The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-07

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| of night prior to that; retired that nlsht at
| 1.-THE former visits of Col. Bradbury accounts
tor my wife retiring o ihas with s sitt ha up
NJ, inn, a,ter nv marriage Peters told me
i ious NV wife had such fits-hysterical or
| otherwise must not be frightened, because
| his wife had them and he thought she was go
| inc TO die; that when he proposed to cal! in
the neighbors she got over tfiem My wife had
| one prior to this conversation with Peters: at
| the U. S. Hotel In the spring OF 1870 had
| an office in Thomas Block; there has never
| been any -four or lime in that office; there has
| been no sign on the door of N j. Miller, either
| on the inside or out since 1867. never was
| there with woman on the occasion described
| by the witness. Mr.. Ml,ken occupied the
office on the left baud OF the stairway, and we
| used to leave the key 10 the outside door in
| Briggs store, so we could &c. it when We came
down in the morning. have no other key
| that will open that door. After Mrs. Miller
| returned from Mt. Desert in 1859 said to her
| that she and her friends had probably talked
| over the question OF her not returning with
the children, and that the trouble GU the Sd of
Sept. was part of the programme to get up
an excuse for separation, and she admitted it.
Gen. Shepley presented my wife with brack-
ct and flower pot, cribbage box and fixines,
bouquets, and has brought books, but whether
as lOaus or presents 1 do not know. He also
presented her with match box. She told me
at one time that he gave her some fans. He
also gave Charley book. He used to give the
children money to buy candy. Gen. S. has
been to walk with my wife quite often and left
me to keep house; they generally left me alone
for few minutes, but we're gone for an hour
or two, and it was pretty lonesome. 1 never
told Mrs. Hudson about my wife's purity. My
house and furniture are in the same condition
as when my wife left, with the exception OF
some OF my clothes and siverware.
Cross er.-When / spoke to Gen. Shepley
| about he and my wiie's whispering 10 the pres
| ence of my sister, and that it was nuladyliae
| and ungentlemanly, he agreed with me; L am
| not positive whether he or introduced the
| conversation; was present when the whisper
| ing took place; it was in the spare chamber of
my house; Gen. s., my wife, Elias Thomas and
| my sister Statira were present. Before was
| married sometimes took Intoxicating liquors;
| do not recollect of being drunk at Tinker's
| Hotel in Ellsworth; l will swear l was never
| drunk there twelve times; will not swear that
| was not drunk there five times while lived
| there. At my wedding my wife took wine
with Thompson Lewis, who has since married
my wiies sister. In 1865 L remember Of as
saultng Abel Somerby in Whittier's apothe-
cary shop; was not drunk, but had been
drinking in a private house opposite. He was
older than am. l remember the affray with
Len SWEET in 1868 or a. when I tore his coat;
think had been drinking some; SWEET was
arrested aud was taten as witness. Odd
you throw the water out OF the window at the
time Mrs Nichols testified to? Avery like
| ly; Chas. Rogers was probably present. did
| not see my wife shed any tears at the time. l
| recollect of sitting down in a tub of water at
| the Groton House stable The bows did not
| put me in; fell in; 1 had been drinking; that
| was four or five years ago. l cannot say how
many times l was drunk in the street before
that time. Neither nor my friends have re-
| Gently, to my knowledge attempted to get me
| into an inebriate asylum.
| My wife said she had drank liquor SO much
| that she talked more than she ought to; I
| don't recoilect whether she drank the liquors
| in Robinson's ice cream saloon; l said 1
fsrct hi 9
| party was in the winter of 81 and '62 or '62
| and '63, think one winter and part of another;
very rarely saw my wife partake of liquors at
these whist parties; don't recollect distinctly
| but one time, can't swear it was not current
| wine; it was at James E. Carter's house on
Danforth street; l don't know how much she
drank-whether half tumbler; Mr.. Wood
man and the Misses Chadwick were at the
next whist party; WoOdman is dead and the
Chad in California.
Q-And can't be produced as witnesses?
CouTt-That is matter of argument
:, Wstness-We had whist parties before Gen.
Shepley Joined us; it is my recollection now
that he attended whist parties, with us from
the fall and winter of 1867 8'to the last of the
winter of '69-'70, more or less frequently. Very
likely the first time Gen. Shepley was at our
house to play whist was when Mrs. Nichols
was there in Feb. 1867; can't say he saw q card
there before; can't testify that ever saw him
play game of cards before that. From June,
1879, to January, 1869, don't recollect that l
wines or liquors; don't retract my statement;
have seen my wife drink intoxicating liquors
ten times ten times at Dyers, in the presence
of myself, Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Inman aud Mr. &
Mrs. Dyer; at the time she was under tn e inhu
ence of liquor at Dyer; did not know that she
| was unwell and did not wish to go; smelt her
| breath. Liquors were ordered at Chadwick's
| seventeen times in three years; she ordered
the sherry wine for jelly; Shepley aud drank
the most OF III; it was brown sherry. and very
| poor; she might have made jelly of part of it;
We drank once of that wine. When l was 60
! ing down town in the morning and had taken
| too much over night and had to do writing and
| my hand trembled, had to get something to
| steady my hand; when was intoxicated I was
| not tic to do business; nobody accused me of
| wishing to do business when 1 was intoxicated.
| My father was Collector of Internal Revenue
and my brother Daniel was his clerk: am
| the eldest son; 1 don't Know that my mother
desired to administer; Phinehas Barnes adj
ministered on my fathers estate; father died
n ioua M app,,aa .or .e1sess ..
application and [ took it to Gen. Shepley; he
said he would present for me; Daniel, my
brother. in the Collectors office, assisted me |
some after my fathers decease, and Mr.. Bird |
and Mr.. Robinson; employed Mr.. Bird be-
cause it was long and difficult account; 1 |
was busy with my father; very probably there
were errors in the account; got Bird and
Robinson by the advice of my father; Mr.
Rollins did not assist ma; he went home with
me when was intoxicated.
Q-When you asked your wife to get liquor
| for Rollins and she told you there was none in
the house, did you tell her twas a God damned
| lie?
| Al don't recol.ect. Peters consigned lum-
| Der to my father; never got the pay for it be-
| cause he assumed the guarantee and lost it.
| Idon't recoect of ever seeing Sargent and
| MarstOn till saw them on the stand; l might
have spoken to Sargent about the Ellsworth
| packet; have no recollection of it.
| Q-Do you swear at that time there was not
| n az o nj a WOr
Al bave no recollection of any such Cir
| cumstance; / may have spoken to stranger
on the street without recolecting it; don't
| think did; there was no sign upon the door
bearing the name of n J. Miller with or with
| out the junior; none on the inside door; there
is now; 1t was put up the first of October last;
| left the key to that door in the next store; If
| one part of their story is false think it il all
false; say it is false; can't say that was
not with woman on the street; did not go
up stairs with woman that night as they say;
if Il had gone into my office in the night time
with a woman should recollect it.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
For neatly an hour before the time for the
beginning of the afternoon session "a crowd of
witnesses gathered around the court room
packing the staircase and lower corridor
completely full of living humanity, and when
the doors were opened the crowd at once filled
all the public space inside the room, while as
many as could get within ear shot occupied
the lobby. the door between which and the
courtroom was left open. Quite number of
ladies was admitted by the private entrance
and occupied seats among the spectators
NJ j. Miter's cross examination resumed
| Had power of attorney from my father to do
certain knds of business-to draw money, Be
at J. W. Dyer's, on the lst of JAM. 1870, the
people were coming and going all the evening
il was not formal party; there might have
, been twenty persons in the lower rooms at one
time; did not see my vile and Gen. Shepley
in the sitting-room when other persons were
: not present; at one time there was a person
playing on the piano; rooms open and persons
, | passing backward and forward; don't know
whether or not the piano in the sitting room
was played for dancing. Mrs. Millers mother
has been at my house some Is or 20 times since
l was marred, including her stops iourneying
east aud west; sometimes she stayed several
7 weeks; in the summer of go was there several
| weeks; have an impression that she was there
| later in that season; she was there in all more
| than four times three times. Mr.. Peters stayed
, | several times longer than when be came in
u Sept. I had latchkey to my house, and
) | went in and out when / chose; sometimes
l when had been away and was not expected
' home, had to ring, as the other lock was used
:; / have invited Gen. Shepley to my house; he
u | generally came without invitation; do not rec
q ollect OF inviting Gen. Shepey in the summer
!, OF 1869, or winter and summer Ut 10; did moi
at any of these periods press Gen. Shepey- tC
y remain. Did frequently in the summer O