New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-11
! r sHlPBERD CALLED 4 sCOUyDREL
TIE CORRESPONDENT IN THE cRoWEiL' plNo''OE
SUIT ROUNDLY DENOUNCED-THE JUN ~
BRING IN 4 SEALED VERDICT

TIE GO RESPONDENT IN THE cRoWEiL' piNo''OE
SUIT RouXpLY DENoUNCED-TfIE JURY TO
BRING IN A SEALED VERDICT
The jury in the case Of Charles Il. Crowen
against his wife. Lille :. Grower. ror absolute
divorce which was resumed yesterday before Judge
Cullen and jury At Long Island CITY, iai'ed 10
agree when court adjourned last night. and were
ordered by Judge Cullen 10 bring In a seated YER
diet this morning Inc case WAS sNV" " '"s
Jury shortly after o'clock
There was scarcely standing room in the court
when the was called and everybody made ahN-
ious inquiries regarding Jacob K Shpherd the CO.
respondent. shipherd. however. was not 10 be SEEM
lie watched the proceedings through a peephoe IN
the gallery. AT the hearing on FRIDAY evening
,hree love letters written by Shipherd while he
was travelling In the South to Mrs. Crowel were
read and put In evidence. These letters called her
his lamb" and his pet" and were characterized
by Judge cullen yesterday as the widest and
most cxtravagant protestations OF owe.
The first witness called was Mrs. Helen Garfield
who also admitted that she was known by the name
OF Mrs Charlotte Rhodes and few other names.
which caused much laughter among the spectators
She said she was Shepherds housekeeper and used
TO accompany him to Brooklyn. where they at
tended several lectures on theosophy IL was
while returning from one o, tn9se lectures, IN me
croweli at the East New-York station OF the Long
The next witness was benjamin Jese.sohn. Mrs.
Crowell the defendant then took the stand In her
own b"haIf She Is OF quaker descent and would
not swear on the Bible Mrs. Crowell denied that
she had ever tod Sadie Bennett that she was gong
to Dakota to sue for a divorce from her husband
I'm order that she might marry Shipheri. She also
denied that she parted her hair in the middle 70
oblire Shlpherd. and said she adopted this method
uary last She denied that she had ever sat In
Shepherds lap In her home In jamaica ana denied
that he had ever kissed her except on one occasion
in Shipherd's house. In Union Hill. when. she SAID
her close to him and kissed Sc hsr while she
Judge Cullen then took the witness IN manu- III
regard 10 the letters written to her by Shipherd
The Judge asked her Il she regarded the letters rs
receive. She said that she regarded them Ia as
her that love. especially when 1t Is improper ana
Illegal foolish at all times and asked ner why
he sent her those extravagant love letters MIS-
croweil said that her father advised her not 10
break with Shipherd then. as he had given Snipnera
power OF attorney over his estate she nthsr
that Shpherd referred TO her father anu "o'"e'
The Rev Edward Judson pastor Of the Memorial
Rantist church of Washington Square and FOURTH
st. New-York was the last witness called on De.
Sunday school teacher In his church IN iss' ala
attended the prayer meetings at night. ne sal"
she was very regular In her attendance A..
D. C. Calvin then summed up on behaf Vi 'ne
defendant. -. ,,.s,,au
Mr. McKoon, In summing up In behalf OF Cro" a.
denounced Shipherd In unmeasured terms TOT ~ ~r
sertng Mrs. Crowell during the trial ana TOT
shs hs 5s0%
moi nut that Infamous scoundrel Sh!pherd: on the
stand he said. FOR he deserted his victim ana
Judge Cullcn's address to the jury was consid-
iariy on the letters written by Shipherd to MIS-
CrowelL