Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-01-10
TRIAL OF RICHARD ". WHITE.

Burning # he Treasury. The National Intel.
llgencer of Monday contains on abstract of the ties.
limony tax On on the trial of Hicbard w. Hhite for
arson. in setting fire to the building occupied by
the Treasury Department, in Washington on the
3O,h March, 1888. From II we gather the fol.
lowing.
The prisoner and his brother, Harry White.
("ho IS 10 be ttIed on = separate lDdlctment,) ap
pear 10 have been well known to the police of N.
York as cher1He,s d'fndpstrie, and IL vrs :A-i'-
by HAYS that p'~L-.I " sometimes mace use oil
rs q pigeon" l.. e. that he gave Information to
The police Concerning his associates. Some of
Ihesc, i; seems, rcciprocaied the kindness by re-
porting certain uuguardel expressions dropped
by him ~relalire to the burning Of the Treasury
building.
MILAN Bio%s testified, Mhcr the court had
heard Arguments and takcu testimony relative to
hts religious belief hat in the year 1892. White
told hio that a large sum of money had been Of
fared him # be would destroy the Treasury, he
cause certain persons had oycrdiawn upon Govern
lacni TO . large amount, and by burning The Treas
arv these olulms against them would all be de-
%.,roycd aud tina, hc would undertake IL. In 9th
er conversations, White told the witness that he
would 60 TO Washington, take q house, and pass
Tor d gentleman, &c. and. as 1t appeared, from all
The testimony, he dad SO nnd rcmaincd until the
''uiH'nHNF hlE+h ~ AN' obu HihItu. WUCn re rev
Washington 10 a gig. accompanied with his BROTH
cr. Hicks testified also that White :o!d him in
New YORK. after bs retnru from Washington. that
he had succeeded 10 destroying the Treasury, and
had cleared enough to pay bic expenses that he
had no; quite accomplished his object. and had 90.
been puld u proportion. Is 20 the manner Of
Communicating The Gre, the wi'acss uutcrsloo,
ftal iae building he'd tcea entered by false kcys
hG4 Are gut iH some 81 tlc decks of buroaus.-
Nh4ic he'd told witness ihat be understood cuourl
of chemistry &C. place o fire. which should Luu
Nicu Lo p'csfrd. On O. cross examination. It va,
abuntau.y shown thai the witness was one Of
Lunle, ri TalHra aui couG,c.teicu bot no ,a
ra''n 30 The m-n points cf ls testimony was oh
tanned.
Cta0o C,yl, .ruo'hor Of 'Lc same fraleruiny
sao.c t.st le overheard the prisoner converse VIII
Dob. tr.'a-I Harry ~ bite. concerning The burniu.
a. tae Tfca-ary.
.hrs BIlatna testified 10 q couycrsatlon with th
pr-aner and crhusbaud, (uto is nos iu ihe New
Jersey Sts'c Prison iu which thc former obscr,
ed thsi be should hsvo mode n.nce enough by ,h
burning oftte Tressary. ifr bad uat Lcca for o.
Bad management az ts brother Harry.
.l-aUot FIX bad hearl White. 30 q caurersaio
ri'a some other per.ons, 30 'ae summer ofls33
fty. al.c he.asrg a baulb Of skeleton lers 10 b.
d bard, iHat % vts "iLcm which DID he busiuoss a
WasiHarton.0
b VI hoieg the depu'y.usrshsl folio. state
ihsi hc received information from CfoH sad HEX
relative 10 Use barung % ihe Trcss.ry, which We
forwarded 20 NzthrRtao. That Ae sub,eQaeal,
, 90 company a.ih BaHcy ofpbIsdeIphis end Merrt
n' Ae@ iofk. arrested White and That beior
n'e at' IHio'n.c oftAe csusc # hs arrest, b
% sssesersiea tbtt Doe could prove That be aas tue,,
= mdt' from Washington aAel The Treasury va
- burnt.
b NJ .hrrrH confirmed tbe ssose. ss 10 the e.,
p Pfsssion made zee Of Al The sresi, and stated boz
\ he had hfsi obtained iff5msuoa from the vi,rs.
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