The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1870, Page 4

4 —_—_— THE MARLAND TRIAL, Graphic History of the Wooing of Me- Farland and His Marriage. THE FIRST TRACE OF THE TEMPTER. The Intercepted Letter from Rich- ardson to Mrs. McFarland and the Elopement. Frothingham’s Benediction Anathematized. TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE. Hereditary Taint of Insanity the Plea. Long before the hour fixed for the opening of the Court of General Sessions yesterday morning a crowd of probably two thousand persons had con- gregated in and about the old brown stone building in which the tral of McFarland 1s being held, THE WOMEN OUT IN FORCE. A large number of respectaply aressed females Were among the most clamorous for admittance; and several of them, who did all that their persua- sive powers could do to imduce the oficers to let them in, had little babes in their arms. THE ROUGH AND ScUM. The rough and tumble crowd of court loungers were also outin considerable strength, and the atmosphere In the hallways was heavily laden with the deligntful odor of Fourth ward whiskey and Molasses, as @ Most oaoriferous matter of course. ‘This portion of the nolsy would-ve spectators, how- ever, did not seem to have much influence with the court officers, and but very few of them suc- ceeded in squeezing their precious carcasses into the room. THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN AGAIN. But three of the women who strove to ship in with the crowd were allowed to enter, and the Washing- ton pardon broker was one of them. The mys- terious woman yesterday spoker of in the HERALD was also one of the favored ones, and at her side, in the ladies’ box, was a young Jady attired in deep Diack, who wore a veil, which she did not remove during the proceedings. She turned out to be one of the witnesses for the defence, aad dia not appear to relish her surroundings in the least. M’FARLAND ON TIME. Mr. McFarland, with his litle son Percy, was mong the first persons to arrive. He appeared to bein excellent spirits and conversed with several of his friends as though he had not the slightest in- terest one way or the other im the Issues of the case, HOW THE AUDIENCE ACTED. During the opening of the counsel for the defence the utmost silence prevailed, and everybody seemed anxious to hear every word that dropped from his lips. In speaking of the letter addressed by Richard- son to Mrs. McFarland in March, 1867, only about a month after she had lett herhusbvand, and in which he called her bis darling, for whom he had veen “waiting wearily for iong,long years,” he vehemently exclaimed that he loved his wife, and if he found such # letter as Richardson’s addressed to her he would, mad or sane, kill him at sight whenever and where- ever he should meet Inm. The words had scarcely been uttered before the audience broke out with loud demonstrations of applause, which the Court found 1 aifficuls to suppress RICHARDSON’S “DARLING” LETTER. The reading of the letter of Richardson to Mrs. McFarland, which will be found in its proper place im this report, created the greatest excitement among the spectators, and when it was offered in evidence and Mr. Geary began to read it in a lond, clear tone of voice there was asort of involuntary rush of the crowd in that part of the court room furthest from where the counsel sat towards the front. It was evident that there was a general anxiety to hear its contents, and for a few moments there was such a bustle and confusion in the audience that Mr. Geary had to wait some time before qniet could be restored. During the reading of the letter there was a stiliness of death in the court room, and nothing could be heard save the ringing tones of the counsel’s voice, as he emphasized every word of the extraordinary e@pistie. He did not read it hurriedly, but slowly and deliberately, and as he went over sentence alter sentence of the letter he would ever and anon stop for a short time and look steadily at the jury, as if to study the effect on them of what he was r THE EFFECT OF THE LET To say that the jury jooxed dumbfounded would not give the famtest idea of the expression of ntter astonishment —not to use a stronger term —which the countenance of every one of them wore when the reading had come toaciose. They are all married men and they doubtiess imagined wias they would have done had they been placed tn McFarland’s position, The sensation the letter produced on the audience was positively tremendous and at- terly indescribable. Indeed, but tor the watchtulness of the officers, their feelings would have broken forth in no unmistakable way, and itis safe to say that if the jury partook of the same feelings in re- gard to Vie matter as the mass of the auditors pre- sent, they certainly felt that, alter all, the opeuing of tne counsel for the defence was not mere buncombe unsupported by hideous facts, Which had better, for certain people, have never seen the light of day. M’PARLAND WEPT uring the reading Of the letter, although 1 was evi- dent that he exerted iis utmost to repress his feei- ings. I¢ douptiess carried him back to the happy days of hisearly married life, so woucbingly por- trayed by Mr. Spencer in his opening address; to those days, when, surrounded by the wife he taolized and the little ones he loved so dearly, he felt the most Diessed man of all his fellows. He bowed his head in his hands when was read that part of the letter revealing the fact that “long years’ before he haa ever dreamt of the blow that was to fall upon him there was an undercurrent even then that was destined to carry away from him those he loved above all else on egrth. Although Jitde Percy, not quite understanding why his father was #O cast down, endeavored to attract his attention by tating hold of his hand, and tugging at it in a childish sort of way, he paid no attention to him and sat immovable asa statue, with his head buried in his hands all the while. “THAT PARADISE OF DIVORCES,” the State of Indiana, came in for its sure of dissec- tion during the opening of the counsel, ana tne scathing way he alludea to the marriage ceremony at the Astor House seemed to tickle the spectators immensely, and several times the oiticers of the court mterrupted an outburst of applause which seemed ready at every moment vo be on tue point of making itself loudiy heard, “HE WOMAN CALHOUN,”? “the panderer, the procuress from the st: she was styled by the defeace, was also severeiy handied. The large number of letters submitted to the court, which were identified by Mr. Cummings gs in her handwriting, and which she wrote pending the trouble between Mr. McFarland and bis wit give promise of developments which (he defence contend will open the eyes Of the community to vers” they will PD at A eof free lover hey will aii) ip before closing the case. * ¢ HORACE GREELEY’S HANDWRITING was identified by Mr. Elisha Sinclair in a leiter ‘which the counsel intend to offer in evidence. When the question was putas to whether or not the witness could swear to Horace’s writing, there was a generai aug tn tae court, showing conciusively tHat Hor- a0e'S Cngeter Lierog!7y>2108 are wet! Known to the General pudlic as peculiar objects of curiosity which “once seen can never be forgotten.” 4 “ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.” ‘The revelation of the plot whica the defence claim Was concocted oy Mra, McFarland and @ certain other woman im order to got apartments for the former i the same house with Richardson, created ‘&@ most decided sensation. In Richardson's letter to Mra, McFarland be laughingly calls her and ove “Mothe”—a friend of the woman Who'ciaimed that she was engaged to be married to him—‘‘tirst class intriguers,” and this, given out by way of confirma- tton of what the defence asserted in their opening but added to the excivament which the first an- nouncement of the “plot” had created, “a BUTCHER PAINTING AT THE SIGHT OF BLOOD,’ an expression used by Mr, Spencer 1n his address in alluding to Kichardgou’s feigned reiuctance to hire @ room, with @ bed in it, where his lady friends migbt call to see him, caused considerable merri- ment in the court, and a few loud gudaws eacaped some of the spectators, notwithstanding their whole- some fear of being arraigned for contempt. MRS, M’FARLAND will be in attendance on Monday next, when she will be placed upon the stand as a witness. It 1s said that the most strenuous efforts have been made in certain quarters to deter the defence from insisting upon her appearance, and they have for the most part been made on the ridiculous ground that the scene Will be altogether too trying for both McFar- land and her, without in the end doing any good to the prisoner’s cause. But the defence know better than anybody else what they can prove, aod, from present indica- tions and the @etermination already expressed by them during the trial, they will not be moved from the course they have laid down for themselves by a@uy sentimental considerations whatever. It is said that little Percy will be removed from the court room when bis mother is placed on the stand, more out of consideration for his feelings than any- thing else. It would certainly be a humane act, and @ great deal or unnecessary pain might be saved the itu boy by doing so, THE MARRIAGE CELEGRANTS, Beecher and Frothingham, will, it 1s given out, be subponaed, and, if they are, the scene that will ensue when they are put under the fire of the cross- examination of the defence will certainly ve a rich one, if ail the rumors that are flying about concern- ing certain ugly developments to be made by their examination have any toundatioa in truth. Mr. Frothingham’s prayer—Father, we thank ‘Thee for what these two nave been to one another’?— may be so parsed and analyzed when the reverend utterer of it will have got within the clutches of the counsel that he who runs may read that all’s not religion that deals in prayer, nor all honest con vic- Uon that endorses acts of illicit love. THE LINE OF DEFENCE which the prisoner's counsel have adopted is that of temporary aberration of mind on the part,of the accused when he shot Richardson tusanity— im fact—brought on by what be had suffered in the logs of nis wife and children, and all through the machination of the man he killed, ‘The counsel contend tbat they will prove this effectually, and ia doing so will reveal a ‘prearranged conspiracy” on the part of persons calling themselves respectable, who ‘‘futhered and modhered” it and boasted of hav- ing toro a wife from her husband and made her a convert to ‘free lovism” of the most aamnable kind. The Opening for the Defence. When the Recorder took his seat the court room was crowded to its utmost capacity, every foot of standing room being occupied. At precisely eleven o'clock Mr. Spencer rose to open whe case for the deience. He spoke in a lond, clear tone of voice, and at once fixed the unatvided attention of his audience. He spoke as follows:— MR. SPENCER OPENING. Mr. Spencer, rising, amid profound silence, sald:— May it please the Court and gentlemen of the jury, 1 rise to open this case on the part of the defendant— to me a friend Ol many years as well as a client to- day. 1 rise with the most solemn ané profound and painfol consciousness of the Important and re- sponsibile duty 1am to perform. But I undertake tus solenin duty with an unfaltertng and steadiust confidence that when this deience shait have ended this decendant will be by you vindicated and ac- quitted. | earnestly pray ulat I shall be able cleariy and well to tuitill my office. I stand here under the solemn oatn of a member of the bar, with a warm, personal, fervent affection for this de/endant, in the Presence not omy of this court, this j and this audience, but m that of the civiized world, to recive to you a story of bumble birth, of struggiing youth, of @ man overtaken and wrecked by the unholy, reckless passion of a bad, bold fibertime—of a sen- sitive mind by wrongs accumulaled—of a wile-se- ducer~—a child robber—on the the wing of a bullet sent into eternity by the hand of the husband and the father wronged, in a moment one of the great waves of a sea of trouble bore away my cilenv’s reason, and I respectfully and earnestly ask you, geutlemcn of the jury—I appeal to you, gentlemen, citizens, Onsbands, fathers, brothérs— so as that, with’ patient attention,’ you lsten to me and hear me to the end, with a deep, solemn appreciation of your own posiuon, of the sacredness and happeness of your own honors and of the tremendous responsibility of your action im this tmwportaut case—important to the deiendant and to the community. Ana | pray that the Divine Oreator, woo hoids us all in the hollow of His hand, may guide you to the end aright. You have listened im this case to the Opening of the learned District Attorney. You have listened to the testi- mony that has peen adduced on the part of this prosecation, and { feel 1t my duty at the begmning to make so few allusions to this gentieman whos» wortnily or ably occupies the position of District At- torney. He bas calied to his aid a disunguisned gea- Ueman at one me within a very few votes— two or three votes—ol bemg the choice of the gisiature of this State for the Senate of the United siates, Counsel then alluded in compiimen- tary lerms 10 ex-Judge Davis, but submitted to the jury that the prosecution had no right to intro- Guce into the case the assistance of private counsel, Mr. Spencer continued:—The istrict Attorney in his opening made an appeal to you Im reierence to the discharge vi your duty, aud he spoke of your dying hour, which the ail-wise Providence has de- creed sooner or later shail come to us all, and he told you, genvemen, lo beware lest in Laat dying hour you tailed to co your duty to the peopie. Gentiewen, that dy ing hour = shail come, and J answer that remark of the Dis- trict Atiorney by saying, Beware lest m that dying hour you will be objiged vo reflect that with- out suficicnt evidence you have seat into eternity one of your fellow citizens ior having in a ioment of irresisuble impulse, uncontrolled by reason, been urged lo send into eiernity aman that had trans gressed that commandment of Laat God to whom in that dying hour you will have to look—that God who las issued that Mandate, ‘Lhou shalt not commit adultery. THE EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION, Gentlemen of the jury, the evidence on the part of tie prosecution in this case is vot volu- minous, vor ig It complex. This deience was aston- ished that this prosecution should nave ended so 8000, The first thing that 1 wish to call your attention to is that no witness that has been placed upon the stand has pretended that he heard Mr. dicFarlang, at the time of tins homicide, say a Word when he was in the office. More than that, no witness Observea the complexion or expression of his countenance or of his eye. It might bave been of considerable assistance to us in the solution of the questiogs which I stall presently present to you to have known something with refer- ence to Lhe expression of his eye, There 1s anotner tung Which has somew hat surprised the Coansel tor the aelence. Gentlemen oi the jury, wandering into the counting room of the Zrtvune, aod lor some mno- meuis previous 60 nis homicide this man was en- gaged in scribbling incoherently upon a piece of paper. And ii that paper could be produced it would afford strong evidence of the unsound condition, of his mind at that ime. But in some mysterious way that paper has disappeared, and, gentiemen of the Jury, We shall probably be obliged to try this case witbout the knowledge of its contents. But this prosecution, during its progress, did present to you ® piece of testimony that on a former occasion Mr. McFariand, having gone into the 7rivune, to the door of Sinclair’s private ofice, Mr. Richardson was there, ana he turned away. He waited till he cane out, and, mark me, ad Richardson came out he cast nis eye, the Witness said, over mis shoulder towaras Mr. McFarland. Lcan imagine the expression of t eye—and right here at the outset | may mention tuat, thinking of it last: evening, | looked over tue writings of Joanna Bailey, who reminded me strongly of tue conduct of the triumphant liberune m Uus case, looking over his shoulder towaras McFat/and. Thats the whole story:— ir torment for the accureed presence gives ; be hath w pleasure, too nel pleasure—in the pain ue gives. ids glance of that detested ey jous smafie; that fail, inguiting lip! it makes me mad | thal Jt touches every nerve Gentiemen of the jury, we also learned from this prosecution before it ended, satisfactorily enough, Sat Hacbardson went ariaed, and we shall find vy and by that for many a month before he Wes apprelieusive of tuat fate which he de scived. He had insured bis jive for the benefit of the wife of my ¢ t, and io-day she 18 rloung on the proceeds of the insurance. Iwill now, gentie- men, euler as oriefly as | can upon the ex position of phe deseuce in this case, and 1 will ina single sen- tout ie Te owe state wadt 11s. Ag tig time Richardson was pistolied py Daniel Mcrarsee? | Daniei McFarland was not respousible for his action, whether im the eye of God or under the laws of ga. he constitution of the mind is diMcult # 0) ex. it is @ problem that by man bas ever Dect Tally solved. ‘That we shail be able to sustain te berms myself Tor @ Moment to dour, “What 1 propositions I have enumerated | do not have done I will AD tlemen of the jury, Sig juatify.” Gen! of Ne ar Y to be apa om heconducive to that resuit, but when gathered Seretia amare Reet giver times. “In us. case it neces- Bary and proper to inquire even avout the ofthe defendant, of his living relatives ‘and of bis entire history and characteristics, as well as the circumstances tmm and surroandin; antis upon |, 10 order to arrive at a satistactory juestion of the case conclusion as to this pret ver’ thing, however remote, which | have stated. that by any r upon this question, possibility can we have a right to prove, whatever and whenever it occurs, and We baye, gentlemen of the jury, ampie pre ta of this. 1 do not propose now to refer to very many of them. I remember the great case ¥ # tingaon, in which the late cele! James . get up in nis benalf the detence of insanity, and t a that trial the entire history ora. ‘untin: drawn out in testimony that Ropes weight, I remember the celebrated case of oie, Who shos down a man named Hiscock on the assemblage of the Constitutional Convention in the year 1867, Hiscock had seduced the wife of Cole. ‘The defence was that at the time of the homicide he ‘Was not responsible for his action, and on that occa- ston aiso the wilole history, not only of the transac- tion or the matters immediately beartug upon it, but the whole history of Mr. Hiscock was permitted to be And the jury in that case did what I beheve the jury in this case will do—they acquitted Mr. Cole. And, gentlemen, they acquitted him properly. A man may be, a3 was stated in that case, apparently sane, and the moment may come when, surrounded by uacontrolapie impuises, when he bas not the power to Teason to bear upon bis actions—then ry y come aud he is apparentiy sane again. Task you, gentiemen of the Jury, to listen to me while [ tell you the whoie story on benaif of thia defendant, Daniel McFarland, gentlemen, was born tn Ireland, and at an early age nd to this country.. When he was but eigit years age his mother died; when he was out twelve years of age his father died, apd he lived ih the dof mis adoption; he had to fight his way through the world without for- tue and wituout iriends and ay well as he could. He became a mechanic. He would work all the day long and at night be would stady, and during many years he Worked a8 abarness maker. Ail tue time he ‘thirsted for knowiedge, and dni be ad to save enough up to enable him to go to college, gud he went and he studied hard—so hard, indeed, that the protessor of chemistry in Dartinouth was 80 Pieased that he made hin an 493istant, and although he could not serve out the term ue was honored with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His health was delicate. The strain upon his mind was too great for tue heaitn oi his body. He was a sensitive mau—a man of mercurial tn- pulses, easily excited. He was of exceedingly ner- vous, delicate mental organization, and far more lhaple to diseases of the mind thaa those woo live for the body, Enthustastic and impulsive as was his navwre, he would make of the woman he loved an idol. No knight in those bright days of chivalry more fervently worsiipped his lady Love, HISTORY OF THE DEFENDANT'S LATER LIFE. Gentlemen of the jury, tae wild beast in the jungie, having no reason, ‘revenges a wrong. Gen- tiemen, after my clicnt bad fluished his studies at Dartmouth College be straggied on and finatiy suc- ceeded in reaching Europe. There he resumed his studies at Sarooune and Ustened to the lectures of Chailiu, Michelet and others. He soon after re- turnea to his adopted country, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Lar, and he is a member of the bar today, giving him an additional claim upon us of the high and honorabie profession to which the Court, the avle counsel for the prosecution and his own defenders belong. He was sudsequentiy appointed professor of elocution and belles deltres in Bowdoin College. 1 have directed your attention, gentlemen of the Jury, to this littie history of tacts because [| believe ‘they will all legitingiely be called to bear on the question in this case. A man of intellectual develop- ment, @ man of ripe education, a man of delicate and sensitive mind, @ man of high, honorabie and gentlemanly instincts 1s more apt so be driven to violence by an invasion of his family relations than @ man who only lives to gratify nis senses. MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF HIS WIFE. Gentlemen of the jury, in the year 1352, while the defendant was passing through Manchester, in New Hampshire, he casually vecame acquainced with (ne woman who figures so seriously in this case. We, gentlemen, derive from woman most of tne happi- ness that we enjoy in this life, and yet from the fall of Adam, tempted by Eve, and from the siege of Troy, originating from a@ fibertine's love for Helen, down to the present day, Woinab has but too often been the terrible casus belli both between individdais and nations. This girl was tnen put fifteen years of age. She was a poor factory girl at that ume, without edacation, and this mind that she possesses to-day, as you will hear by and by, has been the fruit of the careful, affectionate and assiduous attenuion of my client. Five years after he met this poor girl he married her. She was then young and beautiful. Littie did she dream upon that happy wedding day that another day would come when an anholy love for her would place ber seducer in an untimely grave, and a wrecked hus- band placed ou trial for his lite. Aiter the marriage they lived several years happily togetner. LITELE PERCY, that sits here, wus the second id of the marriage, Jessie, the first, died young, and, through a merci- ful Providence, was spared the misery of this day. ‘That first born, we can weil Sappose, Was to-day ve- fore the throne of a merciful God appealing for that fallen aud ruined mother—that mother that has wrought all this dreadful evi. Percy, this prigut boy wno now silshere by his father’s side, 1s tne only member oi the family who appears here, aod | am not certam but he 1s the best counsel which the defendant, his 1atuer, has. There is anotwer—a goiden-! boy, that this woman peaks of in poetry. A boy named after his father, the defendant, has not been permitted to look upon his face for many @ weary and ratserable year. THE DEFENDANTS CHARACTEI TO BE ATTACKED, Th thé course of thig trial an attempt may be made to attack the character aiid habits of the defendant, but we are prepared to meet such attacks wherever aud wheresoever they come from. We are prepared to show that tne deierdant made ample provision for his family; that he was an affectionate husband and Kind father. We are are prepared to bring as witnesses those with whom he had Jatierly loved, those with whom he associated, the boarding house Keepers and the boarders with wuom he lived, to show that those most intimately acquainted with him never saw aught wrong in him, and that the fanuly were all affectionate toward each other. No person ever heard an angry word pass between defendant and his wife. THE DEVENDANTS SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. The defendant had been successful in business and had acquired property. He had acquired lands in the West and became possessed ot real estate tn this city, He provided this woman with everyting she needed; but THE WHEEL TAKES A TURN, and he became unfortunate in business. His specu- Jations were disastrous, a! é lost all his property. ‘Then 16 Was that the sedu found a ready victim, and she commenced to yearn tor things beyond her reach. Ou one occasion se said that ali sue needed to make her an elegant lady and popular with the “lite of New York was money, Aiter the loss of ais property he got & position as Coiiector of internal revenue, and trom his earnings he gave every spare dollar. About this time the wife be- came acquainted, in an evil hour, witn those people Wao Were subsequently instrumental 10 effecting ner ruin, She feil into the society of fourierites, Agra- riahs, Mormons, Spiritualists and sree jovers—with those with whom every Jack has his Gill. “LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE AND ON THIS,” Gentiemen, compare that picture with this:— No man can tell, but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents ‘maxe a man’s heart dance in’ the pretty conversation of those dear pledges. ‘Their childishness, their stammering, their lite angers, their innocence, their {mper- fections, their necessities, are 80 many little emanations of joy and comfort to him Wat delights in their persona and ao- wiety ; but he that loves not ife and children feeds a lioness at home and broods a ne itself cannot make him happy. ments of God enjoining a man to lor ut ao may necessities and capaciti loved is safe, and he that loves is joyful hiwwife are nothing for joy. “She that is MRS, CALHOUN COMES ON THE SCENE. While Mrs. Mclarland was at the White Mountains @ new character appears on the scene. I reier toa woman then commonly known by the name of Mrs. Caihoun, @ plotter, @ conspirator, a panderess, a procuress from beginning to end, This woman be- gan to write to Mrs. McFariand to plant in her breast the seeds which ste hoped would ripen {nto nation Jrom her busband, and when Mrs. Mc- rland came back from thai trip she came back a dissausied woman, THE SCENE CHANGES. Gentlemen of the jury, from this point the curtain rises, aud the scene changes. | have given you the history of McParland in his happy home; put | must now exhibit to you that desecrated and ruthlessiy invaded home. ‘The whoie thing 18 like one of those domestic dramas where the actorsand actresses are ali happy 1m Ube first and second acts, but alter which sorrow and ruin come in, and the curtain fais upon # desolated home. Mrs. McFarland dreams for fame and pants for unrestrained in- duigence. Richardson comes on the scene, Ste is now too elegant and too refined—too intellectual and two beautiful and too popular for ber humble ile. The demon that places beiore her ail these temptations, for which she is to pay the price of her soul, is Aibert D. Richardsou; that points and leads her on. Aad yet wita acareful, with rare dissimuiation, she conceais ail, And at this tume the deiendant finds @ change 1D her manuer oad appreciates the change. WOMAN'S ING The Sunday before she Nappened to ve at the house visiting thew. Mckar- jand on that day appeared co be very muci trouvied, and he spoke to the nephew about Woman’s Ingratt- tude to poor men; and |i Vised his nephew never wo get married tii be Was rich, Mra, MoFaciand then replied that that was a morbid state of mind Lo get mio and advised the nephew when he got married to marry a Woman like her, THE ELOPEMENT. On the morning of tae 20tn Of Lis Month—Febra- ary, 1867—Daniel McFarland arose as usual, litte dreaming of what the day was to bring iorth, aud when he went away that morning nis wife threw her arms around him kindly and said, “Daring, goodby.”” He retorned that afternoon to fad his ido] shattered and the altar of lus home desolate. Th Af absconded and had gone eee a wang , taining WHD her, the re. maining boy, Percy. luge pos ond: RATITUDE. one Richard sent the boy away into conceaiment in setts before the sun set that a mph si Ny, makes inquiry and finds but fruitless efforts to dimicalty, and All hig efforty Waving Dp! 1n vain, removes from sending for the woman who had been tn AT; 2 each other;”” they have Why, when shat divine made that tovocation, did he not remember that aloretime, amid the thunderings uod mutterings of Sinai, the flnger of that alm! with a parent’s affection and fait! your dear daughters and guard them against all that ig evil, stand by hi home; precious, holy in this life of probation. stand by him: go shall you build around each nome where honor and purity dwell @ wail impregnable to the assaults of bold bad men; So snail you protect your- selves from the libertine who dest NEW YORK HEKALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1870—TRIPLE SHEET. theatre, was next examined, She testified as fol- ANO. 72 Amity street. No sooner had he moved away ‘a —that was to him then, indeed, a | lows:—{ reside at No, 54 East Fifty-sixtn street; I uns man 1900 gomey live via mother, and have been residing “pack Vo Whis Wentical pice, and. with Mrs. McPar- | there for weven years; I knew the Jand, an.adjacent room in this very place— | delendant, Me! ; be came to our No, 72 Amity street. house in anit’ of — October, TAR INTERCEPTED 11 1869, and lodged there: this eccurrence: After this, McFarland accidentally came tuto pos the pack room om the second foor; Percy, session Of atetter, which wil be wo Lene his gon, lodged with he cooked his own when this letter shall be read to you it awi Seep alte Z -oosupied tne enure the sense of houor of every gentleman upon this | house: my mother and I slept maroom on the third jury, and you will come to the: jusion ‘man | Moor; Mr. McFarland paid two dollars and ® half & who would write that letter ought to be sho! week; the door was opened by a laton, and entrance ld up to the scorn of an enlightened mankind. ‘was obtained by ringing ® bell; we usually retired ‘The wriver of that letter n ven eleven; if Mr. MoFa soft at te of endearment; talks about. her as hig | night we would not know of it unless we neard it darling; dreams about her in the night time; when | Scciden tally; there was no society in the house for he wakes he thinks about ber and tociasp ler | bim; after he had been there some time I noticed in his arms, Such # letter would drive every man | som i jar im the hours of his coming in; upon that Jury mad, or if tt did not drive him mad it } previously, however, be had been very regular; usu- ht to, ithe bus a peart at all. He says also in | ally he came his son Percy returned i cae he lds caging ce ees | ie"atiga* vaca Mince 'ae aus not he. He “has been wi wi » longing for $ his dart all these long peara.”? ‘nis ener was | ev ‘a gentleman came to see him and remained discove on the 11th of Maroh, 1867, the wife bav- ing abscondea from her home on the 27th of Febru- ary, 1867, It is the beat Ihave that I love until twelve o'clock; it was the last week he was in ‘the house—about a week before the time of this occurrence; I remember of his going out one morn- my wife, and 1 beli be as pure Wy ing about two o'clock; it was a bright moonlight that” ministers “ty “the, throue. ever I | night; 1 heard him open his door; an hour must @ letter like that { would shoot | have fore nis be 1 dead who wrote it the moment } com ome on Y Fee. him, mad or not mad. (Loud applause, th: could not be suppressed for @ minute or two.) tells her that it won’t be long before they are to- gether again. The letter is proof tive that an adulverous intercourse had existed for a long time, AT NO. 72 AMITY STRERT. After this letter had veen intercepted Richardson returns to No. 72 Amity street. He has not been there long before Mra. McFarland follows, and she wishes to there agai, in order that they may be together, In order that this might appear a more chaste and reasonable desire: ahe tells Mrs. Mason, who is the boarding house keeper, that the laay who accompanies Mrs, 13 engaged to be married 10 Mr. Richardson; under the guise of that ite she succeeds in geting Dack to thts house, where the amours of te couple are re- sumed, NO, 8 WASHINGTON PLACE, Soon after this Richardson leaves 72 Amity street and back to No, 8 Washington piace, to the house of Sinclair. As certain as night follows di does this woman follow Richardson. ‘This defente will show that these ¢wo lived there for weeks Lo- gether in this house, occupying rooms that had only &@ door between, ‘and that frequently open. SURPRISED BY 4 SERVANT. So openly and unblushingly was tunis done that a servant saw Mrs, McFarland, as he went iuto the room, on the bed with Richardson kissing and fond- Ming him. By tais time MeKariand had learned a good deal of what had taken. . He returned to 72 Amity street and opened McFarland’s trunk, in which were letters from tnat woman Calhoun and Mrs, Sinciair, and showing their participation in the accomplishment of chis wrong. Mr. Spencer then at considerable length described the means used by McFarland to obiain his children and to the legal proceedings be took to obtain dam- ages irom Richardson for the seduction of Mrs. McFarland, who hoped by that means to ob- tain sufficient damages to got funds for prosecuting the needful legal proceedings to recover the chul- aren. While all this was going on Mrs. McFarland and Richardson were onloving chameel yes 1 parties. and excursions, this man Richardson forgetting the Inspired line that the “wages of sin 1s death.’ About this time a gentieman who will go on this stand met Richardson and asked him asto this un- fortunate business, and Richardson answered SHE IS A LUSCIOUS WOMAN, she is an intelligent woman, and I mean to marry her as soon as she can be divorced trom her husband, At this point Mr. Spencer described to the i eS some length, how some kind of @ divorce had been surreptitiously obtained in that ‘‘paradise of adul- terers and free lovers’ in @ remote part of the country. THE CLOSE OF THE TRAGEDY. ‘It was a fitting close to this fearful tragedy that this woman, Who Was covered by the Mimsy and ragget vel! of a fraudulent and ilegal divorce, should be bles phomionsiy and adulterousiy married to the di and almost unconscious destroyer of her husband's happiness and reason and of her own honor. FROTHINGHAM’S BENEDICTION. Angels wept and devils laugned as the benedic- tion was pronounced upon that vnion by a man of the name of Frothingham:—‘We thank Thee, O God! for whut these two have been to thank Thee, O God! that in iust and im _ adultery. we lived z nig God to whom he called had written upon a table of stone, for the guidance of the ages uutil time shall be no more— “THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.” Cowper tells us, in his ‘“Lask”— He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concern ‘Of judgment and of mercy, should beware (Or liginoss in hie apeech. THE PERORATION, t have thus, gentlemen of the jury, presented to ‘ou the facts and the theories upon Which this de- fence, with perfect confidence, relies for an acquittal tn this important case. When the testimony shali be concluded you will be addressed on the part of tuis delendant by the eminent and eloquent senior counsel, with whom I have the honor to be asgo- ciaced—an honor which I appreciate and of which I am proud. And then, after an address by the able District Attorney and the charge of the learned Re- corder, you will consider your verdict, gen- tlemen. "Virtuous women and honorable men, the world over, wherever civilization ealightens and blesses, to-day earnestly hope and believe that your verdict will be for this defendant. In this, the hour of Daniel MoFariaud’s trial, stand by him. As you love and honor your wives at home, stand by Dim. As fhiut care you rear 8 you value the salety of your beloved sisters, stand by him. As you reverence the gray hairs of your good old mothers living or the Sainted ones gone to their rest—still on earth pray- ing for you, or 1n that heaven where adulterers can- not enter, praying for you, siand by hum, By the hallowed ground of a peaceful happy, virtuous bye all that is sacred, pure, beautifal, s homes dis+ honored—who kills not only the body but the soul. Let your verdict tell to the peoples of the worid that heré in our city, upon the felon footsteps of those who prostitute to their unholy lust our dear wives, sisters, mothers, snail surely follow with unfalter- ing step, stern resolve. implacable Nemesis. At the close of the address the Court took a recess, Testimony for the Defence. ‘The first witness called was James McFarland, sworn and examined, who tes- McFarland, where do you reside’ A, Jer- Q. What is your business? q. What 18 your age? A. Machinist by trade. A. 1 will ve ilfty-three years of ae on tne i5ta of next September. Q. Is Damel McFarland, the prisoner at the bar, your brother? A. Yes, sir. Q. Whatis hisage? A. He is about fifty years of age, or thereavouis; he is about two and a hail years younger than me. Q. Where was he born? A. In Ireland, Q. When did he come to tits country? A, In 1823. Q A. Yes, sir. Did his parents accompany him here? » Are they now living? A. They are dead. » When did his motuer die? A. She died Sep- tember, 1825. Q,. When did his father die? A. May, 1832. Q. What was iis father’s occupauon? A. Mill- wright. Q. When did his father come to this country. A, In 1823. Q. Where did he first locate? A. New York. Q. How long did he remain in New York at that time? A. Well, | cannot just say low long; he re- moved to Brooklyn » short tume afterwards and stopped there awhile, Q. Aud then did he subsequently move to New Jersey? A. Yes. str. Q. And located alter at Paterson? A. I think he moved to New Jersey in 1826 or 1827 or thereavouts. Q. Was he living at Paterson at the ume of nis qeath? A, Yes Q. What was Daniel's first occupation that you now remember—was he avprenticed to any and what trade and whent A. [le first occupation or trade was the tatioring business, 1 1834, in the city of New York; he afterwards went South, to tne city of Charleston; he returned in 1841; but in the mean- ume he came back and went as apprentice to a pro- ther of mine in 1836; | have a brother nawed Owen who Itved in the city of Nowark; he now resides in ‘Thirty-fourth street; the defendant was at work with him as @ harness maker; I remember Danie! going South in 1841 and returning @ year atterwaras and resuming work; I have heard of tim giving lectures in Newark ov elocution; when he le(t New- ark the last Lime, in 1843, he went to Boston; in 1848 he eniered Dartmouth College, and afterwards in 1850 he wentto Europe and returned in 1661; he went to Engiand, Ireland aud France to pursue scientific studies; remember the year he Was mar- ried; | Knew the woman he married. THE PHOTOGRAPAS OF MES, M'FARLAND (were here produced in court and the witness recog- nized them); [ was living im Jersey City at the time of the marr: } they came to my house on a visit, but they remained only a short lume. ‘The Court—Whea were tuey married? Counsel—In-1867, We have evidence to prove. EXAMINATION RESUMED. Daniel was incerested in iands 18 Wisconsin. Ex-Judge Davis objected. Witness—He went West from my house; 1 saw him afterwards in company with his wite in 1659; they had a little giri named Jessie, the resalt of the marriage; there are two little children of the mar- riage—WVaniel, now in court, and Percy; I next re- member seelng my brother in 1860; | did Dot see much of him afterwards until 1867, when, in Jaly or Angust, 1 noticed & change in his appearance: he was mach careworn; his hair had changed color. (A photograph was here shown to the witueas, which he recognized as that of his brother.) Q. At what ume previous to July or August was this photograph like your brother? A, 1 think about. 1860; lost Kot him ater 1860; I knew Francis McFarland: he was the son of my father’s oldest orother, NOW dead; Le was iny cousin. axe oifered the photograph of paniel McFar- Le he bad you 1t-will 3 meals conelt thata and lavishes upon her | betwee and Canive ry ething irregul after Grund trom~school ; someti i ening h an angel ctapuod ber Ly jcFarland step: becaise of my broil Percy on that day; there was also a key on the inside, besides the catch on the door and any one de- ‘were 0 bolts, but nt; 1 remember vance; at Was siring vo go out could do 80; there the door was always locked at n' Mr. McFarland paying a week in the week before the occurrence. By the District Attorney—Q. Did you see this man 0) the door on the morning you speak of? A, heard Mr. McFarland open the door. Q You aid not see him; how did you know it was Mr. McFarland? A. | knew his step. That was the only way you knew it was Mr. McFarland? A, Yes, sir; aud I heard him returning. je the only way you have of identifying mimy A. Yes, sit Croga-examined—The way I know it was Mr. McFariand that wentin and came back was by his step; he Was gone about an hour; it was about two o’ciock 1u the morning; | was m bed at the time; there was a ligt in my room; Loniy judge that it was wwo o'clock; he paid the board always in ad- vance; when he paid the board the last time tn ad- vance, on the 24th of November, the day belore the shooung, he sent to my mother by Percy. TRATIMONY OF ANNA H. BURNS. Anna H. Burns, examined—I reside in Boston; came on here to be witness; am stopping in Twenty-seventh strect and Fourth avenue; kiew Damel McFarland or more than twenty years; (here hotograph of Mrs. McFarland shown and ideuu- ied); Was present at the marriage ceremouy of McFarland at Tueodore Parker’s church in Boston; he 1s dead now; that picture represents the lady to whom MeFarland was married; (certificate of mar- riage exhibited, dated December 14, 1857); the mar- rlage took place December 14, 1857; L recognize the handwriting of the certificate ot Theodore Parker. ‘Tue counsel then read the certificate as follow: THE M’FARLAND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Boston, Dec. 14, 1857. ‘This certifies that Daniel McFarland, of Maison, Wis, and Miss Abbie M. Sage, of Manchester, N. H., were this day joined in marriage before me ut this piace. THEODORE PARKER. EXAMINATION RESUMED, Tlast saw Abpie M. Sage, who became wife of Dan- 1el McFarland, onthe ist of the present month at Woodside, N. J.; she went there by the name of Mrs. Richardson; she Was living with Mr. Richardson’s children and one of her own; I do not kaow Mrs. McFariun:’s father; his occupation is that of a small dealer in periodicals at 806 Washington, near Dover street, Boston; he kept store there last blurca a year i ross-examined—I have been at the store and know he keeps the store by repute only. Counsel—We will show how this man’s wife's family, notwithstanding his Kindness to them, have turned against him. ‘associate Counsel—The prisoner supported them for awhile. Juage Davis—I submit that this 1s not proper, sir. TESTIMONY OF GEORGE H. SIMMONS, George H. Simmons resides at Blackwell’s Island; is an officer of the Island; proauced the book of records of the insane asylum on the island covering the year 1847, Q. In the year 1847 do you find an entry of the name of Francis McFarland? A. Yes, it is here. ‘The inquiry was objected to by the District Attor- ney. The Court—What do you propose to show ? Counsel—To show hereditary insanity in the fam- Lsubmit that the Asyistunt District Attorney ts not co object captiously to everything advanced yy us. The case must de wied by the best models in English trials, and not by the captious objections of @ private counsel who goes begging to make up a case. ‘The Court—It will be proper to connect this Fran- cis McFarland with the defendant if they were brothers or first cousina, Counsel--This Francis McFarland was the first cousin of the defendant, and we Gesire to show tae taint of hereditary insanity from the close connec- foe between this Francis McFarland and the de- endant. Witness—The record does not show how long McFarland remained ta the asylum; he was there for insanity. ‘The cros#-examination was unimportant. TESTIMONY OF THOMAS P. NORRIS. Thomas P. Norris teatified—Physician for sixteen years; knew Francis McFarland referred to in the records of the Lunatic Asylum; knew him a@ vear before his death, in 1897; he lived with his wife and daughter in Main street, Brooklyn; fis daughter 18 8 Mrs. Oliver; saw her a week ago; McFarland, at. the time of his death, was about forty-six years of e, i “ithe portrait of Daniel Mciarland shown to wit- ness. “Never saw McFarland titi Monday last. Isthere any resemblauce in that likeness with that of Mr. Francis McFarland? Objectea to. Counsel—We desire to establisn an identity be- tween Francis Mcfarland, Who was insane, aud the defendant. ‘The Court--Will not Mrs, Oliver prove that better? Counsel—We exyect to have her here, but we want to connect the evidence of each witness who can speak to the aberration of Francis McFarland, the first cousin of the defendant. Judge Davis—What has this todo with the case? There 1s nothing but @ waste of time in pursuing this line of exammation. Counsel—These objections must be stopped. There is no waste of time but that which follows these captions interruptions. Q. What was the state of Francis McFarland’s mind for a year belore his death? Ex-Judge Davis objected to an attempt to prove insanity by collateral evidence, ‘The Court admitted the question. A, He exhibited at times an trritability of temper and considerable incoterence in conversation quite noticeable by those who visjted his family; my im- pression at tue time Was that at times he was wan- dering in his mind—in other words, he seemed to be disordered in bis mind; he exhibited a desire to exclude persons from visiting his family, and seemed to be jealous of any attention paid vo any member of his family; he appre- hended those who calied to see his family came from some interested motive, hence he was jealous of all those persons who visited his family; that was my impression of his disposition at that time; he was also guile maqrose and at times would break out in an idiotic laugh, and during conversation at times would seem to be quite indifferent, and again he would wake up and grunt ou ‘What! “eh ¥? with- out remewbering anyti4ug of what had transpired. Cross-examined—Q. Dia this continue up to the time of his death? a. it did. lu reference to his memory what have you to say on that subject? A. I cannot call to mind any particulars about that; ne dtd not exhibit any capa- city for business tor several months before ms death; bis conversation was incoherent, more es- pecially so towards his death; { knew he had peen in the Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island and saw him; be was te father of Mrs. Mary A. Oliver, the lady who lives in Philadeiphia; he finally wound up With @ perfect loss of mind; so mucii were bis mental capacities weakened that he was utterly un- able to attend to himself: he was, however, a man of regular habits; he was very fond of bis home and was jealous when his domestic arrangements were interferea with; he was also of very temperate habits; [am merely giving a historical story. Cross-examined by ex-Judge Davis—I am a phy- sician, but | Was not at the time I have referred to; 1 am now forty-one years of age, and have spoken of the recollections of my boytivod; I have to some ex- tent given tue symptoms of softening of the brain; he was violent at times, Re-direct—My judgment ig based upon the know- ledge 1 gained aiter becoming a physician, and my Conclusions are formed accordiugiy; there was a feature of exhalation m his character which was not characterized by idiocy; fis condition resulted finally in softening of the brain, paralysis. TRSTIMONY OF ELIAS W. SINCLAIR. Elias W. Siaclair examined—l reside in New Jer- sey; | ama brother of Samuel Sinclair, who 1s con- necieu with the publication office of the Tribune; 1 wos also partially connected with that ofice in 1867; | did not bring the letters to the office; 1 dont Tremewber Leg He Fed ma}) that day; about Merch 10, 1867, 1 saw Mr, McFarland at the office; Lnandea him a letter and said to fim. “Mac, here’s @ letter for you; @ man bad jeft a letier on my desk address to Mra. Mclariand; he was in the office; I handed him the letter; I think this 1s the Jetter; 1 have seen Kichardson write; wis superscription J should Say was Mr. Richardson's; I shouid juage this letter was In his hanawritiug; f think he took the letter and turned away; I think he spoke to me afterwards; | was im the 7 tune orice when | handea Mr. McFarland the letter; he came round to where my desk was, Q. Look at that letter and state whether that was the letter tn question. A. Tsbould Ulink it was. Q. Do you know Mr. Richardson’s bunawriting ? A. Yes, sir; Uiat superscription upon the letter is hus; J have notseen lus handwr.ting sv small; 1 didn’t see McFarland open the letter; he took ib andsturned away; he subsequeatiy spoke to me avout the letter; J have read what was purported to be a copy of that leer, shown me by Mr. McFarland; Tread it about two or turee months after the loth March; 1 know the handwriting of Mrs. Samuel Sinclair, but ldo not know tuat o: Mis. Calhoun; I do not know that Lever saw U; 1 know ihe handwriting of Mr. Samuel Sinclatr. Q. bo you know the handwriting of Horace Gree- ley? A. Yea, sit. (Laughter) y. Look ai this letter and state 1f what 18 inside 18 in the baudwriting of Samuel Sinclair. (Letter Nanded to witness.) A, Yes, six, it 1s In his hand- writing. 08 for the purpose of identification. State whether the other ietter is in the hang- ae Fodgo aes P t the Court allowed it tenting of Mr. Greeley? A. Yes; that is Mr, ne aC, : — pa Lowriting, to be placed in evidence. palin 1OY"E Dre. Swe Tae -« annnected i IMONY OF LILY GRAU. 1 ine SSE Pama “a hear tn ‘TES Lily Grau, @ aieoe of manager Grau, of the French i the Zridune office on the 26tn NVVE! sn ———, ing ceased my connection with it on the lat of April of that year; i MeFariand cailed frequently as the Tribune ofice; he used to walk to Samuel Siu- clair's ; if he were @ e would retire; he would not ask A to announce him, and would go to Be, tor Qi lo pe. a the offi xcept Bay brother. office exce| . Q. How long did you kaow Albert D. Richarason ? A. About four years, Q Didyou know him to carry @ pistol? A, No, sir; I never eaw one with him. G. Do you know the first person that touched nim after he went to the ational room of the Tribune after bs alleged shooting? A. No, sir; 1 was not in town then. Q. Have you had any conversation with apy per- son as to who took Richardson's pistol? A. No, sir. Q. Have you seen Richardson and McFarland im the Tridune office at the sume time? A. Yes, sir. Q. When was that? A. In 1860; in the fall prior to 1869; L saw them two or three times. Q. How were they situated with reference to each other? A. Mr. Richardson was talking with my brother; Mr. McFarland came in, and seeing Rich- ae taikl ‘ned and walt fo My in Richardson out there were only five or ix feet between them; Mr. MoFariaud was talking to me at the time, Q When before May, 1869, did you see them meet there together? A. don’t remember the month, Q. On that occasion how long were they on the premisca together? | don’t remember, To ex-Judge Davis—Mr. Richarason came fre- quently to the office. Re-direct—Did you read that letter? (The witness had been reading the letter previously handed to hm.) A. Yes, sir, Did you evér read it before to-day? A. Mr. Mo¥ariand read 1t to me. Q. You rec: that to be what he read you a copy of? A. Yes, su portion of it, Q. When did be iu to you? A. Some time during the summer of 1867. jow Jong have you known Mr. McFarland? A. ‘Two or three years. q Did you gee him show that letter to your brother? “A. I did not. . You would know the contents of that letter to be the same that Mr. McFarland showed your A. & tuiak 1 would, sir, TESTIMONY OF EDWARD WATSON, Edward Watson, examined—I reside in Brooklyn and am employed in the 7ribune ofMice and have been for twenty years; don’t know Mrs. Calhoun’s naodwriting: she is @ correspondent of the Zrivune; Mr. Reid or Mr. Cummings I should think could tell her haudwriting. ‘TESTIMONY OF JOHN O'BRIEN. John O'Brien vestified-—I reside at Westmoreiand Hotel; aim clerk there; I have seen Mr. Mc¥ariand before to-d: have been employed there a year and a hall; | was on duty there the evening of the 26tu of November; | saw him about eignt or haif- past eight P. M.; he came in and wanted a room; he waited about an hour for @ gentleman and went witt tim to his room; about ten minutes later two ons came in and inguired if there were any arrivals; I pointed out Mc¥arland’s name and toev went up and took him away; Mr. McFarland lookea Very nervous; he stared at me very vacantly; 80 much 80 as to excite my suspicions; his eyes was very Wid; le would pick up & paper; throw it down; go out, and pick it up again; 1 watcned him very closely afver that; bis conduct struck me as very suspicious; his conduct struck me a8 irra- tional; intended to slay up all night watch nis room; Mr. Greeley was stop; that night; Mr. McFarland entered his name on the register; I have the register here (register roduced and shown the jury) I filied in New ‘ork; I assigned him the room No. 81; we writing Daniel MeFariand is identically as it was; Counsel for deience—There seems t» be a strango formation about the ‘nd,’ indicating tremulous ness; is that as it wast ‘A. Yes sir; there was one small boy saw them. To Mr. Garvin—This up stroke is a check to show he had paid in advance. To the Recorder—I did not ask nim; he paid tt self aud ing there himself, ‘fo Juage Davis—He was waiting for a gentleman; Theard afterwards it was his brother; a Mr. Cutter was there; he spoke to Mr. Robeson, the proprietor of the hotel. TESTIMONY OF AMOS J. CUMMINGS. Amos J. Cummings examined—I reside at 114 Varick street; am one of the editors of the Sun; was in the employ of the 7Trioune; left it in fall of 1863, in November; was there before that since 1859; I know the handwriting of Mra. Calhoun; she was a fl and wrote reports of balis and fash- ona. (Letter here shown.) This 1s in the handwriting of Mra, Caluoun tothe best of my judgment . (Au- other letter letter shown.) This ts in the same hand- writing. (A third letter showa.) This is in the same handwriting, —They are all one letter, these various Counsel letters shown, which the witness iden- ire. Calhoun’s writing. ‘To counsel—I know Mr. Richardson’s aandwriting (here the letter identified by Elisha Sinciair identi- fied as the handwriting of Richardson). ‘fuis letter was tuen read and put mw evidence:— THE SENSATION LETTRER—RICHARDSON TO MRS, M'FARLAND. Manon 9 4:50 P.M, T received two hours ago, darling, AG noon I mailed tor larch co 0 7a, ia y' i ou the, Aint send in care of Mr. 8., boping that may Don't be disturbed wok err le always respect ed facts. (My hobby, Tonce ontraged mine a great deal worse than you ever van yours, aud tuey are the straftest sect of Puritans; but time nade it all fo you in't go to Mrs. M.'s till Monday and coulda’t have my room. He patient, little girl, aud you shall have to OER et enh Lille Sed ths peckg aay’ Tam engaged to! It rt coufrms my theory that” you and’ Mlle are frst class 10 book within’ the next four weeks- for we may want to an- nounce ft in my book. lease remember that itought to have plenty of humor, and that it must have some borrors, If_you recoil from them you shall not do them. aly jou ers. arling, I amiled at iny being pining and hurt. | Why, f am like a mau who bas got rid of his elephant; 1 weigh 256, aud am lighter-hearted than I have been for years; indced, { telt as ifm weight had been lifted from me, even before’ your swoot love came to sweeten and bless my life, ‘All the trouble was that she thought ane could not let me . Long ago, when she and I first came together, I ald to Ker, “we'wtl ‘make no vows to love ech other alwas or that we cannot tell; I will only exact that you perfect truth whether ft keeps us together or ne] 3 And she repiied, “God helping me, I will.” She tried to, but the leopard could not change its ‘spots, and she did her best and was very tender and loving, aud i have nothing in the world to complain of. If you had not come to me, little girl, it wontd have made no difference there. That ‘scene was ended long ayo, It will rather atartle Mra. S., won't it, darling; T think she will like it in the end. Kose’s letter is very graceful and kind, and [am very glad you go, for it will do you much good. It is a t, breezy, restful place. What a goosie it 18 about my inghome. Of course I shall come whenever my businass compels or wililet me. What judgmont shalt you fear, doing no wrong? The circumstanoés make it rivht ‘and unnoticeable, and I will not stay away for 40,000 Mrs, Grundys. I will’ not neglect work to come, but it is quite possible I may have to come next week. uve not been waiting for you, darling, all these long years, to wear haircloth and serve seven years. [ want you ‘always. A hundred times a day my arms seem to stretch out toward you, I never seek my Pillow without wanting to fold youto my heart, for a good hight. kise and Blessing, and the few months before you can openly be mine will be long enough at beat. No grass shall grow under my feet, but I never let public opinion bully me = bit, and never mean to. So, sinbeam, I shall come whenever T can, and stay as long as business. will permit, I will decide about the summer just as soon asl can, darling; can proba- bly surmise by Monday or Tuesday, Darling, I should be afraid if you had fascipated me in a day or a week. ‘The trees’ which eo7 In jan bout pare Be deep yooh Ou T eve to be fio love of a ti lay bour, but for ali time, nly one love ever grew, no closely into m; Heart as yours bass and that was so. tender and ‘leaned thint Heaven needed and took it. My daring, you are all I would have you; exactly what I would have you, in mind, body and estate; and my tired heart finds in you Jntinite rest and Tiches’and sweetness. Good night, my love, my own, my wife. Burn this, will you not {The letter is postmarked *‘Hartford, Conn., March 9,” and addressed ‘Mrs, McFarland, care Saimuet Sinclair, Tribune office, New York city.” On the back is the monogram “A. 1. R.”) Q 18 that line, “burn this, won’t you?” which you will see 1s m pencil, 1n the same handwriting as the body of the letter? A. I think 1t is. Deep sensation was created in court by the read- ing 0} the Jetter, ‘ns closed the case for the day and the court ad- journed tli! Monday at cleven A. M., the jury receiv- ing whe Usual caution not to converse In relation to the trial. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. The Mutiny on the Ship Frank and Nellic. Before Commissioner Shields, August Mcintyre and John Crowley, two seamen on the ship Frank and-Nelke, who are charged with having mutinied on the 1st of"March on the vesscl, at Cardenas, arrived in wis city yesterday from the lauter port, and were brought before Commissioner Shields to answer the charge, They were committed to the County Jail vo ap for examination to-day. James Robinson, another seaman of the Frank and Nellie, Nas been under examination for the same ottence. The Howard Match Stamp Case. This examination was,closed yesterday. Mr. Ed- win Biankman, counsel for the accused, presented several legal reasons, jor the purpose of showing why Howard should not be heid. He said the only material evidence which had been produced by the prosecution was that given by John Rippon, who, according to bis own admission, was a counterfelter, and therefore not to be believed. He said 1t was preposterous to think that @ heavy metal plate like the one offered by the government could have been placed in the middle of a bay, Beven miles in with, and could have subse- quently wasded ashore, as was claimed by the Dis- trict Attorney. The charge agaist Hoard had been made by Rippon for the purpose off saving bim- self, He had engraved the piate for his own biack- mating pw , and, on being discovered, had falsely sworn that ho was engaged to make it by the defendant. He believed the ue- fence had proven the very best of characters for Mr. Howard, ana the Commissioner had no power ex- cept to discharge the latter if te entertained tne Teast doubt 10 hus favor. Jue Huntington subse- uel wed the timony, and then argued dha te Wis rae ni ant proof of the pris- ‘oner’s innocen made an eloquent and able rep, rt aiverney Purdy al which tbe Commissioner said h4 would reader his decision ow Monday,