New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-15

aboUt ao0 ooi 81 po'es.
M'. BlatknaI-0t Fr;dsy. 18th, wss1 we wers 70.
gtiber q NY odiee, Two certificates on Q broken Coal
&c. for 100 Sba.es each yins on my desk f,la
ed them Up ami put them 10 my rks..
q. We airy cspOeit.ous taken before tas District
Attorney a. There we've; Mr. Muller didat do o.
Say aoyilicg be IS: quietly by and ssi nothing ast
lsiertd: tsey I'd ST. the talking themse,ys<.
= Wee tee 0eposItions Of Lsuth, Bischof, Johns
sro Hunck taken in District Attorneys ofcs 70 ths
18th sad 10th e March ? A. Iaey were.
Q. Do MF. Ciis,stoTo say aDytlirs when thws ia
your Ctice a. NOBODY ssii anything. :
Q Invent you 20 say what tsok place bstssss tls
District Ai;oiGsy and curseif 10 ojectsd to snd rasi
out
Mr. Asfmead-ws sge prepared to 60 GA 70 show
that deposHious vese tsSCn. Ii friends vii have
the asnsrimiiy 10 say thss teey have 10 cesrsss
sesrst u. We need bot 90 uto that. IL no., yaat
% show tee written letter Of tie DistrctAttofiey.
hresteting to prosecute attorney unless he roaii
give I'D tbs receipt sna renource a action tsis
account. Ard waat 20 show that the proscuasa
received roiCe that there earthly power ~Aics
would rreysnt tie production OF these papers here.
want 70 put the documents IN evidence.
The Court do ret think 1t nscesssrytc pursue
this collateral issue.
Crosse Nsm'red BY John McKecn.
Q. Hes anything been psii 20 you by tie CSumoa
Ccurcil A Ire Common Counsel. hss psd no aing.
tia Board Of Supervisors slo sed somslhng fsr ex-
ptrses; SIN ar ucieed Counsel aud never got q dA.
lar and never expect to get q dollar.
Mr.. AshmesG-St down, Mr.. Banknau, If ysz
ylsase. | certainly object 70 the ques in.
Mr Bsrkman 10 NJ. ueKeonl-I would thank you
TO foot the bill for gorg % Albany TO argue tue cause.
/ Mr. ASbms ad--The Council have had 1o.hing IA
/ the cause but the expenses have bseo psid.
Mr.. Mokeor-Did you get copy OF tae jury ist IN
I this cause A. believe did
/ q. Did you exsmlns the let OF Jurors a. got
copy thir K, few dsyi before the day Of trial and
hsd il on that day in Count, bat had NOT tine 10 sx
anime IT.
g, You live in tie same house With M Mnlsr'
@. When did you go there A. Since the 96.a day
of april, 1857.
. Q. How long has SIR Muller lived at the Prescott
Housel A. l think he len some time last So nme,
Q. Was he in the tabit ct meeting you last Wis
teri A. Ouy occasionally.
Q. How did YOU communicate T. him your wish thsi
he should be present. a. mo. him AZ Dsmosicos.
and ssked him especial favor 20 be ~ my office
Q. You esked him 10 come and translate for yoi'
A. tod him wanted him to do little ten.lsteg.
q. Have YOU seen his csrd to toe public this morn
ing A. 1 have not read it,
O. Why did you wsut him to translate wisu You
urderstood German yourself' A. Ny knowledge "a
pretty good, but lis Is better
q II beirg pretty good, what did you want Of NJ.
Muller A. wanted good witness
g. DID you tell him that You wsnted him foe wi
tess A. think / tod him sf,erwsrd, wanted bin
! 20 remember l..
O. When did you first see Mr. Muller in Court A.
| Co the second looming after the trial.
O. Did you speak 10 him a. We said, How DO
JoH % r
Q Did you know he was called as juror al that
tin - A. | cia Lot.
Q. AT tie moment Of cslng him TO the stand as
juror did you know that he was witness A. rsc-
ollect that challenged him for principal cause and
fer favor AID put him through thorough sIsmaa-
ticn wae lawyer enough TO know that juror cosid
! be wilIess.
O. On the second day did you recolect that Mr..
| Muller had been a witness in this transaction A.
| Perfectly.
@. Did you see Hanck, or Dischoii, or Johns, como
| iuto the room aud look at the juror q. thisk L
| saw two Of them talking to you.
Q. Did you consider it right that gsntlcmsniwhs
is witness 10 of life and death should be tAksn
! a. Juror A. consider, Sir, that a tiShmiadei,
| do rigbt, and as lawyer | consider that whstever
toe law prescrbes as right, that is right.
Q. Did you consider contest bet Seee rag picker
ana two lawyers q fair one A. When ths rag
picker ia backed by two private feed counsel and tbs
figheet legal authority in the State
Q. DO you mean TO lesd this jury TO the impressisa
thai any outside OF the public authorities have any
arrangement vita me. A. wish was going 70 got
| Gs much as you.
O. DO you consider il right TO bring sn ignorant
who scarcely understands English nto yoar oioe,
end talk to him about tho caeel A. didn't bring
him; if he chot to bis head iato tarbsuei no
| may.
q. If the witness was base erougb to do it, A.
BIZ. Ashmosd-And then he had tho famous case Of
| Mrs. Cunningham a. an example.
! Mr. Barkmsn-If the prosecution can afford to trap
| babies. | can sffofd 10 trsp rag pickers.
q Did you report any OF these tansactionstb the
District Attorney A. | went to higher suthorityi
! TO Judge Of the Supreme Court
Q. Did you communicate ito Recorder Barnard
A. I did, Sir.
TIRE JURYNAN SWORN.
FIederick Muller, sworn.-Q. Will you 70 on and
tell tue Jurors all you know about this transactioa, 10
your owp way just as Il occurred A. know Mr..
BlsIkmsI since number VI years; three or four
years; boarded With him since last June, whom ny
family moved into the country; ! moved up 10
Blocker street; bis wife and my wife very in-
tiInatey acquainted together; met him principally
down town; l,st February Mr.. Blanknan met me at
Della OrcOs bar and after eOme pri ya.e conversation
he a. ked me il would not come into bis Office neIt
day to oYerhesr some conversation, as spoke Ger
man bster than lie did; to DO present and translate
| IN case OF reed, some conversations there Is ma,
by the name oil BsclCH that called several times
| about Isg.pcker that figured In Cancemis trial,
who spoke very little English; asked him who the
| fsg-pckeT Wae, and lie told me that ne WA ono
OF the Important witnesses on this tialj he de-
| parted then, and went down town. next day
called at Mr.. PIaukmsn's Office aud found him
Ia king with II az that he said bis Bisoh0f
/ head SCme cCnyersation between Mr. Blapkman and
Mr.. Bisobon, and Mr. Bsnkmsn Gays Mr.. L.zth
wants 81 0OO bat will have nOtbing g 10 with AM
man but himi Mr.. Bschon Ssparted promising 10 como
a.slp rex. Jay; hen went sgain and found several
persons al. .1sf bi.choff; Blsnkman asked Bisohof
Why he did not bring Mr.. Lsuth along, and Bischof
said he was down on the corner OF Broadway and
Reade st., ard Mr. Bl:chof went down and brought
Isuth up into the private Office; Mr. Blank man sked
/ hin wa be did not come up himself aud why be al
ways sent M. BschoG there Lauth sad tina, 800
was not enough, no must have at least $1,000; hs
wanted to pay some moneyto his inends particularly
Mr. Bisohof.
The Court-Who did he say this to- A. lie spoks
| in English and half broken German; Mr.. Blsokmsa
/ told Mr.. Bschof they mad quite raised their IDEAS,
frat askirg much, and next day 81 100 aud the
| next day double the amount; Mr.. Blankman then
asked Mr.. Lauth when he intended TO leave, ssd
Lsuth said, of there's a steamer going tomorrow
I'll 90 in BlaLkman told them that thew had het.