New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-27

TO more r tffrla. tatbt> Dl We
cot. He saws thai ~ BaTIet.S t4Nsth f4tch vas
actIVe A. behalf OF Barrett. ~ folunieef fNci III
fact, attended a. witness, aIi as thls Is ifee
country Fl;cn had q rcf. % ave l eFioen-e i-cts
within hi, Own knowledge and even to u'er hl'
orlI ions Oh the merits Of That coniro'ers, IL to
cyufess ms own sympatbc5 "ltl either p-Tlf. HtS-
cot; represents tia. F.ich tod him 'hea. tAt Ae
would Ike 20 take hm INTO the lodge nA' nsni tiel
there Wa, 70 5e something Up tta- fie De1t Ay he
asked ffch what was ny. and ItcE 80. 'el. ttfFc
vss fuss tie night before, (eucI- 20 an oos'rlc-
ton Of the cars By mud Sill, a,. t1e b'ea,-2 O.
lamp.l but damn en-, f0.I e.u WASN'T . tJu-c
We have proved. that after i1e ilw-siif zen a.
tended q DemOcTa-,c caucus, and, stu lateI. 'ea'-
neal performance TIT re af4lTl - nome o. - .le
accident 20 the car, had taken place, and iAti ne
went Gown with The defendant Lemih 70 see WA.
had occurred Wesc0t further sass ;1at fich IO.d
MN that he 3" mad ADVISED Barrett - J'fg thfee
suits agains the Railroad Com any for .tie kieo,
rot meaning 20 have them tnec, Du' 10 ilss II lle
aw t,l he sgles should leave, and iAen they WOAio
have a grand smash, worth dozen lawsuits am
tie Company would begin 10 think there was
God IL israel " tna Fitch 4uenty, IN MS par
lor explained 70 WescO.t alone what ." was iitencea
by ihIs Grand smash 8" that he was determined, WIN
tie boys 20 bring the Company 70 terms oe,ore NE
State ar over that. IN orcer to sho" tha' ,he
pregairg feeling was not local one, ne lhttoeuto
a row the cars of at the ne bIldge AZ JACKSON, a.
he dTy marsh. and a. the high em6anknen,, q" three
places OF peculiar danger that "he "onid thus MI
hundred and ffty passengers al the state ar anu
that thus thev would bring the Company TO terms
and # this wouldn't. then, IN Coos name Whal
would II We fan IN tins, then, God caLnh en-,
wen bum em out WescOtt says that Fitch IN tne
same connection "Ofered him thousand dollars to
bum the cep0ts al Detroit, Ann Ar5or Jackson aad
Niles or two hundred and fifty dollars Tor burning
ether, saving that they had men VINO could DO II,
bu; could be better done by strangers tnat ne was
determined TO make the Company pay hundred
thousand dollars come 10 terms and he adds tnat
Filley also mentioned the grand smash which they
intended make al the state FAIR, ana sad that II
they could get the entire train of az the dry marsh,
there would be no need Of cOffins that the passen-
gers would be buried deep enough without me dlc OF
sextOI that # they could get the cars Oh al lie
high embaIkment While the survivors were lookhg
down upon the manged remains OF the dying ana
the dead IL would be good time 10 feel OF Uncle
SANS mail bags and that the Railroad COMPANY
would be liable 10 Uncle sam for the detention oi
the mails
Who believes Abel T. Fitch to nave been insane
NOOne Who believes tndt sane, educated man,
living IN such a country this. could conceive a
purpose atrocious or that cOrceivng IT. he should
ImpsTt II to another Abel (. Fitch was a man OF
education position and fOtune-in all these respects
surpassed by few III Michigan. lie was a public
officer, respected and hOnoIed al home, with troops
of friends bound 70 nm bv clasps OF steel IN various
parts OF the State Is there no truth IN the ancient
maxim " Nen0 repeafe flW t'TpSSimtS ('f Is there
anv hight oil cTme towering above what Is here
alleged TO nave been reconnoltered -Four months
ago Abel +. Fitch came here an OBJECT OF pubic tear
and hatred borne down by the ScOrn OF his country,
and of mankind. lie vent IN ana out before YOU
GU him every day harasSed, nSulted. reyed.
by such testimony as thlS-yOu saw HIM meek, gentle
conGdmg, cheerful, and enduring. You know hls
death. Ii was peaceful, tranqml,-the death OF
man loving all good things on earth, vet reslgnng
them chcCruly IA hope OF better things III Heaven.
Judge between hun and his yenal accuser, by the
probabilities arising oui Of such iiie anc such 4
death.
Who does not see that the conception Of such
crimes is absurd, because II exceeds the experienced
depravty and folly OF the human heart The dep5tS
Of the NJ. C. r. r. Co. were safe against the lncen-
diary, II the cOnfagratOn, were to be postponed
unlIi the commission of hundred or a hundred and
fly murders. Where was the defendant Fitch to
find shelter after the commission of these fearful
crimes No one has ever heard OF that projected
grand smash " but Wescott. On the very first day
of the State Far, when Il was TO take place, Fitch
with has wife and daughter, tOl, Delanator and Other
friends, arrived at the state AR by the cars which
were to be thrown from the track. portion of his
family and frenos came by the cars on the second
day They all returned by the cars of the thrd day
and 1t happcRed that there was no tram OF cars pass
ing between Npsianti aud Michigan Centre during
the three days OF the Far, IN which himself or some
Of his family OF immediate personal friends were not
found.
The remark imputed to FiIley, that there would be
need OF collins, bears intrinsic evidence Of beng
coined by Wescott'S own turgid imagination so the
remark about the scene. where the survivors should
be looking down on the mangled remains of the dead
and the dying, while tho COnspratorS should be feel
ing OF the mai bagS and Sub)ectng the II. Il. TO
damages 10 Uncle sam for the detonuon OF letters
could have proceeded from no other BRAIN and eyl-
denCe enough that these nigh swelling and gigantic
words with then lame and lmpOtent conclusion
never proceeded from the mouth OF Fley, Is found
IN the fact that NcscOtt equally draws the same ter
rife phrase from of the tongue OF WIN. Corwm, a
teanSter and from OF the lips OF Orlando ID. VIII
hams. a common stone mason.
OF course. gentlemen, even though these declara
tIOBs and admissions were not made by itch and
filey, Corwin and Williams, no one can prove that
fact, because they alleged TO have been m-fe TO
Nescott by these parties IN private conversations
with HIM alone But, fortunately, when witness
stands mpeaChcd IN character his testimony Is TO be
rejected, unless Il bc confirmed, ana when he Is con
tod Nf,a 1pl al an
overthrow ms entire evidence. NOu have had his
rcfuatlOn and contradiction III regard to several eS
sental facts. There are more such reiutationS. we
hId one AZ the celebrated WINDOW scene. NeScOu
tes,iheS that, one evening III August, 1850 lie cropt
into the courtyard OF flichS house, through the
space made 10y dlsplaclng the lower end or base of
one of the pIckotS while II hung by nail on The up
rer bar, dIew himself under the bedroom window
looked through the gUa2e curtain, saw Nh. and Mrs
Fitch retiring 10 bec and there heard HIM say To her
that "they were watched close that they must hold
up TIL the thing settled down little that the boys
had, within few weeks back. knocked the Co. 10
the tune OF S2O.tOO'
You cannot have forgotten. that WeStc0tt, IN CIV
ing tins narrative on MS direct examination. atO-
gether omitted MT> Fitch reply and with what su>-
plciouS promptIesS he supplied the defect when
was pointed out 10 hun on his crosse eXauinatOn
" Mrs Fitch S;uc She thought he had better let the
Railroad Company alone, and mind ms oW business
You canno, nave forgotten that he saw IN the room
the safe. which was dark object, ON one SIDE While
he could not see The bed, which was large White
one, lying almost before mm The Identical fence
through which he alleges he passed, stands before
YOU. Neither IN that panel nor In any osheI i a
picket that was iooSened, aud the whole Was ne"
and painted more than yeat before the trans action
j. sand Ia have occurred Ii picket haI been dis
placed, Il would have made space Of only four
inches WtSCOit is young Fti>tah. When pur-
sued by dogs INTO Mud Greek, ike ElS gre 10 prOt0
type when cast N lss buckbdSket INTO the Thames,
he could have exclaimed " Ii the bottom had been
Is deep a. hell should have found IL But even
CALVIN Edison, who was eNhlolIed a living skcl-
e;On, could not have gone through that fence.
Amanda Fuch ana Charlotte Beman proved that
iIom July 10 the middle OF September Nlr and Mrs
Fitch slept IN an upper chamber. | waive the ieSu-
mOuy oi Miss Ciark, because OF the confusion into
Which she tell about dates "A attempt Was made
Ia snow th2t AT. and Mrs Fitch occupied the lower
bedroom IN The summer 0u, II totally failed. The
witIcsS Burr icSlNtS that the 2yth OF August al
about O'Clock IN the morning, he found Mr. Fitch
IN bed IN that room, which might lave happened IN
consequence OF temporary ilnesS bu, Mrs Fitch,