New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13

every re-N"t ttom mere Ia New-Oris an. and 10 81.
ifun' that register that could not have committed
IN, lorcerN because wa, NJ, here.
Now was Edwards in Baltimore ON the 3lst of
August He wss not, because on that ,lss h.
name - found m the Register Of the W a,srley
House in th'. civ snd he write. a letter on that
dav To J1hnsou-bcirg carrtul TO put in ,i,s
name ct the house where lie stops-~h,sh be
heyer does IN sny other case. Now. they say to.
that on the night Ut The 30h he vas at the North
crn Hotel Now. no one knew that be wac at
either placc-.Nccrt from the books tie sleep.
at the Northern Ho,e,-leaYss before breaAiastsnd
arrives Al the NaSerey House not iIll az late DIN
ner-at dinner even after lodging. have been ia
Aen. Che entry Bccher and Edwards at the
Northern Hotel was subjected 20 very close e>-
animation. vas also the entry ~ the Waverley
House, Now. was Edward, At thu, Hotel the
30th. care rot Tor the testimony Ut Mr.. Elder.
nor OF the other " tnesses: but | do care for the
testimony ct Miss Phillips: and she swears TO al
extract from his 'ook, that he left philadelrhia
On 30,h 10 sept. 9TH. when he returned Now.
where did he co. Cam" 10 Ne" York. say these
books. Va" PhiHips >reGrs that he ~ds go'ng
south for his nepncr. Now. II he Vas an honest
man. what motive had he tc deceive the ,Irl whom
h.. loved Bat the books 81, he came nortb-and
wantoNly deceived her. |. this the act OF an
Bs,timore-and there. a. Elder says. Inc found
MN. Are the Register OF these hotel. under these
circum stances to weigh down hi declaration 10
the -irl he ha> sworn 10 marry tie returns 10
Phihdclnhi. on the 9Th. with hIs nephcw-is prov.
ii by III, defence 10 have been AT the Eutaw House
in baltimore on ,hc ith. Winch. then. will YOU
believe all these facts. developed by their own
Witnesses or those most suspicious entries al these
hotel, wrong YOUR judgements by asking YOU
But It J., not enough that we obuerac these
aamcs fiom the reg s,ers Ihe fact ct putting them
there shows that there !. guilt in the whole trans
,ciinn The Register showing that he At
Frederick on tas 81 Sept subjected To similar
severe examnation.) Mr.. Ellis-thc witness Who
deserve, all the COMMUNICATION bestowed on bin'
TIT the care with which he tesilhed as 10 hand
.vrting-swears thai the entry AT Frederick, the
only one that interfere. with our statement ot the
case. i. net the prisoners. Now. IS ihls the pre-
pararion OF an honest man II all these things
be- -, does not the bal they have sen, rebound
gaiust them In speaking ct the ease with which
IN 1i,6i could b. proved and the frequency Win
which II is attempted Ia be- proved, Mr. Holman
cited The case of the coachman in Pickwlck. IN
which, AFTER oil other te.tmon, had failed and
pri.oser bad been conyictcd-he begged. IN ptcous
zones to know why an a'ibi had not been proved.
the genlnu. otDIcXrNs. and said thar an abb had
been well defined to be- the lie by whish the guilty
escape.
The court thsn sdlourncd.
Feta O'CLOCK p. w.
Mr. Hoffman went on with his argument at the
rr-open,ng - the Count and spoke especially at
thr testimony OF MIR Elder and in severe but calm
r-prehension OF the Counsel tor the defence who
had attempted to rdIcuie the character OF Mr..
Ehier because he had several times, IN giving ms
testimony used the words before bod. MIR.
Huffman asked IT II would be- right 10 attempt,
from the expression, which were continually tall
ING from the hips ct Mr. MARSHALL. and which he
ga, pleased to term Western yugarsms, Ia REJECT
A, utterly unworthy OF credit whatever statements
he might choose to make. No testimony came
befor this Court with marks ut implicit credit 50
decided and 50 utterly beyond The reach Ut all
doubt or question. rs that OF Mr.. Elder. MIR Hon.
man then proceeded to examine Internationally
the evidence given by Mr.. F., and 10 show that
il proved conclu,iyey that tho prisoner was at
Baltimore On the 3lst; Tor his statement is fully
orroboratcd by the evidence OF oil the other nine
witnesses. and Of Mis- Phillips herself. But take
i a. the Counsel contend that it must have been.
and allow that it was upon the lst Of September
rhar Edwards was at Baltimore what becomes
II
Won find out that this is fraud, tell me the motive
and then say if any confidence should be- put in
1hbis proved by reference To worthless registers
Much stress has been placed upon the Kindness
.hown 10 his orphan nephew by Edwards but Is
hi, To blot ont the clear, distinci testimony ad-
iuccd against him Crime and the kindly fngs
Il nature often exist in the same heart; and tho
burglar who robs your house tonight may give the
money TO a bcggor tomorrow. But what was the
>indn-ss shown 10 this nephew We .isve evil
ence that one bill was paid by Edwards, and that
when he called on Elder three semi-annusl bills
fcrn.ined due and Vet rduari then apslogned
for not paving them Why did he not pay them
hcm Money, with him, more plenty than
apologies. He had held in hi. hands, according
70 the defence. $4,000 paid to him by Johnson
"a rh, 81 Of August; hi, trunk was full Of gold
md bank notes hi. pockets, early that date,
we're full Of rocks Richard was himself again
BIZ. course wa. onward even then and yet this
rphsn boy. whom he loved 50 well rs to swallow
ap all the evidence here given, lives there with
iii, for three terms unpaid II This story OF his
>ndne,s to ,hi, boy be- true, how il be- believed
hat ,hi, uoney remained thu. in bis possession
from the first Of August
The testimony of Johnson was next examined.
Mr. Hoffman said it n singular fact that on
he ~ OF August johnson shsuld have bad money
20 pay Edwards asserted precisely as was
hat which John r. Caldwell afterwards Obtained
II Brown, Brothers & Co. This may have been
20; bu, it IS certainly very remarkable coinoi'
.lence-one which could not happen. often. But IT
must have been paid-for Edwards gave his r.
.eipt for 1.-THE lat item Of which Is el.5O in
.lyer. So nicely i, this $50 900 made up
the $50 900 that Edward. j. to pay is merely
Jumped OF in scgroe. al 1900 each. Do YOU be-
lieve thi. va. so! How Was the commission oh
taiaed1 Ga the 9Th Of April, lS42 Monroe I'd
ward. apple. to Judge Kent for commission I"
rxarline Johnson-i.unded on an affidavit that
NO former commissions had been returned uncs-