The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-10-14

lie the bows, but of in the stream little when
saw them, they were inside ofIhe small island
which lies eight or ten rods from the dock.
It may be more; merely guess, perhaps i, Is
twenty rods told Capt Kennedy he had
better cal them up from below-irom the little
cabin. The boats that saw, ] think were
floating down stream; they Gid not use their
oars think. Capt. Kennedy called them in
the cabin. There was man who came on
deck just before; his name was Nichols, and
he hailed them. de asked 'who comes there?1
The answer was friends They appeared 10
spring on their oars then, as fthey found thew
were discovered. When Nichols hailed, the,
first boat was not more than three or four rods
from the bow OF the boat; Que boat ran towards.
the stern of the steamboat. ran aft for the
purpose Of seeing who they we're, and when /
got there the officer Of The first boat had got
on deck He got over the rail little aft oflhe
gangway. By the time had got up 10 him
he had got his sword drawn, and threw him
self in an attitude as ifhe was going to strike
me. He then ordered HE men ou deck. then
discovered several armed men in the act Of
getting on board, ! then went into the ladies'
cabin, to give the alarm there. The officer
stood near the ladies' cabin. ] atm not sailor
enough to know whetherI went starboard or
larbsard eide. twas the river side OF the
boat. found, 10 the cabin, they had been
alarmed, and were getting up. then came
out Of the cabin and went ashore. ] was not
armed The cabin Of which have been spea
king was on deck fired no arms thai night.
Neither Kennedy nor Nichols were armed, nor
did they, TO my knowledge, discharge any FIRE
arms. ! did not see that any OF The crew or
passengers, who lodged there, had arms. |
have no knowledge of any person on hoard.
saw noresIsiance nor preparations for ress-
tanOe. When was SET TO watch | did not
expect attack from any quarter. II is custom.
ary 10 eel watch on steamboats,. When fiat
cav these men dld not discover that they
were armed. only discovered II when went
aft When went aft none Of them hs boar
ded forward; they might have boarded both at
the same time. There was considerable con-
fusion. When came out of the ladies' cabin
| heaId the discharge of Gre arms before | left
the boat. heard several o(ier, and considers
able cashing Of swords. There was no firing
from shore.
Cross. examined by Mr.. Spencer.-l saw
Durfee in the course oflbe afternoon, when
we were running from Navy Island 10 Schlos-
ser. don't know that he went down from
Buffalo. That was my first Trip down. | con
sidercd If there was any thing TO do on board
was 10 do il. was not employed asa hand.
II is customary for boamen TO ride on any
boat for nothing, but llhey are asked to do
any thing, TO do il. had been boatman for
two years. went TO see hat was going on
more than any thing else. There were very
few on board; 7 or 3, perhaps, from Buffalo
We took from Buffalo some barrels. We took
some provisions on board some things for the
lsland-straw, quarter Of beei, cannon and
boards. good many men crossed over; per
haps fifteen or twenty. do not recoect that
any were armed. There might have been. In
the course Of the afternoon saw Que or two
muskels in the ladies' cabin; did mol 20 on
the Island; there were good many men at
SChosser and considerable Of stir; heard
some one say the cannon we took was six
| pounder; heard the evening before that this
boat was going down; still reside in Buffalo;
| am not yet boaiman.
| Frederick W. Emmons-( Examined by Mr.
Hawley.> reside at Buhalo; was at the
inn at Schlosser the night the Caroline was
destroyed. The small island in front is called
Corners island; il is 80 rods from the Schlos-
ser wharf; when the attack was made on the
Caroline, was in bed at the house.
By Judge GrIdley.-The wharf up and
down the river, is perhaps Is feel; the wares
house occupied 30 or 40 feet of docking below
the warehouse; the dock extended into the
river; the lower front Of the warehouse was o.
pen 10 enable boats TO load aud unload; the up
per part was closed; The floor Of the docking
constituted the warehouse; there were five or
six feet between the railroad and The ware
house; the flooring of this docking had holes
in it 10 the water; there is very little business
there. and il is not kept in good repair.
| To be continued.