Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-05-13

4 by Heberton. III there could De any uouDl oi
Hebertons baseness and low depravity, this
simple narrative of the facts Is sufficient to re-
move IT. Verify he met the fate which awaits
all such desperadoes. We cannot lament his
untimely iend..-hs received hisjust deserts, and
nothing more. Dubuque Express. E.
/ Sarah Mercer, sworn. II am the daughter OF
Thomas Merger; was sixteen iast. January;
am sister of Singleton Mercer; about New
~ car, in Chestnut above 5ih, as Miss Osborne
and myself were going down, I'VE met gen.
tleman whom I.thoughs TO be Mrs Baslldo, /
was telling Miss Osborne it was Mr.. Bastido;
Mr.. Heberton heard me and passed up the
street, and met. another gentleman and then
turned back and followed US; him and the
other gentleman; they followed Us down Ches-
nu, 10 SecoRd down Second to Birch's auction
Store; said to Miss Osborne "rhey are fol-
lowing u.s." Mr.. He5erton then laid hold OF
my cloak; asked US where we were going;
said we were going an GRAND; we iheu turned
up Walnut street; Mr.. Hebefon and the 9TH
er gentleman walked along side of US; we
walked up Walnut to Ninth; and turned back
and came 10 Walnut and Eighth up Eighth to
George street, and they left US; we then went
TO Mrs Osborne's from whence a gentleman
saw me home, the next evening | left home
on an Grand, and in coming home met Mr.
Heberton at the corner of Second and Pine
street; he went TO the corner OF Second and
Queen street with me; thought 1t was Mr.
Basldo the whole time; he asked me III
would not meet him and | said yes. the next
time | met him he told me his name was Heb
erton and not Bastido; | had never heard OF
him before; ! met him three evenings after
this; on one of the evenings we met 1t came on
rain he stopped at lawyer Vadyke's TO get an
umbrella; lawyer Vandyke told Mr.. Heberton
10 tell me to come in, but | wouldn't 60, on
one of the evenings | met him, he told me he
should like TO come TO our house; that he did
no. know any one TO introduce him, he asked
me what gentleman came TO our house; men
toned one or two; he said he knew one | men,
toned; he said the next time he met him he
would ask him 10 introduce him; the next time
we met he said he had asked this gentleman
and the gentleman had refused TO do so; the
next time we met we took long walk iogeih-
err we stopped before a house in Elizabeth
street; Mr.. Heberton said friend of his lived
there and sked me i'll would 90 in until he got
warm; | refused TO 60; he said he would only
Sit few minutes; he then rang the bell, and
mulatto woman came to the door; she spoke
to Mr. Heberton and called him by uame---
! Here the witness became much excited and
wept aloud; otter pause she resumed: l
went in and the woman showed us up stairs.
! TThe witness was here violently agitated, and
deep sensation was produced on all around
her. She continued in this state, while giving
her testimony; for some time ]
! The woman showed US into room; it had
A bed in il, but did not see that until alter
got mas soon as Heberton 90, me in the wo-
man left and shut the door and locked il; |
told him would not stay; he told me | could
not help myself; he then said that if did not
comply with his wishes | should never see my
home again; screamed and he pulled out a
pistol, and said must comply with his wish
es; he took off my bonet and cloak. 1.-THE
witness here could scarcely utter word for
sobbing and loug pause ensued. Afor sew
eral efforts she resumed and said he then car
rcd me by force over TO the bed another
painful pause and threw Inc on it. Mr.. He
berton then took off his coat, and while he was
doing this got off the bed and ran TO the other
end of the room. Mr.. Heberton carried me back
again; struggled 10 get away from him but
could not. The witness was here so much
agitated that she exclaimed "Oh can't GO on, :"
and wept bitterly. She continued after anoth-
er pause. He then violated my person; he
detained me no longer in the room but guess
was an hour altogether in the room. He af
forwards told me he loved me; that he would
marry me and take me away from this place;
he told me If | was afraid 10 go home he would
take me to some place to board until he could
get ready TO 90 to New Orleans; told him
would not, but that would go home.
After we got out Of the house he asked me
TO meet him again. told him that would not,
and that | was determined TO tell my father
and mother; he said if | did he would tell his
friends that had taken him to this house after
picking him up in the street; he took me three
times 10 that house and once out by Thirteenth
street, by Walnut, and once in Pine above
Twelfth; ! never was with him any other
places except these he brought two gentlemen
down at different times 10 the corner Of Third
and Carpenter streets, and introduced them
10 me in the street. | know who they were;
the last time saw Mr.. Heberton he went 10
Alderman Palmer's with me; the young lady
was not at home, and did not 90 in; he then
asked me 10 meet him the next Wednesday,
and on the following Wednesday he proposed
that we shovd go and get married, and then
90 TO New Orleans the last time | saw him
was on the Sunday when this conversation
took place; the next morning | went down TO
see my sister, Mrs. Quinn; while was there,
a servant girl came and informed me that my
father had heard that had connection with
Heberton, and he wanted me to come home;
did not know what my father would do to me,
and VISA afraid TO 90 home, for fear of being
confined in the house and being prevented from
seeing Hebenon; then fed to the house Of
I Mrs. Elder, in Pine street, above Twelfth
one ofthe houses before alluded io--and staid
there all night.
| Mrs. Elder said she would 60 out the next