Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-09

q clock, l have not heard Wofu from Ine 1
truly ard greatly hope to hear To-Day 90 Us So 20
YOU and 20 on to Cincinnati but have been dis-
anpointed. Ifyou knew how have felt, dar-
ling, since left you, You would never douht or
tlisIrust me- never felt rs lonely ana miserable
IN my life. If don't hear by eight CLOCK TO-
night am going to Cincinnati to night; vii get
there by o'clock in the morning, and II DO
not hear from them tomorrow, will 60 on To
Washington and send you money back from
there Oh how I do hate this arrangement
snd~l am really afraid, you will have to come to
can take the night train at Mexico, and get to
Cincinnati at 9 next night and | will meet you
then, if possible Don't get mad with me, dar-
ling or discouraged because of the delay, Tor, as
God is my Judge, it is no fault of mine Take
good cure Of yourself, darling, and just rs soon
rs can hcnr will telegraph you.
Yours devotcdly.
: august Is, 1872.
"ro Mrs. Fannie S Clark, So Rngo House,
Mexico, Adrian county, Mo-"
The ''them' to which the letter aludcs arc
friends from which Clark expected to procure
money.
The second letter was written the same day,
and addressed like the first:
"My During Little Girl: In addition To what
wrote this evening l. think ii bcst to write
again. 1t is now ) O'clock, and still no answer,
IF do not hear by hulf-past eight shall 60 TO
Cincinnati to night, and If in no other way Will
borrow enough to bring you 70 that place, and
send it TO you, So that you can leave tomorrow
night. oh. darling, if [ only had you with me
tonight You do not know how much missed
your dear title hand on my own in the train:
When you get on the train, get the conductor TO-
see that your baggage Is properly attended to, II
YOU want to change cars here. l Will SEND you
u money order, and you can collect 1t yourselI.
| want you to take the letters and photograph
out of the trunk and put them in your pocket
You know the photograph | mean, the picture
of somebody when she was small. l believe
though, it Is an ambrotypo and is in the bottom
of the trunk. fit should be so that l cannot
met you nj the depot at Cincinnati, you must 60
to the Gait House und register as Mrs. j. NJ
Moore, n. g., and will find you, 1t may be
that cannot get oil from Taylor Thornton, but
| do not apprehcnd any difficult. | will send
you telegraph money-ordcr for enough to get
you Il ticket to Washington and to pay your OK
penses to Cincinnati, and after you get there
will meet you. Bring away all letters that may
come for me. hope to be with you in day or
two, darling, and until then hope you will try
to be happy. You can toll Mr. Ringo that
could not return ne expected. and will send HIM
whatever | may not have paid HIM. Ii you
leave tomorrow night you will get to Clncnnst'
Ever and dcVotediy yours. Destroy these letters,
or take mighty good care OF them;
The photograph referred to is one OF his
wife 5 taacn when very young.
These two letters, Miss Fewell testified, were
sent to Mexico after her departure from that
point, and forwarded to Manassas, where thoy
were taken into the possession Of her family
and kept from her sight.
The third letter dated Fredericksburg, and
which was handed Miss +. at Boyle Hotol, IN
Washington, signed Jim" and in which the
expression "As bad a little hrt as you are,
am not afraid to trust you, is used, has here
tofore been published in the Gazette.
VIM. Wri sht, conductor Of the trcig ht train
on which Miss +. left Manassas was the first
witness in rcbuttal
Examination by Mr. Mcnifee-l was in
charge of the train on which Miss i. went Off
left Manassas at 2:39 a. M; after starting the
train Mr. Jewell came out and requested me
to stop it; did so and he went through the
| caboosc; when about mile and a half from
the place | observed an old gentleman who
appeared to be very restless; soon after saw Il
| lady; walked up to her and, asked her II she
was ut Miss F.: she said yes and tod me she
was going to Washington to be married. J. re-
monstratcd gently with her; told her that |
was much older than she, and advised her to
return to her father; she said she had fully
made mp her mind to go; arrived at AleXau:
dria $40, and there saw hack, to which |
escorted her; saw u man on the pavement;
they salutcd each other: he helped her into the
hack and got in with her; the old man got in
also. 3d.
By Gov. Wise-Shc said she was going to
marry u man by the name Of Zee; stated she
was about sixteen.
Cross examination by Judge Thomas-IIeard
Miss T. S testimony yesterday SO far as she
went think it was correct; the man she met
was a small man, weighing about 1870
pounds; did not know Clark.
At one clock Gov Wise asked the Court to
adjourn till tomorrow morning, as two Of the
witnesses for the Commonwealth were not pres
ent and could not get here until tomorrow
morning. Considerable discussion cnsued on
both sides The Court decided to adjourn in
order to allow these witnesses to be present.
TESTIMONY OF MISS FANNIE JEWELL
The following is Miss Fewell' testimony
My name is Fannie Sandford Jewell was
| sixteen the 10Th of last June: became ac-
1uainted with Clark when he first moved to
Manassas had heard Of him before ; while
we lived at Manassas we met frequently
saw IA great deal Of him during this time
left home July 2lst. 1872 was persuaded to
leave by the seductions of Mr.. Clark F; met
Clark at the depot in Alexandria he was
standing on the pavement, near the track the
conductor escorted me to the carriage left
Alexandria at 3 a. m. we drove towards Wash
ington | thought we were going to stop in
that city, but am told VIC went directly to Bla-
densburg, which thought was part Of the
suburbs Of Washington, we procured tickets
here and went to Baltimore ; arrived there
about a. NJ, and drove to the Rennert House;
Clark accompanied me remained during the
day, and left about eight the following morn.
ing Mr.. Clark had promised before ! left
Virginia to marry me when | reached Wash
ingtoD; when we arrived in Bladensburg [ ask
ed him why he did not do so he said it was
too early in the morning asked him again
when we reached Baltimore to marry me he
said it was impossbe-that he was married
man, and it would be bigamy, penitcntiary
otfense, to marry while he had a wife living !;
this conversation occurred in my room, after
supper Clark then went down into the office
of the hotel about ten o'clock he returnsd to
my room, he found me in. tears, and told ME
that might as we'll become resigned to my