Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-14
TRIAL OF ALEXANDER M,LEOD.
(CONTiNUEDl
TUESDAY October. s. 1911.

hot the first watch, not lmIlar with the conSiruc
ion OF the boat; he went on watch AT - O'Clock say
lnli an hour OF 40 after he came on watch; Can't
Kennedy was on watch with him; discovered boats
nearing them; don't know who saw the boais first;
thought they Indians; the siorehousc and shore
made u difficult to tell what The boats were filled
with; says some Of the boat were almost opy.ri,he
bows Of The boat IA the stream when they were first
discovered; they We're inside Of the small ISLAND; the
isend is twenty Eve rolls from the shore told Cup.
tain Kennedy that he had better coll the people ON
deck. the beats were heading towards the sleam-
Io0i; the buais crews lay ON their oars; Cap, Ken
nedy went below % call the people; there was
man who had just come on board by the name of
Nichols, he hailed them, and asked, 'wlio Cuues
there the answer was, friends; they then sprung
on their ~ if they were discovered, aud an
preached the CaoineS they were three or four rods
| from the boat when Nichols hailed; one boa, came
towards The Stem ofIhe Carblnc; he went aft; when
he got there the officer of the rst boat had cnmc on
deck ut the stern the Carne; he got over aft q,
! the g1nsway; he had got his sword drawn, and
held u m an attitude II he going 20 strike
him. he, the officer. then said To his men in the boat
"on deck then discovered several armed men IN
The act oigcuing on deck; there ware two passages
went ait ON the river SIDE for the PURPOSE ofgetne
intn the ladies' cabin found the assaanIs had got on
board; then came of the cabin and wenl ashore
The witness was not arm u: did not fire any arms
that night Kennedy and Nichols were rol armed:
they did moi discharge any fire arms To his know.
ledge; mono oi the crew passenger were armed:
did not sec any arms on board; know of none: saw
no resistance preparation fr resistance by any
persons on board of the Caroline when he went on
watch he expected attack il is customary To set
watches on board OF steamers; dill moi discover
that the asSannts were armed until he went ait
none thea had boarded: they boarded AFT nj iirsi
did not come on board forward: when he came out
ofihe LADIES' cabin he heard firing; tho ladies cabin
/ fho itf,l.. IF
leaving passage around IL on the guard. saw, Dur
, fee m the morning at 3 o'clock he was then dead;
saw HIM on bnard in the evening before: saw 4 or
bnl,sremainel in sight; saw the boat burning; went
up back of The Buffalo and Niagara Fas rail road:
saw the Caroline iowcd off 10y boats the steam.
or did not grnund saw tho boats leave the steamer
hut did not know where they went TO. when they
got out OF the ghI ofIhe burning boat, when lac
came ont uf the ladies' cabin no heard some CON-
mandmg officer of The as-aIlanis say, guard the
gang way! give the damned rebels no quarIers.'
! there was passage along the whole deck on each
sides the complimentary opened into one Ofilie pas
sagcs over the shaft heard shots fired before he
!sn the boat; heard afterwards considerable firing
and cldshing Of anus board orlhc boat: hearl no
! firing frun the shore
! Cross-l;xanined by Mr. Spencer First saw Dur.
fec IN the morning; he told him ne was stage err.
YER thai lac bad nothing To do with Ihe boat; It is
customary for boainen 10 go free; but when asked
they worked, did what was required; went down
10 see what was so ng on tho-e were but few on
board from BpGIln; ~ 6; does not know what was
put on board at Blllo: a barrel on boarl; saw /
some prov isOrs and stores taken on board at Black
Rock Ddmi nothing else: saw two men come un
board; one had gun; nc arms on bpard saw
none loaded; touched at TonowAnla; but took moth
ing on board there; thinks all came on boarl there
went down 10 see what was going on; there were
some lew things put ashore nj Navy lsland some
few men went ashore there; IhInks all came on .
ooaid nsnini Then went 10 Sch sser; some straw
a cannon quarter Of beef some baarls and a COZ.
siderable number Of men from Schlosser 10 Navy
Island, 10 or Isl this was all that he saw taken
oTJt Ia The two trips; saw no armed men taken over
to Navy Island; saw two mu,keis in the ladies' ca.
BIN; don't know that they were landed nj the Island
great many men at Schlos,eT; kept gllng and com.
ing; can not give the number; was not mole sicJ
on gong ashore; saw Others go ashore beiorehim >
or 8; the weight of cannon don't. know heard n Il
said u wss SIX FOUNDER: heard The Caroline va. /
going 10 SchlOsser the night bcierci is not hat
man; resides at Bufflo; has resided there al a.
long.
Frederick w Emmons-called on the part of the
people aud s,vOrn-Says he resides Al BulTn: resi-.
ded there ~ Dec 1897 was on bard Of the Caroline
on The night she WIS desiruvod-rhcro lac was
shown msp al Sch'O,ser and The trrrIIpfi,s in IL
'icini;, the map presented is correct; the island
IN ironi OF SchloSser is Corners Island it IS aholt
50 rods distant; the Whnd il about - feet M and
down The nveE The house was oven with Tho dock
at the upper side II was about 40 feet wide; left aj
feet below of the dock; it was 60 or 10 feet from
the edge Of the dock the shore; the dock eyten
ell into the river ihe warehouse was open below:
the -ail road ran down upon the wharf the upper
rail was or feet from the warehouses the flooring
Of the warehouse; was IN the tavern when some |
ono came up and said the boat was attacked; yvn,
mol armed: had been acquainted with Amos Duriee I
number OF years him first after the ATTACK TO-
The rail road IN fl.a f,,r -. =
~ or III feet from Inc edge. went down IN tho
wharf 10 or 10 minutes after the rsw.bo,ts yenf OF
saw hem; Durfee lay on his face, ms head t,,y
ards the shore; turned him over aud recogpized
him: had lamp; Durfce was deaI saw the ,,,un5
IN tho back part This head saw ho was shot bu,
dad not take particular notice; saw but one wound
his brother was with him. and think, Capt IIagrcr
~; saw no other pers,ns on the dock: saw Durfse-
cap lying near him; saw Dnrree's body at Bufr,Io.
u was laid ont at Baby hpuse: saw no other ounl
There was nothing that Inieryened b. tween Fields
tavern ond The warehouse; u would be sharp shoot
ing 10 hit person on The wharf from that place.
went on hOarJ - the Caroline with DurCec say no
arms bo1rd is relnied 10 Field Field is brother,
in-law; while They were engaged on The Caroline
they expected the house would be attacked AMI
looked for arms, but found only one mu ket; one
heeler got hold Of ~ the row-bouts went below
Corners Island; the hoOr Of the warehouse Ind
oeen broken uP by the water in a storm or frJsh.
a..
Cross examination by Mr. Spencer-I.iyes nj
buiaoi war assisting hrs brother IN law v ho keens
'he tavern there W., not there when the patriots
LOOK possession OF Navy islnd saw prlyi inns taken
over one piece Of ordnance some nuskets. The ro,s
Net vas fired once; by Capt Keeler; did see which
woy the gun was fred. there was bat one dripe Of .
ii saW the CosOline Then burmnci saw boats leave
her she vas lowed 10 The end Of Corners island .
where she grounded. until the fire lfhtened her
v ben she hoaied OF the current ofthe river IL about
, Knots on our SIDE. on The Canada shore knots;
mere was no h"aiicg icc: The gun vas fred before
nc saw Duriee, wns NJ Buffalo when The Carpl,p,
was cot oni docs not rrcpiIoct the number Of men
'"sns'n might be . or Z The object Of cutting her
'u vas o. take p1ssengcrdOwn 10 SrhIosscr NE was
20 rnn between BuiIi0and Schl1sscf did not knov,
now bong the tsroluc.u as o. be- used. assisted ,p
'''"e 'ni ne Caroline 70 gp down 90 ScbL,rgef
.' f'H I,ad CIR ron twIceu d1y from BuHio 10
Ninsnrn falI ihc cars rom near S, hfgssor. h, y,.
ier<nod ihr b1ut was run as o. rls.,vo ba,t C,,, D
'N'i''' ip NrhIasscIi dd not know mat the b,f,s @
Trrecicd with The Patriots, The cars were ,,,r,u.
+ NHsN 3D.