The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1870, Page 4

THE MPP ARLAND A Day of Objections and Lively Spurts Between Counsel. Mrs. McFarland’s Mother on the Stand. Maternal Feelings Stronger Than Legal Sophistry. Interesting Rebutting Testimo- ny by Miss Gilbert. & Wew Version of the Amity Street Story- When the Court assembled yesterday morning an idea entered the head of the usher 1n charge that it woul be a wise and pleasant thing to open some of the high-reaching windows and allow the atmos- phere to receive a trifle of healthy ventilation. The fect was as ‘magical as it was new. A stream of fresh air which had been flowing around the build- tng came bounding in over the heads of the per- splring audience, brightening up every eye and re- freahing the drooping energies of the weary Court and counsel. ATTENTION TO THE EVIDENOR. The throng of ladies was larger than ever. Halt ofthem were obliged to stand up in the absence of g@iMicient room for seats. They gave @ deeper and more earnest attention to the evidence than the men. The testimony of Mr. Eliwood that he was in pos- session of the letters which it was generally sup- posed from the evidence of Brick Pomeroy McFar- Jand had offered to him for publication at $100 had an important bearing upon the particular issue raised by the prosecution, The impression given ‘waa that McFarland offered the letters, including the intercepted one, which have already been pud- Ushed, but as Mr. Ellwood had them in his posses- sion at the time specified Brick’s evidence goes for nothing. A TEACHER OF ELOCUTION. After the first two male witnesses were disposed of Judgé Davis came tnto court from the direction of the District Attorney's office, followea by a laay in black, of considerable emdonpoint, and with a soft, sweet, good natured and serene expression of face, This was Mra, George Vandenhoff, wife of the actor eft that name. She appeared a little confused at first, and evidently claimed no experience in the ways of acourt of justice. She testified to giving lessons in elocution to Mrs. McFarland and of going with her and Mr. McFarland to a parlor reading at Mr. Sinclatr’s. AN OVERFLOWING WITNESS. Mrs, Sage, mother of Mrs. McFarland, an Interest- ing old iady, cool, clear headed and amazingly garrulous, gave more trouble to the counsel for de- fence than any witness who ha3 yet appeared. The old lady hail a pleasant, motherly voice, but she seemed so tullof the subject that In her responses to the various interrogatories addressed by Judge Davis she would insist upon running into volu- ™:nous answers, which all the vigilance and activity of Mr. Gerry were unable to arrest. Mr. Gerry must have made something like two hundred objections almost unavyailingly, for the witness would be forthcoming with an answer despite the most earnest exertions ofthe defence, The sentor counsel looked disgusted in the extreme, and occup!ed himself, in silence and weariness of spirit, scrawling with a blue pencil over @ sheet of pa Judge Davis insisted upon asking a whole batch of VERY IRRELEVANT QUERIES, quite enough to make the Recorder and the opposite counsel miserable in the extreme. Judge Davis must have entertained a curious idea of the necessi- ties and claims of the press and the public when he told the witness to talk loud enough for simply the counsel and jury to hear her, and that it mattered not if no one else did. If the reporters retorted in kind there would be little heard of Judge Davis, ‘The cross-examination of the witness by the defence was listened to with great interest, as it was sharp and searching to a great degree. ounsel, with sky-blue glasses on his Roman nose, head thrown back, and in a voice of appalling solemnity, ingquire€d—Can you tell the Court ‘an tat you wrote more than once to Mr. McFar- ? Witness—Only once. Counsel—Are you sure ? Witness—Certain. Lt rong you certain beyoud a doubt? Vitness (with emphasis)—Most certain, Then the counsel waiked up to the witness, placed two letters in her hands addressed to Daniel McFar- land and @Sked her if they were hers, to Which she replied, after a short pause, that they were, but she had forgotten the second letter, the one of 1865, in which McFarland 13 not accused of being such a crucl husband as he was afterwards declared to be, Then three letters in the handwriting of her daughter were placed in her hands, but she was unwilling to identify the chirog- raphy as that of Mrs. McFarland’s, Her examina- tion Was tho longest and sprightliest of the entire day. A LIVELY EXAMINATION. Throughout the old lady’s nination a lively raining tire was kept up between the counsel on either side, so that between them and the witness, who seemed as well able to use her tongue as as lawyer, tie audience were considerabiy and amusing!y occupied. Though counsel for the de- fence made the Witness appear inconsistent and con- tradictory, there was a general disposition to excuse her great zeal to make her daughier outa much abused, long suffering, good and amiable creature, and lay all the blame possible at McFarland's door. Her justification of her daughter's course in separat- ing from her husband and going to seek a divorce in the State of Indiana created a sensation. ANOTHER TOUCH OF INSANITY, Dr. Echeverria, of the New York Medical College, whose senion on the insan\ly of Jack Reynolds was intended to save @ victim from the gallows, gave occasion, in the course of his examination, for a contest of some length between prosecution and de- fence. Judge Garvin had to make a strong effort to get the testimony of the witness into any positive shape as bearing upon the case of McFarland; but the cross-examination, which eliciied the fact that the witness testified Chambers was insane, made short work of the good impression made by the Doc- tor’s first appearance. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ON THE STAND. Mrs. Gilbert, mother of Mrs, Calhoun, a.tall pals. faved, graceful, stately looking lady, Cth evidence to prove that Richardson never wore his beard long, ag some of the witnesses for the defence testified, and that Mrs. McFarland and Richardson never met at her house at the time stated by some of the pris- ouer’s witnesses. Miss Lillian, daughter of Mra. Gilbert, was the last witness of the day. _ She looked decidedly attractive in the witness chair, aad spoke with elegance and self-possession, while at the same time, in the slightly flushed cheek and undertone in her voice, it was easy to be Impressed with the thought that the witnes: felt passionately on the subject she was called wen to speak about, It struck some people that she could puli the nose of counsel for the de- gence little would keep Mer from doing it. She was escorted out of court ny somelody who iooked as if he had been up all night at a masquerade and forgot- ten to change his clothes, WHAT IT MEANS. The aim of the prosecution seems now to be not so much the conviction of McFarland as the grant- ing an opportunity to all those who have been mixed up in so-called free love circles to clear themselves Nie the obloguy which has been heaped upon em. TWENTY-FIRST DAWS PROCEEDINGS. Testimony of David Atwood. David Atwood, member of Congress from the Madison district, Wisconsin, was the first witness called and examined by Mr. Davis—I am the Repre- sentative of the Madison (Wis.) district in Uongress; knew the prisoner in Madison; remember Mrs. McFar- “land a reading there, at which I was present. for wha : t purpose? ounsel for Prioner objected to this and it was led out. ‘Was it a success ? urt--Ruled o1 ut. for tl ner here remarked that he had oa bers Calhout Prietters again, and found that they Mra.Calhoun’s ted in what she had done, Testimony of Joel B. Ellwood. ‘Mr. Ellwood was recalled for the prosecution. He in the inal suit of Gans ase Hasna pit it by a prosrenrton to yisce in evidence Richardson's an- ‘objected to and russe ° ‘The proseoution decided neither to to hat McFarland was not then in the possession of Mr, Samuel Sinclair Re-called. Mr. Sinclair bei his examination reason therefor. ion was made to ‘gave some valid for. gaid he wished to examine him on the entertainment given at Stelnway Hall by Mra, portion of the money iven to Mr. McFarland; n first for the money; gave her some, but Farland; T cannot swear by this read. firs. ‘Mcrariand the remainder I paid to Me! itively that McFarland asked for the money; Dr. Byer vba eigoxholder in the Zribune; the par Malus Testimony of Mrs, Mary Vandenof, Mrs. Mary Vandenhoff was the next witness called. She testified that Mra, McFarland took lessons from hor husband some time in 1862 and 1863; Mrs, McFar- land took lesson for one term—two lessons & week; I remember seeing Mr, McFarland come to our house before lessons were given to Mrs. McFarland; she took laata roe me for two or three terms before ok lessons from my husband, asmy terms were not as high as Mr, Vandenhof’s: I remember Mrs, @ parior reading at the house of jad taken lessons fr. and Mrs. McFarland came for ‘as present with him at the read- ing; I conversed with him on the subject of the read- but I don’t remember what it was. oss-exXamined—My from my husband: me in @ carriage; husband's terms were then fifty-dollars aterm, and mine twenty-five dollais; the reading I referred toas having been given by Mis. McFarland was given in the summer of 1863. Testimony of Mrs. )TcFarland’s Mother, Mrs. Mrs, Abigail Sage, examined by ex-Judge Davis:— Q. Where do you reside, Mra, Sage? A. At Charlese Q. Are you the mother of Mrs. McFarland, o Richardson, formerly Mrs. McFarlant Q. How long have you resided in Charlestown, 2 ara. Q. When did your daughter's marriage occur? .A, ecember, 1857. ughter residsd at home previous to ‘es, most of her life; in 1857 she On the 14th of that time? A, stopped @ little (ime in Boston. Q. What educational advantages had been given to her? A. She had been to a school in New Hamp- shire and @ school in Connecticut, Q. Had she graduated at schools? A. Yes. Q. Had she been a teacher in a school at New A. Yes, she was @ teacher at Webster's Q. How long had she been a teacher in Webster's school before her marriage? A, She had been there Q. Her range of education had carried her toa proficiency in Latin and in the French tanguage? Counsel for the defence said that it would be requisite to have some know- ems of the proficiency of a person in Latin and inch. The Court—What is your object in this question, Judge Davis—It will be in the recollection of the Cour! that when this case was opened this witness’ daughter was described as a poor factor, the prioner had married and clevat society by education and otherwise. The Court—Is the Question objected to. rosecution boun: y the opening of the counsel Judge Davis—Well, we are bound to show that It roved by the defence. I think that you do not mean that the witness is an expert in Latin? Judge Davis—Well, Mra. Sage, had she studicd Latin or French? A. Yes. Q. What was her age at the time of her marriage? A. About twenty. Q. Atter the marriage did they leave your house? A. They went to Madison in Wisconsin; they told me that they were going. Q. How long did they reside there? A. weeks from that time she was back at my house. Q. Where was Mr, McFarland at the time? A, He was at New York, Q. Now long did she remain? A. She remained at home two weeks, and then went back to New Haven, and from there to New York. Q. When was she back at your house again? A. She was back on the 20th of May, and remained there until August, when she went to housekeeping dia yon next see them? A, I think it was in the fall, in September. When was their firs 11th of December, 1858. for the defence? t child born? A, On the Q. Where was that? A. In Willow street, Brook- lyn; [remained as a nurse there during her sick- ness; my second daughter was there, also. The Court—Is it needful, Judge Davis, to go through all this? Here we are in 1858, eleven years before this occurrence, for which the defendant 13 Judge Davis—It is to answer charges made in the opening of this case by the defence. ‘The Court—I don’t think you are bound to answer the statements in the opening. for the prosecution to es.ablish antagonistic evl- dence except they bave been fortified by proof. Judge Davis—I desire to nirst child died at this lady’s prove, in fact that all the expenses of the funeral aad the board and maintenance were all borne by Mr. Sage, and shall also prove that the children were born at the grandparents’ house, Prisoner’s counsel—All these pretences are un- founded, and if allowed all the enemies of McFar- be brought here to swear against him. 1 at all this is highly improper, and in a few roper time, I will submit by docu. yy Manufactnred evidence, the rela- tionship of McFarland and his wife from day to day from the moment we have laid this case, which is only from the time they went to live in 72 Amity ‘The Court—I think it competent for the prosecu- tion to show, in reply to the defence, that McFar- port his wife and family during ported lierself by ly supported by her It is not necessary rove that In 1858 the I wish also to minutes, at the Toents and not land did not su) that time, and tl her own exertions and was part Witness continued—She -returned in spring, 1859, and remained until July ; the child died there. Q. Who paid those expenses? A. I think my hus- vand did, but I don’t know. Q. When did she return again? A. Sho returnea to my family again in October ; it was in the fall. Q. How long did she remain? A. She remained until August, 1860. Q. That is trom October, 1859, to August, 1860. A, 4 cFarland reside? A, In New ork. Q. Who attended Mrs. McFar'and during her ill- ness? A, We hired a narse. Q. In August Mrs, McFarland left? A. Yes; in Q. Where did she go? A. Sie went to New York, Q. When did she return again? A, Tue following at his wite su Yes, she resided in m, _Q. Where did Mr, mber. Q. How long did sne remain? <A. Four or five Ks. Where did McFarland tell you he was going to? A. He said he was going to Wisconsin; they stopped in Philadeiphia. Q. You had a correspondence with your daughter while there? A. Yes, 1 had letters from my daugh- ter every Weck. Q. How long did they remain at Madison? A. They remained there until they came from Madison ini 1862, and came to my house. Q, When did she go awi Rome, ‘the 43! a AUS Ea che iat the stage? A. We were standing on the & the iront door and Mrs. McFariand sald, ‘ I replied that ‘I had been ‘3 life, and { think it 1s a very 3" Mrs. McFarland answered, “Oh, it’s not Q. How Jong was it befere she left Wisconsin after A. She went away soon afterwards. Q. They came on from there then to this city? A. es. Q. When did your daughter return to your house ? A. She remained that A, She Went away “about her going on on to the etage: hén was Danny born? August; the child was suffering from whooping he ite Court—Cannot you limit this examination? What can the whooping cough of this child have to do with this case? Judge Davis—We propose to show that the pris- oner wrote a letter, demanding the retuén of Mra, McFarland with that child, when it had the whoop- ing cough, and that in that letter he threaten if she did not return he would burn down her father’s Honor will recollect that it has been proved that all this correspondence has been seized. The Court—Well, go on, go on; only make it as brief as you can. Q. That letter has not been preserved—it is not now in existence? A. No, not that 1 know of. Q did Mrs. McFarland come aga! She brought the eldest boy with her in March, 1864, . 1¢ was your family who took care of her in her sickness, and she remained until July, 1864? A, Yes, Q. When did she next come to your house? A. ¢ fall of 1865 she removed from Madison. Q. When was she next at your house? A. She came in June, 1866, having the children with her; she went to Shelburne, N. H- Q What is known as the White Mountains? A. Yes, Q. Did she receive any letters from Mrs, Calhoun? A. Yes. » Yes, Q. Was that letter read in your presence? (The letter was handed to witness, and was stated by Judge Davis to be a letter from Mrs. Calhoun to Mrs, Mc- Farland, already published, announcin; in procuring an engagement for Mrs. the theatre.) A. It was, and McFarland approved At. Q. Now to go back at the time you nursed her, during her sickness with her first child, do you recol- lect while there anything respecting McFarland’s intoxication? A. On) kitchen and I foand tl went down into the had vomited all over the kitchen and he smelt as though he had been drink- ing liquor; this was in 1869, Q. Do you remember his coming to your house at any time when he was intoxicat to the door, and there was a row ouiside, and I found he was having @ quarrel with the driver, and he was then intoxicated. Q Percy at the time of the separation was seve yearsold; how much of that seven years had bee! Spent in your family? A, About half of that time. there any compensation made for the time they had lived in your Ende; thay beak tae ton family? A. Notas far ast Bo y08 Know the handwriting tn that letter? A. It ia, Is that in Mr. MoFarland’s Q Look Sey note, Is that the sig- ge a? It ronda ‘Was the note given for: was given in tonsilleration for tenty bare orcod oe tea land of my husband. Q After the Mc) separation of Mrs, McFarland from nec haahand, 600: he followt mer, of tho time ree ee t what time did present herself at ee a ae Sal OF: 1800? 4. On the last day of Oc- 1960, Q. How long did she remain there? A. She re- Do you focolloct the ine of ‘the shooting or the fou e 8] ttn ? ™ I do, x am ‘as she at your house at that time? A. She You accompanied her to this city? A. Iatd. ¢ How long did she remain? “A. She remained bt er the death of Richardson and then she re- Crosexaiained by ‘prisoner's. counsel—Q, Mi 38-0Xa y er’s cou rs. Sage, itis no ‘discredit to your daughter that she worked in a factor; did she not work in a factory ? A. She never worked in a ag Q, Then she really did no work for herself, in that Rey, until 1867? A. She had a loom tn her father's factory, and she might have worked there. a. ‘ou bave given us various times when Mrs, MoFariand visited you with her children, when she came and how she jeft—how do you remember all ieee: shiDaat A. Ihave looked it over and thought Then you have carefully prepared your memo- on A. Yos; my daughter fe Ihave talked it over ther, i many daughters have you had? A. Q. Do you mean to say that none of these visits of your daughter to your naa were the result of af. fection and a desire to visit her family? A, I 6 mO, a TiRy Wee sh thie sa . Then you do wi! 19 idea to be conveyed that the visits were the result of pecuniary want? A. Most of them I expect were for that purpose, Q. Were any of them visits of affection? A. How do iknow? Q. You don’tknow, then, whether she had made any arrangements with her husband for paying you for ber board? A. I don’t know anything about Cg I did not know what money she was supplied wi Q. Do you remember the trouble about Percy and the habeas corpus proceedings? A. Yes, Q. Do you remember whether you wrote a note to Mr. McFarland after he got Percy back? A. I wrote bim only one note. tavs You cannot be mistaken? A. No, I’m not mia- en. Prisoner's counsel—That is right. Q. Now, dia you write that note? (Note handed to witness.) “A. Yes, it was 1867, or January, 1968, g. Now, did you not write him a second note when Petcy got back? A. No, I did not, Q. Is that oe handwriting? (Handing witness the notes.) A. That is my writing, but I had forgot- = cr about it; ee i gers regan risoner’s counsel—That shot @ warning to you, Mrs. Sage. Q. Now, Madame, do you know your daughter's handwriting? Is that Mrs, McFarland’s haudwrit- ing? A. It is not like her writing; 1 cannot say. (The same answer was given in reference to two other letters.) $ Did you ever see Mr, Richardson? A, I did. When did you first see him? A, In Charles- town, in the fall of 1867, when he came to Mr Cleveland's, Q Le your daughter stopping tnere? A. No, she was not. Q. Miss Gilbert came with Mr. Richardson? A, In the fall of 1867. Q. You had never seen him before then? A. [had never heard of him. Q. Then you never heara of any intercourse be- tween them uutil the first shooting? A, No, I did not. Q. When did you first know that Richardson was about to marry your daughter? A. I cannot tell you. g Was it in 1867? A. No, not in 1867. sogrgoannot you tell when it was? A. No, I cannot you. Q. How eer ie is it since Richardson inti- mated his wi-h to marry your daughter? A, It might be one year or it may be two. . Cannot you remember whether Jt was 1867, 1868 or 1869? A. I don’t remember, . When did you hear of the intercepted letter? A. In the arving of 1867, or somewhere about there; I heard t.cre was a great fuss about this letter, Q. Did you hear during that spring that Richardson Me going to mairy your daughter? <A, I heard of it ee Q. You never knew what was in that letter? A, I do not know except what people told me. Q. What is your opinion of this letter? A, I think that was ratier a rash letter after tne separation. Q. Is thavall? A. Yes, on his part; I believe my daughter's conduct has been pera good; yes, sir, up to this hour; 1 have not read Mra, Mason's testimony or Mr. Swan's; Ihave not even read the intercepted letier, Q. Do you approve of Mrs. McFarland’s conduct in assoctating with Mr. Richardson and go! to In- diana to procure a divorce for the purpose of marry- ing Mr. Richardson? r. Davis objected, and the Recorder said he did not see what the opinious of the witnesses had to do with the case. Prisoner’s counsel contended that he had a right to test the morai views of each witness, and if they differed widely from the ordinary standard to com- ment on it. He thought this especially applicable in view of this. witness’ failure to identify her daugh- ter’s handwriting. ‘The Court allowed the question. A. Isee no harm in doing so; Iam residing with my daughter in Woodside; she did not send me money to come on; I expect the expenses of coming on to come out of my own pocket; I first saw Mrs. Calhoun’s leiter in 1868; I don't know how long my daughter had had it; she did not say how long; I was then living in Boston; I don’t remember any other letter; he said ‘it was @ splendid letter;? my attention was not directed to this letter at all; I knew by hearsay that he had taken all Mra. Culhoun’s letters; I don’t know when | heard of this letter being read; when I did hear of it I remembered that it was commented upon, . Q. Do you approve of the change of Danny's name? A. If he chooses to call himself so I suppose he has a right to do so; I have not changed his name; no one nas given him the name of Sage. Q. He is a child or five years of age. Has he changed his name? A. He ts called by that name; 1 have not ciianged it. ‘The court here took a recess. After Recess. Upon the re-assembling of the court Mrs. Sage again took took the stand and testified on cross-ex- anmination— Mr. McFarland and his wife, after the reading of this letter, remained a few days, running into Octo- ber; 1 am perfecily certain that he was in Boston the latter part of September, 1866; I am sure of it from a letter received from Mr. McFarland from Manchester, to which le went from our louse. Testimony of Lizzie J. Snge. Lizzie J. Sage was next called on and testifica— Lives in Charlestown, Mass.; am sister of Mrs, Richardson, formerly Mrs. McFarland. Q. Did you at any time stop with them while the: lived here or in Brooklyn? A. Yes, I lived wit! them five months in Brooklyn, at the corner of Clark and Willow streets ; BRET) that time I saw he defendant i ted; if jag. ol a Biondi eae was 3 sath} the to BP stosdum; he brought me to the ees play; he came in With me and only rémalhed a few minutes, when he made an excuse to go out; he stop som time, when he returned, and I smelled whiskey o: his breath; he stopped but a few minutes, when he went out again, saying he would not © Jong, Dug hy did not return until after the matinée ov 2 then waited _@ few moments and Was leaving the place when I met him at the vestibule door; he was then very much intoxicated; we then left, and after walking’a few blocks he said he had to mi 8 call ats house on our way to the ferry; he 6! Fed 60 that I had to pein non slong pe rent into the house and Ifwalked on & few blocks; he re mained there about five minutes and when he came out I walked towards him and asked him if bis visit was satisfactory; when he came up to me he took me by the hands ana kissed them and mut- tered some words which I could not hear or under- stand, but that he spoke to me as “love” and ‘fear- est’ daughter); I was staggered myself at his con- duct and language; I looked up at Trinity church clock and saw it was a quarter to five; I told him that Addie would be alarmed and to hukry home. Q. Was there any other occasion on which you saw him Intoxicated? A. Yes; on the 1st or Decem- ber of the same year, 1862, he came home very much intoxicated and vomited liquor on the floor, which myself and my mother had to clean up. Q. Did you and your mother do all the domestic work of the family while you were there? A. Yes. Not cross-examined, Deposition of Phabe Wood Offered in Evie dence. Mr. Gerry objected to the introduction of the testi- mony as irrelevant and immaterial at the present dog of the case, There are certain depositions taken by us which may become pertinent on the question of this so-called Indiana divorce. But I submit that there has been nothing offered in the evidence sub- mitted that warrants the introduction on the part of the prosecution of testimony like this. The Court—Do I understand that the depositions proposed to be read were taken on a commission moyed by you? Mr. Ceo but that is not the point now; we object to the reading of these depositions, because the testimony is immaterial and irrelevant at this Gre of the proceedings. ’ ‘he Court—I cannot judge of the nature of the testimony till I hear it. Mr. Davis—1 propose to read this deposition to show when Mrs. Richardson took up her residence at Indianapolis, how long she remained there, and when she left there; tho object being to disprove the testimony put in by the defence tending to, show that instead of residing in Indiana, as she was in fact all this time, that she was living in New Jersey and other places; we will show that she resided¢in the State of Indiana for filteen months, a period wast all the time that they sought by witnesses to establish she was at other points. ‘The Court admitted the deposkions, Mr. Davis then proceeded to read the direct inter- rogatories of Mra, Wood. Mr. Gerry reading the | CrOBs. 7 ‘The depositions were then put in evidence. of Schuyler Colfax, Mr. Davis then proposed to read the deposition Wy ted. ma. hl apy A BIG NATIONAL BANK JOB. A Bill of Financial Abominations—Crodit of the Government Loaned to Wildcat Corpora- tions—List of National Banks That Have ition admitted. A. Ido State what occurred at that timet A. We went house about 11 o'clock {in the foreneon ; Mrs, wo to Manon admitted us; Mrs. McFarland asked ‘Witness was interrupted by counsel m\ a vi lon of Mr. Already Failed or Gone Into Volun. inmy sand 2 Propoue tary Liquidation—Deposits in Me. wae igo moat of other fae tional Banke—Depositors’ Losses, wh nim — '. Coll testamony 'e Mine Coat do net Tecol! mr ag, bd WAsHINGTON, May 2, 1870, ? A, No. General Garfield has reported from the Committee one ye me do: not know the slightest way in on Banking and Currency @ bill (No. 1,000) which provides that certain national bank associations may pay into our national Treasury $104,500,000 and re- recollect Mrs. McFarland thetoot asia? “A; (0; two nights she occupied the rooms she ‘oooupled. ost Gert We are hot trying Me. Colfax ! Davibctle has bee fe he Was anybody with her on those occasions? A. nesses have antes of FOR ae ponlor counsel nas | Xes; Y'was with he on several occasions valnded to him. oa x Ki you alee) Trith her those nights? A. Latd. | ceive therefor $19,500,000 in gold-bearing bonds and aches feat ieee meat ete ane | am senceiaan Phas frees cams | ee TM ek, mabe hf Geposiiton “1 do not ae you seek to introduce it | one evening ab eleven or twelve o'clock, having | $95,000,000 to certain national bank managers, pays- now. Should it become reievant or material here- | come from ‘on the them $4,702,500. per annum interest on securities aie ea Peegetatsee tts Sepoaition 10s, 9g Tae Share (greonbacks) that are now acceptably placed in the market froe of interest, and, in order to make true the old saying that “the devil always heaps upon the largest pile,” loans the aforesaid natioual bank- ing associations the credit of the government withous Umit. One of the worst features of the numerous bills for increasing national bank subsidies that are being preased upon the attention of Congress has scarcely been noticed. They all provided in effect that the government of the United States shall loan its credit without limit, to any and all associations that manage to secure a national bank franchise. Whether the managers are solid business men or the worst sharpers out of the penitentiary, all have the credit of the United States government alike. A ‘wildcat concern like the one that failedin this city @ few years ago is served as generously a3 the sound est bank in New York; and this is the way it works:— ‘A national bank association pays $110,000 into the national Treasury and recelves therefor $210- 000 in gold-bearing bonds and currency, $110,000 of the former and 100,000 of the latter, The bonds are deposited with General Spinner for safe keeping and for his convenie nce when paying the interest on them. The currency ts used by the bank in course of regular business, whatever that may be. The concern being a ‘national’? bank, its circulation endorsed and secured beyond peradventure by the national | abet ae te and having bonds deposited with the United States Treasurer at Washington to secure circulation, ef course enjoys @ degree of popularity, credit and opportunity of obtaining pri- vate deposits that the same men could perhaps never have without their “national” franchise. Being @ “national” bank, most people suppose as @ matter of course it must be a good and safe place to deposit, and act accordingly. ‘THE CONSEQUENCES. Sup) the bank fails before receiving any from depositors. The billholders are secured, when the association returns its circulation to the United States Treasurer it gets its bonds in return, a! no interest suffers loss, But suppose, as has been case with national banks in this city, New Orleans and other places, the bank fails after getting, by vir- ture of its ‘national’ character, half a million dollars, more or less, of depositors’ money. Of course, in such cases, the noteholders come of without loss; the depositors lose their all, and the bank managers retire to enjoy their plunder. Under the Garfield bill any set of dharpers who can raise $50,000 may form a “national” banking assovl- ation, secure their share of subsidy and ge at once to work enticing unwary depositors to ruin. Asarule national banks are not as sate deposito- ries as houses that depend entirely on their own re- sources; but thousands deposit {n them because of their “national” character. Congress has noright to thus loan the credit of the government. Letevery tub stand on its own bottom. Let depositors use their own Hey oaleg They should not be induced to epost with banks having @ “national” character, but without responsibility of any kind. DO NATIONAL BANKS EVER PAIL? The impreasion has been creaied by the Treasury ring organs that national banks rarely or never fall. I have therefore complied from the records of the ‘Treasary Department a list of the national banks that have already failed and for which recelverd have been appointed. Here it is:— First National Bank of Attica, N. Y. Venango National Bank, of Franklin, Pa. Merchants’ National Bank, Frashingson, D. 0. First National Bank of Medina, N. Y. 4 ‘Tennessee National Bank, of Memphis, Tenn. First National Bank of Selma, Ala. First National Bank of New Orleans, La. National Unadilia Bank, of Unadilla, N. Y. Farmers and Citizens’ Natioual Bank, of Brooke and myself. ‘State how you happened to be there? A. We been at the theatre vo escort Mra. McFarland 2. How long had you been in the house when Richarason rived? A. About twenty minutes or half an hour, Did Richardson remain in the house that night? A. I, suppose he did, but I don’t know positively. On that night who remained with Mrs. McFarland? A, Idid. Q Were you there tho following morning when Mrs. MoFatland took breakfast? A. was; I took breakfast with her. Was Richardson there? A. He was not there? Did you see him that morning? A. I did. State all you know with respect to his move- ments that morning, A. Mr. Richardson came and knocked at the door about nine o'clock and asked If he could come in; Mrs, McFarland was not there at the time, and T fald to him that the room was not pre) and that he could not come in yet; he went away and in about five minutes came again and again knocked at the door and asked if he could come in; I said he might; Mrs, McFarland had not yet come back at this time; he remained about fifteen minutes; after Mra, McFariand came in be remainea about five minutes—fifteen minutes in all; he did not take breakfast there nor was he invited. Ss Were you in the hanit of going to escort Mra. McFariand from the theatre? A. I was. 7 a remember the night of the first shoot- Do Mrs. ‘Testimony of Dr. Echeverria. Dr. Boheverria was called, and testified—I a professor of mental and nervous diseases at the Uni- versity Medical College, Physician-in-Chief at the Epileptic and Paralytic Hospital; 4 have been for the last twenty years engi im the treatment of ner- vous diseases, first in pe and then here; I was in Paris in 1854 and 1859; I have visited lunatic asy- lums {n Germany; in London I was appointed Resl- dent Physician of the tic and Paralytic Hospi- tal and held it for 3 I have read the evidence of Drs, Hammond and Vance in this case; I agree gen- erally with thelr opiatons ‘as to the normal functiong of the brain; I define Insanity as that condition of the mind where there 1s a failure of the aoe judging, of an uncontrollable impulse of the mind, with @ loss of power of the will, accompanied by disease; delusion proper 18 false perception; there 18 not always insanity where there 1s an un- controllable violence of emotion; if disease coexists then if the emotion 18 traceably conuected with the disease, thero is iopanty. Can a person having this uncontrollable emo- tion have a clear knowledge of right and wrong? A. Isuppose so; I make up my mind as to the free- dom of @ man’s act by comparing it with his pre- vious history; I do not admit of instantaneous teeny wit i renee health of mind and ly after; there will always be symptoms before and after which, on care- digease of mind; amodonay insanity ‘may take" the mind; em @ the form of melancholia or of monomania; the first is the depression of spirits; the second includes homl- cidal mania, suicidal mania and other manias; the form of melancholia is @ continual depression; mo- nomania is when the mind continually runs on one subject—on killings, on burnings, on robberies, &c. Q Load ® man who has been able to dis- tinguish between right and wrong commences to threaten @ man with shooting, lies in wait for him and finally shoots him, would you regard it a8 proof of Insanity? A, I should inquire if there were any motive for this change. Q. Suppose, there was besides the rest a grmage against the victim growing ry of a wrol A. Do you mean a real wrong or a mere delusio! Q No. Sup. it were real? Counsel for defence objected to this and insisted Let question should be put in the form they had user After some discussion & question was put coverin; all the above pone. and the witness answered, should think the man was not insane; I have read all the evidence in this case as given in the news- papers, with a view to making up my mind as to the aco the peels dl of the prisoner. s ai was that Impression? unsel for defence argued that as the newspapers had not published all the testimony the queetion could not be put, and the District Attorney waived the question. The witness—I have read the HERALD, World, Trt- bune, Sun, and sometimes the Times; 1 read the tes- timony as to the death ot the cousin from softening of the brain; if Ler arose from hereditary disease in the cousin, thon it would be proof of hereditary ten- dency in the prisoner, but I should never think of proving hereditary tendency starting & cousin; insanity, when hereditary, usu- ally shows itself in all ‘members of the family, » the case of a man whose pulse ran uj from 104 to 124 on the exhibition of a picture o! a wife who he declared had been false to him, and the blood vessels of whose eye were gorged, what proof would you Porch 5 0. ‘ou. remember if Mr. Richardson escorted MoFuariand home from the theatre that night? A.Ido. Objected to. The Court—The question is not competent. It is in evidence that he did escort Mrs, McFarland that nlgnty Rid he did so is immatertal, . Da’ a Varpoee $0 show by this evidence that Guibert) and Mr. Browne were that night going to the opera, and as they would be de- tained there loi r the Winter Garden theatre had closed they bad gone to Mr. Richardson and requested him foto the theatre thot ht and Farland home; that ne consented and accordingly went. The question not admitted. Orogs-examined—I never was with Mrs. McFarland when I was introduced to Mra, Mason as being en- gaged to Mr. Richardson; I don’t know whether she saw me the two nights I was at her house; 1 heard Mrs, McFarland say when she ¢! the rooms that either I or my sister would sleep with her; I don’t know whether Mr. Browne stopped all night in Mr, Richardson’s room the night we had been to the theatre; Llearned Mr. Richardson was comin; early in the evening; I don’t know. thai he sent a telegram of his coming of my own knowledge, but heard of one being received that evening; he came about eleven oF half-past eleven o’clock, and got in with a night key; I don’t recollect whether Mrs. McFarland told me at that time that she was engaged to Mr. Richardson; I haan’t any impression about there being anything wrong going on between them or I would not have gone there; I knew that Mra. McFarland had occu- ied the house with her husband; when I earned that Richardson was to return I did not form an opinion that it was suspicious or wrong, as 1 believed it pares accidental; I saw Richardson and Mrs. McFarland in her room to- ether on two different occasions; 1 believed his love for her was caused by her troubles and miseries; I beheve it was a love that sprang up suddenly ; dia not know that he haa written a letter to her which had been intercepted, in which he had stated that his love for Mrs. McFarland was of jong years stand- ing; I did notread that letter, nor do I know.its con- that as to sanity or insanity? A. None at Insanity cannot deduced mm. physical alone; those symptoms might be eae by cerebral desease alone; cerebal ease exists often without insanity; there is a form of where the enlargement of a puptl and muscular twitching, and so on, exist; but they are always ac- companied by extravagant ideas of the insane, and other symptoms, staggering in the gait, &c.; we call that general paralysis of the insane; insane acts are the result of maniacal excitement of partial delirium, or the residual effects of what is called epileptic mania. To Counsel for Defence—I pronounced Reynolds unfit to be executed, but not insane; the verdict was obtained on the testimony of Drs. Vance and Ham- mond as to his mental‘condition; on my affidavit a motion was made for @ respite; 1 don't know that the District Attorney used Dr. Hammond's affidavit against mine; I was examined in the Chambers case, and swore to nis secteae {lave never per- sonally examined Mr. McFarland. ‘Testimony of Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs, Gilbert, mother of Mra. Calhoun, was next examined—Resided 1a Morris street, Jersey City; re- sided there since May, 1869. Q Are you acquainted with Mrs. Richardson? A. lam. g Row long have you been acquainted with her? A. J first saw her in 1866, sie Poark-= WAS is the purport of producing this tneas . Mr. Davis—To disprove the testimony of the wit- nesses for the defence who swore to seeing Mr. Richardson and Mrs, McFarland at the house of this witness in the summer, when the fact Was that she ‘Was not there at all that time. The Court—Proceed. You are the mother of Mrs. Calnoun? A. lam. ri tet you know the late Albert D. Richardson? 1d. g Were you well acquainted? I was. ‘itness then proceeded to give a description of the personal appearance of the deceased Richardson. You have @ son-in-law? A. Yes, . What is his name? . A. Tho! Holder; he came to my house last summer with a lady; that was some time in August. 4 Q. Who came to your house with Mr. Holder on the occasion you spoke off Objected to, The Court—I suppose it is intended to show that Mr, Richardson was mistaken for this Mr. Holder? se ae Attorney—That is exactly the case, your jonor. Q. Who came with Mr. Holder on that occasion? A. His wife—my daughter, Q. How long did they remain at your honse? A. I think about four weeks that first time; they came again in the ceurse of the season; they remained on the latter occasion only two or three days; they ld oe in December and left at the end of that month. Witness described the style of the hirsute ap- endages worn on cheek and chin by her son-in-law, ir. Holder, and stated that her son wears a long beard. 5 y Was Mrs. Richardson at your house near New- ark at any time during 1868 or at any timo prior to the commencement of this trial? A. She ‘Was not; I never saw the little boy Danny till within the last few days; he never was at my house near nis, The court then adjourned till cleven o'clock this morning. SISTERS OF THE STRANGER. Yesterday afternoon the above named society held their regular monthly meeting in their rooms, No. 45 Bible House. After prayer by the Rev. Dr. Deems, the monthly and (the Ist of May being the anniver- sary of the society) annual report was read. The former shaws that forty-eight persons were helped during the last monm, twenty-one of whom were foreigners and twenty-seven native Americans and of the, latter twelve were from the Northern and fifteen from the South- ern States. The annual report shows that assistance was rendered to 439 persons during the year, 189 of whom were foreigners and 239 Americans. Of the latter ninety-cight were from the Southern and 141 from the Northern States. Each one of these, how- ever, represent more than one person, for when the head of & family is helped a dozen, more or less, is helped, but ay one person is entered on the books, After the reading of the two reports and transacting some other unimportant business the erties ee were elected managers :—Mrs. Blake, Mrs. Seixas, Mrs. 0. F. Deems, Mrs. J. Thomas, Mrs. R. C. Gare dener,’'Mrs. J. L. Graham, Mrs. fF, A, Molton, Mrs. R. H. Johnson, Mrs. J. D. Radcliff, Mra. Geo, Lans- dale, aud Mrs, M, 0. Lloyd. The Society of the Sisters of the Strangers is in- deed one of the most beautiful charities in the city of New York. The formation of such a soclety was suggested to a few ladies by Dr. Burns, whose posi- tion as pastor of the Church of the Strangers brought him more work of the kind than he could possibly attend to. They agreed to help him and did so In the meantime the work spread and ladies from other churches were brought in, and in this way the society has grown to be quite an institution. They give help only to strangers, to those recently arrived in the city, who have fallen into trouble. The follow- ing 1s one of many similar cages that are constantly receiving their attention:— Agentieman came from the South, was disap. pointed in his business, could not communicate with his friends, was taken ill, became penniless and helpless at a hotel. ‘The ‘Sisters’? aided him, hired professional nurses, afterward secured @ place in our best and most respectable hospital, cared for him three months and then obtained a free passage ina steamer to nis home. He has since written back most gratefully, atiributing the preservation of bis life to the attention of the “sisters.’? lyn, N. Y. Croton National Bank, of New York city. First National Bank of Bethal, Coun. First National Bank of Keokuk, lowa. National Bank of ae Miss. ~ First National Bank of Rockford, In. The following named national banks are in vot tary liquidation, but have not deposited Unit States notes in the Treasury for redemption of 0: standing circulation:— * Fourtn National Bank of Indianapolis, Ind, National Union Bank of Rochester, N. Y. Firet National Bank of Leonardaville, N.Y. Farmers’ National Bank of Richmond, Va. National Bauk of the Metropolis, Washington, . O. First National Bank of Elkhart, Ind. First National Bank of Providence, Pa. First National Bank of Newton, Mass. National State Bank of Dubugie, Iowa. Ohio National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. First National Bank of New Uim, Minn. First National Bank of Kingston, N, Y. First Nattonal Bank of Blutiton, Ind. National Exchange Bank of Richmond, Va. First National Bank of Skaneateles, N. Y. First Nattonal Bank of Downingtown, Pa. First National Bank of Titusvilis, Pa. Appleton National Bank, of AD) leton, Wis. Natlonal Bank of Whitestown, N. Y. First National Bank of New Brunswick, N. Z. First National Bank of Cuyahoge Falls, Ohio. Second National Bank of Watertown, N, Y. Second National Bank of Des Moines, Iowa, Natlonal Mechanics and Farmers’ Bank of Albany, N.Y. First Hational Bank of Steubenville, Ohio. First National Bank of Plumer, Pa. First National Bank of Danyille, Va. First National Bank of Dorchester, Mass, First National Bank of Oskaloosa, Iowa, Merchants and Mechanics’ National Bank of Troy, N.Y. Naticnal Savi Bank of Wheeling, W. Va. First Nati nk of Marion, Ohio. National Insurance Bank of Detspit, Mich, National Bank of prey doe » N.Y. National Bank of North America, New York city. First National Bank of Clyde, N. First National Bank of Hallowell, Me, Pacific National Bank of New York city, Pee atc cm Gtocérs’ Natio! ait : lew York city. ng Natlonal Bank of Froatburg, Md, ‘irst National Henk of la Balle, i National Bank o! mmercée, Georgetown, D. 0, ‘The following named national banks are in voluny tary liquidation, and have deposited United States notes in the Treasury for the redemption of our standing circulation:— First National Bank of Columbia, Mo. rst National Bank of Carondelet, Mo. WILLIAMS, THE ENGLISH “CRACKSTAN,”? He Is “Interviewed” by Colonel Whitely in Jorsey~Making a Clean Breast of the Mat- ter=All the Drawbacks and Bonds Stolen from a Lady in Paris—Additional Interest= ing Particulars. John Williams, alias Scrimshaw, whose capture h ” National Bank of Waukesha, Wis, Newark. and committal to a Jersey prison in default of (rE National Bank of Jackson, Miss,” Qa Sid you know that Mra, McFarland played at $20,000 ball, pending an examination ona charge of | First aa Bank of Cedarburg, Wis. the Winter Garden? A. Idid, . Do you know who used to escort her from that theatre during the time she played there. A. Her riends; my husband. ahd myself went for her sey- eral times, Cross-examined—Q. Was Richardson at your house in Jersey City at any time last August or September? A. He was. Q. What portion of these months was he there? A. I think he was there about the 1st of August, but he went to California at that time. Q. How Jong was he away? A. I think about six weeks; I don’t recollect. Q. Might he not have gone in September? A. I am not quite sure about it. . Was Mrs, Richardson stopping at your house per he came there? A. She was; she left in July, 1868, Q. How do you fix the time Mra. McFarland left as beac in July, 1868; might it not haye been August? A. No, sir, because I know the exact date. Q. Whatis the date? A. July 21. Q. How doyou know that? A. From 4m emoran- dum I kept. Q. What was that memorandum? A. It was the memorandum of a little account I had with Mrs, Mc- Fariand ; she came with me to the house in Jersey City, when I moved there ; that was on the 12th of May. 9 Did Richardson, while stopping at your house in Jersey City last August, wear a pepper and salt suit? A. No. Q. How do you know that? A. I am sure of it; he never wore a suit of that kind to my Roane Q. Did a lame gentleman, accompanied by a lady, coine to your house? A. Yes; that was my son-i law and daughter. Q. Did you not see Mrs, Richardson at all during the year 1869? A. I did not;I never saw her from the time she left my house in 1868 tiil last December. Q. Did I understand you to say that this account which fixes the 21st of July was an account you had with Mr. Richardson? A. No; I said it was.an ac- count I had with Mrs Richardson. ena ‘Was that an account for her board ? No. Testimony of Miss Gilbert. Miss Lillian L. Gilbert, examined by Mr. Davis—Q. Where do you reside? A. No. 57 Morris street, Jer- sey City. KS You reside, then, with your parents? A. Yes, sir. 1 Q. Were you acquainted with Mrs, McFarland? A. was. ,Q. You recollect when she lived at Mr. Mason’s, 71 Amity street? A. I recollect when she lived at Mr. Mason’s; I don’t recollect what number. Do you recollect on one occasion after her separation from her husband going with her to that house? A. I do recollect going with her there on several occasions. Q. Do you recollect after her separation from her husband going with her there for the purpose of wetting cextain papers? Objected to. Commercial National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio. ‘irst National Bank of South Worcester, N. Y. ese lists embrace, as will be seen, the names of sixty-four national banks that have already failed or gone into voluntary liquidation. THE DEPOSITORS. The records do not show the number of unfortu- nate persons induced by the “national” character of these institutions to become depositors, or the aggregate amount of their losses. It must amount to very many million dollars. Not only were indl- vidual depositors sufferers, but, in some inatances, the national government was & depositor, and, con- smuggling diamonds, was recorded in yesterday's HERALD, made a clean breast of his crime yester- day in presence of Colonel Whitely and detective Nettleship, His statement is to the effect that four weeks ago last Thursiay, in com- pany with a London “pal,” and with the assistance of a servant maid, named Martha, he succeeded in carrying of some £10,000 worth of-bonds and about £3,000 worth of diamonds, together with about £2,000 worth of French bank noies, from the residence of Madame de Hart, in Paris. The girl Martha was employed there as a domestic, and received as her share of the plunder the ready money, while the men were to divide the diamonds, as they had done the bonds. In the meantime Williams took possession of the diamonds, and, as he says, was chased so hard by the French detectives that he was not able to see his pal ana come to a settlement about the diamonds, ‘This part of his story is construed by our American detectives into the view that he ‘‘chiselled’’ his pat as Weil as Madame de Hart. If this view be correct what becomes of the theory that there 1s honor among thieves? Reaching London, Williams dis- covered that it was too hot for him there and started for Southampton, getting there just in time to secure pass on ard the Main, When arrested on Mon at the Hoboken ferry he was in company with a young girl whom he claimed to be his wile. She, however, was let {vee esterday she visited the Essex county jatl at Newark, where the prisoner is confined, but was not [eth to see him for reasons best kaown to the authorities, The authorities have no idea that she 1s ‘‘Martha,” although the latter is believed to be within 120 miles of the metropolis. On being searched again yesterday there was found in possession of the prisoner some more diamond jewelry of rave work. Mmanship—a pair of bracelets particularly being of great value. He offered one of his captors ‘a handsome sum for a chance to slip; but the Jersey emcer was bribe-proof. Williams 13 to have a pre- Wininary examination on the charge of smuggling to-day before Commissioner Whitehead at Newark. In the meantime the French authorities have been notified. ‘As the arrest was made in New York considerable discussion has arisen on the subject of his being run over to Jersey for trial, Can it be, as some assert, that it was feared justice would not be done him in the metropolitan courts? sl A $5,000 BOND ROBBERY. About one o’cleck yesterday Benjamin Clapp, of 229 West Twenty-fifth street, while standing at the desk in the banking house of Vermilye & Co., 16 Nasaau sireet, was robbed of $6,000 in Grutea States coupon bonds by an adroit thief, whose description could not be given by the victim, in the Treasury to secure United States deposits. Private depositors have no security, and in cases of failure usually lose everything. IN THB WRONG DIRECTION. It has been alleged thet Speaker Blaine packed the Banking and Currency Committee in the inter- est of the national banks, General Garfield's bill looks very much like it. The 8 proposed legisiation ts Ls men | in the wrong direction. Instead of givin; the national panks $95,000,000 more, Congress shoul repeal the original act, retire their circulation ana substitute gold-beating United States notes. This ts what it must come to. THE NEW BXOISE LAW. How It is Being Enforced in the Rural Towns—The Liquor Dealers Determined not to Observe It. ‘The excitement which the new Excise law created in this city has broken out in the rural towns of Long Island with great flerceness and strength. The boards met on Monday and fixed the license fee. As is well known, in most of the towns there are two “poards, In incorporated villages the Board of Trus- tecs compose the Excise Board and in the town the Supervisor and Justices of the peace. When the boards met on Monday the town board fixed the fee at thirty dollars and the village board at seventy-five dollars, The liquor dealers doin; siness in the villages are dissatisfied with this and claim that they should have a license for the same amount as those doing business outside of the corporation. Those who are opposed to the sale of ee lguors think that the amount was too small i (ne A and are openly condemning the boards. The liquor dealers in the villages openly avow their intention to oppose the law and sell without the license, and from present indications the irouble will be more inveterate and the authorities more deflantly treated than was the Metropolitan Excise Board during the past two years, <A disturbance is dally anticipated between tlie respective boards, :