The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-10

Kingston Court House, Rhode Island.
residing Chief Justice Green and Justices Brayton and

Kingston Court House, Rhode Island.
Presiding Chief Justice Green and Justices Bayton
nfnHs Hale. III .s. .. ..#t=
Jons COLLINS ON TRIAL, THE ALLEGED Accom-
PLlcE OF TOM KASorsE AND LEVI coLE.-iiENRi
&. DORSEY, THE ASSOCIATE OF COLE AND Ka-
MOUSE, CHARGED WITH PERJURY, NEXT OR TRIAL.
af.ta.. T,.vsDAY, April, g.
The Supreme Court for Kashingtsn county, opened
this day for the purpose Of 6ns,ing up the criminal
asesrrnainns hand from me last term-there being
Two cases remaining tn. calender, consisting OF Two
parties in the robbery OF the PhGnx Bank at
wcsteelcy Their r.mes John Collins and Henry O.
Dorsey the for.er charged with being principal in
lhe robbery With Kanouse Cole and Dorsey charged
with a wpiu perjury, in swearing to an abb on the trial
oe and cf kanouse in August last at which trial the
Jury were discharged, being unable to agree kanouse
since time has tried found guilty and SEN
fenced to eight years imprisonment in the State Prison
Dorsey was indicted for the perjury and is now in Jail
awaiting siis trial #
At O'Clock the court opened, and Joseph NJ Blake,
Esd the Attorney General called the trial of Henry
=, Dorsey Here counsel for the prisoner moved for
postpopeInent account Of material witnesses being
Lscn Of them residing at Paterson, New Jersey
which this term Of the court would be impossible to
obtain in season On the application the court held the
| matter under advisement
The case of John Collins then called jury
sworn and the trial commenced. The following wit
nesses were examined up to the time of
Ethan Foster sworn. saysI cashier Of the Phoenix
Bank Of Westerly the morning of the 18th Of
Der lsi9 went to the bank that was ON Monday; the
Saturday previous left the bank about three o'clock;
all the doors locked when left; my return
Monday morning found all the locks unlocked and
booking at the vault discovered in the inner door of
The vault that hole had been cut through the iron:
unlocked the ascertaned that sis had been
extracted found broom handle, and from its appear
ance. should think the money had been distracted
from the inside Of the vault by passing the broom han
die through the hole; should say BY the books Of the
by the bank since the robbery. long chise
produced and exhibited TO Mr. Foster who stated that
II he found il driven under the outer vault door
LcouSrd o. Richardson, sworn, says:-I Of the
Conductors Of the Long Island railroad recoect seeing
kanou,s e and Cole in the cars on saturday Deem
n were the only two tickets sold; they asked me
il could sell them through tickets to New London
did so rvcocct Cole were greenish yellow pantaoons
and kind Of mixed colored cap; they left the at
Grcenport left Brooklyn o'clock and arrived
GWenport about l O'Clock on the following Monday
saw the two their return from Greenport;
they were then seated in car; took their tickets. and
about remark to them, that they had returned
oon but was interrupted by passenger asking me for
the Nen York Herald; the tickets they had were boat
lev Ioe appearsa 70 DC asleep mos, o. ' me way
just we left the tunnel arriving at the depot
the next time saw Cole and Kanouse was at Westerly
IN their examination in February last
William Perry. jun. sworn, says: am clerk Of tho
steamboat Allare, plying between Greenport and New
saturday preceding the robbery. them board
The boat received the tickets dated in pencii marks
IN the Montay following Cole and Kanouse come
board the boat again kanouse spoke to me and said
"a -
anersard. Taking tocctbertbev both housbt tcbets
from me at the ocetha ticket we're 80 each Kanonse
LA o. Mn .na o.va 81 h;i, ~, ~ p, - RI
p u '9 % am ea'e 20 OH on ne rh0n'A panA
The xaininaton not material.
:; n.ccmhar $50 ~ re- ISth oT t,., r,on,h 1satrr
Iayl mi nv horses hefore . LIGHT wagon and drove
E,p,,sc ,,d Goio fro,, Noy o,,, ,o q, nn;nntor ON
rr;y;n, ~ x on;n.ton thav sad ,hay vars roro 10 tho
american House hut reo,es,r me- instead ~ going to
berc hcy sa;d tbev were Going m son and thew b,tb
sol out ana s,;d they Womb cali at The Wadcrwouicck
IIoue ami ., ~ sriend plare cali Thev tnoL th.r
-, l,y .,S than ava I-ovn aoyn e IT, Amar;can
Iiousr / saw The same men again ON tbe Monday
morning f,lny;,, on H.. aocl, .a tha1, c,n,a
IRON, INC ferrry boet - Na,y ordon' ~ 49, ~
Here the Co,rt took n reccss
Aftersreces. e Cont ecied odvarse IN tho ann,;c,
rin for uo,tooncnent Of Drasv,s trial 7, will there
,,rr commence on the conclys;on Of Col,ins,s case
Tile trial nj toii;,s xas tben confirmed
Henry O. Burick sworn sav.-I reside Mt stonncton.
nd on sund,y ,nornin,, p.cembar IL 1910 + Sow
rwn men hefrs Ia, ght on that n,ornino WALKING on
,Le railroad towards Stoninrton from Westerly
eros, examination not ma .rial
Henry M Rockwell sworn says-I drove stage from
Mystic 10 New London ON the Monday morniny In oues
lion drove Levi Cole In tho .tage 10 New London n,
raid me the far. on board the ferry boat. he Maid IN
more than one shilling - -
jeremiah shaw worn saws II reside Mt New London.
keen an oyster saloon at the steamboat landing saw
two men con ny from the ferry on the Monday morning
ia question they came into NV saloon they took oyster,
rnd coffee these two men were Levi cole and Ton,
Kano,sr Coz. ,ql mo for the oysters. he gave me
,t of tho Phoenix Bank and I gave him the cha nre
cole worr can; next saw them AZ westerly with Mr.
BOWER the New York oficor. but did not inow then
that Mr. Bow yer was an officer or that Cole and Kanousr
Mrr, In custody, recognized Cole and Kanouse as The
two men who were in my place ON the Monday morning
in iucsion
Edward Clark sworn saws Il had Cole and Kanous SO
i,i,. i, row ,oga,b.-. I,h. inxos,,o.,;an ,xas
fcld in church, when the witness perry clerk of the