The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-14
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cRIMINAL COURT
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Trial Of Hand alias slusterr for Stealing the
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Mr John Warden WINS recalled, and testified Tint per
10 The ROOM whence the Jewels aoei eoul very
eal Y reach Tue poneo an1 ihusstsespe, t.a -
Capt Goddard beng sworn, iesihtd that he had the
proposition which he was auiori1ed TO submit 10 e pris
oner He produced Il, aud il was read, follows, viz
hereby authorize Jaine9 Webb 10 Tom Hand
alias Jacob shoner now IL custody on The share OF rob
the Parent Oics, November ia on behalf IL GOT
eriment oi the United Saiss that, II he, the said Tom
Hand will HE no farther expense IN The
prosecution Of said charge, and will plead guilty the in
aicmeni, charging the crime upon him, AMI will restore
10 he restored, the anirlea taken. in the
which they were taken or now are a any of them have
been broken mp and meled) he The said Hand shall
be sentenced 10 prgon Tor time exceeding Two ior
aanl robbery EDMUND BuRkE,
Commissioner Of Patents.
Washington, April 3, 1919.
capt Goddard said that he TO The prison and read
paper Hand and aitrwar the prisoner read him
sell. Hand stated that he wanted 10 know whether The
conditions eoul be complied Win Witness informed him
Thai he presun. that tie Dsiie Attorney and the Com
missioner OF Patents would Hand further
he complied with in good faith, The prisoner SAID he
would like 10 be ASSURED OF e rf aud that he had been
badly treated by being placed IN irons eeasary IL
stated, In the course Of the conversation, thai he wished
u he CERTAIN that The persons mentioned could comply with
that the judge tolh he governed By tie promise Wi-Ba
told him thai lle judge ght be governed by The wishes Of
ts Go', , on ihe promises made TO nun but The
and lionorby H,ni said that he had been approached
by man like Webb aud said tai he b'vei tlat the vii
neSa was onfsily disposed, and had more confidence ia
him thnn he had IN Webb
lif Warden, near Nj KY opened ne packages and
took out The bottle Of pearls Mr. Key exb this The
nry, that they night s=e that small piece Of ne white
sk in one o. The paris Of snar ze and appearance
u thai on the emil oft ai o,damentt which WAS left be-
hind by the robbers
Thomas kanonae sworn was acquainted with HE prs
oner al the bar had seen hun wite aud acquainted
with his writing.
On The examination he said tai the writing shown
10 him little different nom the ordinary writing Of
Slusier-tere wdsa considerable difference And lie adj
miIei that he had bad feelings against the prisoner CON
passed away For the asi several years he had boarded
with Snusic, OH AMI The asi yisiI lac paid 10 HIM was
Npura t.af GalH Al n Inhpr IIa
been TO Philadelphia frequently since nat time, and passed
through the city hut never stopped
MI Samuel Lewis weler, q his city, test'ded that The
ingots shown him were pare gold
Henry b Jones sworn Iresie in the city Of New York
nefs have seen The mis Of gold Last fall The latter
an Of September, Susier came 10 me anil asked whether
He said that friend of his wanted get some and that
the best security would be given for the loan Of for short
asked him who ie nun wis lie declined saying, but
remarked that he was merchant, and ihot knew HIM;
asked him why lie did not take TO the bauk and III
coined hs said that there wers particular REASONS why he
settling up estate told him would take II and get The
money on il from my bunk. lie said no, that would not
wond think Of il There was some further iall, which
don't rtcolect ight OF I, mud when next saw him
him, he said he must hive six hundred instead Of five
Thre was time appointed WHEN was 70 meet the other
Ills name IS samuel Powell lie said suppose iha
Jake has made the arrangement" Hand was MOI present
ASKED INN 10 Jet me inc gnl lie LOOK ma
heiit did not take out Of the paper was s,tisded
from the weight OF It saw end OF IL the next day.
len e sod VIII VIII lin M ON o hs On Msay
mornin, got SIX hundred dollars and met him AT eleven
n LANDED n ane e %py q o me to
that till Jake called for it. look and put up all things
except the s9e e snS r e e hsn n ny
top shelf When saw him told him wanted my money;
ap a.. m 0 me s pa e N
81 long TINT then opened another package lile box
ed on ihe ena q ,ne eoe aa saw WHAT supposed to
Of that shown, and these look like the damon Is, and that
The hottie Of oiaf orosfs Next tlTe say HIM "a him
il for told him suspected they were some Of the Coy
srnmsn, ewss lie lausl.d aud asked me Why Tod
him wanted him 10 take them, or should send them to
washington Or do s"me,na WIN them He si,d that
keep my mouth shl, aud not say word, or would get
shut no harm would come that the bolie q QUAR- Of roses
destroyed, and the articles caud not be identified He
said st he had melted up the gold sca6bard he told me
then that must rliss him four hndrsd dollars more.
told him that would not do u
destroy them He told me act ike fool; said
That had tie things and get out srape, and
that he and sam would nrn against me Finally, othe
four hundred dollars, aud LEI INN have IT. The next day
received note Have Roi,t with destroyedt as
soon as go H. Do not know who wrote We note illvs
seen the prisoners hanawIttnghn don't know il well
enough swear to H. When let him have the four hun
drei dollars, Y was the last time that saw him Dor.
He rave me the money right out, an note afterwards
The four hundred was taken from my business lie offer
cd me double whlt, / could make on my money any
other way put othe things IN the cellar aud the bottle
in the attic, buried ihenn February sometime Shnser
old me % bury all HE Times IN ne cellar where they
found Taking walk with Shnster oid h m siis.
pseted hey wers pari e. hs Goysrnmeh, ls h TINS
He said in reply, hathsy were ai he had destroyed The
Ss gold @s he had melted The tx hned dol
lars were paid in November and te four hundred IN Feb
Gas. era,aiusf in Phlalephia on thanssgiy
day 26ih Of November Had no mDneyed transactions
with ha prisoner on nst n,sh was mo- =. s hsass
KEN IN the newspaper Didn't knowt The Jewels received
were The property Of the Government but eli wrong d.
r1ctly took them, rom the manner Powell acted. The
6rsinteryitw with Powell was Saturday night the la
part Of November rom 10th To 30h don't recollee
what time saw notice In the papers musI have heard
Of The theft before had the interview with Powell Ihave
known Shsiec slx or seven years and known SIM Powell
some length Of time | met Powell al East broadway
house Pike street near my place OF business
hin, late In the evening he was WAITING At The corner
would meet him there aud dill Talked The matter
in the shnster sal thai should make double on
my money than IL any other way Buried NE IN box and
gold in cellar, and put the bottle in the attic I not know
what contained Did not hurry the bottle because i was
hard to dig ,lown ] did not know what was n The
bottle bui what heard buried the things IN he itt,
past Of february Mr. Webb, don't doubt thu Webb
Justice McGraii,, and Mr. Smith called with Webb,
So frightened | don't rtcolect what Webb said Or
what said 10 him, Some Time during HE day gave
up The ibtngs did no. eve mp the things earlier
because of The ,hreaia-the taking Of my III, Mr.. J..
Stewart went with 10 The cellar Wien was called
by Webb aud ep Police Justice, denied having the pro-
peity Ibid deny things there, add they KEPT IN the
Toonbs all day, and said they would iikrpe TO Wash
neon first informed Stewart had the things Never
told tna woilI give them npif slonId not be pro.
ecuied II seemed 10 him that something waa said by
Wehh about bat did them up becauae did not
believe him think thai they must have said, when they
came 10 me- ihat Sm,sfer had s,i had the property
ShuSter did moi caution coucti the articles He
said however, or particular reasoua that muai Keep tie
cold The itli bad AFTER Ing The things
was HAT Powell sid that hr would To store
on Monday, lid not ink much about the suspicion
wrong niil after had parted with my money saw
Webb only once, when he came my houee 10 speak TO
The subject lie said the officers We're waiting out
the door Webh did not remain with me- more than min
ute There little conversation hut can't |
reeoilce wlait knew there WAS bottle handed
me, for shook (Other replies made quen-
ns uskad) He snid he felt afraid 10 make il known that
he had the things in his possession, and he wanted 10 get
his money -H 1
Mr.. Jones allied, and gave further testimony
MIR. II Stewart, clerk OF New York police, testified
that he went with Jones 20 where the Jewels bur
ed Witness supposed HAT prisoner inferred, was
led TO inter- that his (Sewarts) influence would be used 10
deain him witness against The parties more guilty
than himself, viz Shusitr, Powell aud Webb.
Francis Jones and testified that he is a
sin OF the Jones nst examined, and lent him $500
Mg Key said Thai he had gotten through with his wit.
nessts and wished 10 close the case This led 10 some