New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-31

Y.~.,, IN Albany where he Conferred with the ,
Chief Of Police, and employed o,'e Beoj MN nan.
pai;cs Densrtment OF Albany. 20 90 TO Chester.
ChsmbeY went TO Chese under pay Of the League
managed 70 get on in. nate terms with The per-ons
lid distrb uied liGuor feey-s-,iing and giving
:, .rs-spd underworld TO gsn their confidence.
Through bis aid the persecution ses commenced
scs,.t the def pdants. Other outr4ses we're com
itt.d after he went there, AMI evidence ws orouges
forv .rd OIL he trial. to show ths they were ADVISED
by him.
Tue trial occupied nearly the entire week. Be-
tween sixty and seventy witnesses were examined.
We sstjoin the testimony Of Benjamin Chsnoerlaln,
the principal witness:
Benjamin Ch.mherlain-Live in Albany have no
-s,.icnlsr busiress now except occssioDsly set "a
detective police; fist saw M. WILCOX al once OF
Chief OF Police in 4 wen: 20 Chester 5y direction
Of Chief Morgan; got there night before fssti
scdusin,ed with Hubbard; Mr. No-burg came 10 rth
NE; went to rooster-fsh, et Russell With IL. aoorI
10 clock before this went up shooting IN the words
an hour or two; distance 10 Il. about eleven miesi
saw several roos.er-fghts ami other games through
The dsy; returned 10 Lszeles with H.; next day
dent DO anything; wa IN bed till nigh, vnen GOT
n q and took cars for home got back from Russell *
or o'clock in the morning; wes about the door sn1
barn aehile and then went 10 bed; No:b1rsh ~s
there and one or two o'her parsOns whom did not
know; Richards and Kingsley have told ne they we're
there that ghi but 90 lot recoeot what vas ,i ~
that time; hingsley t0iC III vi 7J tl9t NC
ards were the mel there he sald they h7srd Tue
was on coming and knew II was Ed ana came 10 &c.
souetbirg to drink ssid they had be. mp 10 Dewey
ard SHARED bis bore; be stood in tns oo'e 81
watched, and Richards cid the wofk sa " ~ ha
10 Hubbard BY the League, but he GA not 90 ~ he
fRiehardsl and Kingsley DAD H. came 70 Cne-ter sec
ord time in last of april or lst oil MAY Nas the,e
from time to time from April 20 Aug l, piooapty
; or seven weeks ia ell; heard Richard say II II was
not bsrves, time and they so lsy,fhey woaid never
nreacb in that church although nearly repaired, and
Il blown up again it would be blown up 50 u "olil
not he repaired easy ssld II cane after bsIves
would be likely to zee fan; 10 me hat W OK
would nav TOR taking up for selIny liquor; that
mustn't MIND il they would zee that he paid Tor ~
heard Gibbs say that if be had had good luck With
the mill as with the church IT "oaa nave ossh
blown up: Kingsley told ne ought 10 have sa'ls.
faction out Of Wilcox; said they had punished
him kingsley, and they are now pretty wei
punished themselves; they had made him pay so
for selling liquor, and they Hopd DC sorry Tor
H. the Carson League people had formed themselves
into league and we have formed ours ives mo
ltsgue; there ore but four OF us-danl'oh, hch'
ards Hubbard, ard himself; they intended 10 Keep
things "a secret as tde Carson League, abd keep
even with them; sad every thing was prepared 10
blow up the mill and wanted should Do out OF tue
place; witness went to Chester Village on nigh, OF
attempt mil X told me If would procure some
backing lie ard Richards would black Tdroers
horse; told him | thought he would look well n:
said be you'd il be rightly sif ed SAID he would
take halter tie him to tree, and do 1t welt 80 ~
10 make zebra oil Num- sOl we uih hthe obp 10" IL
with bis wife, and made cJnmunicaron 10 Turner;
Hamilton proposed TO me 10 go 10 wilcox and u x
him, and be would carry out OF town to give /,
10 him so he would member it. this was when |
was taken up fer assault aud battery On Whcox; l
cave the names of witnesses 10 be used IN the liquor
prosecution: | had sold liqaOr 10 them; received
liquor az Chester from tine 10 time, and disposed OF
H. Informed defendants that / vas liquor seller;
Gibbs asked me if lndisrubber bag. 70 contain %
or 80 lbs of powder, could not be furnished, which
could be sunk in the rscewsy OF Wilcoxe dill, and
fuse 10 be made water proof-f could not get II IN
Albany; told him sup sosed could, if bad mind;
nothing else said about IT. did notprocure 'uch oag;
lie said il could be cent 10 him in keg OF oss or
grain 80 that people would never mi-trust what 3
In il; KiDgs.y asked at Springfield, in August, If
il was true that al Chester - be ZONE witness
ae all Fl Lin; replied that didn't know as could tell
him at that time; he ssid Don t, for God sake,
"e1pose us-if you do We shall be In b.d h1; l
told him money had done great deal, and probably
would do a great deal more.
Gross examined-Am rot a police officer now;
ceased 10 be in February or Msfcn "a; hsd been an
officer three years tended bar before that for thres
wears; may have been paid $3.50 by Chester people;
they have mt phid me anything since left there m
July; have Mt paid my board bulls here; don't
know NbO has psid them; when came to Chester
there was no bargain as 10 compensation except that
I was 10 have the res ards-s200 on blowing up the
church. 500 on cutting down orchard, $50 on burn
ing CannoDs barn; can remember 90 have said l
was to have ( 600 If defendants we're arrested; the
leogue eidnt offer TO pay anything but my expenses
didn't expect anything but rewards, and wasn't to
have ythiDg else; don't remember saying before
Justice Hooker that | had received from $500 to
1900; yosburg knew my business and came to assist
me- | paid his expenses; had 10 conversation With
Hubbard about these matters the fret tins was at
Chester; was bali orunk when returned from 1905
ter febt at Russell; re more sober than was
very lick April 7; | received money while at
Chester e1cep from league AND from sales of liquor
had 81 Il bbls of beer and or kegs OF liquor;
meatt TO let them have all the liquor they wanted
sold and gave il away; made any offers to de-
PENDANTS TO commit crimes; never had keg Of DO yder
in Lazelles barn.
The Jury found the defendants guilty on all the
counts in the Indictment except those relating TO the
burning of Cspnon's barn and the painting Of Tur-
per's borse. Exceptions were taken by the defence
during the trial. upon which the case goes to the SD