The New York herald., 1879-03-27

in the and before IL subsidized she TO her
feet and exclaimed in a loud tone:"I was pure OF
the charge got the name OF Henriques honorably."
This caused the excitement to Inc rease and for
while the bailifs kept busy endeavoring to
store order Looking Mr.. Peters square in the face.
she said
II have got husband now by the name of Hen
riqucs; do not know where he is ut present;
lived together man and wife week or so-llaugh-
terri found him to be poor and an invalid. and we
parted by mutual agreement"
Mr. Peters inquired II IL was his old age poverty
that caused her to leave Observation-Disclosures she
replied the latter principally, poverty rather
uncomfortable" She started oil again to tell OF her
troubles, hut stopped by the Court telling her
that he had heard enough. She referred 10 her hus
bands sickness. and she said he had IN his
breast
The Court tangrily)--We have had enough of the
cancer. Stop right there. .
THE SCENE OF THE DAY.
Here followed the OF the day. Mr.. Peters
read the record OF her divorce from Mr.. Sample
When he produced it she became very much excited,
aud her large black eyes flashed like diamonds. She
en,cavored prevent it from being read and talked
with the Court on the subject. but His Honor ordered
her to keep quiet. General Butler TO her res
cue, Lut even the General was interrupted by her.
and he was Obliged tstell her to keep still General
Butler claimed that there enough at issue in the
case without bringing in any more. but said. il they
must come in, that he would bring in something for
his side. II expect to be i'll the until it dies
Mrs. HeErilucs as this point walked over to whero
the General was sitting and whispered in his ear
General Butler evidently did not like it for lie said
900 sit down.
Soon after this she arose and started to leave the
room hut WAS stopped By Gene -al Butler She cried
1T the top OF her voice. II am sick; let me out.
General Duucr-Sit down; I'll take OF these
fellows.
Mr. Peters asked hcr If she knew any person in the
city having the title of General. Uaughter.) General
Butler said she did not her acquaintance was very
limited (Lauglter.)
In closing thu examination. Mr.. Peters inquired Of
witness If she came here her account. to
which she replied that she did. and came for the pur-
pose Of Keeping her promise to appear against Mrs.
Uliseri snc brous the suit as She threatened to do
rEOcEEDISGs or TRIAL.
The first witness called was Mr.. John W. Killingcr
member OF Congress- from the Harrisburg district
Pa. who WAS examined by General Butler. lie
titled that he had Dcen i'll Congress nonie ten years.
and represented the Harrisburg district six years:
lie had known Mr. Cameron thirty years. and in that
time hal number OF business transactions with
him. wrote sent him letters and received letters
from him. and familiar with his handwriting
lSecreary ristows letter shown that was his hand
writing: letter OF September 25 oxhibtod) did not
think that General Cameron wrote it his impression
strong that he did not; the third letter n
which hc says she will be his wife, Was sllownl MIR.
Cameron did not write that letter
Cross-examned. lie would have said that Mr..
Cameron wrote the letter to Secretary lr;stow,
il he had not seen his signature il; tn other two
We're. i'll his opinion, limitations or counterfeits
they were 80 slovenly done that tho forgery was
plain to his mind; they were attempts to reproduce
General Canerun's handwriting, but did not simu-
late it with any accuracy.
Redirect date OF one Of the letters looks like
it had been traced tho other. and that both
might have been written on the same day.
T. r. Beaile. late lieutenant in the navy. was ex
amned by General Butler. He had known Mr..
Cameron for thirty years. and believed himself to be
acquainted with his handwriting. (rhe Bristow let
Cameron wrote the letter. (The other two letters were
presented.) He did not think General Cameron wrote
them; he was quite confident OF it; there was a
lack OF regularity in them not perceptble in tho
Bristow letter.
Cross-examined-He resided in this city and was
in friendly relations with MIR. Cameron; he had re-
tired from he navy he never saw the letters before
this morning; mans hand might vary with aye
but his style and composition would not.
TESTIMONY or AN EXPERT.
Mr.. J. H. Saville. an expert was examined by
General Butler For several years he connected
with the Treasury Department. and while there ho
made the subject of handwriting study; it became
necessary in the discharge his duties to do SO ;
he believed that he was competent to judge OF
the different handwritings he had boen called
as expert upon several occasions; the
three letters had been shown him. assuming
that the Bristow letter was the genuine handwriting
of Mr.. Cameron then the other were not only
very bold. but very vulgar forgeres and ought not
to deceive anyone; in the Bristow letter the me-
jerky scratchy way; the prints very distinct
the right aud but slightly the LEFT side Of
lengthening is evidently done by tracing Will be
in the two words. MRS Oliver" he evil
dence Of lead pencil lines having been made. but
by putting the words Mrs. Oliver" in each of
the letters together 1t will be seen that
they of the same length. which rarely occurs in
writing. and the evidences upon examination
strongly indicate that one had been traced over the
other The characteristics OF these two letters
certainly different from the Brstow letter. both in
| the mechanical way OF holding the pen making the
strokes and the formation OF the letters; the word
"my" all the way through is made without lifting
! the pen; in his experience he had tracing =
done without pausing. but unless the ju,itator
or counterfeiter il extremely skilful h9 would
leave earmarks OF his work behind; he found
all through the two letters evidences of the
tremuois motion and IL reselnbled u bungling at
tempt at copying or tracing; the most striking fea-
turc in the matter of similitude about the whole
letter the ~ 1t was almost impossbity
for the party that wrote the other two letters to
make an .I like that in the Bristow letter for his
is directly of
the writer OF the Br:stow letter; the letter dated
September or 25 It was his opinion that the had
been put i'll some time after the other figure had
been made; 1t was written with vim and power
than the figure s: in making the the pen had
been held perfectly straight. while for the it was
pointed outward.
He had examined the paper on which the letters
written; the Bris;ow and other two letters
not written on the same paper the latter Amcri-
can and the other French paper; the former was
made by machine and the latter by hand
Crcss-examined by MIR. Toney lin getting at tho
manual dexterity mechanical method of any par
tcular writer the expert has to so beyond the
way in which the pen is held; his judgment not
based so much upon the style of writing it was
upon the physical manner in which the pen held
to the paper; man might write in two dozen diff
his hand would be observable and 1t would be Diff
cult to Disguise 1t beyond detection.
'-rrg MYSTERIOUS LADY UNVEILS.
Mrs. Mary A. Henriques was called and examined
by General butler She is the lady that has excited
considerable curiosity for several days past
count of the mystery that seemed to surround her.
She had been in attendance the Court short time
each day since the trial started but no one
seemed to know her or from whence she came She
Is lady OF good appearance and was nicely atircd.
Mrs. Hcnriqucs testified that she mot Mrs. Oliver
at the boarding house OF Mrs. Howell. on pehnsyl-
vania avenue. in the year 1878; they occupied til.
room for short period: Nrs. Oliver had pre-
viously boarded at the house. and going South
lct large bill unpaid when returned tho
rooms all occupied. and the witness consented
to room with her for "a time; while they
panions Mrs Oliver sepresente'. that she was of u
line family ia the South and of excellent standings
the witness rinnincd at the boarding house until
tho l'cceiber following; while rvoming together she
and Mrs. Oliver became very confidential. aud from
the conversations she believed that Mrs. Oliver
was very deserving woman: at ono tiino she told
tho witness that she came to Washington TO mako
herself better oii that she WAS no; quite politician
but intended to mako money Mrs Oliver 6rxo rep
resented that she had cotton claim OF considerable
amount against the government that she proposed
to collect: next she said that she grand
daughter OF Commodore Stewart; that She
had many friends IL prominence and Influence
and among the number the lion. SIMON Cam.
sc stated tina. sho Diarricl gentleman by tho
ot Uiiver and At the the late
W le lcr hon nv