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The iTIernln Reandal Orrnple* Attention Dally.The Merwin scandal case was adjourn ed from yesterday afternoon until this morning when the Attorneys on both sides promised to be on hand shortly after nine o’clock. Yesterday afternoon there was nothing of especial interest to the public and the testimony consfcted of a repetition of previous testimony throughout the week. Mr. Henry Merwin and Mrs. ETenry Merwin, father and mother of the Deputy Sheriff testified yesterday afternoon.Mr. Henry Merwin, in continuing this morning, said he could not fix the date he was at Dr. Dibble’s, but was sure it was Wednesday, Dec. 19; Minnie stated to him when she was unwell the last time and also when Merwin, his son, was intimate with her, and she told him her son was responsible for her condition; she did not give any date in relation to the time; tohl him the child would be born In January during the early part of the month; there was nothing to hide the view from the wiudows of his house to the outhouse; dining room was used as a general living room; his wife and daughter-in-law only drove to Middletown once and that was Jan. 23, 1888, without a drive*-; Frank Newton left his employ In the early part of May and was there frequently after that. On the cross examin ation he said Arthur generally drove the horse that was driven to this city on Jan. 23; had three horses ai that time; he took prominent part iq.the legislature in relation to glandered horses; the ladies drove Arthur’s horse on Jan. 23, ’88; one of the other horses he was using in the ice barn and the other was unfit to drive owing to I it being smooth shod; the blacksmith shop was about a mile from the house; could not say what horse Arthur drove in April when he accompanied the ladies to Mid-. dletown to get paper; had no recollection what horse Arthur drove in April; he didn’t know he ever knew what horse ' Arthur drove in April, but presumed he j drove his own horse; didn’t recollect the I time they went or come back when they ! come after paper; sometimes he drove in- i to Middletown every week or some mem- ! bere of his family did; his wife sometimes 1 came with him and so did Arthur’s; could ! not fix any time when they both camei with him, but presumed they did some . time; the ladies never drove to ' -Middletown within a year, didn’t know of the ladies ever driving to Middletown within a year with any other horse than Arthur’s; had not the slightest recollection of any other time they came;lt;guld not swear they came any other time in 1888 with any other horse; was away from home frequently during 1888 having had charge of the roads and worked about his farm, tain reference to the interview in Dr. Dib THels office; those present were Dr. Dibble, Minnie Cary and the witness; Mrs. Dibble was not present; I sware she said the matter occured in January; another lime was the fore part of April; Minnie said, “You see the condition I am in, your son is the cause of this;” the girl was larger then than she is now; she told me when the child would be born; she said she did not think that she would live through it; I told her not to be dis couraged, that she would be taken care of in some way; such cases were always provided for; also told her that she might live and become a gocxf and useful woman; Frank Newton left my service during the second week in May; when inMiddletown the witness made his head quarters at Camp’s store; Dr. Dibble sent for him and expressed himself as being glad he came in preference to his son; told him Minnie could not stay long at his house; sure he conveyed the idea that she was liable to be confined any time; had no recollection of Frank Newton being in his house since Minnie Carey left; did not know when Frank Newton left Durham; did not know when he came last time to his son; Frank Newton was in his house after the first of June.Arthur H. Merwin, the defendant in the case, was called at noon and said that he had never had any intercourse with Minnie Carey, and never made such re quests to her; never entered the outhouse when she occupied it; never asked her to come and meet him outside at nine o’clock in the evening; heard the testimony in relation to himself and pro nounccd it false; did not open her bedroom door in Sept. while she was there visiting and call her; left the house, in Sept. to attend court at 11 a. m ; from 10th to 26th of May was looking for. horse thief supposed to be “Pebo” Hall; went away Saturday noon and returned Wednesday or Thursday, and returned Salulday on the last train; talked about the trip to his family and went to bed; his wife and mother drove away together on Jan. 23; he was cutting ice; did not come to the house while they were absent; bis mother and wife did not drive away together any other time that he knew of; when his mother and wife got paper in the city he drove’them in; Frank bewton had been to his house siuce Minnie left; it was in August; Newton was at his house quite often and generally came every Sunday; when Minnie was there he understood she had a private disease; understood it to be a ver dangerous disease from what he heard and saw; advised his mother to send Min me Carey away several times; recollected going for arbutus; when parties returned saw; Frank Newton and Minnie come down a patch from a direction in front of the horse where it was hitched; the horses during the first part of 1888 were not in condition to drive; his horse was driven on the road; the horse was ordinarily driven, by himself.On cross-examination Mr. Merwin stated that he did not think the ladies of the family ever used the horse which his father used for team purposes and for driving. The woods are very dense iu that section of the woods where they fathered trailing arbutus; on that day' the witness, his daughter, Frank Newton, a id Minnie Carey all left tue team together; after some ten or fifteen minutes, Frank and Minnie wandered away together up the hill side. There was considerable under-, brush in the woods; there were but few trees where Minnie and Frank were; I never made familiar advances to Minnie; never grabbed at her limbs; all through the spring I knew she must be in bad condition because she walked so badly; It was a straddle; noticed it frequently; did not notice anything singular about her walking on the 6th of May, when we were in the woods gathering trailing arbutus. Court adjourned until 2 o’clock.Frank Newton was called directly after dinner by the prosecution and corroborated the statements of Minnie Carey. He denied ever being intimate with the young lady; never kissed her nor never placed his arm about her. He is jstill testifying this afternoon.
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