New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-02

in violation OF the rules of the Court and of tbs
laws win the eighth count begin series u
counts charging the defendants with conspirng
10 bring the action by and with the knovl-
edge and consent privity cOnnivance and aid Of
one Henry W BoolSstaveE one of TIE judges OF
the Court of Common Pleas. for the City ami
County of New-Yorll7 The acts especially
charged as done with the privity and aid Of judge
BOO<staVer are the procuring. by corrupt and de-
celtful means OF the order OF Ieference the sign
ing Of the referees report and the granting OF the
decree of divorce.
Other conspiracies are charged in the later
counts Of the indictment, but the same act, are
alleged as done by the cOnspratOfS.
James A. Flact Ambrose Mcneil, Joseph Nleels
and Sarah Cherry, or Susan !. Raymond, arc
charged in a second indictment with preparing
ia lse evidence in violation Of sections IO1 and
100 OF the Penal Code The Indictment after
recitng the proceedings in the Flacli divorce casa
before Judge BOolstayer and Referee M'eks. IL
egcS that the defendants on July ;, 1882 before
application was made Tor confirmation OF t'e
report Of the referee, made UP a false record 81
the case by fastening together number OF iraudu-
lent papers. The summons included IN the re-
cord not the slna summons IN the, case;
the complaint had been altered after j had been
sworn to by crasDg the name OF Ambrose Mcneil,
who appeared rs Mrs. Fl1cls counsel, aud insert
ing the name Of Benlamln Wright and tho aiilda-
Wit OF service made by Joseph lie Camp had be"l
fastened to summons which was not the org
nal summons in the case. The AFFIDAVIT Of Bon.
amin Wright attached TO the record was. tho
indictment declares, sworn - Oh July ,, 1883,
and the conspirutcrS by crasUr1s and the Insertion
of figures changed thc date ~ Nav -. The order
of Judge Boollstaver referring tho case 10 JoSerh
MeeIs not the order filed the day
which it purportcd TO be filed. and the deposition
Of Mrs. Fack was one which had been pro-
cured through fraud and representation.
The depositlonS OF Margaret Smith and Kate
Cannon, on whose testimony thc divorce WIS
granted, were fraudulent, neither Of tho wit
nesSes had sworn TO them before the referee -
the erticate alleged This false record, com
posed of many fraudulent documents, WIS
offered genuine by tho cOnSplratOrS.
The fraudulent substitution of The name OF
BENJAMIN Wright for thar Of Ambrose Mcneil 80
counsel for Mrs. Flac'l and Tho change Of thu
date Of the iurat IN BENJAMIN Wrghts affidavit
are made the basis Of the charge in the Secoad
count of the same indictment.
Another indictment charges James \. Flacb and
Sarah Cherry, otherwise known rs Susan I. Ray.
mond, with attempting 10 commit subornation ~
perjury, and melting and attempt ne TO procure
another to commit perjury. The defendants in this
indictment ar" accused 81 Cldcavorng 10 induce
Margaret Smith 30 appear As \ witness, before
Referee lleels on behalf Of Mrs Fack, and testify
that she had known Mrs. Flick Tor fivc years and
james A. Flacll for fifteen yc'rS. and had known
woman called Susan 7. Reynolds for fifteen
years, and that Flock under the name of Key-
noldS, had lived with the woman at boarding.
houses kept by Margaret Smith. All this evidence
TO be given by Margaret Smith was, the Indictment
charges, false, and known To be false by the de-
fendants. \ second count of the indictment
charges the same offence under another form.
fourth indictment charges Sheriff Flack and Mrs.
Raymond with tho same offences OF attempting
commit perjury in the case Of Kate Cannon who
was asked 10 give similar testimony as 10 the
relations of james A. Flacll and Mrs. Reynolds
Joseph Meeks. il is charged in another indict-
ment in which Mcclis and Benjamin Wright are the
witnesses. gultv Of an injury 70 public records
in removing from the files Of the clerks Office ~
the Court of Common Pleas the papers in the
divorce case. and destroying the original summons
and Judge BOOkstavers order of reference and
mutlating the original complaint by substituting
the name Of Benjamin Wright for Ambrose Mcneil
as Mrs Flaclis counsel
George w. IIartt is charged in n separate indict-
ment with baclImail in sending a letter 20 Mrs
Flacll, threatening 20 expose her 10 disgrace with
the intent to prevent her from disclosing 10 the
Grand Jury her knowledge Of any crimes that NAV
have been committed in the procuring Of the
divorce The letter is badly spelled and some
what incoherent document. calling upon Mrs. FlaclS
10 undo what she has done. Other counts charge
the writing of the same letter for other illegal
purposes