Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-16

profoois the interests Of The Navy ISLANDERS
The railroad cars propelled by horse Power,
and could not accommodate tho travel Ihey
are now run by locomotive
A, that time regular horse express was kePt
uo batween Buffalo and Schiosser, by whom 90
40, know, but suppose by the press, Tor Inc con
vevaoce Of uews. The travelling back and form
was by people attracted by curiosity mainly. An
invasion of the Island from Canada was daily es-
pecreI / heard Of no contemplated INVASION oil
Canada from the Island. The horse express was
kept up after the Caroline was destroyed. do
not know how often the horse ran.
Mr.. Hall here interposed, and objected 20 the
prisoners learned counsel to take such latitude
in his cross cxamlnau ton, and travelling into mat
tiers wholly irrelevant to the ISSUE
The Court thought il duo to tho case to draw
out the historical facts connected with the case,
for the information Of the court and jury; but
Mr.. Spencer stated that he had done with the wit
James Field was then called and sworn for the
prosecution. | live at Schlosser, and did 80 IN
December, 1887. kept public house there at
that time recoileci the destruction OF the Car
oline. I was n.oke by the alarm, and got up.
About ono O'Clock at night went TO the wharf,
and found Durfee lying there dead. He lay with
his head from the water, and his feet toward il;
living partly on his face. A ball appeared TO
have been shot through his head, from rear, to
front coming out abou, the middle OF the forehead
His brains oil blown out. He appeared to
have been shot down on the spot. lie was about
four feet from The water.
His cap was found lying close by the side OF
his head. There we're two holes in the cap, cor
responding with those in his head. II appeared
to be singed in The hole near The back part. NO
person in my house armed that night. One
gun only in tho house The gun was fired oil
BY man did not know He stood about 10 rods
from tho house, towards the river. He fired at
the boa,s thu, towing off the Caroline
They had got some 20 rods from tho wharf, and
about 10 rods below tho line of the store house
The line upon which the gun vas fired was ) or q
rods below where DuTfee was found lying dead.
| remons tra.od with the the man for firing the
gun, and told him il might Gggravste them to
attack tho house.
Cross. examined By Mr. Spencer. | lived at
Schosser at the time Navy Island was invaded.
/ did not see the invasion. l understood the in
yading party went from Grand Island. There
was great deal of passing to and fro between
Schlosser and Navy Island after the invasion.
To Juror. Tho land abou, the wharf al
Schosser is nearly level
TO Mr.. Spencer. After Navy Island was ia
ken possession Of there were large assembiages
of people at Schlusser, and provisions, arms, ar
til!ery, and munitions OF war were brought to
Schlosser in wagons and cars, to send to The Isl
and. Occasionally saw al armed man 60 over
with a muske'. Where these munitions came
from do not know.
Mr.. Hall here ngain interposed, md oh sctod to
going into such testimony. AT another forum
and another occasion, it might be proper and
important. He was wiling 10 concede sha' There
was great excitement at SchIosscr, aud that Peo-
pie with arms in their hands went over to Navy
Island, and perhaps some renamed there.
The court, however, went for the whole hISto-
ry Of the matter.
To Mr. Spencer. The hole and singing in the
rear Of Durfee's cap was together about the size
Of a quarter OF a dollar The body OF Dnriee
not ed away from the spot where he fel! .
till the next morning. He We turned over by
some one during ..iu night. The musket was fir
ed rather nt random, and was pointed upward.
stood directly behind the man that fred it, and
the direction j, fired in distinctly. After
the burning of the Caroline, militia were called
out for the direct purpose of opposing the Patri-
OTIS; and these constituted portion of the people /
whom he had before spoken of us bsing collected
great numbers at Schlosser.
The Court.-You spoke of prov isions, cannon, |
&c, going tower to Navy Island Was this be-
fore or after tho burning OF the Gardiner
Witness.-Both before and after. One cannon /
went over before and two afterwards
About n week after Navy Island was taken pos
session Of and about the same length of time pri- /
to tho burning of the Caroline, was on the is |
land, and saw cannon there.
Tho Court here, on the interposl.ion OF Mr.. |
Hall, stated that this species of evidence had
been sufficiently gone into. 1t was shown that
Navy Island occupied by bel!igerent force;
that that force was supplied from the American .
side, and some taken by the Caroline. All this
was not disputed on the part of the prosecution,
and The Court did not deem it important or prop
TO go into minute details, as il was irrelevant
TO the issue, and unimportant TO full and correct
understanding of the trial.
To Mr.. Spencer. There cannGnaGing be-
tween Navy Island and the Canada shore, from
both points. before the burning Of the Caroline,
and hostile force on both sides.
Mr.. Spencer here took formal exception TO the
decision of the Court overriding his offer TO prove
infinitely the amount of force and armament col.
lected Navy Island. The Court noted the OBJ /
lection, and The witness was dismissed.
John c. Hasgerty. sworn.-l reside in Butfa-
10: lived there in 1887. |, was on board the Car
onc when she was attacked and destroyed, was
in bed when watch gave the alarm was
passenger on board the Caroline-not a paying
passenger. Ii is a custom among sailing men
no: to pay passage to each other. We call one
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