The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-17
IL sroeifo. sixteen different Waits from the 10,

lonr Ter. was pcrus onnly present. but thrrp
wore times when he saw her alone, and his wifp
hroamn furiousy jealous. whether shc had
firm ground Tor her eusplcions dors not appear.
Mrs. Curtis sw'ars that she has boon I'm tie
h-nk VITA Kings when the blinds were alt
closed except onc-half of the upper middh,
bind. but she declared nothing improper o'-
hwwrcn her room and m" bank. She. Bllincs
and hts clerk sherman, were the only ones who
had Keys to the OH 49,.
Tho wifc's susuici0ns broke into open war
fafc. At ono time Billings WINS cleaning his
stable. She went there aud began to uphra,d
Inn for calling ON Mrs. Curtis Iic rcialAt.d
hy throwing fork -ull II dung over her. With
III ten mlnut She caught him in tho door
yard. aud drpnrhod HIM with slops. Once sho
visited Mrs. Curtis'- apartments. and found her
husband IN the sitting room alone. Mrs. Curtis
sw"ar- that she heard her bui did not see her.
husband coming down from Mrs. Curis's apart
nent- He supposed that she did not see him.
come around and 20 into the bank. His wife
OWNED his Int ntlons. She seq Il q pailiu Of
water, hid herself at an angle Of tho house, AMI
threw the water over him IA he turned the
corner He chased her through the street
shouting; On YOU. IN drown YOU A neigh
Dor intrriered, and asked what was the trouble
lie replied that his wife had thrown water on
nun, and he meant TO run Ter into the river
IT," wife got home without harm. Tie
ir,t week in April the wife ran out into
~ street and bognn 10 stone the bank. Bill
inEs camc out and she ran into the store
runght her by the shoulder and arm She said .
lhrrr u law IN tliis ease. He asked her II she
would stopthrOwing stones ut the hank. and she
EtNs nm no satisfaction. He caught her 10y tho
mex aud arms ana started To- run her out Of the
store. saying, Now for the river" with the APP
larrui Intention Of running her across the road
OF the wall into the Hudson. which il very broad
ant deep at this point She broke away from
him and went home. Aitcrward she showed
her arms 10 sherman. in the presence Of her
aud blue. Billings Acknowledges that ne used
the words. Now for the river but says he was
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MRS DILLINGs's PEARS.
Mrs billings nj last openly accused Mrs Cur
IL 20 being what she ought not 10 be. She
charged that the cleaning Of the bank ut SO per
week was z mere cover for other operations,
and said that she or the servant girl could
sweep the bank ~ well rs not for 1t was next
doort the house and save the money. Things
grew warm. Mrs. Curtis sued Mrs. Billings
for SANDER She swcars that before the suit
Billings told her he must stop calling upon
her. She asked him why and he said, Oh.
again. She swears that Billings did not inspire
the SANDER suit. and never spoke 20 her about
u. once she was SO much annoyed 10y what Mrs
Billings said that she threatened tO leave the
bank Billings told her not TO pay any attention
10 wnat ms wife said, Tor he believed she was
Mary Lynch. a former servant in BillinGs's
ago she heard Billings tell his daughter that be
would give her 81 900 II she would swear that
her mother was crazy, so that he could send her
no such thing" The next morning at break
fnst Billings offered sherman Al. 900 II he would
~ in and help send his wife To the ASYLUM
sherman said mat he would like to have 81 900
but would not like to send her there.
BIT Mary Lynch testiiles t. scenes that vivid
tic life She says that his wife would run into
the parlor and lock herself in whenever she saw
MIN coming. They never ate together. He got
into the room one day before she saw him. She
started for the parlor and he raised both his
bands ,ns as IT. 10 shoe, her. saying Bang" Mary
On sunday. June .. Billings overlook Mrs.
Curtis on her way 10 church He asked her 10
ride. and She got into the wagon. They sat to-
gether IN church aud ne drove h9r home. This
was almost on the eve NJ the trial of her SANDER
suit against Mrs. Billings.
John {. sherman swears that on that Sunday
while he and Billings We're oiling the car
rage to get ready 90 go to church they heard
two guns. and asked sherman. who was his
clerk; II he bad seen them. sherman replied
took II away week before The last time he
saw the other one WAS in the small room of
the hail over the store.
BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION.
on the day OF tho murder Mr. Billings
law. Mary C. Harris. She lived d' three
miles away; It. wsss B,,IlnGss first visit
he asked ar dinner. She gave him his dinner.
seJ INK, Yes, do good for evil H. advised
her a. talk with his wife and get her Co leave his
was iniuring ms bus aesH 10y her conduct. MIS-.
Harris said TINT her daughter WIS not 10 blame.
She asked Billings what made MIN 20 IN
into the bank with Mrs. Curtis and lock
iag d29r He replied r that Ella sod
u TAX her away from his house and give her
some good advice. Mrs Harris accused h i'm Of
him she knew OF the chloroiorm and Kerosene
matter. She asserted that he had committed
sddaliery He ,b reiG a by FfeH5rag to rapors
cused her ot adultery. She placed her hanl on
large family B,Ce ana and s swore that II
Bible, and attempted 20 swear hut did
not. Billings denies all this uuversatiOn. hut
acknowledges that be- told Mrs. Harris that
he thought II She would give Eliza some
good advice It would save her some trouble
He leit Mrs. Harriss house near F. NJ. and
his horse and went lo schuyleryine. Ii was
then after O'Clock. While coming back from
salt his cattle. lie saw storm coming up. and
took refuge in the bank bu ding. i was "A
terrible. storm. ilting prelude to the TRACE
fences blown down. and chimn"ys oyer
torpled thr9ughoqt the county Tho
went home and saw his mother IN law and wife.
The former had evidently come down 10 tell her
Billings invited John Terhune to take supper
with him. After supper, he saws he started 10
turned back. He reached his garden on the
way back. climbed over the fence. walked half
way down. crossed the garden, climbed
a second :ence. and entered the door
yard OF MS house behind the wood
house or old Office. He entered this wood
house in search Of Il measure that he wanted 10
use in sailing his cattle He found no measure.
aud was compelled to tako one from the car
riage house. As il Was such slippery walk ing
he concluded to tako his horse and wagon and
drive up on his farm. There i lane through
the farm. opening on the river road, less than
quarter Of n mile from his house. He drove NJ
there and was seen passing the window u his
house 10y his clerk. sherman. Mrs. Curtis says
that she saw him drive past the tank
with the salt measure In the back Of
tho wagon. He says that he drove to the
lane and opened the gate. He then drove up
the hill and left the gate open He hitched he
horse about quarter OF a mile from the en-
trance II the lane. and saw that big tree in the
corn field on the left had been blown down. He
walked over and looked at the tree and came
back. He wore tight-iliting rubber boots, and
found the field very soft and muddy. On his
return ho found that the bars to his oat field
had been blown down. As he was afraid nc
cattle would get into his oats he went 70 field
nearer the ,ryerto, find hammer and box Of
nails that he had left there some days before.
He could not Ind them and came back TO his
horse. lie drove up the lane twenty Ave rods
further. and saw that there was moro fence
down han two men could put up in two DAYS.
He took the salt box under his arm ana walked
10 the field, three-quarters OF Q mile beyond,
whore his cattle were grazing. he sailed tWen-
ty-s .ght head In different places then went hall
q mile 70 see tho colts and sheep, and sailed
them. On returning 70 the wagon, he turned
the horse around aud drove carefully down the