New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27
Tur MICHIGAN RAILROAD CONSPIRACY
Co.. sewnro's Argument.
-Nnnilnned fron yesierdsy ]

% ,r,rv are accusations Of local o.ieEses
vt,ri ousit ~ right 70 Oe uIed Al home where the
ccnscd p4liy live, By Igry oithiivcinage ana hoi
sisewhe;e nor oy jury of strangers. Inc accused
netf ~ tc - arge on bail. - procure tae evidence
90 corfroit re calumniaors ana 3e' lheF have
teer dr.. eco % mites from Their loIes Oul OF tAeiT
I'm county u Jackson. through the intcrs ening
onn;v o. Wasttenaw. and plt On tfiai for local
NSen.es here before q foreign court, by Jury Of
GRANGER ma community which. N judgment OF law,
TO tfcul q community Of aliens and enemies. Nay
more WIN sickness has 1ela1ien Juror, an1 when
SesSe i. pfOs rated defer Idlt ms cell, tie pro-
Sscutoa have complained of tie delay and have vehe-
neItv rtproached Tie prisoners oecalsc they would
nnt surrender almost the only constitutional rights
ien iher Oi nElup tired Dy tNelqe jurors and by 10
loss aua u ncug nresen' ~ person during their tra
But mis'alc Tins Is not the ae, o. c.zens OF De
rot, for thcy are humane people. lhis IS not the
act Of Mlcngas. for u Is lu,- dhd DemguaIt com
ronweaifh. itIs not tie act even OF the Michigan
Central Ealr0a0 l. ls the ACT q agents OF that cor
roraiOn s'p have dared % misuse iaeir powers and
10 asaae ihe Police ausLOrty 20. me state know
and feel vel assured That me dcqutial OF these
defendant Wlll BE- rCcelyee ",h 'atlsactlOn Oy the
citizens o; thc metropolis. aud wl. ceapprOVcl even
by The corporation itself VINE g VIII go rDf0dl
with he sIng its wings for pucac dsconienis pcr-
yaGing he state.
We einqure now yhethe- the q s.eDce OF the al
legged Conspiracy is estsoEshed Dy the ADMISSION
and declarations Of tne dcienQails ana lhe inquiry
lnyOlves the crcdlDlIty % the witnesses ~ wnOin
thew are proved. VIM. ID. WcscOtt contributes the
greater pr. Of The evidence. on recognize IN INN
the cdflH ifdJff OF ne PyiOH ~ lutpiii'Io
displaced 20 II axe way forthe superior ment ofHenD
Phcps WcscOt IS rendered a suspicious witness,
first, by b.s attitude OF hrehug lniOTmalioh' MS
testimony begins az the inc when ne went INTO lhe
employment of the RalI0at Company, IN tnat
character ~ the rate of $40 per month. lie sun re-
taIns The place and It's emOlumeni~ SeconOly, ne Is
discreoiod rs his former life. lie was lndictco iof
Derury al MackInaw. and the indictment dDdteO Dy
The death Of DR. Rankin the prosecutor, VINO was an
emnently respectable man. NescOi1 dAegeo on ms
examination thot DR. Rankin. was himself indlcteo
for perjury IN pTeierDg the complaint am tnal nc
committed suicide 70 escape CONVICTION. u was
proved bV the clerk Of Mackinaw that Dr. Rankin
was never indicted, and that he died natural death
g. Wescot Is dlscredtedby ms personal and grOuho-
less malice against the deceased defendant FITCH
MT Toll and MIS- Toll proved thai NeScOt SAID last
summer that ." Fitch was notorious scoundTel
that he would appear as fnend 10 v0ur lace, ana
the moment you turn your back ne would run Dag
ger 10 yOur heart, and that he would yet see Fitch
peepDg through the CRATES of the STATE Prison. Ny
Tyler declares that Wescott told klIn that web
was beng woven around Fitch that would ara" MN
INTO State Prison. such ls the character. ana such
rs the temper of the witness He Is rendered stlil
more unworthy of belief by his denial OF having ut
tered the malicious TemarlS against ftch winch
have been proved lie shows himself equally unld
and false he would have Us believe that MS life
has been continual peril whlie nc has been prose
cutting hs private services IN pubic cause. Bnl
all these perlls are proved 10 have been fabricated
and false Thus ne has entertained us with pre-
tended plot by several OF the Defendants in which
was conglycd that ne should take seat az the card
table near the window, ~ Ecy's house. and that the
defendant should then assassina.c nim by stimuli
ianeouS assault with stones through the window
The very heap of stones which HaS to be used was
pointed out BY Inn To witness, and they probably
were deposited there with his own hands. However
that have been, you nave seen The spot. Ou
have seen that DiaZZt some three feet vide inter
venes between the window and the high hcloseldttlced
Serandah No mortal arm could hurl a stone nom
the veraudah through the window with force enough
to conmi, injury. No mortal eye could see
through the verandah, nor mortal force throw stone
tina, WOULD reach through the vorndah and the WIN
dow.
But, Gentlemen. YOU viii reconcct that wescott
obtained hiS knowledge of tins plot ~ drawing HIM
self through hole IN the wall and listening to the
cOnSpra,ors through the floor of the bar-room. Tn
fortunately for WoScOti's ycrdclty. MIR. l.. A. lill
dreth who opened that hole IN The wall for the puT
pose of cn.ng the JOINTS OF the waorppe, teStlheS
that II was not large enough ior man 10 enter:
Darius Glaze comes 10 the relief of WeScOu and
tcstihes that November last Wcscott pointed ont
the place to him and that II was then as large as
now but Amm fIllcy, Jr.. a lad OF II, proves that
Clark must have erred IN date because on Christmas
day, when a piece OF com had dropped through the
floor IN the baI-rOOm nc found impossible To pass
through the aperture To hnd II. And this chlid rs
corrohoI aied by the witness who FIRST opened the
aperture at day later than that fixed by Clark
Wescou described second pcril-that, pursued by
an Hfurla,ed man with "a ferocious dog through the
deer park, he plunged to his drmplts INTO the mud
and mlre OF Wolf Creek. and he gives us, for con
frmaton of chat peril and escape hls assertion that
his wife removed the mud from hlS clothes. ! ad-
was chased bv a dog INTO " of creek. but | still
must Withhold my belief that W eScott was the tugi-
tive. can scarcely believe that man who would
be thus engaged could have wife, much les that
any woman who Is "A woman would have lent her
hand TO take STAN from his garments thus con
racted WcScOt gives a touching narrative of
third peril through which he passed. quarrel
thc ball alley between one of the defendants
aud {. Palmer WcScOit represents, or causes II 10
be proved that itch and himself were standing al
the door looking on upon the strife, and that fuch
aftcrwari remarked. that, II he had known WeScOtt
a, that time to have been spy. he would have
thrown tim IN among the c,modtantS that they
might have beaten hun to death. Unfortunately for
the effect OF tiuS fearful narrative, Is dSprovcd BY
Almon tONer who SAYS that nei,htr WoScOr nor
Fitch was AT nOI near the door Of The ball alley,
from the tune when the cOntroNCTv began unit! the
combaisnts had retired 10 adjust II, - | presume,
over a bottle III fIlley'S barrOOm. The testimony
throws but dlm and shtdoWv hight over the fourth
and hst critical escape of the Cldevanl leader OF the
band OF sp,eS 7he Fflb1e N Tins clty published on
some authority, "a leaf IN the history OF the con
spiracy." and II was republ'Shed generally by tue
papers throughout the United states. This Leaf
revealed the dreadful fact that one ot the lniormeiS
was actually present. IN d.s.u,SC AZ "a regular meet
ing of the CouspratOrS, IN which It was solemniN
reSoh cd e. put hn To death. and th the 1ob OF exc
cutting that sentence was put mp az auction au1 sold
10 The lowest bidder Al 500, the bidder rcserlng to
himself the right 10 decide on the manner OF eNecu-
ton, but being bound 10 perform within four days
Wescoti ocncd that he had put That report IN cucu-
iahon. William llarSad, one OF your most reSpecta-
Ole cti2cnS came upon Ihc stand and offered 10 ieS-
iiy that WeSCott, reierung to the publication, py
implication confirmed Is trtsthtClreSs and lis atpli-
cation to himself But The rules oi evidence IN
sisted on ay the prosecution and sustained by the
Court, excluded the testimony.
lprocccd to examine the evidence OF Wc>coit,
pomSing you that, IN The hrst place, what there ~
Of that y not cOntrdilcIed directly by internal
evidence, - worthless and, secondly, that What
Aas any pesimcncN - thus conlIadicted. HIS tesu-
mony Is 40 th,S effect tha', MnCR he repaired to
Michigan Centre. IN the Fall u, $780, he placed hun
self on an apparent footing ot intimate friendship
With the defendant itch that Itch, under those
circumstances gave him a nlrrativc OF what the
boys had done. IN 1919 that they had SecTcied
themselves m iimbcrcd lands, then rushed out
and oiStucted the cars. atter ;hc harc-cT had
passed before that itch sand 1.-THE boys had stoned
the cars had placed strap.ron between the lolatS
9th fall>, and, mocNngV >a'o, also, tAal hider
LmbocAc, and Priest Foster committed TINS depre-
dation thai he had demonstrated with them, Out
they were hard cases. and wodld moi deSiSt that III
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