New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-10
Mr. pe.ch-No, don't think It Is. Yes. that must be-

Mr. Evarts-No II don't 10 be here ITO the witness
You speak with assurance Mr. Ton, but was this cah
crime sunt eitor Autographed at ALL A. Well Sir II was
given to 7As Graphite Office to be Autographed cannot say
for certain whether everything Autographed that was sent
| over there. know sent II there myself. .-.fv 1
O. To be hographeds A. Yes, Sir; think number OF
the letters that sent there not autographed "hehef
| tia! was included, now, not ! dont know. ..-r
@ Look those eaves' andlng witness some half sheets
OF legal cap A. This Is Mr. Mavericks handwriting
O. You recognize them Mr. Mavericks handwnting' A.
Yes, Sir.
O. And the Catherine Gaunt letter. A. No; not a. the
Catherine Gaunt letter. but appears be OF IT, or OF
part Of It. don't know whether IL Is all here OF not
O. Well that Is the letcthst Is Reproductions OF the letter
talking about A. 1t Is reproduction either OF tho
letter part OF tho letter don't know which You can
easily compare with the original II you have the original
O. Yes understand that Now those leayes-do they pur
port to be whole letter. A. don't think they do
O. there any mark those OF astersks or omissions OF
any kindf A. don't any.
O. Anything to indicate that that not the whole letter.
don't see any nor Is anything to indicate that this Is
quotation ALL Ny recollection is Mr. Hvars that that @
terha bunder In the printing OF IT, that some
line or two was out and ecoect OF sending over TO 1
Granite II was Autographed there think My impression
Is that you viii find 1t Autographed in one OF the Impressions
from The Granite Office but won't be certain.
O. Well there IL passage left out there that IL not from
blundes In printing referring to the msnuscrpt' A. No.
Sir; don't know whether 1t IA left out there or not
@. No; II does not appear.
Mr.. FulIerton-Let 1t appear
The Witncss-I remember that after that sworn abatement
was Published made little comparison between that and
the original manuscripts and found some little errors some
| little omissions
@ Yes Do you remember that there was one In the Catherine
Gannt letter. A. 1t strikes that there was Of some Sort
Sir. don't exactly know
@. Unmportants
Mr. Pulerton-One monenu We object 10 that
The Witness- don't know you consider unimporant
Mr. Eyars-Why Is 1t Objectionable whether 1t Is unim
portsntf
Mr. Fuleon-Let US see what Il was aud then will
whether II was important OF not.
Mr. BcachThe omission will show for itself whether Is
important or not
Mr. Evars-Yes but mans notice OF an omission may show
whether he thought 1t was important.
Mr. Fulerton-Tha Is not the question before the Court
Mr.. Eyarts-That Is my question
Mr.. Fullerton-Not now it Is not.
Mr. Evarts-To witness Did you omission that
struck yon important II only unmportantf A. re-
member that when that sworn statement printed
printed without authority and without revision feared
that there many typographical errors in It, was printed
omission part aserisks being thrown In re-
member sometime ateward looking to how far the docu
mens had been incorrectly correctly printed remember
there WAS an error Beechers letter Of the LIST Of January
1t said their breasts" would ache instead OF their hearts,
and there remember Of the word instead
not somewhere else and impression is that there was
come omission the Catherine Gaunt letter and one or two
other letters and sent that over to the Gfapc ONCE snhk
to have It reproduced.
O. Lthographedt A. Yes; my impression Is that you VIII
find 1t printed there.
O. Now will repeat my question When you omis
son you did it, in the print Of the Catherine Gaunt let
compared with the original did the omission strike you
IS important or only as unimportanTi
Mr. BeachThe witness does not state positively that he so"
any omission In the Catherine Gaunt letter.
The Witness-I don't remember particularly Sir
Mr.. Beach-It is assuming 1t, Sir
Mr. Bvars[To the witnessl What do you say to THAR
Mr. Beach-Wat one momeat He won't say anything about
Mr. Eyars-What is the objecion'
Mr. Beach, object assuming that there was an omis
sion in the printing Of the Catherine Gaunt letter
Judge NelsonThe question rather IL he did observe an
omission did strike him as important or not
The Witness- think there sentence or so left out
Judge NeilsOn-The question whether struck as i'm
portant.
Mr. Eyars-Or unimportant.
The wi,ness-Important TO what endf
Mr. Eyars-o any end-o the tuthuiness OF the pubica
ion Of the letter. A. No, Sir; it did not.
O. It did noti No. Sir
O Well we will see A. Ny recollection is that there WA
something In a renewal OF marriage yow-somethng
OF that kind
O. You look at the print while read you the original. Tread
ingl: my dear Theodore" This dated Schohare June
~ 1871. My dear Theodore"
Mr. Mouis-Onen moment, Mr. Eyarts.
Mr.. Evars-Oh beg your pardon.
Nr Morris searches for the letter in the printed book
The witness-I ought mention, Mr. Evars that
compared that with the printing in this book bat with the
printing in The Argus newspaper.
Mr.. Eyars-Well tReadingl:
MY DEAR THEODORE: To-day, through the ministry of
| Catherine Gaunt, character OF fiction, my eyes
have been opened for the first time in my
| pericnce that clearly my sin 1t was when
knew that loved TO suffer IL 10 grow To passion
yruous woman should check instantly absorbing love
But it appeared in such false light That the love
felt and received could harm no one, not even you,
| have believed unfaterngy until four o'clock this
afternoon when the heavenly vision dawned npon see
before, the wrong have done and hasten
immediately TO ask your pardon with penence 60 sincee
that henceforh Gf femains you trust me implicitly
OH my Theo though your opinions not rstful
congenial my SOUL my integrity and purity are
sacred and holy thing Bless God with for Catherine
Gannt all the headings Of an awse and loving
Providence Yes; feel quite prepared to renew my mar
Rage vow with you keep the Saviour equirelh who
ooketh eye and the heart Never before could say
| this"
Mr. Porter-Prom what you now read is omitted.
Mr. Eyars-From what read is omitted.