The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-13
WHAT MRS. DUVAL SANS.

She Tells OF Brides and Threats by Fos-
ter's Fricnds-Some Interesting Rev
Citations.
From the Star OF yesterdayl
In the vestibule Of an elegant mansion In East
Twentieth street the writer this morning met
Miss Jennie Duval, the young lady In the defence
OF whom Avery D. Putnam was Killed by William
Foster two years ago.
"Aiamma is very sick" she said perhaps
will do as we'll"
~ wished to know If tiny persons have asked
your mother to sign the petition for committing
the sentence OF William FosterY"
~ will speak to mamma" and having ushered
her visitor into the parlor she whisked away.
Presently . pleasant-faced man entered the
room and said:-
'Mrs Duval Will be down as soon as she can
dress. Can do anything for your"
In answer to an inquiry he SAID -
"BefOre came to this country studied law for
seven years In France. In that country they are
very severe on criminals and, OF course, look on
this case OF Foster through the eyes Of my coun
trymen. think II Governor Dix knew the crcum-
stances as and my family know them he would
not hesitate moment as to his duty. Since
Fosters conviction his friends have done oil in
their power to injure us. There has been detec-
tive watching the family for the last eighteen
months. trying to find something against US. We
NO RECEPTIONS SINCE MR.. purNAM's DEATH,
and our visitors have been only intimate friends.
They have failed to intimidate u.s. and believe
they have sounded Mrs. Duval on the subject Of
money. Here she is. She can tell you about it bet
Mrs. Duval described in feeling language the
scene OF the assault on Mr.. Putnam. She said;-
,, 81 have not known wei day since that awful
The surgeons may say what they please, but Mr..
Putnam was as much dead man at half-past nine
that night as he was the next day. Saint Foster
l call him Saint now that many men have ties.
titled to his religious sentlments-struck him
wire large enough to kill any man,
Here the ladys eyes Glled with tears.
Eos soS on tine Subject
"lndirectly they have, ON three occasions. About
eighteen months ago a man called here to talk
not DESTROYS to see Mr.. Foster hanged, are you p
Il told him my desire was to see Justice done.
hanging it should be msfed out to him. He then
said to me, 1T would be fer your advantage to
have him savedi' rose and closed the interview
at once / told the man that the advantage OF
| society demanded that
FOSTER SHOULD BE PUT OUT OF THE WAY.
| was poor woman, but could neither be intmi-
dated nor bought over to perpetrate an outrage on
Justice. He went away. Some time after that
net this man again. 1t was just at the time when
| Mrs. Putnam had recovered damages from the rail-
road company. He said again, 1T will be for your
There is great deal Of money in it, as
ysn can see.' ! repeated to him my
SINCE think 1t was the same man who is now ac-
cused Of bribng Mrs. Putnam. Last week another
attempt to sound my feelings on the subject was
about Saint Foster. At last she said, you not
| willing to see HIM hanged, are your 1t Is In your
power to save this mans fe.' told her Mr.. Put
nams life had been sacrificed in the cause OF So
| cety; considered both him and myself as martyrs
to that cause. II society was now willing to sac.
rfice both him and me by allowing the murderer 10
escape weud have no hand in II. She then said =
| But, supposng there was money Tor you in this
thing; or, putting It in another form, supposng
this man Is hanged; he has friends large IN
political and money influence The wellbeing
OF yourself "a, and yoas daughters might be
do not know the power Of his friends as do.
YOUR VERY LIFE MAY BE IN DANGER
l started from my seat and laced her. My indig-
nation was thoroughly aroused new. said =
Madame it is no new thing for me to have my
say during the first trial that the main thing they
wanted was to get rid of the principal witness l
HOPING would de Sn aaa
remain true to the best friend myself and my hus-
band ever had. She lett me them and have not
been approached on the subject yet"
"Mrs. Duval. did your Impressions of Foster on
that night lead you 70 believe that he was an
| "They led me to believe the truth-that
HE WAS DRUNKEN LOAFER,'
His face was besred with the habitual use Of
that he was . scholar of his he may haye been a
scholar in the church over which Dr.. Tying now
Epiphany, In P6iladephia@and the Doctor came
! to New York ut the same time, was about to say
| IN the same car, that did. That was thirteen
| years ago. Foster is now about thirty-six years
old. He was pretty large Sunday school scholar
! II he studied under Dir. Tyng.N
| When the conversation ended Mrs. Duval sent
for her tive daughters, Jennie and Annie, and in
trsducod them.
"This' she said pointing to Jennie, ais the little
girl, q mere child then, as you can see, whom that
runlan insplted; and this" introducing Annie, 'is
the young lady whom We were going to accompany
home nom church. am AFRAID Fosters sentence
will be commuted Tit Is Governor DIX will have
betrayed the trust reposed In him by the people
whose interests he has sworn to protect.n
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