The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-06-02
From tie ". Y. Commercial Advertiser, 18th inst
SUPREME COURT.
Gaze OF ALEXANDER MCLEOD.

began reading the documents deeihro nc
ccssary by the counsel for the people:
- Thc first read was the enrolment of the
Caroline. dated lsl of December, 1887,
Z and describing her as steamboat nl 40
TONS n feet long, and belonging to Will
liam Wells, VI Buffalo.
Next her license Of the same date, an'
,borizing her to navigate the Niagara
River. -,
Next deposition of Captain Gilman
Anpleby, taken before Judge Bowen. De-
cember IL, 1910. when Mcleod was
brought before him on habeas corpus, al
Ter commiltal by magistrate.
The depos,liun described the attack up
ON the boat on the night of December 3o'
She was boarded by i've row boats. having
ON board some forty, or fifty, or sixty men;
there was firing on board when the as
sailants poured in upon the boat and after
Witness was reused by the watch on deck,
and making his way to the deck was met
on the stairway by thrust from sword,
which glanced upon the buttons of his
dress, and did him little harm.
There was lamp burning at the head OF
the stairway and he could see the face "i
. the man who thrust at him. Believed that
e man At the time to be Mcleod, whom he
had seen and aided in Buffalo about week
before; had no doubt then that it was Nc
I,eod, Is not so confident now. Nc
J,eod now has less fulncss of face; the
man who thrust at him had full flushed
face; Mcleod, now present, does not
seem so flushed.
Cannot swear now that he is the same
man-does not look so much like him.
Did not see Durfee killed. Witness ran
along the deck and got off the boat into
the warehouse on the wharf. While he
was in the warehouse five orsix men came,
whom he supposed to be of the boarding
party. They called for lights, and some
oftllem said, "bring light, and let's see
if any Of the Yankees are here. After
( they were gone, some twenty minutes al
ter the boats left, he saw the body of Dur.
fee on the railroad track; Durfee was shot
through the head.
When the men came into the warehouse
he Jumped. into the river. There was
struggling boy, named VIM. Bowen, about
) a2 wears old. He never has seen this boy
since and supposes he was killed.
Some of the men on board lost hats,
others coats, others boots: they jumped
out of bed and ran fortheir lives when the
i attack was made. All had turned in ex-
scept the watch on deck. The man who
thrust at him was about The same size and
figure as Mcleod.
Deposition Of Leonard Anson-taken al
the same time with Appleby's.
Lived in Lockport-went 10 Canada in
1886, and remained there till after the at
tack on the Caroline. Was at Chippewa
the day after that affair, at the tavern. A
number Of persons were present. among
whom was Mcleod; they were dispuIing
among themselves who had done most in
the attach. Mcleod said. IL killed one
d-d Yankee, and there is the blood"
Exhibited horse pistol. on the stock Of
which there was blood. lie had sword
alsn at his si'e.
Witness has known Mcleod 6 or q
months. Did mt know any other person
present except the bar-kecper. Became ac.
quainted with M M'Leod at Chippewa. Does
not recnllect what the others said, but they
seemed to agree that Mcleod had done
most.
Deposition of Norman Barnum, taken
before Alderman Hall, of Buffalo, Decem.
ber3l, 1887.
On the 29th Of December was at the
British encampmenta, Chippewa. In the
afternoon the Caroline was seen going
from Schlosser TO Navy Island; there was
much excitement among the officers and
troops. Some Of the officers attempted to
seize the Caroline. An expedition was
arranged under the command of Captain
Mosher. Heard Col McNab say that if
the cavalry would either swords and pis-
tolls 60, he would be answerable for their
safe return.
AT night twelve boats set off. Lights
were seen on board the Caroline, aud il
was known that she was moored at Schlos-
ser. = Witness knows that Captain Mosh.
er, Rowland Mcdonald and Alexander
Mcleod were ofthc party. Beacons were
lighted ON the shore 10 which the boats
pulled on their return.
Mcleod boasted that his sword had
drunk the blood Of Two. Col. McNab
knew and approved of the expedition.
Mr.. Hall then read from page 2sO Of Sir
: Francis Heads "NarratiVe." two extracts