, 1881-02-09
Evidence Attrlbu.lng 10 Adais a Most
OlfOns and Ncfnrlous Char
nctcr.
Efforts Of tho Unfortunate Son to Stop
the sluice-Gatos Of Social
Filth.
Mrs. Adds Rttita1 Of licr Relations With 4 dlia
Glstn IN contt Monday.
Her Statement lhat Adds Proposed 10 Kocp
Her as His Mistress Atlcr Divorce.


GRAND lsAplps, Mich, Feb. Sin tho Adj
Ills case to-day tho first wltncss cnllcll was j.
lr. Alaze, clitor of tho Dattu Letttlcr here.
lto Ind heard ntltl known of The Adds fam.
lily since nbout 1850; knew them fl NewayEo,
where they lived for nearly ten years, and
then III tiIls city. 11e Ind written MI editorial
III which lto asserted tint Mrs., Adds
was tho victim Of II conspiracy. liz thought
so from Ills knowledge of the family, rs we'll
ns his knowledge Of tile first divorce cnse.
1Io told Of ali Incident t0 illustrate
ills IDEAS OF Adds CHARACTER,
In whicl. lie saitl that OH tho 9TH Of February
Inst he and Adds wers going from hero to
While Claud by rail. Ths was II week bnfore
tic first trouble IN tho A,lals family. Adds
then boosted of Ills intrisues with women,
and insinnatcl that hc Ind more women to
care for tllnn lie could please, and that lie
"had been In the woods" nnd was 50 dis
cased that he could not visit his wife. lie
said she was unchastu, and advised A1uzo TO
lluvD q lla1sOn with lscr.
TT EHcou1.AuE MAZE
llo nssurctl him THAT 1p knew OF her un-
chastity, and that lie also knew Ut several Ill
stances OF 1nsideltty to him on her pnrt. AInxo
considered 1t II horrible jake. LII IL later con-
vcrsntioE with Adds, after the divorce, All
Mrs. Adds Ind committed adultery with
several mcn, and lie knew their names. lie
did not maine DlDtlgctt, or Monroc, nr Cnnl-
mfnEs, bnt did mention Maj. a. i. Watson,
ono Of tho most prominent residents Of this
city, us one. Nfnze did not beleye the story,
mol, noEs lie NOW BELIEVE IT,
MS Ito swcArs. The Next witness WIS Mrs.
Margaret II. Stephenson, formerly wlfo Ut
tho Hon. G. G. Stephenson, uf Nevada, who
was IL gtlest Mt tho Aa,lls House from Novc,n-
bar, 1870, until after tho divorce aud trunbln
tho next March. Slle knew tint Adds and
Ills wife had serious trouble, nnd that Adds
accused her Of adultery, but slie did not be-
ltevO tho accusations true, and docs not HOW.
Sho did not throw muel, now light on tho
case. She told 1T the efforts of friends TO
settle tho trouble, and 'sa.i not finished her
direct testimony when Blle left tho Witness
stNlnl.
TIE NEXT WITNESS
was Edwin 4. Bur!InYamc, formerly Prose-
cutting Attorney. IIe corroboratcd the story
Of Adds wronging Mrs. William O. Sylvester,
tclegraphcd 10 T1lE TRIBUNE. Ills story
was precisely like Sylvester's and J. NJ. kcll-
ncdy's III every essential particular. AS to
tho fact tint Adds ravislictl Mrs. Sylvester
tho first time, and continued tlia Illicit inter-
course, lie learned Of 1t from AIrs. Sylycster's
confessions, md from settling tta tru,ll1e h.
tween Adds md Sylvester.
Another element oil interest to tho public
has entered tho case,
THE lAIrr1Es HAVE A. son,
William r, Adds, n youu,, man about 25,
clenr-hrutlet and canahle. who has s.riyen
FROM the outset fur II settlement Of tic cnse.
lie did so yesterday R1ld tottAy. lie wanted
the case now on trlnl stopped and arbitration,
III which three 1irst-class mel, should bp Sc
lcetetl to say wl,at ought to DO done. Adtlls
agreed tn accept this al.d stop tho cnsc, and
la,ned n dozen from tic very best citizens,
saying he would accent 1,ny three tic other
side might name ~ arb,trators,
YOUNG .\pp1s rI.1Ep To SEE 1J1s Nor,r.u
at tho house Of &, Ciasu Gntlwiu, her chief
attorney, and WIS refused III ouportuuity.
lie then told what he wanted to do. and that
his father had consented to stop tho scantta-
lols case now In court. and (;mlwtn informed
him that Ire would mt ncr,nlt onvthtu,. of
tho klud,-that tho ease should 70 rieht
along, This fuct ,locs MT n)eas se tho rnod
citizens who hayc heard of If. uud who all.
u,Ire the son,s efforts to suye his fninily from
the terrible trials TINT now seem Innvitahtr
.toyDAy'a r,u,crrn1ycs,
spteiat Correspondence et Tie Chicago Tribune.
GitANp RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. T.-'rl,e noto.
r,ous Adds casu continued tp-.lny. with Mrs.
Adds uu thu sta,ul. On her direct exn,ntnn-
tiol, sllo asserted TINT, Mt tho first outbreak.
the ntglt that liomnu UloIrett was found in
hur room ,lu had not been there more than
three minutes. and hn,1 mt sat,) n word tn
her. when Adds burst into the roU,u, nnd
B,oluett loft It without gtuakine: that Adds
,lit1u,t spenk to HIN. but said tn i,cr: "lYho'y
that9" Sllo replied that lle probably knuw
rs we'll us size, and why: Tint # wns ono Of
his own tricks: tl,ut Adds urbraitlctl her n,ui
scollrd her theu. but did not charee hnr
with adultery. nor did sllo conf,.ss II.
TINT ticy ocrut,lc,i the snno bad Tint nIel,t'
md also tho following Two nights. Saturday
md Sunday. and on Mouttny hu lift to,ym
on business, md wns gono until tho follow-
iup Satur,lny when In returnml. tnid brr ha
lind found two other mc,: who had confessed
to adultery with I,er. aaul would huye uotb-
Inc moru tp,lo with her, -wt,lld Rat n dive rfe
as soon us he could, hut they occupied tho