Year: 1872

Admissions OF the frls0ner-Ialk-


ing About Getting Divorce.


New HAVEN, April 20, 1872.
The trial OF Mrs. Sherman resumed AT hall-
mast ten this morning the attendance being not as
large as in the early stages OF the trial. The
prisoner was dressed the same as last week ana
was accompanied by her sister and brother-in-law.
After the polling of the jury the prosecution con-
tnued the evidence.


The first witness called was William 8. Downs, Of
Derby who on being sworn, said:-I knew HOratio
NJ Sherman; worked with him for fifteen years In
Sheltons tack factory; was working with him
(hanging q grindstone) on the day he was taken
III; we were together until five p M. |; he seemed
to be as well as usual, as far as could see, and
observed nothing unusual in his manner;


HE HAD SOME BEER
outside the shop, should judge about two quarts
1t was In the afternoon; the beer was In a stone
pitcher, and five OF drank from It. was the last
one who drank from the pitcher; there was nothing
unusual In the beer, as far as know, as felt no
effects OF it; the hast of it was drank about four
O'Clock.


CROSS S-ExAMINED MR. wATROUs.


Sherman did not go to dinner that day. did; ne
lived within quarter OF q mile OF the shop; was
mot In company with him while was at dinner, but



should Judge 80, as the stone showed that 1t had
been "facedn up; never saw him alive after five
p N. that day; Sherman had been absent from
work some ten days; never before knew him to be
OF more than q week; during the past few years


THOSE sPREKs OF HIS
came about once in two OF three months.


George w. Sherman, brother of the deceased, was
sworn-I reside in Brooklyn, N. "; was in
brothers. family about nine weeks previous to his
death, but an interval occurred in those nine
weeks; arrived January Is, 1871, and left February
2S then returned March Is and remained till April
=; this the last visit to the house, and he died
next month.


Q. What were the relations between prisoner and
deceased A. knew


THKY DID NOT LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER.
@. State particulars. A. They were often angry
and hard words were used; one occasion in the
basement, at the table, they had angry words that
do not recoect now, but it was 30 disagreeable l
got up and left as quickly as possible looking back
as went; went up stairs; Sherman was then sit
loud words after got up stairs.


@. Who used the loud words2 A. think both;
on another OCCASION on the 10th April Sunday,
they were talking angrily and got up and went
into the back yard they still continued to converse,
and heard him tell her


SHE MIGHT TAKE HER THINGS AND LEAVE,
or go; forget the words; she replied, Every we'll"
a. Did they occupy the same room9 A. After
the 18th March she asked me II knew they dld not
occupy the same bed; after that time she gave me
to understand In different ways that they did not
occupy the same bed


Q. Did she assign reason A. Yes; that she
wanted Natie to sleep up stairs and Sherman
would not consent, and she preferred to sleep up
stairs rather than


TO SLEEP THREE IN A BED;
ence while she was unwell she said she lay upon
the outside Of the bed with her clothes on; that
Sherman came In to go to bed; when he saw her
there he reached over, got Matte carried him up
stairs and slept there and she down stairs.


q. While you were there who slept up stairs2 A.
Az passed down one morning called at her door
up stairs and askd her how she felt as she had been
sick; about that time she complained tlat my
after her condition


Q. Did she speak OF his treatment Of herr A. Yes,
Hhe complained great deal.


O. Did she say Il was worse when he was sober
A. She said, on one occasion that she would rather
have him come home after he had been drinking, as
he always saluted her more pleasantly


BY Mr.. Watrous-Do you mean to say she would


SOONER HAVE HIM COME IN DRUNK
than sober ? A. Yes, that my impression.


BY Mr.. Wooster-Wtat did she sayY A. That
when he had been drinking he called her 'Ifddy;"
she said he treated her worst when he sOberest
she and were once alone in the sitting room when
she said she knew he did not love her, did not re-
spec her and was ashamed to be seen on the street
with her.


Q. State any other remark bearing on the subject.
A. Once when she spoke of him being away, she
said


SHE SUPPOSED HE WAS WITH OTHER WOMEN;
we two were then alone In the sitting room; there
were other things stated there that indicated their
feelings twice she talked about a divorce l do
not mean to say that she said she would get one; ;
once at the breakfast table, we talked about what
lawyer IL was best to secure to get a divorce; the
other conversation in the sitting rOom follow
ing the complaints; she said she


NOT LIKE TO GET A DIVORCE,
for fear of what people would say, she had been
told all about it before she married him.


q. Was any conversation had about money!
A. Once she spoke OF money she gave him before
their marriage.


O. state it, A. She said she lent him about eight
hundred dollars; that with what she had used In
IL
lars another time she spoke OF how he disappointed
her; that he had promised TO go down and get mar
ried on certain time and had failed to do SO; she
then said that she would not have had him at
all II she had not had so much money; this was in
the sitting room; for about a week before finally
left my brother did not speak to her, except when
he could not hepit and sometimes he would


PASS FOOD TO ALL BUT HER,
and pass her over this occurred several times that
week.


Witness here stated, in answer to q question,
that his brother joined the sons of Temperance at
the suggestion Of Mr.. Hubbard, and that the
prisoner aequiesced; arrived the day after his
part Of the sickness, that he came home from work,
ate some fish she had warmed up, drank some
usual that after supper he entered the ward took
smoke, and on returning to the door asked II he
should gather some spinach; she remarked that
Bhe had never before seen him so pleasant. and he
had been SO ever since he got back; later, he en-
tered the sitting room, dropped his head in his
81 DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES ME- FEEL so FUNNY ~
he then went out In the yard, she said, and
VOmted; went out, repeated III, anu again came in.
remarking that he had got rid of his dinner and
supper too.


q. Did she say anything about tear A. Yes that
thinking strong cup OF tea good for him she
made ii and gave IL to him.


q. Did you hear any talk about arsenic? A. Yes,
once near the cellar door heard him ask her


s'wHERE Is THE ARsENICY
the prisoner replied, II took It and have taken
OF ~, they were then conversing about rats Wit
mes detailed the circumstances attending the search
for the arsenic and In the main confirmed the evi
dence OF his nephew Nelson sherman. He, how
have been used by Sherman and the prisoner OH I'll,
occasion when the arsenic disappeared.


Crosse amination--I do not know what was the
cause of the disagreement between Sherman ano
the prisoner; the prisoner sometimes went &c
church, but deceased did not; but do not know
that this the cause OF their estrangement; with
the exception of the auarrels do not know that
saw anything very wrong with Mrs. Sherman;
don't consider that