The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-02-06
From the Louisville Journal.
Case Of Della A. Webster

In" Cdse tUmi"g up Tor trial, /" answer
to the question whether she was ready ioi
ltiai, Mrs Webster responded IN the al
trmativs.
Mis-, Webster was hen arraigned, and
plead not suaiy.
Far Tie C0m m0Bt0eaiM--Mr. A. Fl.
Robe 500, CJ,nmonweti rs attorney, as,
sisted b., Richard PrlnIet, Esq
Far Tie DejeMce-- Messrs. NJ. c.. jonas
sou, Cpoo,bS dUd Say.
Ap"' sode fIicutya jury having been
empa nei!ci, he commonwealth con.
'negcrd the examlua,iuu OF Its witness s,
whose evidence was us follows:
Miss Webster, or some Momtns previous
to ner Arrest, tausn ScutoI IL Lexington,
and boarded win a Mrs Glass Aoout
the b'1 OF September nan calling him.
seit EdlrUaHk, came TO The house and IN
CURED for her; WAS lod that she was alb
seat, stated that he wished very much to
see her, Tor although entirely unacqpanl>
Ell with her he knew some OF her friends
IN Oslo. When Miss Webs,er came in,
Falrbank introduced himself, and lmme-
N'"' NNS''NS Pt'fA'N SOhF' on wi w W.
her. They retired 10 separate room
and renamed there together and alone for
some tlHe. Al Miss Webslel's request
Mrs, Glass consented 10 receive Mr. Far.
bank as d blardet IN her auuse, ana from
that tlhIe until a day or Two previous to
his arrest they held long conversations
together, and seemed deSIous Of avoiding
obSeiVrt on. On Monday Toe Q3d Of Sep
tembec, Farbauk called On Parhef Craig
to iuqglrc If he could ct back TO 20 10
M1ys,!.,e on the hext Saturday. era Q
toi1 h.l hc could.
On Wednesday he again called, to pro-
VIDE agalns disappointment. On Sltur-
day he calno to Craig aud ordered the
hack to be sent 10 Mrs. GLASS;, where a
youug Jady would JOIN MIN. He asked
hn If he could get 10 Pacls thai night,
starting at i've O'Clock. Craig Iold MN
he cyuld-how long it would take TO g.
10 Mlysvllie and return! and was AM
ewele0 four dtys. lie then remarked
that he wopii start AT five that evening
and go 10 Paris that night, and MaysviIle
the next day, II 1t was not too hard d drive.
The hock called agreeaby to instruction
al Mrs. GLASS;, aud Miss Webster got n,o
it with t"rb,nk, stating 10 her ldudady
ihai she was going TO spend The Sabbath
in Versailles with So ne friends, and would
return early on Moudly morning. Ia
cead of goag DIR ely from Paris, as
Faifbduk bad stated he intended 10 do, II
was proved hat the hack was at the hos
p!taI al SIX o'clock, and al the Brueu
House in Lexington at half past six,
Vbere two uunks, both of leather, which
Flrbank had lief. there some days before
were placed upon II. The keeper # he
tar" pike gate OH the MaysvlIe road prov
ed that 30 hack passed the gate on mat
evening beture nine or ten o'clock, SO ha
lheg could tot ave left Lexington before
nai!.pasl >,gut ur nine. The same night
,hal Ines tran.ac',on, are proved TO have
'1ken place, Louis, he slave named il The
Inyiclmenl, the property OF Mrssrs. Gram
and Baxter, escaped, together with his
wife and child, The property oil Mr.. BAN.
The neXl hing heard OF Falfoank and
Webs er is from the tavern keeper at
Washington, four miles On This side OF the
Ohio; aud he says that a hack passed
that place on Monday morning, driving
rapidly with the curtains all down; thai |
on Monday morning, about Que o'clock,
he was aroused by The return Of the same
hack, out OF Which came Fanbauk and |
The prisoner; there We're two leather
ir0ukS on the hack as it Went down, bu |
zone rs it returned ; he horses were very
much iaLtgued they remained at his house
for some two or three hours, when he
{ he lavern-neeper) Went ou Of he room
- see about the horses, leaving Miss
Webster ana Faifblnk alone : when be
lie 'ntntd the door was locked and remain
ID 81 i'll aboui four Ia The morning, when
tneV c1nne out TO start; there was no bed
a. tne ,oun, wheteupou Mr.. MeSc (he
tavern "eueI) linking that they were "a
tunA tay co4iap, laughed At them IItIe
n1uu u. td hey ntllhrr acknowledged
EOr d. n'td such To Ue the fact.
On Sunday morning early, Mr. Balm
found that nis servants, the vile and child
j.. Louis, had absconded, taking with them
40 leather Trunks; he proceeded 10 ins
quire what backs bad left town, and Craig
hearing of it Immediately suspected thai
they had gone of in his hack with Fairs
bank. Traces CT back wheels were found
in The street, where The hack turned round
just by Boin's residence, and these traces
were recognized by Craig as the track OF
his wheels--whlch ne knew by the pecu-
liar confirmation Of the tire. Balm aud
Craig started then for MaysviIe, aud a
lew miles the olher side of Paris, mel
The hack returning, with Fa'bank and
Webster still in it; Fdirbank asked Craig
it he recOgniz ID the horse no, he replied,
one of them is not mlae Falrbauk then
sxpltiGed That one Of ih4 horses hit hired
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