Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-08

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ister sed to go o New York 70 see his family,
isIt changed his mind; held cut th at was going
New to
IN that way; witness pulled d his shoes and left
shem in the pantry.
Mr.; RIddle:.That was not the only time you
left clothes at the st. Cloud?
Question objected to and susta ned.
Did not receive a black eye at that time.
By Mr.. Cox.-There is no Mistake as to seeing
Mrs. Pollard i'm the room.
@. a. Ssendrt, recalled--Witness was clerk
when Denly came in September. 1870; Mrs
Pollard gave orders to put Denly in No. IL. The
Denly; It should have been j. W. Denty OF 1.
Denly.
Mr.: Cox.-At all events you denty (Denty) fy
him as the party.
Witness.-Yes.
Cross-examined BY Mr.. Riddle.-Never heard
that Mrs. Pollard was in the habit Of making
round over the hotel at night.
ID. =. Curtis, swOrn.-Witness was aroused in
room No. 10, opposite No. IL, on the night Of
Sept. mber 18th. and saw Mrs. P. and Lyon out
side; heard her say that she wished TO explain
something to him; she was much excited.
Witness boarded at the st.
Cloud; his room was opposite the room occupied
by De nty. Mrs. p. said that there a dis
turbance in No. IL; that Lyons and Denly were
fighting. Heard noise in No.. IL; recollects
seeing a cowhide either that night or next day.
II he had believed that her reputation was bad
he would not have taken his wife there, or lived
there himself.
BY a Juror.-Mrs. Pollard returned to his
room about an hour afterwards. She said that
she was afraid to stay in her own room.
Capt. Denty was called, but failed to answer.
MIR. Cox stated that Denty was in Maryland,
and be had stated that he would not come tor
$50. The defence here closed.
Mrs. Pollard, the plaintiff, was sworn. Wit
ness was proprietor of the St. Cloud in 1870
Early in the afternoon of September 18TH when
witness was lying on the lounge in her room
II ~ rtnn loft fhe lev
room. Lyon said that he supposed she was glad
he was going for she would have a chance to see
her lover, and she said certainly. She then
went TO the parlor, where Captain Denly was
with MIR. and Mrs. Curtis, and laughingiy she
said she had come to meet her lover as Lyon
had called Captain Denty. When Lyon was
IN her room a card was brought to
took it away from her. Mrs. Curtis was
there during the whole evening. She never gave
any orders as to Capt Denty's room. Witness
afterwards went to her room, and her girl slept
in the same room. Witness went to bed; was
awakened by bright light; went to the door;
found the door opposite open and took a chair,
with which she turned down the light. She then
put wrapper on; then went on around through
the house, going all over it. AS she passed
Lyons room she smiled, thinking that he was in
there, being confident that he had not left the
city. Heard noise; ran up the steps; saw
Lyon just as the door flew open. Witness
ran back and called Martin, the night
watclmaR went back and saw Curtis, and told
him to stop them from scuffing, and she laid
down beside Mrs. Curtis. Curtis went out and
returned with cowhide; while she was i'm the
room heard Lyons ask Denty tor his watch and
the latter curse him; Lyon then asked her to re-
turn to her room; when she went down he said
that she should not see who was there with him.
and either kicked or pushed her, and she landed
in the yard She then saw Hook, and told Lyon
that she knew that he and Hook had been plot
ting her ruin. Hook then got away. and with
Lyon, ran out into the street, and the police
came around. She then returned to the hotel
This witness was being cross examined when
our report closed.