The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-28
THE JUMEL ESTATE CASE.


The Suit or Bowen VS.. Chase-Further
Examination OF Mr.. Paul IL. q. Perry
Evidence Given to Contradict the Tes-
timony OF Witnesses for the Plaintiff
The Deeds or the Jumel Property.
The hearing Of the case OF George w. Bowen VS..
Nelson Chase was resumed yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court before Judge Shiprnan and "a
special jury.
Mr.. HOar, Mr.. Chatheld, Mr.. Shafer and Mr.. Saw
yer appeared as counsel for the p.aintif, and Mr..
Charles OConor and Mr.. ]. Carter for the de-
PENDANT.
TESTIMONY OF Mr.. PAUL r. @. Perry CONTINUED.
Mr.. Paul r. G. Perry was further examined by
Mr.. O'ConOr. He said have mentioned some
trips have made to New York and to France; I
was in France at the time Of Madame Jumers
death; went to France alone in 1855 to see my
friends there, and returned to America in August,
1856; at that time Madame Jumel was dead.
Crosse yamlned-I was born on the 10Th OF June,
1888; have been examined as witness four times
for my iather-n,aw Mr. Chassrst IN IN the VIII
twice in The present suit; testified on Fri
day last that my daughter is seventeen
S SS the l5 ase Of h pssem s 1884, Madame
did not speak to my father on that OCCASION ont
spoke TO her IN French alter mat she wenG 10 10
ing Malta, Sicily and Rome; then she went to
Paris; came back To Bordeaux; she then went BACK
here to America; my marriage contract was dated
in July. 1855, and my marriage took place IN De-
cemDer following; witness produced number or
letters written by Nine. Junae to his father in 1854
and 1856 IN relation to his marriage with Miss
Chase; he said, a.! had written to my father
to send those letters to me and he dld
seq have been living ut the Jumel mansion since
1885, since Madame's death; Mr.. Chase is now living
at the mansion; have seen Madame Jumel write as
far back as 1854 at the mansion and IN several
ceeding years; l have seen her write some hymns
and her name; cannot tell what the subject OF the
I'VE mi m ma hot hnr ylnf hAff
name was Mary Bowen; she told me that about The
sitne OF our marriage; was nrst married by the
18th OF July; on the 10Th we were married in the
Catholic Church and in the Episcopal Church OF
England, and subsequently the whole ceremony
was registered in the manner usual on such occa-
siOhs.
TO Mr.. O'Conor-The card produced is one of the
visiting cards used by Madame Jumel when she
was in France-"Madame Burr widow OF Aaron
Burr, Vice President OF the United States"
. TESTIMONY OF B. A. LANDER.
B. A. lander, OF the Third Auditors DEPARTING Mt
Treasury, Washington was called 10 give testi-
mony from the muster and pay rolls oil the New
for the purpose OF cOntradicting the evidence OF
Henry Nodine, q witness who had been produced
for the pa9t the witness saG there WAS ro no
though there were upon it the names OF Benjamin
and Louis NOdine.
TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BERRIAN.
william Berran deposed-I was born at the
manor of Fordham, in Westchester county: am
going into my seventyelghth year; was born on
tan's Home, IN Fourteenth street; was q militia
man tor about six months in the war OF 1872; there
was no captain in my company named Doughty; no
Colonel BOgarduS had any thing to do With our COM
pany, so far as know; there were in my company
Louis and Benjamin Nodne; | have seen Henry No.
dine; think he was too young to be Ill the CON-
pany when was in the militia he was boy about
twelve years old or somewhere about that.
CrosseXamined-A gentleman, Mr. Logan, came
to me to ask me to be witness; he did not tell me
what was to prove about Henry NOdine; he did
not put any questions to me.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN j. PERRY.
John j. Perry, swOrn--I reside at Bridgeport,
Conn. lett there this morning; my lathers name
was Seth Perry; he is dead tour years this month
have heard my father say ne had brother David
was born IN 1921 IN my fathers house, the house
where l now live; during the last year OF my
fathers life he was blind; the paper now shown me
is in my fathers handwriting; have brother
named Robert Perry; he is in Chicago now.
The paper Identified by witness as being in his
fathers handwriting and bearing the signature Of
David Perry which signature witness said he be-
eved to be written by his father, Seth Perry, was
marked, Mr.. OCopor stating that at another stage
OF the case he would show what he intended to
| prove by 1t.
| A considerable portion OF the afternoon was
taken up with a discussion upon the admIssibility
OF certain deeds in relation to settlements OF the
Jumel estate. MI. O'Conor said that he expected
to prove by those deeds that Mr.. Chase had COM
pete legal defence to the action brought by the
plaintiff.
PLAINTIFFS counsel objected to the reception OF
the deeds.
Judge Shipman said that in discussing the mat
ters arising under these deeds, involving, as they
did, mere questions OF law, it would not be neces-
sary to submit them to the consideration OF the
jury But if the Court was to pass upon the legal
effect OF the documents, those documents must be
put In.
The deeds were then put in, and the Court adj
jOurned to this morning.