The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-28

No tod froiu roht nj Nv tha
ca ,rp. upon him He then charsed Jones with having
fred 10 shoot him aud having wounded himself IN
ms effort thus accounting for The INJURIES which
.iaar ,nticted uuon him. Jn,cs he,nc n hclniess
moor negro was o: course mo match for n rich pcwer
hi man Jones was convicted and inn prisoned ior ave
moutns when his inuoccnce became SO manifest that
he was hardened out bv the Tcrsiature and now he
was The ready instrument OF Georr,apas bitter re-
s~ae and as ahovc s'assa srsd Aidsn for s5o noe
lama Gas But (;eorg,ana lad s, not doue WIN
her former snouxc and HING another su,t
uoou his neck. Alden had sent 70 iaii
rcoIorcd servant grl carona Rla,r who was n VII.
ness TO the shooting on tho charge that she had stolen
some plate which was found in her trunk. Carolina
IA .se ,mprsoumenl LAYING her Innaaes a, 900 and
Claiming thai he himself But the plate IN her trunk IN
order 10 Get her out OF tho wav AZ she could be W.T.
ness 10 the shoo,nr - - 80
ALDEN AND csoRcIAxA BECOME xscoxcrLEp.
when Geore,ana obta,ned her divorce. and August,
ls73 but all The suits were present liz Cd Tor
the panic Of 1879 laid Alden low financially speaking
crash ana withdrew his suit against Georgana
after which the variocs SUITS asans, hlm were also
Withdrawn Meanwhile all his children toy his drst
wife he had none by his secondl had left Compo and
as they were al! well provided Tor except his youngest
magnificent provision for her BY transferring 10 her
the splendid Compo propertv for the nominal consId
GRAFTON O. a. He took h;s daughter 10 New York IN
is,l 20 spend the here with neY Here be again
met Georgiana, who OF course was ioath see
Compo pass into other hands thar hers HIS OLD
love ZOE her revived and Aicen leaving his daughter
went 10 live again with Georg,aua a, the Spingcr
House without going through the ceremony of
u
bostowal OF. Compo (which he had already given 10
M daughter, upun her ON April 9, 1874 they weus
10 the law office OF the late W liiam Il. Author, and
there he decided the property her. receiving as .
consideration for $50 900 upon the estate
without bond however and without any personal
therefor on part OF Georgana pay the
mortgage II was virtually second gift She then
persuaded him ,c place her IN possession OF Compo
which he did two days later without the least knowl
edge Of Mrs Truncc, Aiden's daughter. Celeste had
visited Alden and Georgana frequently at the Spnger
House and she now became the third Of the trio ut
Compo The Two women took possession OF
Com 10 and Alden content 10 share both between
VINO OWNED PROPERTY
But the question that now arose was:-Whosc was
the property Georgiana who was IN possession,
brought an action equity the Superior Court OF
Connecticut against Mrs. Trubee her step daughter TO
set aside Adens deed oi tho property 10 his daugh-
ter which Georgiana averred cloud upon
her title The Court referred the trial of the 10
run Arthur d. Osborn anu Luzon B. Norris three Of
the abcst members OF the Connecticut Bar, who heard
IL for twenty days The trial presented some cxtraor-
binary features. Georeiana's principal Witnesses
against her step daughter were Alden and Celeste
The father then arraigned against DIS
own daughter and the concubine, whose
adultery with her husband the cause OF
tally branded her as an adultcress. Alden swore
that when he decided the property 10 his daughter u
the condition that she should subsequently
make declaration OF trust promising to return the
property whenever called upon by him 10 do So ana
that this done. Celeste corroborated his testimony
alton oil trust. No evidence, however, was adduced
proving the existence oi any such paper MRS Iruoee
sci her solemn oath against that oil her father that no
such ever existed ana that no sucn paper