New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-07
La " INIELEIG ENCE
TIE AFRIC AN ANETRADE
INVESTIGATION or TIE CHARGE AGAINST J. FtL-
LETT, ALIAS KRAFT.


Casa charge OF being engaged in The Slave trade
was further continued yeserday afternoon before the
above.uar.td Commissioner
John O Neil, being sworn. depos ell ne fcN'ws: Was
boer the L. : sOop Gel tnto WILL PoItsu Payas
in leJ2 wbl there tie scho iper Advance came Into
port ana Went ashore; | cav the CsPtsin OF the Al.
vance on board the GeunsDtOsn, wa,hog od%ids OF
tue CunmOdors cabiC; aitUIwardsa bin goink ihsO
the cabin; ny attention called 10 him from the
slis BIT r. pert that made among tho that the
Advance susp, ctrd Of being SLAYER.
Q. Have YOU the Ca ptsia OF the Advance since
YOU saw him OF board OF tle Germantown l have
no, the Captain of the Advance siuce until $50
him how, sitting that chair there pointng To the
prisoner. ~ "
of importance further than tina, he stated positively
thar be not mistaken ~ TO the identity OF the ac-
cused with the Captain OF the Advance.
Direct exsmiustion Ie.um-d-Q Can you DO mis-
taken as TO the identity OF this man. ne PrisonerI
and tie CaPtrn Of the Advance. A. No, Sir l AN
Lot u,istab en- as 10 that man.
The maj ii,st Of the cargo of the Advance, dated
sept 1852. was here produced and aJmtted in evil
ceIce his pr cirus oocumen reads az follows;
y 900 feet of lumber 3 900 pieces Of scaDtliny
tieIces of rice 10 bos of tread 10 obl of provi i,us.
100 cotton bags II cask shooks, slaves fot water.
ba,r,ls ca.ss IF Hardware. The above cargo ship
PEI by the Captain IL. hHAfr.
10 have consisted of seven men. The ABOVE docu-
m.nt. the 4 \. DistriotAttorney observed, Is the
reg ulor manifest of vessel fitted odt for the Save
trat
with tina, of the alleged SLAYER the julia Moulton.
Henry Ward called for the deteuse-l avn eo,nd
officer Of the Black arrior, one ot the Havana snd
New Olesrs lse of steamers eeeins yesterday pro-
c.edipgs pubrshed in the pa oers. aad the ns me Of
Cont Kraft mentioned came here to see ~ha' vas
poirp on, as / knew him; | have seen kraft write.
frequt Dty. Being shown the Signature 10 me man.
fest rittss 81 that to the best ut ms belief IL
was that Of Cap. KRAFT am weil acqu mated wih
the appearance oi Cap. Kraft, aud snouli know bm
an eDg good many should DO able to recokni1e
Inn m. taYtly; the prisoner does not resemble Capt.
Kraft, ia sUy particular; | was iotGate With Capt
KIhft Tor ve months being his first officer but that
man IL positively not the man whom kue" a. capt:
! KRAFT, sbd wbose signature Is on that mamteot'
/ Ieyer 20 my knowledge say the prisoner before.
until this afternoon; Capt. Fiiief at me request oil
be couisc wrote IN my Presence hnd II was In no
way ike tho Signature Of C9Pt hrait, ne does ho'
take hold Of the Ike KRAFT. mostly all tao capt
tai letters with Kraft, cramped oAIog 10 thv de-
foruiiy Of his banGs; that man ltuiel looks m prs
fame is. than the kTah of my acquaintance; hraf.
told me T. at be vas Ffenchmt0; Fhctu, wouli
tske 10 be- an Iailo; Kraft was a more energcsc
mau--more lefnt booking; krai' could speak seyd-
rel languages, but only few words OF Il gIish w3sn
sas Win him, be did not speak such good Ensllsh
as hat gentleman, lths Yr,soler
Cros..exsnIp.j by Jr McheDn-I nave sailed ont
Of New York since 1913; last June q year was the
first time SOW Capt KAT spd the las, time l SAY
HIM Was ia Gov, l653, | wos on schD0ner with
him, named the julia Liz. kidg"ay Is ms hst
officer.
o. Where did sou las. see Capt. KRAFT A In
Cuba; twos ia the early part OF Nov, leo3i c.n-
rot say whether ne is alive o. ceadi | cane here TO-
Q. Who cls4rcd the J. L Ridsway' objected
q. What vas the cugo of that vessel Objected
o. What month wqs she cleared ia 4. She
cleared N June, 1888. from tho port OF Ne" YORK.
q Nhee did you clear for-was /, for foreign
port Objected to-
q. VINO was :he supercargol A. We had none;
| Do Dot know lor what port We cleared
q You are aware that being engaged on board
SLAYER j. punishable Onense, 80 you nave right ID
refise 10 onswpr aly question ts-ding % implicse
YOU 4. Yes Sir.
.. Wbere cid the Julia Eliza Ridgway touch on
The coast Of Africa, on her yoj 'ge ron Ne| i9rs,
question a. We touched a.Anso!ai there arc Sow
Q. What ports in Angolai A. We touched at
o. Mention ore. A We touched A. Ambriz.
q. What did sou 90 there A. We vent on ira
di q yC5 sge, W. ALEC at Ambrlzettai were not
A. Laerlo. We landed some whisky AZ Ambriz; We
Weai co~n q Dandy Point ", did not take aay
vito men Or hoard at Ambfiz; we TOOK m some
ws'er e, Daroy P,iut in breaker, don't koo" how
much wafer va bad on b0sFd before tba,
o. At Danny Point how much water did tie Rlds-
way tske On to1Tdl
Mr. Es'on OBJECTED 10 :hs question on the ground
that il j. an t0 prejudice the case OF the
prsouer b. riOghlg vita 10 no suPPossi gut OF an
Otf II MN
ne D.fr.ct.A Attorney answered that he had right
20 cross examine tie witness to the cOnduc. Of the
Riogaay Of shch lie f,rm.d part 81 the creT,
when she 1ss notorious si1gInz p0int5 on tfs
| Coa.t a. Afics Known as Ambsiz and Anbfizepa,
mice De shoult Ilinfe the ground that At you'd
- ylicafe LIN u a criminal Cd 4-se
Mr. Eafon ere oD-erse q thai The examination was
irreevsni sr5 al arbitrary ezercize Of power in the
stselc4 Of tne C0nuissorer.
The District Attorney 40. beine desirous OF dec.I-
;1g ne questisn moved adjournment OF TOE csue
ub, ibf Coz isa1i q Da-s.e upon tne oys,s o-
tu. The col1s. for he sLss tssiroa iA's III "a
animation = Oulo proc-ee. y .-<-..s
2. Have you known y, .,oius e ns"
| 4. I have since. At , cS t.~4
n b:sro'' We hT 81 -. yhsAaps
"a. Af,ey taking IN wsser at Dandy Point wsesa
| dd voc 20 A. We went 10 sea A. ..~.
| Q. Where cid you land' A. dscuns !"
o syhyi A. On tie rule you gave me:
/ ) low long afer Leaving Dandy Poiat ~ ~
M. lard again A. decline to answer IT. 1. - y,
I. What Course did yOgisy With The veasa ~
To-, decline to snswer It; might = well ~ ysa
N. / never knew the bark Republic; hsvs -
X~xk rot karI that 1919