Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-31

| it returned the horses were very much fatigued
they remained at his house for some two or three
hours, when he THE tavern keeper went out OF the
room to see about the horses, leaving Miss WcD-
ster and Fairbanks aone when he returned the
door was locked and remained so till about four IN
the morning, when they came out to start there
was no bed in the room; Mr.. Music 1.-THE tavern
keeper) thinking that they were a runaway couple,
laughed at them little about it, but they neither
acknowledged nor denied such to be the fact.
| On Sunday morning early, Mr.. Balm found that
his servants THE wife and child of LOUISE had alb
seconded, taking with them ti0o leather Eunks-he
proceeded to inquire what hacks had left town, and
Craig hearing of it, Immediately suspected that
they had gone off in his hack with Fairbanks. -
Traces of hack wheels were found in the street,
where the hack had turned round just by Bain's
residence, and these traces were recognized by
Craig the track of his wheels-which he knew
by the peculiar conformation of the tire. Balm and
Craig then started for Maysville, and few miles
the other side of Paris met the hack returning
with Fairbanks and Webster still in it. Fairbanks
asked Craig if he recognized the horses; no, he
| replied, one of them is not mine. Fairbanks then
explained that one Of the horses he hired from
Craig had died from fatigue in Millersburg, as they
went down; they there obtained another which
! they took with them, and returning, strange
horse, tie one he now saw, followed them from
Mayslick to Millcrsburg, where they returned the
horse they had hired on going down, and nut IN the
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him where he had been, ana he replied, to assist
runaway couple to be married. What were their
names? asked he: when Miss Webster sharply
| told Fairbanks net to answer the question.
The driver then proceeded to Lexington - Balm
anil Craig following Just behind them. Heard that
| Miss w. was suspected Of stealing negroes. Mrs.
! Glass with pas5-key, entered her room and found
in one of her trunks several letters from Oberlin
Ohio, one from Fairbanks, proposing TO come over
ana assist her in running off slaves, &c. These
| letters the Commonwealth attempted to read but
was not allowed by the Court on the principle laid
down in Greenleai and tho authority Of the cases
there cited that mere possession Of letters, not pro-
we'd to be answered. is no evidence of acquIescence
| IN their contents, / Greeneaf's Evidence In
the mean time, Craig and Balm returned with their
prisoners. and Fairbanks was Immediately searched
by the taller. and letter, found in his possession,
was ATTEMPTED TO be read by the Commonwealth,
on the Ground that on proof of conspiracy, the
acts and declarations of one conspirator in pursuit
of this common object is admissible against them
all. TSee cases Rex. VS.. Watson 81 Howell ST
Tr.-American Fur Company vs. United States 2
Peters. P and Am. on Evid. 2l51 The Court
refused permission to read the letter. there having
been as vet no sufficient proof of a conspiracy be-
tween Fairbanks and Webster which must be es-
tablished. at least primn fcie before the acts OIL
declaration of one could be received against the
other ~ Stark Ev 315 Greeneaf Ev 122
It was then proven that in conversation held
subsequently, to her arrest. Miss Webster had de
cared That She had zone with Fairbanks to assist
r,n,vov connie 70 oct married: that aferward.
she said that Fairbanks. who preteuds to be
nreacher. had persuaded her 10 90 to Millersburg
with him as he had some ministerial duties there tt
attend TO- In another conversation she was asked
where the NEGROES rot in the hack? She answered
no NEGROES GOT in. But between this place anc
Paris three persons. n man. woman, and child