American Scoundrel (53 page)

1.
Swanberg, p. 2; Baker, pp. 137, 138; McPherson, p. 123.

2.
Charles Dickens,
American Notes
, pp. 149, 152, 153.

3.
Mary S. C. Logan,
Thirty Years in Washington; Or, Life and Scenes in Our National Capital
, p. 63; Sara Agnes Pryor,
Reminiscences of Peace and War
, p. 3.

4.
Brandt, pp. 37–38; Pinchon, p. 69.

5.
Swanberg, pp. 5, 6.

6.
Swanberg, pp. 4, 5.

7.
Virginia Clay-Clopton,
A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama
, pp. 95–97; Swanberg, pp. 3–4; Gobright, pp. 160–162.

8.
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
NYT
, March 2, 1859;
New York Tribune
, March 2 and March 3, 1859.

9.
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859.

10.
McPherson, pp. 170, 171, 174–176.

11.
Fontaine, Haskin and Hoover evidence, pp. 38, 39; Swanberg, pp. 10–13;
Dictionary of American Biography
, Vol. 4, p. 471.

12.
Clay-Clopton, pp. 43–45, 56, 115; Pryor, p. 53; Poore, p. 111; Ishbel Ross,
Rebel Rose: Life of Rose O’Neal Greenhow, Confederate Spy
, p. 72.

13.
NYT
, May 9 and May 12, 1857;
NYP
, May 13, 1857.

14.
Daniel Edgar Sickles,
The Court of Common Pleas in the Matter of Charles Devlin Street Commissioner, Argument of Daniel Sickles
, p. 42.

15.
Brandt, pp. 61–67;
NYP
, March 1, 1859;
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859; Fontaine, Hoover evidence, p. 40; Keneally, p. 285.

16.
Brandt, pp. 61–67.

17.
Isaac Frederick Marcosson,
“Marse Henry”: A Biography of Henry Watterson
, p. 63; Clay-Clopton, p. 47; Swanberg, pp. 19, 21; Fontaine, pp. 36, 37;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859.

18.
Poore, p. 25;
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
NYP
, March 1, 1859; Brandt, p. 63; Clay-Clopton, p. 86.

19.
McPherson, pp. 164–167.

20.
McPherson, pp. 165–167.

21.
Brandt, pp. 44–46; Pryor, p. 51.

22.
Clay-Clopton, pp. 88–89.

23.
Fontaine, Thompson’s evidence, pp. 70–71; Clay-Clopton, pp. 96–97;
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Paper
, March 19, 1859.

24.
Clay-Clopton, p. 47;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859; Fontaine, pp. 36, 37.

25.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Paper
, March 19, 1859; Teresa Sickles to Florence, July 9, 1861, NYPL.

26.
Fontaine, p. 48; undated letter (in folder of letters from first half of 1850s), anonymous woman to Sickles, NYPL.

27.
Fontaine, Haskin evidence, p. 70.

28.
Fontaine, Haskin evidence, pp. 36, 37;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859.

29.
Clay-Clopton, pp. 98, 128–134; McPherson, p. 168; John von Sonntag de Havilland,
A Metrical Description of a Fancy Ball Given at Washington, 9th April
,
1858,
pp. 5–6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 39.

30.
Ernst, pp. 66–68; Bayor and Meagher, pp. 93, 95, 96; Hill, pp. 82, 83; Fontaine, Thompson evidence, pp. 70–71.

31.
Swanberg, p. 33; Fontaine, Dougherty’s evidence, pp. 38, 39;
NYH
, June 13, 1858; Daniel E. Sickles,
Speech of the Hon. Daniel Sickles of New York on the Neutrality Laws, Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1858;
McKay, p. 3.

32.
NYH
, September 1, 1859; Fontaine, Dougherty evidence, pp. 38, 39;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
New York Tribune
, March 3, 1859;
NYP
, March 5, 1859.

33.
NYT
, November 20, 1858.

34.
Lawrence O’Brien Branch, “Letters, 1856–1860,”
North Carolina Historical Quarterly
, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 1933), pp. 49, 64.

35.
Teresa Sickles to Florence, undated but internal evidence indicates February 1859, NYPL.

36.
Fontaine, Mrs. Brown evidence, pp. 53, 66, 67, Miss Seeley evidence, p. 70, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 48, 49.

37.
NYT
, February 28, 1859;
NYH
, February 28, 1859; Fontaine, Cooney evidence, p. 72.

38.
Fontaine, arguments of counsel, pp. 35, 75, 76;
NYT
, February 28, 1859.

39.
McPherson, pp. 193–195.

40.
NYT
, February 28, 1859;
New York Tribune
, March 21, 1859.

1.
Brandt, p. 62; Fontaine, defense opening, p. 34, Titball evidence, p. 20, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 48, 49, 72, 73.

2.
Brandt, p. 100; Swanberg, pp. 45–46.

3.
Fontaine, Smith Pyne evidence, p. 40.

4.
Clay-Clopton, pp. 97–98.

5.
New York Tribune
, March 2, 1859;
NYT
, February 28, 1859.

6.
Fontaine, Emerson evidence, p. 72.

7.
Clay-Clopton, p. 98;
New York Tribune
, March 3, 1859;
NYT
, February 28, 1859.

8.
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859; R.P.G. letter, Sickles papers, NYHS.

9.
Fontaine, Ridgeley evidence, p. 46.

10.
Fontaine, McElhone evidence, p. 75;
Washington Evening Star
, February 26, 1859; Fontaine, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 48, 72, 73.

11.
Fontaine, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 74, 75.

12.
Fontaine, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 74, 75, Cooney evidence, p. 72.

13.
Fontaine, Cooney evidence, p. 72, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 74, 75, Dougherty evidence, p. 39.

14.
Fontaine, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 74, 75, Lewis and Smith evidence, pp. 84, 85, Mohun evidence, p. 42.

15.
Fontaine, Duffy evidence, p. 42, Ridgeley evidence, p. 46.

16.
Fontaine, Ridgeley evidence, p. 46, Duffy evidence, p. 42, tabled confession of Teresa, pp. 42, 43.

17.
Fontaine, Duffy and Ridgeley evidence, pp. 42, 46;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography
, Vol. 1, p. 310;
NYT
, March 3, 1859;
NYH
, March 2, 1859.

18.
Clay-Clopton, p. 43; Fontaine, defense opening, pp. 18, 20, 21, Cuyler evidence, pp. 51, 52; Brandt, p. 114; Fontaine, Pendleton evidence, p. 79;
NYP
, March 5, 1859.

19.
Fontaine, Berret evidence, p. 52;
NYT
, March 3, 1856; Fontaine, Ridgeley, Duffy, Wooldridge, and Cooney evidence, pp. 42, 46, 48, 72, 73; Poore, p. 26;
NYH
, March 6, 1859.

20.
NYT
, March 2, 1859; Fontaine, evidence of eyewitnesses, pp. 16–23, 48, 83, Wooldridge evidence, pp. 49, 74–75;
NYP
, February 28, 1859;
NYH
, February 28, 1859.

21.
Swanberg, p. 55.

22.
NYH
, February 28 and March 2, 1859; Clay-Clopton, p. 97; Fontaine, McClusky evidence, p. 77, Brodhead evidence, p. 87.

23.
Fontaine, McBlair evidence, pp. 83, 84, Walker evidence, pp. 40, 41, Berret evidence, p. 52;
New York Tribune
, March 2, 1859;
NYH
, March 2, 1859.

24.
NYH
, March 2, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859.

25.
Fontaine, Berret evidence, p. 83, Goddard evidence, p. 40, Walker evidence, pp. 40, 41;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12 and March 19, 1859; Poore, pp. 26, 531; McPherson, pp. 151, 152; Gobright, pp. 160–162.

26.
NYT
, February 28, 1859; Baker, p. 71.

27.
Fontaine, Woodward evidence, pp. 22, 23;
Washington Evening Star
, February 28, 1859.

1.
NYT
, February 28, 1859;
NYH
, March 2, 1859.

2.
Fontaine, counsel’s argument, p. 23, Greenleaf evidence, p. 82;
NYT
, February 28, 1859;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859.

3.
Brandt, p. 133;
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859.

4.
NYH
, March 1, 1859.

5.
NYH
, March 1, 1859;
NYP
, February 28 and March 1, 1859; Strong, Vol. 2, p. 438.

6.
Brandt, p. 145;
NYP
, March 5 and March 2, 1859; Strong, Vol. 2, pp. 440–441;
New York Tribune
, March 3, 1859;
NYP
, March 2, 1859;
NYH
, March 2, 1859;
NYT
, March 15, 1859; Brandt, pp. 145, 146; Strong, Vol. 2, pp. 440–441;
NYT
, March 15, 1859.

7.
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859;
NYT
, March 15, 1859;
New York Tribune
, March 2, 1859.

8.
Strong, Vol. 2, pp. 440, 441;
New York Tribune
, March 2, 1859;
NYT
, March 15, 1859.

9.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 12, 1859;
NYH
, March 2, 1859;
New York Tribune
, March 2, 1859.

10.
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859;
NYP
, March 12, 1859.

11.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859.

12.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 12, 1859.

13.
Gobright, pp. 192–193; Brandt, p. 151.

14.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, April 9, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, April 16, 1859; Bar Association of the City of New York,
In Memoriam, James T. Brady: Report of Proceedings at a Meeting of the New York Bar
, pp. 13, 21–22;
Dictionary of American Biography
, Vol. 1, pp. 583–584.

15.
Henry Ward Beecher and James Topham Brady,
Addresses on Mental Culture for Women
, speeches delivered October 26, 1858, pp. 20, 24, 37, 38;
Harper’s Weekly
, April 16, 1859;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, April 9, 1859.

16.
Fontaine, Mann testimony, pp. 67–68, Pendleton testimony, p. 79;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 26 and April 16, 1859; Poore, p. 29.

17.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, March 26, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 19, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, March 12, 1859.

18.
Pinchon, pp. 134–136.

19.
Harper’s Weekly
, March 26, 1859;
NYH
, April 5, 1859.

20.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, April 9, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, April 9, 1859;
NYH
, April 5 and April 8, 1859;
NYT
, April 5, 1859.

21.
NYH
, March 15 and April 5, 1859.

22.
Fontaine, p. 6;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, April 9, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, April 9, 1859;
NYH
, April 6, 1859.

23.
NYH
, April 5, 1859; Brandt, p. 166; Fontaine, p. 6.

24.
Fontaine, pp. 7, 8.

25.
Fontaine, p. 8;
NYH
, April 5, 1859.

26.
Fontaine, pp. 9, 10;
NYH
, April 27, 1859.

27.
Fontaine, pp. 11–15.

28.
Fontaine, address of counsel, pp. 15–16; Pinchon, p. 134.

29.
Fontaine, Reed, and other eyewitness evidence, pp. 16–21.

30.
Fontaine, Woodward evidence, p. 21.

31.
Fontaine, Coolidge evidence, p. 22.

32.
Fontaine, Coolidge evidence and argument of counsel, pp. 22–24.

33.
NYH
, April 11, 1859.

34.
Fontaine, address of counsel, pp. 25–30;
NYP
, April 11, 1859.

35.
New York World
, June 30, 1869;
NYH
, March 15, 1859.

36.
Fontaine, address of counsel and letters offered as evidence, pp. 32–37.

37.
Fontaine, Haskin evidence, p. 38.

38.
Fontaine, Walker evidence, p. 41;
NYP
, April 19, 1859.

39.
NYH
, April 14, 1859; Fontaine, argument of counsel, pp. 42–43.

40.
Fontaine, argument of counsel, pp. 44–46;
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
, April 23, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, April 23, 1859.

41.
Fontaine, Duffy evidence, pp. 46–49, arguments of counsel, pp. 49–51.

42.
Fontaine, Wilson and Ratley evidence, pp. 52, 53.

43.
Fontaine, Brown evidence and arguments of counsel, pp. 55–66;
NYH
, April 14, 1859.

44.
Harper’s Weekly
, April 23, 1859; Fontaine, Brown evidence, pp. 66, 67.

45.
Fontaine, McDonald evidence, p. 78.

46.
Fontaine, Doyle, Winder, and other eyewitness evidence, pp. 81, 84, 85.

47.
Fontaine, Lewis and other evidence, pp. 85, 86.

48.
Fontaine, arguments of counsel, pp. 86, 87.

49.
Washington Star
, April 25, 1859; Fontaine, counsels’ summation, pp. 89–90.

50.
Fontaine, counsels’ summation, pp. 90–100.

51.
Fontaine, counsels’ summation and judge’s directions, pp. 103–105.

52.
Fontaine, verdict, p. 106;
NYH
, April 27, 1859;
New York Tribune
, April 27, 1859;
NYT
, April 27, 1859.

53.
New York Tribune
, April 28, 1859;
NYH
, April 27, 1859;
NYT
, April 28, 1859;
Harper’s Weekly
, May 14, 1859.