The Yelverton marriage case : Thelwall v. Yelverton : comprising an authentic and unabridged account of the most extraordinary trial of modern times, with all its revelations, incidents and details : specially reported.

Avonmore, William Charles Yelverton, Viscount, 1824-1883.

Date:: 1861

Credit: The Yelverton marriage case : Thelwall v. Yelverton : comprising an authentic and unabridged account of the most extraordinary trial of modern times, with all its revelations, incidents and details : specially reported. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$13] Did you ascertain before that persons, on the paj.'t of Major Yelreiton, Lad been sGarebing for evidence ? Yes. Did you ever see Rose b'agan ?—Yes ^ ^ i i Tell \is exactly what took place between you.—I asked Hose Fagan if any one had' been there inquiring about the Yelverton case. She said that two persons had been there, and showed her a lock of olden hair, asking her did she Itnow, or could she remember, a lady and gentleman being at the Malahide hotel in the month of August, 1857. They asked her if she could recollect a youno; bride being there, with fair hair, who wore it off her face in the French style. They also flowed her a piece of a dress wliieh they said she -wore at that time. She told me (hat she had told them she liad not any recollection whatever of the parties,—she could not recollect or recall to mind any lady of that description. They then told her that it would he greatly to her advan- tage if she could recollect a young bride being there, who shared a bed-room with her husband. She then said that she could not amongst the many that went there. She could not remember. They then told her again that it would be greatly to her advantage if she could remember, and she said she could not, but believed they had some rascality in wishing her to remember (gensa- tion). She told me that she told them so. Are you the lady who communicated to Mrs. Yelverton the fact about the lock of hair and, the piece of dress r—Yes Did 3'ou afterwards go to Rostrevor to see Bridget Cole ^—^Yes, and saw' her at the place where she was,’ in a situation at the house of a gentleman named Clarke Was Mrs. Yelverton with you?—No, I was alone What did she say to you ?—as shortly and as clearly as you have told us in the first instance.—i I asked her was she Bridget Colo ; she said she w'as,, and asked me into her room. I then raised my veil, and asked her did she see me before. She said she knew me by my voice before I raised mv veil. I said, “Are you sure you know me ? ” “Ob ! ” she said, “I am quite.sure I know you. “You are quite.sure of that?” I said. “Yes,” she answered, “I remember you being at the hotel at Rostrevor.” I then asked her had any onnbeen to see her. That iq looking for evidence for Major Yelverton ?—Yes. She said two gentlemen had been there asking her if she remembered a lady and a gentleman being there as man and wife, and -what room they occupied. She said she remembered that there had been two rooms taken, and one bed was slept in ; but she said the other bed looked as if it had been slept upon, but not in Wliatclse ?—She said they a^ked her if she had ever seen Major Yelverton in the lady’s room. She said no ; she had never seen him in her bedroom, bnt she had seen him once near the door in the passage; but could not remember what bedroom that was Is that the substance of what was said then?'—Yes Did you ofl'er any situation to her ?—No Do you swear that ?—-I swear it; I never did Or any emploj-ment in England }—No Or to Rose Fagan ?—No; I had none to offer Cross-examined by kir. Brewster—When did you first become acquainted with Mrs. Yelverton ? In the early part of 1859 Where did you stop when you came to Ireland ?—At the Gresham Hotel. How long were you there before you went to see Rose Fagan A few days Had you been to the Malahide Hotel before that ?—No Did you ever go there ?—Never Who desired you to go to Rose Fagan ?—Mrs. Yelverton Did she tell you the najne of the person you went to find out Yes Dili she tell yon where she lived ?—Yes; she gave me her address Did she tell you she lived at Rathooffey, near Maynootb?—Yes And you went down to sec her ?—Yes When you said you did, did you tell her who yon were ?—No You are sure of that ?—I am Not a word ?—No I am sure Mrs. Yelverton is a very kind person to you ?—She is most agreqabl-e Is she not khid to you ?—Extremely kind You were very fond of her ?—I am very fond of her Have you ever been a wearer of her bonnets ?—I might have done so Have you not done it ?—Once or twice I have Have you not worn other portions of her dress ?—l’'cs Hpon your oath, did you not go down to Rostrevor in some portion of her clothes No You swear that positively —1 swear it Not any portion ?—No ; none whatever Was it the same bonnet you have now on that you had on then ? (laughter)* sort ofa bonnet, but it wna worn out long ago f millinor’s since you went into her ejnploymont ?—No Never bought bonnets of the same description ?'—No ^ She has very good tasto in dress, lias she not ?—I am aware of it Amt you approve of her tasto in dress ?—Very muclt I am nl\Xto bl?e JlotElilo £’$