Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-07-12

prisoner at the bar, and instantly knew him
that as he passed her ne smiled and said
how do y'do cousin? that the next day ne
came to her house, and asked her IL she
koew he was the rnan>-wltness replied she
could tell betterif he would let her look at
his head, that accordingly she looked and
saw the scar upon his forehead, which she
had often remarked upon the head Of
Hoag; witness admitted she had mention
ed her suspicious to her husband, and that
her husband had told the prisoner Of it,
and had brought him to tn: house, witness
added that she WAS confident prisoner was
the person who passed at Rockl.ad as
Thomas Hoag.
James Secor testified, that he had been
married about two years and a half that
he brought MS wife to town about week
after his marriage; that he knew Hoag IN
Rockland & had repeatedly seen him there,
whcn he saw prisoner at bis house
in town he thought aim to be the sane pr
son WITNESSES wife rad mentioned to him
Hoae had aresnarizable scar upon bis fore.
head, and when prisoner was at witnesses
house, he saw ON his head the scar his wife
had described.
Nicholas ". Conkiin testified, that he
lived III RocIland county, that ne kn CIV tie
prisoner at the bar that his name was 'Eho-
mas Hoags that be could nos be mistaken
in the person that i[oag had worked con-
siderable time for him, that during that
time he had eaten at witnesses table tha:
Hoag being stranger, and witness nnd r
derssaadnS he was paying his addresses
to Catharine Secor, witness took good
deal of notice OF him, thought him clever
fellow, saw great deal Of him, lived IN
house belonging to s.tness-when witness
saw prisoner at this place he knew him in-
stantly, his gait, his smile (Which is ve-
~ peculiar onc) his very look was that
of Thomas Hoag-witness endeavoured,
but in vain, to find ont some difference in
appearance between prisoner and Hoag;
he was satisfied in his mind that he is the
same person-,ieag he thought was about
% or 80 years of age; he thought Hoag
had a small scar on his neck.
Michael Burke testified, that he lived
in Catharine street: that he formerly lived
in Haverstraw that he saw prisoner seye-
raj times at Haverstraw before and after
marriage in December 1900 that he Was
satisfied as he could be OF any thing that
prisoner was the same person he knew in
Hayerstraw tina about two VI ars ago he
met prisoner in the 8oWery it was al the
sine Of the Harlaem races, prisoaer spoke
to witness, am | not relation Of yours
witness replied, | don't know--prisoner
said, am, married Caty Secor, (upon
crosse samination) witness admitted that
he and prisoner had had a quarrel respect.
ing witnesses calling prisoner fom Hoag;
thar the above conversation was alter the
trial in the Justices court, and witness,
when asked if ne was at the trial, said he:
was not, though when interrogat~d paiti-
cularlv, whether he was not in the court
room at the time, admitted that he vas.
Samuel Smith was called merely as to
the character of one of the witnesses on the
part OF the prosecution a Mr.. Knapp, and
testified that he bore aa uuexceptionable
character.
Abraham Wendell, testified, that he knew
one Thomas Hoag, in the latter end OF the
year 1900; he was ,hcn AT Haverssraw, that
he had been very intimate with him, and
knew him as well Is he knew any man;
that he had worked with him, ithat he had
breakfasted, dined ndsrpt with him, and
many atimc had beenat irolicks with hitn
and that prisoner at the bar was the same
man; that he had no doubs whatever about
IT.; that about wear ago witness being in
this city, he was told By some persons,
that Hoag had beat the Haverstraw folks ia
an action, wherein, his identity had come
in question; thatwitncas told them be could