The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-25 00:00:00

of the Caroline.
I alluded to the time both before and ,after the burning
that
By the Court—The beef, hogs, flour, and cannons, ,
went or, er, were some before the burning, nd some after'
One cannon and flour went over before; to cannoes
before B):\tillie.
other things after.
Olnwencsaonr
tnhow
The Attorney-General protested against the pen
tion of this inquiry further. It was admitted on ta.
part of the prosecution, and was not necessary to this
cause. c• I 01-
its'? attiodTh
The Court thought the main facts svere inateria
Nall
laterally. It appeared there was a hostile force the
linesla n d
fromwhich
th
is side,
feu, rbnoi st h
he de withthought lll a t etirilea
minute
bi
iYu tt be e d`jer--1 ,„
were net necessary. wide
Mr. Spencer said the Attorhey -General took the
eaibLout a vieceult.
ground, in his opening, and if he expected to eonfine,ee,
examination to the single fact that five boats cone v
he way mistaken. oela
Judge Gridley said if Mr. Spencer desired it, be Iv. des
take a note that minute evidence was offered on of
point and overruled, so that advantage could beta k°
it hereafter. ' ein-
Mr. Spencer said at a future period of the trial e
ecene
the strength of the force on Navy Island,
tended to submit some questions to the Court rest' •
there, &c. eets *
The examination was then continued.---111ere diog
military force on the Canada shore, and cantons
from there and the island. • T reside
J. C. Haggerty (examined by Mr. Tlawley)--e wei
at Buffalo, and resided there in December, 1837'
on board the Caroline when the attack was made til)(); ea.
the batterie
I was in her when the watch called us. I ant
Only
I sailed a vessel as master that year. 1.,w3-ot pal
a passenger on board the Caroline. I did trot
anything, nor expect any pay. It is a custom may
sailor folks not to pay on any boat on which thfY„ are
travel, they are then called " deed. heads," but
oa
required to assist on a pinch ; William liennedl "seek,
watch, and he put his head in the ladies' cabin, Palo 0
and said a boat was coming ; we did not believe boat 0
first, and nobody got up he went away for ,eh s 0
minute and then came back, kicked at the door,
tal
be
oath, and said we had better et
we Sit
g.
up, or e,
burned up very soon ; two men- then got up waleriver,-
went to the starboardgangway,
stern next to th teo
abaft the wheel-house. I saw a boat full of inerlost
or twelve I should think. The were armed• iffiessidl
had a man standing upon yher. She i stoodd.
her head up stream, as the steamboat river,
and the two men stood at the rail next Me°
and three pistols were fired at us. One of th*lte•of
fell. Ido not know who he was. Mr. Leonard,'
,°,tertel
to the gangway' on the larboard side to g() a3h ore,
_t get
the two men, started and went into the cabin. but
met men with swords and cutlasses, and could not
ashore. They were getting out of a boat under theobig,
of the steam-boat, and some of them were en,„ th,,ent 190 A
and some of them were on the steam-boat.. andw-- tio
to the gangway, between the companion way beet
ladies' cabin, to get off at the fore-end of the
these
When I got to the starboard side, I saw a nean,,lies eel!!
The men were then in the act of getting on decibel neve'
forward, and when I got on the forecastle, bearerosei
fired and clashing of swords.' I iraagined the Pto go
were fighting themselves, and I got a elltfteoiee•
of
ashore through the main building of the war
'i
saw Durfee three quarters of an hour. after. 'eh dgeee,;
his face when I first saw him. The boats then
I had not been asleep when the attack was beet t°
not been aboard more than half an hour. Iha
Were 6Ve
the Falls, and could get no lodgiege. There see,
others with me. We went on -board the boat t°
was not loaded. I saw no other arms.
and lay on mattresses. I had a pocket-l'ist°,l 0 6re'
I heart' no
th
arms discharged from on board before I naryt pist'/5t
gangways. 1 think there could nochaie been ; tee'
discharged without my hearing 'them. I dee't,lti'e`
the pet'
I heard more than one man speak before I lets en s'')'
As I passed the dead or fallen man heard tern11'11101"
" Give it'em; God d—n 'em." W hen got aeh(ite
them cursing among themselves.
Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—There wsis,
which hung in the gaugway which led from ,t7,es twit
to the gentlemen's cabin. I broke the lamp wit; was
Some one cried—" rut out the lights." Ther-was
light forward and also in the cabin. That light 'Pe
the forecastle, and I believe it was put out lin
ladies' cabin was on deck. The gentiewee's
rtt
below. 1 got ashore as seen as 1."(:•ould.
notpur gote lfaays t
tento tohre
twelvesteam-boat.from
mellilhee Itlgeg_Uip tt e
eto. tint
wharf. His head was farther off. I did pet
the boat out at Buffalo. There was anothei cal°
down after the Caroline was destroyed. sbe aat
the Barcelona. e live as
Henry Emmons examined by Mr. Jenkins's I 'he
Schlosser when the Caroline was defitr°l%; that to
by a noise in the house, and an a'a'"ieecliae
boat was attacked. I got clown into the road ijooei'fi
the Falls. I heard a loud noise : there was is said
and guns were fired. I could not hear wl,ilt,thw'hreel:of
as to understand it. I remained there ate-, e
got louse and set fire to ; she was towed °,-;: do tP
twenty rods from the wharf and ten r°'-`) rove", to
stream. They left her, gave three cheers, tirh. d
it
towards the wharf. We -thought they Aver.% they '1
jle
burn the warehouse, but they did not. Wrb.„%efee.„o
gone we went down with a light, and found ir-ef
was eight or ten feet from the boat, in a direite edg.te v
the gangway, on the railroad which runs t 0
rladian
the wharf. 1 saw his cap.' It is called 3 t cle7iseb
It is of a dark colour. There was not ag' ado r- o
blood there. There was one gun fired fro' s-toutl;`,'.,,i,
I was two or three rods from where them a'tb-oat,
fired. He fired in the direction of the steam- tbe
ror
line. The man was thirty or forty rods frotn soeeoo
house. The shot could not have gone witlitnthese
eight rods of the warehouse. I saw no :trees -
Get'
than this gun. • ,r 5 a two
Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer--Tbere bade,
Lawton, who formerly ran a steam-boat,. eyed the -0,
pistols. I was looking at the Caroline ; 31,100 51°,0
who fired went two or three rods from Ine-
neat had
boat was then burnin.-. I was looking at "'el 0 ,er,
_the. gun. , There was a remark made, that Iv aor,
arms we could kill some of them without aitiefieed• „ ie
That attracted my attention to the manleh° live ca
John Hatter, examined by Mr. Ilawlee hiosselfo,os
Niagara county. I was at Mr. "Field's, g ale
the night the Caroline was destroyed- e":"toe.allee
loaded with powder merely, and was firee-,,id pot e•
company that boarded the Caroline. I v,,„
I think there was no other gun fired froln ed'
By. the Attorney- General—l was on
line that night, and I did not notice that she olg
I was aboard about eleven o'clock 'at night• t theist of
beatwo
Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer--I Jived -l'er•
at Lockport. -I happened to be
curiosity mostly, there were many there at iti,aivitl'ts,ecei"
had not been to bed. I had been to the Fa' ,etli feeta
gentlemen who requested me to walk clow:too ittee
We returned about eleven o'clock. Th° ch jar 1)115es a°
Field's is about three miles ; I had no partieatbeee t
there, and went to Field's to get lodgings ' boet, el°
chance to get any there, and I went to the te fol°,oer
berths were full, and I returned to Field's; 41,3 0%01
loaded in the kitchen ; a man brought it ilotoodSreolt
room, and Mrs. Field brought the powder,;i t bore, ise
two feet from the man who loadedrnifLi
at Schlosci-
t• tito_.ooo
at
some that night ;it is very natural for a ;est eel
t ea
little, but I was sober ; I think I-stated - Jo' to °'
the gun was only loaded with powder; the nrstated 1 pedel
gun loaded it, but Icannot tell who he leas. 0011 05.
veral persons at the Falls, that the,gun pool° fre'rl
with powder, and I stated it to-day. to 1‘',.'1%,s rost-ed,olt
saw the gun fired. It was fired abtiat • staia.
Field's house, towards the warehouse- e`e",".it oareo-
- know about it, and I cannot say wheet"i been ,
have answered the same purpose if it .4t'ar
*he house, if loaded only with povvder•ob' - * t
By Mr. Hawley—l was subpoenaed Wha
toia I,OtlJO
By M
to giver. eviSpencer—n I don'tdence o this triaknow that 11.
to _ e
oleo,
was subpoenaed here for. Nothing was said it ft° f
the firing of this gun, nor have I mentione
time of the occurrence to this day. Afr• 5a136,.
Joshua A. Smith re-exaMined by 19-. g .°ll
her, t'
'wide in Buffalo, and •
did in Deeetti— •e •
follow steamboating and engineerieg•ent of toti
,11;
board the Caroline at the commeneeni the 01°00 °,3
tack. I was in the ladies' cabin when boo
given ; I had not been asleep but had ins'boat Cl get
a row of mattresses, and the alarm was aloe 10 ab°ol,
were coming ; I thought it was a
out of our berths that others noi;ht
false ft
get the-'• a i,9„
a minute after they came again in a greeth '1541 °id
and said there were boats coraing.Olieu gave. Ivi oft
we then got out; I went to the starnoal woes: boat,eil
looked over; there was a considerable r_ oat' 00e
aft and saw people getting on board frotn eseo!A
the river side. There was a gin fired, sqforeriiiitelplot
by my side, who apparently came frottl•wbotr
oil,
thought he fell from a shot. I was 50n0.4 wen! tbe
at the time. I went across the .boat a"ttny 0; ries Lefe
very slow. I was not armed, nor weree, firete 00,
to ray knowledge. I think there NNn.dere-li'en tbiji the
,charged until after the alarm, a— tee, one t, , the
was one. When I went aft I did riot tee, one
firCVot
sailants' boats under the guard of the et 00 heeee
Cross-examined do
before. •0. es'
boat at Black Rock dam the morning Pell° f
reef.
one o g 0
been down before that winter to my by Mr. Spencer---1 wen' '1 I
fellf`e,;so was
~ of
not know whether the person wb°
sailants or of the persons on board•
b
e-d
deal of clashing , • e dead
„1/
gr
James H. Kingy,—emtlinvainse:ebY
of the er te
By Mr. Ilawle I teeth
that occasion. Attorne,. the
the I vto then
`)bet
In December, 1837, I resided in nutft",°:ard, oncie onocif,
of the Caroline steamboat. I wad ?oh', 110 s O'CI,OI‘C
of December, 1837. I remember the et'
_bout ae
that night; I retired to the ladies' cabin a. / wesa, p 1
'yen - eot
and was asleep when the alarm was gi „ J. itui, es
on my boots and hat, threw my oversiet:. %LI; to t 1 oe,s ;
by the firing of guns and a noes o` taY tee °Lei
went out, but armed men shoved lie ie'tilroaletos
part of the cabin, where they made, lnstored ete'le
mattrasies, and they beat rue and
too 01.40),.. the
they beat me with swords and en: 1 came e ett
a good deal ; they asked me whet ioe
a good deal ; they cut my arm es !...stelice,,t,
blow with it ; there were five ore e:1%,„ thelo
ovot,
place was not high enough for th
much, and ley coat saved wee; 1.?0, ;id
and confusion, and low talking. .13s__ c"`oitcoi:ire,f/,
mattresses, after I was wouncled,.o-o*.of ee. 10!
said, ‘,4 roll over you damned Yanteei.eo„,,e, e‘:be'
give see those reattraeses.' reltfe Thee byeso,,,hiell
the mattresses thro ell the e , the „fe,
frOM the window upon it and sct;.3t,, )til‘,ll,„
corn-basket, set the lamp in it, 41 tl '6lolll%er,
drove u.s nut. As I lay there 0tie?,10",,,,,,' aid
.1v 1150 7
(10 ith this man—kill him ?" ~,ti' in ; .od
" take him prisoner. A rut they pc, 4:11 • tll
officer, and said, -" oh, see e,llOl
ee. he jiv woo
pretty nearly dead, let him go asi °"l,ot
weak. I made towards the seal?