New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04
MRS. LEWIs's CAREER.
SOME EVENTS IL HER LIFE RELATED BY JOHN r.
Dos PAssOs. TIE LAWYER

SOME ENFNl0 IN mr. LII isiish ~ ~ 'N'+' -
Dos PAssOs, TIE LAWYER
Another hearing in the contest over the will
Of Joseph l. Lewis. Of Hoboken, who left S1OoOOOO
toward the payment OF the United States debt. held
Yesterday afternoon the office Of Master In Chancery
see of Jersey City. John Il. Dos Pdssos lawyer Of
tni. CITY, was sworn and testified as Follows;
Prom 1870 20 1870 my Office was at No. II Wail-st;
" dow as The woman whom ! met IN the Winter Of
ls7G77 NJ my Office She then claimed 20 D. the widow
Read, Ptymastcr ~ the, United state- Nayy.
and who was then attached 10 inc steiner wa
tara. came 10 my office. and sad he had been
I , :, he suit for divorce tnstinci by Joseph
Hammond against his wife. lie consulted luo NJ To
what action he should take He showed me letter adj
diced f., Dear Carolina ." and signed j. H." Twas
70 the eject writer was n great trouble ana
must Mr. Read al once. Nj. Kead hrSt inri
o ore met her frequently IN Ncw-Yora.
Al nv request. as his LAWYER, Sir. Read caused the
sonau 10 visit my Office. she told That her husband
had instituted for divorce from her on the ground
thai she had been Intimate WITH Mt Road she Was
greatly worried overtne matter forfedr publicity shond
e given TO the case SAID she wanted 10 save her rep
uaton she had child eight years ~ age living IN the
West. Ny suspicious were aroused ana tod MI head
fhouglt the woman engaged 30 some blackmaning
opcraton. When Mrs. Hammond or Mrs Lewis called
Al nv office on November -, 1876 asked her 10 Wfe
"A letter dcnvlug that she had been intimate "th
NJ Read shc wrote one stating nat an charge~ OF AN
improper Intimacy Wer" apspulclI hila Nil"in Ia!Ac
unfounded, aud they must have originated III further
auce 81 conspiracy o. design To deiame my
Cnaracier aud obtain from me some property" This
letter was signed Jennie Hammond
Mr. Dos PassOs produced the letter aud also the sum-
mons aud bill Of complaint filed by Mr.. Hammonds
counsel In the Ncw-York Supreme Court He also pro
duced several letters from the woman 10 Mr. Read. In
one of them she requested him not TO show the
denial which she wrote M the request Of Mr.. Dos
Passos AT her request, Mr. Read visited her counsefs
office accom- PANIED by Mr.. Dos PassOs. AT this inter
view the latter confident that u pure case
az blackmail and he advised Mr. Read not 10 nave any
thing 20 do with the woman. In another letter, the
woman said she threatened win another suit
and thai, although she wished 10 avoid making
confession would be obliged 10 make II she mad
no money with which TO defend herself GA this same
dsy the divorce suit discontinued aud copy 81
complaint alleged 10 been made bg Mr. Hammond
in a civ suit 10 recover $4,000 damages from Alr
Read for breaking his home. betravng his VIE
c'c was served upon Mr. Read. On January %
1877 Mr.. Read put In an answer IN which
he refused pay attention 90 the case. jana
AIRY 10 1877 Mrs. Hammond sent letter 10 Mr.. Read
i'm which she that she had made full confession
so as to save herself AMI that she would leave New
York forever. Mr. Dos PassOs testified that as
Mrs Hammond SAID detectives III the employ
OF her husband wcrc watching ner. he NJ
lowed her to leave his Office by private
door leading Newest letter was also shown that
Mrs II almond had sent to man named stanton. NJ
IDos Pass o positively identified the woman who claims
20 be the widow of Lewis a. the woman whom he knew
az Mrs Hammond. aud who wrote the letters he pro-
dugaH