New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-26

yite eyo I'm fo.1.. 4. the "a c q lte ssI,rl.
/ Iris was ar l.lr ..-cr rlrk .---f --.l ll-'l
lock around .ut So II Al ore a coming H-rlel %
Get the ltca Ear loose. bur tsf- ie taen axe ."e
oars 80 etore or crossed tie of.ar two Jr tlTte
lrrhce / sara Z. EuessC mat a.s enough. ~ c
can co DO more and We VII 20 tome. iiis ie.lgn
was 20 - uretra Company al re -ou q. ana he'd %
Damned 4 D. " -tc9lt Assuming Us 'est m0ny
~ e true t.is ilaTtl ae. 1e- - 'n fAsJ' -l4
en- % Elrt tfU slr No1Flr Only lte etf.a-'I. %
I uhseh acrnrTEnlfr n. s-oEcf tlft . ~ls some
motive O. quYale elce ar fe-al.s Oh --t prompted
The irarseltoa. so olf else ADVISED a. no one else
snen II Ii. . Us Transaction wrI-l deserves pun
ishucut u Jackson County out 80 lts nothing to do
~ iih the case winch you are trying here
ID A lamp was broken % cCn>e. .l-lre VI a o'-
.-rrctor o. q .ulyer N $50 N0Iver saws " we.
tFlley ard j. went down wcs' ~ Fcl'-, anj placed
4 tie IL a cUlFert 20 break the lamp ans mI1-,iH
across the track and went back % ilieTs. Next
mofI lnG TllcE told me tina. he "ert down 20 the
cars, when ihey bad stopped and tlaf after The ears
got under y. % and RI ~ got on behind tndI IIned
the breaks Fley and WOlyer alone were engaged
iu THIS tran sar-Iun. We earn from tie testimony
elsewhere that Fitch arrived ~ home after tne Oh
sfrucror hao occurred. The story Of me breaks =
puerilC There j.. 1 believe Only one ur-aA ~ me
end % car one l8au turns i - .. dse nJ tlo,-'
y hen The cars are under low motion ] ne CarS
I'D OLlF begun &C. move. lnd we're on an ascn lc-ng
grade \ pressure upon the track through the
breaks could 30 10 pOasI-le injury lley cOlA
have been used 10 this case Ouly Tor petty annoy
spce Dear % Abel +. Fitch a nis Un1lcatI0n IL
ih!s case was declared by hl, IN hs dying hours. 70
ana eyermore viii De to ne, ! aln glad mat this
charge pueTle aud pi.iaole II Is. rcss the
.borIiy Of Wover alone How worthless thl, au-
ihority - We shah have occasion to see N i1e
SEQUEL VI this argument.
Ii Itjs alleged that the cars were dSs4lled with
stones or the occasion of ball which came on at
Leon. or The lith OF August. The charge rests on
tie testimony Of W0lver alone. lie Avs " T. J.
prire t. Cbai,uln. Hewitt DAVIS and were N he
ballroom prlcc sad The cars are coming lets
90 ard stone .hfm. We four vent Pfce ana l
No. Fr.Hff.f f..rfH "H.fsr
stones were thrown threw none but heard the
r.ttrv OF thc stones against the cars Hewitt
Dst.. saws that he attended the bail that no
s..a igalSaotun occurred that ne was IN ne afDof
Iu uv g.. boil N1> eel fDra'c1. tnf liner ne nor
Irc, rCr Csauol.n lct the ball Tor any such out
2 .,.. uor FT0roscd 70 90 any Slch ihng ira VI
bcl olc Was Cv-rkeeper on ttat occasion, ard ne
proves ihrf cc. tmp'n auo u avis dc not leave
the Dal room SIS hen tho cars passed These Witnesses
narte iIGl Nu.-t tr Vts ll >a' oi l souie drunk
earcee jn ffo iar-Ioom Ouruo ine whole WFni,
wh,ch rendered hlm unable 90 move, and thi, he
never CIte46o the ballroom at al his tg rcsson,
theu. uL-. faVC been an invention 0l The "itnes,
Wollvcr Whore witness iS found 70 have stated
cehbCra'e esetoOd IN regard 20 one teraI iact'
he iaw Applies the rule. iG.as 90 rao fo's'H in
onl1S, al1 We arc relieved therefore from at' oDl-
eaton 20 account - ihis cause tc- 'y crimes resi-
lue r-on tie ov.dencc of Woiivcr alone
- WolVcr fo.rrbcd an assault of thc cars "itn
stones 90 auo'.cr cccaslon much I'D -ie same au-
l,r leea4s, " We were tOpcthtr-llc iufr OOy''
(ol1 arc 1crwIn salu. tne cars are coming
We vii 60 and give EN- he'll. We urc" stones al
Size ears iGcm 4leyS orchard. 81" alas along me
road tie ncA; day II The 'ict OF tins assault : 10
se assumed. ;leh have TO remark only tins that ii
ImpicgtcS futc aid Corwm-that II was an unpre-
medr'atcd and unconccued art obviously discon,
necfod with aQ other outrage which preceded ana
follewtd. and I furnishes no evidence ia support o.
tic pretended conspiracy.
I3 The cars were again assalied with Stone, ac-
cordinc 70 Woliver ~ September, 1880. lie say.
TIE Pr'ces. Corwns and | were together a,
llnpK'> house. The Prices and COrwinS proposed
90 stone the cars (WOhycr is always nnocen
tui be Yields with wonderful ease TO seduction.)
" We went hcvonc Ftchs garden and there threw
..ones We heard glass rattle and found glass
there the next day. The transacton ls subject -
ihc structure before maGe.
H. An eurinc the Goliah VS. thrown oil the
track At lcOui Sherman states that COr"ln SAL
when tie OOllah Was thrown OF he went home,
fearing D. hadn't been done mp rrli, Dut bN morning
he found IT had been done ~ brown ii II Bn9-
han Saws thai 10 was travelling from Michigan Cen
trc 90 Gis,, Lake that night two men passed him
m a wagon. one Of them poke 90 tie other about
OeYg TOO late for the cars. lie recognized torwlnS
voice. lie thought the voice of the other was WI
hams, b., tolsucd. lie recognized the person "i
neither" Il .tWcre Williams and he spoke with
lticHcd yuce, then the voice must have bCen unlike
ms so, !. thc voice was unlike that OF Williams,
then II furnishes Do evidence that Williams was the
DerSOn whO spoke. Williams t. rot proved - have
1cen present al The throwing oi u the Goah or 10
have rad any connection with t. Corwms acton
-ssts on '> dilCF FCd ddmis- Il,. IKE ms ol4tf
crimes was lS OWn. ana fails to east any rcspOnSi-
bllty on 'hc otlCr defendants and equally fans IN
eiyn support 20 the alleged conspiracy.
-. Out oi the most important incidents III thlS
strange and painful history tho burn NJ Il the wood
pIc al VI cAlean Centre. sherman relates thus
'' was az jackson. torWin and Holconb were 80
Norisous grocery. They told ne they had lai a
plan to e,t some flour that perhaps might no, tall
~ with them, hri 4 did not must keep still. We
Nil 70 10 nieht and take ;hrl barrel, of -Four from
;hc cars. w VIII set the woodplco on IRE TO divert
The spies and take Che -four while Sac LrC .> burn
ing iie thr,c ihen returned 20 Lconl- ilOlcomb
.do sherman put up Co1Nln'> horses "hIe he went
sad oXlmlutd the cars. CorWin came bach and
said II was a4 Ilcnt one oi tIc doors of tAc cars
Was half open. J.. =. IUct afterwards came up.
frco proposed 20 Trims. They drank ~ ii-iC's.
tliley asked nc II Wa gong fishing. ? sad YES
COTwu Got an ayt. Pucc sad ne hadn't The nrSt
lannG tllug - fgtt with. IIlcy handed him
hufo and sald lc hoped they would have good luck,
ard 4 they Should want any ihng 10 drink whenthey
came bach there was bottle, and. t hat was not
enough, ttts kLc~ where the Ley vas. Cor~In.
PI,ce and Sh,rTan set tie wood PIE ou Ere and we're
aUtsted IN pursuance % an arrangement pTecOn-
certec by Shonan with the agents ei the Il. K Co.,
sherman at,Cl that on Their way 10 Michigan Cen
trC. lie aSht what they were gong 10 dc With the
four ccrwin ,.ud, as big man 4, Fitch Is, d a>
soon let Mm sHOw II as not. Tie VII Keep me along
VIII Z anc out of l.
exclude io5 Tie present for IA obvious reason,
tho evidence 0i Pie pS. nN diving admissions alleged
to have been liaCc bv Fitch and OtaCt defendants.
an interested in screening toTwn from 'Ais cnme
hat VIII come up more properly ln another part oi
the case. SidLCng thea upon The testimony o.
sherman aolC. u IS apparent That tins crime was
IoTwmS, ala hlS oniy that Il was conceived by
hIn. Tor ms own ielOnlouS gam HoicOmU ana
Wells are nC, defendants. Puce y Cnt mo II on
suggestion 90 fac moment. There Is 10 reason 20
suppose iha, Fliles Anew OF torwu'S purpose, ex-
cepi What Is found N the suggestion of Pnce that
might be necessary 20 fight. | 10 not hnOw whether
fishing at Michigan Center IN those tunes when
Railroad spies aOOuncCC. was supposed Ia require
,ho>e who rncrced At TO go armed, though can
well understand that they may habltUaly VISIT
taNtn On their way out and on ;heir return. Bu.
nFlleN remark connected hlm wIthtle transaction
then the cumt rests with hm. Price and Corwn.
10 was unconCeTted, No other defendant MAS con
suited nOI was & connected with dnv other CRIME
+ before or after wards toTNiu's remark, that he
would not le afraid 20 let Fitch know a. might lead
e IN uufayorato opinion OF lItchs integrity, tut
nothing more. But u may have been pTeSumptu0us
ou the par If erwin. Ii manifest, proves III the
most concluSnc manner. hat FilCh hai no kn1Nl-
edge 90 The nCuCCd crime and therefore places the