The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-06-27
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800. fsT,,n;ss 5s5, THE witnesses
INV tsstifsc 10 tiie AVAILABILITY Of The Tari-
cide's disposition. sc. So. .,a.tas. 4
B : Mr. Walworth being sworn, testa1ed gs
foiIovs /: fstI am The mother OF FfanS H.
Walworth. Was married ito ID. r. Wal
worth In Ill Peters church, nc Saratoga
Snri,,ps. In 1852, on the 10Th OF July. IN
the summer OF 1851 I ceased to live at Sara
iosa, and went 10 Kentucky, near LOUIS !.
villa, my brother Lemnel going with me anu nIo
all my children; I,llped there till 1851. my
husband did not 60 there with me: = ii F
In, Kentucky three years without seeing
him, he did not remain in Saratoga. w men
I went away 10 Kentucky he promised to
meet me. there but where he went TO !
don't know. During the first winter he
was In washington, and afterwards In Sara
toya. After I first went TO 5Kentuckyimy
husband came 90 see me and remained! for,
about six weeks. next saw him in Sara
toga the following summer, and staid there
about week. In December following, at
which time my husband was with me, Frank
being then in Louisville, at the urgent. re
quest of Mansfield T., Wslworth, / came to
New York to the house In Twenty third
street--all of my children being with me-"
Mrs. Walworth continued, saying that on
the 26th Of January the final separation took
place; since which time she has not seen her
husband. On the 9Th of April, 1871, o. de-
cree of separation was pronounced. In July
following the decree was so-modified Ias to
allow Mr.. Walworth to see his children once
a month. Afterwards I went to the old
homestead at Saratoga, and have remained
there ever since with. my children, Mr..
Walworth addressed. me by letter fire.
quently. After ollr separation our, young
est child was born, and being deli
cate from Its birth, =. died in JAN
uary, 1872. Mr.. Walworth never came near
the house, and never saw bis youngest child.
I did not always receive his letters. For the
tirst two or three months I did, but after
that their receipt was only occasional. Some
of his letters never reached me. There was
no male person, in my house that could
protect me except my son Clarence Wal
worth. He spoke II TO me on the
Thursday before the occurrence about
taking Frank to Europe i told Frank
of it that evening. He seemed gratifed,
but said he should think about it, and gave
d gratitied assent to the proposal. On Fri
day he went fishing with his younger bro
Their to Saratoga lake, and returned about 6
O'Clock in the evening, and retired early. On
Saturday he was arranging his clothes,
books, and other things, and went swinging
in the grove. On Sunday he slept until late.
Some Young friends of his called in the after
noon and he went to walk in the woods.
He wrote letter on that day and asked me
for some note paper which gave him. On
Monday morning / came down early, and
seeing Frank in the hall, I said: you
are up early ?" He made some
casual reply, and went out Of the
front door. l thought he had gone to the
Springs, and at the breakfast table 1
asked why he did not return. Some one
said he had gone away, and had left mes
sage that if he was not back to supper he
would not return that day. | then went to
bis room, and on looking around found an
empty envelope in the handwriting OF M. L.
Walwortb. | Immediately telegraphed to
Father WalwOrth and to Judge Barbour,
but could ascertain nothing about him, and
then concluded that he had gone to Troy.
The envelope she had found was pro-
duced. 1t was postmarked May 30th, A
recess was here taken; after which Mrs.
Walworth was again put upon the stand,
and identified the document, which proved
to be stipulation modifying the decree OF
divorce signed by her, and said she had the
counterpart vi IL slSHeo NY III. NnNoltL'
While she lived with Mansfield T. Wal
worth he always carried pistol.
The witness was then shown two letters
from the deceased-one dated May 31st-the
second was before the murder, and dated in
August, 1872. The former was sent in a
close envelope to Rev. G. Z. Walworth, at
Albany. The letters were offered in evil
dence, but Mr.. Phelps objected to all letters
dated in August, but not one for May. The
letter was then read as follows:
Scuen O. Clock IN the Morning, May 3d.
Prepare yourself for the inevitable. am
getting over my wasting fever. lam going
to call on my children. My heart is starving
for their caress. shall see them-peacefuly
if / can, but with tragedy if l must.
Keep Frank Waworth out of my way.
You have taught him to hate me. Beware
YOU do not rouse the frenzy that
is within me. I want to see my children.
There is reasonable way to lead me now.
am going to see my children. am
broken-hearted desperate. Save this letter
for your lawyer and the courts, if your please.
God is my lawyer, and not the remorseless,
brutal God that Eliza Backus and G. E.
Walworth worship. [siSned]
ON. 7. WALwoRTH."
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