The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-01
BY SPECIAL EXPRESS.
TRIAL OF SINGLETON MERCER.


Last night, at late hour, we received from our
reporter additional proceedings of the trial of
Mercer, embracing those of the afternoon of Thurs
day, and those Of yesterday up to o'clock. To-
morrow, the Sunday Herald will alone contain the
proceedings of to.day-and the result If that shall
have taken place.
| EXAMINATION OF Miss MERCER CONTINUED.
| THURSDAY, O'Clock, P. M
Mr.. MoLLEsos-Wers they disarranged before you got
| into the bedl
Miss MERcER-No sir, not till he got into the bed.
while sealing up and despatching my express lost
little of the examination at this pointl
Mrs Mercer here fants again partially but is revived
The old gentleman and young Mr. Mercer about the
calmnest and most composed persons in COURT
Q-When Mr.. Heberton locked the door you had you
then seen the bed?
Al did not see the bed till we had got into the room.
| Odd you make any remark before you screamed
| Al made no remark before | saw the bed The
woman who let me in did not call me by never
saw her before; had never been in that street before.
Q-What did you say to him when he took Oft your hat
| and cloak7
A-Nothing.
| Odd you have any other conversation with him1
A-None except what have related
Q-When he locked the door, what did he do with the
| Al don't know
| Q--Who put on your hat and cloak3
| A-Mr. HebertoD,
| Q-Why did you not try 10 run away?
| Al didn't know what was doing.
Q-Have you ever been at any ofthese houses with any
| A-No Miss Osbourn resided in 7th street. above
Chestnut Mrs. Hughes keeps boarding house with Mrs
Osbourn there we're no coored boardcrs the house
| there coored man about the house.
Q-Do you know Theodore Quinon
Ale there a servant he told me he could tell
fortunes there another colored servant there.
| Q-How came Theodore Quinton to tell YOU that he
A-Mary Osbourn had told me that he could do it, and
sitting in the entry talking about it, and he
Odd he tell your fortune'
Q-why \
| Oeba Anp Un
present; Miss Osbourn said Qunton the servsnof a
gentleman have seen thai gentleman, sitting in the
| Odd you know his name?
| A-No Miss Mary Osboun said that Quinton was the
servant he Mrs. Osbourn told me 1t was gambling
house. .
Q-Did you ever bow or. smile to that man in the
| house
| A-No, never recognized in that way any gentleman
the street at that house Qunton told me that he
would tell my fortune when he got the cards. and beck
oned to him the next time went up there to across
| the street and tell my fortune
| Q-Do you know man by the name OF Coles?
| A-Miss Osbourn showed him to me; do not know a
by the name If Arentrue; dent remember ever
having spoken to any gentleman the streets OF Phila
delphe without Introduction, excepting Mr.. Heber-
ton always had some lady with me when walked out
| in the streets of Philadelphia in the evening.
| Q-Do you know man by the name of Caranl
| A-Mss Oshourn showed him TO me; never showed
Quinton my card; showed him card it my sisters;
| there no writing it, did not give it to him; !
showed him; was the stairs the time; asked
him question:; time Qun,on told me there was a
gentleman Wanteu 10 KNOW but "oulo NV
miss Sarah MERGERS examination was here closed and
| she left the court in company with her father]
| Mrs ELIZA MERCER the mother o. the prisoner wal
called and deposed follows IL am the mother OF Sin
geton Mercer; have been in bad health twenty years
my son was twenty years OF age the Goth of December
last he was subject attack OF the Group in the
early part of his fe he was subectto this until he was
10 years of ages heard the story narrated by my daugh
Sarah just now she narrated that story to me once
before in bed the information was first communicated
my son the next morning; he came up stairs where we
Al " hpr
head of the s,urs, and out Of the room; said
any dear son, Heberon has ruined sister, he said
into the room and followed after He had his sister i,
| his arms and she said, " Oh brother, don't kill me
s onS ,e me s Ss
| brother" They looked around, and they both said
"Mcther leave the room" They repeated this and
an hour afterwards He came out Of the room ing and
! went down stairs. He was outrageous. There were
several gentlemen down in the paror He wanted 10
back again and kill her. went stairs and did not
| any more.
| Cross-examined by Ar GENERAL-singleton
tried to get up stairs and some gentlemen down
stairs would not permit him; they locked the door; he
| on hearing q noise found him in the parlor dom
know who in the paror at that time the house wa
continually crowded Singleton was standing in the mid
die OF the room with the fire poker in his head cant
tell what he saii Mr.. Mercer not at home begged
Singleton to be still all in vain; he did not nnt
that time the gentlemen in the endeavored
to paciy him don't know If any efforts were made t
restrain him. have had an interview with Mrs. Heber
that week. il in her dining room up STAIRS the obec
Of my visit there was to see il could not get them tt
return my daughter | cannot tell what said to Mrs
Heberton; was distressed / can't remember; don
remember telling her that Singleton armed and would
Kill her son; there was lady with me who might hay,
me; Miss Holland and Mrs. Heberten had some converse
ton at the head of the stairs, after came downs did no
know that Singleton armed Miss Holland is not il
this village that know of her first name is Sarah sh
resides next door to me, in philadelphia; live at No 81
Queen street; Sarah Holland lives at No 35 Queen street
| By Mr.. BRuwNE-The visit to Mrs. HebertOn
Monday night; my object in visiting Mrs. Heberton
| to induce her son to return my daughter
MARY OSBORN called, and deposcd follows-I l.
the 18th of last january live at % Seventh street. above
Chestnut; my fathers name is Jeremiah Osborn; he is
house carpenter; this is mother who sits alongside
me- have sister she is going on IL; when came from
school Miss Sarah Mercer was in our houses know tn,
month was January have no recollection Of the day q
going home and weold her she had better stay
tea said her mother would scold her if she stad late
told her some person should go home with her; she
stad, and in the evening" after had done tea between
and o'clock, wanted to get some grapes for my
who had had operation performed on her. my moth er
was in the parior when saran and went out for the
grapes We went without asking hers went into Mar
ket street and could not get any there then went
into Chestnut street, and got here when got this
grapes came down Chestnut street again; 60
ing home. and Sarah said "let take walk" told her
we would, and we went down Chestnut street TO Sixth
still continued down Chestnut street, when met
Mr. Heberton; did not know him; Sarah turned round
and said "there is Bastido" said "s III" walked
down Chestnut street until we got TO Seconds forgot to
mention while we were walking In Chestnut street, He
berton met with TREND; we went down Second street
and when got opposite Brcs auction store Sarah said
to me "they are following U.S." said "le rum" and
aswe were going TO rum Heberon caught hold of Sarah
cloak; he asked us where going, and we said oil
| an errandj the other person still with him
we went down Second to Walnut, and turned uJ
Walnut; they still continued to follow when we
got up to nth street, told Sarah they should not
go any further with Heberton wanted ms 10 go into
Locust street but would not 90: turned down wal
nut street to Eighh went up Eighth until got "a
George street. and there told Sarah they should &c
farther for fear my mother would scod; Sarah told
them they must leave and they left then we ran al
| most all the way home when got home we went ur
stairs and told my sister; she told we ought TO b,
ashamed of ourselves TO have following ts Sarah
LEFT house about halipast nine o'clock she went with
gentleman, Mr.. Wood son of the conectoner in Chest
| nut street; went with her.
! Crossexamined by ATTORNEY GENERAs-It is almos, q
year that have been acquainted with Miss Mercer she
has been in the habit Of visiting family; Mrs Hughes
keeps the house. and my mother boards with hers she