Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-04

Venire is and has been for several years the
partner OF said Charles l. Blood. who caused
my arrest on the 21th day OF December lSSa
While In attendance before this commissioned
as witness regularly subppnaed. | solemnly
aver ard charge that the affidavit OF said JAS.
III. NeDire is the part OF wicked and malicious
plot 10 prevent and dScredit my testimony
Before this commissioner in this cause OF Chris
tancy rs. Christiancy; and further, that said
attorney aud agent OF the defendant. lille NJ
Christiancy, and desire that the letter OF John
n. Oliver 10 my counsel, ingerson Lockwood.
counsel that said Blood was the authorized
agent OF the defendant. Lille NJ. Chrlstiancy
lie made part OF this statement. and further
NeniTe are wtckediy and maliclously false fl
every particular procured TO be made by said
Blood, the agent OF the defendant to GeStrog
my character and credbility as a witness IL
this cause.
(Sfgned1 EDILBERTo GIRO
Subscribed and sworn 29th OF December 1850
THE LETTER FROM OLIVER
referred to In the above sworn statement, Is as
ASS La. avenue, WASHINGTON. ID. c.. October
12. 1SsO.-M-. Inoersou Lockwood, 12s Broad
,rdp, n. T.-Dear Sir:-1n reply TO your note OF
the 11th inst. have to say that the subject
matter thereof is entirely In the hands OF DR.. c.
l. Blood, with whom you win confer In all
matters relating thereto. This will probably
save you the time and expense or visit TO
Washington.
Respectfully, &C., JOHN n. OLIVER
THE JEWELS.
The 'subject matter referred to In Mr.
divers letter consisted or the jewels which
Giro claimed to have given or loaned Mrs
Christiancy, and that the latter maintains she
turned over to Blood upon Giro'S order 10 do So
Mr. Oliver denies that he pointed out Giro 10
the deputy sheriff I'm New York, but on the
other hand 1t is maintained that While Oliver
did not point his finger at Giro and say "that Is
the man" he Indirectly let the officer know
Which was the person he was seeking
MR.. II.
In the letters OF Mrs. Christiancy Mr.. III. is
several times mentioned. The party thus re
ferred to is Mr.. Haght, who was friend of Mrs.
ChriSt1ancy'S In Peru d,ntng her stay there.
This gentleman. Mr. Haight. it will be remem-
bered. was cited by Mrs. Christiancy as a wit
ness as TO the alleged cruelty OF. Mr. Z. towards
her, 1t was said that Haight protected Mrs.
Christancy from her husbands assaults, and
that the husband was jealous OF Haight
THE HOTEL CLERK BRIBERY CHARGE.
In regard to the allegation OF Mr. Holdschuh,
the hotel clerk, that he was offered money ana
a government position II he would Identity
Mrs. Christiancy as the woman who was with
Giro at the hotel. Mr. Christiancys attorneys
said they scarcely thought 1t worth no
ticing. THE STAR reporter learned from the
side Of the prosecution. however, that Holds
chuh was assured that all his expenses should
testify. After being subppnaed, so the defence
state, Holdschuh suddenly left the city and
went TO Cape May He was visited there aud
urged to testify, but upon being brought 10
Washington he again put out, just before
the time appointed for taking his teSti-
mony, the last time going to New York
city. his testimony was regarded as all
important by the prosecution and they fol-
lowed him up, promising TO pay all his eX-
penses IL he would testify, but the defense say
they expected him to tell 1.-The truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, and they did
not want anything else from him. Holdscbuh
said he wanted position In one OF the depart
nents for bis father and member OF Congress.
a friend OF Minister Christiancy remarked that
{H0lQSchnhN N
testimony he {the NJ. C.) felt confident ne could
get the government position for the old man.
Giro stated In New York during the recent ex-
animation that when Holdschuh went to that
city to avoid testifying he applied to him tGlro)
for money ostensibly on the ground that he
was apsenting himself In Mrs. Christiancy's In
terest.
Mr.. Holdschuh states to-day that when sum
moned fore commissioner at Cape May, he
declined to testify for only one side-the plain
un-WaS represented; and he asked an adjourn
Ment for that purpose. In the meantime he
had an offer In New York, and accepted IL.
An Interview With Mrs. Chris
tianCy.
WHAT SHE SAYS AS TO THE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
representative OF THE STAR called on Mrs
Christiancy this morning, at her mothers resi-
dence, No. 81 d street northwest. Having
been quite sick she was not able to appear a.
once, but after few moments delay came Ia,
looking somewhat haggard and care-wcrn.
Her complexion was not so ruddy as heretofore.
She was attired In q black dress with stripes OF
dotted silk, and .wore a light cloak over her
shoulders. THE STAR man, stating that she
might desire to make some explanation as TO
the gushing letters published, sne replied ''Oh,
yes, am glad you have called, for wish to make
some excuse for my imprudence." Continuing
she remarked that on her trip home Giro was
on the steamer and showed her. as also Miss
hickey, OF New B1nghampton, n. Y, some
attentions. and he had one day said In the
presence OF the last-named that some day Mrs
Chr1Stiancy would be his wife. She suppose
at the time that 1t was jest and passed 1t by
as such. On the last evening before arriving
| in New York Giro said he well knew that she
| had been forced by the cruel treatment she had
received at the legation to leave Mr.. CrStiancy,
| and he advised her to procure a divorce. She
replied that she did not propose to do So, but
| her for permission to come and see her, and
| she declined, saying that it would be embar-
RAISING to her were she so disposed, and she
mao ne " ne ao sa s p 1er nad snf bS was sun
In Washington and would come, but finally at
| her solicitation said that he would not come.
on landing in New York she found that the
friend whom she expected to meet was not at
the wharf, and then explained to Miss Hickey
| and Giro that as before she left for Peru there
had been so much said about Mr.. Christiancy
and her having trouble, that she would save
herself much annoyance by using some other
name than her own to register by, and at her
suggestion Giro registered the name OF one OF
her friends in the south. They both thought
that this was a wise course, but Giro
does not explain this in his testimony.
Giro left her at the hotel and gave his address,
telling II she desired any service to write to
him. Having understood that the vessel In
which the friend who was to have met her had
taken passage had been wrecked she felt anX-
iouS and so wrote Giro note, and he came to
the hotel, but when he came the friend she had
been inQuiring about had found her. She never
saw Giro till Christmas eve, he having written
to her repeatedly before asking permission to
call, and she declining-his letters coming
sometimes twice per day. He then spoke In hts
letters OF being about to visit Peru, and
that knowing that there was much talk
about her he wished to hear her side of the
story to defend her. She then wrote that she
was about to leave the city and would be gone
q few weeks; but he continued writing, and
finally he wrote that he was coming In day or
two. She answered that she was not situated
In a way to receive him.
GIROS VISIT TO HKR CHRISTMAS EVE, 1879.
On Christmas eve, 1879. she received letter
about O'Clock, stating that he would be here
In the afternoon, and she consulted her mother
and brother. The former advised that as Giro
was stranger, 1t would not be improper for
Ter and Miss Meloy to walk down to the depot
and meet him and give him suggestion about
the hotels. She and Miss MelOy met him,
therefore, on the arrival OF the O'Clock train
from New York at the Baltimore Potomac
depot, and he having stated that he had been
recommended to the st. James hotel, they left
him at the door Of the depot, and he went to
the hotel, while they went up the Avenue TO