New-York tribune., 1841-10-07
TRIAL OF ALEX. MCLEOD.
ONEIDA OYER AND TERhINER.
second .TvEsDAY, Oct 8, 70 90 :, a. ~.
Reported for The Tribune.


(,e.,ifed the same as Wells with respect % "eI
rios down from Buffalo TO Scalosser anG oacA ana
forth 70 NAVY BLAND laid mp Tor the hight) was
himself one of the night-watch; there were three
men nm deck. Capt. Kennedy, Nichols and myself
y,ss alarmed about midnight by the appearance OF
row-boats coming toward tie boat iull ot men at
6rst thought they were Indians Sa" them lu't H.
.iae The little island which les IN the stream be-
tween Navy Island and Schlosser; the boats had
rounded the upper end OF the little island and we're
floating down with the current toward the Caro-
line; became alarmed and told Capt. Kennel.
,ba, ne had better call M the mon; Cant X went
below 10 do so the boats approached and were
hailed by a rnas on board named Nichols-" Who
comes therc?" they answered ' Friends - they
then stopped four or FIVE rods of. backing with
with their oars, as if Disconnected at being dis
covered One boat soon kept her way and
soon approached the Caroline aft; | ran aft TO
what ttey meant; when | got aft tho officer in
command of her was Inst humping on deck. iust
off ,be panayyay: BIZ the tine reached him he
rad bis syyord.,j,a,y1 and was in an attitude as
,hongb he ,pe.u, n strike me he then ordered
hi. men 70 come on board several armed men
mnedio,eiv came on board: ! then turned and
vent into the ladies' Cabin TO give the alarm
there. if not already ,aken ! had gone aft by the
on,sde passage (riyer side :; il was but step into
the Ladies, Cabin; found the men there alarmed
and arousinq; s,erped out of the Cabin and
went ashore was not armed. and fired no arms
that night, neither Kennedy Nichols was armed.
nor did the, discharge any arms to my knowledge;
lid not see any person armed Of those on board the
Caroline; bad no knowledge that any arms were
on board; saw no resistance or preparation Tor re-
sistancc TO tic attack; did not expect any attack
when set to watch; did not discover that the men
approaching were armed ill | went ait; heard no
firing by our men heard no firing by the asSallani'
.ghrn in tke Ladies Cabin; that CABIN was a';,
over the tuii ot the boat, passage around IT. d;h
not see Dntee oier the evening ui i saw the
deeo Dooy ON iic wharf about o CLOCK the next
morning went above the Railrond after leaving
the Caroline and looked back to her; saw her on
ire towed on 10y the fow-boatS INTO the stream
saw then cast hef OIL wncn 'hey soon disappeared
III Tue uaihntS7.
Nhen gong on the boat, heatd the oi'cer IN
cominana ot the assa'iahts say GUARD inc gang
way Iiio" '"' ,'pe'S nI Pu"r'i '"'
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Us ''oD5tI "e" were "s,',"s;
HrSl saw Durieq 'iiut a'lernoon c'l' say en-
actly when, or whether ne went down IRON Buiia,
lo' ala not appear 10 he oldinS On ttie boat had
not known him before; ne told nc ne was stage
driver out OF Buiiaio or mad been considered
myself hand on board II Is the custom Tor hands (
on steamboat' to go on any boat without paying (
went down to see what was going on did not helP I
mHch on the way there were seven or e'sn' o"
Ooa'u 'tSth puh"io 90" Aho" "f'a' iie'si' was
On eo"F" t'lef' was some It oa're, o''Wo "on
kHow "het else d'dh see any lh'ns taken o"
"oaru al kt'ocN'pu' PROVISIONS Nc, uol h!'o"
now many things were taken on h"a'd al b,iiiaio'
Two not more men were taken on ooa ]" az p''CN
nocN one was armed saw no ot.'er arms 'o"c'-
Tu next NJ "no"anaa loon nothing apo'ru uiv'c'
don know what tho boat went down iori don
Know now neaNy me thnsN were pun ashore a'NaFy
'Sa"o' aoh Sno" wheiner any men stopped I'erei
some went ashore, but THINKS they cane on board
again come PACK 10 ''hioSse'' aiH "tnt over
's"'"' 81" ca%ton' some p'a'N VI o'"iu'' sum-
stIu" 'uhen over Soou many iheh went ever
perhaps hi'een or twenty; don't Ieco'lect any OF
mem were armed; there might have been some
saw one or two muskctS IN the Ladies Cabin that
afternoons don't know they were landed at the
isiaad dld not go ashore myself at the Island =
was ashore at Schlosser good deal during the
HHy haa not been there before there were n sooa
many men lhefe-cah say NOW many lheie WAS
good deal oi stir there.
was not moiested IN gong ashore a, the tmc
OF the attack saw several others 90 ashore ahead
OF me uRharmed; heard the Caroline was go,ng
down to Navy Island the night before, | think for
the first. reside in Buffalo, and have done ever
since.
Mr.. $. C. Hawley called
Frederick W Ea,moas. (sworn.) Resided in
Buffalo in Dec 1887. was STAYING at the tavern
in Schosser the night Of the 29th the map shown
is correct dencation OF the position of the wharf