New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-16
TIVE JyPERyAL MfCHEyE CASE.
~pI.L OF WM. ARRtsON ON CHARGE oF
1ni,PDFR OF ISAAC ALLISON AND WIFE,
a, TIVE MARINE HOSPITAL CINCINNATI On ihb ~'''
JUNE.
THIRD DAY--wEDsEsDAY, DEC. ID

THIRD DAY--wEDsEsDAY, DEC. IL. -
william H. Adoerly, sworn-I Gn dru
h business in jane l.st on the noftl.e ,ne'. he
1i.,h and Mound saw defendant three hlnt', na
eame into my store the Tbnrsdsy or TO-
DC explosion and asbed me for pou" =" az 10
pos DER sai3 did no. keep gnnpo"uer ns 'a.1 ~
honobt .,e SIGN said Licensed u Keep SunPo"-
uoot IA I'm +, WINS 4 mistake; be vent o1t |
AN" lnol cd ard said it read Blue LICK aod Sol1
.Wa,er." he then asked for some strJng VINE;
.boS.d him some twiue which be said Sss n'ts'ronS
.noreh. told him be mig procure some stronger
A. The grocery the street; he went over tnste
and returned and got some OF TIE tsins sho"el nun
before; It was small tEDe, called varega'e1 cotton
fwire; be got probably two or three yards he
vrspped around ois hand and took It away 1t was
Etw..n 10 and !. O'Clock when be was there the
drugstore is numbered 800; Mrs Campbells board
ng'bouse is directly opposite 1t IL douo's io9r'
story brick; Mrs. Gang bell lives IN the west 'ide
donf know il defendant boarded there. Witness
e,boi,.d piece Of iron. This is piece OF IRON
picked MP in the Hospital was at The Hospital AFTER
he explosiop on Wednesdiy morning.; the front
windows were blown out Of the room, the partition
removed, and the doors broken
nr O. NJ IaDedorp sworn-I was called to see the
persoln Injured at the Msrine Hospitals saw Mr. Al
Icon; DIR Smith dressing his wounds; saw bus
how ia pror udng; did not see bis leg; suppose the
wound In ABDOMEN killed him. the house was h'r.
ribly wrecked; did not examine II infinitely; sbed
vas in The room; the gass of the ndo SO blown out
tbe room was covered wih iumbsr
y. Did YOU hear Allison converse! A: Yes, SIR.
q. What did be soy' asked If he koew reo
did H. he said be DID not think he had an enemy IN
the world who would do snch deed; ne do not sly
ANYTHING az 10 the cause of the explosion, Mrs Aii-
pep tnid bu, very ttle ao0u. u; she wantc1 70 kuo"
il Allison " alive; said she would fathee dc toan
live If be died. don't RENE 1ber her naming any per
son "a the cause of the explosion; che spoke OF the
box as being an awful thing; she wanted TO see her
friends i Keptucky; her great anxiety vas her hus-
band; she died mex, day, think, about noon
Samuel Gloon Jr.. sworn-Was present IN ar. Al
derly's drug store cober SIKH and and Mound, tw,
or three GAYS before the explosions man came 10
and All cd for euDpOwder; n Mr.. Porter wss IN tho
store; Mr. Adderly tod the man be had NJ gnnpow-
der; be laid be thought the sign read Licensed TO
"seIl cunpowder;" be went 10 the door came back,
and asked for some twine; ] thought it was so
strange, asbed of Porter, Bill, who is that :! he
said "that is the celebrated DR. ArrisoD;' / have
seen Ayrison in Jail and have seen bin here; my n
preston is that he is the man; would not swear to
Elm under OATH but think he ia the man
Henry r. Porter, sworn--I am a jOurneyrnan brick
LAYER; was in Mr.. Addeys drug store about the ed
or 23d Of June; not positive as 70 the exact day; L
wac reading a newspaper saw Arrlson slanding on
the opposite side Of the street. he came over aod
asked Tor gunpowder; Addeny told him he had none;
he went out went across the street, walked up AMI
do~n the sidewalk, and came back and asked for
triDe; AdderIy showed him some he said something
about il not suitDg, and went out; Arrison IS tue
men; wos scquant, d with him.
David Met ullough sworn-I am carpenter; did
business last June on Fifih-st, between Plnm and
Wesernrow, No. rs, in partnership with John X.
Hiyely: gentleman came into the shop nnd sal1 nc
wanted a small box m9Ge; he asked what II would
ccst; be said he wanted it strong, so it would stand
tumblne about; he came in with two strings, which
he said was the measure; he came back about dusk
for the boz; saw Mr.. Hively with hi n, and didn't
remain; when came the next morning tue same man
was there, and journeyman named Joseph Name
was cutting the ends of the box out; l fn.hed tue
box. Wines examined the pieces of the box pro-
dueSd by the prosecutor These Just such pieces
as made the box of the ends pond to tue ends
cut out; the ends cut down TO fit the sides; the
box being of black walnut and dovetaed, is the
Of tbah nx ha Gait IA I'M
as ~ put the top without screws. and SO 1t could
be fastened down, and then il would slide out in the
grove easily; never made box like that before; the
lid wos Dot gouged ont when it left my shop. Wit
ness described particularly TO the Jury the manner in
which the box made.
To juror was positive 1t was the same box be-
fore the Mayor ard before the Grand Jury; the lid
indicates that spring had been driven in the end
described the box and wood to Mr.. i,ke, Chief Of
Police, and May or Snelbaker
q Is there any person in Court who you think you
made the box for A. went to the Jail with Mr..
Pruden; when went in there were come persons
standing in the hall the gate and the pris-
oner and pointed him ont a. the mar; did not 90
into the back building; made hesitation in pick
ing out Arrison as the man although knew be was
there; man zee in Court was standing With Arrison
at the sil; have siUce learned that At was defendant
brother.
To a Juror-It looks to me 10 be the same box
saw M the MAYORS office, and the same box | m ,de
The witness here explained now he hai gouged Oh
the enol. A mechanic ought to know his work.
To Mr. characterization might H. the man ma.
be deceived in him.
DIR j. H. Smith. svorn-Iwss called in to ate .,
Mr. Allison on the night OF the explosions found hin
yirg a cot with wound in the abdomeD the in
testiDes protrudipg reduced them found prob ably
halt dozen wour DIS in The thigh inside of the right
thigh, below the groin; the wound in the abdomen
was about two inches in length aud one inch in
breadth; at one point the intestines we're entirely
severed; the wound was stitched up some Of the
slugs obloI e, and some seemed round like bal
lets [slug shown witness saw some like these, but
rot quite so long; he lived about two hours; died be-
fore two o'clock.
O. What caused his death A. The wound in the
abdomen; don't think the wound in the thigh neces-
sarily fatal; the wound was jagged it might have
been made with piece Of thus, witness showed por-
ton of bomb he was burned over the face very
much; he could not anything; bis clothes were
stripped off before entered the ROOM
John King sworn IWtness is fourteen years old. |
q. Where were you the night of the 29th OF
June las A | waso Plum ST., between Fifth and
Peuy-Pery ST. runs from Plum TO Tes,ern-row;
was on the west side of the street; | standing
there with another boy; Rau came along aud asked
me if | wanted job; went up with him to Long
woftb-s ana along Lrngworih TO between Plum
and Westeurow; be then assed me if | knew
where the Marine Hospital was | said yes; he gave
me box and told me 10 take it 10 the Hospital TO
Mr. Allison said would take it 10 the hosiery
store underneath, and took il there this about
bali square from the Hospital ! said did not care
about taking the box up stairs took the box the
etore; he gave us dime for Going IL, aud asked II
that was enough; l said yes; 1t va between seven
and eight O'Clock in the evening delivered the box
TO young man named Jackson.
By MI. Prudon.-Look around and see il YOU can
see the man who gave you the box.
Wines Looking toward def, Ddsntl That looks
Ike the man; can't swear TO him positively.
Gross examined The gas H. hts we're not burning
think; II might have been about sun down; after 1
delivered the box went around little and then
wehthome.
O. State what You did after The expiosioni 4.
went up there vent to the door after ard and said