Amador weekly ledger., 1858-02-27

when he came to see Fousin, at my house.
Saw him last (before the murder, the Satur-
day previous to the day started for Sacra-
mento. / had owned the gruad chain for
two years; worn it but little-kept it in the
safe, but frequently saw it. Have seen chains
OF similar make; don't think | ever saw an
other exactly like it in all respects. The bro
ken screw, and hook, are additional crcum-
stances by which recognize it. 1t is prob
ably common thing for jewelers. to make
chains more or less similar to it. Recognize
the fob chain, or the pieces OF it, from gener-
al appearance. Recognize the vest of Fou-
sin or course, If two articles Of any kind,
were exactly alike, ! could not distinguish
them Mr. Griswold was stout, good sized
active man, and in a fair fight could have
whipped fifty such men MS the Chinamen--
He had these pistols and two double-barreled
shot guns in the house; and an alarm would
very soon have brought hundred men there
There are of course other purses similar to
the one have identified Don't recollect Of
ever having observed Fousin watching me
while was about the safe.
H. A. lic1fdrtiR, Slcorn.-Was at Kilham's
place Sunday evening, sth Nov. last; found
the dead body of Griswold under low cot
bed in small bedroom adjoining the kitchen
There are five rooms in the house. The bust
ness and sitting room is in front; to pass from
it to the bedroom where the body was found,
it is necessary to go through the Kitchen
Bedroom very small The bed was low
one, only IL or IA inches high; the body was
under it and against the wall; board was
nailed on the front side of the bed, or on the
bed rail, and extended within an inch or so
of the floor. Ii appeared to have been new
ly put there. 1t concealed the body so that
it could not have been seen or discovered
without knocking the board Off or lifting the
bed up. Very heavy slung shot, made Of
lead, and with six foot rope attached, ex-
hibited identify this slung shot as one
saw in the possession Of Fousin, at Mr. Kill
hams before the murder; Fousin was holding
it cn grindstonc and grinding off the cor
ners This was on the oath Oct.
Gross Er.-Griswold was also present
when ] saw Fousin have the slung shot. The
Chnaman did not try to conceal it; asked
him no questions.
Warren Ererett, stoorn--I was packing
beef when Griswold was killed; had been
furnishing Mr. Kilkam with beef six or eight
months; on the morning of Nov. 7th, was at
kiham's between nine and ten o'clock-per-
haps nearer ten than nine; Grswold was in
the front room, as was also Chinaman;
Fousin and another Chinaman-I think it
was Chou Yee-wcre standing talking to.
gether at the gate Fousin took the beef and
carried it to the kitchen in the meantime,
Griswold and the Chinaman came out of the
house, but rs got on my horse to 60 away,
Griswold and the Chinaman went back into
the front room. There are houses in the i'm.
mediate neighborhood; think somc. miners
were at work near by that morning, but am
not certain
Cross eramined-May possibly be mista-
ken as to the identity of Chou Yee but
think | saw him there that morning. Had
never seen him before.
\ Ed,oard Murray, s,cOrn.-At work. min
ing, morning of Nov. 7th, some 800 yards
from Kilham's, on the trail leading from his
house to jackson. Went to Kilham's to Dor
row rope, between and o'ciock-Gris
void not at home; Fousin was standing out
side and met me at the Gate; / told him
| wanted the rope; he said, ''you go take it ?
saw one Chinaman in the kitchen, but didn't
| see into any other room; took the rope and
went back to my claim; about TO- l5, or 20
minutes after, saw Fousin and three other
Cinnamon pass the trail towards jackson, cx.
cited and in hurry. Think Chou -Yee was
} one OF them.
Gross examined-- Mr.. McMurray did not
appear to have a positive or definite recollec
tion about anything whatever.
Mr.. Iolcae, sp0rn--I was working with
Murray; about 10 minutes after he returned
: with the rope, five Cinnamon passed along
the trail from Kilham's to jackson; an
positive that Fousin and Chou Yee were two
of the company; they passed 100 feet or SC
: from the claim
Cross eramined-Don't experience much
difficulty in distinguishing Cinnamon from
each other; if two men looked precisely alike
: of course they could not be distinguished
DANIEL Vickam, sic0rn-At Jackson Nov
7th; acquainted with Fousin and Chou Yee;
hired Fousin, as cook, for Mr.. Kilham saw
four Cinnamon, together ON Water street
above Mr.. Bartons, in Jackson at Just halt
past 10 o'clock, A. NJ, Nov. 7th Fousin
aud Chou Yec, two of the four, Immediately
came down Water street to the corner OF
Broadway, where l was standing; Fousin
asked the time of day. told him--he re-
marked that he had "time enough and
started up town. Perfectly positive as to
date, time and hour
Cross eramined--Speak the language q
little; hired Fousin for Kilham; had seen
Chou Yee number of times; talked with