New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-04
JACQUES DOWNING OR CARLOS WILSON,
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE REFBREE BY siVlLLAh
AND FORREST DOWNING.

TESTIMONY BEFORE THE REFSREE BY si'ihh~N
AND FORREST DOWNING.
eroup Of people directly Interested IN oe-
terTnin whether a atr-haired boy about t~o years o
Il Carlos Wilson jacques wnlng. Satheren souo"
long table Yesterday IN sdarkened room known a. ran
III Of tls supreme Court Thomas P. Wckes- an Imp"S
,,s yoias man with dark hair, and having deep Foce'
sat al the head Of the table, "a reIeIee "
tb. clse Nenr him August p. WAGNER ana
william n ser the counsel of 5ivillsr Downing ana Oh
MrA Martha O. HanuIty. respectively Mrs. eNhm
Downing Miss Saviliar Berkeley, VINO alleges lha' 'o
h,y j. her child the table with MIS- "agono
aHd another She - blonde twenty years ""
ard WIS pale. she neIty although plainly areSSf
and wore .. BLACK velvet poke bonnet Her eyes wan
dprs from Forrest Downing the child. which sat 10
Mrs Ha1p'ty's Ia The hoy dsdnnly ead I'D
Mo-ler ,pblrd snt OF purple velvet trimmed WIN
lace Mr. Dow Ing apparently tweptT-sn yea's oiu
oer,gpea a seal Ms Hannity DE- fFeuI'AA
D.auer I-ge woman. wearing eo
cloak va. also pres Another one OF the group was
E.,r, Wilson, who says thai abe 10 the mother OF Tie
b,y in disputs She Ia about twenty five years DID,
good loakng blOlde ana wore a seaiskin cloaA-
styr D,wning fir4t told her story. repeating what
has already bern published. She went to Dr. Deher -
No 81 West Thrty-ftb 81. she said. by the ADVICE Oh
DovnIng and there Jacques was born on August 10
1882 she 81 med adoption paper on DoWnings H"-
oorunlty aud threats. ami was toll sfsrward by Ars
uan.i,v the nurse wac took the boy that lie
5ad died She followed the supposed body 10 the
Cemetery Of tue EVergreens Although she saw the chld
only few hnur. she nodded that IN shut NJ its hst u
placed the Jhrmb Of ts et hand over inc @
un Ter the SECOND finger Downing had TINS psculrlIs
wueu A cnd picture of the man when TOUR year, o'u
sbpwe thisl The child Carlos wilson, Lad TINS nsDiI
iocb o nt brown iir. lighter IN ID Mrs. DJwnings
was produced IN evidence she said that was cut OH
Jl,cucss Gead. - ...,- .,,,
Foret Downing, who said that he was stock CLERK
FOR Collins Downing q Co. dealers In dry gOous Al No
47S RfoldWay, bad not observed the eriTlty OF us '
mad when De was a chill IIe denied tht he hsd MIRO
lucsd Svl'itr Downing IN Columbia County ana 10 tns
elt- a. niz wife. "5he my mlsuesS ne
| aabl 81 4ld intro luce her IA MIS-; Down
Ia" he 9dl.i, c0npi t'e1tly. 81 prot ,sted az st
h.f .altg herself Mira oeng too m eb Ia tls city
tnok her % Or Dpmers provide for her ~ gentleman
J should she al gnrl the adoption papers hettd % le
death ~ Jacques through telegram IRON Dr Deh-r.
! IN Defuer testified thai Mrs Hannliy took Jlegnfs
away and That Ell after aud was hurled I'D
he utsry Of the Evergreens stvillar DoShing was
own at her place a. Mis- ~iviar Berkley. The mother
o. he child ~ court was Emma wilson One day maj
had offered the witness 500 she would deliver up an
| the leters Aiss rkley ny Downing WINE sue
VS. Al Tie wfcss house. Dr. DiBmer admitted Jh.h &c
VI BEE witIes. la tn Jessie 1llard tse anI IN "
inc substituted enid had been kept NJ her house Carlos
i-,l ss declared, had dark hair when Dorm, Dat thIs
1 had turned light
| enc - " A. adjourned until Mon iaY next.