The New York herald., 1872-02-10
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COus!.
The Estate ot Siadame Jumel.
Before Judge Shlpmau.


Before Judge Shlpman.
The further hearing of the case oi George wash.
tnGtOn Bowen VS.. Nelson Chase resumed yes
terday.
THE DEFENCE.
Shortly after the sitting Of ths Court Mr..
Charles 0'Con0r resumed his address TO the jury ON
behaif OF the defendant MIR. Chase. He com.
mented upon the testimony of the witness Hull,
stating tnat was altogether unreliable and could
not be depended upon Tor an instant. lie next ad.
verted 70 the evidence or the witness Perry. Tnis
witness stated, among other Things. that ne had In
the year LOIS come East to New YORK bs railroad.
That statement could not possibly be tue. because
tho nrst faiirOid buil IN the United States
was the Albany and Scaenectuuy road,
irem tnat wnat credcncc lney should place on tie
testimony oi Perry when ne swoe 10 iucts, dates
verted to the allegations That had been made TO the
effect that Mayor Balou had peen express rider
lCr Oenerai Washing ON, who visited tue MAJOR at
hls residence BECAUSE received injury Dy TALL
from his horse, and wniie SO visiting the Major lie
became enanorcd vi the beaatilu servant g,rl.
10 slander attaching 10 the name Of Washington,
whose iane ana gOry were dear 10 the ueaIIs ms
country men; and II ho mad errors anu faults 1t
would becouie them to SPEAK gently ana kndly OF
them. lie tMr. " Jonor, did not knIw OF those
aud he thought that no one for an Insrant
Se!leVen t s,.,n9 " asn right nm ,se n theory o.
have been only nne years OLD when he Was
born. 1nere VAS one great feature in tue plainrins
Case-onc which went 10 SHOW how utterly unrelia-
bic and unsupported IL was-and tnaB was that
during the many long years haL Madame JulneI re-
sided IN New OK SHE nad never once gone
Providence 10 George Washington Bowen. II
he was her son wound not tEe prompting her
heart aer alernal feelings, nave induced her To
20 and see him lind nin amt learn all about nn
and how ne Was getting on Ia tue woridY Eut thea.
sage tie paiaan, she could not nave gone. because
see see hini. That statement was an,rae. Madame
Jume was not rrIsoiier. She wis q
4 na
contrary 10 all the iacts TO assume that had
ever been restricted OF her iherty. Wine her
friends were in France she had resided alone IN
New York, aud at tIiat tle If she SO dc >ired there
was no ainn IN the world to prevent ner ireu SEQ
about sucn son. Did any human being believe
that tins woman, living IN spendor and surrounded
with all tue Rraces ana rcHncmentS oil lie, the wle
O rch ald powerful merchant, would openly de-
clare that she was the mother OF an Llcgiunatc
child, born la house OF bad repute al Providence?
Such thtag was not to oe crcdiled. Tue llea
could not te lntertainei ivr q monlenL No oouns
the Old lazy. hrs. Williams wno was In
tno habt O writing stories with her own
embellishments, belcved she was telling the trath
when she testified AS TO an alleged conversation
About Madame Jumc having son, tut the OLD
lays mind had Wandered InI0 tie realm OF fable
and lcton, adj though ne Thought she believed
taken. 1hc learned COUNSEL with great parl.cu.
larity and minutcness went into all tue iacts end
circumstances. as tney nave been developed on the
part ol the pDaIntln. and c,osed his address Dy oU-
serving that would be sLown tuat Tie case oi the
Of PERJURY .' Sc severey ccssa ,Se prac,ce
prevalent among souie LAWYERS OF taking up cases
coud w nd secs for Ssr sr fss
thanked'tne Court and Jury Tor tile patience with
which they nad listened 20 nlm for SO many hours.
for hn 10 go into Heightened details and comments.
Ata quarter 10 one o'clocS Judge sbpman said
nectlcut, and Ior tnat purpose ne must leave town
1mmedately. He would now discharge the Jury
he had oats 70 repeat what nS had already SAID to
tuem, aud tnat was hat they were Carefully ~ ap.