The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-28
The THAI of Young waIworth.

NEW YORK, June 27.-The Wslwort
trial was resumed to-day, before crowd
cd court room. Many women, young an
old were present and the prisoner as O
previous days was surrounded by his rel
atives. The argument was continued b.
his counsel on the admission as evidenc
Of u letter of the deceased, dated Angus
l3, 1872, but Judge Davis decided that b
would admit only such portions as con
tanned threats. The counsel for the dc
tense excepted 10 the ruling. Charlie
O'Coner then read the admitted portion
OF letter from deceased, when the Dis
trict Attorney Withdrew his objection
and the whole letter was read. II wa
addressed 10 Mrs. Walworlh and open
with the command TO listen 10 the terri
bic words it contained for they viii shoV
her how keenly and flGrcely the write
feels the humiliation Of Reuben II. Wal
worth. He then traduces in crosses
terms the memory Of his father, assail
vilely his brother ard sister and vile ant
In awful language threatens, In case hi
wife will not see that be has something
for his entire life, 10 kill Frank and TRACY
and wlpeout tho name OF WalwOrth for
ever.
The closing part OF the letter was char
acterized In an especial manner by
obscenity and blasphemy, and when The
reading was finished, Mrs. WslWorth
was recalled and testified that she at ont
time screamed for help when her husband
assaulted her, and Frank entered theiI
room, saying be quiet father, and be re-
mained until his father had lett. When
Frank read the letter Just introduced, be
became violently excited, irothed at the
mouth and remained perfectly rigid for
an hour, when he fell into deep sleep
Similar paroxysms seized him Subsequent
ly, and once when she showed him a
bruIse on her arm which was made by
the deceased he acted in very peculiar
manner.
After recess Mrs. Walworth continued
her testimony. She said that when Frank
was seven or eight years old hc fell on
the hearth and fractured his skull, and
on two occasions he received Injuries on
the base ball ground, and complained Of
his head for some months afterwards.
This closed Mrs. WalWOrth's examination
Other witnesses were called but nothing
new was elected.
A number Of letters from the deceased
TO his wife wero read by Dir. OConerI
Among them the following which has
been referred 10 HS the one which so ex'
cited Frank.
PUBLTcATIoN House, CARLTON & Co., !
UNDER 9TH AVENUE HOTEL.
( ss-,.s NKR y ORR, Aug 1S. }
Listen 10 these terrible words, they
will show you how keenly and flercely l
feel the humiliation OF Reuben q, Wal.
worth's will and what q Scot, the descen.
dant of King Malcolm will do when all
had been taken from him. Reuben Il.
Walworth always hated me from my era
die, he always hated any one who was
high spirited and would speak out their
He always liked criDging hyp.
ocrites like Eliza Backus and Clarence
Walworth. Although he saw my am.
bilious spirit, he hated 1t because l
would not toady 10 his iavorite Yam
KEGS. Hence from my cradle he per.
secuted me and headed me OF
in every pursuit or speculation. I could
not please him in anything, because /
would not whine about his iaVorites.
that ever got was wrong
from him; even my pay in the Spoke case
was Wrung from his fears. The only
reason that he did not omit my name from
his will altogether was that he respected
my talents and hoped that would write
his life; be knew that nobody else would;
But he has stung me to madness, and
broken up my family by placing me In q
position, by being under a
trustee, and that trustee my brother, who
has neither ambition nor heart From
his grave he glares at me and
says, "Hat ha! you were always
proud and high.spirited, but by my will
have put in your side q thorn for life,
and you haven dignity under Il, and It
will sting you to the grave. "The only
ones OF my name who have any dignity
under my will are your sons Frank and
Tracy, who will bear my name to poster
ity.n Now, Ellen Hardin, knowing that
am helpless under that will II you per-
Iist In trying year by year in seeing how
much oI that trust property you can get
out OF me by threats Of law, by personal
or by any other means. II
you doubt that and will not see that /
ought to have something for my entire
life whether he intended 1t or not, then
mark what will be my final vengeance
upon that dead scoundrel and dog, who
has made nc so pitiable before men and
before you; will, so help me, the demons
who wait upon the prosecuted and proud
spirited and revengeiul. l will, when
stripped by you Of my property, and you
mean It at last, plunge my dagger into
Frank and Tracy'B heart and cut CT the
WalWofth name forever. Cd d-n him,
he has elevated them and degraded me,
and you gloat oveviE IhEve not onesin.
gle, hrm right under his will. This you
Believe, and this has been the cause Of
your despising and abandoning me with
! cold, calm purpose. You contemplate
nv eyentiul beggaTy and humiliation. l
win kill your boys and defeat the d-d
in his grave, and cut of his d-d
name forever. Now persecute me about
in inn my heart, and BY The eternal God /
will kill them and you too. Now you
hurt my property any further, you CD
I'D Infamous bitch, and will gut your
bon IS well as you. The Cd id
villian.BhRll not rob mAsoE vile and chill
dren and prODerty. II cant have Hpy-
thing, I'll have revenge, G-ad-n you. q.
have already lost everything which
makes life tolefable." a.' = ~.
This letter has no signature, and Is ad-
dressed To Mrs. Ellen Il. Walworth, sar-
atoga Springs, N. r
Adjourned until Monday.