The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-02-10
st. JOhnsbury, Vt February 10, 1915

thinking ihnt they were a runaway couple nugIed at
them little about il, but they neither acknowledged
nor drn,'d such to he tho fact.
On Snnhny morning early, Mr. Bnin found that his
servants (hu wife and child Of .oui+) had nhsconded,
taking with them leather trunks; he proceeded 10
inquire what bucks had Ien town, mud Crg herring
OF IT, immediately suspected that they had gone of in
the hack with Fairbanks. 'rrnces Of hack wheels
fOuod in the street, where the hack had turned
round just by Bans residence, and these traces
rrcnguized by CrNig tho track &c his wheels which
he knew by the peculiar construction Of the tire
Balm and Craig started then for MHysvlle, and few
miles the other sio Of Paris the hack returning,
with Fairbanks aud Webster still in il, Fairbanks
asked Cnig r he recognized the horses; N". lac rep-
cd.one Of them is mine. Fairbanks then explun-
ed that one Of the horses he hired from Craig hnd
died Of (hligue in MlersLurg, NJ they went down;
they there obtained other, which they took with
them, and on returning, strange horse, the he
now saw, followed Them from Maysville to Miller.-
burg, where they returned the horse they had hired
going down. and put in tho one that had followed
them.
Craig then asked him where he had been, and lie
replied, TO assist runaway couple to be married
What were their nnmes7 asked he; when Miss Web
ster sharply told Fairbanks to nn-wer the qnes-
ton The diver then proceeded To Lexington - Balm
and Craig followed just behind them. Hearing that
Mica w. was suspected Of stealing negroes. Mrs.
Glass with pass key, entered her room. aud found
in Of her trunks several letters from Oberln Ohio
one from Fairbanks, proposing to and
~ her in running of slaves, SC. These letters the
Cerrmonw cath attempted to read hut was not allow
ed by the court on the principle laid down in Green.
leaf, and the authority Of tho there cited, that
the mere possession OF letters proved TO be-
swered, IS evidence Of ncqniescence in rheic
tents. q Grrenlraf's Evidence
In the meantime, Craig and Balm retained with
their prisoners, & Fairbanks immediately search
ed Ivy the 'l"r and letter, found in his Possession,
was attempted To he read Ivy the Commonwealth, on
the ground that, on proof ofa conspiracy, the acts
and declarations of ons conspiror in pursuit OF this
common object - admissible against them all. See
cases Res vs. Watson, 81 Howell St. Tr. American
Fur Company W.. United SIg,es,2 Peters. RI and
Am. on Raid 2i5 The Court refused permission
{" rend the letter. there having been yet su
ciet proof Of u conspiracy heI~cen Fairbanks and
Webster, whch must he established, ut least prima
faeGe, be(ure the declaration of could he
received against the other. r Stark Ev. S25. l
Grs-neaf Ev l22
II then proven that in n conversation held sub
seqnenty to her nrre>i Miss Wch-isr had declared
that she had gone with Fairbanks assist runaway
couple get married; that afterwards she SAID that
Fairbanks, wi pretends 10 he preacher, had per.
suaded her 10 60 Mllershurg with him, as he had
ministerial duties To attend to. In another
r-rsa,ion sie asked where the negoes got in the
huck. She answered, no negroes got in. But be-
tgp hiS lacp Paris thrpa NM
woman and a child [mark the coincidrDec] got into
the hack; but added, they were all white persons to
her unknown. Again she that Fairbanks had
deceived her, and under Pretence Of taking her to
Versailles, had Iured her to Naysv,Ilc. The Com
monweallh, having previously several times attempt
ed read the letter Of FaEhaa KS was permitted
to do II bore date the Thursday previous TO the
day the negroes escaped.
After noticing the failure OF the writer in his at
tempt to run off aesro woman, the wife Of Ghison
negro who it seems had made his way 10 Ohio from
! this neghbnrhood. he goes 10 say that Miss w.
and tho writer hnd concluded 10 carry off three ne
groes man named Louis, II stout, active bay, h's
wife and child, aud that they would attempt II on the
following Saturday; that on arriving ut Aberdeen, he
would send them on by the daily underground
route, and would then return with Miss W. 10 Lex
ington; that he was boarding IN The same house WIN
her, and that neither suspected. lie says fur
Their that he had already sent his baggage to Cincn-
| natl, (remen'her the two leather trunks taken from
| the Bruen House, and would follow il there US soon
us he had seen Miss w. home.
| No evidence OF any moment offered by the de-
' fence. The Jury retired Friday evening, after
hearing The able arguments Of counsel. and brought
in. Saturday morning, verdict Of guilty, fixing
her punishment Mt years imprisonment in the
! penttntury. Sentence pronounced by Judge
Baekner Saturday, January 4th and the prisoner
taken down Thursday. the 9Th TO Frankfort.
The DEvlL MARRIED. This is no joke, il is a
stubborn fact. In Milton, Pennsylvania on Christ
mas day, by the Rev. Mr. StoeVer, Mr. John Devil
was joined in holy marinony to Miss Elizabeth Shnd,
oil of Milton. This IS n marriage extraordinary; an
event absolutely unprecedented in ancien. or mod
ern times ,hut the Devil should catch Shad in mid
winter and take her 'aIve and kicking" to his wod-
ding supper Mr Devil is said to be very respect
ube young butcher. Bee
Whit a glorious World this would he, IL all ia