New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-29

the info'mers Is no, corcoorsted by external circum
Stances and Is rendered unworthy OF creca by the
character OF the witnesses and BY The mahce which
they bear agslnS; the defendants. proceed To show
that u i rendered still more unworthy OF credit. by
internal evidences oftaScbOoo.
/. We are required to believe hsi Abe. j.
Fitch and the other defendants vhO resided n
Jackson County. seventy miles from Detroit, era.
poycd a notorious ana p-oaicate keeper OF .
brCthel IN this CITY, 10 burn the depot here for
compensation oi $50. and furnished him with Al
IStruueu' ior that purpose, mace by themselves.
a., tNCluClng the testimony. CONSISTING ot aims
>lonS reported ~ these nOrnerS there = no evidence
HAT NY o. tleSt d,seutenis ever ~ even heard
a. Gto-Ec v CAY. and even The n0rmerS do nos
p'tSune 10 h'lng home 20 more thts two 81 The de-
iCrCanfS AIoMltCge oi that person. and they givc
10 evidence of that acquaintance except admissions
easily fabricated. Phelps reports Ftca As saying 10
lin U Detroit m February. that he had seen and
conyeTssd with Gay during hlS visit there. and AXE
reports Mount as sayrs that he had known GAY from
hlS Chi.choCd. such an acquaintance could IN
either case have been proved by Witnesses as DIS
tnct fact FIT had existed. The want OF such proof
stamps The statement with iaScaOO0.
Fitch Was al least a man OF worldly prudence
lie had iCrlULc 10 save, tame - MAINTAIN, and
ICTsCnal liberty "a preserve. II be hal mectatef
sld contrVed 50 grea; a crlnse would he have
employee as an AGENT a person. whose house was
not only place OF public resort. but under the cca
S;aut eIlance OF the city ponce Ii he had med
faied >ucn O. cUmc, would he have chaferet about
among poor ana obscure tanners and laborng mea,
and have demanded contributions from them, and
have made payment Tor himself by turning ont cattle
for hs SHARE OF the fund The mfomerS require NJ
10 believe that a. least the following sums were pro
ylttd for by subscriptions, 10 VT
For burning the Depot IN November ..-------S Sl5s
l or burning the new L, pot AZ Detroit, IN April. 2Oo
For burning the Depot at NleS.-.-...--.....--- 200
For burning the Depot al Marshall -..-..---.--- 200
For burning the Depot AZ Jackson ..... 20
Tetal. .........- $3.50
- sum greatly exceeding the ability OF the alleged
contributors. Such sum could not have been raised
by Fitch and his supposed associates. without the
use ot bonds, With mortgages on personal and real
estate. notes With endorsements and the operation
of discount, which would have eit traces that woui
have BETRAYED The transaction m Lconl and IN other
towns and cities. where the loan or discount should
have been effected. SIR TO Mr. White, Jurorl
YOU are SAID 10 be rich. am glad OF H. You could
not. today, pay me FIVE hundred dollars. without the
Ot check, or note. or bill, that would draw IN
two thtCe or more witnesses ol the transaction.
Again. we ate required 10 believe that Abe +.
Fitch having pair of fancy cattle that had been.
or were VIGOROUSLY preparing 10 be. exhibited at the
State FaT. and were even known throughout tho
State authorized two lncondlareS 10 sake and drne
them away Immediately on returning from Niles, after
hay ing burned the Railroad depot there and tins.
too when the felonS were 10 proceed 10 Niles, and
return from that place openly IN the cars OF tue Rail
road Company, whose depot was 10 be destroyed. and
when every agent and servant Of the Railroad was
known 10 be acting As spy upon his conduct by
Fitch himself The statements OF Cay. which are
reported, contradictory. In December he knew
the man. who employed hun 10 burn the depot. only
bv Sight In February he still knew the man only Nv
sig8t In April. although VIGOROUSLY he had not seen
Fitch. nor any Others Ot the defendants. yet he
named not only Ftra frf also Mount and Williams,
with others of his nCr.s AT LeOni, who had hired
him to burn the depot II. December. Who does not
see that George Washington Gay would never have
burned depot, or made contract. without knowing
his employer Who does not that Abel =.
Fitch could no more have remained unknown IN
making such contract than YOU and Again, Cav
when appealed to by Phelps IN April, to tell I'm Ar
man who II was that had IN fact burned the depot,
replied, do you think | am such id fool ~
to put myself in the power Of any man D" Never
heiess Mr. Van Arman. who testified 10 this IN May.
reappears in Court IN June, and remembers the fact
that Cav not only mentioned IN April. that he burned
the depot, but referred 10 Mount and Fitch ts hls
employers.