The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-22

Mr. Clark moved to have that answer expunged but
the Court considered 1t immaterial.
9-Why did you seize his hand
Objected to and withdrawn
Q-After you said, Now we will arrest him. what
A-Crnssous and run across the street Crassous
touched nm on the shoulder and he turned round
caught him by the cum he was walking along with his
hand closed the boy witness followed in Fulton street
had been on board the same boat with Mr. Drury and
went the same way; witness had knowledge when he
went to arrest Drry that there was any contranee to
put counterfeit money upon him
To MI Clark.-Did not suspect il; did know whv
they met Thompson did not know why they went over
the Catherine ferry; his business arrest Drury
who had gone over the Fulton ferry but ne acting
entirely under Smiths directions; did know that
Wilkes and Smith had been engaged 10 the procurement
Of Margaret 0Connor testimony to convict Drury;
did not know whether Mr. Drury had put his hand In
his pocket TO take out two cents to pay the ferry
with; had tried to open roll of bills with
hand; il difficult to do
Mr. Clark (handing him notes to try lit takes
light fingered man to do
Witness.-les daughter
Mr sydney Stewart cnlcd--Knew the last witness;
san him at the Office the day Of Drurys arrest there
were four notes produced there alleged be counterfeit
which hc attached to the adayts and handed them TO
nm cheer to take INTO the Grand jury ROOM could not
remember who gave them to him.
Q-Do you remember seeing any bills in the presence
oJustice Lothrop and Jenkins, and Mr. Geo Wilkes mt
the police ofncc, on the 10th Of November. lS49 2
Al do not remember whether all the parties
present but think they wcrc they the bills he
banded to the officer TO take To the Grand Jury.
Examination suspended and Mr. Elias O. Drake called
Was foreman Of the Grand Jury before whom the in
dctment was preferred his impression was, the bills
were handed back to Mr. Stewart, they might have
been put in the tin box and and sent to the District
torncy.
Cross examinedHe examined the alleged counterfeit
bills particularly; he thought that Mr. Stewart came
before the Grand Jury also Crassous Jenkins and A. NJ
smith.
MIR floyd-was a clerk in the District Attorney Office
in New York; recolcced the bills ofndNtmcnt being in
the office, but his recollection indisnct; did not
know what became OF them; they in the
District Attorney Office they ceased to be- 80 in Decem
ber did not know by what they had been remov-
cd; came to his Office about 9 o'clock morn
ing, and found the Chief Of Police and several of
his staG there; the boxes had been broken
open, and the papers strewed about in confu-
,icni number Of indictments, at least hundred
had been scen there had evidently been burglary and
among the missing the Drury papers he meant
the Indictments; he did not remember seeing the
bills they are generally annexed to the aidavts, when
they in the regular way; Mr. Jonas Il Philips had
the charge Of them; the indictments produced in
MIR Phillips writings h might have KEEP, the bills sepa
Cross exapincd-Had been some years in the District
Attorney I 1fiicc
Gucstion-Who were the prosecutors in the torpedo
charge,
Objected to. and the question put
Who were the prosecutors in this same when il
was prose cuted in your county New York;!
still obcctcdto.
The inquired how it was proper at this stage of
the trial to how any other person than Jenkins AZ en-
gagged in the torpedo matter the other parties had
not been brought forward witnesses Ii would be time
enough to show that when they were.
Counsel for the defence read To the Court the following
extract fomthc Police Gazette of December lst 1870 and
said i was key which unlocked the whole mystery Of
this Charge
As to the eountcrfeiting part of the business II
our underpot-startcd by us anchor to wndwari
and only subsidiary TO the first
The Court admitted the question, and the witness pro-
ccedcd
jenkins was material witness in the torpedo case;
this charge was prosecuted in New York by A. NJ. c.
smith Sho, with Wkes seemed to be the principal oues
he had Thompson there too he seemed to be of
I'm; there were one hundred indictments stolen
from the Office; some were found in the North riycr
the usual mode 10 attach the bills TO the affidavit and
not to the Indictment the adayts IN this not
taken fr' m the Office. Mr. Druiy was in prison at the
time that robbery ommttcd and remained in prison
till after his first tria one-Eycd Thompson at the
District Attorneys office; there another party there
whose appearance excited suspicion, and who had no
right there II very unusual to him. AT that ear,y
hour particularly; there indictment in the Office
against that party-hc thought for libel.
The District Attorney thought Mr. Floyd had seen the
bills but he now found they had been in the custody Of
Nh. Jonas d. Phillips; that gentleman he knew
Gaged and lac could not continue the and 1t being
now more than half past three O'Clock, the Court ai-
Journed till tomorrow morning, (this day.