Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-09
THE CODY BLACkMA|L TRIAL.
The Defendant Was Still On the
Stand, Yesterday.

THE EVIDENCE CONCLUDED, AND
COUNSEL WILL COMMENCE
THEIR ARGUMENTS THIS MORN
ING-MRS. ANGEL SWORE SHE
NEVER SAW JAY GOULD, NOR
TOLD MRS. CODY SHE WAS MAR
RIED TO HIM-MRS. CODY
PROMISED HER FIVE MILLIONS
IF HER SUIT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
Albany, N. Y, March S.-The taking
of evidence was concluded to-day in the
trial of Mrs. Margaret Cody, charged
with attempting to blackmail the heirs
of Jay Gould. and counsel will begin
their closing arguments tomorrow. In
rebuttal the prosecution called Mrs.
Gould. She testified that she never saw
Jay Gould; that she never told Mrs.
Cody that she was married to Jay
Gould. Mrs. Cody had promised her
five million dollars if the suit against
the Goulds was successful, she said.
| Mrs. Angeles husband testified in much
the same line.
David n. Carvalho, handwriting ex-
pert, identifie das genuine letter sign
ed by Mrs. Cody and addressed to the
son of the clergyman who was alleged
to have married Jay Gould and Mrs.
Angel. The letter
OFFERS $4,000
for a copy of the marriage certificate.
The fifth day of the trial opened with
the defendant still on the stand. Her
counsel, Mr.. Dugan, finished his re-
direct examination with a few ques-
tions concerning the letters which had
passed between her and Mrs. ]. F.
Pierce, Jay Gould's alleged child and
her husband.
District Attorney Dyer cross-exam-
ined, reading a number of letters writ
ten by Mrs. Cody to Mrs. Walker, Mrs.
Pierce's aunt, to Mrs. Beebe, who furn-
ished her with funds with which to
urge the claim of Mrs. Pierce, and Mrs.
Angel and to others. In the letter to
Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Cody said that Jay
Gould had told Sarah Ann Brown (Mrs.
AngelD that her marriage to him was
Illegal since it had been performed by
Presbyterian clergyman while she
was a Catholic. Mrs. Pierce had told
her this, said Mrs. Cody. After coun-
sci for Mrs. Cody, to save time, had adj
mitted the authenticity of the docu-
ments, Mrs. Cody was then excused,
but was Immediately
RECALLED TO THE CHAIR
to answer the questions of one of the
jurymen.
why did you not contradict Judge
Brown" he asked, when he first told
you that Mrs. Angel was not Jay
Gould's wife in Mrs. Angels pres
ence?"
Because l was so surprised" she
answered, "and he did not give me
time. / had to leave the room at once,
as he wished some private conversa-
ton with Mrs. Angel"
She went on to say that she after
wards contradicted Browns statement,
but not with Mrs. Angel as a witness.
Attorney Stearns, who drew up the
power of attorney between Mrs. Cody
and Mrs. Angel, took the stand for the
second time and told what he knew
concerning a number of legal papers.
Mrs. Angel was then put on the
stand. She gave her name as Mary
Angel. Asked to repeat her conversa-
ton with Mrs. Cody at Rouse's Point
she said:
"she asked me if I had ever been mar
ried to Mr.. Gould. I told her that
1 HAD NEVER BEEN.
She gave me the name of my first hus-
band and his looks and asked me If I was
married to that man, and l said Twas"
Q.-"The Frenchman?" A.-"Yes, sir,
the Frenchman: let that name be buried
She asked me II / had a daughter living.
said 1 had. She said, Your daughter is
worth Millions l said, That's news to
me if she is "
y
you were married to Jay Gould?" A
NO, sir"
Odd she tell you so?" Ayes.
sir"
Q-"Did you ever see Jay Gould?" A
No, sir"
Q-"What did Judge Brown say to Mrs.
Cody?" Ale said: Where there are
no facts. what are you going to
BUILD THE CASE ON?'"
Cross examined by Mr.. Dugan:
You say you never met Jay Gould.
When you were girl Of fourteen at home
did not a man come to your house for
water one day? Now, don't you know
who he was?"
mo, sir"
The witness admitted that a man had
come for water and that she knew that
he was employed on one of the ra.Iroads
then being built. Her mind. she said,
was not exactly clear concerning what
had taken place when she was 50 young.
After few more questions however, the
witness recalled the appearance OF the
man He was about seventeen years Old.