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caroline remained in sight Of the boat, above
the railroad TIL The Caroline left the wharf Az
Ter sne nad been iooscned from the wharf she was
lowed INTO the stream by row boats. | did not
see the Caroline ground after lcav ing the wharf
"hen the row boats got her into the stream, thew
cast on, and made for the Canada shore
when came out Of the ladies' cabin, | heard
me oihcers OF the first boat that boarded give or.
| GERS 10 guard the gang way. and show the damn
ed rebels no quarters" saw no firing from tho
warehouse. heard clashing Of swords on board.
as well as firing 1t appeared to be pistol firing
Cross>examned by Mr.. Spencer.-The first |
saw Of Dnrfee on board, on the afternoon of
the 2Sih, between Navy Island and Schlosscr
did not know him before. He told me he was
stage driver on board WAS not employed as a
hand on board. had been on board steam boats
ior TWO years before, and was on board the Caro-
h'e not as paying passenger, a hand, but
to 90 any thing might be asked 10 Dc. ] had not
been to Navy Island before, and went that day
out OF curiosity 10 what was going on There
were not over SIX or eight passengers from Buffa-
| 10. saw few things on board from Buffalo, but
90 not Know what they were, nor how many.
AT Black Rock Dam saw nothing but two men
and some provisions for The boat taken on board
One Of these men had a gun. know OF no other
gun or arms on board We touched at Tonnwar-
da. Some few things were put ashore at Navy
Island, bu, did not understand what they were,
nor of what character | think that if any went
ashore a, Navy Island, they returned on board a.
gam. We then went on TO Schlosser, took on
some straw, piece of cannon, and some other
things do not recollect, and took them Navy
Island We also took over considerable number
OF men from Schlosser-perhaps ID or 20.
think mono were armed.
Though the course of the afternoon I saw ono
or two mnskets standing in the ladies cabin, but
whether they were taken ashore at the Isia nd or
not do not know did not 60 on shore a, tho
Island. All went very quietly on board. There
appeared to be great many men and much STIR
ho ayah IN ho
and returning all the time. was not moested
at all in going ashore from the steamboat after
the attack. saw two or three 60 ashore before
me-none afterwards. heard the evening be-
fore (2Sib) that the Caroline was going down in
the morning. still reside ut Buffalo.
Frederick Emmons was next called and sworn
for the prosecution. l reside at Buffalo, and did
- in December, 1887. On the night the Caro-
line was destroyed. was lodging at an inn at
Schlosser. The map in court is a correct map Of
the localities about the wharf at Schlosser.-e
fiorners Island is about 90 rods from the wharf.
When the attack made on the Caroline
was in bed, but got up.
To the court.-The wharf a, Schlosser is near
~ feet long, up aud down tho river. The ware
house occupies 80 or 40 fec i ne water side Of
the wharf, leaving about 80 feet OF the wharf
unoccupied. The wharf extended 60 or 20 feet
into the river from the river shore. The front
lower story of the warehouse open SO as to
leave the dock clear. Tho upper part of tho
warehouse covered the dock. The railroad track.
which extended from the main track to the end
Of the dock, below The warehouse, lowing a track
of five or six feet wide between it and the ware
house.
Direct resumed.-l was first aroused from sleep
by some who came up stairs and said tho
boat wa. attacked; got up and went down into
the warehouse; i was unarmed; | had been
quainted ~ith Amos Durfee a number Of years;
saw him lyIng dead on the railroad track, on tho
same night, after the steamboat taken off:
he was shot through the head; saw nobody on
the dock before myself, after the Caroline was
taken off; one or two others went down about the
same time; saw Durfee's cap lying near him;
his corpse at Buffalo afterwards, at tho
house Of William Badly, where it was laid on,
for interment; ] saw no wound about him except
that on the head; on the evening before the Car
oline was destroyed, was on board Of her; went
on board with Durfee; saw nothing like arms
or armed people on board in Mr.. Fields public
house, during the attack the Caroline, we
feared an attack upon the house, and looked
for arms, but all we could find was one mus
ket; after the row boats cast off from the Car
oline. in the stream, they passed below Horn
er's island. and made direct for Chippewa.
To Mr.. Spencer.--I had frequently been at
Schlosser before the attack on the Caroline; had
been there few days efore; the invasion Of
Navy Island was about the 17th December;
was then at Buffalo, but Schosser
veral times between that time and the destrer-
ton of the Caroline; ! saw many email boats
pass between Schlosser and Navy Island, car
ryrug men and articles; ! saw provisions and
one piece Of ordnance taken over.
Never small arms armed men taken
over to the Island. was at Navy Island on the
Doth December. After the Caroline was out IN
the stream, on FIRE. Captain Keder ran out of
Fields house and fired the musket they had there
I.saw five row boat. leave her. After she got
off the lower end OF Horner's Island she ground
ed laid there a few moments burning, and then
f1oa,ed off with the current, The current there
oh AMID nj, fno ada ha
American side.
To the Couri.-Thc musket was not fired till
after the Caroline had left the dock, and they
were towing her into the stream.
To Mr.. Spencer.-I was At Buffalo at The time
the Caroline was CT out of the ice, and helped
To- 10 Il A .olr hale 10 do