The New York herald., 1873-07-01

hcwOuld abuse his father and brother; he did NOS
nitnre and break 1t with whatever he might seize
in his hand; he did this very frequently after his
o. On any OF those occasions OF this peculiar sort
OF conduct did you receive any such violence as
the use OF his teeth upon you? A. Yes, in my
finger;
HE BIT MY FINGER SEVERELY.
Q. observe that in those letters which Mr.. Wal
signatures. DO you know any reason for that
Was that habit of his A. IL was not his habit
when he wrote ordinary business letters
z. Colonel Hardin is full brother OF yoursf A.
Yes.
Q. He is an oficer in the regular army' A. Yes.
q. At the period when he was stopping at the
Holman House, in this city, what was his condi-
ton as to personal capacity 10 fight or defend MIN,
IN the breast, and had also lost an arm.
Q. He received those two wounds IN two diner-
o. Now as to Mr.. Walworth-what was his con-
diton as TO strength and height; what sort OF
man was he pnysicalyf A. He was five feet
the habit OF exercising himself greatly by long
walks he used the dumb bells as long as knew
him.
CRoss-ExAhNED.
BY Mr.. Phelps-H0w long prior to your leaving
him was the last act OF violenceS A. About ten
.. Was he aware OF your intention to depart be-
fore you lett nimp A. He was not.
Q. Alter the act of violence which occurred ten
day before you left the house, had you any inter-
view with him? A. He came to my room; but
never without some one being there.
Q. At what time did you leave the h0useY A. In
the morning, about ten O'clock
g you 70 say that sre ron S Snag tlme
Y. Have you any means OF determining In general
way the letters which you received from him and
shown your A. Yes; think can distinguish be-
tween them.
o. Can you discriminate between all these let
ters as between those you first saw and those
terwards shown to your A. There might be few
] could not point out but as general thing
would know them ALL
U. Would you lock at them
Mr.. O'Conor said he had not had time to look ct
all those letters but he would do No doubt the
lady would be able to discriminate between them:
The Court-Let the witness see the letters and
discriminate between those that & were found IN the
Witness-I think saw only four or i've; could
pick them out in few minutes.
q. What wass the last letter you receivedY A.
The letter received 7th August, 1872.
Q. Did you understand that the letters produced
by you from Mr.. walworth since you separatedf
A. Not quite all; Mr.. O'ConOr has some more.
Q. Did you answer any OF those lettersY A. ldid
not; wrote one letter about two or three weeks,
perhaps, after left him; submitted 1t to friend
my lawyer; that letter was given to him. under
stand: never sent him line after that.
Q. With the exception Of that letter which was
submitted by you to a lawyer before sending 1t you
have had no communication with him OF any
description since the separations A. None at all;
l may have had messages from my lawyer.
Q. You communicated nothing directly with Mr..
WalwOrthY A. Nothing IN any way.
Q. The letter dated September, 1872 did you re-
ceive that?
A. NO.
o. Have you seen any letters later than August
A. don't think have.
The witness then left the stand.
TWO packages OF letters were then handed to
Mrs. Waworth, which she examined at the table
beside which she sat, on the immediate rlgnt OF
the prisoner After brief examination OF the
letters contained in these packages she handed the
packages back to Mr. O'Conor, with the letters
Withdrawn from them which she had herself re-
celved.
| An entry was here made on the minutes that the
District Attorney had Withdrawn his objection to
the reading OF any letters, and That there was no
exception In reference thereto.
From package No. 2 she Identified letters marked
~, from q, package No. 9. letters marked 81"
Mr.. O'Conor observed that letter Is was the one
about which all the discussion was had as to its
o. BY Mr. O'Conor-Are those all you received
and read prior to the 1st OF Junes A. Yes; think
Q. You stated thai some of those letters
found in Franks eooretary were unopened! A.
that were unopened; this was seven or eight
months after the separation; at that time there
was package of letters handed to me, and among
these were those unopened ones.
Q. What letters were those that were unopenedS
A. 1 think they were generally those which
CONTAINED POWDER AND BALLS.
TESTIMONY OF LEAUEL S. HARDIN
L. S. Hardin, uncle to the prisoner. was next put
Colonel Hardin and brother OF Mrs. Walworth; 1
live at Louisville, KY; lived with my sister in
m S we s8e e ana
life; spent my vacations in Saratoga with the
Chancellor; think Frank is the best boy ever
| knew his devotion to his mother was perfect;
| never heard him speak i'll OF his father; never
| heard anyone speak Ill OF him.
To Mr.. Phelps-I never saw him angry he was
| fond OF sports and cheerful, but not demonstra-
| tive he had fund OF humor IN him he was never
irritable or irritated he was better tempered than
myself; he was in my once six months about two
] years ago. can't fix It nearer; it was before the
| separation, at least before heard OF IT.; heard
| Frank was with his mother when that occurred.
To the Court was opposed to his reading law
! he was so young, but he seemed so settled and so
| little disposed to frOlic that assented.
| TESTIMONY OF GENERAL HARDIN.
Martin b. Hardin, another uncle ol the prisoners,
| called and testIhed:-
| BY Mr.. O'ConOr-fOu are brother OF Mrs. Wal
q. Were you at New York at or about the time at
| which your sister finally separated from ner hus-
bands A. was; was stopping at the Hoffman
| House.
| U. What was your condition as to health at that
timer A. l had been lnvalided for some years,
| partly on account of wounds and partly from
disease | contracted in the army at that time l
have yet; was suffering from severe wounds, as
well as having lost an arm; was, IN fact, hardly
able TO ABOUT At the time, and 1t was enly excite
ment that kept me up.
q. Did you receive visit from Mr. waworth
| while you were at the Hoffman HouseY A. did.
| z. At what hour OF the day or night was tS A.
1t was about four O'Clock in the morning; l was
o. Was there any one else in the room with you
at the timer A. Yes; there was lawyer there,
writing.
z. Your sisters lawyer was there writlngf A.
| Yes
Q. Drawing up papers for the purpose of be-
! ginning the divorce case? A. les; we had been
| engaged with them through the night; went to
bed about two O'Clock; was asleep when was
| awakened.
Q. BY what were you awakeneds A. BY vio-
| lent Knocking at the door.
| Q. What then nappeneds A. The lawyer Jumpeu
! up and opened the door; Walworth came In and
walked quietly up to the foot OF my bed; he kept
| his hand by MS AIDE Ia this manner witness holds
| his hands close to his side) l was still lying in
! bed watched him closely; he asked me,
"WHERE Is MY WIFE Y
| he kept questioning me; told him to keep quiet
and allow me to dress; he was very much excited ;
/ arose and was putting on my pants still keeping
] my eye on him closely; suddenly jumped towards
! the door, got through the door and drew 1t alter
me; he pursued aud forced the door open he had
HIS PISTOL IN HIS HAND;
| he presented IL at me, but escaped behind
double arch that was in the hail. people then came
rushing to the spot; the lawyer had rung the bell
and this gathered them; in few seconds police
man came and arrested him.
q. Have you had much knowledge or intercourse
with your nephew. Frank A. | have seen him