New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-30

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ceal crIaethe tw.n oxen whlci were to oc T..elsrl
Dg lnm ~ payIltut. When tgat same cJgrtij csn-
S'I.da met the lncen lars. bs appointment "a > 10
troi 20 consult upon fht enterprise Of 1.rniar Ar
ntw cepO N hat CITY. A5a stmirao'} d. selected
ur ~lace 'Of consu.taffOi-iac tT-lc.tap ~. re
cai- house. among tae neAy arrived passeI ser, tie
coicuctofs and bageage-ner. iaboTcrs ana spir' i
b I.e tOTfoT non whose Dep vas 70 yt ce-'ttrl
lov .iil a. vas on the pr: q Fuca. in,.eli oi
I ending Phelps % GAYS IOgSe, on far5 1tJ a.
February to cons Iit a0uf ne crime, % appoint 'l-
J utcr.icw between them JUS; around the conner %
/ Safluac's saloon OF TIE most public wharf N t-e
. CITY. i ierer occurred - Fitch that. although 70
/ might ARE I've depOiS 20 BE- burned f)3 tlpu, tnI
! dollars. that ne would thereby pledge hIs vho.e
estate and ell future acQu,s IN security against
/ DtudJ VI by ms accOmphces But ls replied Tat
Fitch supposed ~ had control Of the police authnr
ites oi Jackson ouTty, and sure reliance or TIE
/ affections u Its whole people. What security could
/ al thtSo afford against indictments when mus, oe
presented, not IN Jackson County alone bet IA
J Wayne, Calhoun and Berren Counties. The learned
CONS 2. reply that itch prepared 10 MAKE away
"rA The witnesses against hin. Is there aIy UaL .
SIMPLE Is not 20 know ihat assassination Of many
witnesses IS so' the surest way OF securing the
verdict Of d Jury But Phelps replies that Er-i
/ promised HIM 10 procure change Of venue Ah
! thfle deiect the lawyer n ms fraud. Phaps vas
familiar Win hose terms Fitch ignorant OF courts.
/ probably never heard OF d change Of venue n al
hls life. Again, how nicely the tone and spirit Of
Fifci's reported conversations are In keeping with
! ms known character an disposition. We are pre-
paIug TO give Detroit another touch They are
Dullcing another depot and | design 10 bum a.
It's | 90 I't damn VINO n Kills, II
1t be the Governor Of the state e" II VIII give The
state luminous appearance 70 light At up at both
ends" "f detected, you had better dig your
graves before you go
Consider, now, how happily Fitch chose The place
for the final departure OF the ncendlares 70 Niles
Not his own barn, rot one OF the many puyale
chambers in his own house but the open, public
baI-TOOm III a tavern Consider, too. the occasion
and lhe circumstances drunken revel m The
presence Of two weli-knoWn neighbors not accom-
p.lcts, and traveller. who, like himself, retTdlnej
. M@v
caution and economy manifested IN the direction for
The Of the match ou VIII have to get cam
phene out there" Yes. TO get the camphenc to bum
The depot al Niles, IN the fotrn Of Niles
ask you next gentlemen, 10 examine the alleged
admissions Ia detail. They are all com Of the same
dit. whether related by Phelps or Lake
helps" Fitch sad it cost him a COW and S2j 90
bum the cid depot
Lake" Fitch SAID he had paid $50 to a man to
burn the new depot, and was to pay so more when
II was burned"
Phelps-Corwin told me his contribution toward
burning the old depot was $l2"
Lake" Filiey SAID he had paid $50 Of the $50 for
burnlpg the old depot
Phelps" Erastus Chanpln sand purse had been
raised TO pay for the burning of the depot las, Fa
Lake" Fitch SAID I.acOck knew that a purse Of
$50 had been raised to pay for burning the depot
last Fall, but did not know 20 whom IT was paid"
Phelps" Fitch SAID If succeeded IN burning the
depo, at Niles might take the oxen and the bal
ance of the money when came back
Lakc-"O d. Williams Sad his share OF the fund
was 81, and afterward SAID II was 500
Phelps" FIeeland SAID he had paid sli to Fitch.
ms share for burning the depot last fall.'
Lake" Aaron Mount sad he had known Gay
from child We raised parse and sent At down 70
hun 20 burn the depot al Detroit, and he burned II 50
quick We hardly knew it,
Lake" Freeland said he had paid his share TO
Fitch toward burning the depot, and Fitch had pad
II over TO a man IN Detroit
Phelps" l.. Champln sad purse has beenralSed
TO Durn the depot at Detroit again
Lake" Williams Sald at Leon that the best
thing they did was the burning OF the depot AT De-
irolt but they got 10 credit Tor 1t
Phelps" Myers sald on the way TO Michigan
Centre that the burning of the depot AT Detroit was
done nicely that they did not suspect anything,
and therefore We got no credit for IT,
Lake" Fanham said II was done so slick that
they got credit for 1t, and were never suspected
Phelps" sltch SAID the Railroad Company was
not able discover the cause of the fire they were
not smart enough and If they would pay enough he
would show them before their eyes how to do IL"
Phelps" Willard Champln SAID he would like to
have been where he could have seen the depot burn
and seen Brooks III II
PlehDs-"Dr Farnhap said we got an old fellow
to bum the depot at Detroit, last Fall but did not
seem To make much impression
Lake-CoTwln sald, I'VE burned the depot at De-
tIolt very slick and that was the only one they had
paid for burning
Phelps Fitch SAID awltness might 90 before the
Grand jury, but he would not live 10 20 before the
Peat Jury" " Corwln SAID witness might go before
the Grand JTy. but lie would not live 10 go before
PEN jury" Fley SAID ditto to Mr.. Corwin Pnce
said ditto 10 Mr. rlliey
Phelps" smith (n speaking Of the old depot SAID
Gas received $50, and nilmaled that he received
pan OF the money III advance.
Phelps" Smith in speaking OF the new depot
SAID al the Palo Alto saloon, that $l5Ohad been pad
TO Gay. aLd that he received pant IA advance. VII
hams TOLD me If he was detected he would Nil the
witnesses OF swear them 10 he'll . have heard
CuruIp, FllleN, The pIlcCS and tIch threaten Lake
10 bil hun or swear hun 20 he'll" Phelps SAYS, "
rectitc sixty dollars IN advance for burning The
depot "a, Niles but don't remember from whom re-
cet,,d IT," 90. ID. Williams told me that man at
Ds hq and
doar n advance" "COTWln, at BaScom'S, SAID If
they could bum the depoi> both al Detroit and Niles.
Al he same time, the Railroad Company would pay
uy." "Wm. Gum sand, at Marshall that Al he De
troit DEPOT should be burned up again, anu Phelps
should burn the Niles depot and he Gum should
bum the Marshah depot, he thought the company
would begin TO pqy up" Fitch s,ud II could get
fre into the depos at Niles and Detroit al the same
ume they would begin to think MHsr's doctrme true
Df Farnham saId If We could blow up Tie track
few times the Company would DC Wiling 10 "N7 rs T
l,.5 ua, ann sum asked" 30. ID Williams said he
should wr,le TO the Company. and tell them Il they
would eirs thousand dollars a "rhre yeeTStheF
should have 10 more trouble"
Lake" CorwIn sald they meant to propose 10 Tue
Company TO pay oas houSG' dollars 3fdrf" pre-
gt0rS
Phelps" Myers SAID # was successful IN burning
the depot a, Niles We would be able 10 dTa" .arss
sam ~ money from fhe Co1RPdny'
Lake" Dr. Farnham sand II they could make
lean >ssep of the depot a, Detroit, he guessed they
would wake up" Pitch said hcy would make
rlsan sueeg az Dcfrot ami NIeS" Corwln SAID they
would make a clean Srccp al Detroit ana Niles
Williams SAID they would make cieds sWecp az De,
front an6 NicS" Mount >alG-lfhc SaRe) Finley sald
ne S0Hit)
Enough OF this There /, identity N The admissions
q, harmonious a> III the ritual OF u Free MaSons
Iotsr or IN the Liturgy Of bhe Eplscopa! Church
G,ntiemen DramatistS and NoyehstS, N the early
nercu of our modern literature, tehevcd The wtaIi-
Soneaess of their pictures 6y nieriudtS and subord
nate tales which had pleasing similarity, In spri a'
Iea>t to the principal plot of the ~ofA
,lY,e na,ratlve here Is relieved IN the same way,
with humller plots and conSpuacle>, a. follows
~ Phelps saws "he proposed conspiracy "1lh
CAV which was To burn me depot ~ Drirosf ana 'N
p, Ran. be,au>e he stole from thieves
t2) Phelps says he suggested two plans 10 -e' 40
of sherman Lacock and Wells. Ons waste 3ara ne
derof DID,, Detroit. and 'Gg i; 10 them
a. Pb,lnS SAWS "Wm Gum ,old him he should
ce, >l,rsan INTO the black Ao'e and n he couid not
Or, sherman land ont. ne should burn one u ifs
- CAV told Phelps "he knew lrSt-rale man and