Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-09-02
THURSDAY, August 20.
Qminofior, OF SIMEON PooLE

never was on the island at that time
but was opposite. TO IT, I"saw boats and
meu there; ifI mistake not abou, the 10Th
of December / arrived opposite the is.
and about dusk at the distance of abou,
$50 or 209 yards from it. 90 not know
how many boats were there. saw peo.
| pie walking about in the evening; and in
the course of the night they built a Are, and
saw some persons by the light that ap-
pcs,-ed to be armed, and as If thet were
Icentinets. MIR Hay. Why did you thirb
they were ! don't know they we're; bu,
they appeared so TO my view ] did rot
go over that night, nor did offer to CO.
Boats were passing and repassing during
| the night, from the island to the mainland.
which l supposed belonged to the island ;
| not ,arge beats but small craft. did no;
| speak to them I,stood as much undisco-
| vered as possible, as ] was authorised by
the governor Of Ohio to apprehend Ban-
nerhassct. Q. Were there any indications
ut arrangements about watch word |? A
Yes. In the evening, / saw some boats
| crossed, when particular word was CIV
len When the people on the Ohio side
wanted to so across, they would hal for :.
boat. The people on The island would ask,
"what boat?'' If the answer was rs boat,
IN.
| Cross Erdmihed.
MIR Burr. How long did you STAY out
that n ght A. Perhaps till 10 o'ciock
=. Was 1t not cold enough TO render fire
pleasant? A. 1t was. Q. Is il not usual
Tor boats to build fires on the bank, when il
rs SO cold! n II is The zvifness also
stated in the course of his examination.
that there seemed to be good many men
IN 10 iSla fbut lan
during the night between the house and
boats, as if thcr: VS. business between
them ; that he could not say. whether the
p os whom he had called centireIs
were hot mere y entering around The fire :;
ha h thought Likely, that if ne too had
rs q the watch word, that the boats would
nave put IF for him; that he heard scve.
raj halls from the Ohio side that did not
g ve the wnrd, and no boat Came from the
island, but a boat always came, when that
answer was givenI that most of the men he
saw had no arms, tho some had; and it
was so dark he could not discover whether
the men who were brought over were arm
ed or not The boats sent for them were
Skiiis. or CRnoes,. which are called boats
in that c. untry--ffe himself was on the
Ohio side.
Organization Of MfURIcK p. BELLNAp
Mr. lay. VIII you tell us, sir, what
you saw on the island MIR Bell,loh. On
the evening of the 10th of December was
at the island of Mr. Blannerhasset. ar
rived there, between and O'Clock in the
evening. lhailed a boat and they asked
my name. Having given it, skiff was i'm
mediatcly sent over with two of Blanner-
hasset's servants. Having crossed, I met
with MIR Woodbridge, who returned to the
house with me. When I went into the
house, | observed number of men, who
from the promiscuous view had of them,
might have been about 90. The 9 or 3 |
noticed near the door, had rifles, and an
peared 10 be cleaning them. These were
all the arms i saw: for merely passed
through the room where they were Near
the place where landed, noticed two or
three boats and people about them. 1t was
a dark evening and the lights in the boats
was the only circumstance which made me
notice them.
When Cross examined, Mr. said, that
he had given no watch-wortl, when hehail-
ed /; but only his name. He was not GER
tain whether any other person had crossed
during the night. He saw Mr. Dana there,
but does not know when he crossed
Termination If Edmund r. DAHA.
On the evening of the 10th December,
understood that the boats were to start,
with Comfort Tyler and his men down the
river Two other young men and myself
were determined to cross over from Bel
pre-, where / live. We went down to the
landing opposite the island, about dusk ::
took a skiF and laaded at the upper part
Of the landing. We thenwent to the house.
Tyler's boats lay below our own about 7 or
rods. heard some persons talking but
IT was dark and could not distinguish any
one. We went into the hall, large room,
where there were number of men re-
NAMED but a short time and did not count
them but suppose there were about IS
or 10 One Of them was running bullets
and there was nothing but hub buO and coz
fusion about the large FIRE. j was then in
troduced into chamber, where there we're
Tyler, Blaunerhasyet, Colonel Smith of
New York, and several other gentlemen.
was introduced to MIR Smith and DR.
McCastle, who had his lady there-Colo-
mel Tyler had seen the day before.
MIR Coleman (s juror.) Is it proper to
ask any questions about the conversations
which took place with those gentlemen .
Chief Justice. II is left to the consent of
the accused. Mr. Burr. If any of the iu-
ry think proper, can have no objections.
The enquiry was not pressed.
When Cross -rami1Gd, Mr. ID. said, that
he was a perfect stranger to the people in
the hall, but that on his going in they did
not appear to be alarmed.