New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-09
TRIAL. OF MONROE EDW ARDS.
lRePorei for The Tribune.
Court Of Over and Tcrminer.
Betor Judge Ks>r ADD Aldermen Balls sud Ham

The crowd around the doors Of the Cour,-Rcon
thi. morning was very dense, and ii was with the
greatest difficulty that access could be Obtained
The excit. menr seemed very intense. though We
imagine Il arise. less from any isteiligen, inter
est in the trial it>c'f than from very natural cum
osity 10 listen to proceedings conducted on bou
sides BY counsel 80 able and distinguished ~ ar,
enlisted in this cause.
The Court were in the SOON at an early hour
Nine ct the jurors wishing to return To- THAR homes
Tor few moments. reccs, granted for an
hour. AZ q lirtic after | / o'clocs the trial was
again taken up.
ende,yored to describe the person Of Mr.. Ar
centine; | think have conyer,ed about the mat
ter in Richmond: think told some one that IN,
check wa. raij to person calling himself John.
+. Caldwell: have never seen Mr. Lowndes IN
ii. came here; | was not as.cd to 90 10 Philo-
d-pha ar the time of Edwards, arrest; never
saw Nj. Brown OF Baltimore. Nhcn trst re-
co.niisd Caldwell Yesterday hc was not pointed
out to me: | haI heard before coming that he had
shaved OF his whi>Aer, | heard TIN. At Rich
moud, but heard no description after arriving IN
thi. city; | vas told too that he had been yer,
much blcachcd since his conhucmest When !
saw him in Richmond he va. of lorid complex
ION, not very different from what he Is now !
udAc Of hi. identity ircm his general appearance,
u.t a, | would recognize my father, not 10y an!
particular feature | had seen Caldwell twice |
do not remember having been deceived IN an!
one. identity whom | had once seen. though |
have never had any similar case before should
recognize any man OF 80 strikin: an appearance a.
Caldwell, after a conversation with HIM OF TIN,
Kind MI Argentine inquired ct the CASH, I
whether the draft had been paid ! think he sai'
thar the description | gave et the man correspond
ed with that given 10y several Others My inter
view with Mr. Argesinc may have reached il'e
minutes saw Caldwell twice; | saw INN the
second time at The Bank ot Virginia after We had
naii the check he was talking with the ieiier;
think when at our Bank he showed letter which
believe induced the Cashier to pay the check it
i, a rule not To pay checks 10 strangers without IA
reference; when such references required, IT l.
usual for them 10 remoastrate Caldwell sand he
had no ACQUAINTANCE in the civ | remember no
reference to hi, hotel-keeper when saw him al
the Bank of Virginia he was dressed 4. when al
our Bann: | saw him receive no money there
Robert H. M0rey caled.-I reside at Rich
mond; am a Lottery and Exchange dealer; am
engaged IN two concerns, Morey X Pensclls. IN
change dealers. and J. ". Morey X Co. who sell
lottery tickets for Gregory * Co. A man calling
himself John T. Caldwell called at our office ON "a
September to get us To negotiate some Bank checAs
on distant branches Our offices are all IN one
building. He said the Banks in Virginia would
NOT cash them: he presented the drafts; the,
amounted TO something like $4,000 when he called
in Mr.. Pen.ell was OUT ] told him to wait till he
came in he took seat and waltea; MIR. PenseH
came in. took the drafts drew a check, went to
the Bank got the money and paid them Mr.
Caldwell remained We conversed together: he
.aid h. was planter from Louisiana; understand
he sad he wished to purchase slaves to and N
gathering the crop for that year he SAID he had
received something like f25 900 from Brown, Bro
thor. & Co. which they had advanced some
co,,on in his possession which was TO be or had
beor sb;nned ON their account: he did not say to
what place; he named no particular day when h.
had received it he ha. requested them to send to
Alexandria. and said they had not sent such "a
would answer his purpose. While conyer'Ing We
hoth sat few feet apart; he had his hat OF We
talked nearly an hour ! have not seen him since
Yesterday | came into Court and was looking
around the room | had bees standing IN the Pa--
sage and was cxpcctn: to see nm ehtet' as WIS
told he was out of doors; but on coming IN "a"
him here and recognized HIM immrdiateiy Me
prisoner IS ne man; no ono Po'"'eu "'h "'. :"
me: he wa. at our office only once noticed hun
particularly, and recognize him by hi' general ap-
nearance he endorsed the drafts; did not Sc
HIM with it; the draft have here Is one ct hem
il i. for sl22l 80. on the CascO Bank; when be
endorsed II his back was turned towards me
.au lin, while he was writing 1t at the desk; did
nor notice the draft particularly before il was en-
dorsed.
Cross.exaniued By Mr. Emmett-Ihi' was ~
the month OF September. | Judge from comPar-
IN, ,b, cntrie. on our books. found the draft
entered ar tie bank to ourcred it on that day. Oh
.ur check book the gross amount only was en-
t.r.d There we're four checks in all. There "er,
o2s M Peter