Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-12

He alwaya locked bis door when he went ont. There was pile of weed lying in front of the siill, navessen him have pocket bOoks and . heart skin purse. Have seen this end q . stuck here--picked it up in front of the still after hearing BaleOmb say that Calhoun cut cit stick there. IA club shown him.l Should think this is the elub saw in the nOtth room --have seen the eel skin club before the muT- der mO club found in the bed room but the hemlock one.
 CrOss.examined. White sold liquOr-waS helping him move luFnaluTe a year gOlast A. 1 pTiIfOund a bag Ot money in the north room amog some rubbiah. Understood from Asa
 Whie that a bag of money had been found in the chamber behind a toll board, about $sl00, ali silver except one $5 gold Piece-under- stood that he had had money stolen trOm the old house in May lS4e. Was prosecution at l Colebrook against Calhoun for breaking open | the house of deceased on the "Wednesday be- | fore the murder,
 Dea 1T JMais let the deceased have two $lO0 gold pieces in the fore part of last win ter, in exchange foV bills. l .dsa Wh1e-Am halt-brother of deceased live one and half miles west Ot hIs house.
 1 was at his house on Saturday preceding me murder--was there again on Sunday morning about 8 o'clock. 1.-The account given Oy this witness, relative to the condition of the roems: the position of the body. Sc. corresponded with that of other witnesses Let my oro- ther have two gold eagles last tal-he has been in the habit of laying up gold during the past yeal-found but $s25 in the house attel his death-heard there was $0S found Tn the | chamber, all silver except one S5 gold piece My brother was in the habit of keeping money in spectacle case-saw it Sunday morning with it's contents scatteted and gone saw him | have heart skin purse on the night before the murder.
 | Lorenzo D Cummings-Am Conductor on ! Harlem RR. Arrested Cobb on the 6h ot A. ; pril got man to arrest Calhoun in Canal st. 1 on New Haven cars. Took hem both tn the I Police Office at the Tombs, and searched them. Found on Cobb $50 bill, two $siO gold pie :. ces, and three $ gold pieces and $l bill. Found on Calhoun pocket book with $5 bill OH Hartford Bank When I took Cobb he asked me what was the matter ; made no reply; when at the police office, he said he got inc money of Ed Tsintor. Calhoun said he got his of Cobb. ..
 i Cross examined-Belonged to the regular Police-haye been conductor three weeks. Cobb told his name truly; be told me when coming up in the cars that if the mu,derers of white were found out, they would be found to be his near neighbors. Did not hand cuff them coming up-;hey were willing to come; | Cobb said they got on to the Housatonic RR' l Calhoun said Cobb paid his fare
 Edpard Iainior testified that he had let | Cobb have 40 $50 bill or gold Cobb is my nephew let him have BIO fey days before | the murder Cobb said he was going to New l York.
 | (Scmc evidence was here introduced rela- tive to the letters supposed to be written by Cobb) r | .Mr Cummings recalled When we were coming up Cobb said, There was no necessity of coming after me; that he thought everybody knew he was going; that he went to man named White and offered to show hIm the money at Celebrook. ...
 | Wn, H Stone of Holland started for N Y by the Naugatuck Railroad on the sth of Apr while waiting at Bridgeport for the Housator> | ic cars, ke saw Cobb & Calhoun coming from that rain to the N train whent into the car with them. Cobb first said he was going 10 California afterwards that he and Calhoun were going into N Y State to work in tanne- ! ry. Sc.
 [ HayIoso Roys of Norfolk went to N Y onthe l Slh of April got into the cars at Canaan aud soon after Cobb and Calhoun were pointed out | to him. Did not see them get on at Canaan /; l saw them after leaving Stamford, & saw them at the Tombs. Henry Simons. Live in Colebrook Saw Balcomb on Sunday morning after the murder at George Scott's; started from that place and walked him to the bridge that turns off to go to the saw mill by MT. Cobb's; saw somebody else there, near Cobb's house. going towards the bridge. Left Balcomb on the oPpo- site side of the bridge from Cobb's house about or 10 o'clock A. M. Don't know the number of persons, one certain. Johm Oles. On tte night of the mur- der I was at Scott's house. Balcomb came home about 3 or o'clock A. M. Came to my bed he slept with me. Had boarded there but about two weeks. Balcomb shorter time. Went down to George Whites the next morning. Hen- rv Simons came in and asked B. to walk with him. He boarded at Erastus Smiths. Scott and his family have gone away: Reuben White, son of Barnice. Got to my fathers house about 10 o'clock Sunday morning; saw the hemlock club &c. &c. Tuesday night I gave hickory stick to Mr. Simons. Calhoun came there Monday night about 4 o'clock. Calhoun went in to the house with us and Mr. Chauncey Williams asked if the chest (which had been moved into the bed>rooml stood there when it was bro- ken. Calhoun said no, it was in the other room. Calhoun had not been there be- fore since the murder. We moved the chest Sunday noon. They went into the north room where the corpse lay, and Mr. Tyrrell asked Calhoun to go up end put his hand on his forehead after some 1 urging he did so, but did not like to look that way. I found the money up stairs behind an old toll board, beside stud in plain sight when the board was taken away found bag of specie in the eel lar some time before. He hid morey in his old house. Had two bags of money