Year: 1866

munity. She was, then sane and sound,
Gu ed by Madame Jumel she made small pro-
vi ions for all the children OF her sister Mrs.
Jones' calling her her sisters, Mrs Jones she then
having been year or two dead. " hat was TO be
found when NADINE Jumel arrived at the age /
ninety years when her estate had become bv appre-
probation of the same property. worth million of
dollars! What will was it found she made, accord
ing to the allegation OF defendant counsel, under
the advice OF her minsteri She cave nothing 10 the
son of her adopted daughter didn't notice hlm at
all. What provision did she make tor the children
OF her adopted dauQ hterP Counsel for the defense
said that she gave as much to Mr. Chase as before
S50O n wear, Mr. Chase never wanted more than
$50, and would be willing to take less, aud he
didn onsider that he, personally, had anv direct
have given him silver. But what provision did she
make for this daughter, who had never offended
nert mnY shS EATT het 'n1 1nort od
her French husband, who was induced to marry her
as rich heiress, II he was not man OF fortune
himself and TINS little daugher of hers just poor
500 year, enough TO keep one person IN food If
son one would be charitable enough TO give him
clio hes What was done with the restH She gave
to the Rev. Johu Howard smith S5OOO and to GER
tain other institutions 5000 each, unit she got down
towards the end, where she thought $1,000 would be
enough, and when she came to the American Bible
Society, a charity of them all that needed the
greatest amount of money for its various necessities,
S506 TO that THIS sum OF $4,000 to these several
charities would not be very bad, but there tail
to this wi IN which she stated that the rest residue
and remainder of the proceeds of the sales Of her real
estate should be divided the several societies
to whom the foregoing payments were directed to be
made, and IN the shares and proportions which
sbonld he proportionate to the payments therein be-
fore mentioned, and directed to be made to them
respectively Any one looking at that will could see
that Nelson Chase his daughter could get nothing
under the residuarY clause. Under no circumstance
ere they to have any more than the income of the
sum OF $iOoOe' and Pernaps, tao GaRltal mlght 90
should leave issue. The minister, John Howard
Smith, plainly came in on his five thousand dollars
for between $50 600 and $120 600; but when nobody
COul1
Chase'sI He said, upon oath, when went to the
heirs Of Madame Jumel said to them TINS pro-
ceedng is contrary equity and justice and to the
of Madame Jumel, and you know that
Madame Jumel means to give each of you some
moderate provision You know that she
intended and ought TO have intended the res OF
her prol erty for my family Tor the children OF
your sister What Two wou "a Spectator dO stand;
he LET us make such an arrangement as will
conform to the intentions of Madame Jumel durng
her lie, as near as we con well come to them and
such an arrangement is pra ctcabe and precisely
as Madame Jume ought 10 have done if In the pos
session OF her senses, and under the advice guidance
and direction of able and learned COUNSEL WHAT
was that arrangementP II was to give each OF them
a handsome legacy, that would be sufficient to meet
their expectations and to give rest the direction
it ought to take Counsel found no Iault with
AUGUSTUS +. Smith. 1t was credItable for man to
fight for his client. He Mr. O'CoDor) had nothing
to say agaiDs the counsel Tor the defendants. They
were gen lemen and always behaved as gentle men
TO him, and he never desired 10 do anything out
what was kind and courteous to them and he hoped
that would end the matter of persona ites between
counsel. 1t was stated by counsel that Mr.. Chase
was guilty of an attempt to cast odium upon the
memo of Madame Jumel by proving that sne had
IN her lifetime an illegiumate child.


MIR. Stoug hton.-We have not suggested that she
had. ..t,.I.. .tU..l l. 81


Mr.. O'Conor said that the interrogatories all
pointed 10 proving, and they had proven. as lar
the testimony OF some old witnesses speaking from
leaTsay wen-the defendants had proved in this
document which came from Rhode Island,
that Phoebe Bowen, the mother of the two cir and
Betsy Bowen, the daughter, who turned up here to
70 Madame .IumpI WhOnVnr lss
ter was were women OF the oosest character and OF
the worst and most scandaOus associations and the
that Madame JUmel had secretly boy in
her custody down there, which boy the delendans
would insnuate was some Doy oi hers gotten at some


Mr.. Smlth-We never made anv insinuauOn that
William BallOu was her child. We know he was not.


Mr.. OConOr said that If she had not child 1t
would only show that she was was not very fruitful
because according TO the evidence OF the defendants
she put herself IN the way Of having children as eec-
tualiy as any woman ever did. 1t was honorable to
have child, but infamous to be prostitute. But as
to the charge that MIR. Chase attempted to throw
at the examination of Mr.. Chase that the IN
tentIon was 10 throw dirt upon the Whole family.
All the world was inclined to look upon
Aaron Burr the Perfection of wickedness
sort OF incarnation of all that was evil and be-
cause Mr. Burr had something to do with this
family the defendants wanted to examine into
the pedigree of Nelson Chase with a view of proving
common story that has been in circuarOn not
only about MIR Chase, but about half the peop'e in
the country, who were alive when Aaron Burr was


eXIstence but 1t turned out TO their astonlshment
that Mr.. Chase never had any knowledge whatever
OF Aaron Burr until after he married Miss Jume


The DEFENDANTS wanted to know the pedigree of Mrs
Chase and thus they Interrogated Mr.. Chase. lie
(Mr, Chasel had no desire to bring before the world
as far he could avoid it. ANYTHING that might re-
feet upon the mother OF his children or his sle. he
stated, when the question was directly put to
him that according to & what was propery called aG IN


and she, herself, the wife of his bosom, his COM
panion for thirteen long years, ana whom he toll
low ed to the grave never said anything to him but


that she was the daughter of Mrs. Jones; ana here


the matter might rest There was no seeking to push


ito prove that she was the daughter Of Madame
Jumel. But they go on and ask him what reason,


if any, he had for thinking that she might be the


daughter OF Madame Jumel; and he was Obliged to


answer that he had been informed so. They were


not satisfied with that, but they wanted TO know


by whom, and he sald by Madame Jumel her


self Was there any justice in saying that M; Mt;


He did d d drag it before the world when


the defendants dragged him to the stand. SO much


for the base imputation that Mr. Chase dragged


into Court any private scandal affecting his family


which he could avoid bringing before the CourC.


Defendants counsel brought into the case the family


Bible OF the JONES', kept by William Jones in his


lifetime, in which was recorded the marriage of him.


self to his wife in the year 1904 in the right place.


and there was TO be found w VILLAIN Jones, the hus


band and Maria Jones, the wife, and by somebody


lines were drawn over the name OF Jones aud his


wife, and hence some horrible suspicion that this


WOman's name was not Bowen. II was recorded on


the ochial records OF TRINITY Church that Maria


Bowen and William Jones were married by Bishop


Moore about the Deglnnlng OF IniS century ~


would also be found that William Jones not onlV


recorded his own family but he recorded, on


the next page, the family of his father, and


he gave day and date Tor the birth OF


every one of them father, mother, and ten


or twelve children, and the death OF one or two O


the children. Ii was in evidence that at subse


quent period q Mr. Maddox married one OF the


daughters OF Jones, who was now plaintlh IN thl


case He opened his account on another page


the same book by inserting his marriage ana tn'


birth of his child, and long before Madame june
died this MIR. Maddox passed TO his last accounl
HIS entries were not entries that had been mad
since this SUIT was commenced. He initiated lhi