The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-12

tradictons that it was committed utterly TO the
, maes Counsel went on TO state tnat noweh na
inaue inherent and contradictory statements ABOUT
ms mother. Daniel Hull was the only witness lor
tne plantin who in any way made positive state,
ment on that matter. The deiendantS counsel had
known OF this man HUI as early az 1866, ana Mr..
Devine examined him to ascer tain II he hLd known
BETSY Bowen HUI at that time was examined s
upon written interrogatOries. Although no Dues
ton was put to him on that inquiry about H. w.
Bowen, yet nc volunteered TO state all he knew OF
That person. He said when he was examined tnat ne
was seventy-siX years old. He said he knew PhGDe
Bowen, and that ne saw her daughter, Betsy, 60
ing about the street with another girl that was in
1901 They said Betsy Bowen had child there was
"A time wnen Betsy Bowen went to Providence ana
made speech, they said All Hull knew was that
that son, they said. Hull made different statements
before the commissioner when his testimony was
taken by Mr. Chatneld and Mr.. Tucker The chanRe
in his testimony was made under the new lnni-
ences TO which he had been subjected lie swore
that Phoebe Bowen was in Providence, IN North
Main street. at time when she was not there at
all, and he also testified that Phgbe told him at
particular period that her daughter had married
ricn rreachman IN New YORK IN 1904, wnen u was
ton Phoebe was dead in North Carolina. Hull
changed his testimony, but he SAID that Mr,
how far Mr. O'Conor. was likely to
take an advantage Of an Old man
apom ne stand the Jury eond agen e ,or
conducted in the most orderly manner, and his
answers were written down with The greatest
care. The defendant had proved, by the produc-
died in 1907, and his mother in 1900 of yellow
lever. That was the statement he first made, ana
IL was true; but afterwards when he was SUD-
Jected to adverse influences, he deliberately went
back OF that statement MIR. Carter at great
length, very closely analysed the testimony OF
Daniel Hull, and cOn,ended that the evidence
showed That Hull was horn only lew days when
he swore that he saw Betsy Bowen in bed with u
baby in he house OF Freeloye Ballou, IN Provl-
dence. Hull upon the stand at this trial anu
swore that he knew the man Jonathan Clarke,
who married Phoebe Bowen, and who was expelled
from Providence IN l79l Ii would be CnarltaDie
to suppose that all these statements were tue
result OF q weak and disordered mind but he (Mr.
CARTER was sorry he could not take that view of the
matter. The truth was that this man mad beeh
placed under the training of those persons VINO
were interested in the prosecution OF TINS case,
and was prepared To swear what was required VI
him. He mad another question to ask. Who made
this old man Hull commit this mass OF perurleSY
Was Hull able to TELL with the astuteness OF
lawyer, what the eXigencies OF this case requiredY
What was the character OF that other crime tnat
sent forward TINS man to COMMIT perjury FOR the
purpose Of stripping the defendant OF the ROOF
that covered him? Great as the offence OF Daniel
Hull was, the offence Of those who procured tins
man to commit perjury and swear up to the neces-
sites of the suit transcribed the crime OF perjury
as much as murder did the offence OF petty larceny.
Counsel then, turning to another branch OF the
case, said there was no scrap of evidence showing
who was the father OF G. W. Bowen; it was neces-
sary that something of that character should be
got up; and this brought him to refer to the liking
Henry Book" When Bowen went to Judge Ed
daughter of Lavina BalOu, went with him. The
arrangement was that Judge EdmOnds should have
hall, and half was to be divided between Bowen
and Anne Eliza Vandervoort. She brought two
books with her to Judge Edmonds-one family
Bible and the other the king Henry Book" Bowen
swOre that up to that time he had not known
anything OF either OF these two books. This king
Henry Book' had been put before the jury and
though it purpOrted 10 be a declaration OF Reuben
BallOu that he was the father OF q. w. Bowen, 1t
amounted to nothing as piece OF evidence in this
suit Baou was man who had been frequently
sued in The Courts OF Rhode Island, and from his
signatures attached to original papers filed in the
Courts they were enabled 70 make u comparison as
to his handwriting. No one WAS produced to swear
that they had ever seen this "kIng Henry Book,n
except Mrs. Vandervoort before the death Of
Madame Jumel.
AT this stage OF the case the Court adjourned till
this morning when Mr.. carter VIII resume his adj
dress to the jury. Yesterday, while the learned
gentleman was speaking, the court room was very
much crowded, the spectators listening attentively
10 the speech, which contained many eloquent
passages.