Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-11-02


been purchased in Havana. and that he had a very
great regard for the boy who had saved his ie from
assassination IN Teas. about two years before by
commune, ting the conversation he had heard OF
some person who meditated the murder o. his mas
ter.
The conduct Of the lad. Henry. made deep i'm
preston OH ms mind, and prime Cause. he
said, OF his resolving, about ten months ago. 70
pate all his slaves IN Louisiana and Texas.
contrary to the urgent circumstances OF ms family
connexions Edwards stated that Henry had a twin
sister. the very image of man, HON he had sent
from New Orleans direct TO England 10 be educated
there, and that on Henry arrival ne should be put
20 school also.
such was substantially the statement made by
Col. Monroe Edwards, taken down from his lips. bu,
have never been at the trouble 10 see whether IL
agrees with Itse t. with facts so TAR as IL might
be ascertained There several things in the
narrative rather strange and uuaccountabe. ]
therefore immediately addressed letter 10 Dr.
Barley. editor of the Philanthropist at Cincinnati,
u inquire into and report 10 the facts. II
ply was dated June 9th, le;o The story of Ed
wards was generally believed in Cincinnati, but the
attorneys in the case knew Of only two slaves that
had been that city, the deeds OF whose emlncipa-
ton recorded in the court and free papers pro.
cured for them DIR. Bailey believed that no more
of his slaves had been at Cincinnati, although a
general deed of emancipation had been made ont.
authentic Gated by the Governor. but not recorded.
and forwarded 70 Edwards m New York, &c A.
Edwards had positively assured me that he took MI
the elavcs Cincinnati, naturally, the receipt
# this Information supposed HIM 10 be an npostor
Edwafds s0cn after applied ~ me. by lester, To
effect a loan for bun. t. the of five thousand
dollars 10 Z, fray - EXPENSES 10 Eng and for which
he SAID, he could give good security on real proper
", Mobile lie SAID lac had drafts on the depart
ments al W Washington. &c., to the amount OF iEh-
teen thousand dollars, bui advice had not arrived
or appropriations had not been made, &c, and he
could not wait. he des OF proceeding To-
England without delay He thought the friends of
the cnslased IN this city might be willing To al
vance the money until his return. Feeling unwIil
ing 10 give MN decided answer until reply TO
my letter should be received from Dr. Barley, and
having received an intmaton from Mr.. Robinson
that The j. tier Of introduction mailed 10 b IN by Col
Edwards, rather guardedy expressed. sug-
sested - Edwards that perhaps some of his friends
the city would be Wiling To- advance part Of the
money. lie said he had friends here aud would
ask one or more of them. 10 my inquiry why II
necessary to take so large SUN II England
merely for expenses, he replied that il was necessa-
~ that III should make good appearance there
keep a carriage, servants, &c. IN order to make
! right impression.
On receiving reply from DR.. Ba ley, called
upon Edwards at his lodgings aud informed him OF
the contents IN part. lie soon after sent me a note
of rather abusive style, to which replied, and he
then requested the return of his previous notes
which thought proper to decline.
Here my acquaintance with Mr. Edwards ceased
No recognition took place when we met. saw
him bout town for more weeks and at
length saw it announced that he had taken passage
1 IN the British Steamer from Boston. had Prev
ously written to friends ia England 10 be on their
guard should he make his appearance there The
very day think, OF her departure. a person called
on me, whom had known some twenty wears be-
fore IN Boston, and made some inquiries about this
Monroe Edwards lie said he knew Edwards in
Texas-that the pretended boy, Henry, was girl /;
that Edwards himself had purchased the eDanciDa
DDS IN Havana and introduced them into Texas
that he had been indicted there for forgery, having
by a chemical process, taken out the contents OF a
written paper with the exception of the signature
and then written a note or contract over the sigma
ture which he demanded payment, &c. &c. On
receiving this | wrote 20 Joseph Surge, England,
with the additional Information received. Ii so hap
pened that he received my letter season TO send
IT 10 Sir /. POWELL Buxton, who communicated It's
contents TO a member of the British COVE rnment the
very day that had been designated for interview
with Edwards. Thus he was baffled IN the attempt
10 impose upon the British Government.
\ | went, and recognized young person in wo-
mans apparel 70 be the person who had attended
Edwards, boys clothes Henry She had a
mulatio child IN her arms. 1t appeared that she
had arrived here, last March. accompanied by a
white courtesan under whose charge Edwards had
placed her in London. Destitute OF means, she was
Edwards soon after arrived here, and to Phil
adel pha, and the girl followed
i Not long after this | related TO the Mayor the
circumstance of Edwards sending the girl back u
the country such destitute condition. and throw
+ ing her upon the city for support, &c. On Mr.
Browns conversing with HIM, respecting efforts
making To arrest one or more persons suspected OF
the forgery committed his house, that viyilant
officer remembered his conversation with me. and
immediately suggested that Edwards m ght be the
forger himself. This led interview with Mr.
Brown at the Mayors office "a comparison of the
letters from Edwards To me (Which had p-oviden-
lially refused To return to him with the forged pa
pers-and 4 convection that the handwriting of al
these papers was identical. \ messenger de-
patched to Philadelphia with this proof, but bctor,
his arrival John y Caldwell, alias Hugh s. nIlI
alias Monroe Edwards, had been arrested by Mr.
lowndes, who had got scent Of him at Boston. For
ty-iour thousand dollars, 1t appears, found IL
Edwards trunk. Mr. Lowndes has gone to Wash
lngton with order for trunk containing letters
Nc. that may throw more light upon Edwards al.
lanes, and possibly De the means Of detecting nc.
completes. LEWIS TAPPAN
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