The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-08

ness between them she testified aletter from Mrs.
BlsHoP's LoSo VISITS 40 MRS. conB.
Aseph b. Young was called and sworn. lie said
reside in Norwich; have no business; am a stone
cutter and mason by trade lived corner of Pearl
and Ann Streets have lived there since the spring of
1877; lived across the street; some time in the
OCCASIONALLY Mr. Bishop. till the fall of 1877. came
r Whitaker Ssa passed. hs would r' 20
Mr.. Cobb's and / would have to wait for
him to come out; would sometimes get tired and
give up; used to wear my patience out before ever
timed him he sometimes stopped m the neighbor-
hood of All hour his team usually stood Ann street
near the back door; he was there many times
hour; sometimes he would be back in fifteen minutes;
had not time to go to the store but had been calling
above above FOR FOR orders riders l have known him to be
visits q day he made five. and they
were half hour each; in the afternoon he stopped
and hurriedly went to the front door, and Kate
opened it before he got within reach of it, something
that occurred that day in my house made remenl
only when I wanted to give orders then I
would say. "Bishop has gone to Kate's again,
Tss noticeable in august. isaI CHARLES We" H.
Cobb away; left early in the morning,
came back at noon and drove away early after din
ner he was not at home during the prolonged visits
/ named; one particular occasion. when l wanted
something. he got into the house before got to him.
and remained an hour; the visits grew in frequency
and length; was in the street when timed him;
think IL was in spring. in the fore part Of the
walked SS the as then back to Colt
street, always in sight of his team, expecting
to meet him; he came out OF the east door OF
the Cobb residence called the back door; he kept up
the visits until the time of Mr. Cobbs death; cannot
tell how many times week he called at Cobb's; he
always stopped from fow minutes up to afull hours
there was scarcely day he did not stop one time
full half hour; was suspicious of wrongdong there
~ would shoot the man." The witness was suddenly
stopped put up his watch and passed out, the de-
fence not desiring to ask him question.
WHAT SAW.
Mrs. Katie Brown called, sworn and testified:
reside at the corner of Colt and Ann streets; re-
side two doors north from the late Mr.. Cobb's resi-
dence; know Kate M. Cobb, and Wesley w. Bishop
by sight, have known him eleven years; knew him
and his team; was frequently in the yard; could
not see the Cobb house from the windows, but only
when was attending flowers in the yard; have
seen him there three or four times day; never
timed him; went into Mr.. Tracy's before three and
took my work and left after four; did not the
wagon stop there, nor leave; in warm weather he
was there three four times day; have known
him to be there from five minutes to half hour
should think half hour every day; after Mrs.
Bishops death they were more frequent and longer;
at one time there two visits In one day OF half
Cross-exa,nination-Hav lived in the vicinity
years have been slightly acquainted with the
Cobbs remember the croquet grounds; saw Mr..
and Mrs. Bishop there once only; i did not know
Mrs. Cobb and Mrs. Bishop were intimate; did not
know of any intimacy between Cobb and Bishop;
did not know who came with the team the day OF the
prolonged visit nor who drove it away; do not know
that Bishop was in the house.
recess Of fifteen minutes was at this point given
the jury.
Miss Betsy G. Gardner was called and sworn. She
testified II reside at the East Great Plain know
with Kate NJ Cobb i'll the fall; was at the house OF
Mrs. Cobb during the summer almost every day;
lived q mile and half out OF the city and came in
with my team; sometimes found him twice day
and sometimes not ut all; never found him oftener
than twice; do not know how long he stayed;
saw tho team there two or three times week when
| went down and when came back: it was there
or two hours; he mostly in the kitchen; have
MIN into the sitting room; the talk was mostly
and nfA a m
when was there do not know that the team stopped
there continuously; stopped my intimacy in 1877;
| know nothing OF the matter since then.
Cross examined-I stayed occasionally all night;
have no knowledge OF the intimacy between Mrs.
Cobb and Mrs. Bishop; went with tne iames 20
there he came to deliver groceries. and sometimes
came for orders in the afternoon he was there gen.
orally when ! got there; he was generally in the
kitchen; talked on social topics; never knew him
to come except on legitimate business; knew Mr..
thing was pleasant between Mr.. Cobb and his wife,
and never any indication OF trouble or lack Of
affection.
with the Cobbs; never shadow Of trouble in
the family; do not know anything Of the CORE
with her Bishop came to the carriage, near Breed
Hail. and helped Mrs. Cobb out of the buggy but he
did not help me out, for was out before he got
there stopped the acquaintance without feeling
eCross-examination-Iw having dress made at
Mrs. Waterman's, and Bishop came across to hitch
the horse.
MRS. MANNING's TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Mary Manning testified 81 live Peck street;
in 1877 knew Mrs. Cobb and Wesley Bishop; was
at the house with Miss Gardner; Bishops team
often there in the afternoon; was there two or
three times o week found Bishops team there nearly
every time went passed the Cobb residence nearly
every afternoon and saw Bishops team there nearly
every time: half the time it there when re-
turned my intimacy ceased in the fall one after
noon in the summer, as Miss Gardner went into the
back door Bishop came out of the front door and
leaped over the gate.
Cross-examined-He ran and leaped the gate and
got aboard of his team which standing in front
OF the house, never was there at meals or evenings;
met Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb often ut dancing parties;
Bishop and his wife generally at the dances with
the Cobbs; saw other than pleasant relations
between Cobb and his wife; l with their party
and should have seen 1t had there been
friends; never anything but affection from the
husband toward the wife; he was kind. true. faith
fu husband to her; saw nothing to indicate in his
wife other than aithfuncss except the frequency of
Bishops visits; knew nothing of correspondence.
Cross-exanination-I never saw single act Of i'm
proprety; saw him theirs and stopped going.
BISHOPS EARLY MORNING. CALLS.
John c. Morgan testifed:-Am employed in J. @.
Huntingtons coal yard; passed Cobb's house in the
morning from half-past six to seven o'clock; re-
turned from hatpast seven to eight O'Clock saw
Bishops team there very often. do not want to say
every day: may have seen 1t once daily during my
several trips past the honse
Cross cxaInination-Th wagon was there about
the usual time grocers called; do not know how
George A. Mills called. He said 81 reside in
Lebanon in 1877 was in Hurlburts grocery store
clerk with Wesley W. Bishop. from September TO De-
ceinber; knew Charles and Kate NJ Cobb;
Mr.. Hurlburt. Mr.. Bishop and myself were
In the store. night when Cobb and
his wife came in: Mr.. Cobb walked INTO
the office: Bishop went behind the counter, and he
and Mrs. Kate NJ. Cobb walked toward the front Of
the store; I saw Bishop pass paper round the end
OF n showcase at the end OF the counter the
door to Mrs. Cobb; Mr.. Cobb was back convcrsing
i'll the office; saw Ike transaction at another tino
under the circumstances; the paper was passed
by Bishop TO her. was looking through tho Office
"a pdo midi they ere We fpaf of
Cross-examined-Neither Hurlburtnor Cobb could
Bishop and Mrs Cobb where they seated: the
whole front of the store is glass; the gas lighted
they stood within four feet of the 'front.' and there
nothing to hinder passer the street Witness
ing the transaction; the paper in his hand did
not see anything in her hand; do not pretend to
say what became of the paper; in u few moments
Mrs Bishop appeared; Mrs. Cobb came there to
meet Mrs. Bishop, and the two ladies' went of to-
gcther bishop and Cobb may have gone OF together;
they did once; the ladies met there often; have
heard Mrs cobb and Bishop were very intimate and