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

-"efei IT,. Ti'ch to,l t.u ma, GrY hai lsfeet
with h.ia % oHrI He :rw cepo- Tau. tl-I Cav
90 .r,I tne Nev depot. and M flr -r,7s fJ o. f.f
hors' Brf Phe., ~ before toll rs ta4t 'l .f r.
nance q D-i-of ~ -c' ~ - fle o9i, ny fi-
an1 ftrr -f05. O1 r. tnE them secure !n s1re way
non WIN. j. -l- a- inferred t.at nc airf i1s oi
~ lew 90. Sos lol tp be it9 90 1.-THE l-t : i"-
deco. Pif .i> .it- flat re, toll bu he - 50
fnaH staying A. Cav 90 pui money 10 "tle BOYS
ocfe's ara tar Joe Do~s W11 60 pls-e pra-
al cases aled win co-lter-et money loJI iLrH
persons and rrccy them T. ta-ar4- IArs. tIe
crimes contemplated ia 10Th alter a'iFcs, we're ~
B. eEecItei - sf rif ~ " M .fts. VINO, ar H.
were TO- to bt sol ~ Of by means ~ t-s,e Crimes
lli were - b. slLced away and per--aiel - ~
lerce.
Az .,r. gentlemen, Phelps s1y- tha' when
match ~. stovn 20 INN ~ Michigan Centre. 1T
January. DR. -O.G Eica 81 f4!ei ue mac see" >V-a
o1c 70 Cay ." nevertheless Gay never soo"eI
Pheirs . mat until after the 2ith o. eorrAFi -
Again. 4 Fitch CcLyeTed 20 GAY t~O mat Is "die
IN Detroit IN February, Why md not FI-cn sho"
them 10 Pieips before delivery and why d.d no'
Gay show them 20 Phelps after receiving Them -
Phelps clam, tlat ae hen enjoyed the unTeNei'eo
confidence ~ both, ant he saws tntt rilcn hal A.
ranged au interview between higself and Gay.
A.ao. Phelps SAYS that "uo. until le5TraTy j.
d.i be ever hear = Itch mention the name o' Gay -
How u % q. happen. then. that Fitch expressed 10
surprise II January wien Phelps tod him ne mad
seen such q match AT Gays house. Again, Phelps
says thai tch, al Detroit sad he wanted Phelps t.
90 TO Niles ard light up there al The same lme Gay
March !. when COTwIn and Price were 20 be tined
"a Jackson Tor burning the railroad Wood.piie-
Phelps syS thai Il was afterward arranged that the
tTal Of COrW and Prce Vas 10 be yut over 10 iu-
ture term OF the Court, and that the burning Of the
depot was TO - postponed accordingly. NcyeItne-
less Phelps SAYS, that on the ith OF March, C0rwln
complained OF Phe pss ceisy III burning the depot At
Niles, and Phelps innocently explains 20 Us that he
had been DELAYING u for Clark, the RairpdS Agent
20 come home nom Lansing. In the sequel, the
.toys" Laccck Wells and Caswell. quite for
..-sftD a.ftn ther
together fOrg often the lew depot at Detroit IS
altos ether fCrl often and on the 18Th Of Apnl tie
cciOt q, Niles fired without an object or purpose
LooA now, gentlemen, al the boldneSs WIN wmch
Ci.incer0u,ufsS and f1lsehood are confessed
ayOweo and justified by Phelps. He saws - don't
know what ,Od Hey at the ball-alIey would DO
with Tie oxen probably invented something ioT lhe
CcCa>Ior.' What I told Corwn about passing
cOirief fali uOnev was false Lake and ! concerted
It lole,her at Detroit offered TO take The propo-
III On. ellel 20 bum the depot or 10 put money IN
tie pockets OF the boys, and beiIay them IN aaoa
This was 20 make Fitch believe | was helping him.
81 told Price a: the bal!-alley. could get witneSse,
from the reighhOrhood to lmpeach Sherman. II
told him this on purpose TO deceive MIN ." may
have tod defendants Leun was a ID mean man
~ pretended to Fitch uat | went to Lansing 10 get
relief from unjust imprisonment Inc irSt time
WAS IN Lansing I got northern memberto introduce
bill ny real object there was 10 see Dafus tfarh
got several copies Of the report containing the APP
phcaiioo and sent them to Michigan Centre. On
Inv return from Lansing | saw Corwln and farnham
and told them was gong to collect money III De
trolt for a man IN Massachusetts" " In the inter-
view yith VIM. y. LacoCk, IA January, told hun
wanted 10 buy FltCh's oXen and that ] could sell
them for $40 said tins to deceive lacock'
" Fitch asked ne OF the night Of April II about my
claim on the state. | told hlm could get about
1920" Hudson saws Phelps said on the lth Of
April that he had = friend IN Minnesota who had
graduated with him and ne was gong there next
week Phelps saws. 81 remember telling Fitch that
the Governor of Minnesota had written TO me asoui
corn,uo ont fherC Nv object 10 get money
when got back from Niles
Gentlemen ! viii present 40 more Of these
shameless and bOaStiuf confessions OF ldisehOOd
Permit me, however, 10 ask
DO YOU doubt now the correctness OF the one
hundred and twenty enc witnesses who lmpeaehed
Pheips's reputation for truth and veracliy.
= Can YOU tel me by what rule YOU can d stun
guish what pant OF Phep pss statements you are 10 re-
celye as tue, and what pan to reject IS false
?. We can " ell enough dispense with VIM. Dyer's
testimony, that Phelps tod hlm - 1t would ne righ'
to put down the Company In jackson ana W dshie-
nav Counties by false swearing, II II could NOT DE
done without Phelps virtually admitted that he
had said so, fer he stated that under some crcum-
stances he might have made MAT remark, aIthough
he denied any recollection OF the person 10 whom
the remark was made.
1t IS nv duty, IN the next place to show YOU tha.
the narrative OF Phcps Is, IA many csstItiAi PoihN
contraU'cied.
l. Phelps saws he saw Fitch IN jackson on the day
before Christmas. ana he thinks that Wa Monday.
that he then greed 20 so next day, and did go next
day to Michigan enife, 10 see me pONS dDu IL NtS
Christmas. /, is shown by \. II. DeiamaIeT. John
De!amateI, Amanda Fitch ana Harry HocomD, that
Fitch was not At Jackson on the day thus designated
. Phelps SAYS that Fi'chs visit at Detroit on
February H.. was concerted by appointment oe-
tween him and Phelps. lie tfQulros u also I'D 0e-
lcye ;hath he was expected by Fitch Al Detroit. The
facts are that Fitch went To Detroit under an en-
eaaement with Victory Collier, and vas waiting
ihere for i>racl B Brown. Phelps statement that
Fitch conycrsed with him half an hour Oh the trunk
table al the depot, conIadlcied bv Delo> j. Hold
en-. who having arrived OF ttat occasion win
Phelps, went to JohnsOns holel immediately ana
found Fitch. and Sald with hm Al that place. MI
Sltalcv who was called 20 support Phep>s account
OF hs interview with Fitch IN the street Oh the occa-
SION when Fitch directed him where To find Cay,
derives that circumstance OF all sinister cfeci
Y6u remember that Phelps says that Ftch asked
tim a he had got hl, FISH and ne an ~erei mo ~
that Fitch replied he would find some round ne cor
uer. pointing ~ SayanacAS grocery ana fhclis
saws that gong there he found Cay. Bul, accord
,ng oSheailv. the dialogue was thus -lFtcD Have
YOU not gone home vet" phelps No, ha'enot
got my hsh yet" (Fltchl You viii ind some
round the conner" G.. W. Brown teStiheS that
he nut the same question to Fitch, received the
same answer and obtained hSh al the place
designated Phelps admits that ne did INFORM
Fiicn, IN Detroit that hewanIed 10 procure hsh
aud other poYlslonS for supplies on Job OF grad
INC the raltoad. The remnant Of q barrel OF
FISH was found on PhelpSS premises on hS departure
from sylvan. Thus much to- TRIVIAL Circumstance,
heht a. All. which suspicion and fraud nave mag
W.T." You have already the fact that Willard
Champin was absent from Grandson fllley's when
Phelps char yes hfm With al admission implying guu'
n III ow ledge Ofthe burning Of the depot. nave reel
ted Pheipss narrative OF plot contrved oy Villains,
f. Price. F1eeland and Corwm. Phelps fixes the
scene and the time at CuykendalNs, on the day when
Freeland and Corwin changed horses, and saws that
the wicked consultation Was broken up BY Nathan
Hleh who came mp and asked what The prIvacy vas
Nathan High saws that lie broke up such con' erS-
non neither then nor al any other time benjamin
-. a . sNasl lhAlrS
that occasion. Phelps relates CONVERSATION Oh the
first Tuesday n March. between himself, Fitch ana
Iake. coucerning a proposed branch road from ack
son 10 Adrian and alleges thst Fitch said that " The
Michigan Central Railroad would be worth nomng
that ihev % would Keep tearing up the track. ana 80
keen the travel Of from IT,. Lake recites TIE con-
,erSailon omli ng altogether the eSSenuaipat ABOUT
the Michigan Central Railroad Phelp>s numerous
statements OF admissions. by lIch, OF having or
making counterfeit money, are manliest.y false l.
NAV well be doubted whether any man N easy clr-
culnStanCes ever engaged IA that de>pIcaO.e manu-
facture oI traffic The police have searched every
pun OF fl,ch's house and premises h VAIN, athough
h,> arrest VAS sudden and unforeseen.