Litchfield enquirer., 1859-01-13

..ss.a aiss.i .s 10 Ms Edaor of te Ehquir; In your paper of Dec. s0th, appears a communica- | tion bearing the impress, unmistakably of the late of the Hartford County Prison, Wm Treat, although subscribed by the proprietor of the Kent Hollow Distillery. If not ssa voice from the jail, the tenor of its language bespeaks one who has gently had experience in the svee of the United States. If the paternity of that interesting document is doubted by any one, let him compare it with on the same subject, published in the Ltchfeld Repub- llcan of Feb 18th, 1856, of which Treat the ac author, and it will be found that both are entitled to common ancestor
 The article is one would not take the trouble to notice, but for the infamous falsehoods therein tained, which have obtained currency through the medium of a respectable journal.
 The statement that went to Kent to procure the signatures of either of the complainants, that urged either or any of them to sign the complaint against Elwyn. is an unqualified falsehood.
 He further says, at the trial one Harman Beeman the oly witness who pretended to testify in fla
  find by reference to my minutes of evidence, that beside Harman Beeman, Aanson Beeman testified positively to sale of liquor by Ewyn, saw it drank on the premises and paid for. The Rev. Mir. Fry, Mrs. Hannah Fry, Miss Sarah Fry, and Elias Bee man testified to the admission of Ellwyn that he had sold liquor as had been charged against him. And yet, he says, Justice Kellogg imposed upon him he vfror olf of %lo 1, knows the Court has no discretion, the amount of the fine being fixed by law.
 In confirmation of the foregoing, might adduce the testimony of large number of witnesses, but I will content myself with the following affidavit of the Rev. MT. Fry, gentleman whose responsibility needs no voucher, and whose veracity is above sus- picion
 Jeremiah Fry, of Kent Litchfcld county, Con- nectcut, of lawful age. being duly sworn. do depose and, say-T That in the fore part of January 1856, William treat came to my house. and wished to see me privately. We went into another room, Treat said to me he knew that William P. Ellwyn sold li- qnor, and ought to be complained of but there was not Justice in Kent by whom we could get justice done on such a complaint, and then said that he, Treat, thought it Was best 10 bring it before Mr. Kellogg Treat said also that he had just been to Warren to see Mir Kellogg that very business bu that he did not find him, Kellogg. at home.
 further depose and say that was one of the compliments against Wm. P. Ellwyn, and that ] ing urged by Mir. Kellogg. any other persons and that said complaint was signed by the other com painants in my presence, and that they were not so urged by MT. Kellogg, or any other person, to my knowledge.
 further depose and say, that was present at tbe trial of said Ewyn, and heard Alanson Beeman tes- tlfy Tn favor prosecution, and myself my wife Hannah, and my daughter Sarah Fry, and Elias beeman were also witnesses for the prosecution.
 JEREMIAH FRY.
 Iitchfeld County ss Kent, Jan 5th, 1859.
 Personally appeared Jeremiah Fry signer of the foregoing affidavit, and made solemn oath to the truth of the sane before me
 E. R. SWIFT, Justice of the Peace.
 When he says the sentiment was freely given him by his own townsmen, and by members of his own family against my going to Kent to try the case, say be hes-under a mistake no such senti- ment ever having been expressed by any person.
 Benjamin Tompkins is made to say over his own signature, " that the assault was made by some doz- en persons, and the scene witnessed by some three hundred persons, and not of them offered to rotet hin'' And yet this same Benjamin Tompkins testi- fled in court under the solemnity of an oath that HE 'did aU he could to stop the af,ay even to the ex- sSAS VI SAPo PioSAouS UelnS puSneQ down and trampled on by the mob But this little discrepancy may possibly be accounted for by the fact that his scrivener was at that time, provided with lodgings at the public expense, and therefore not able to attend court. Not one word of denial appears over the signature of Benjamin Tompkins, going to show that he did not participate in the out rage but the novel spectacle is there presented of hraZen atfen,nt f0 iuStifv info crime before the public.
 am not surprised that this worthy brotherhood should manifest so much nervousness about going behind court and jury in the investigation of this matter, but surprised that they should presume to call on Aeauen to forbid that they should be found ,retrying cases, Sc.
 have no desire to parade unnecessarily before the public, the crimes of William Treat; but as he has seen fit to return to his old haunts like the dog to his vonlt, or like the SOW to her wallowng in the mire, and thus seeks to make personal at- tack under cover of the name Of Bepiamin Tomnkins and as statements have gone the rounds of the public press propose to give brief account of the transaction from the consequences of which he has been so nobly 'rescued" by President Buchanan.
 In the latter part of February 1856, Mr. Eben H. Burroughs, respectable farmer of the town of Kent wishing to make remittance of the sum of $500 to his brother Samuel living in the State of Iowa went to Kent Plain with the intention of sending his money to the Itchfeld County Bank at New Mil ford to purchase draft for that purpose. He was accompanied by his brother Joseph and another per- sot They went into Treats office to write letter and enclose the money. Treat, ascertaining their business asked permission to write the letter, which was given him. The money was enclosed and direct ed by Treat, and the letter then taken and mailed by Mir. Burroughs. who made an arrangement with