New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-23

no, BEEN 10 sleep thai uh before smelling Tire Gre:
must have been IN bedasout en- hour and half tsws
not two minutes after anelf the Gre and the Ike
coming into my room 70 the tims Of my iyitinx tho
candle end gong into the entry tell TIE get
Up and open the door and he OH so and have not ssca
him since: Iheleve he was g @ ermsn; do not know:
wa MT acquainted with them; hal se~n thnm con
s,anily 70 work 50 suppose they were inurioes bad
bufLt osmphene lamp; they used cotton snd pSper
IN taeir business did not Dncnd thcre that day
saw him there Saturday; he came 10 my roou see
on Saturday NIGHT 30 heat his IRONS did NOS eco hiua
stwork; the Fsu-cher was IN was adjoining tothst
on nre apss,ered partition only between, bof defe1e
oocfs the lamps Of cotton and paper not haA1e
ou, Jumps q IRE and the r ON allied with smoke
n.ss-Ilipk u wss about soccck when ID. came -
Udhan Philips sworr-One Of Fourth Ward Police;
neera' III hoosevetst. the alarm, went immehstey;
tne door was open and the room fu, of smoke. and
the tenants excited called for vnser n, bucksca ran =
and threw II on, then cut again; an engine came
and got stream on the nFc In different plsces-,he
largest bodies under doEner window under the table.
and behind the door after III FIRE was on, found b.
bic couple Of oh chains and trunk with same srien
in Il. including some fronts OF caps would MT give q
Tor all in the room did not I'll ser ele~red out go
If floor chsrre or not; suppose had been scS On
IRE; nothing ceui have been taken out After ai.ru.
did not know either OF the psrties asked for feschsr
but could find him; nothing attracted my sifensoa
while there except the smell OF cotton suppose wss
shou 10 O'Clock In the evening when got 20 the Sn
uor.House il was l0le never saw D.mond TIL now.
Morris Morss, swon--ws ~ bookkepcr with Messfs
Philips & Co. No. ia ws,rrst, cap mana.acturcsi
Dimond worked making caps for the hrn-elosh md
silk pash do ROT know If he made any leather csps;
Messrs p furnished the msterl paid him 81 % u 70
Per Dozen the price Of the caps when sold was " b
ELI per dozen; heard Of the hre next morning; our
books show that Dime nd had work out ON Friday lob
jecte 10 Do not have opportunity OF seeing hun q
the store heard OF the hre Monday the arm TOLD me
to make some inQuiries; We had beeu pretty badly
treated. lobectod to- The District Attorney ssid he
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had occupied; an old trunk. some waddnz tho
place charred &C.; Dimond was the person my 6u1
employed; did not HIM there; tanned he wss
in Muibenyst, and found him there between ami 9
in the evening; he was standing NJ the door: asked
him about the fire. he said he did know ich about
It. said what about the cope; he said he did roe know
he suppos ell they were burnt; ess~ IA where
he wac he said he did not 60 hon ? isssf, told
him we had an insurance on the caps. krai @sad be
necessary for him cay they burn, sid ~ c,ne
to the store tor that purpose next svl he ssH he
would do 20; he did nor come; bclie~eN W che
was at No. % at dinner,me Sunday; Ne s&t - 4 It
o'clock Sunday and the caps were thea tkss, he
said he usually slept there but he did nos 50 home that
night he did not say where he was: wcuk iato Ne
on Monday they slept In; there were conc bek-
ting and pasteboard there saw clothing ad neelns
that would contain cothing Dimond mover CANA =
the store aiteiward; he never said anythlny ab5ue
fcuseher. liz was admitted =. was ajoRncymaa -
d.
Crosseraminsd-when saw d. Monday svssns n
seemed selfpossessed, not alarmed at all he tudhe
expected the place Was burnt up ana the cap WV
burnt he had worked for Messrs p three yaaeR pes.
hsps longer.
RcAord Ia poem and JaAs Alien, testified to being = he
door when the alarm given and assisted 70 exea
ssh the fire. No property passed out after ths unrU
being given, as witnesses perceived y.
The District Attorney stated the nature Of TIE -
testimony which he intended to Offer and said ~ -
Though 1t made out of strong suspicion. - ~
no. think there would be enough justfying the ~
in finding verdict of guilty The Court, after csnv
taiion held that 1t would not and directed the Jy
acquit the prisoner. The Jury then rendered vssds
of not guilty, and ID. was discharged.