Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-10
SorrnaI artS GourRr.
Thursday Morning, Nov. 10. 1881.
The Shelton TriaI.

The HI Hearing Resumed-NIr. Shslton Tes- tifies in His Own De6ence-The COrre- spondence Between Mary Hartenstein and MT. Shelton:
 The hearing in the against William R. Shelton, charged with aiding in procuring abortion, was resumed yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
 The first witness called, which for the defense, was William Wells: He testified to being offered Hq- 7uor in the fieh hook shop Good Friday morning by Theodore S. Beecher and his refusal to take it. Cor nelius H. Porter and wife testihed to Mary Harten stein's call on Dr. Vishno-the former that he saw her in the office and the latter that advised her go there. Mrs. George H. Beecher testified to Theo dore Beecher's threats against MT. Shelton.
 William R. shelton. the accused, then took the stand and denied Mary Hartensteins story She told and he loaned her money. Then to avoid charge against his character, which he knew she would her $6a He exhibited two letters he had received from her-one from Orange and one from Oak street. The first stated she was suffering and asked for money to pay her board. The second was as follows:
 NEW HAVEN. August 31, 1851.
 MT Shelton Dear sir you cume to me last night and you seaid you did not have any thing to do with know better you did and can prove it you tooke got to help me you don't you will feel sorry it if you give me 800 Boilers Will leave haven all to city where get rid of your this baby you don't shall you fore it it is better for you to settle 1t you did it Will come pretty bad for you you don't settle it if should not tend to it it Will be the worse
  they only family told can sware you the father of the child if you don't settle this Week Will
 Mir. shelton wrote afterwards in reply as follows: Sept. 2d, 1881. received letter from you and WAS surprised at its contents, but after my investigations since it's l you When you came to me with your troubles and told me what you had done and wanted as- | few weeks and then you would repay me when you got back to work, out of pure sympathy consented se me that you never would get into this condition again. What you did and am sorry to say my conf spect has been shockingy violated Ihave seen Mrs. Fedeline and she has told al aud if had known the half that know now, should have d1schargeo you from the shop long ago. sstonished at tho revelations that she made me, together with your visits to Doctor Vishnos for the and you know | what astonished than anything have | heard. have Mrs. Kay and she has told me al Mir. Stewart has been to me unsolicited and told | me damaging story of the plot which you had coi cocted to levy blackmail out of and all of this III return for the many kindnesses I have done you What base ingratitude? You have told me lies enougL | to sink navy, and deceived in every possible particular. My advice now is to you to go nome te snd foe and aae pledge yo1 will in the future lead virtuous life and keep It.
 MT. Shelton, after reading the letter. said that this was the the girl claimed to have lost. He alst made the request that the judge the prosecuting at his office so as to show the falsity, at least thu foolishness, of portion of the Hartenstein girls tes 
 | In answer to Judge B1ydenburghs questions tn | witness most emphatically denied that he ever ad | vised Mary to have an abortion procured With ref erence to BeecLer, his another of mistakel sympathy. He had been obliged to discharge him ol account of drunkenness. ''On his account alone, said MT. Shelton, q have suffered the bangs of tn d.. When called him into the office the Jas time to discharge him, he got downon his knees am | begged me not to- He said he could not go home l and if let him go he would go and jump of tn | dock. told him that that was the best thing h l could do'
 l On the examination MT. Shelton said: 'Th | first time knew that Mary was in trouble was whe | she came in the office and told me that she was in fix; she said that she had had abortion procured , l but did not state by whom.
 Here the letter produced which the Stat l claimed that the Dunlap boy got from Mir. Shelton
 office and took to Mary Aartenstein. The witneG l admitted that he wrote the letter, and did so at . time when he expected that the scandal would made public It was owing to natural wish to aver at least postpone such calamity, that the lette
 written. He became suspicious that the girl an her friend going to blackmail him when she WI l out at Orange but never made any complaint either Attorneys Pickett Deming. He said he ha
 spent about sixty dollars the girl altogether adC | ing, 'That's more than she's worth"
 l. Before Mr. Shelton's ss-examination COL :. I cluded court adjourned until this afternoon at
 o'clock, Judge Studley having civil case that ha een assigned some time to try in the afternoon