The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-09
| where ne was. and besides her there were Mr..
MaxweI. Two young girls whose names he ala net

Ens.s ne vs. vs.. and besides her tAers were Mr.
Maxwem; TWO young girls whose names he did net
GENTLEMAN FROM THE OIL REGIONS;
he had never seen the girls before; they vere
dressed IN theatrical COSTUME; wore short skirts.
ws no doaSs about sSs there
sy Sssss$y sSsss Ssss
not s speak @ Z e5 9 We're d be ss
Whole evening when they aesost aSarag the
said that ne ala not know them; lac and Mr. Max
aid not not remember their Soms ss n ne
their feces when IN the box; nor did he see any
one else remove them; he did not know whether
AN, ADVISABLE AoEsoY 'vFasan* s. 4
or not; he their faces in the box, but did not
come In very close contact with them he did not i.
kiss either one OF tLem wine was ordered by |
some one, but he could not swear By whom; they
Hsy ad IN Ss'p box ag su hS
did not tell HIN where they, lived IA New York:
they gave him neither card nor address oar
call ana See them, bit did MT Know where; he had
seen one Of them only after that evening; he did
iirst names In the Academy but had forgotten
them; no could not describe them, but Thought
Wnshor she SPOKE e q he ss s
ns r. s1os sg dS not s . es
and did not see her go into any OF the hopses on
That street: ne had seen her on several 0ccaatouo
since on Broadway and had spoken to her some
times, but not always, he presumed that she knew
that ne lived at the Holman House. but she meyer
The witness did not know any woman by the
name Of " n .s15tg 81 IL - : r.I7- -.
who kept disrcputablo house. Mr.. Howe then
asked him another indecent question, whereup0n
Mr. Sullivan SAID, IN mann or which ere ated very
prolound impression from Its dignity and calm
II object In the name Of the deccncy Of judicial
III hat Wi tn IN iaar
tected from q style OF questioning the result OF
which is to keep decent men from the courts"
The question was excluded 448 oeN 81
k The examination being continued Mr.. Challis
testified that he had never seen Miss Claim before
1879; he saw her afterwards at her own 6oase Il
Thirty eighth street. but not until being often press
ingly invited to eall upon her; aas3s n 4
to her Of the kind Charged against him In the libes
he had never been on terms OF very great init
macy with ne was IN her once only once ana
seen her, but had never spoken to her, on the
street; she sometimes used to come to Mr. Max
business with Mr. Maxwell ~ -
MI MI. Howe--were you on terms Of familiarity with
Witnoss-what do you mean by that ? W ..
Judge Fowler-Do you mean confidential In.
Mr. Howe-Oh, mean that, Of course. because
my client, Miss Clann, would spur1 any other con-
A litter ran through the court room that was
Tl Mr. a T. you ever aooost her as Dear
Witness-I did not; wrote her note on one
occasion the only one ever wrote to her; 1t was
how addressed her do not know.
s2 III "DEAR TENNIEn 6
The note was shown to Mr.. Challis and he identi.
fed the signature as his own The reading OF its
contents was objected to, however, by the Assist
ant District Attorney and here arose . scene in
which the powers OF strategy OF the leading
counsel for the defence fully tested and not
Wth9standing the spendor Of his green plush vest
sired to see the note before admitting It to evi-
dence and as lawyer Howe declined TO yield 1t 70
HI a Hem as e. sS read e.
publicity by Incorporating it very cleverly in
e., question (which which ne put to the prisoner;
which the magistrate welded with unmistakable
vigor. he at length handed the missive with al
meekness to His Honor, who, IN
THE MAGNANuMITY OF CONQUEST, ps
admitted 1t to be read. The contents OF the note
are brief ana wholly to Mis-
delivered in the. Academy Of Music, congrat1.
latlng her upon its success o, In It. he addressed
acknowledgment that 1t was written by him. He
then continued In answer to . question, that he
the Academy was engaged for $500 BY him E rom
Miss Clafin. He had attended her lecture, having
% Soa
been no dispute about $500 Tor box. She wrote
hoping that he could contribute $500 towards her
success, and called on him a few days after and
Il her and she so wen ner ynat
few days afterward he had received the proof OF
the libel that had since been published against
the expenses OF the theatre, but but not not about
the box; James Maxwell had taken him there,
saying that she had donated it to him; he never
spoke to her after he got the proof OF the libel;
he made the complaint Of his own volition, and
On the cross examination by Mr.. Sullivan the
correctness Of the drawing up OF the complaint
was then examined, and testified to having re-
ceived visits Of business from Colonel Blood Ia rela-
established that he acted as principal. His book
keeper, John G. Williams. testified that he had re-
issue contanns the libel from MISS CAIN in On p sas
son on the 3oth OF October.
nex Mr. p tSe ra ana TIL
important. He was followed by his son, James
De Nyse.. He saw the stereotyped plates OF the
libelous issue and read the heading, which was
"Woodhul Claims Weekly"
Mr. John Wood, Of No. liz Nassau street. Job
set the type on Woodhuu d Claaia's Weekly during
the latter part of the week Of the 31st OF October
ne M snS Sne orm aie5 they were made up
been sent from the once OF woodruff & Claim by q
boy put the alleged libelous portion already in
printed Slip when IL came to him he had known
Blood well for about three years; he was in his Of
ice to see about the type when the paper went to
piCso -NNO WcchS dBV AHufsudyI QE positively
identified the copy OF The paper containing the al
legged libel as one OF those which lie had set In types
Blood was there when the paper went to press to
arrange the manuscript; the witness remembered
that there was
AN ARTICLE RELATING TO CuALLrs;
either Colonel Blood or Miss Claim, he did not re-
member which, gave the specific orders to send the
paper to press; but If one gave them it was In the
presence Of the other.
This witness being dismissed Mr.. Sullivan
asked for an Adjournment, but Mr. Howe
wished for the examination to proceed,
as Miss Laura Cuppy Smith who was
present to testify, desired to return to Worcester
as as soon as possible Judge Fowler accordingly
nxed her examination at halfpast nine O'Clock this
morning and that OF the remaining witnesses az
one O'Clock in the afternoon. ~.
Miss Claim, Mrs. woodruff and Colonel Blood
were surrounded by numerous friends when they
left the Court, among whom was George Francis
Train.