The morning times., 1895-12-06
DEFENDS HER CONDUCT
Mrs. Slack and95sHer Brother Re-
ply to Her Accusers.
SHE DENIES BEING PRoFANE
Declares She Cursed Mrs. Perrine
with a MOther's Curse ana Told
Ma jor Shack God Would Send Him
to Hades for His Action Toward
Her-Argument Continued.

The contest proceedings over the Slack
| interests continued until p. M. yester-
day, at which hour Attorney Il. j. walker
of New Jersey. concluded his address, and
court adjourned until today at l:SO y. M.
Mr.. Walker had been preceded by MI.
Calderon Carlisle. for Mrs. Perrine, the
| testamentary guardian, ana Dy Mr. JONI
w. Bowers, for the widow Mrs. SLACK.
The arguments of counsel OF Mrs. Slack
! were largely directed to the establishments
! of the competency OF the vice chancellor IN
| the chancery court In Trenton, N. j., 10
pass upon the issues involved under the
| writ OF habeas corpus there obtained; the
| Jurisdiction having been denied By cuunsei
| for Mrs. Perrine. Mr.. Walker quoted the
law which defined the powers and pre-
negatives If the vice chancellor, ana salu
| he had the power e,,nferrea upon MN OIL
| hearing any cause that may De sent 10
| him from the chancellor.
EVADING JUDGMENT.
He then proceeded, tn show that in the
| case under consideration, an order sending
II on tn the vice chancellor mad been made
ana that, IN addition, all nf the procee dlIgs, r
at every step, had been acquiesceo IN Dy
both parties m Interest. unul he ADDED
that last act. which was III direct Viola
ton uf the rules,'' and subjected the pa rties
TO the charge uf contempt. He reierreu 10
the alleged light or Col. ana Mrs. fefrihe
in the attempt To evade the Judgrlenl"i the
vive.chanceilor.
MIR. worthingtun and Judge Jere Wilson
will address the court This Afternoon.
The case opened yesterday morning
with motion 10y the attorneys Tor MIS-.
Perrine for The introduction OF an am.
davit of Benjamin Swami a man servant OF
Mrs. Slack, who was expected TO corrobo-
rate the nurses story as 10 MIS-. siack
conduct at her residence OH the evening or
April 30, 1894, subsequent 10 the uliiher
at Harvey's.
After arguments for aud against admis-
submitted to the court for private pc
rusal to determine the question as TO It's
Introduction. His honor read the paper
and decided TO reject il.
The hearing OF testimony concluded with
the submission of two depositions, one
from Mrs. Slack, the otncr from her
brother Josepn Gerard BUCKLEY; MT Ifeta,,er t,n
pired when Mrs. Slack and he went to
| Trenton To get the children. Mrs. Per
rine, he said, Informed his sister that she
was not entitled to consideration, ana
refused to permit her to take the little
| girls away.
CURSED WITH MOTHERS CURSE.
II was In the course OF this conversation.
he said, that the language was used winch
| Mrs. Pcrrine. had distorted. He ad-
| mittei that his sister had cursed MIS-:
| Perriue with a mothers curse, and had
said: II curse yon and your unborn
| Children She had also said to Mrs. FER
| riue that she was barren woman and that
had she been a mother she would have had
| more regard for mother Feeling.
| He explained the use OF such language
! by stating that MIS- Slack was IN n hys-
| tcrical condition. and in proof or this said
| she had attempted toahFow herself from
| the bridge before taking the train, had
| 'ried all the time while making The journey
| TO Washington. and ,cwhen she reached
| home fell in a dead faint.
| 1t was also admitted that Mrs. Slack
had said to Majos Slack. As Tor yon !.
| may God soon call you to hell for your
| action this day"
In her deposition Mrs; Slack denied the
4 charges made by Mrs. Pcrrine. She said
| she did nut, o. s charged, beat the pillows or
| her bed and tearrfhe bedcIoihing while
enraged. or at aBy time She denied hay
| ing called her motberin-Iaw q buZzard.
and said she bad not addressed her by
| the use of other eptibets charged.
Mrs. Slack also SAID she did not say she
| would give Willie her husband. b"
when she got him on the cars" but
| that on The occasion named she had en-
| ployed the words Hail Columbia"
| Referring to the Paulding incident, she
| admitted that she had loaned him money.
| but said II was with her husbands knowl-
edge. and that by bis direction she had
| repeatedly sought to recover the amount.
| $4,000. Paulding, whose real name is
| Hodge. was her playmate In childhood.
and she bad known him ever since and
liked him. as well as his mother. She de-
| MED. however, that she had ever declared
her love for him In the sense in which 1t
was charged she had.