The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07
MRS. CODY'S LAST DENIALS.
eoULp BLACKMAIL CASE TO 60 70
THE JURY TO-DAY.

tI.m-Mrs. Cody Croaa-ENnmtned hs TO
terminating Letters-Mrs. Angelic Hus-
hnnd on the stand-Testimony of n Priest.
,,p,yy. Dec. 6-when court adjourned to-
a,v Ali the evidence had been presented to the
.s,v in the case OF Mrs. Margaret +. Cody. who
.,c,used OF an attempt to blackmail the
nopld heirs. Counsel will sum up tomorrow,
and the case will go TO tho Jury about 3 p. NJ.
nh, scenes about the courtroom during the
,.,eross O, the trial have been interesting,
me number CT women in attendance increas-
,"r daily. Miss Gould. accompanied by her
,npt. niece and maid. has attended every ses-
,io, Of the trial. which began Just one week
400 today. She has kept an abstract OF the
testimony on n pad. and has consulted fire.
oueatly with her attorneys.
The testimony to-day showed beyond doubt
ina, an entry OF a baptism made in 1855 In the
,s,orjs Of the French church at Cooperville.
clinton county. had been fraudulently changed
within the last Ave years by inserting the
names OF Jay Gould and Mary S. Brown as
the PARENTS Of an illeeitimate child baptized
Al that time. The change was made after Mrs.
Cody visited the church, in 1898. The original
names we're erased and those OF jay Gould
and Mary S. Brown written in their place. The
given name OF the child was also changed. and
the first two letters OF the word "illegitimnte'
appearing in the entry were erased. An ex-
mart in handwriting amply demonstrated shis
forgery to the Jury.
When the court opened this morning Mrs.
Cody took the stand to undergo q re-cross-ex-
animation at the hands OF De Lancey Nicol.
The examination related chiefly to letters
and telegrams alleged to have been written by
Mrs. Cody. In one OF them. which was ad-
dressed to her counsel. Amasa ]. Parker. Jr,
occurred the words:
81 can manage Mary Ann Shields" This Is
the servant VINO was said to have witnessed
The Gould Angel alleged marriage.
"Did you write those wordsr' asked Mr..
wv don't know. answered Mrs. Cody after
What did you mean when you said you
couid manage Mary Ann Shields. that you
s sSa.ns s'y yo Sss n'S Mrs. cody Ss' answer TsS'H as usual.
Ann Shields Mrs. Cody told him not to let any
one hu. her see his mother. and she added
TIA, Ia r shs was and 5h she envy Would GIae s : tha MG the m no1Sse
was we'll paid. Mrs. Cody denie d having
written this letter; saying the "" in the siR-
h@ ai i hn}r est tp SaH' T asked Mr.. Nicoll. What
do you mean by thar Are you an expertp'
oh. 90 onl When l was young. education
was not az cheap as it is now" ~
t aeTc STa' 1s $40 f fof her SeT'i eSpe sse Then a
letter was produced written in Februayy..lSe8;
in which Mrs. Cody wrote 70 Parker she would
give the entire . Speer-Parker-Cody . CORE
spondence away II Parker did not pay her.
Mr.. NicolI then tried TO follow, Mrs; Cody's
when She saw Mr.. Parker. after Feb. 10. 1896.
ION the stree. in April" Mrs. Cody answered,
Why yop went back to Denver in March"
We're you the mysterious woman, dressed
in black. who Mrs. Pierce said stealthily gave
been issued by a Rev. Mr.. Hanna OF New YORK
city; air T w,s no, y said Mrs Cody This
concluded MIR. NiCOlpS questioning,
He then called John Angel: 81 y y M, old; the
Snrej fnq th en Weman stle eSs4H to have "a sr married mhed
Mrs. Cody said to Mrs. Aneeii that il she re:
'A Before Mrs. Cody. reached Roase's Point
mao msrr ySd sse JAY ae Goald iP's as i9aFM E.i Sic coil 0e'n
.. Hs had sia never ht sas ssIa. any and it 'sad in ns sRs a sssa
asked by any one to forget the conversations
between his wife and Mrs. Cody.
Of f the Go eDeTsipef French %ho Church . !. was called
by the prosecution and identified the baptis-
~ inserting the names of Mary Brown and
sS E TO prove w that the Ss e shH Nf bapeieed h1 Was th he
.esult OF the alleged. Gould-Angell marriage.
5 safn in A han SSFThdnS " was Ss rec alec t to The s Stand ]
he testified. that the two, names in the entry
were forgeries and had been written In oyer
NlhCulVS Nv ASN SNtti tAAo NH'
exhibited in the two names was more modern
than the other words OF the entry and that the
iRk 9 msSu IL snestlr sn IN s shePE ISL q n @Riis T sRs
babtismal entry was made in 1899. Mr.: Car;
t yslhS Sb DFSagS af n RhSssEr RBish Of rs ths s SasrE iP I'd
the Jury for examination. He thought the
change of names was made within the last five
Mr.. Dugan. for the defence. led the witness
through a long explanation OF the methods he
pursued as an expert in handwriting. and pro:
duclnR q piece OF writing IN black Ink asked
More than five years." Mr.. Carvalho replied.
and Mr.. Dugan thought he made a point, in
dlcating that there was a good deal OF guess
Mr.. Carvalho examined several letters al
Issady IN evidence. and testified they were all
direction. One Of these letters written anony-
mously. was as follows:
"27oe cHAMPA STREET.
DENVER. Col. Oct. 20. 1896.
MADAM: 1 wish to say to, you I am in DOS
Salf sister. Mrs. Pearce. to Mrs. Cody. I was in
Mrs, ,Cody's employ at the time the corre-
s] sDsT . s SfpR mn tstfsds and A. ended nd,d. M read r and
every one. Miss Gould. why do you not meet
one month ago for New York. and 1 have
beard her say frequently she wished she never
s esS h; a fnEifinT ws s2 DO ts nisa it. III Il S S5sE W + G 70
make inquiries about her. write to, Mr.. Ora
hood Of nj the firm Of .Orshood 4 TelleT after
ty years; have heard her say she would
and YOU could see by Mrs. Pearce's letters
.hSt shef Mrs, r. was the one, who was so
should you wish to pay me for having the let
ters copied. | will have it done. but Il would
ss better for you to see Mrs. Cody yourself.
ehe Is AN elderly lady. and has been q rich wo.
man before her husband.s death. Respectfully.
Mrs. FITZPATRICK"
Father ChaEbonneau who drove, witt Mrs.
churches. at Champlain and Cooperville In
search S ~ a baptismal record of 9 child sup
sell marriage, was called by the prosecution.
ne could not, understand Mr.. Nicoll's ques-
ions In English. and Father Constantine acted
as Interpreter.
Did You visit the churches at ohamplain
Yes. sir"
PLt you find a Gould-AnEeli ,baptismal en-
EclT fret yisitf"
When did your"
Three or four weeks after the FIRST visit"
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