
% Mt h.sr,TIiuSton-"D DID you ever know Mrs. B.
WitIess-" The old gentleman Y-yss.n
mr.; yAarriDsfon--" Did he ever appear before
WIt,sss... He meyer did
MT Hsrringion Nov. gentlemen: do you ~ish
By Mr. Mn Msrriek He could not recOllect that
A recess was here taken.
reeaed and s"ss}fi:d S 'Rss CLOCK T. " Ha;'A'' was
MRS. lRANcEs HICKS powES
Frances Hicks. " ' VI
ec Sc the CAGE here, although they had come further
MI Bowen and his counsel retired With IN. nsr-
mission Of the court, for
N, coNsuLIlrIoN
Plumb and handed him record of the con RI Of ew
ferk; which Mr.. Hsrringto objected 10 being re-
The Court dscided to receive it. twas a COPY Of
NJ Pf.s se.s tined sSss ..a.a III.
ZION 70 t bot DID not know the contents OF
70 g sns g sss b,
81 the court Amer certifying TO II he handed IL
:;ss s s..s SS !; ~ S 4
May, last Monday. ' 80" "
her ts.tfJns Mr.. bowen sssed t6s Court III II .he
sss .ns e.
Mr. RIDDLE asked n the counsel objected to her on
JsAs. 0iia "a he aid MOI ssdsrssscd on vh..
seTmn her h. ,ssti,v hn1 coeio teauy. He would
III So.sn sss2sd ps ssss he had enclosed ss to
m .a & ., Srt oE the paper In question: and
IA r Mddl: s;lsd beg yh.t shsn9s Of inquiry she
A r. i iIss :. Hist. Bowen vss LYING; ~
.eDs m perfect God faith, ~. 1s't se e ssy was
chaife that she wss acting otherwise He over
mr. RieSis read from the act Of 1853. ID Brightly,
q husband and wife was tn limit OF tins; after
shieh. marriage BY either party would be justi-
The counsel for the government coutended that
this law did not apply In this could be
shown that there he'd been such ABB ence This vas
no defence, 90 defendant had based hfs cause anon
legal divorce, which had been shown to be fraudu-
Mr.. Riodle said he proposed to prove BIZ Mr..
bo.en and her nephew that Mrs. Bowen had sails
,.,l Nh, ynnses: aIcn. ,s s9yEs WAS DECEASED,
MS. Bowen said that her nephew, Mr.. Carson,
bad written to- Here Mr. Harm yton interrupted
her, and Mrs Bowen, turning 10 the Judge .aid she
stood here IN o perfectly
ABNORMAL CONDITION,
not knowing how TO answer, what to answer, or
The Judge ssid he would direct her right
ehS produced the letter, the purport OF which was
vhefher there was any woman living In LouisyilIe
who claimed 30 be the wife Of O. O. Bowen. The
reply came that there was no such woman living
n. r. OBTen was swCrn. and testified that he
was In Charleston, b. o., I'm 1867; that be Wa re-
Quested By party Who called himself YOUNG, 70 no
to Augusta, Ga and make inquiry concernfna Tie
whereabouts Of Mrs. Francis Hicks; and found
that she had not been heard Of since the close Of the
war.
Jehs }. Nseson ,sf south Carolina, vss sworn. and
testified that be knew Mr.. Bowen In lS62: a Letter
was given him for Mrs. Frances Hicks Bowen Tor
delivery; took it - directed 10 her, and she vould
not receive 70, ssytpg that she wanted nothing 10 90
with him, left the letter and went away went 10 the
house the day following with another letter m
G. npspy with rhonas OBIien, and she told thsm