New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-16

writing. IT,. ,la-a UNA a name. or san3
sal hsi,re the psme Of Ali,0n on the cara 'oink
tbe card was slipped under lie suips' don huo'
,hfrewss hole in the card and s'nns paseu
throueb il don't remember OF notc'ogn
To Mr. Pruder The card shown ~ The w.thes'i-
This looks like The c ard, bui can swear % IT,
G.r,b,n Somefs, sxOrn-Was on I umst- IN TIE
Goth OF June lsst, were going s-syimm'sp; sm'a
passed Ia and asked us 1t ~ "'n'eo 700 ''on
King said yes; we walked up on Longwohn; we
.topped betse.p Plan aud Westerp.rsw, he gave us
box and told TO take it TO the HOSPITAL: sc saln
We wouls Mt 90 up there, bat "oald take II 10 vac
store; we took into the ore ana gave II 10 tle pI
there: had toe box snd gave it 81 John Ming, Fh'
took i, in the ore; the boy took II AID sho'H u
there ~ brown paper on the box AMI string t'sd
aIourd il; ii box Was pretty heavy. L
Question by Mr. Pfaden-i wish you wpl"i 10y
around and See II there il any that LOOKS IKE 'hs
Witness Pointing to AnisoDl-That man looks
Ike him. II, ..,, IN,
Croc, -examiDeJ-We then walked around ana
sLfnt tie dime; then went homei a'e' "u'u N's
came TO our house ard woke me ~ a ih7h was
along who had heavy wbiskers, wren tuey came -
the bouse described The man; toiu los'n nc i'4
beard; sold he was abont toe re VI tue 49,, ~.
t1eseDt Ii ought he eas about thirty 'htee or 'ury
forr ves,s az soc; John hing ana gave the same
accom-, Of the mar. think; do not know u ever
saw the man before OF mott s4" ~" 9" i"n. SUI htre
-, co. m ons told us he was the man. ADD tue
o,b., how talked about him; defendant Mas -itung
i. f,ont of the post; did not know who we're his
iawyeis: did lot know tbst be was the person
rlafsed With the crime; John hing ssked me 10
look around apG see if | would know hlm, and SAID
there is mao that looks very much like him. John
sad The same; t, card was un Ter the siriug.
To ar. Pruden-I Showing witness the cardl-
This il the size OF the card think IL vas fastened to
the box; 90 not remember nov.
Totle Court-We got the box on PlumS b.
tween Perry and Fifth the man who gave Us the
hox let III LoDgyorih Il south side between
Plum md Western row; we could see toe Hospital
The Court here took Acess until O'c ock
Twoo'cLock P.M.-N ID. Gould sworn-Reside in
Boston, business for the pact few years As beeo IN
ming the pen generally in ornamental writing; con
sdeIs himself an expert in judging OF haad' writing
at least IL 20 called.
The letter which I'D TO the ares. OF Arrison ani
the documents proved yesterday to be Arris'ns
writing, we're handed him.
On examination, he pronounced them in the same
Handwriting.
b. +. JIue sworn-An a seal eGgrayer AMI die
sibker formerly gun maker in june last, 90 tue
26h in he afternoon, was a. Mr. =. r. Han s, on
Wet Fourth ST. saw man oome into the store, aud
ask for a pen 10 direct d card Mr.. ) Robinson who
wos behind the COULTER reached him peu add ink;
the man asked Robinson 10 direct 1t for him. Robin
son did 70; the man asked 1t TO ne directed 10 Mr..
Allison Marine Hospital, &c; Mr.. Robinson wrote
az directed; | asked The man If be was connected
with Marine Hospital; he abruptly ans Tered no;
explained why as6od il that while ia the country
was frequently aked a5ont cholera III the city and
WiLec 10 know about 1t; be replied more cautiously,
al Iroce eded 10 tell the plumber of ,ses there 10
that time; he asked how they yielded to treatment,
and be said readily as at Othsriimes converset
with lin some minutes about the mode OF Treatment
&c., Iractictd there; he represented himself ~ well
acauaiDted with chOlefa, bad treated 1t at Quincy
Ul be talked for some time of different kI1ds OF
treatment and of nes kind Carter or Cart gfight's
being the giving oi large quantity OF calomel;
thought had seen him before, and re ;ognized him
as a physician. after j beard that AIrison had besu
clerk az corner Of Sixth ard Freeman, ! knew that
wa when L had seen this man. recognize Arr,son
Il. tla .artu and Tho mi
had seen at the corner of Sixth ana Freeman;
WHEN Robinson commenced writing toe card ARR
ton told him where to begin to write; the card now
! in Court appears of the same size and appearance
a. the one then written. The pieces OF irOn found
after the explosion and evidently for ming portion
of the contents of the box, we're here handed witness
and he requested 10 tell, from his kno Wedge OF
iron, what they formed originally. Alter examlDa-
ton witt thought they were portions OF gastube
about - inches in diameter of wrought iron, as the
ragged edges fitted together. The ends had been
closed by soldering circular piece in. Probably
The sugs bad been put IN before the ends were closed
and The powder put in at hole in the middle of tue
tube lebgihase1 1t would hold over pound-so
much that it could not all burn before the tabe ex-
} ploo.c; saw Arrison first at drug store corner Of
SIKH and freeman, in February last, about the mid
( ole. MY attention allied to him by several val
eItines received by some there at the iiGe, and
their joking about them also, by his pulling to 9TH
for n lady; the wrong one was pnlled, and Arris0D
n,n offered to pull tue right Que for nothing.
Ssmue Robii son, sworn Am nov, ani was in
june last In business al Hall- office on FOurth-st.
on the 26th of June last. in the afternoon, m Al
can in with a card in HE hand, and asked for pen
handt him pen, aid he asked me To write II for
him; offered to and he told me 10 write MIR. ALI
son Marine Hospital corIer of Wes'ern-roS ani
"Lougwurih, | cid so; he remained there 10 or 20
mLuios cobveising with Mr True about CHI lera and
its treatment: teBess related this conversation sane
as preceding witt css he told where the card 10
write: this was rear o'clock. The card was here
handed witness and he identified il as his writing,
and as the card he wrote he identified the prs.
oner as the nan he wrote the card for
James l. RufiiD, sworn-Am City Marshal; made
efforts TO discover the offender after the explosion the
next Gay after it, Mr.. Hand, who said he h sd
gougCd ont lid that resembed the found in the
room; went with him TO the shop, corner of George
and Mound and found some walnut chips the
bench, where Hand said he did the work produced
The cbipsl went with Hand to drugstore, corner of
Sixth ana Freeman and there Hand found the last
nsme Of the man he fixed the lid for.
W. W. Back ,sworn-Entered the Marine Hospital
the evening of the eSplosion man brought up a
card ard handed ii TO me ard l handed II to DR..
Lawson; the card now in Court is the card; not
present when any pieces of the box in Court
were found.
The Court then adjourned till oclock next morn.
ing.