The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-30
NOT DR. sroDDARD's WIDOW
The Real widow branding Councillor Lords
Witness ns nm Impostor.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, Sept. %. The woman who
testified in the Vanderbilt will case in New York
on Friday last. and who gave her name as Mrs.
Lillian Stoddard aud claimed TO bcthc widow of
the late DIR. Stodlard. n clairvoyant physician
in Poughkecpsc has created sensation not
only in New York but also in Poughkccpsie.
where she is well known. She is an advcn-
turcss. and not the widow Of tho late DR.. Stod-
dard who is alive and well. and respected resi-
dent Of Poughkcepsc. Mrs. Stoddard lives at
l6 Marshall street but is at present on visit 10
farmers house three miles from Union Cor
ners. in this county. and ten miles from here.
A representative Of The SuS drove to the
farmers house to-day and had an interview
with her. When shown the New York papers
containing the detailed report Of the so-callcd
Lillian Stoddards testimony she was COM
pletoly dumbiounded. and then. recovering her
equilibrium. exclaimed. We'll. | do declare
What ncXtY" Then. in reply to questions she
told what she knows about Lillian Davis Said
She: It's II long time ago when knew Lillian
Davis. IL was nearly sixteen years ago when
she worked for me. and then shc only worked
Tor one week. | believe she came from across
the river IN Ulster County somewhere, and they
called her Mary Coo when she wns n little girl,
possibly because sho lived with n Rcv. Mr. COe.
She went by the name Of Lillian Davis when she
came to mo. and aiterward she claimed to be the
wife Of one John Van Styles. There was sOme-
thing about her when she came 10 my house
that did not like. and that WAS the reason
discharged her. / know a'tcrwurd that my hus-
band WIS intimate with her.
Reporter She SAYS Dr. stoddard's name was
Charles Anderson Stoddurj.
Mrs Sioddard-Mrll sho always callod him
Charley perhaps that accounts for that
h"pori"r,,She swnre that Or. Stcddard died
suId May / 1875
Mrs StoddArd- was m six or seven woels
aud did die UNEXPECTEDLY. He fell doad from
his chnir while Wa wcre talking. This WIS
q o1Nr hb9usn u Conklin street. loushkeepsie.
AmAssa W. Stoidarl
Reporter-nid ynn krhw where Lillian Davis
was az the time ut his death
Mrs S..ddarl y did not: ! hadn't hoard
from her iu eight or uine years. was told That
he gave her $1,000 TO eo TO Chicago to get mar
rinl cut there. % sAo could
The nhgyc Information was fully confirmed
last might in nm interview with gentleman who
for twenty years was nr. Sioldard's most NIT
mate trieni-a nun who knew of his intimacy
with Lillian sioddard alias Nell Davis. The
gentleman at present requests that his name
sLall not be given to the public; but he Ia ready
TO go on tho witness stand If necessary. He
says he was DR.. Stodlards conndant upon all
hanging on the Doctor for years even as far
ha'k a. l-hn We, would HlruAt i4u.er.f from
would keep him in her house all the time.
Time nnd again lie endcnNorcd TO rid him
sell Of her, but she. would cling - him
ani follow him, Finally he gave her 600 and
sont her West hnpng thus t. esrnpe her. In
l,bp Ice lived with her in hOvcl IN Twenty
ninth street. Nrw York, under an assumed
business in pouehkcopsio hut once q w"ek ha
won't 70 Brooklyn. Then he had discarded
Nell Davis. alias Lillian Stoddard. for the last
time, and WIS changed man both ~ o. char
act"r and habits. and his bus ness was pros
prrous. n said that ne had determined 10 bee a
hcitor man that hr had hlnlly r.d himself ~
Nrll Davis. and would have nothing more to do
with her
In all your intimacy did Dr. Stodlarl ever
Intimate 20 you that he mad hnd, or was 20 hayo.
dealings with Commodore Ngnlcrbit"
Never IN his life. II he had had any husi-
ness or any communication with Commodore
Vanderbilt he would have most as-urolly told
me Of IL. because was the closest iIlend be- had
On Garth not eyen eXneptIng Lis own wlte."