New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-15
THE TWO WILLIAM DARLINGS
TESTIMONY In TIE WILL CONTEST.


| A WITNESS WHO THOUGHT THE PROFESSOR AMI
| THE DEcKHAND rDESTiCAr-
A witness called on behalf of Mrs. Catherine
Jeferts TO prove that Professor william Darling wa,
identical with hor father OF the same name, who Wal
sont to sing Sing for unnatural crime OF wficn slo
the victim. and other witnesses called on tho othoT
side 10 show that tho Professor and the boatnan were
two distinct persons occupied The attention or Surro
gate Rollins yesterday Mrs. LeGerts present, but
did rot disturb the proceedings previous occa-
slons Mrs. Amelia DelacToix. the widow to whom the
professor bcoucathed his property. not In court
The first witness Albeit L. Babcock who has been clerk
Of the Sing Sing for eight years. testified that ne
had searched for record OF the discharge of William
Darling from the prison and could not find any Then
Mrs Helen stone on behalf OF Mrs. Leerts, that
she saw William Darling about two weeks before he was
| arrested. She the steamship pile seeing some
friend. aud him there. she next saw him ia tho
81. Nicholas Hotel in 1866 1857. He looked like a
genteinany man, though no not welldressei. He
had eyes. with big nose ike tho in the pic
ture OF Professor Darling" lie was alarse man.
ibid he look boorish orilterate"
mo, though he may have acted He once acted
very rudeiy to my mother and subsequently wrote
letter Of apology to her." The witness said that the
handwriting OF letter from Professor Darling shown
to her. strongly resemble that of the letter OF apology
| to her mother A Photograph Of Professor Darling
Shown to herr she said greatly resembed the Mr.
Darling whom she "a, the 81. Nicholas Hotel, who
Noble kept company with MIRA Lener,: but she
heard that she discriel him. She had heard that the
William Darling whom she knew was studying 10 ba
doctor. In Albany and sterward in NewYork. Not
mach wls sii In tho newspapers about ms ri'l as a
around TO the offices OF the Albany papers Tor TINS
purpose. ....o.. ,no..,
that he bad heard that Professor Iarling had ss,sr
lie had no brother named Nathan. Between 1880 ana
1856 the witness the Professor often lis WAS then
or afterward, demonstration OF apatomy In the Uuiye
AL
between 1852 and 1854. lie certain that hs had
not heard that he was policeman ,,
Dr. OBrlen recalled testified that he had never heard
OF Professor Darling being arrested In this country nut
Dr. i. sherman VINO in 1857 became a clerk Of the
the absence in Europe Of Prcfe: sor
in the college. Dr. Draper and others said that they
were in the Professors andwriting Dut the witness
Mrs Ga2ia Dodgers was the next witness She said
that she had been thTea times married and her second
him in 1866 and he died IN 1865 lilo vas the brother
of william Darling who travelled on boats i;7 alser
nothing to do her brother William no mad been
In prison for some crime she ana not say what IL wst
crate man. always poor. He was on a boat at that
time. He Ivei in Tenthlve. and had lite girl three
old He called at her house Just before her
husbands death ami said lie was going south with boat
and would bring him some southern frult me moro,
graph of Professor Darling shown the witness anu
che said 1t did not look at all liko tho WuIlah Dar1g
whom she had known She had appeared IN Court a on
she saw her husbands name mentioned Ia newspaper
connection with the the night before She came
n matter OF duty. She did not know Mrs. Deacrox
any connected with the case: The witness pro
duced acr husbands three missions in the regular
army. one dated February |, 1887 appointed Nathan
Daring SECOND Lieutenant In tho "a Dragons; an
other dated July TO- 1888. appointed him hrst leu
tenant Ia the regiment aud the third dated feDrn-
airy l, 1912. made him captain ln tho Same
command. Two OF them were signed by
President Tyler and by President Van Buren.
Her husband brought General Wor,hs body home ID
1912
Wasn't 1t commonly reported" inquired Mr.
Knowles cross animation. ''tnat your husbanfs
brother, William Darling, was son oil Martin ' an
Buronl" The question was ruled ont 800
"The William Darling she Is talking about" said the
Surrogate. s evidently not Professor William Daring
There nothing In tina testimony that makes the IN
qu!ry important in this Better AVOID scandals
connected with the case"
WAS your husbands mothers maiden uame Oar
lngi"
mo; Il was short name" The witness said she had
her husbands family Bible which contained such de-
tails er husband told her that his brother, William
Darling, was drckhand the boat when he
brought General North's body FROM Mexico Captain
Daring became paralyzei six months afer she married
him ana finally died In 3 ,nk-st She heard her husband
speak of his neca Mrs. Lcferts Her husband had an
alOrted daughter who called Catherine Darling,
and who married In Washington and aiterwari
went West
Tho case was AL jOurnsd until to-day