Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-13

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to an agency, aud the reply OF Mansel', WhIs
\ Co.
Obieetedto by Mr.. Emmett. the only pre,sx, fOI
their introduction being that the prisoner indicted
by those two aliases.
| The Court admitted the evidence that certain
letter was received from III. 5. Hill only.
Examination resumed.--i signed the answer te
II. s. Hill receiving reply We wrote TO Brown
| Brothers & Co. to enquire where such person was
TO be found; never found out who he was.
Cross examined by MIR Emmctt-Our hrm u
composed OF Mannsell, White Bullock, Shaw, AM
Theodore Ron. Mr. White spells his name Mann
sell, always intend to write Il with an 3, but
in my hurry you can sometimes hardly tell Il IRON
lac
II. I. Kieckhoefer. re,calei-I generally come &c
the counting. room about 9, | found the letter ~
question the desk on the 22d August; cannot say
how many letters found that day, or II this was
the first opened; answered it 4 or ) days after
wardsL-fW Witness refers to the copy of the answer
in the letter book. The answer is dated the 2sih
August; il was directed to Nannsell, White \ Co.
| N. o.; that was the only answer. letter shown
to witness and Identified This was received on
| the 2Slh August and purports to come from J. T.
Caldwell, from Alexandria; answered II the same
day; il was put in the Post Office on the 2sth Aug
directed to J. p. Caldwell; it cuntl ined enclo-
sure two Bills of Exchange the first and second for
| $4,000 each, and an order on Mannsell, White
Co: my answer contained checks on different points
OF Va, amounting IN the aggregate TO SS5,llI %,
there were also certificates OF deposIe included IN
| ISovera checks sc. shown TO witness and identi-
fed as a portion OF theml We received this letter
the 4th OF Sept; it's dated the LIST September, at
fredericksburg. Va. and signed J. T. Caldwell; did
| not answer II, received no other; had no acquant
snce with him whatever.
| Cross.examihed by MIR Emmett-thc name of our
| Post Office clerk is Thos. Dowe he is at New Or
leans, still in the employ Of Brown Brothers x Co ;
our Office is at the corner OF Exchange Hanover ST..
first floor.
c. C. Jamison called and sworn-Resides in
Baltimore; is cashier of the Bank OF Baltimore; this
| draft presented on the Slst OF August II IS
draft from the Bank Of New York Tor SlO,OOO; II
was presented 10 the teller who said he would not
pay It under the orders he received unless the per-
son presenting 1t identified himself as the person IN
whose favor II drawn; II is drawn m favor Of
| J. 7. Caldwell. MIR Caldwell then came TO my
| room and stated the circumstance and asked #
could not pay it; said we could not. and he must
see the propriety Of the rule we adopted. lie SAID
| II would put him to great Inconvenience, beng on
entire stranger in Baltimore. and knew OF no ore
who could Identify him as }. T. Caldwell, and he
wished to leave town that evening, and 1t insisted,
J he must 90 TO Washington and get some members
OF Congress who knew him TO do so. Finding that
determined to adhere 10 the rule, he turned TO 60
out. and suddenly stopped, saying he could perhaps
obviate the difficulty, that he did business with
Brown, Brothers & Co. OF New York, and he be-
lieved they had branch house IN Baltimore, and
said il he could get Mr. Brown 10 DO so | would pay
it. He soon returned with Mr. Brown, who said
he was not personally acquainted with Mr. Cad
well, but that he doing business with Brown,
Brothers, and he had shewn him account current
! in which this amount was charged, and he had no
/ doubt it was right and would be justified IN pay
! ing IL; gave order TO have 1t paid. IL was not
! then endorsed but he did endorse u it'll the sigma
/ ture John p. Caldwell ! must have had three IN
terviews with him that morning. He came FIRST
| 10 state that he had check and wished 10 know II
could give him gold or current money, and
said could do either. He went away and re
tks ,rFn tFh RrNvu
each was about 10 minutes or / Of an hour. | saw
him again last October. | was sent for TO identify
person who had been taken up under the name OF
Munroe Edwards. Did not see him IN Baltimore
after the payment OF the check. | saw him in the
tombs in the early part Of October. see him now;
that is John p. Caldwell, tpoiuting to the prisoner
| identified him IN room al the tombs among -
or 90 others. | expected when | went IN that he
would be brought out of prison, but | said the
man knew as John p. Caldwell is already IN the !
room, and pointed him out. Several endorsements
OF John p Caldwell were here shown 10 the wit /
ness) | believe these to have been written by the /
same person. Several other documents were Iden- |
tlhed by the witness as the signature Of John p.
Caldwelll
Cross examined by Prce-Have seen Caldwell
before; discovered that he was OF business;
there was nothing particular that drew my aueR- |
ton towards him. Have had no conversation abou,
the color OF his whiskers; never heard CONVERSE
ton, when their color described; never heard /
that they were Of yelowish brown; never saw |
him write but once; he in the habit OF present.
ing book for the signature Of every one opening !
az account with US. only speak from the Similar,
" between those and the one | saw him write. !
have often looked at the original that | think
should have identified these If II had not been pro.
duced in Court.
Mr. Whiting read the letters signed ]. p. Cald.
well-the FIRST dated Alexandria, 25th August lS4I,
addressed to Brown, Brothers * Co. enclosing two
bills Of Exchange for $4,000 on Mannssll, White
< Co, on consignment OF cotton said TO be in their
possession, and enclosing an order Mannse,
white s Co 10 ship the cotton to order Of Brown,
Brothers & Co.
Also the reply OF Brown, Brothers & Co. express
sing their gratitude White x Co. for the pleasure
of the introduction OF Caldwell. and INDUCING
IN the hope Of yet making his personal acquaintance
Much laughing when this letter was read
A arge number Of drafts were also put in evi.
dence signed and endorsed by John p CALDWELL
mentioned bv the witness, as having been enclosed
/ by Brown, Brothers x Co.
The reply Of p Caldwell, was also received, ac-
knovedglng the receipt Of the drafts amounting 10
S25,II9 SO.
Robert NJ Ludlow called and sworn-Resides in
BALTIMORE is IN the bullion exchange business under
the firm OF Ludlow, Pariril s. Co. There was a
draft presented 10 our house in favor OF Caldwell on
the 25th August. Ii was presented by John p Cald-
we'll about 10 o'clock in the morning; he come into
the Office and opened his poke he tore il of and
endorsed II. He wanted gold, $4,000 worth: said
! ca not have so much bur would Try and get it,
did no, do 50, and asked him If business money
would not do as wei he said "No," that he wanted
10 purchase negroes. saw him in this city in De
cember; and ] see him now, that's the gentleman
tpointing 20 the prsoner)
The draft Is drawn by Bsebee & Partial Of New
Y ork Tor 1900 dollars IN favor Of John Caldwell
Nothing Of importance elected IN the cross
examination OF this witness. He thought Caldwell
wore a blue coat and guilt buttons and light pants
when he saw him in Baltimore. His Whiskers were
not so full and lighter than they are now. He did
not wear them under the chin then; thinks he
would not have recognised him II he had met him
/ casually
! William Miles called and sworn.-R ssides in
Baltimore; is an exchange Broker; the firm is r.
MlckIe Co; draft was presented IN August,
lSfl, by a person who wanted bullion and we gave
n check on the Union Bank OF Maryland. nd notes
| for the balance. The amount was 81 sos &C. he
endorsed Il when Dc was raid, o. De- endorsed Jno T.
Caldwell saw him yesterday morning for the
FIRST Time, but only ms blck, saw him this
rlOfning and recognized hm-that Is the msn: have
not the least doubt IN the word.
Cfoss-eXamined by MIR Emmett Thinks he was
dressed IN q iroek coat his appearance was uncom-
monty genteel; don't think he had metal buttons:
thinks his pantaloons mixed; thinks his uhis
kers were not quite 50 hoIrshng % Of present; did
not observe any under his chin
/ Direct resumed-We heard few DAYS after the
draft had been paid that II had been obtained bv
means Of forgery. recognized the prisoner yes.
terday on soon as he rose TO face juror.
Edward Ing, Jr., sWorn.-Resides in Baltimore:
IS an exchange broker was clerk with Carer