Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-03
The Christiaacy Case,
TksTisoNy OF GIRO, rus srANIaHr.

| ,Huai., IN ohe CITY OF New York lie knew
MIS- ChfiStiancy, and met her on November :,
1879, on The steamer Acapulco after u left
| Colon, South America. and was fntrodueei 10
her oy MT Ruiz, Peruvian banker from Iina.
on tne snip he paid the attentions 20 her thct
gentleman would 70 a lads VINO seemed saa-
sick. He walked the promenade deck with
her, TOOK her TO meals. aud escorted her 20
the caoln when she wished 20 retire and
repeatedly visited her ia her cabin He was
never there late In the evening, except ynen
she was unwelL They were eight cays on
the trip. and arrived In New YORK November
"a. They took carriage and went together
10 Tie 81 Nicholas hotel. she r, gfsierei there
under the name OF Mrs II III. Wharton. Two or
tnree hours after he left her at the Motel she
sent a messenger boy after him asking that he
return Immediately. as the gentleman who was
10 come Tor her at the hotel had not made his
appearance, and she wanted Glros ADVICE what
10 90. He went 10 the hotel an hour later and
4 the gentleman that she was expecting hai ar
rlveo, and she told the witness she was going 10
washington that afternoon; NJ did not see her
again In New 1 ork; he next sa her Ia this CITY
/ December *, 1879 when he arrived on tine lin
ited express the afternoon OF that day: he came
at the request OF Mrs. ChrisIiancy, aud she. I'm
company Win another lady, met him at the
depot opposite The ST. James hotel; they parted
al the depot, and he went u the ho.el: be saw
MIS- CHI i-tlancy at her house The satna evening
ana Welt TO dine with her ana another lady az
sfestaurdnl. The next day he saw her again
/ at her hcrse. and about noon they took car
/ rtagc and
WENT TO THE ST JAMES HOTEL.
! whefe he registered her as Mrs. a. ,;iro and
\ they went 10 his room No 81 or A. lie told
her that In order 10 take her up 10 hts room
that She would have 10 register Ia that way.
and she agreed TO ft. They were IN the room
about two hours; the door vas locked ana no
one else was present She wore dark dress
I and veil The veil WAS not over her face hut
1 on net nat. They LETT the room ani hotel to-
gether, and the witness took ns.r back home m
TIE same carriage that brpugar her.
he was asked n he had any crtmln al intlinar,
VIII Mis- thr1stlaney while they occupied the
roCIn.
The witness declined TO answer because the
! honor oi a lady was Involved.
Mr. lESei soil said that the ofense OF aa altery
ana lorhlLallOn were hot. un1er ne laNs OF the
| Dlsblct OF Columbia. Sloja-ct 70 prosecution nv
| indictment ana Requested the exam ter TO exc
cute his cillce under the Law sg siaot the wit
ness IoI usal 10 testify.
MT. Oliver objected 10 the questiua because
IL was crosseXaminatiou 81 the plainfn's
own witness; second, tnat the question had
ALREADY been answered and he objected 10 the
examiner forcing the wltn,-ss to answer
The special examiner read 10 th- witness the
section OF the code or New York uaon thai
point and informed him ot the penalty for re-
The witness then testified that ilnproper re
iatloDs had existed between them while occu-
pying the rooms at the hotel and went ON 10
say that subsequent 10 this occurrence he had
received ffty or more
LETTERS FROM MRS. cHRIsTIaNCy.
Few OF which he sun had, The Others having
been delivered TO MIR. Blooi at the raIut.st or
Mrs. ChTlsIiancy, for which he took a receipt
The lew that he kept were Tor hs projection
as he had proofs OF plot oct Seen Blood a co
between named Barnun, and The d f-ndant TO
have hIm indicted In THIS tlty by false testi-
mony. He said he had never had any transqc-
lions with Mrs. ChT1StiRncy except love affairs
All the letters sent him were aidrrs sed TO Dr.
q. L. BLOOD. with the Initials & IN the cor
Der. subsequently ne was shDg gn two letters
addressed % Daniel Jackson, and stated thai
they were In Mrs Chri5tiancy's e handwriting
lie estimated the Jewelry wuicn n nid let Mrs
Christiancy have as worth 500, and it was nor
given, only loaned
WHAT MRS. CHRIsTIAHcy SAYS ABOUT 1T.
Mrs. Chfistisncy returned from New York
with Ter council Mr. j. n Oliver. SATURDAY.
night, and having caught cold, aud the scenes
through Which she passed having been very
exciting, she was quite iudisposed and con
tDues so to-day. Much OF the story OF Giro
she denies emphatically. she admits that on
her return from Peru Giro WIS a fellow pas
SeDgeT; that after she reached home Giro
wrote and ielegraphed 10 her for permission 10
call upon her. and she wrote him word advis-
ing him not 10 come: That notwithstanding this
letter he did call on her on Christmas day
1879, and offered the jewelry as a present.
Which a,, she declined 70 accept and he left it on
ever companied him 20 a hotel or saw him
again While Ia the city.
WHAT LAWYER OLIVER SAYS
Mr.. Oliver states that the jewels ia question
are not very valuable, an expert of BAH, Back
& Co having valued them at tl25 aud that they
are Claimed by DT. L. l.. Blood oct ween whom
and Gro there has been a controversy. Last
summer DR. CT. Blood Was seuL here by Giro TO
ee Mrs. Christiancy. and had nm n tryiew with
htf at her house, ana oDce accidentally az his
NO1yets) Office, which Was the extent OF the
acquaint anueShip. He brought a letter from
Giro say In that he tBioodD was his most init
mate fTienO on the earth and the only man
he knew In this country that he could trust.
stQuebtly, I'm Older 10 get the jewelry back
into the posst ssicn OF Giro, Mrs Chrlstiancy
sent IL TO Dr. Blood. The latter said and
liimed that the Iewelry originally belonged 70
| him, and he loaned it Giro. who had given it to
! Mrs. Cbrisilancy. When d.. b GOD got It into
his possession he kept IL ane Sill 40 .dS II Some
/ lime in the month OF November last Blood and
Giro had falling out, and Blood was ARE Sted
| on a warrant sworn out by Giro, charged with
| obtaining goods under false pretenseS (referrfng
| 10 the 1ewelry) and 81 900 Ia Cash. He was
subsequently dismissed by Justice Patterson.
| MT. Oliver states that he examined the depoSi-
tioDs taken in that case, which show that
| Giro admits that he Was confined In the Moya-
| mensing prison, at Philadelphia, for grand lar
| ceny, but he declined 10 Tell who mad him
arrested because there Was lady connected
/ with t. He also admitted that be had been
| twice arrested In New York FOR d5orderly con-
| duc'. and he Is now under b Ali for an attempt
10 SuDOrn a witness TO swear falsely IN his CivQ
suits with Or. Blood.
| THE LETTERS
which have not as Yet beeE q ven 70 the public
are said 10 show plainly Jhal Giro Was preJead-
! ing TO be In love with Mrs. Cnrisilancy: that ne
was endeavoring or pretending 10 persuade her
to prosecute her cross bill fnr "A divorce 10 a sue
I
| authenticity OF these letters Remains 20 be es-
| tabshed by other evidence they were not
| admitted by her 10 be genuine Should their
| authenticity be established. taey viii be cor
rOborat1ve OF Giro's testimony.
TIE CASE NOT YKT CLBAR ONE.
| It wosld seem that although Mr.. Christian.
cy's side had afiidavlts going 10 support Giros
| testimony; that there Is yet Considerable doubt
| as TO whether they have oral testimony to cor
| roborate him. notwithstanding The New York
| testimony, Mr.. Holtchuh, the clerk at the 81
James twbo recently before the Commissioner
| here testified that MIS- Chrlsisncy was
! not the woman he saw on Christmas
day last, seates ~ am just as positive still
| that the lady who was produced
before me fn the presence OF The Commissioner
| was not the one saw on Christmas day The
waiter at the hotel, who gave similar testi-
mcny. failed also to identity her. aud the hack
man (Blapd) has made an a1idavat, declaring
| The woman be saw as tall With dark hair and
| eyes, while Mrs. Christialcy Is small, with light
| hair and blue eyes.
The case Is not over yet, by any means, ana
| some sensational developm nts are promised
| on the side OF Mrs. Chr1siiancy.
District Govern Olent Affairs.
The District Commissioners 70 day issued an
order that the various Offices I'm tlle MOrrlsQn