Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-17
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ed. should think they were there tAo hsur.-I
did mot hear What they said. also saw S.uaII coms
up and speak TO them. I SAN SDencer sht " C,om.
well paper about two weeks before his artosi a.,
the Store room door ON The berth deck. ii apneare
to be about hall sheet Jf letter paper lie s,pe.r
ed Us II he was pointing with has pent and el PLAIN
ing something IO Cromwell
There were marks with lead pencil on the ma.
per. II was MT common English letters but Looked
like crosses, or something like IL. could not Tell
whether II was only Whiting or only marks MIR
Spencer had been making. think there were mark,
o1 the back Of the paper as ii IL had been torn out
ut to TX. aud u had geometry figu es upIn it,
Ihis - the exact description Of OF the pieces
Oi paper with The stations al which some of m.
men we're lO be placed. and the names of the men
Who ~eteio kali the offcer,.l | have seen thai
paper since At Commodore Peuy's house. don't
Nnow the genIlenan's name who showed II 10 me
had drsrribed The piper before I saw IL; il was
shown 10 nae To sseifl should know IT, lie asked
me Al should know Il iG saw IL. and 1 told hun |
should.
I had never seen il from the ii ne saw il in
SPencsr- hard, shO~ ing II to Crnm~ ell until thi,
lime now sp,aK Of. l had never had that p,pe,
mentIoned 10 me until went OF the Comtn,sIore',
had known there Mas sbmel hhs in MIR Spencer,
lockers, Us had heard mentioned 10 suns of ~.
Buys on board The ship. / could not swear that the
paper saw Al The 'CommOd rv's Was the one saw
of 4
and believe II is the same. When | was ai The
Commpdure's house I was qus,iiuned by the same
gentleman as 10 what knew abou, the mnIiny-
No person but he and myself was present
Feter Iysou. an apprentice, testified as follows:
l am Ia my 9Th year. / was third class aporen.
ice on the Somers and this my irsI voyage The
hrai heard OF their private conv ersalion the
night beiore Mr. Spencer was but in IRONS I saw
lying at OF The spar deck bcW cen the 9TH aud 5th
guns To The leewurd side about o'clock IN the even
Ins and Wilson and McKinlay came ait. WIl,on
had his baIie-axe ia his hand and a sharneuins
stone aud no hat McKtulay said 10 Wills ~ he
had just Told the that we had spies aud we had b-i
ter be .rriul Wilson replied n, he need no. fen,
that. he ows me ard knows whatI am d ih,i
have beeu IA toO many scrapes Mckinley ,l,cn
SAID To Wilson. 'WOIlJ you Ioin IhemT" A.. an.
swere1. lie would not mind H."
mckinley then said. don't know | think I
would rather go on regular shaving expedition Cr
mere 'hey had s25 month and prize money, a,d
when we goIto ST Thomas would be 6lled out
IL was against the orders To lie on the leewdrd side
Oi the vessel and they had come up 10 the AMI sayy
who was before they hesan this convers,t,on.-
Had pea jacket on. was drowsy, aud think
'hey thought was asleep. 1 had gone there 10
Try To sleep, and laid still ill this; and then nsI
ed Mckinley what was that he was siyin1 a'ouI,
slaveH lie replied he wastalkiug about a shaver
mat leii 81 Thomas, and had been gone abput )
ioiAiist lahen lnree or tOuT vessels,
lie said she was liI el out With about az manv
guns Us the Somers. said had heard of ,I,vc,
being fitted out there; aud he SAID il was free nort
and they we're often filed oUt Ihero. There was
nothing sad about pirates, only McKiuIy sand. "Le
should rather 60 in regular SLAYER"
Matthias Gedney and George w Warner, Naval
App enilces, we're also examined There is nslIirs
IN the testimony Of these witnesses which yaIiv,
he aspect OF The case presented by the evidence
already published. Warner was OF opinion thai tl,,
brig might have been brought into ST Thomas wuh
The three men III irons, but that she coulJ Iut be
brought 10 tho Unied States. Tyson Snd GeIney
lhouShi she could not be brought even 10 81
Thomas
On Wednesday the c Inn met ~ usual
GeIrgs w Warner rec alei. | was exam
ined on board the SoneE before the council of ofIi
GERS.
Qii' deposition there made was read to him)
had reason TO think they intended 10 take Tho
vessel tn the NorIh West Coast, because I heard
Cromwell say he should like 10 be on that coo.t. he
did not say how he cOnld ENJOY himself on thai
coast IN vessel | think Cromwell said he had
been takenln a SLAYER near Cuba. I thought Cro,n
we'll would kill Spencer if the plot had succeeded
from what heard among the crow. Dick.n.on
saying he had seen Cromwell talking aIons v,;th
Spencer was another thing that made me think
that Cromwell intended IO take the vessel
Another reason was what Cromwell said Ubo,
Wilson was 1ogged;l have heard no person on board
ray Cromwell intended to take the vessel.
un The deposition Warner Tas made to saw he
hot Cromwell ought 10 be hung because he though
him guilly.)
did not say thought he ought TO be hung he. !
cause he WIS guilty. Mr. Hsi,keII put this j., ,h.
deposition several days after the ev idsnce had been
iakea Mr. Per asked me why thought CT, ~
we'll ought to be hung. ] answered iI was an idle
rcmark. did think Cromwell was a dsngerous
hu mt fhIuk thau
may have sad he ought TO be hung
said he ought 10 be hung ifguiliy. thought
he was guilty. had no reason TO think 40 e1ceot
his intimacy with Spencer. thought others yyere
concerned but cannot mention my names orperson,
thought concerned. can mention nothing moro
touching The guilt or innocence Of these men,
Van Pslzef-an sPPrenlce-was on board the
Someu NJ captain Of the iOreIop. Am - wears ola
this months hevo been IN the service 4 years aud
10 month Mr. Spencer never conversed with
me; have seen him often talking with Crs.veIl-
most every lime no was on deck; thev were i'm The
same watch was in the watch with them; they
usually to ked near the fore hatch on the weather
sidei always saw them talking by themselves, in
low tone Of voice; rOuld not hear generally once On
The lOrecaslie { did. Then I heard MIS- say 4.
Cromwell ne would like 10 have have q vessel 10
60 out on the NOihwest Coasi thought he could gel
money enough 10 raise one.
Cromwell told him he knew that coast wall 49, i
Heard no more; Mr. $ did not intimate ho,y he ~,
TO raise the money. DID DOT learn how the money
was 70 be obtained This is the only true CONVEX
'aiion lever neard between Mr. aud Cromwell
was ianiliaT with Cromwell and sumo Of the small
boys-Seoli' Blackwell, Slammed, Garsly. Not as
ultimate with others ~ with Cromwell; Cromwell
never SAID any thing 10 me about sailing with him;
nor hes NJ s.
Edward Fowler one Of the apprentices. swor.
mat ne had seen Spencer and Cromwell talking
long and earnestly together, and he detailed yefv
important conversation between Cromwell and
Small, IN which the burner spoke Of the Isle ofI
FINES ns resort Ter pirates and concluded La 49,