The sun., 1883-12-16
ENDING THE KISSING CASE.
THE TESTIMONY IN THE HTGBIE-
VLGGIIIN TRTIL AN IN.
Mis-. Beanett. Upon the witness stand. Ad-
m,ts that the defendant Kissed Hrr-Mr.
l.er1ett. sprcch-Nr. Vaughan Amused.

hns boon Indirectly an object OF interest in the
Highia.Nnughan abandonment case, is small
spirrlcss, brick church in Diamond street OF
Fathush avenue. lts congregation is not so
wcll.to-ho us tho othnr church congregations
In tto ancient aud wealthy town: which nc-
counts for tho number of gatherings that are
mentioned in the testimony in this peculiar
huit. FDatbush avenue is thu link that con-
meets F!atbush with BROOKLYN. Horse ears run
along II from the city to the village. Flatbush
Is the next door ncighhor of brooklyn. and
there Is more ot Brooklyn's Prospect Park In
FatbuSh than thnrc is in brooklyn. Tho
NauGhnrs and al their witnesses have always
gnn" To tho NnN Ulrocht Court House IN one Of
the Prospect Park s'nEcs. The llshcs and
Their slender following h'sN" had to 80 by three
changes oi cars. The lli,;bic house is one
OF the first houses IN fmtbwsh. /, is II
pretty. white dwelling in quarter uf
an acre nf groun'. laid ont in II
lawn. TIL" hammocE which j., II distinctive
feature "f III" east. is hroh IL now. ard danE"s
in the wind hy one tupc from n lruit tree ten
feet from the hpu.e. To- Which IA" other ropn
was attached nt tho time that Miss ligbcs
evidence was unl going formation. 1t /, an
object uf curiosity In the town and even tho
conductors on thu rUssius horse cars point It
out 10 thci. uasscnsrr-. Ly"ry other ham
mock in the town several uf which are men
toned in ~" t",timony. has hn"n ;nEcn down.
Some oi III. ridrry town surnul. suS th"y VIII
never tr ~WiInE again.
IT," town is Il rrr'tty rillaa" h'l of old home
stra,ls. auciruS and l.iu;tuIl' tro"s. and tantj-
lies OF ante Revolutionary Origin. L: l. paved
and li;;ht" :, has w.icrW"rk-, u n"TSpii':. aiId
four churches. be- d"S tue Methodist Hpri"ty.
The town j. iit stat htrtinriN. on iiStIur-
tion. II had s!uuih"rnd nearly 2Dp years lee"
icre it w;le "wak"neh with a sh""k py tic rove;
Prosecution "i her case. Tao Parties IT, M
snt are nearly nli M",i kn"wH urrr,
Mr.. Bennett is connected with n great New
York ice company. MIR. iiighic is y cnIt"ntcr,
Mr. Mowlrn il a rcni rstai" agent. MIR. Vaughan
in Now York. and MIR. Snyd"r ST.. is in the
ilarities between III" ynmng folds tiHs made all
'hG Sir M th2t & w2Mn nS naturally Toe "Anrr"d ..,.t
zens talkc, III" Case over rh"y were in'iir-
nnnt becnus" some newspaper had sntd the
closures. They said the first society was
way up" aud was not concerned! IN tho nni-
ion that the II iGbes were unfortunate in being
strangers. and. conscuueht!y in having III"
pathy was naturally with the Naughans. who
are identified with the town
In The drug store it was said that the Flat
bust boys had aiscred all the households in
testimony, and that there would not be so
much Kissing ana ctressinG in town hereafter.
The Gazette. the entcrpri-ng local news
paper. came out yesterday with the following:
The b., Vaughn na. asy.IGrsG to
~ ~ n some % Ge "a % M a, me- rtn"nderanas ran r OF eyarmss ]
Ease % he Carried to- s IN ear 's there !. s
and we do no' now the rlanta well espec, 70
IHas i. ,asce s " fSsa Hea rheGe "Sss
SsM eTs iGT the MIL emfe anor m Mas 81 Shown sns
hs defendants cousc. to prove th, mutual consent
ian sann", Is 'paay .yTa up"h III. au,har'y We
ralst the IliiEtl NOT proven mutual contract,
Eave been in IN
Tho Rev DIR. Wells. pastor of the Dutch Rs
formed Church said hc would not notice the
affair IN hls sunday sermon. /! was merely
youthful. thouGltlrsS cScnnnd".' sud he, ana
th"re was no intention I" do wrons All hough
it has proved II serious affair. The testimony
Flathus!i is one OF tho rurest towns in itS NOR
hs in the w2rId; In twenty years thrrr =, e has
ndst Church. That Church is not resrons be
i,, inr til" behavior Of 'hesH,, yonpg people when
z, !;'h"r- Of IN" Church either, understand.
fi,"rr has been too liich -"id nhpu, it. 1t is a
,"m."si ia = r.an1t lnieed Il am correctly
iniurmrd; instead OF it's rejecting Fatbush
r,yiisi|ms. bat few, OF Tie Iartic, are properly
Miss Anna Itighie is not n Methodist. She
uS"d r. nsn nnHil " 'hn sundav sch92i OF thg
at"rwarI "ttrn'iaI ,I DR.. Tanags's Sc Tafernsslc' @
Iht Vaughan are n"t Mrihod'sa; IN"
lnrI %! ihn ma.i"r IS sa one OF tho con:
pc 'p. IA tins suit form cliiue that attended
,,,n a." "nn'ert'jnmentS siy"m ~ " Mrthodist
church. hut d" not hriung - ~" thnrrh.'
just hniorr tho hour Gor the ntri,AI at thu
drug store. Of the Park carryaiI. which was TO
Utrecht II was rumor"d through the town that
~" Misses Bennett. l!"umnn., Mowiem.
women who have been Attending The trial
i Io I'a q, ,S%" %. SSH yYSH"S,d S%d n." @ sn
Hs having been subject tn tie rnress"s testified
10 by he hohstlul inls would max" 'hn tourney
in order ,o contrnAirt i!"-n allegations. A.
The last moment it vas -nu! that III" second
Ju'l Em"nt OF y, roncrrn"! was that; the women
m"ny the men and boys should 50 10 court
The consequences WAS that III" cnrrynll won't
away without any wnWru. ANA bliss High.r'-
friends were the only ones who went from F,a,-
hush, These we're Mis- lInnday y ss Fanny
III. Les.ett accompanied them in tho hnrs.
car. He carried with him a letter gned Jus
o,n"r yomng woman. who II i'' wn- snid' cold
t"stfy mat Wn,crhnl Introduced Ami" 10 her
A. his wife. md II" 'olluwln; NOT" from Mr.
Mowlen father OF ono OF the young lady w!t-
%n nl.. Ags ss ha,ay kG tn. examination Of Walter Vaughan
~ lu,,isE he e-th.d an"ut a. fo W.. ,il"rr s scr'
ssyd da a k.,e1 W.. ',y R% Rs@t 81. br1us1i
Sn t. s s% ""% . & ] n". n ii .T"f a. @ a. TN a% %S"S @
sT rTGf I'm Gt me NJ @ n @ mo t! ,1 & vr '."S n9rs either
,ona.c,."s her Win ln"moci. i. artsrE S5o.n'il"ss
ours W, NONLLN,
The fanny would Ike II yniiGation publicly.
The court room was packed with mon. There
were only Lwo benches un which women were
h"ntrd. Where the matruus had previously sal
som" strang" Indies mnd" themselves AZ home"
In front oi them rat Mrs. iiighi" her dRugh
tors. and friends These few women threw 4
dash Of color against the black background o
mni. garments. There hni h"cn n murmur %
arplaus. when Miss Anna li.be entered III,
cnurt. ntnr on tn. aUA"mcr. which containet
but few F,ntbuSh folks. took frequent occasion
tn manifest sympathy for her Lawyers Pcltoi
and Poucher for Mr. Vaughan were in ihei
places facing Counsellor Lrggett when th'
scholarly young magistrate. ] lul!gr Pergmeson
announced he court open. The boys belong
Ing 10 the rlarhush kissing circle we're then II
the sidc seats to tho right Of the b.nch. Wa 4"
Vaughan being Among them. and his iathr
Auvtng taken u seat near the .nwy"rs. The iirs
witness was Master Frank Hnrlu,. thn hand
snnlnsi of tho boy ga!lants. lia ties fed tina
both Water and he were introduced to Mis-
hsbc together IN February. 1889. at meet
ing W the elncutlon c'hsS. As 10 the wedding
III Case soclaDle. ie said:
Walter l. frsnS Ilodgjns Ia R"rry and On arlry Ar,
lrus Went smav When game back lhrI We're per
'nrmiug the nhrIAgr ceremonies, Ani tunk part
married Mics Brllr lIoltiunn | did not S.
Aunt married was 0i married once. saw u
tluAhaIe among Ihr boys whose Mifr WAS Who I'm
I SAN lie Y hey re