New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27

for tie entire destruction Oi the Railro ~. an
Arman " Wanted-eyioence Of design 10 e1tort
money from the Company Wesc0,i Ftch SAID
he meant 20 make the Company pay hundred ihou-
sand dollars Van A!Tnal " Wan'ed-eviieuce
iaa' Williams proposei 70 eHtor money ron .Ae
gCUp1uN" WeScOtt Williams suggested q pro-
positou 20 b. made 20 the Railroad Company through
NT. JOY, f1r FIVE thousand collars year i2I NE
wears"
ftcl v hen these COnsyl-itOTs threw Oh t-c Hl--h-
.. / com against -lc world ." Where suQ HAat Vas
tins Leon IL was hamlet among the OAK o pen
incs OF Michigan. What was us magnitude IL
consisted OF country t1VeTT. storehousc, scloD-
house a church. and q dozen humble tenemeHt>
" 40 were the members Of THIS band one country
gentleman. one keeper Of a tavern ana bailtIey, one
draklng teamsteT, Oae back-w OOGsman, ana one VI!
laee mason and ihcy acted Their parts "Ith as much
hs!2IesS and even more. than the clowns lh the m
teluce ln Midsummer Nights Dream. For Wnen
bottom proposed 70 act the par: Of Lion he was over
ruled, lest he might roar too loudly ana - " fs IL
ca the duchess and the ladies' No >ucn hmldty
distinguished the clowns Of Leoni. They proclaim
ed themselves the uL.errlec-" Lcom against Inc
world 80
ThIs tes;imony !, too lud.crous for grave discus
SION bot { you think % worthy OF consideration,
submit, FIRST That proves to- much IN regard 10 the
extent OF the conspiracy. What was WdI'sd' was a
conspiracy against the Michigan Oenirdl kaufoaI
but we have mere conspiracy against an miAhlIld :
2dv ]. proves too little II regard - the nuinoer OF
the conspira'oTs, iOr az nOsthere are Outhve "hleh
i forty five less than the whole number OF detenu-
ants charged 3dly 1t IS too genera and too vague
for II does not al all show how TINS Leoni Band car
ned on their wicked warfare against either the world
OF The Michigan Central Railroad.
Adieu. Mr. William d. Nesco,t-
We know thee o. the bottom from within
Tbs shallow center to the utmost skin
pass to other evidence in support Of the conspIa
cv Here IS a letter from Abel +. Tlich to Mr.
Brooks the Superintendent OF the kaIroda CON-
pany l.-.-- a.. o, 1910
HT ]. " BRooFs-DeaT Sir. Almost every day some
ID. nr the 2
tie trans refuse % stop for them Yesterday Dir O.
Cha.ld mother aud sister wished 70 take the cars ior
Of them Now 4 this p-ncy from YOU scur ie-al
advisers dd the insulting hall pay proposition ior NJ
Ing cattle accidents DO occur on the ROAD, on
you head. AID your alone must rest the res 2nSiDt
Yours. &C. ABEL = tII1h'
And here is the answer, which We have proved
was given 20 this letter Here Nj Seward read
A perusal Of these documents shows that Fhch's
COMMUNICATION was a friendly though earnest &c,
monSirance against proceedings OF the company ana
that II was received and regarded as such ha1 II
been needed all would have been well. Five hun
dred dollars would have paid all the damages claimed
hv COMPLAINING parties for the destruction o ther
cattle and the payment would nave prevented al
danger and all tumult. ,
Henry Browntesthes that Fitch, Freoand and FIJI
lev sad not when together but separately dnd on d-
ferent occasions. 1--WE viii let them know there lSa
God in Israel that they could have no sympathy
for the Company that the way the Company acted,
the DRY marsh would be good place 10 let them
down" Brown was Il poor. llllterate negro, douDt-
less honest, but incapable OF correctly reporting
declaration or admlss on, IN the fact mat
he attributes precisely The remark 10 three df'-
ferCnt persons The threats which he proves, II ms
testimony IS reliable, were nothing more than out
breaks of popular passion IN private conversation
| shall waste little time upon the declarations
proved by Woliver lie says that all the defend
ants, (although they were never togethor) seemed
10 coincide In tearing up the track, ana IN saving
that they had had their property killed, anu they
could not revenge II one way they would III anolher
They would never give up until the place was satlS-
fed for damages tha; they would carry ont tner o,
iects shape, and that Fitch said they would
hang together This is leStlfylng upon new prln-
cipe of swearing made easy-that Is. Wdlyer gives
ms the effect of what forty different men SAID on df-
ferent occasions, individually, under the general
CAPTION known in the law books by the term IL
Se1njie-it seems. Wollver was a vagabond, and,
as has been already shown, false one. The testl-
mony conylcts hun OF having consumed a whole bar
rel OF whisky IN a single Summer. The evidence ne
gives of the depredatlOnS, which were actually com
miCd, shows that they were individual casual, un-
premediated crimes. and dlsproves whal ne gives
for the purpose of showing confCderacy among the
defendants .
Joshua Wellssay .hat Fitch SAID that they could
not convict any ore of the ofenses that had been
committed that when hllley sad they could prove
they were az Bear Creek Fitch replied they could
get hat witnesses they wanted there that on one
occasion Fitch showed how could be thrown
Of by Il wedge and how rail could be placed so as
TO strike the lamp of locomotive" II IS easy 10
that these specudtlons OF Fitch, arising out
Of the transactions of the times produced here with
little peTYeTSlOn 10 sustain the charge OF CON
SpiTaCy. prudent mana prudent Jury-wlIl re-
Quire evidence Of the whole conversation, or reject
such fragments.
The counsel have dwelt upon the reply Of Itch
10 Spauldlng, when he declared himself ready 20
take arms IN def, nSe of the Railroad 10 Wit that
" he had two double Dareled guns, ana he could get
as many men rs be wanted. and ne Was prepared
for the whole damned Company" The witness
Burr shows that Fitch Vas sportsman. iils guns
were kept for exercise The remark was made IN
reply 10 an Insulting threat made by Spanldng. lOu
VII take the same view of the reply which one Of
the wiinesSe, says gwen BY Filley, and another
saws was given by titch, to stone when cXtlngilSi
ug the fire OF the wood pie, that they ought TO be
burned up with the wood, and then the Company
would pay ihelI owners hall price iOr tnem-mefe
idle and unmeaIng passionate words. In the same
category are Fuchs reply TO Holden, at Gardners
grocery. when asked what they meant by sloInng
The cars, " that the Company would get worse than
that II they didn't pay for the cattle killed. and that
every animal Killed had cost them 500 a similar
remark made to William J. Nelling. that the
COWS cost the Company $50 each a saying
OF COlwlnS to tie witness Henry, " D-n EN-.
lei them pay FOR cattle, If they don't want
10 be shot j." CorwIn'> comments upon the
Railroad Dream when upon reading " how rch
corporation killed a poor mans COW, and the poor
MAJ, Drosecrred and vet mad 10 withdraw his suit
Corwin commented, BY Cd, the people of this
town won't stand such operations ~ the threat OF
0. d. Williams that " lie mad stoned the cars, ana
would as long ~ he siaidm Michigan Centre and
another pIo, ,ed by Henry, 10 VII that W llilamS,
when le mad COW killed SAID, = If they didn't pay
lervalue II would be a dear COW 10 them - also,
h> ecarauOn,ha the Road ought to be torn up I'LL
fhey pao torihe cattle and then they would go along
peaceabV " 50, also. Free!and's remark, " That
plan could be- ad 10 tlow up the Railroad D. placing
powdeG under the rails - and remark imputed BY
Dexter 20 Fitch 10 VII :" On one occasion when the
cars run Of, he sand he wished Il had injured them
more and ms declaration, proved by hn.ckerb ecker,
That the Judges courts could sc brought under the
influence OF the Company, and there was 10 redress
The Iu tina. the
tocracy and monopoly" These ana other kindred
eXpTt onS a6uundlng ID ;he IntemQe rate.
but casual uueTance OF individual evaporation.
made IN puoc places and on pU5Ac occasions, under
circumstances totally lnconss;ant with al idea Of
com ecied plot, or organize conspiracy. They are
evidently discovered, GisJolnied parts OF popular de-
bates. OF which no more can be gathered from the
clsmcrbered sentences, than the system Of the the
ology OF the Bible nom cross readings IA the Con
coIcaDce. DiscuSS.en OF the VISION and lmpartlail
II Of JUDGES : not uictdcted Uy TIE Constitution.