The New York herald., 1878-09-30
WHO IS LILLIAN ST0DDAkD ?

THE IDENTITY OF THE SENSATIONAL WITNESS
IN THE VANDERBILT casE- STATEMENT OF
THE REAL WIDOW OF DR. sToDDARD-AN
ADVENTURES AND A BAD CHARACrER-HER
RELATIONS TO THE DECEASED PHYSICIAN.
PouGHKEEPsIg, Sept 20. 1878.
Tho woman who tastiled in the Vanderbilt VIII case
in Now York Friday last and who gavc her name
as ''Mrs. Lillian Stoddard" and claimed 10 be tho
widow OF thc late Dr. Stoddard, ciairvoyant rhy-
stefan in Poughkecpsic, has, indeed, created sen.
saion not only in New York but also In this
city, where she IS well known. and the
sensation may last her longer than she anticipated
when she stepped to the witness stand She is MOTH
ing IN ore nor less than adventures, and the
widow of the late DR.. Stoddard, she being alive anl
well and respected inhab,tant of Poughkecpsie.
She resides at No 16 Marshall street. pres
visit to farmers house three miles from
Union Corners, In this county, and ten miles from
here
INTERVIEW sroDDARD.
drove to The iarmcr's mousse 10 day and had an In
terview withher wncn shown the New York papers
containing tho detailed report OF the so-caed Lillian
Stoddard's testimony she was completsly dunn
founded and then, recovering her equilibrium, ex.
caimcd:--
swell. do declared What nextp
Then in reply to questions she told what she kn ows
alb )ut Lillian Davis Said she:-
alt n long time ago when first knew Lillian Da-
Wis. /, was nearly sixteen years ago she worked
for me. aud then she only worked for me one week.
believe she from across tho river. In Ulster
county somewhere, and they called her Mary Coe
when she was little girl, possibly because she lived
with q Rev. Mr. Coe. Sne went by tho name Of
Lillian Davis when shs came TO me. and
aterward she claimed to be the wife OF q named
John Van styles. There was something about her
when she came 10 my house that did not like and
that The reason discharged her. l subsequently
ascerta,ned that her relations my husband were
whnt they should be. ~
RKroRrER-she says Dr. stoddard's name was
Charles Anderson Stoddard.
Mrs. sropp,aD-Well. declared Well, she always
caned him 'Cnariey;' perhaps that accounts Tor
that.
KEroRrER-she swore that Dr. stoddurd died sud.
denly May l, 1870.
did die unexpectedly Ho fell dcad from his chair
while We we're taking. This was 10 our house, in
ConkIn street, Poueh keepsic, April %, 1878. My
hu>baud's name was Amasa NJ. Stoddard.
REpoRTER-Did you know where Lnnn Davis was
at the timc OF his death !?
Mrs SroppARD-No. did not. hadn't heard
from her IN eight or nine years. was told that hc
gave her ST. 900 go Chicago with aud get married
out there " she could
RspoRrER-what kind of a character did you
dcrstand sue bore whiIc in PoughKeepsie?
Mrs SToDDARD-Very bad Indeed Shc would noS
only lie, bu, steal. ana she was n bad woman.
STATEMENT X. sroDpARD's FRIEND
The above IN tot nation than fuy con.
frmcd tonight in an interview with gentleman who
for twenty years was DR.. Stoddard's most intimate
| friend-a mau who knew OF his intimacy with
man al present requests that hts nanc shall not be
gwen to tho public but he Is ready to go on the Wit
| ness stand II necessary.
| lie says he was DR.. stoddards conhdaut upon all
subjects aud that the .'Ne Davisn was chang.
in on the Doctor for year, lar back as 1860
! He would absent himself IRON MS business Tour weeks
! at time, and she would keep him In her house all
the time Time and again no endeavored TO rid him.
| self OF her, but she would CHING TO nun and
follow HIM. Finally hs gave her 500 and
| hnr Wpst-
he lived with her Lovcl In Twenty nth street,
| New York, assumed namo. In 1872 Dr.
Stoddard was still doing business In Poughkcepsie,
but once a week he went to Brooklyn, and then he
mad discarded "Nel DAVIS" alias 'T.ilan stod.
dard" for the last time, anc was changed
! and his business was prosperous, and he told the
gentleman referred TO hut no had deter mined to be
better man; that no had hnay rid himself OF ''Ncl
DAVIS" and would have nothing moro 10 do with
her
| REPoRrER-In all your intimacy did DR.. Stoddard
ever intimate to you that he had mad was 10 have
| dealings with Commodore VandorbiitY
| Observation-Disclosures IN his life II he had had any
business or any communication with Commodore
Vanderbilt he would have most assureJly told me OF
II, because was the closest friend no had on earth
not oven excepting his own vile. NY whole
| interest this matter one thnR only,
and that to expose this woman, who 10 .
living lic woman OF tho lowest possible eharacter
! acnl want any Of Commodore Vanderbiits money;
| l want ner. She made Dr. Stoddard's lie m,serabIei
followed MIN ike n lecch every whore and came near
running him. don't believe DR.. Stoddard ever saw
| any OF the vandcrbs. In cvory way this woman ID
| n fraud
next will DO higbiy interesting. Charles Stoddard,
Of the deceased doctor, has also story TO tell
and between them all "Mrs Lillian Stoddard," aiias
| "Nell Dav's," may have pretty hard lime Of H.