Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-23
FOURTH DAY.

EOOn1h l.
FRIDAY, Feb. d.
Pond, Contilued-From Gardner we went to
Templeton, and thence to Podunk, where we had
supper, and then to Deathville, through Barre
There were quite number of persons on Barre
Common. This was about IL O'clock. We
stopped at Rabbits house l think Robinson
got out and went to the back door He did not
go in. We had passed little below the house
before stopped. We saw Dl. Gardner at
Deathville. We were there fifteen or twenty
minutes, it might be more. We made noise
enough to wake the whole house, but it enly
brought Dr. Gardner. We then went back to B.
We met covered carriage and pair of horses on
our way. was very sleepy Something was said
about whifletree being broken. We stopped
again near Rabbits house. Robinson went to
the front door. He was gone two or three min
utes We then went by way Of the common to
the house of a man named Osgood, nearly two
miles from town. Robinson called Mr. Osgood,
and he came to the door. In short time some
men came up and arrested Robinson. l leaped
from the carriage and run down the lane fifty or
sixty rods. The men pursued and caught me-
He had considerable of a squabble with me for
some counterfeit money l had They took us
to the Massasoit House. In few minutes they
took us into the hall. | had not yet seen Bah
bitt.. They took port .monaie and some keys
from me. / do not recolleet whether saw Babbitt
that night, but rather think did. We had con-
siderable conversation with him the next day, so
much that Rabbit said he did not wish us to be
too familiar with him, for they already suspected
him. That day or the next escaped from the
sleeping room back of the hall. No one was in
the room at the time. Robinson was at the door
drumming on a large drum The keepers were
in the hall. raised the window, and jumped out
into garden. l then went across field into
another garden. As was running up the gar
den man hallooed and asked me what was run
ming for. I told him was trying to catch dog.
l came to some shrubbery by wall and crawled
under it. | saw people searching. One searched
where hid and didn't see me. Babbitt was the
first that did. He told me to le.still and not
come out. He the opposite side of the
wall. He-went away, and another man came and
found me. 1t was a short time after, perhaps
three minutes. 1 think his name was Nye. They
took me to the Town Hall, where we were having
our examination, and thence to the Massasoit
House.
We made up our minds to go to Barre when we
were at Portland. booked my name at Barre as
Charles E. Marsh. 1t was nearly five o'clock on
Monday when we went to Babbitts. TWAS p;et-
ty dark Monday night. 1t was six barrel re-
volver took from Smith and Williams, (de-
scribes it, 1t came from gunsmiths 10 Hslyer-
hill named Thompson, opposite public house
was present and saw it taken. We took it on
the night of August 18th. We entered by a win
dow and stole it. An indentation on the breech
was made by my throwing it against rock by the
road side. Examines the pistol and identifies it,
The ehisel shown me, is one used by US iii open
idg doors and windows. We opened the window
with it at Hayerhill, and l think left it there
The pistol now shown (single barreD belonged to
me. think had it loaded the night we went to
Rogerss. The five barreled one is DR.. Gardner's.
He gave it to Robinson Monday night. | think
Robinson had it at Rogers's. 1t was after ten
when we went to Rabbits with the pistol watch,
and money.
should think the box shown me was the one
from Which Babbitt took the taper matches
hotel oofot horc oh n,1a -
the powder TASKS is DIR. Gardners, the other,
mine. Here identifies the bags, also the articles
taken from Rogers's &c.) The articles taken
from Rogers's were left back of Rice's store. l
think Robinson did not give Babbitt any money
the morning we left 1t was about II o'clock
when we went and stopped near Rabbits, Tues
day night. In some conversation with Babbitt,
he said he should have Robinson and me to ride
with him to Worcester. 1t is my impression that
Babbitt said on Monday might, that Lawrence had
received his money.
Cross Eramiued-I worked in Boston in the
summer of '53, at the pastry business la restora-
tors l worked at Miller's. on Charlestown St.,
occasionally, near two months in the whole. l
worked for him in March, April, and May. l
tliiras t'rO rrvel.s IN AAr;l ;se ia week or
fortnight in the last part of May-after the
18th. | do not recellect working with him after
that. Icannot tell what was doing in June. 1
think lived on Causeway street. cannot tell
what | did. worked at painting a spell, but
cannot tell when In July, was in Boston.
had no business in particular. My time was oc.
cupied in various ways. / was travelling about
the stress. do not recolect any thing else l
boarded with Evans, in CauseTay street. He
had no business that know of He had nu'a-
Der of lady boarders. He kept house of ill-fame.
was on the strest some nights. A number of
other men boarded there. / had no work. Had
no object in going about the streets but to graft
~ myself. was not legally married. l was liv-
ing with woman at Evanss. l was on the
street, sometimes not later than II. On the 4th
of July, was out few minutes later than H.
In July, should think went into stores in the
night time. l broke in. | cannot tell how
many. 1t was not over dozen, and I should
think not so many. l was around Boston in
June. l cannot tell if l was at EYans's all the
month. II not, at Hatch's, on Friend
Street was in Jail from sometime in April till
the llth of May. Twas also in Jail in March,
broke open sundry buildings out of Boston in
July. One in Melrose, one in Maiden, two OF
more IN Augusta, as many as five in Portland. |
should not say | did not as many as SeUea IN one
might. broke open some in Saco or Biddeford.
can not say how many. / do not know that
have broken open any dwelling houses. have not
to my recollection, unless they were connected
with stores. broke open store in Dover. Some
of the party were at Lowell for that purpose
Think they robbed jewellers store there. and
one other; the party consisted, in July, of more
than can tell l know of seven or eight;
think probably there were more DIR. Gardner
had men out passing counterfeit money, that
knew nothing about commenced passing coun-
terfeit money Immediately after the 4th of July;
it was then ! engaged to travel with this compa-
ny; Robinson was one of the company; the coun-
terfeit money was obtained from Canada; pass
ed daguerreotype bill purporting to be of 800
to woman in Boston; her husband was in Jail,
and she wanted money, and let her have the bill
and took gold watch and S22 in good money;
/ let her have the watch again; do not recollect
how came to let her have it; Ishouid think the
girl | was living with rather advised me to give
it up; l cannot say whether gave it up volun-
tarily or not kept it about week cannot tell
within six months of the time when it was
think it was in 1852 OF SO have no certain rec
objection that any one spoke to me about giving
the watch up; l was informed the woman had
complained of me, either before delivered it up,
or or just after but cannot say positively which.
(The witness was here pressed, at some length,
TO state whether there was any conversation with
the woman when the watch was delivered up, but
he constantly eyaded any direct answer.) Does
not think he ever took money from any ones
pocket before he was at Barre Thinks he did
not, because he considered it rather scay opera
ton.
per, before l went to Deathyille. do not recol-
lect any place distinctly. cannot say whether
/ was in the tavern all the time, or not do
not recolleet who was with any part of the time.
On our way to Deathville we stopped at Rabbits
going down. Babbitt did not say, then, that he
would watch the Ware stage, and see what Law.
renee did with his money. Babbittdid not say we
might knock the boy OF the stage. l think the
words were, that we might take il from the bow
had a silver watch. Smith had a watch. Nei-
Their Of the others had. cannot state the time
within an hour, that anything happened, that af-
ternoon. All four were once together near Bah
bits l cannot tell whether any one sat down.
Smith went up side of the wall should not
doubt much, that we were smokinp there L