New-York tribune., 1873-02-13
THE JUMEL ESTATE CASE.
AN INDIsCRIMINATE ATTACK UPON THE CLAIM
ANTS COUNSEL AND WITNESSES.


ANTS COUNSEL AND WITNESSES.
At the resumption, ,Syesterday. of his argu-
ment in the Jumel estate case, Mr. Carter calling the
iurors attention to the record OF Bowens birth In the
King Henry book" spoke in the main as follows:
lis "A very remarkable fact that no one but Mrs Van
deryoor who copalntf IN this case ever 5aw % OF
heard of that book until after the deaih OF ne uns
IL contains "A record, alleged to be- In MAJOR BahDus :
handwriting of the birth Of George washington bowen &
Now those who have manufactured the evidence IN ts
case supposed that there were no s means ,or W
showing that record TO DO denDera.e den' iV, nf
gerry, perpetrated for the sole purpose ~ "
helping the plaintiff support the absurd pretense ta
he is the ulegitimate son Of Nine JuneL bnJ o noI
tunatey, the designs OF these fahrcatODs OF eYleuoe
have been sgnaly frustrated by the discovery OF hun
Der Of deeds bonds, pr0nissory notes ana Offsets 70 ~
counts stated. clearly proved TO nave Deen sge py
Major Reuben Bhou; and by comparing his signatures
to those documents with ms alleged ogpatuit % M ~ a ,e
King Henry book 1t Will at once appear sal INC i@'
ter Is Outand out forgery.
Considerable time spent by the jury In examining
the documents and the record in the book In the for
mer, Baou invariably spells his name with an "ei ana
Mr. Carter claims that the word Reuben" In the Ming
Henry book" was "by the bunglng forger,' hrst
written without the &C." and that the letter was In
serted after the discovery that its omission would lead
TO detection.
Mr.. Carter continued: "N0w. II the record IN that
book OF Bowen's birth written by Reuben Ballou,
duced before Nine. Jumes doath The truth IS that
that record written subsequently 20 the setting up
of Bowons preposerous pretence It was part O1 tne
scheme entered into by and between Mrs Vanderyoort
and Others engaged in the attempto deraud Mr. Chas9
and his children. She 10 furnish the evidence. ana
they were divide the plunder with her. Another
thing that brands this transaction with infamy Is tne
fact that the plaintiffs counsel dId I9t dare 10 Pace t
the saud so that she could be crossexamlned
concerning that book and the record In It, she dlse9y
cred it she kept it in her pOssessOnj ana she codu
therefore, have told ms all about It. ~
After commenting further upon the alleged dnerences
between tho writings In question: and ex0neratng an
but Of the plaintiffs counsel from completely in the
conspiracy Mr.. Carter discussed, az great length mo
testimony OF that infamous wretch" as ne called MN,
Joseph Perry who testified that he had known Bowen
from boyhood and swOre 10 several things tending 10
show, crcumstantally that the claimant was Betsy
BOwen's IL appeared from Perry's story ON the
erossexamnatlon that he had several natiytes; that
no accustomed u live in several different places
At the same time tnat ne Tayee1 , "a @ o tfOre pF0v
there railroad in the United states tnat ne went
Schenectady TO Buffalo by canal long time before
the canal constructed and that ne could not nave
Bowen when he boy In Providence. In fact,
apparent It that he had committed wiful per
jury, that the very lawyers who produced MN as VII
ness ropudlaed him. and SAID that he had oeen pslned
OF " on them " by the opposing counsel" MT carter
asserted that Perry was tho link IN the chain OF the
plaintiffs conspiracy, which broke ana exposed me
whole affair ana met the palmng on chaTse Dy asH,
Ing II any one supposed that MIR. O'Conor aud himself
foolish enough 10 resort TO tTiek or such easy
detection.
Before ths perjury had been detected, Bowen swOre
that he recognized Perry in Providence the Joe
Perry" with whom he had played in his boyhood
Bowen subsequently said that lie mistaken in regard
to Perry and Mr.. Carter denounced TINS excuse as
futile attempt" by Bowen to conceal his knowledge
from the first that Perry an infamous fraud" In
speaking of Mr.. fuckers e1erons to secure the arrest
OF Perry, Dir. Carter said, in substance;
To clear himself from the charge OF assisting Perry
iabrcang his palpabe lies Mr.. Tucker tells ny that
he to bring the 10 Justice Now, how did he
do thlsi Two weeks-days and dates are important
here-two weeks after Perrys ab0mlnable perjury bad
been discovered, " Mr.. Tucker applied TO "A United
States Commissioner for warrantfOr his arrest but
the Commissioner had some doubts as TO his ursdc
tOn ia the matter he declined To grant tho application
Why did Mr. Tucker wait long before taking steps to
arrest this scOundreli His perjury struck the Court
with horror, ana motion, even suggestion would
have secured his arrest on the spot The fact OF the
matter H., that Gideon j. Tucker too deeply mpu-
Gated with this rascal do anything OF the kind and
therefore let him until he beyond the reach OF
the officers OF the law"
Leaving Mr. Perry and Mr. Tucker, Nr Carter analyzed
the testimony concerning the resemblance between
George Washington Bowen and Nine. Jumel; and said
that such resemblance perhaps proved to Bowens
satisfaction by the witness who that Nine Jsmel
Just such a looking woman as Bowen's mother
would be likely TO De." Henry NOdine, Mrs. MumfOrd,
Mrs. Beers and all the rest o. the plaintiff 5 witnesses
denounced as perjurersi and the theory was ad
vanc6d that 1t was Laylnia BalOu instead OF Betsy
Bowen who gave birth TO q IN Major Ballous house
sir Chatteld will reply TO Mr.. Carter to-day.