New-York daily tribune., 1851-10-02
PHILADELPHIA.
...,s-case of Alleged Treason-Markets'
Stocks. sc.


r..v are heid in $500 bail to answer
,3,.rd Bo,zorth. an officer OF the Marshars Po-
.,,c his ler shockirgly laccrate1 on Moniay, IN
copseouence of falling between " locomotive ana
tender. =: 49,, .s, ,,e : ,r,ttef Williams who
de CHARGED with treason ag inst We Onlteu
saes commenced this mOrninga II D c-pcN. before
scr~a'r,issorer EDWARD d. lugralan. Williams, II
vi 30 reelected, Is the person "Au clfricl tlc n
ns,.on 10 hrstlsna o. The lniculci arrest o. me
l..,ve slaves OF tie cerfa,eI Ar. Uofsuch, aud
Is aiiegcd. gave the iueS OF he slaves 10 be
,os,ed $40 the names and description OF tue Of
49, Who t,cre IN pursuit Of them Fac arst VIZ
ness calico va va, - s-4 l.., no.. cb,..,,,ra
hort ttuOuI.Cs irCm where me difficulty Oc cufTeu e
,r."w a co,ored man named JOsep1us / Snew the
IN ,sho was with JOsephus thOnsh dOh't fcmen-
hsr his psne rccOlicct the meeting o. Jo'ephus
md Clark TIE Afternoon before Tue occurrence i
Was upon wednesday JUscplu- 5t'C H'0 PN4O- ~
read on that occasion 5000. go, e..
The District Attorney asked VIVA was Oh Ne
naper 10 Vhich ID. F. Brown ogecton' oecAuse theie
must b. sOmetnlpg TO c0nncc1 J"'v'I"o VIZ VIZ % ~.
r,s on trlsl and because tlefe j. 10 eEuchCe INA
a,e, ,e To-, n cannot ,c competent 20 give the
contents OF paper not proven u oe ''N WIFI
the defendant. ,. .to o,i, ,o,al ,oas,,
yen nv H. Counsel for defendant Is That the paper
s 70, bea,, ssown 20 be lost. Ia charge OF trea-
con we arc 40, compelled TO Degn al tue commence
ment. , . e...ot 90 l,o,,, ,b;e
NJ RrONu sad, thdl nc li'''','t ~ huC"
-, "a. - vnu As his alphabet m show that the
~,,,ne s not applicable To me state OF Things mere
Mr. brown argued. starting rom zoe premises, tns'
phiis and CLARK were thus ldI 'o,fi -
- isssu.ghey must show that the defendant was IN
"n.,se connected tn the paper allu1ed to, or the
nartes possessing the paper ..
The Commissioner said that the order OF test'ino-
nv was ai,ogetheT immatera, ana tAat II II WAS no.
connected WIN the Oe-eh""l'' ''O "" ~
from his notes. -, 49,.
Examna;ion reSumed-I met them on lle turi.
nike taere were three names upon INC paper IL
vas a small piece OF paper can't give Tue eH1c'
slze OF II as regards the names, the hfSt one ooh
fecoIlert the second name was >pelieu " JOSH tHe
nexi Ford " a dash waS opposite 10 edcn name
next Hartford County Maryland the latter did hoI
contain any address that was the only writing on
,bs naner Il was not addressed 10 any one hand
ed the nar4I back this was opposite my mouse on
the i1ripke about COO yards from Chrsllana, below
they were standing Al the road II was fdthet la'e
In the afternoon r., -
,rbe Commissioner asked the witness If he read
the writing on the paper to the parties JOsephus ana
clark he ep ed that they rcqueSte MN 10 reau IT,
There was no cross examination.
ThOmpsO on IUlly, swOrn-i went 10 ChrlSl!ana on
Tuesday evening. the 9th Of September Mr.. Agan
went with me III the cars | saw Williams gong up
100 we got out al Pennngtonvlllc about SIX miles
hslov ChuStIana Williams got ont AT The same place
sex3mjned-I reside IN Spring Garden; no
oerson accompanied me but Mr. Asan we started
about II O'Clock ii night we "tnJ up 10 MAKE ar
rests got my authority from the United states
~ was rot IN my possession | don't know that
saw il before went up Mr.. Agan told me that
vas reaue sisd to go to the MarsnAs ONCE De-
beye saw the authority fromthe Marshal, but wnen
ldOn't know whether. II was next udy vi t"ood!S
after.
An argument here arose upon the proprlety OF the
crosexaminaton, in reierenbc to the time consumed
and its legality.
MIR Ashme All said that his desire TO shorten the ex-
animation wS rot for the purpose OF doing injustice
to the prisoner. would give the greatest latitude 70
an examination, without mterposlng the slightest
objection provided that involved matters legal ana
important but this examination is not relevant,
therefore object to 1t.
MIR Brown repled By sayine-Cant show that
this mans mlnd w5s so Jaundlced as 10 chect MS
credibty that if he could make the witness contra
dict himself every FIVE minutes, would younot strike
It OUT ,
The Commits ioner eped that he could net legally
strike il out but hc would give 1t no weight. lie
said that the cross examination seemed TO HIM 10 pc
irrelevant
ExamnatiOn resumed-I started from my own
house believe my ticket was given TO me IA Mar
ket.St above Broad. by the old gentleman, MIR.
f;orsuch | met MIR. Agan there. We were 10 meet
Kline q, PcnnDgtonvIlIe, TO assist hlm to serve ms
warrant Agan had Il warrant Mr eoIsuch went III
the cars with us saw no other coloied man IN the
cara cyccut Williams nothing took place between
Williams and mysen | don't Know W NlliltmS 10 taih
with him, hut think have seen his lace oieh l
think MIR Acan and the defendant were talking IN
the cars we came down the next morning. ana W IL
,,arns came down IN the same cars,
Charles Smith, Ahirmcd-l reside one mlie iIom
peun,netoHviile the defendant looks Ike tue man
SAW ! behcye he rs the man saw he was al my
house, nlio tins side of Penn.nstonvie on the 10Th
day OF September had no previous acquaintance
with HIM be SAID that he came up IN the morning
line with kno, 20 inform US there were severd men
ON the hunt for slaves he wished TO give US notlce
he said one of the slaves of the name OF Nelson
he said thai 10 had left paper at ChIlsyaua WIN
three names on II he didn't rccoicct any oi the
names but Nelson he stad at my house about 10
Ie he HONUS,
had got 20 my place IN mistake Boyd hves adJoin,
ing to me Cd not see hum leave the house ulo
not state for what purpose he let the lner al 'nris
taina he sa that he came up for the purpose oi let
ting the siavts Anow he dd not say with whom ne
left the paper he did not ask me TO give the slaves
notice, but that he wished ! would let the slaves
know ItecOiiect the morning Gorsuch Was Shot :
At Was Oh Thursday 1 saw Nine AT Remington
vile saw hm on the morning Ot the murder ,
another man was with HIM he came up to lhe
tavern ! wei over 10 ParheT'S there saw the
corpse OF Ma. Gorsuch sa" thc son ol MI "o'-
MIR. Brown objected to any thing being stated
abou, the Son. ana the Commissioner sand he dd no,
see its relevancy.
Mr. Brown hected 20 this course of examination.
Mr. Ashmead SAID that II tie Counsel would wait,
he would sCt he object.
The Oomin,ssiCner sand he thought that II was
irregular tCt not irrelevant.
Cross ENaminCd-l 1--we TWO DNies from hrl>tl-
ana am a farmer Kline was nut At my house
Williams did not relate 10 me taai be mad relatives
IN that LelchOOrhpOo. Ilc fdl!load runs through
nv propert, I saw Williams about daylight he
sad he was gong 10 return IN the hrSi tram II gen
orally passed abou; 10 O'Clock for the city. dont
know IL what direction he went, had never seen
hun before that am aware Of have never seen
him since uil now. lie did not say that he knew
any OF the men he was not acquainted with Mel
son. he did not ask me about former &ldnappngS IN
that ne,Shboyhooc tie might have called them
slaves or runawavs he said Nine was IN pursuit OF
taem be old not tell me that lime Was engaged In
The business he did not speak OF owners or prop
orty he did rot say that he knew any thing about
them Understood that he sad he arrived III the
night line.
The District Attorney here offered the warrants
sai'ef The four slaves they were dated 9Th Sep,em-
Der 1851, directed 70 the {. ;. Marshal and his dep
Oti0S.
Reny n Klme. swom-I have seen these papers
oe'ere, rav wsrrantS) | received them on the yin
oi septemlty lnut them IN my pocket started
ON 'he Nh ol September for GalaShsrvllle hrst 1
Started rotR the city over SchuylAIil | got John
egan 10 assist me he Was 10 get another man he
go' ieiy was to go ahead 10 Gallaghervllle |
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