Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-12

MONDAY AFTERNOON, February IL.
The Court was again opened, and the examin-
ton of witnesses for the defence was continued.
John II. Satcyer I reside in Winchendon.-
Heard Roby's testimony respecting conversation
1t took place on Saturday, after the court of ex-
animation had adjourned to Monday, at the foot
of the stairs in Union Block Lincoln invited
me TO come up there. l said. iokingly, you will
only get me into some ecrape if l do. He said,
no. said, 81 will come up if YOU will show me
where you carried that fellow, off towards the de.
pot. He laughed and said-'I will do it,, He
said 1t In joking way. l. went up, some two
months after. There were number of persons
about-some eight or ten who might have heard
it f~they had paid attention. Some of them had
been in Court. / have been intimately acquaint.
ed with Lincoln from childhood. I addressed him
IN Joking manner myself | should think this
was the character of the whole conversation. Lin
coin is peaceable man.
Cross BrGmaned, l first told this conversation
that night, to George BFyant's wife. She is my
cousin. had some conversation with Roby about
Lincoln's remark. Roby said Lincoln ought to
be careful about talking about it in thai way.
had not thought anything about it till Roby spoke
of it. answered him that that would not amount
to much. think may have testified before the
magistrate, that could not tell who first told
1t TO. l cannot tell what swore to before the
magistrate. l do not know that l mentioned
Mrs. Bryant's name there. was cross examined
SAID anything about its being in joking man
ner. | think the question was not asked me-
Do not know as thought what Che effect of my
answer would be. rather think that thought
the effect would be against him. as | came in and
swore i do not know when first recollected
of telling this to Mrs. Bryant. 1t was since the
examination. Do not know as told it to any
one ;lse till since the examination. | have not
talked with Bowman Lincoln, except Just to.pass
the time of day or so, since the examination. I
hare - IL 7 - ,
said'to Mr.. Roby, that night, that thought it
was SAID, ckingly. cannot say positively that
did. think Lincoln never said anything to
me about swearing in the manner did. / heard
him make the remark to Roby, of which he Gro
BY testified. do not recollect to have told any
one that the conversation was a Joking one =
Since this trial commenced, think quite mum.
Der OF persons have asked me how | took this
conversation, both before and since the adjourn
ment on Thursday. Mr.. Aldrich asked me on
Thursday, before the Court adjourned.
James Taylor. Ireside in Winchendon, near
harrlsyille, about forty rods from Sherwin's.
know Mrs Clutterbuck and Mrs. Hosea Bos-
worth. The day after the row, Miss Bennett,
Mrs. . and Mrs. Bosworth were at my house,
and told me the first had heard about the affair.
1t was on Tuesday MRS. Bosworth said com
pany of black men or rufians, 1 think she called
them, came into their house and carried off Mr..
Clutterbuck and Miss Bennett. Then l asked
Miss Bennett if they carried her out, and how
asked her if they used her rough She said they
carried her out as carefully as she could ever ex-
peet to be carried out, and did not hurt her at ALL
When they got out of the house she pretended to
faint, ane the man carried her and laid her down
carefully. She said he went down toward a com.
pany that was down in the road, and then came
about half way to her and went back again. She
said they had then got so far she thought it
would do to run, and that she did; and went to
Sherwin's. She said she was pretty sure Sherwin
was clear of the scrape, because She found him in
the house.
Mrs. Bosworth said she knew Levi Bosworth
was the one that first came in. She knew Bow
man Lincoln because he was so tall. She said it
was he that carried Frances out. She said that
she pushed Levi into the wood box. She put her
hand upon his head, and he put his hand up to
1t, and she knew it was he because he had, but
two fingers upon his hand. She said she had
handful of hair that shepulled out of his head
She said afterwards she was sorry she had not
saved it to compare with his. She could clear Mr.
Clark, Mr.. Sherwin, and MIR. Richardson, of be-
ing in the affair. She said Clutterbuck was gone
half an hour. He was not hurt, except his face
being bloody from nose bleed. His clothes were
not injured except a spot on his pants which
looked as if some of the blood on his face had
been wiped on it. She said there was no tar and
feathers used, and his clothes were not disguised
in any way.
Cross Examined. The conversation was before
tea. My wife was present. Ann Taylor was not
present. She had not got home from school
have not spoken to the person since. L have not
said 1T was good enough for them.
AT four o'clock, the case had proceeded thus
far, when Judge Bishop informed the Jury that
injecting of the bar had been appointed for that
hour, in reference to the death of Judge Byipg-
ton; that he was anxious to give them all a
chance to attend it; he should therefore, adjourn
the Court to nine clock, tomorrow morning.