The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-17

George A. Smith sworn. Witness resides here;
has lived in Baltimore, and has been approached
and offered $1,000 to furnish evidence against hr'
Bowen. ,,,,o-,
MIR. Merrlck said that the only witness before
the grand jury was one T. ]. Mackey, aha II was
proposed to show that Mackey was the lie OF tHe
prosecution; that such Of1e: had been made; that
MaoEey was in the courtroom advising the prose.
cutton as to the mode Of procedure by nstes sent
the prosecution through the bailifTs.
The court ruled the offer out and the aefence
Tie defence rested the case here.
Mr. HENDERSON POSITIVE.
The prosecution recalled.
Mr. Henderson. Witness never say WllHlns0n
before; did not marry him to Taoitha Parse.
Tabitha Bowen was called, but the court ruied
her out. ~,
stand to prove that in the spring OF go Bowen
INTRODUCED MRS. pARKE AS HIS WIFE.
The defence objected.
The defence said they would agree that TINS
evidence should be taken II they would admit an
explanatory letter OF the alleged first w1fe.
The court ruled this evidence as competent.
Henry Matthews. recalled. witness WAS sent
for and went to Mrs. Bowen's house IN Louisville,
on the 2lst or 22d OF August, and was there IN.
troduced to Mr.. Bowen; saw
LETTERS OF Mr.. BOWEN
in his handwriting addressed TO her as Mrs.
Mr.. Harrington having handed over letter to
Mr. Bowers counsel, Mr.. B. said 1t was q forgery.
Mr. q. then called attention to the 1act that coun-
/ letter was read, dated washington. February
Sth, 1870" saying II will send you $3.50 by the
frst OF March, addressed by G. G. Bowen TO Mrs.
I, Bowen.
Parke. Bowen, when the defence said that they
admitted that she was living dsreputaole nle.
". p Larrimore sworn. Witness lives IN amer
lcus Ga saw defendant in Lee Comfy, o. MY ss sa ra
Bower; hey left there In 1852. -.,,
CrJss-exanined by Mr.. Mefrlck. Witness will
be twenty years OF age next December; was eight
GID Gideon on I Keor py sworn. witness saw Bowen
during the last Of March in Dooly County, Ca; II
was long way from Pernandlna, Fla; they
came to his house. and he introduced that lady
Mrs. Parke.Bowen) as his wife; It was between
January and complaining, (which is gener ally
In March.l
Cross. examined. Bowen was farming at the
time. and came to see him on visit; witness
married Hrs. T. Bowen's brother's widow.
THE PROSECUTION CLOSED,
and defence CALLED Mr.. d. Matthews, who testh
fed that letter handed to him was IN the nand-
writing OF Mrs. parEe Boweni .,o :,
The prosecution objected to the introduction OF
the letter, and the court sustained the Objection.
The following Is the excluded letter.
LOUISVILLE, August 16 1870.
aKr. Bo,ce,s-Yours OF the 18th has just been ne.
eeived. Judge OF my surprise on recognizing
yonr handwriting, but how much more at It's
contents. What on earth could nave induced
James Gordon to make such an afhdaVit as yon
speak Off He never knew me that know OF,
neither did I know him; but enough. 1ea ask
me to make statement Of the truth or lalsity OF
this report or afndayit iou say justice demanas.
sion, as such it must be- therefore let It be remem
beled that I have known and lived With you seve.
Yal years. We were never married. Inc amoS
Wit is false. have no Claim upon you. nope
6pia all
called upon TO pen another line on this unpleasant
'u''e''' s'' mrs. fAsITnA PAKKE."
Mr.. HARRINGTON
then commenced his argument to the jury, In
which he said they owed 1t tothe community 10
punish the offender OF the laws he himself aids TO
make. In reference to the attempt 0f the defend
ant to traduce the character OF Mrs. Parke-BoWen,
he said he had gone far enough. They, II they let
the defendant 60, would marry her to man VINO
win you give Tsblsha Parke over TO suCh man,
who for such paltry sum, wonld take woman
from disrepntable house and marry herr he
reviewed the evidence OF the witnesses very
The Result Of the Trial.
[BY TELEGRAPH.l
! WASHINGTON, Thursday, February 16.
The Jury in the Bowen case, after consulting all
night, found themselves unable to make ver-
dict, eleven being ior conviction and one for ac.
qui.tal. They, therefore, came into court this
morning and were discharged Judge Wylie, In
discharging them, eaid, II the prosecution failed
to obtain verlics on that evidence, he did not
think they would ever have verdict He said
that one bribed juror was more than a match for
his eleven fellows, but he did not mean to insnu-
ate that there was bribed juror on this panel
he did not see how Q juror could hesitate for
moment In finding verdict in s.caie IKE this,
and be thought that the evidence Of two Wit
nseses, who testified to their oBn infamy, should
not have much weight. A wretch OF that kind
ought not to be believed
Bowen has been arrested Oh another charge Of
bigamy, at the Instance Of Frances Hicks, whom
the charges allege he married in Augusta, Ga, IN
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