New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-02
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bad cut the hros,o Of s1 persons before be killed NJ,
Esllts.
When. last April. Mr.. Isles OF Cleveland appre
bentee rerson whom he certified to be Townsend
there vas no doubt tbst it be. TIE arrested party
ntGt foimhl oeLial Of the charge, aad pretended
ttet bis nsue was McIIenry; that he was native OF
Glasgow, Scotland; and that he Lad served under
Gen Walker But, in spite Of these assertions, be
vas ioarctTated a: Cleveland then given up to the
Canedian authorities and committed to CayGgs JAIL
The news of Townsends capture created great eI
crement Throughout all North America. The conduct
OF the accused in prison doubled the interest which
attached to his person. He pretended to be the vic
tin Of nisteke wrote pow eIfal letters in the jour
nals and defed the public to prove that he was Town
send. Numbers Of curious people visited him. SOM
siDed that they recognized him Others were certain
.hat it was rot be. Opinions are divided to this day.
On the 24h Of September, however, Townse cd or
McHenIy was brought before the Court Of Asszes of
Csyuga, over which the Hon. Judge Burns presided
At an esTly hour an immense crowd besieged the
Couit ard all the avenues leading TO it, Fifty
tLcufand persona, in round numbers to witness
this memorable lawsuit correspondent says that
not OILY the hotels and private houses Of the city
fled but that many slept under sheds, for want Of
better lodgings.
The prisoner appeared at 10 o'clock at the bar with
en- ILdian, John Laierme, also accused Of murder,
egerst whom verdict Of willlu homicide was at once
rerdertd.
WIN. Townsend presented himself with assurance.
He is about feet inches in hight, end has large blue
eyes. His forehead is large, his ebro thick bold
y marked, distinctly separated, and Of a color ess
deep than bis hair, which is brown. nose, thick
fom the eLd to the fs.tened noetIls di.figures his
cou1tenarce. His mouth is of moderate SIZE with
out any characteristic eIpression oicatrce divides
bis left eyebrow and extends toward the temple;
smother crcsses the lip. Prominent cheek oones
the cheek plowed by scar nearly three inches long;
long aud prominent chin completes his portrait. He
locks trty years old His dress is clean and simple
II was furnished him by friends.
Townserd had wished to defend himself, but two
advocates were assigned him by the Court. They
were Messrs. Freeman and Start Of Hamilton, both
distinguished lawyers.
Solicitor. General Smith, charged with the prosecu-
ton in the Of the Crown opened the case = the
Jury. After having said that he had never seen a
criminal affair much excitement, and after
having stated the points of the indictment he de-
clareo that in his soul and conscience he was coo
vinced that the defendant really Townsend; and
he concluded by urging the jury to acqut him IT such
were not also their conviction.
The examination of the witnesses was then pro-
ceedcd with. We csLnOt repeat their dispositions.
which for the most part were but repetitons OF one
narrative. But we must mention an important fact.
In general, the identity of the accused was estab
lished His accoDplice, BrysoD, brought up expressly
f,Cm tho Peniteptiary to Cayuga, positively swore
that he recognized him. TO the question Of the Soil
cto, General "Who is this man 7" he REPLIED with
oct hesitation, " II s Townsend.' The reply made
deep impression on the audience.
Another convict from the PeDtentiary-9rown-
who was also brought to Cayuga As an old acquaint-
apce OF Tesnse nd shaved him tie evening before the
trial and sfter having taken of his beard that
the pieieLded Mcienry was nobody but W. Townsend.
However, there are persons who still doubt.
So far the narrative of the Poys AS readers already
remarkable terminated lat Saturday
D,ht By the disagreement of the Jury The defendant was
bowcver at cnce reaested for the commission Of another OF
Townsend murders and in due time will be tried On the new
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