The Van Buren press., 1873-07-08
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Special Dispatch to the Republican,
THE WALWORTHs
Horrible Letter from the Dead Man
4 crazy Father, Starring 10 See ms Ch"'
d-en, Threatens his WIFE aud
Sons wih UeaM.
New YORK, June 27.
SECOND DAY.

The Walworth trial was resumed to-
day before a denssly crowded court
Mary women, both young and old, were
present, and the prisoner, as on previous
days, was surrounded by his relatives.
Argument was continued by the counsel
on admission as evidence OF the letter OF
deceased, dated August IL, 1872, but
Judge Davis decided he would admit
only such portions as contained threats
The counsel for the defense excepted to
the ruling. Charles O'Conor then read
the admitted portion Of the letters from
deceased, when the distrlct-attorney With
drew his objections, and the whole letter
was read. 1T is addressed to Mrs. Wal
worth, and opens with a command to
listen TO the terrible words contained,
for they will show her how keenly and
hercely the writer feels the humiliation
of Reuben ii. Walworth. He then ira
duces in the grossest terms the memory
of his father. vilely assails his brother
and sister and wife, and in awful language
threatens that in ease his wife will not see
that he has something for his entire life,
to Kill Frank, Tracey and his wife, and
to wipe out the name of Walworth for
ever. The closing part of the letter was
characterized in an especial manner by
obscenity and blasphemy and when the
reading was finished Mrs WalwOrth was
recalled, and testified that she once
screamed for help when her husband as
saulted her, and Frank entered their
room, saying, Be quiet, father - He
remained until his father had left When
Frank read the letter just introduced he
became violently excited, frothed at the
mouth, then remained perfectly quiet for
about an hour, when he fell into a deep
sleep, Similar paroxysms seized him
subsequently,, and once when witness
showed him a bruise on her arm, made
by the deceased, he acted in a very pc
culiar manner.
After a recess, Mrs Walworth contin-
ued her testimony, and said that when
Frank was seven or eight years old he
fell Oh the hearth and fractured his skull
On two occasions he received injuries on
a base. ball ground, and complained of
his head for some months atterward
L NO NIOoct MIS-, " CAuuIIlldLIOI'
Other witnesses were examined, but no
thing new elected a number Of letters
from the deceased to his wife were read
by Mr tConor, and among them the
following, which has been referred to as
the one that so excited Frank 1t is
dated at the publication house of Carlton
" Co =, under the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York, thirteenth:
Listen to these terrible words they
will show YOU how keenly and 6erccly
feel the humiliation Of Reuben Wal
worlh'S will, and what Scot, the de
scondant OF King MalcOmb, will do when
all had been taken from him. Reuben
II. Walworth always hated me from my
cradle He always hated any ono who
was high spirited and would speak out
their thoughts. He always liked cring
ing hypocriteS like Eliza Backus and
Clarence Walworth. Although he saw
nay ambitious spirit, he hated it, because
it would not toady to his fayerite
Yankees, hence from my cradle he per
secuted me and headed me off in every
pursuit or speculation | could not please
him anything, because | would not whine
10 him about his favorites. Everything
that | ever wrung from him, even my
pay in the Speke case, was wrung from
his fears. The only reason that he did
not omit my name from his will alto
gether was that he respected my talents,
and hoped that / would write his life
lie knew that nobody else would But
he has stung me to madness and broken
up my family by placing me in the hui
initiating position Of being under a
trustee, and that trustee my brother, who
has neither ambition nor heart, From
his grave he gares at me aad says Ha
ha You were always proud and high
spirited, but by my will | have put in
your sdo thorn for life You have nc
dignity under it, and it will sting you to
your grave. The only ones Of my name
who have any dignity under my will are
your sons Frank and Tracey, who vii
bear my name to posterity. Now, Ell
len Hardin, knowing am helpless under
that will, if you will persist in trying
| year by year, to see how much OF tina,
/ trust property you can get out of me by
threats Of law, personal Establishments to
my trustees or by any other means il
| You doubt and will not see that | ought
to have something Tor my entire life
whether he Intended me to or not, then
mark what will be the .fnaie OF my ven.
geance upon that dead scoundrel, dog,
who has mads Inc 50 piiable before me
and before you. | will, and so help me
the demons who wait upon the prosecuted
and proud spirited and revcngerul, l will
when stripped you of my property--an
| you mean to do it-at last plunge my
dagger into Franks and Tracey's heart
and cut off the Walworth name forever
God damn him, he has elevated them and
degraded II e, and you gloat over it. !
have not one single firm right under his
will This you believe, and this has been
the cause Of your desyisiag and abandon.
ing me, with the cold, calm purpose you
contemplate my eventual beggary and
humiliation viii kill your boy, and
defeat the id scoundre in his grave
and cut or his id name forever
| Now, you just persecute me about tina,
property, and keep this thorn alive in my
heart, by the eternal God, ! will kill them
and you, too, Now, you hurt my prop.
erty any farther, you God id infa
nous b--h, and will gut your boys a,
well as you The God id dead vii
lain shan't rob ME Of wife and children
and p,,nnrty If I cant haye onyt n N g,