Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-12-21
WHOLE NUMBER I.TO6

give littls Of the testimony addaeed,
Dr. George Cummings being sworn depossd.
that there had been quarrai between AlIi.on.
and Arrison, relative 70 book that bad LAD.
guage had been used. and that Arrison was
knoehsd down by Allison witness had heard
deiendsnt say be had a great notion 10 KIN him
Allison witness was sitting With Dr. Baker
when the box was left upon shaking IL, tt
sounded as II there was sand inside witness
then described the paper around lhe boz. the
card and the direction upon il to Mr. AIisoa
witness the described the explosion, be waa, AZ
the ume, on the pavement on entering, be
iOund terrible destruction Mr.. Allison lay on
. table, apparently cut in two bis boueIs vera
PrOlrudIug there were about fifteen boIesin
his thighs his knee was badly torn his face
was blaekened be seemed much burnt.
Mr. John w. lively. being sworn, dsvOsed
That on 2lst or 32d Of June. he made q
box for gentleman, whom be Unidentified a. tas
prisoner; be also Unidentified the box in Shs,
Marine hospital, - that which be had made
this be did from is materials, and certain pocu.
lianIies IN its construction; The man who or.
dered the box was unknown 10 witness, but
had called several times lat the shop, and had
been met in the street BY witness
George Hand being sworn. testified that be
had known the defendant for year before the
explosion; vas at the shop when the stranger
who ordered the box came back ct Hiyely's
shop 10 have it altered; witness identi6ea Ar.
rison as the man who had the boz altered.
Wines picked out piece Of the boxI-
This % the piece be had on The bench on a brad.
nail and had the smoothing plane, and said.
'D-n the thing and then picked up rabbit
plane; he said, II wish you would fx IT," be
showed me how be wanted it done; he said il
vas TO 60 into groove; vent 10 chest and
tOox out ehisrl and gOuged the piece out for
him be wanted Q piece Of white pine board
6xed. which / bored and planed of for him, il
was about ten inches in length, and about Eve
in width, should think; on the Tusday fol.
lowing saw the piece gosged in MArsh's
drugstore. after the explosion; picked il out
before it was shown me. A pistOl.lOck, fond
in the room OF the explosion, was here shower
witnsss.l This would about ct the hole bored
in the pine board.
Q'--What did Mr.. AFrisou tell you at the
lime Of dressing his piece Of wood? Ale
gave me two replies once, while we we're in
the shop. / asked him and he answered. task
after We got out of the shop. again asked him;
aod he told me that two OF hls nisces in Iowa
we're going TO school, and to encourage them,
be had told them that as soon IS they could
write q letter to him, he would send them q
present, and be was about ful6ing his promise,
N. d. Gould sworn; considers himself an ex.
pert in judging of handwriting; at least is SO
called.
The letter which led to the arrest of Arrison,
and the documents proved yesterday to be Ar.
rison's writing. we're handed him. On exam
ination, be pronounced them in the same hand
writing.
Samuel Robinson sworn.-Am now, and was
in June last, in business at Halls O6ace on
Fourth street. Ou the a6th of June last, in
the afternoon. a man came in With card in his
hand, and asked for q pen; ] handed him pen,
and ne asked nae to write it for him; offered
and he told me TO write "Mr. Allison, Marine
Hospital. corner of Western Row. and Long.
WORTH" did so; he remained there Is to 20
minutes converting with Mr.. True about chOls-
ra and its treatment: he told where on the
card to write, this was near O'Clock.
The card was here handed witness, and he
identified it as his writing, and as the card be
wrote on: he identified che prisoner a. the man
he wrote the card for. ..... u
1t was fu-ther proven BY other Witnesses
that ArrisOn called at Drug store and bought
powder and tWine. Where he obtained the
pistol had not been shown.
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