The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-06-24


let DR.. Herring know, unless Mrs. Hoppe
had told her to; Mrs. Hoppe had also told
her so at Whitsuntide; the letter lin the case)
was addressed to Mr.. Byers and spoke of him
first; she didn't observe it was addressed to
him then; she read the letter and it stated she
was to keep it secret; when they met father
Hoppe at Taneytown, he asked did you see
that letter and did any body know what was
in it, except the business; and said keep that
to yourself and that was why she never told
Byers; she saw the turn over on the letter
and knew he might read it when he came
home and she just told him about the bust
ness, that's all WITNESS was several times
asked her reason for not telling her husband
or letting him see letter addressed to him
but persisted it was because the letter and
father Hoppe told her to keep it to herself
Witness was then shown the account and aft
davit prepared at Taneytown and said she and
her husband had signed it and she made the
affidavit lit was read to the jury she was also
shown an order for Hoppe to collect the
amount due her and said they had signed it;
Hoppe held note against her, she thought for
S216; being asked her reason for assigning the
amount of her claim to Hoppe she said Hoppe
had said 1t would save her trouble and ex-
pense; 1t would cost her more TO go to West
Minister than TO Taneytown; he told her that
day he would send that money to her in a let
ter and she had said, o, no, don't go to that
trouble, she would come down to Westminster
and get it; she never asked him for it after
wards; she didn't examine the letter very
close when she got it. it was exactly as ii was
now TO her recollection, except not so much
broken; il wasn't broke that way when they
got it, she didn't know whether it was stained
or not; it was folded up as You would fold
letter and send it TO a friend; the desk was
shas~ a -,
Byers and she used it; when he had ANYTHING
private he would go to the desk; IL was kept
locked; she mostly kept the key; he some
times bad the key; Byers used the day-book
occasionally to keep accounts in; she couldn't
remember how many books were there; the
children didn't have access TO the desk;
Hoppe at Taneytown and at Westminster had
told her, ii he died without will, she would
be provided for anyhow; she didn't tell Byers
what was in the letter until September. 1881.
when il was found: she thought If she never
found the letter, that would be the = ,sf of it;
he never asked to see the letter; sh,>1s.ld sew
eral persons before she found II about it: new
er told anybody what the amount was; Mrs.
StoRer knew what she meant, but didn't tell
her what was in II; she also told Mrs Hut.
ford IN Littlestown, once. before Hopes
death; she had the letter then: wasn't speak.
ing to Mrs Isadore Hoppe about the other
letter; had spoken TO her before or afterwards
about that letteis was in the habit Of opening
letters addressed to her husband. when she
thought there was anything important in them;
didn't say to him il was directed To her OF 10
him; Hoppe had asked her AZ Tanevtown, did
Jno. see that letter / sent: she had no rartie-
ular grounds TO think her husband was not TO
see the letter addressed 20 him and with
turn over at the bottom OF the page; At that
time il was her own conclusion she wouldn't
tell him: had no particular reason for il, oaly
she woaldn'f tell him; 1t was in the letter
keep It a secret, he hadn't rot i and she
thought she would not tell him; after the death
she hadn't the letter and didn't think il was
any use 10 tell the administrators ANYTHING
about II; was certain she mast have changed
il froua the newspaper 10 the brown paper. Cor
ByeTs knew nothing about the letter; She had
seen the brown paper in their desk. bar didnt
think the letter was in II; her daughter found
It IN The brown paper: witness dido recalieet
# she saw It before, then looking for the let,
ter; was very much alarmed when she missed
It, but thought Il hsd been taken out af the
desk with some other papers, vas lost and she
never wonld ind il; when her dae9hter found
i. she let her read Il right away; she had
looked ia other Fiares for i. when rhe fosnd
il was gene; she w@s under tbs impression she
w0uad hRd Il herself and ihoazht Il she neSer
found i, she would never say ANYTHING aboai
il. asked her daughter 10 look. hecansp per.
haps she mighf iad il and Il she didst fhan
she would call os her souse other time. ller.
haps, she had gwen up the letter ~ times
before that; IN the Conversation uith old Mr.
Hoppe had told her that she had the lssteFs
this had slipped her nsmosy when cxamined
in chief; didn't tell her what the amount Ma
or ANYTHING about i; Of coarse ,hase she told
about Il knew what she meani. % eoarsc they
knees ihere was something in the letter 10 ny
favor her letter to DE. heriax haan't any
thing 10 do with this letter she tidns write
GA her oEn aeeoant bar si Nm Hoppe's w
quest 20 hin; she didn't send Der husband 20
Tell DIR, Herring aifer ssii eoacmencfd that the
reason Why she had written the letter Ia kim
was he bad heard Mr. Myesiy had been to
Mrs Hoppe IA get Der to make q Walk other
papers we're taken ont OF the desk and shs
took i for grated that the letter might have
been taken put; she missed Il. eoalan'l Sud Il
aad disn't think tnsich abaat il; she disu't re-
usemher having seen i ir0aa the time u Hop
pc death until September; looked ior L whca
she came hame from the baFying. kEew be
forr his death she had iost is. he vas uf ti,err
IN sept. isSa, and asked alsaat i and shea
he vas gone, she looked for Il and eoaIaa't
iiud il; didn't lei Ism know she had la.t 4.
Tor Il right after be wrai away; was al1avs
under the suppression she wuald end the Ietter.
never gave !, Up.
Re-exaH,ined--Told Mrs. Emily Huasrd.
in isitsiesto~u. that iasher Hoppe hsd wro,e
her letter aad IN that letter had provided sor
hsE; didR't tel any Of them ihe letter gave
her $50, 00.
Re-cross-cxamines-TaIa Mr Haasrd
some time before the death of Gafhes Hapfe.
a Iong time before his visit IN Sepsemb~r.
Miss Ethelia Byrrs-a daughter u Iuo. 4.
Byers, ~ years old her mother told her IN
the first part Of September. on a Pridss. that
grs.=-llssather Hoppe had written her a letter
aud she had tnisiaie Il. 10 look in fatker's
desk for To fad i. they sent 20 the dcsk b.
gesher witness looked there 10 the bottom al
the desk and found this letter wrapped m 4
piece Of brown paper she opened the desk
aud examined the papers a. she took them
cat, one paper AFTER another. ther ke,,s on
uafil they got fhroagh the desk II the bot.
tom witness picked up the pieeu of brown
paper and said mother something Is wEaptss.i
ia Ihis; she opened i and found letter n +,
and said mother here's letter her nother
looked AZ il and said that the letter We be,.n
looking for; uitaess was here shown the en-.
velope and identified il as the one the letter
was in that's Just the way i was when they
found il, except this stamp or what yon call
10 greferring 20 place where Il was stuck 10.
gether By Dr. Herring witness took the letter
ont u the envelope when they found It and
read il her father was not home, when he
came home her mother showed him the letter
and he read both sides of il that was the
first time witness saw il or knew ANYTHING
about il she did not writs that 1.-THE will or
any part Of IL sEere was in their family then
herself. one sister, two bruthers. her father
and mother aud Nc. Bowersox. who lived
with them, young man her father had raised:
she bad NO knowledge Of anybody writing il
witness was here shown the letter to DIR. Her.
ing nrging him 20 60 20 see Mrs. r. Hoppe
about her viii she wrote il, her mother was
BIZ.
She was then asked waat her mother said
but objection WIS made and the auestion was
changed TO whether she had written what her
mother told her 10 write she answered YES
sir; she disecied me TO write, | used general.
II her words
Cross examined: her father had books and
private papers In the desk, his account book
among them; she couldn't say when they
were looking that her mother picked up any
papers there were many there, some in bun.
dies and others just folded up as soon as
she got to the bottom she saw the brown pa.
per parcel it wasn't tied up; there wasn't
any difficulty in finding it, When they had
taken the papers cat of the desk; anybody
would have found it, if they had done that
her mother unlocked the desk the letter was