New Orleans Republican., 1873-06-28
wAIwORTH TRIAL
The Admission Of the Fathers LeueFs
Horrible Threats.

The AdmissiOA OF the Fafhsr's AeUeEsT
Horrible Threats.
New YORK, June ga long discus
sion over the admission OF the latne'
letters took place. Judge Jaws ~
cided to admit only such passages as COZ
tanned threats. Prisoners counsel specr1iy s Wai
objected to the ruling The letter OF WAL
worth to his wife was read. After referring
in most bitter terms to his being left only
portion of the property, in trusteeehp OF
his brother by the will OF Reuben IL. wal
worth he continues thus:
Snow, Ellen Hardin. knowing that am
helpless under that will if you will perslst
in trying year by year to see now much VI
that trust property you can get OF me py
threats OF law, by personal olandisnmen.s @ lo,s
10 nv trustees or by other means; you
doubt and will not see that ought to have
something for my entire life, whether ne
intended me to or not, then mark what VII!
be the final vengeance upon tnaC 0edu
scoundrel dog who made me SO pltlable De-
fore men and before you. willard so help
me the demons who wait upon the perse-
cuted and the proud spirited and the re-
vengeful-I will, when stripped by you OF
my property plunge my dagger az '9t9 1uortk trank
name forever. Cd d-n him, he has ele-
waited them and degraded me, and you gloat
over it. have not one single hrm rlgnt
under his will. This you believe. and this
has been the cause of your dispOssessing
and abandoning me with cold, calm pur-
pose. You contemplate my eventual beg
gary and humiliation. will kill your boys,
and defeat the id scoundrel in his grave,
and cut off his ID name forever. Now. you
lust persecute me about that property and
keep this thorn have in my heart, and by
the eternal God / Will kill them and you too.
Now, you hunt my property any further,
YOU Cd id infamous b-h, and will
gut your pups as well as you. The
Cd ID villain shan't rob me OF wife,
children and property. If / can't have any
thing, will have revenge. Cd d-n you,
have lost already everything which makes
life valuable"
This letter has no signature and is ad-
dressed to Mrs. Ellen H. Walworth, Sara
toga Springs, New York. Mrs. WalwOrth
testified to acts of personal violence OF
which she had knowledge. She said that
Frank showed signs OF mental alteration,
in various ways, after the separation OF his
father and herself
After recess Mrs. Walworth was recalled,
and the question repeated: State some OF
the acts Of your husband to yourself. The
court doubling the propriety Of the course
of inquiring, it was suspended for while,
and the following question was put IN: DIG
YOU notice anything else peculiar about
Frank after these spells?
Answer noticed peculiar flush OF the
face sometimes, and spots ever tho upper
part OF the face: at such times when he
came out Of these spells it was with
start; on one occasion he fell and injured
his head: that was when he was seven or
eight years old: he was struck by . base
bail club once, and complained for several
months afterward.
A pistol was here shown. She continued:
I know this pistol; it was presented to the
chancellor by the inventor; he gave it to
Mansfield soon after. and he had another
pistol also; last saw Franks pistol in his
room some five or six weeks before he left
Saratoga; he was not in the habit OF carry
ing it; he generally kept it in his room.
Clarence s. jenkins was recalled,
and testified that he found loaded re-
vOlver at Mr.. Walworths house on Thurs
day following the shooting; called the at
tentiOn Of the coroner to it; it was
locked up again until a short time
ago; went to take possession as
administrator; then took possession of it,
and it is the pistol shown; 1 found large
mass of manuscript, which I have in AL
bany; he was living in a single room.
Benjamin w. Allsden testified-Lives at
Saratoga Springs; am a gun manufacturer;
know Frank WalwOrth; saw him on Monday
morning on Broadway in Saratoga; he said,
"When shall we have another social game
of whist!' l said, ANY day this week; this
afternoon, if You like" he said, Wont to-
morrow evening do as well" I said, ANY
day you like" his life was irreproachable:
never heard he had fault.
A letter from deceased to his wife, dated
July IA. 1871. was here read by Mr.. OConor,
in which he threatens death and desolatiOn
to her anG her family. and calls down the
vengeance OF God upon her head if she does
not sign certain documents which he had
sent her. He speaks of one of his novels,
and Of his inability to get it published, and
charges her as the cause of all his troubles
A letter dated July %, 1871. was excluded
under exception on the ground that there
were no threats contained in it.
Counsel next read letter of July q,
1877. which is almost repetition Of the
previous one. He still calls on her to sign
articles Of agreement. 1t is filled with foul
threats and epithets and hints all sorts of
horrors, and then one of July 8 says the
pistols are loaded, and if she does Got give
up his property he will blow her brains out
and stamp her eyes. and then put bullet
through his brain. The next letter read
was dated July %. He still writes about
! the release and cries out for her blood
After cdeaing numerous !. tiers from the
| deceased to his wife the court adjourned