Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-27
She Admits that She no Longer Loves
Her Husband.
LETTERS OFFERED IN DEFENSE.
They Were Written by Mrs. .Foy,
and Their Contents do not Tend
to Strengthen Her Evidence.
She was Carefully Examined
by Both Sides and Her State
ments Carefully Guarded.

room where Mrs. Andrew Foy to-day
was TO be cTOss-examined in the Cough
lin trial. Ed-Judge Wing subjected
the witness to a severe questioning
She was interrogated as TO Coughlns
visit TO her husband on the night OF
May 10 and admitted that she heard
nothing suspicious in the conversation.
Mrs. Foy was asked about Coughlin's
visit on the next night and testified TO
having heard the defendant telling her
husband about the search for Cronin's
body. She repeated her story OF the
visit of May 10, when she claims that
Coughlin said her husband was in no
danger and that even If he (Foy) was
arrested should be we'll cared for by
Alexander Sullivan, etc. After ques-
tions regarding subsequent visits ex-
Judge Wing advanced a step towards
the witness and asked ippressively:
What promises has the prosecution
made 20 you for testifying?"
Before God and man l swear the
prosecution has not offered me any
thing"
The attorney asked: "You don't love
your husband, do you?"
mo, sir; ! don't"
A murmur of excitement ran through
the court room when Judge Wipg
asked
Mrs Foy, tint it fact that you
have accused your husband time aud
again of being the man who threw the
anarchistic bomb at the police several
years ago?"
The attorneys for the prosecution
were Instantly on their feet protesting
against the question and shouting to the
witness not 10 answer, but she cried out
excitedly; Before God, l never did; L
never did"
Judge Wing then sprung sensation
by advancing TO the witness with a let
ter in his hand and asking: "Mrs. Foy,
did you write that letter."
Yes" the witness said. reluctantly,
after a silence; that looks ike my
writing"
"And did you mail that letter to At
torney Forest?"
Il guess did"
Judge Wing said he would introduce
it laJer.
Judge Wing then presented another
letter, and asked il it was not written
by Mrs. Foy. This also the witness
admitted after considerable hesitation.
Then the offense took up another sub
| iect, and the excitement occasoned by
the introduction of the letters had
scarcely passed away when fresh out
/ break occurred.
Judge Wing asked this question:
Now, Mrs. Foy did not the prosecu-
tiou give you any money!
II object" interposed Attorney Bot
tum.
'Let her give the answer" cried a
heavy voice from near the reporters
table. Every one in the court room
turned IN astonishment. Attorney
! Daniel Donahoe, of counsel for the de-
tense, was the first person TO discover
the source of the remark.
"Mr. Dewey, will you please stand
up?" he said.
1t was then seen that the remark bad
come from John Dewey, one OF the
members of the Cronin committee.
''DoeS the court demand me to stand
up" asked Mr.. Mr.. Dewey.
Did you make the remarkP" asked
Judge Tuthill.
Il did"
"You must not interrupt the trial
Mr.. Devoy," ruled the court mildly.
Mr.. Dewey apologized, explaining
that he addressed his remark to MIR.
Bottum.
Mrs. Foy questioned by ex-Judge
Wing as TO whether she knew John
Devoy, admitted that she was we'll ac-
ouainted with him. The defense pro-
ceeded to lay the foundation for testi-
mony, tending TO impeach Mrs. Foy.
.Do you know George Burgley, for
merlv q detective aud working under
ex-States Attorney Longenecker?"
asked Judge Wing of the witness.
Mrs. Foy's manner changed percepti-
bly,, and she stammered out that she
thought she knew the man.
Ibid he visit you in 1912"
The witness murmured something
about 1.-TWO or three visits"
The first letter produced by Judge
Wing, aud which Mrs. Foy admitted
having written was obtained by the re-
porters at this poin,. Ii is as follows,
and is marked Strictly private and in
haste"
"Alr. Forest.
DEAR SIR:-I see and hear OF you
going to Ottawa in October next. Well
want to tell you that before that time
DR.. Cronin's murder will be no longer a
mystery as / am in full possession of all
the facts about it and what's more lam
the wife of one of the chief conspirators
and l know all the principals in the
cruel murder and have their names and
have talked with the most OF them and
( I'm going TO make a sworn
statement OF all I know in a very
short time unless I get some reward
for all have suffered since that fatal
night thai l sat up waiting for the
father OF my children TO come home 10
! the morning and then be told be was
helping TO remove a soul to eternity.
His dirty story of spy and traitor would
not suit me as it did lots of more ignor-
ant people knew be was better man
than any Of the seoundrels that killed
! him which can prove by their own
actions. As for my husband he has be.
come human monster, has scarce
ly ever been full night in his own
house since the murder He has become
a drunksrd, and an outcast and have
/ gone through more care and suffer
ing than l thought any human being
could bear. he left the house
on Saturday night and promised tc
come home in a few hours, but he came
az haf-past FIVE In the morning aud he
done the same last night. as he knew
won't sleep. no matter how long he il