Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-07

done.
Before Invent up it was settled that ANYTHING |
said To either of the officers should be the same as n
said il TO Merritt alone. was confined at Belle
vue in the Z States Room, according to the agree
Inent had made previously After had been there
few days, he Merritt, came and said he had seen
my brother, and that something nice would be DONE
so as to bring il al! right at hast. We talked about
matters and things, and he said he understood the
rNes could be had, as also the Utica Threes. He
spoke OF the Orange County plate, but said il was
IN Canada, and that could send and get it, He asked
u the writer could be taken along with these plates
He then said so, and so, will be there and such
man. l asked him how that man was TO GET off
again. He said he did not know, but thew would
catch him and make it right. told him did not
could fix that, and have him bailed Merritt said q
they succeeded in the coney queer line that /
should go clear on all. If this was done agreed
to work for them. There WIS something else said,
but what cannot well recollect. My brother and
somebody else told me when the Seeley affair had
come off, Holman brought me down from the prison.
and believe sent my brother to who was in the
police Office. He wanted them all to be pretty well
gone before the bail was taken. 1t candle light or
very near Joseph Carman and Daniel Moore were
my sureties. That done, we all came out together,
Homan Sparks, myself, and Mr.. Merritt.I
District Attorney-NOw, sir, | propose to give the
conversations after they had left the police office
and were all together in the Park.
Merits counsel objected to this course, and
long argumant ensued.
The Recorder said that if the conversation be-
fore the Police Office was part of the original agree
meRt, then II must be admitted.
The cOnve rsatiOn her alluded to was respectin
the robbery of Marmazet g. Smiths store ]
The Court decided that this conversation could
not be admitted in evidence.
Moore recalled by the District Attorney.-The
night was liberated we all talked about the Seely
affair, as well other matters. The officers said
that what had been done in the arrest satisfied the
magistrates, but they (the oH6cers) had not made
any thing by it. used to meet Merritt in the base
ment OF the City Hall. ] have been at his house
but not on that business. ! saw him once at the
Philadelphia boat, but nothing was said about the
Seely affair, as recollect.
Cross-examined by Cutting The conversation
that have spoke Of at Bellevue, was with Merritt
] think some five or six were present. Pitcher was
one, and the others cannot name. AT the CONVEX
sation alter we lett the police office, Sparks Merritt
Homan, Russell Moore and myself were together. 1
understood the word queer to relate to counterfet
money. 1t is a technical term.
William Calender examincd-W lillian Moore was
arrested on the 9th Of April, 1888. The officers
W re Holman and Sparks. He was discharged on the
10Th Of May 1888 The bail as understood it, was
to amountto nothing. was about closing the Office
that evening, when Justice Bloodgosd askcd me to
wait few minutes to take a bail bond, as a mere
matter of form. Holman know was there, and be-
lieve Merritt, but of Sparks cannot speak. Madi
son Hawks was arrested the 25th of Nav 1898
He was committed on the 9th, as witness against
Seely. lThe commitment was here read by the wit
ness) The bail was fixed at $1,000 in Seely's case.
He was arrested on two charges. Merritt appears
as the officer in case, and Holman the other.
Seey was subsequently bailed The examination
Of Hawks have now, Is in the hand writing of Ho-
man. On the back Of il, is endorsed "not to be re-
turned, which means not to be sent to the District
Attorney.
BY Judge Ulshoefer.-The magistrate in the Of
fee may have directed me to make it in that way and
should do it ifthe officer said il necessary. We
sometimes have twenty complaints month not re-
turned.
By District Atorney-Homan, Merritt, Sparks.
Low ndes and Bloodgood were present when that pa
per was endorsed. Homan, Merritt and Sparks al
ways did business together.
District Attorney-Were any peculiar privileges
accorded to Homan, Merritt and Sparks in that Of
fcel
Question objected TO. % s.-t.-
witn.ss-I was not present at any interview be-
tween Haines and Moore. did take the examina-
ton OF Haines.. The first intimation had that
Moore was to be bailcd, was from Bloodgood.
Judge Ingliss-Did the bail justify
Witness-Yes.
Twas present at the arrest Of Seely. Holman told
that he wished to arrest a person in the act OF
signing counterfeit bills. | knew nothing of the
transaction until dusk that evening, and nothing
about the previous arrangements. do not know
why MERIT and Sparks went. We all went down
together, About dusk on that day Holman asded me
TO go. As we went along, understood that y y, M
was the appointed hour As we went down Dcy
street, we ascertained that we were too early; so
we waited on the side walk in Washipg ton street.
! cannot say what we talked about but ! think
about this matter; but nothing was said about the
door, or who was to open it. My instructions were
to let MERIT and Holman go in first; think that
our signal for entering into the store was, I" for
somebody TO come out" That was my impression
then, but subsequently I have eonvcrsed with the
officers about IL, and l think il was when the
door should be opened. The door was opened. I
saw come out and rushed towards the door.
ran into the store by side the two officers. When
got into the Office, the others had Seey in custody.
Holman called out to me, clock the door" l re-
turned and locked the door, and saw Seely pretty
well secured. Shortly offer this, Homan took a
candle, and requested me to follow him. We went
back To the store 10 look for some one. Holman was
under the impression that some concealed
up stairs. We went up TO the third and there Hoo
then called out, Z" IL you up there, come down.
He repeated this two or three times, and then said
TO me, " He has gone out" We then went down
again and came away, first gathering mp the plates,
&c. which we brought away. One bundle Of the
bills is marked by Merritt, but cannot say when
he did il. believe the bills were brought BY me
to the Police, but Merritt may have done IL. My
self and Homan looked about the place before
came away, When stood on the opposite side OF
the way in Dey street, could not have recognized
Homan aud Sparks, as I stood at the door. When
came back | went TO the Police office, and
the Police office then. They Immediately started of
to meet Mr.. Bloodgood. We remaned inthe Police
office until Sparks and Merritt came in with Madi-
son Hawks There no other clerk there that
night. No affidavit was made against Hawks, nor
any warrant issued for his arrest. think Scely
was committed. but by whom cannot tell. The
entry Of commitment is in BIoodgsod's hand rit-
ing. | think sfaia an hour after Hawks was
brought in 4 don't remember any conversation
about the way the arrest was 60 be made. I under
stood that more than person was to be arrested
in Dey street The next day the arrest was talked
made no inquiry as to why Moore was to Be dis.
charved on sham hail knew from con va rsations