The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-27
CHARMS THAT DIDN'T WORK.
TESTIMONY or sOOTHSA YERs IN THE
HiLL-SHikON DIVOkCE SUIT.

UfLL-SHdRON DiVOkCE SUIT.
Misc NH Tryiss Chnruss on The ssUalss-A
Mistsve se Msiass~s, Sugar, ssA Tea Fasi.
lag. she Wears n ssst. with the Zee Dipped
In " ktskey, Around her Left Knee ~ uaus
Tyis-'s ssvssn Assswi's en- Witnesses.
IAN FRAycIsco, April 2o.--Slnce Mrs.
ehnwhan. = Witness In tho Hil-Shnron divorce
case drew q revolver on ex-Judgc Tyler. coun-
sol for tho plaintiff. tho presiding Judge has
mndo It n rule that rvcrybod must be searched
by a ballihboforc entering tho room. The Gu.
rious spectacle Is thus presented OF whites
haired lawyers. prominent business men. and
gentle women holding up both hands at the
portal OF the court room while m awkward bal
lifY feels In their pockets for weapons. When It.
IL time for proceedings to begin tho Judge asks
the man Mt tho door II hs can swear that nj ono
in the court IN armed. and. II the response Is In
the Affirmative. business In taken up. II not
the suspected persons are pointed out md re-
moved until they cun demonstrate that tlioy
have no weapons about thor persons
1t Ia generally admitted that tho defence IL
making out very strong case against Miss
Hill. Dozens OF men and women have been
put on the stand during the past week to prove
that tho young woman was. In fact. desper-
atelv In love with another mnn at the timc sls
now claims to have been q dutiful vito to
Sharon. 1t has been shown that she took poison
once because . young follow named Lloyd r,-
fused to marry her; that sho undertook to
bribe several men and women to remove"
Lloyd's mother. who opposed her sons mar
riags to her. and that she had MAIDS repeated
efforts to procure charms for Lloyd which
you'd cause rsviya! Of bis affection for her,
One woman testified that Miss Hin approached
her IN b
Senator sharon address hcr rs his wife. When
ss s ED the
batter than sho should be. and that i she was
not not careful she would open on her" In way
Miss MiIi to % hss worst. and since then %' hnd
not heard anything from her.
smIloyod to bowitch a Senator Of tho United
dSnce has been listened to With the s"t toen nest
interest; One OF these. Mr. Laura Scott col,
when she came 70 me 70 bny charm she
said hsr lover hal rejected her and she wanted
then s md could not work Charm unless
me that he was sick, and she Rnd a spi"ndii
ms,ieIns. She had been to other forums tsiirrs'
and got some stuff which she gnvs til" Senator.
s"S. was too st1ons She s'f thought t' f'n ta
nor a., re ., must % bring ne some OF IT. md
S s he R se wSaa xvs h
no more q it. II was enough TO kin a horse.
and l did not wonder that the senator was
sick when saw tho stun that she had boon
bought tho Who'd OF Fortune and studied No
time ! had genuine ovs .iraught ready tor
her. II was nude Of nine drops Of molnsaes,
dirceied her TO give the senator q teaspoon.
f4l three times a day or as often rs she
m"rs he took tho more he Would tn" love hsr'
Two days later she came for another bottle in
ha dr ws y 0n no say s have .oa s
effect. but that possibly she did not use enonsa
s ,s no maIs her another iis sots Asr
complained that the second draught was not
Ike tho first; but told her 1t was all tho SAM"
Four or Gve days later Miss iIiii came to M;
ant said my charms wsrs; no good; that they
loving her tho Senator seemed to hate her tho
more. for ho had anarrellol with her and put
me pair Of socks on This occasion and wantei
t me to nm maize lck charm ,s5 out of Them
t3 her with Instructions to go home and, dip
the toos in whiskey and wear them around her
she was then in very great distress: She ,"li
me me that. ilning my love ,lraugh, Of no value.
strong stun which had made her promise -hs
woHa not ,S SsS as but that i aa az fGt Ws
Ing him to be :. his E"r Sh sors AGAIN
told her to I take WI" down n hsr h s%
Saa beh% Esr az ,ns Si hss "s ., of
some from that spot She cut a trrss ofr with
pair q sessoTs and gay ,, it to MI tSia h"r
that, AMI said it had had no eil"ct, After tnnt
tnted. whom she told me that ii test tied
s sSn her sio would $50 to it that had my
charm and replied; oh. that l. an od lh,ns.
s9 @ns thu " w ffs@
That wa; for Gr"Trsssion. to make n the lovo
' Mr.. fr ns SM ..sy also ca"r testified
that she ciieved IA voodoo worship. and hal Mt
sndsamany such fSrsmo rIS n, ire ie,lty"a
she had no more right to reveal tho secrets Of
the faith than Mason had IL, f. dyIF" the mys
repeatedly for charms but she had never given
hnr any: She, told her thnt slo got all her
charms from tue Lord. and advised her to do
On the cross examination Judge Tyler ,was
very severe. endeavoring to make her adm I
that long before the wnr she was II disreputnhle
character ia Richmond and New Orleans. she
an mn thHt ShS WA ppoign 81 arS ." y;
the old school. Once. when cOrnered sh. mp
penisd to. the prssldina Judge. and siarr'ns
- an not afraid o. Judge Tylor touching n,y
character. They cant say word AGAINST me.
~
man would mako mo President OF tho United
Statcs. and that's whit YOU never can e, Juag,
Tyler"
ryler's savage assaults on the character Of
syery man or woman who has trst'iied asi.ins'
against him. Hs has been particularly s"rrr'
on MrS. Shawi,an, the elderly woman who 1t
tempted To drfonl her charnrterw.tt' IA revoye,
lew days ago After the scene then rrea cd
he did not appear anxious to 90 On with h'i
cross-eSauiinxtion, but ha finally did so. Nel
husband. from whom, she IN, boon separated
for thrso years, Is living in 'hi"ngn. but h,i
sons and lnu9htnIs. now grown ar" hero With
hor, and nprenr very devoted. she 'mca'I" q
party 10 tho east, 10y reason 81 her acquaintance
with Miss Hin and Selio lirackati.
After having exhausted every eNpedicnt "
irving TO secure admissions from hOr that All,
had been u inoss character Judge Tyler innll,
asked hcr how much Sharon pai,! her for tcst
flying against Miss HIN. She replicd that h
had paid her nothing. though Miss HilI Ia,
offorGd nor 81. 500 to swear In her favor. Othe
questions in this direction were ruled out By
cuse,i. Before leaving the stand she ask.'
permission TO make 40 explanation 81 th'
the Court would not consent, and she slnwsl