Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-12

ny return, e o'elack neaEly,l D made his , home ai ScOit's. Got through supper, then
 niaVed . games cf eheauers with him. Went Co the door and saw balonmb and Manassetn Ho,nsH
 rom the mih, down the Tond, abent " '. m.
 Saw another person sitting on . pile ot slaos. Did Uos know the peFson. Ite s,aos wste s
 nearer to nie than the mill. Dd not know Cal-
 hOun. The three ssssd Jew inmates and then
 ~S;roS Crcss Examined. Went to .l.s dSor abOu,
 half past ten ?. M. Mosn was shining bright.
 Cannot swear positively as to the identity Oa el .
 theF of them,
 WM. KEER. Saw Cobb pass my house be.
 tween 9 and 10 and go up the road, and s1ssae-
 body pass down between 10 and III. Between | 3 and hc ird s0mebo ly go towards Cobbs.
 Gross Examined. Sure it was Cobb who
 passed about 10.
 SALLY WHITING. Testified to the same effect as Mr. Keep but with more particularly.
 Mir. Leonard Whiting to the same points.
 HARLOW SIMoNs. Was at Whites on Sunday after she murder; saw hemlOck club broken, | Sc. Saw 3 or clubs. On Tuesday night carried home q hickory club from MT Whites house which R White gave to me to walk home l with. Don't know what has become of 1t, Saw the same club at MT Whites the sunday before in the kitchen on the floor was dry stick.
 HIRAM MOORE. On sunday after the murder, 1 went on foot to meeting about 10 or l5m to J | and saw Balcomb and Calhoun: Calhoun said Good morning, MT More about 6O rods from 1 ently going towards the shanty. Calhoun and | Balcomb's eyes and faces were red looked as ifthey had been up late the night before, THos K BETTIcE saw Manasseth coming down appare ntly from off the mountain on sunday morning, sun half an hour Or hour high my boy asked him what made him so lame he said he got drunk the night before and fell down and sprained h;s ancle.
 road on the night of the murder heard several persons pass the house: cant tell whether there were two or three, After they got past the house, they walked faster-were going south i; probably about o'block.
 G DAVIS thought two of the papers spoken of yesterd ay compared in respect 10 hand writ ing with a letter of CObb's shown him thought they were in the same hand writing.
 Sd day-Friday. <.
 Rollia L. Beecher was shown letters, which he believed to be Cobb's. He pointed est certain peculiarities in Cobb's writing, which which he observed in the letters before him. Had seen Cobb write but once, but had receiv- ed letters from him .... MT. Seymour here read the letters-the first and second are supposed to be from Cobb to Balcomb: the third and fourth, from Cobb to Calhoun. They are as follows
 BEN-Something must be done and no mis- take. It wont do 10 think of being shut up always, and great God we are too young to be deprived of all happiness in this way. Ben. I tell you it wont do. We must do something. We can be saved if you have not told too much. Now. Ben, don't keep me in the dark, Let me know all, and will prepare to meet it.. Now, Ben. don't keep anything from me, for it is for your advantage as we'll as mine. think we can be saved. If was ln your place I know we could. You can send Us to hell or not, just as you please.
 BEN-What is your conclusion Do you | calculate to duplicate us all, and not give Us a.chance of defence ?--or do you intend to save yourself, and let innocent men suffer Is it honorable! could save myself from coming here, by telling what was told me Sunday But was bound to keep my word. It was my honor that was pledged, and would suf~ ferred death before would betray you. was always true to you, Ben, and you know il, -and now for you to make bad worse, is un . just. I sought your well.beiDg. had been to iail once, and lost all, and to save you snf. ferred myself to come again. But think not that I am hard, for speak plain. If you send us to he'll and save youlself, that sweet life of yours will be life of misery. shall give YOU the name of devil here. Ben, there IS a chance vf saving ourselves now, if you have not told anything more than heard. Write and send it in something to me. just what you have told, and if anything can be done, will do all can. There is just one way for us 10 get off, and ii yon have not told too much, l will be the man to do it. Write and get me to know just what you told, and will tellyou how it is. can hang like dog without a murmur, if it was necessary-but think we can get clear of it if you aint the devil. Don't keep back word. Tell me all. for I don't believe we are bound for hell yet If you want to consult our counsel, will tell them when they come, and we must get clear wish could talk with you. could make yea understand better than can write.
 Ne.3.
 BILL-Little did I expect to have your back turned on me, bu, as it is aa contenfed = Few more suns dawn on my head. We want help and could get it. but you are too stingy. can produce $5. and you know lt-bnt the case may go 10 hell and you with 1t. l am going to see White and the States Attorney and tell all know, and suffer the consequent ces. don't care damn whether we get clear or not.
 No. 4.
 Twill hang myself with bed cord before go to trial. just as lives die now as then: This IS the last I write to you, but depend l shant permit things to budge always 50. 1t would be benefit to you as we'll as me. Ifyou rather hang than get clear. you can do 80 and be damned. Ifyou wont tIy to keep quiet, wont try to nelp you shall do all in my power to help you, but you wont let me. Miles Bid,veH brought Cobb and Calhoun to iail. While stopping at Wolcottville, he got into devil of scrape." Cobb replied, Yes, by = we have, and if you had done as | I told you, we should not have been caught.
 .Nr Foster recalled. Some time after the rising of the Legislature. 49, met MT. White who asked me for my bill, he wanted to pay 1t 1 We went into house-I made out my bill l he took out his pocket book to pay 1t his
 hands trempled, so that he asked me to count | it off. did so, till came to an old looking I tte :n ,.,;th ho xvorH Eifty in the centre