The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-20

JAWS W, q AWksuN. twu4m. --
10 ,ua KNOW The rcsf.anieu.s al she
Bary Ncs. 7 saw them sh1ui ihe i0ih
or thiHefnlh afjunc am a Porter
q, the ntniucli House Mathew
came ars,, Uih eex, day Matthew
told me the rex, day be was expecting
friend on Ihc cars, bad lhink 1t wns
the ncNt day be- camo on son' Troy
traia. lle was in slar'o romn ual
wished double ono Thia mao wa.
SaNiou W. gave him aeulae r,am.
I ,l,ipk did not see Matthew'S cn
ter lds name. Dil not sse Mcnsrf
unti a0cr they hal len. Matthew ,r
turned first, think I think nll re-
turned from Montreal one after unolh.
er. DID not SEQ Mrnser untd nnrr hc
returned from Montreal Thsv wcre
put IN Nos. Is n ~. Marctop had No
Is and Sfxton No. la The ,ooms
were connected by door Bolh ronms
had a door into the hall The door from
No. Is was not opened while they Wrre
here. Both went in through No iS --
! never saw them enter thulr nam
The only Time noticed their names |
saw n letter directed 10 Matthews, Bu.
rron's room was No. 80 on The first
noor Nos Is & 10 are on the second
floor in the main body Of the House. 90
Menser's was No - at the extreme
north end Of the hall. q, Did you see
these persons at any time have aay COM
yorsation with y croh or Gill 2 4. |
have seen SaSion talking with GIL. q.
How long a time did they stay thore
lastY 4 About week, | think q.
State wha, yon saw in their rooms pre-
yious TO thoir leaving the last time 1
Mcnscrs room | was never in until The
day he left. Matthews said hc WAS e.
ing and wanted his baggage chalked |
went up and ct il and took it over "a
the cars. Saxton came in, asked if din
pcr was over asked for the old man and
went up stairs. ! went up aud found
them in No. ls, asked Menser for hi.
baggage he said he had mono. About
one SaNton came 70 me and wanted ID
k ow where the baggage was. told
him | had marked II to go, and he eot
it. Mensor aud ho were In close con.
versa,ion. ordered one OF nv men Il
watch them. They went nor h on III,
train.
MARTIN W. MANus, sworn. livet
nj the Bardwell House last June. Crhii
testimony only went to corrob0rate tn,
testimony of Mr.. Clarkson.)
WILLIAM SEED. sworn. reside Ia
Philadelphia. am an officer ia ia,
Detective Police. know all Of lhes,
men have known Becrofi only sine,
he rame here. arrested Saxion. II,
had an interview with Mr.. Manu-, dep
niy Attorney General aud ncknowledg
cd that he had been To Rutland. Thil
"ho Us AfN fih VI btiiNH ~ ! tilltlii
phia. Mr.. Mann told him TO com,
ont with the truth, and il would be wei
for him. went TO Saxions house anl
got some money. In all got nbou
$50. Did not take ii from him lbn
night. | let his wife have ii. Did no
know i'll after | arrested him what /
was for. q. Did you bavo any con
yersation with Saxion, aud did he max,
any admission A. Whlo coming herr
he spoke OF it. q Have you bad AM
talk with Gill 4. | was talking will
him on some other subject. and he tol,
me his real name, and where his iamil,
resided--somc 20 miles out Of Philadcl
phia. lie said he knew when The pa
per was given him lhat something wa
wrong, but he could not understand it
There was no testimony offered ii
the defence. and by mutual consent, ih,
Judge charged the Jury, ani they reiir
ed. In about 20 minutes they returne,
with their verdict, which wa,
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