ring, in order that she should speak loud enough for my
stenographer to hear also.

She first referred to her early married life, when she was perfectly
happy in Henry's love; then she said that he made several very long
voyages, and when he came home he remained only a few days each time.
During one of these voyages, she met Pattmore and his wife in Brooklyn,
and they became well acquainted. Afterward Pattmore frequently came to
Brooklyn alone, and he always spent much of his time in her society. She
did not realize the danger of his intercourse at first; but, gradually,
he began to make love to her, and, finally, he accomplished her ruin.
Thenceforward she was wholly under his control, especially after Henry's
desertion of her. He brought her to his own hotel on the plea that she
would be company for his wife, and she lived as his mistress, in fact,
though not outwardly, until her brother came to take her away. Her
brother succeeded in awakening her remorse, and she determined to return
to Connecticut with him. Pattmore, however, opposed this action very
strongly, and offered to marry her immediately, saying that his wife was
sure to die soon from quick consumption, since all her family had died
of that disease at about her age. They were therefore secretly married,
and she then wrote to her brother that she should not return to
Connecticut. When she discovered that she was _enceinte_ she was much
alarmed, and she again decided to return to her brother after the
abortion had been performed, but Pattmore had a strong control over her
still. As soon as she was able to go out, after her illness, Pattmore
wrote to her to get a certain prescription put up by a druggist. She did
so, and then sent the powders to him. In a short time Pattmore came to
Chicago and told her that he had arranged to poison his wife. She was
very much shocked at first, but he told her that Mrs. Pattmore could
only live about a year anyhow, and that she would suffer a great deal
during her rapid decline; hence he argued that there could be no harm in
hastening her death to save her from many weeks of pain. He said that he
had already commenced to poison her, using small doses, so as to break
down her system gradually. While he was there Captain Sumner came back
from the East, and he was very angry at Mrs. Thayer for permitting
Pattmore to visit her. Then Pattmore told her to poison her brother in
order that she might inherit his property. This propos