New-York tribune., 1842-01-22

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was or the side towagds the druggists door,
| think: we placed, ii marked SIDE up. the cart;
don't recocct ihe direction; | next the box
on Sunday. 18th Sep,. at aboa, 10 o'clock, A. NJ;
| called on tbs Mayor the evening previous, and
was ssked hv him about the box stated The cir
cuns,anccs. and gave description OF the box
t hs: afternoon We after the earraan no, know.
lRs MS name, bSt found his house, ard then found
the carman.
! searched for the house on :he 18th and found
him that night; came back anG We were qualified
as 10 the size of the box: ,hou went with JUS
tee TAYLOR 10 the Kalamazoo. found the CHIEF
mate Our orders were TO be at the Mayors
o!ee next dav at : clock; did and then
10 the vessel ard were told by the mate that
bill had been made OF every ding PUT on board.
The ds.crip,ion of the box agreed with the Aida.
Wit Wesearched Tor the box; we Ss'ei' soene'Aias
bat cold not tell where i, came from.
We soon came in sishtof the box, and two other
non wore then with US. We recognized the box
from the size and its marks. We helped to re-
move tie goods 70 get a, il. |, was hoisied Allows
decks. asd opened; and I sas coming our OF tno
box q cloth or awning. and on account OF the
stencil | LETT the box on The upper deck. was
near the box when the cover WAS taken on
| wen; to the upper dock, and SAW no more OF the
box I'll lit was hoste up iron, below Sept oa'S
on account OF the stencil. and saw It taSea en-
did no, 20 10 the dead house. saw no body III
tne box.
CroSs-s:ramI.ed 6y M. Ssliea.--l did not
look into the box what MAS IN II "a"
The cloth taken our, and then lett on account
OF the stencil 1t was opened seven or ten
minutes after got on the upper deck
The Mayor was present and asked some one 20
90 and Get some chloride of lime to put III the
box DON'T know that any one went tor II;
think il was mentioned to the Mayor first, though
don't know. | saw one 60 or co'Re oack.-
There was another man there named Watt when
saw the box taken bv the carman. / was EN-,
nloyeG by the Apollo Association and WAS engaged
in carving pictures 10 and from the room. u'u
!, nearly every day, and was so engaged mat cay
before | SAW the box.
81 the District Attorney. Had seen Col' pre-
yicus 10 this had passed him several times.
81 Mr.. Solder My curt stood there tor some
three or four minutes before the other carn'e"
| came.
Bu Ike District Attor7,sy. can't say exactly
which way IcNme. ",
By Mr.. Sellen. Don't recoec; seeing Mr.
cnl,'s. ,,arnc mn Chambers t. may have come
By the way of Broadway and Canal st ar" not
positive.
.lh. Godfrey called and sworn--is superih'en-
dent of Carts on Friday, Sept -, came 10
MAYORS Office the Mayor told me box was
MISSING from the corner OF Broadway ana Gham.
hers street. and said he thought some carmen mao
taken it away and wished me 10 Ind IT, | mace
| out a lis, of the carmen IN The North part OF the
Town. and in course of the day found MIR russell
and fopnd tina, his cart was backed up there !; ne
said he did not recoIlecta box having been taken
away. called on hun again and took hiin 10 'le
| Mayor
This was on Saturday; Judge Taylor was there;
ne then remembered having seen a ooA 'aAe -.
away; he did not know who took III VIC "e"y
| topether and found Mr. Barton III s'o1o
asked MrB if he had taken ooA' ano l.e 'I.e
he had 10 the Kalamazoo We went 10 Tue
| u,ror,s office and left them then Inc MAYOR
ant M. 70 A,r Colts room 10 have II locked up
which was done. L.,
Tina, nigh, we saw the first mats OF the snip !;
rh- Mavor said he wanted TO see his OIL we
looked il over; got the agent and got petl',ssioN
~ take our the cargo got some steVeootes'
and on Tuesday morning went aboard inc sup
and took no the cargo. Mr.. Barton sao
myself were in the hold. Mr.. 3. saw the
box. pointed tc it, and said that was II.
Il had the naked side down: we holsted II up
and had i. opened. The Captain sent ior car
pentrr and the lid was knocked up ana ano'he1
! person turned it up, took the awning on'' anu
there was dead body there. a rope was arouhu
his neck. sluno down round under his Knees,
drawing his head between his knees his facs
was down An awning around the body the
body had shirt on; we saw the breast. Inc
cord was as large as small bed cord did hot
look at ii long Judged that salt was on the
breast Of the body, and SO said at that 'ime.
The body was not taken out on board the snip )
tho first mate put some chloride of lime on the
| hoy before il was closed, think and the box
,r.s then closed we tool, il on q cart and drove
il to the dead house helped to take It OH ana
INTO inc dead house then il was again op zen
and saw it again; I was there when they lltteo
it ont, and left while they were at It, !; no o,hef
box or body was in the dead house saw doc-
tor or two there examining the body; saw WIS
Adams the same day, and Mr. Lane ALSO lhefe
was a mark on the Id
t'R, P Gross,
ST LOUIS,
Care of D GREY, 81 Co.