, 1859-04-20
BY TELEGRAPH,
Trial OF Dan. Il, Sfckles for the KILL
4uE OF Z. HnrfQn KEY.

Wnsn1suroS, Apri! 1o.-Judgc Crawford took /
his seat on the Bench at 10. aV, and after an in
terEui Of several minutes, passed in complete ST.
lencc, Mr. Sickles came in. The Judges decision
Yesterday eardly covers the admission ofrebut- |
ting evidence. The defence will be through
with its proof tomorrow; and the trial will pro-
baby be over this day week. Two counsel sum
Up on each side There Is no charge from the
Judge in this district.
James Mann, police officer; Emanuel B. Hart,
Collector at the port Of New York; and John
Thompson, Scotch coachman, were examined
bv Mr. Brady, Tbo1npsons testimony WIS IN
substance as follows: reside in New York:
was Ut one time coachuau for Mr. Slclles;
went to him On the 18th Nor, 1851 'ett h,fn
Oh the 4tA Feb, 1s5s; was acquainted with
Mr. Key By seeing him aud driving him Mrs.
Sicklcs went from the house in the carriage
alone; she went out mostly from u TO /, and
remained out from 10 and sometimes 6 ~;
the dinner hour was usually !: or 81 Mr.. Sick!es
went away before II, unl usually came buck
from to i; Mr.. Key always Joined Mrs: SIN
the street; could hardly mention day that i1c
did not meet US; be met us at the President :.
Mr.. Douglas, Mr, Gwinns, and Mr. Sdels:
sometimes he came intn the carriage. and would
tell nc TO drive through the buck streets; when
s., aud say "Good morning, madam" sop1c-
times he would reu1ain TN horseback. and some
times dis,nount lie never got into the carr1DGe
Mt Mrs Sick1es' door, aud a!wayn, but once, got
out before We got back to the house; lie nlw1ys
rot out nt the corncr OF the Avenue anu l5th
street, ut the Club House.
knew him only once to come home with Mrs
S.; that was in April Or May last; he went into
tue Luuse, and when he came out could not
say. have known Mr.. Key to come to the
house when Mr. s was aiscnt in New York.
He always CAME about dusk.
knew him TO be therff feyery night almost;
sometimes knew him to remain until late 1T
night at other times did not know how long
he woul remain lie aud Mrs. Sicklcs nlwn,vs
remained in the stndy the daor was shut wh'!"
they were there there was u sofa III tnt rooI',
with it's foot at the door have known him 10 bc
there uae night. when Mr. 5. WAS absent, till
O'Clock in the morning; he was always there
when went to bed Ut IL or II o'clock !; do mt
knew now lung lie renluned on those OCCASIONS;
there Was no person in thu room but MIS-. ,. anu
Kew: if there was any other gentleman i'll the
house it was likely would know II; the night
be vas there till clock they were i'll the study;
he came there Ut O'Clock; there was no other
visitors between those hours; think that was
Odd anything particular occur to which
your attention was called! Al es' slf:
1fr, Brady-ltelate it to the Jury.
HIantss-I was going to bed about O'Clock !;
went 10 the head Of the hall stairs and met tic
sramstress: stood nnd talked Il little while
with her, knowing that Mr.. Key WIS IN tue
room: slc thought the hall bull had rung, and
Mr. Key and Mrs 5. cane 10 the hall door a''a
Iootcd Out: there was nobody there; they shut
the halt door and locked il again; they went
into The studv, md nc heard them locking the
hfudy door. uild tue door that lends into the
uarlor: there are two doars iito tue study; |
heard them securing both Of these doors; l
stood little while and beard them making
noise on the sofa fur about two or tlrce mil
utcs: | mentioned to thu girl that they were
making noise. und the girl ran AWAY; she
would not hear then 10 me tauughter} and II
was not language suitable for her to hear. !
heard them fur nbout two OF three minutes.
then went TO bed. knew they were ut no go"d
work, [Laugttcr] bud been out that night
and catnc in 1t IL o'clock; have seen Mr. hey
come around the Square and pass the Aouse
while Mr. Sickles was in the huusc; perhaps at
hour afterwards he would CONG up, wl'en Mr.
Sickles had gone out aud then l!e would cntI!t
in; he never CANT III the house ~h'e ar. =
was in the house except on reception days; lie
always rang tue bell when lie cast1e to tue d"or
the last time saw lin WIS ut Taylor l. Marry.
book store ou PENNSYLVANIA avenue; they ll;t
visited the Congressional Cemetery two or tlrr.
times, aud two Or three times the buryln!
ground ut Georgetown; these visits would In
i,ade between aud O'clock be would 1nec
us somewhere in tl,e street; they would
walk down the grounds out Of my sight, aud b
away an hour OF an huur and half; then the,
would co,,sr back md drive away. Sometime
she would ride in the carriage and be IN Ill
horsc; another time drove her to the gate,
Q.-Theu when they came out again, wha
would they do:
A.-They both gut into the carriage; iher
was onlv nne lime that Mr. Key rude with Mrs
:sicklcs in the carriage to the Congressio1l:
burying grounds; anutt!cr time lie rode nut III
his hoFsc; he ticd his horse. to lie railing
he!pcd Mrs. :. out Of the carriage aud walkr
dnwn 30 the burying grounds; they stayed IL
hour; another time l brought Mrs. 5. in ii.
carriage uloue, and when got there saw Nj
Keys horse there; colofed man came mp a''
handed her letter; sue took the letter. an
walked down the graveyard. Mr. hey came III
tcrwnras in the carriage and told his c1lnr.'
man to takc the carriaEe hotne III then tolluw
I'd lcr down the buryiny ground, they wer
there al hour; Mr.. kry on coming back weil
off on horseback across the country, and | drov
Mrs. Sickles hu1llr.
70 The D;str;9 .AHornty.-Ercry time Mr.
=. rode out uad Mr. hey latt her; there mi,l
be some days lie did not meet her, but very tcw
we drove ont nearly every day; we left Was,
ingtoh last yclr the lst uf July; the first time
saw him was IN April, lsa>; from tha. tine til
I'll" 1st "f July. ne.sr u week po'sed "i1h",'
my SEEING him; tllc iirst TING SAW him hc WI,
on horseback with three Or four gcntleme,
while wsls driving Mrs. s.: Ilr visited iIr l,nu>
the next day. and visited il Iaiy after that TIM
but not when Mr.. s. was present: he visited til
hnuse the same day Every week; when Mr. ;:
vas home he visited OH reception days, but ot
IL
was at home; liz usually y:aitcd in the after
uoon, about !. or 8 o'clock. These visits woul
be the first time would sec lin that day; / i:
ways drove out at l.! !or oc!ock, and hc asway
met us; the days lsc did net mcet us he woul
visse<hc l,ousc; Mr.. s. a!ways went :wny1abo
wards.
The WITNESS then repeated tho evidence abot
the OCCASION when IL: said MIR, Key cutnc TO til
house at o'clock at night. .-
Q.-Nilat conversation had you with l;rA!gct
tLuuglner). A.-Oh, no conversation, "niy
little juEc.
Q.-Whcrc were you standing? Al stou
with my shoulder NJ to the head VI thu hi,
stairs.
Q.-and YOU engaged in conversation wit
Bridget. A.-0h, no conversation part'cnlarE
Q.-Wllat hurpencd utter tint! A.-Ntli.
was only talkins to her as one servant talks
Q.-Wilat was the conversation about? A.
Well, ] cannot exactly say something about III
self, guess. (Laugh,er.)
Q.-lou don't knuw the nature ot the conyc
sation. A-No. Sir, hu, think went IN I,
ter tlnt to talk al'Hnt the people sitting dow
stairs in the course Of 1wo ur tllret ninut
utter they went in tftm tie hall door, hcas
them nluking tlic r1osc which ! npntinntt
1llat was Il second conversation; our cnnvers
tion was only general thing among help; y
must talk to one another; the conversation ";
about Mr.. Key.
Q.-Was that Tho first or second! Al ca
not exactly say whut WAS saving to tue gii
some joking language likely.
OH which Of the conversations t|at yt
had. did you allnde to the thing down Stair
Al cannot exactly tell you; the first convc
sation was not nlln'lins to- Mr. Key ut I'LL; til
was utter lad seen him.
Q.-How long did sou stuy there? A.-1O
Ii minutes.
Q.-Whnt kind Of sofa was iii the study:
IA pretty large sofA; its covering is rcd.
IA substantial Uue? Al nrvcr sal
it. | cannot tell YOU. II secHlS 10 br.
Owns II IL linz piccc ol furniture? j..
Yes, sir
Q.-Was ii nrw Ut old: Alt was il, II
house befure came to it. II lopks pretty got
decent; I.uugl'ter:l think Ar: Sickl
can't exactly say how lnng he remained. n,
s. did not leave Washington lust winter.
Q.-])id Mr. Key whit Mrs. =. on ,ilr uccas
Of 11r. SIS abscnce, ut night? A.-lie ulwu
visited her ut night, ~ my knowledge, when \
=. was away.
OIL want to kunw whether, when Mr. S. "
absent these evenings il Mr.. K. visited Mrs.
nt her house! Al cannot exactly say vii
Mr.. $. WAS away, but know tint if he "
away any night last ycar, or this I would /,
he back 10 the llo,,sr before Mr. Il. was The,
Whenever Mr.. $. was away, Mr.. Key was tlsrs
1t is in 1ny memory that I drove Mr. $. 10 II
cars lust January but l always noticed til
after drove Mr.. y. away, Mr.. Key always cat
10 the house sdserwards.
70 Ar. Uultt--Thcsc orders TO drive III ba
streets we're aiwuye given By Mrs. =. Mr..
was not always in tho carriuge ut tlsc time.
q. V. Emerson, srorn-1s butchcr-hnst
stall in the murkct-llaye known Mr.. II. fur
five years. knew Mrs. ). She las been dcali
with inc for two sessions Of Cunsrcss-1l1