The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-18

q. What did you go there fors A. Medical at
O. You were suffering at that timer A. Yes, sir
q. And have you, since the intimacy commenced,
suffered in consequence Of dincutesf A. Yes, sir.
q You were suffering from that cause on the day
OF this occurrence9 A. Yes, sir.
Q: Where did yog make the acquaintance Of your
q. Where you boarded2 A. Yes, sir.
q. At Mrs. Shea's? A. Yes, sir
Q. Did Mr.. Watson say anything to Won on the
subject OF your getting married. A. Yes sir.
q. Was anything said by him as to whether If
ye es s gG' married. he would cease his visits A.
q. State what he said at the timer A. asked
him If got married il he would let me alone and
he promised faithfully he would. "e
O. State the manner In which he made the prom
MADE HIM TAKE AN OATH ON THE BIBLE
O. During this time had you any confidante-any
TREND any lady friend, that you made coniidante
Q. Your mother was very strict with you, was
she not A. Yes, SIR
z. And your father also ~ A. Yes, sir
q. Did Mr.. Watson ever threaten TO expose you
II you ana not comply with his wishes A. Yes,
q. Did not you frequently entreat him to leave
you alone and not pursue your A. Yes, Sir.
q. When you returned from Washington you
went to New BrtanS A. Yes, sir, two weeks.
z. Your husband was up there at the timer A..
Yes, sir.
q: Did Mr.. Watson ever take you to his housea
Q. How far did he live from New Britains A.
husband was absent at the house ? A. Yes, sir.
q. Who did you sleep with when your husband
was away A. The first night slept with his little
daughter, and the other nights with his elder
daughter.
@. About your age A. Yes, SIR
O. Was you there on Sunday night A. Yes sir.
O. Was anything said by him to the family about
going to church, A. Yes, sir; he wanted to get his
O. And what did he say about himself-what he
would dor A. He said he and could take care Of
the young children and put them to bed when 1t
CONFRONTING THE sEpuCER.
@. While you were at New Britain did You accuse
| Mr.. Watson, in the presence OF your husband, or
having seduced your A. Yes, sir.
Q: State what you said to him and what he said?
my husband about 1t he said he was going to put
him through the law for it, and Watson begged for
the sake of his wife and children not to do 1t.
! O. Did he make any promise then about leaving
! you alone? A. Yes, SIR
O. You and your husband left New Britain at that
| O. How long after you got back to Brooklyn was
it before Mr.. Watson came ? A. | don't recollect
| O. Did he call to see you after that A. Yes sir;
he called to see me before came from New Britain.
| O. After you returned from New Britain did he
| renew his intimacy with you A. Yes, sir.
z. Under what circumstances A.
lie THREATENED TO EXPOSE NE,
and threatened to tell my father and tell everybody.
Q'Was the subject of your relations with him
matter OF much thought and reelection on your
@ State whether or not you were in the habit Of
frequently weeping upon that subjecta liIere there
was pause and every eye was strained to catch
1 forward and in the gallery men perched upon the
shoulders OF Others to obtain yiew)
Judge Tappen flnaly)-DldI hear an objection
| TO witness) What effect did it have your mind
Witness-I was always thinking about it, and
cried about it continually.
Mr.. Morris--Were you were y0u not during
this time anxious to have him cease his visits
"itness-Yes' sir, sur wrrrs
At this point Mrs. Hyde buried her face In her
handkerchief and wept;: Her father, stepmother
an n n N
the centre OF the room also wept. This spectacle
created quite sensation among the spectators for
the time.
Mrs. Hyde soon recovered, and District Attorney
Britton commenced his cross-examinaton.
q. Did you leave the factory once twice while
there9 A. No, sir
Q. Mr.. Backman was proprietor or the place by
manner A. Yes, sir; 1t was carried on in Backman's
name.
d. Didn't Mr.. Backman at one time, in the absence
of Mr.. Watson, discharge you from the factory A.
l left the shop; worked at home.
@. Didn't he discharge you from work in the
shopa A. He told me that Lcould work home.
| O. Wasn't that at the time Mr.. Watson was alb
@. Didn't Mr. watson remain absent some two
/ or three weeks on that occasion2 A. Yes, sir.
| Q. Is it fact that you had work from that shop
! during those two or three weeksY A. Yes, SIR.
q. Did you work In the factory during that period?
| A. No. SIR.
Q. VINO did you get the work FRONT A. believe
! 1t was from Mr. Watsons father-ln-law, Mr.. Pixey.
! @. After Mr. Backman had stated that he did not
| wish you to work In the shop you got work from
| "A.
| O. Continued to work right alongs A. Yes, sir.
q Isn't II fact that you did not get any more work
until Mr.. Watson came back A. No, SIR; It Is not
answers' A. 1t was before l was married and
afterwards too.
O. refer to the particular period when Mr.. Wat
son was gone two three weeks-n July, 1871.
A. No. sir; 1t was the time left home
q. Whenever it was-whatever the particular
date was-wasnt there a time when Mr.. BAG KHAN
discharged you-that is, asked you to quit work
ing; that you didn't work there any more until
WntG urnn hnn WE r
A. had not been at work in the shop until two or
three weeks before this happened since left New
Britain.
Q. The question Is whether there time
after you left the factory that you didn't take any
work from the factory A. No, sir.
O. When was the time to which you refer you
left the factory2 A. left when came from New
O. Was that the time you refer to when Watson
was absent A. No. sir.
O. The time ask you was when you left at Back
| mans suggestion Watson being absentY A. 1t
was in March
| @ Before or after you went to New Britain' A.
/ Before; before was married.
@. ON that occasion isn't it true that you didn't
get any work from the factory for two or three
o. Did you go back to the factory againP A. No,
q. The next place you worked for Mr.. Watson
was at New BritainY A. AT the factory yes SIR
O. Who went to New Britain first, you or Wat
son A. Mr.. watson.
q. who went first, you or your husbands A. My
O. How long after Mr.. Watson went there was it
that you wentS A. Mr. Watson went IN March, !
believe, and my husband went about the middle of
April, and went the latter part Of April or the first
part OF May.
O. How long did you remain A. TO July
q. With whom did you live A. boarded with
Mrs. Woodhouse.
q. All the time A. Yes, sir.
q. Did Watson at any time board there ? He did.
BOARDING At NEW BRITAIN.
@. Who commenced first TO board at Mrs. wood
houses, you or Mr. Watson A. did
o. DO you know at whose solicitation, II any
body's, Mr.. Watson went to Woodhouse'sY A. His
own, suppose.
O. DO you know anything on that subject No,
sir.
o. Don't you know 1t to be a fact that your hus-
band asked Mrs. Woodhouse to have Watson come
there No sir.
q. How long was 1t before you went there that
Watson came there2 A. Two or three weeks or q
week.
Q. While You were at Mrs. WOodhouse's place did