The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-15


allowed Mrs. d. to kiss her and give her sister
ly greeting. Sho. admitted that she got her
nephew to Sign her name 70 letter calling
write and cn her aunt tn1 she Claimed hat t slc no
did II To draw her out and find out whether she
was her sister or not. She could not see any Of
that she was not Emily Ward Nancy Still
wagon, the other sister, swore, to the same ef;
that they did not believe she was their sister
but would not positively swear she was not.
Mrs. Ann Harrison. the cousin at whose house
trace a single feature OF the lost girl in Mrs.
Danforths face but would not swear that she
was not Emily
RErUDIATED BY THE MOTHER.
Mrs. Mary Ward, the mother, Il eenteol old
lady "a years old. took tho stand amid buzz
Of excitement She told the story Of her daugh-
ter's disappearance. The claimant ant within
little difference in their ages. While they were
closely cycling each other, Mr.. Smiley put the
question abruptly Is this woman your dough-
-" 10 sir" replied the old lady, =" she Is not my
daughter" On cross exam nation she said,
am positive this is not my daughter, II /
should meet my daughter would know her."
The defence then put in the official record OF
John Gray. made in 1859 in the Court OF Com
mon Pleas. Crawford county. Pa. In It she
twelve years before Emily left home. This, il
will bc seen, makes A. old enough to have been
awidower, father, and boss Of a sawmill at the
time specified and leaves the other boys old
enough to have entered tho army. III seems
singular that her maiden name did not appear
IN THIS oiiicial record. either Mahala or Emily.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
Tho third day Of the trial Witnessed nm cx-
traordnary scene. The mother and her chill
drcn. Harvey. Curtis. Ellen. Nancy. George.
and Amanda. were arraigned before the jury in
tho order OF their birth. Mrs, Danforth was
given the place OF the lost Emily. between
cred the spectators sprang TO their feet. The
interest was unboundcd All had dark hair
woven with silver threads. but Mrs. Danforth
tcristios. straight. sharp noses, sharp chins.
high cheek bones, sallow compilations, brown
eyes. and brown hair were strongly marked In all
but the claimant. With one exception, there
was no feature about her that rcsemblcd the
others. She had dark-bue eyes with n green
lsh tinge. square chin, and checks sunken for
the want of teeth, that gave her cheek bones
prominenee Rpl they lacked ne decisive firm
hair. but the black seams remaining did not
correspond with the brown locks Of the others.
Her nose, however. was peculiarly und distinct
ly a Ward nose. though some OF the spectators
tQncicd that they detected trace OF Hebrew
blood in the rounding Of the tin.
LuSArIc oS THE STAND.
Having proved to their satisfaction that Mrs.
Danforh was not the lost Emily. counsel for
defence endcavorcd to show who she really was.
lncN called James Dixon. the MeudNlllo tailor.
He swore that be was sAty,three Mrs. Dan:
forth had lived in his house thirteen wears. and
Ind told him her maiden name was Mahala
her father, and recognize Calvin Hll and
George Hllls tyo daughters as her uncle
Al died in 1893 and must have been
between forty-thrcc and forty-four years
old. ~ her twins who cooked for the Captain
were alive he thought they would be about 40
years old He swore that she told him her first
husbqnd.s name was Charles Hue Gray, and
that he saw letters addressed to him 10y that
name. The examination took q Wide
range, md drew IN the particulars ~ tho IA
nous Bcnneh'of robbery in the oil, regions
about esht years Ag,p. where Dixon played tn"
part ~ an amateur detective. The witness an
swered the questions So Gueery that nearly
that he was not ia hi- sound mind. His vcraciy
WIS AFT rwnri impugngd boy several Witnesses
George Preston. AN old river pilot. aged sixty
seven. swore that The claimant was Mlhaia Iiil
and that hc knew her son Al about lsiO. Tho
ened when h. ay,rrcd that he ran down the
Allegheny river on % raft and returned by rail-
road via Cleveland ia 1882
INFASTIcIDE
The most interesting evidence was given bv
VIM. b. Crawford. aged sixty-eight. Postmaster
at Salamanca for tho lasttwelye years. Helooked
like pious Presbyterian elder when ho went
into the box but came ont 90 Il with crestfi,lnn
air. He swore that he had bought shingles from
SIieorse Hill and XIV 9is ,iqmily weels H. kncw
and her son Al in 1910 Mrs Danforth swore
she WIS married TO Gray in lsl-; and her appli-
cation for divorce made it, 1884 So that She
could not have been Mahala II in lS37.-REP.l
daughters. Carolina. Lavish. Elmira. aud Ma
hala. II was said that they were abandoned
women but he did not believe it. The cross
examinaton revealed the following eXtraordi-
nary information;
judge McCandless-were YOU not indicted in Cattarau.
gus county Tor the murder o AN cstimae child bcgot
ten by you upon the body OF Lav,a liill'
Judge McCanllcss-Was not iniornaian N made asainst
Westminster crawford "Comliaint oi some kna wa.
made Il was about m. chli nut ion recolcci what
any iarthcr wa. di.cRarscd ''' ''''' "'''' went
The lawyers summed up, api tho case wont
to the jury on this evidence, Judge NrJunkin
derinfngt 10 make charge. Thr Jury was out
thirty minutes. and returned a verdict against
the claimant On the first ballot they stood
eleven 10 one.
But this is not tho end. Judge McCandlcss.
Crosby. ans other lawyers for the claimant arc
preparing 10 argue motion for n new trial
They say they are convinced that their client is
the genuine Emily Ward. and their opinion IL
entertained by many eminent and respectable
cliiZ'ns, Ih"y declare thnl me verdict WIS
against the evidence. md say that the testimony
Of Congressman Thompson and state Senator
Grler will put now lace ON the case. Crosby
claims that the sisters Ellen and Nancy. bonrded
with one of the jurors during the trial, and as
the Jury were not kept together. had an inilu-
ence upon the verdict, Ha says he has dis
covered TINT two Of George Hills daughters are
alive, one living in Wheeling, ": Va. and DO
believes they Will verify Mrs Dnnforth's story.
Mahnla Hill He il on track OF a
man who was nelghbor Of Grand
mother Hill. and who remembers Emilys ar
rival thero with her uncle, and can identity her
He declares that he can prove that llnrvey's
hatred to his brother GEORGE Is So great that he
told Mrs Harrison that he would hnye acknowl-
edged Mrs. DanlOrh his sster II George had
NOT been the first to iind her. Her fnmilv were
90 positive in their recognition that Crosby says
he did not know that they denied her M To- a
week before the trial. Two weeks before tho
case came on. Ray interviewed the sisters
Ellen and Nancy, and they both said they would
not swear that Mrs Danlorth was not the lost
Emily fort the world. As the case stands Crosby
must pay the costs Of tho trial. amounting to
sjuO or 5000
Those who believe that Mrs. Danforth is the
Veritnhle Emily say that she IL rcpudintod by
the mother becnuse of the shHmnrss life she led
with Dixon. the mother, they say. is stern
woman, aud could not bear tue disgrace of such |
an ussoeiutiOiL
The Hill family were notorious, and there nre |
persons who believe that Mrs. DduiOrh is the |
true Mahala, and that her father murdered
Emily andhor uncle. Aware of this fact She |
tuted herself forthc real Emily llorknuwlrdse |
OF the murder would account for the harsh |
treatment 10y her parents.
Meanwhile Hl oillom is asking, " If Mrs |
Danlorlh Is Alnhala Hin, whore is Emily Ward |
aud If she IL Enily MHrd,where is MHhalu Hill |
Above all, what has bntomo Of the unclei'