New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-07

District-Attorney leaned forward TO
listen to what would follow; n. 1roui,tons
i's e Yon used the word blackmall MI. uallu
Ia h Mu Ross Did you conceive that you were
sa'a nosition at that time to he blaclSmalied To
Mr. Jerome started up win in oo;ooSTTIIn a conrt
,rcpd that the question was irrelevant. ont;
III IN his favor and Mr.. Ross took an exception
Tben the examination went on
nn.s ali the conversation that took place between
"a NJ. svinton at that Office at that time Let
Sc see what It was that made you use 'no WIN s,
III, A-she said that Eva was In Europe anu snc hao
a latter from and she did not ike w. anu oe'ou W
IA coming back soon. and she said that she n'u W ~
:. nsy her rent and she wanted me TO pay inc $'o'
~ svinton YOU have no claim on me Whatever
w. ought 10 20 to of your relatives or some ohe'
,eonle: certainly not to me" , ,,o,.
MA she have anything 20 say on that occasion aoou'
,-,,.ns =, her son with Evaf A.-She did not
a M xou recolect when that was All must
- .ooo In June or July Of last year.
n Dd YOU her on any other occasion AZ OF "oO"'
,,., ,,me1 Al don't think she came near me asain'
'n~e ~ q, "a not true that about May, June or July
saw her on two occasions1 A-Not IN ths' year nv
a The first time you ever saw her al al was Al 1'
,Ha occasion you have described in New-fofA' A.
think IL was . . coa yhen she asked
Nam q, or asked for, s3oi Al think hao seen s
two or three times between these 0eca'i0HS' 0u'
FIX the dates. , 40, van over Jaw
~, sin,on 20 speak with herl A-rhe next oecaso''
can Ak definitely on the day we le'' lor NAN''
In Juns Of this year 900 lin Iupe 1882
80. no recollection Of ever seeing her at All a.
have an indistinct recollection OF having sec" "'''
cannot fix the time. ,,, % the COM
III; rom the table Then he propouhueu Ny NJ
p tannw,in r series of questions 10 the
i iia%toS: you are STATE member OF Ne% VI
Legisha'u r+ or have been? You arc pracusSlns
LAWYER. are you not? How old are you you Yon
have had college education nay SVI anguare. do
know the meaning Of the EngllSai n Wy HamiI-
KIM NOT Ssto all of which inquiries ME- ,"t he
;on meekly enough made response, saSl1S ~, otbers
was thirty-eight years old, ano u 'i' '-I
except one tepS ,mS the last one lie would NOT
rostiyelv assert that he knew the meaVtns sir IT.
he English Language" but remarked i''
RSspS said Mr.. Ross triumphanty ana ra oe
Ginning 10 read from the complaint at SUI hobsH of
that the Justice had to 9seTi yCu Swoe to this
tneoIaint that on or about the lth day 81 NJ
sem6er, 1883, in the city nd an Tos6US Mann both
now here and Eva Hamilton anu 80 i no 70
ayou understood what you were era he lad read
did not ?" ND Mr. Gcw Hn% 6at IT Contained sE
the ain9a s co.; "a Mr. Ross with climatic gesture
YOU know that you have not IL your inton from
mere Is $50 till June. 1889. Is that not SO =
'un knew that was the reply ana SwViT nc %
The affidavit on the advice oil tle Sni"~ ON Co
~, Attorney Mr.. Hamilton was eolHe, "" +Te
tflc,-h.'Uib ett wore the reasons advanced by the
Assistant District-Attorney, but Nr. hoIS A' Wr
iained that his question was ano ;J+ IN finish
Iarone insisted on the witness rl2ht o ~
I'll, as he wished and the Court collcet t
his right whereupon Mr. Hamilton ~ mon ,n
s;,netion in these words: " sWoIc " ~ ~ &c
M adice of the Assistant District attorney, ms
ha;ng The legal facts of the aclS OIL t,lc innad
consprators and as being tacts t1at i' bare mr.
,bropob various Investigations tIdt ~ ~
una aud witnesses that have seen w SL.nd ' to
last few DAYS" He added thai ne "T Tb,r Mr.
the testimony he hau aHe"NS 49,
Ross asked him:
n Won ,ecopec. on the 10th day of September
ssS calling on Mrs swnton at her residence On Nam
a. between Sixth and Seventh aVes' "iui i'' -
.o.calledl Al do ..u ,,s swinton in the
Q-DO you recOllect that you 81" -
..u.av when You entered Al TO- ~, -
DO YOU recoIect that you then demahoed VI "'1
rhero her SON J. ]. Mann, vast Al no. -,
ana what did she tell yOuf A-she said she oio
know. 800 - ,, demanded Of her
- - I I Manu's had been sent 70, Al
80, tSnk demanded of her. I think it was suggested
that she might find him through that trunk, 49,. 4.
o-one moment. Don't 90 300 iar DIu you nv s ss
.nd ~ her where that trunk had been sent TO- anu uu
49, No, enIv 10 YOU that she did not know anything ABOUT
~ Al suppose did, because we went ana looked
FOR the drayman. 49,, - - ..u hor
DID YOU not then grasp her by the arm ana tell her
.,, Won ,voula have to arrest heri A.No, sir, never
o-You understand what ask you! A-You asked
me whether / grasped he by the arm ana SAD "0uu
have her arrested c.,., M.
oAna demanded that she should 90 along with you
Al did not ~, r. =
Il her with you ana WIN ~" -
Mann from her home? A.-She went with US down 10
The corner Of Fourtcenth-st. and Sixth-ave
o-The first place you went to was Browns express
,mce corner OF Fourtecnth-st. and SiNthavef Al
DO not know the name OF inc eApiSSSuui OuV ' WV
where We went -.
o-And hon there you went to three or four other
express Offices? Al think we went to this mans
house stable
Inst Drior 10 that time did you insert cause TO
no inserted in one Of the newspapers Of the city Of New
York personal advertisement seeking 70 una :. -
Mann and Offering reward fer information Win refer
tnce % hint Al did not
MD YOU know Of its being inserted Al did
rot know it till 1 it in the paper the other day.
Q.-what your interest In hnahg .. d MANN 0h
,hs 10Th OF September, 1881 A.-Eva Mann was very
nv,or. 70 and him and seemed TO be very much worried
and Il was at her request that I went down to Mrs
swntOn's. -,
o-And Mrs swnton, his mother, would not tell Eva
Mann or YOU where ]. j. Mann vast A.-She said she
did not know. She appeared to be in great trouble anu
very anxious TO find him
o-Do YOU know that application was made by Eva
Mann 10 parties who supposed to know OF his
whereabouts other than Mrs. Swintoni Ayes SIT.
o-And that no information was had theref Al
believe -.
o-Is it not the fact Mr. Hamilton that during that
period j. j. Mann was either keeping himself away or
was being kept away from Mrs Halhltohi Al Jul
know anything about that
o-IIsd not Mrs. Hamilton told you that he was being
kept away her by certain persons and that these
persons would not give her information about where
he vast
SIR. Jerome wanted this question to be stricken
out as immateria Mr.. Ross said his purpose was
10 show that so far from conspring with Eva
/. Mann about that time. Joshua Mann was being
kept away from her influence by his mother 80
he was permitted TO extract from Mr. Hamilton
that diligent search had been made for the miss
Ing Dotty' in the liquor stores of SlXth-ave.,
and that Mr. Hamilton had even gone the length
of employing q detective to hunt him up. Mr..
Hamiltco said that he did not think he saw Mann
more than twice before he came TO Atlantic City
this summer Josh" never made any statement
TO Mr. Hamilton personally that Mr. Hamilton
was the fathe= of the child Of which he supposed
iva 10 be the mother; but in Atlantic CITY
Ins, like everybody else spoke u the child