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my expenses and give me present when the case
was over.
Cross-examined-I was forty-two years Of age

nsl for plaintlf-Witness said :--GideOn Hull was
nr my dStner; Daniel Hull is my uncle; it was always
int saod In our family that uncle Joseph was the
RoD,n TEsrIS 4 OF ROBINSON G; noDrIsH v.,,
v m1oinson Y. DSttsh sworn-I reside In New
Statistics; witness idehsssd the burial certificate
place in the vesr Of sr
conn., 60, =, DErosiIo ions RI, READ dsros,, sorv
BallOu. the object OF which was TO show whac per
sons g. W. Bowen lived with in Providence III ms
youth. considerable amount OF time was Soou'
pied in reading other depositl0ns.
TESTIMONY OF MR.. ANTHONY r. DYETT.
lawyer; have been practising TWENTY-FIVE years
and better; have been in the habit 81 spending
s nteGested in property there have seen MadaEs
Jumei at my motler-in-law's house at Saratoga;
the war; she came in her own carriage; l came in
and was introduced to her; she spoke OF events Of
Impression is she told me she was eighty some
thing years OF age, and think it was eighty iOur;
my memory is not good about dates.
Not crOsS-examined
TESTIMONY OF BENJAMIN r. MOORE.
BENJAMIN f. Moore, swOrn--He said Il am sixty
NM SSsss sra
house from Madame Jumel in 1862 in Seventh
agent OF Madame Jumel my acquaintance COM
menced with Madame Jumel in 1862; Madame
the mansion to see her Witness VIZ was going on to
state conversations with Madame Jnmel, when
Mr. oc1nor interR9sed ana a objected ,rr,rro
about these conversations
Counsel for plaintiff said he intended to show the
hostility OF Madame Jumel to Mr.. Chase and his
family.
away. did not intend him to leave him q
cent Of her money and asked witness to come and
letter rom Mr. Nelson Vt Chase informing him that
the arrangement about witness taking charge
| Chase was trying to make every one believe that
ne was relative OF hers, but that he was not;
by blood; that Mr. ches ss,' rst vile was
| poor but handsome girl, whom he had picked up
and whom she (Madamei had taken into the house;
witness described Obstructi0ns which, he said, he
had received at the hands Of Mr.. Chase In getting
| into the mansion to see Madame; on one occasion
Madame gave witness knife, and told him that II
any one wanted to keep him out to show that
knife and he would be let in at once; Madame often
| complained OF Mr.. Chase, and SAID he was going
there every week for money to live on.
Crosse xamined-I was sued once In 1864 by Mad
Re-direct-Mr. Chase was the attorney in that
SUIT; do not know that there was Judgment
against me, but there was couple OF months rent
due.
AN OFFER CALCULATED TO BRIGHTEN THE JURY.
| Mr.. Hoar here offered to submit to the jury the
account books of Dr. Randall, for the purpose of
showing that there were no entries III those books
relating to Betsy Bowen alter1791.
Judge Shipman-Do you propose to submit all
| those books to the jury to readS
| Mr.. H0ar-I see no other course unless we read
| the whole OF the books and it would take about
week to do 80. Naughter)
Mr. Carter replied that he mad read certain entries
entries in the books that they wanted to prove the
proper way would be to call witnesses to the stand
Judge shipman said that the jury were not to as
sumo that there were any entries in those books
relating to Betsy Bowen after 1871 or 1902. II they
were to assume anything whatever In relation to
the books they were to assume that there were no
entries in them after 179l relating to Betsy Bowen.
TIE PLAINTIFF RECALLED AND EXAMINED.
G. W. Bowen, the plaintiff, recalled. He said-I
have been informed by Freelove Balon VINO my
mother was; could not tell at what time OF her
a
before she died could not tell exactly the time.
The Judge-lt Is conceded that Frceove BallOu
Witness-I had seen Joseph Perry not more than
q day or two before he was examined; it was in
Providence; he came up and spoke to me in the
street; said did not know him.
Witness was about TO depose to a conversation
he had with Joseph Perry on that occasion when
Mr.. Carter said 1t had been shown on the last
trial that Joseph Pery's testimony was tissue Of
Pery's identity and to the facts sworn to by him.
he therefore considered that the evidence now
proposed G TO be given was wholly inadmssible.
Q. DO you recolect whether at the time of seeing
Ing his identity QUESTION excluded. MIN ''''''A
=; IL ask You whether any place where You had
Soy c%s you by this
T. When you saw him in the office OF the Com
m TO WIN You sse Wno y1 bs then S
understand his other name; refer to Joe-the boy
that played with when was young.
z. Had anything TRANSFERRED between the time of |
your meeting him in the street and the time OF |
seeing him In the ONCE Of the Commissioner that |
affected your belief as to who he was?
Mr.. Garter objected to this question as asking for
the opinion OF the Witness and not for facts.
The Court ruled that the testimony was inadmis-
sible
Q. Have you ever doubted the truth of this
Joseph Pery's statement
Mr. O'COnOr objected to the question as leading
and incompetent.
Question ruled out.
T. When you stated on the former trial that you
knew this man, Joseph Perry, how did you come TO
say you knew HIM
MIR. O'Cenor objected to the question.
Mr.. Hoar argued II would be competent to prove
that person was In a dark room, and that another
going into 1t thought he knew that person, though
II might turn out that he was an entirely different
party.
Judge Shipman-It would be competent to prove
the darkness Of the room.
Mr.. O'Conor-'Moral darkness" We have seen
The evidence was excluded. plaintiffs counsel
noting an exception.
Q. When you testified on the last trial of this
case, did you suppose that you knew that witness,
Joseph Pery2 A. thought knew him.
z. Did you ever suggest to any one to find you
this Joseph Perry before he came to your A. |
never did, did not ask any one to find false wit.
nesses in my favor.
The witLess was then examined at some length
place between him and MIR: Charles Hart, attorney
Tor Mr.. Chase, in Providence. He was
also questi0nsa1 with regard to what he
Mr.. Michael W. Devine. when the latter
was down IN Providence making inquiries concern.
Devne that my mother ded-the witness here
immediately corrected himself, and sad)- told
him that she went oil and lett me when / was
baby. told him that she went away leaving mo
among strangers did not tell him that did not
Know Madame Jumel was my mother; did not tell
mother when saw her at Saratoga would have
maze myself known to her.
Out of the regular order OF proof in order to dis.
pense with the attendance OF officer from the
city Hall library, Mr.. Hoar put In evidence an en-
Try from the New York Directory OF 1797-'s-"E.