New-York tribune., 1878-09-30
TIE TANDERBILr VIII CASE.

THE YERACITY OF WITNESS MPUGSED-MRs.
LILLIAN sToDpARD's CLAIM TO Blk THE WIDOW
OF IHR LATE DIR. sToDDARD DENIED.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, Sept. 29.-The woman who
testified In the Vanderbilt win In NewHork on Fri
day last and who gave her name as Mrs Lillian siod
dard and claimed 90 be the widow OF the late Dr. stod
dard a clarivOyant physician In Poughkcepsie, has
created sensation not only In NewYork hut In this
city, where she Is well known. She Is declared TO be an
adventures and not the widow OF the late Dr. stoddard
the latter being alive and respected resident OF Pough
keepsie The real Mira. stOddard resides at No
I6 Marshall-st. but IS at present visiting friend
three miles from Union Corners In this county and ten
miles from here Your correspondent drove 90 the farm
er's house to-day and had interview with her When
sbown the New-York papers containing the detailed
mort OF the so-called Lillian stoddards testimony she
was much impressed In reply 70 questions, she said
tits nearly sixteen years since Lillian Davis worked
for me- aud then only for one week believe that she
came from across the river in Ulster County somewhere
and they called her Mary Coe when she
little girl possibly because she lived with
a Rev Mr.. Coe. She went by the name OF
Lillian Davis when che came ,,. to me, me, o,nnd and
John Van syles There was something about her
when she came 70 NY house that dlo eS not IKE ana
that my husband was intimate win heT. -, .
CHARLES Anderson stoddafd.
Mrs. sioddard-Wcll she always called him Charley.
Correspoudent-she swore that Dr. stoddard died
Mr. d,oddard-He was IN ak OF seven weeks but did
Ale xpectedly e fell dead from his chair while
were talking. This In our house IN Conklin-st.,
Poul lhkeepsie, April % 1873. My husbands name was
Correspondent-Dld you know where Lillian Davis
ri the time OF biz death
Mrs stoddard-No did not; hadn't heard from her
I'm eight or nine years. / told that he gave her
81 900 70 Chicago wth TO get married out thee' II
iCoTTrespondent-what kind Of a character did you
derstand she bore while in Poughkeepsiei
Mrs SOddard-Very loose. Indeed
lac above Information WAS cOunrned Tonight IN an
interview with a gentleman who for twenty years was
DIR StOddard's most Intimate fTiend-a man who know
of his intimacy with Lillian stOddard alias Nell Davis.
IIe saws he was Dr. StOddard's cOnidaut upon all
the Doctor for many years even far back as 1860
He would absent himself from his business four weeks
al time and she would keep HIM In her house. Many
times he endeavOred TO rid himself OF her. but she would
cling 10 him aud follow him. Finally he gave her 500
and sent her West hoping thus TO escape her In 1863
he lived with her In hOye m Twenty ynuth-et New
York under an assumed name In 1872 Dr. StOd-
dard was gt doing business nPOuRhkeepsie but once
week be went 10 Brooklyn, and then he had discarded
Nell Davis alias Lillian stOddaTd, the last time aud
WAS changed man, both as TO character dnd hablts.
Ills business was prosperous and ne told the gentleman
referred 10 that he had determined 20 be better man
that he had finally lid himself OF Nell DAVIS ana would
have nothing more 70 do with her.
Cores pOnden-In all your Intimacy did DIR. stoddard
ever Intimate 10 that he had had was TO have
dealings with Commodore Vanderbilt
Informant-Never in his lfe II he had had any bus-
ness or any communication with Commodore Wander
bilt, he would have most assurcdy told me
of H. because / was the closest friend he
had on earth, not even excepting bis vile.
don't believe Dr. stOddard any OF the Wander
bilts. In every way this woman Is a fraud Charles
stoddard son deceased doctor has also story TO
tciI and between them ALL Mrs. Lillian StOddard alias
Nell Davis, may have pretty hard time Of 1t.