, 1879-03-21
OLIVER--CAMERON.
o;r,or,'s Counsel viii Do Their Best
to Prove Conspiracy,
- which tho Widows lawyers
1ycrc sevcrnlly Interested.
Arow of the Many Aliases Under Which
Oliver Has Sailed.
I'M the People she lIns personated III
Her Extensive Travels.

HUI LAlEASbFS 4lNtGA6s
sntrtat Ht.nnfch IN TAt 7t1hnnt.
w,.u,soroY, D. G., Mascl, 20.-Thc Oliver
CAMERON case wus not as Sensational to-day, but
,so cou,t room was 1ruscly crowded. 10
,nacc from Tie attendance, tte local Interest II
~ y, ,hr ncrcusc. The Court Ind tnade better
..r,angencnts to prevent interruption OF busi.
n,,s, a.r, oniy lawyers were admitted to the bas.
M,.. oliver was prompt IN her place. Slsc
.,tc new, whtc.atraw bonnet, and Ind a moro
,.,r,v mir tlan on the previous days. She bud
IN ,,mc calm an placid air, mud bore tfle re-
;.n,,.,s examination with fortltuAe. Gen.
nn,Ipr conlplctcd his cross-e1amtnatfon. Tho
Nil tory Of Senator Cnmtrons attempt 10 de-
..,or The widow by poison waa reviewed, hut
aoh,ur new WAS cllcitcl It appeared, however,
hat tl.c had employed nine lawycrs, somo Of
vhon, nt trnst, nrc
WORKING FOR CONTINGENT FEES.
{,eu. Butler Indicated his purpose to attempt
n move that a conspiracy lsud been formed to
eet money from Simon Cameron, IN which the
i,syers we're active participants. There were
,c,jn letters mid letters, all telling the same
.tory IN the same gushing way.
Tic Widow Oliver paid her respects 10 Col.
rtzh,,cll, tho "bigcr man tfan old GTant," ia
ma Of her letters, shytng that ha was man who
1ou1d ,akc cents OF dead mans eyes.
Gen. Butler succeeded III making It appear
that certan receipt which Cameron had Oh.
,,,ned for tic eum Of s1,000 was intended to 10
rereint In full for all claims that the btxom
widow might have upon lhe venerable Simon.
The widow persisted, however, that tile Bum
x.s only partia payment for expenses Of sick.
npss nll that It had 10 relation to the claim for
breach of promise.
Later III the Investigation Mrs. Oliver admit
led that there was written contract by which
her counsel were to receive
osE.TilInD OF TUE AMOUNT
.rarlcd, n,M! gie the other two-tllirtls.
Tho Widow Oliver appears to l,aye lad very
faai!iar way in using tl,c names of great pc0-
p]e, rs the following passnge IN hcr testimony
shows:
"Dtl YOU ever introduce yourself as Mrs.
Gen. sl,ernianI' asl;cd Gen. Butler.
"pardon me; will tell you how II was,n np-
peatcll the witness.
! "Auswer the question:" prompted the Court.
"We!l, yes, ll,cn," answered the witness. who
vent on to explain TINT she called at tic Con-
grcsslonai Hotel to ace Mr.. Cameron, and lad
m spirit Of fun told tllc servant to announce
Yrs. Gen. Sherman, but she protested. 1t was
mere Incident.
"NelIi kneu, loH oAtSlt ulu ksehe AcSAuSnIo
happcni'
at never hapnencd but once. I assure you
twas,a, accident. did mt lucan anything BY
t. | soId It tn hurry" explained the witness.
Speaking nf the pretended receipt In full for all
damages, Mrs Oliver said: "Through poverty
signed the rcccIps. but, in my heart of:hcarts,
intended 10 prosecute this easc for the wrong
b. has tlono mc.n
THIS reply was
GIVEN WITH DRAMATIC EMrHAsts.
"You hare given Inc d very ialr nnAwer,"
sid Gun. Butler, "nnd good Insight Into your
heart. nfn much Obliged TO your
IL has bcun thought that this case would
fall through tllc proof on the part Ut
she defense t1snt the Widow Oliver has
!lusbnt,d living. from whom she las
never becn divorced, It appeared from the In
acatous Of counsel to-day that tho prosecution
have a,, ingenious way III cva,ug tl,at difficulty,
md, while admitting .hat Mrs. Oliver was never
divorced from Mr.. Oliver, viii aitcn.pt to
prove that she was never married to hin; tlat ho
wasnevcrhcrllusband; nn.l ,lat they lived tavctl-
crf years under ior,I of ceremony which, not
having been performed by minister, priest,
Jndgo or other oicIaI having authority, was.
according to Kentucky Inv, an absolute nullitY.
THE CNoss-ExAMINAT1oN.
WAsu,voros, IL g. March nn,-In ,hc oliver,
.c,,,"SI - o' I'm -. ..-'..,'~,,,.. ~
sanclo" case to'uas INC e'oss'e1a'n1"atlon ot
AIRS ohSer "as continued. Il hhiaoer ot ICY
'ess were 'ftrouueca WHICH "'tucss acRhowl"
edrcd as liaVlnB been written hy her. She nso
admitted sivnIn,r rrcttnt for ~ Dcf, frnm Sy,nnn
., s'e""6 ~ ,,', W. ',, e''s.o1'
cameron Ill 1nll Tor nt claims "htch eie maue
OH him. Stlo had passed under tho names u
Crorcr. Kccfcnrr, Stuart, Bukcr, nnl Oliver.
ehe Introduced hcrscif Us Mrs. Ten. sherman III
ihu par]or Of tile Congressional Hotel,
RIM .,nt .l,.,. ~ 500 5,,n,nro, a,,,
aao "s"t u'e'e ~ se' e"'"e'u'' n,'a
Ellcn tho winter askCd WHO called She
tilolgltlsssly said Mrs Gen. Sherman. It
did not rriI,eo her n,lnisstom In Cnnrrot,fs
roam ,,nti sI," tol,l him lin; snc wcs aira tirn
Ehnr,nnm SW,nn ~ i ,ant, a' ,h .r.. f,
rsH,"r... ~, IT. snu ~ i ss,d ~,
Sa'nt'ot't tNe last isistalilnehk hnu aEnes4 t,lo