Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-05-12

an %,. n0reom6 :'corn-Does not ,b;,,. -,
son letters are in MI. Kendall. 'alnk The \,
Inc handwriting of onr Of ,h.s. n~andwhti.s''
tnan that Of Mr.. Kendall. who ,sI'en il (.
Mr.. Larrason suorn-Does W.. .es a stif NJ
son letters are in Nh. Kend.lI.' mink he n
ney seem to witness to be p, ."sawlaiS
ions, The two letters differ con niis.aSSa iss d
Mr. .dordnss s,rorx-The handv,.. :
Iva hanson letters differs. These Lung as y 1
seem to be written by the sams .suen b ! !
DO not appear to witness to be in Mo-; 4.
handwriting. Nf. 4ssSs
MI. Warrick Martin ssorn-L s-,. '
MI. KendalIs handwriting and f.eI Ianlla, Vi
the Hanson letters were neve, wr; satsfeduss
The writing of one of these letter. y biz,
Kendall $ considerably, but that Of thu esnassl
scarcely any resemblance to his %oh.'ha
Mr.. Simpson '~orn-Thinks some ~ sas
son letters bears scarcely any resemu..Aak
KendalIs handwriting, though III. ~ BY
bear some resemblance. Witness th;. aes
Of the letters weye written by M. R1,.s.a siak
MI. Greene s,corn-Ass been .IA
postofice for a considerable time. tulfa A
the habit of copying documentsir.N.a, g ess,
handwriting. The Hanson letter. A. Aeaas
to he in his handwriting. One Of II. ~ aAA
much treer and better than Nj. R.sIassMk
The other is more like his writin, sas
Of them, witness thinks, was mr. 1satt
Kendall. ~n 3 u
lAll the witnesses examined !.
writing ofthe Hanson letters. stated i. r. ~
during the day made a careful ex,m;.sIuyt
Hanson letter.. aud compared then c..saa III
the genuine letters of Nj. KendaILI
Severapother witnesses we've s,,.:
the hand writing, and testified sIa,assct
same as the ai'ove witnesses.
Mr.. Theodore Noise sssors-Witne.
1t is a common thing for persoas i
make al exact imitation Of apothey.
ing. Witness Is able TODD this. I...ssaI
an artist to produce an exact imitatiso :
handwriting u Z likeness Of ii, 4. Il
some copies Of Z document written j. las
missioner, were shown the comm;r;o..
seemed puzzled to distinguish tbe -
ten by himself
Mt. Green, n Of the Post OAc
recalled Witness never knew n. 80
interfere with the opening Of thu n,;h ~.
was chief clerk in The office. No v.h.n y.
or package could have been taken .L@s
without collusion with II. ~
A valuable letter could not be t~aksrf-sua,
without c~ollu.ion among diferest 60
ness in opening the mails, would sDsv =
even the postmaster-to inteuem "A 1
letters or packages or the.post bsa. ~ !
checked them all of. II posr& - :,
letter which was not found 10 tbs mail : -
give immediate notice 10 the posfuaa,r.
Nj. sRsnssa spars-Has. beesa "a n
Post ONCE since 1S47. ls now - L~is
agentof this city; attends to the rec1sssE
patching Of the mails. There il. mn
New. Orleans Post Office Of the ~
mail from Memphis sf the date dJ.lS
There Is record Of the mails Of III dIh
other points on the river above aud kabeNs
phis. II any mail arrived here fun -
Of that date, the whole mail must hptk1r
fnely destroyed-letters, postbills
there is no record Of any mail Of tba tntn
Memphis, either for delivery Or disik6nn
mail of that date arrived durar 49,
md before 3 O'Clock P. N. Wifuep
Instances Of the postbills calling Mvk
PACKAGES which were not found ii IL ia
which It turned out, upon enquiry, hsdJy1is
been sent by the Post Office whetfbeH
Ees were mailsd and which cams dslyaeh
afterwards. The correspondence Of tbet4
Df the Post Of1ce IL sufficient % occupy IN
lime Of the Postmaster. The Portn,aaFi
enough to do to attend toths onsrsI supami
Of the Office, and cannot giye bis aitentioat
and routine q TIE Office. M Knga
accounts with the Government At Wpi1
lre oil settled - witness knows from ~
lAttorney General Morse IN atSki
had never heard Of Nj. Kenda3b 1SS&
d~efalcation to the GoyesnMNFk&
Morse, had besn advised by the pea4fa1FA
nent that some $4,000 lost by n5h3m
raced to the New Orleans Post O6o1~ttk
ever heard that Mr.. Kendsli wHs1t&
M. st. Martha sscorn-Was many IqN
aerk in the New CLEANS Post Onui#K ~
'hink the Postmaster could possbty tGp
ession Of : valuable letter wiiihoatnss
he clerks.
The defence here stated that theya1&N
zone the further examination of tke6nfS4
her evening. q
M. Baker, the telegraphic asrnt,
be prosecution, and sworn-Ths &4
luced in court was sent from The M
70 l. Y. Lask Al Memphis. H.
) signed james. and n 4uests Nj. LMn,e~
mis- 70 telegraph Mr.. Ayers, Of Caf1t
,ot 70 come to New Orleans. Nsa,
M. Isnes Lssk WitnsN
be above despatch. Witness ISN'T -
0 his brother, but did 60 without ~
With Mr. Kendall. When witness
old Mr.. K. Of il, the latter exp1ss4
md his desire that MI. Ayers shosl95l
. present 1t the trial. Witnsn
{ Mr.. Kendall.
Adjourned to 5P.. N. Thursday
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