Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-03

THE RESCUE TRIAL.-'The case Of the United
States Va. Chas. Iongston was continued yesterday
Some Of the witnesses examined were the same
as had testified on the former trial and of their
evidence but little was new. Mr., William Sciples
who was one Of the indicted but whose case was
Holled by the District Attorney, was caeu up as
a witness for the Government In the course of
his cross examination by Mr. BAcKus he was
questioned rather close as to his own case. He
asked what arrangement had been made between
him ard the District Attorney relative to the
nolie, but he was decidedly non committal, and
il we might believe his own evidence he must be
decidedly below par as TO intellectual capacity
He didn't know whether his indictment was aolled
or net. Had never talked with any body, and
especially with the counsel for the prosecution as
TO his own case-did not know whether his own
Indictment was still hanging over him or not Mr.
BAcKUs asked him
NOW did you not tell Mr. Dickson, the lawyer,
when you went back back to Wellington from
Cleveland some three weeks, more or les ago,
that they would let you off, Didyou not tell him
that Belden had asked you how long you had voted
the Democratic ticket, and you said always ;--that
be had then said you might go for you was good
Democrat, and that he wondered how you ever
got indicted, aud thatyo would be got of easily
enough 2"
"Well. perhaps did say DO in fun, but did not
mean it,"
"Theu you say that il you did tell Dickson or
anybody else so, twas false"
"If said 80, l said it in fun, and it was not
So"
Sciples then went on and gave quite a graphic
| account of the commencement Of the fight when
the boy was taken away. He went down stai 8
and saw big man six feet high or more. strike
outat Mr.. Fay who was guarding the door-not
hitting him, he picked him up like a chicken and
threw him six or eight feet into the hall Two
men then came up with Fay and all pitched in, but
the big man speedily piled them all up on the
floor Fay's wife then came out and called out
that he had got her husband down there. The big
man replied that if that was the case he would
"cool him off," which he did by patting him on
the back few times a Ia wise mother with re.
fractory youugster
young man named Bonny who worked fer
Mr.. Wadsworth last September, testified That he
was upon the landing of the stairs in the hotel
when he found Laugston and man named Cum
mings who offered him $5 if he would procure a
key Tor the front door which was locked but the
virtuous Bonny hurled back the bribe with the
reply that he "did not sell himself for S." Bon
ny has evidently seen change since that time, and
apparently regrets that he lost that opportunity
to dispose of himself
Mr.. Thayer lives at Wellington and went up tc
the tavern 10 see the constable who was up stairs
He hired boy to go and see the constables fol
him;-a darkey started up the ladder ahead of the
bOy-Tbayer tipped the ladder over and "rolled
him oh''-anOther one tried TO go up whom ThayeI
pulled oh-frst darkey drew back his gun and
ana, NUed it, Thayer asked any other gentlemen I,
snan his gun and he would "spot him"-the otheI
then .treu' it on" and Thayer "spotted him" by
cncbing him b,' the hal, first with one hand and
then with both-he then found himself carried of
ON mems shoulders and dumped down out Of dan
ger.
Young Runnells was shoemaker at Wellington
On the 18th of September he got up before break
fist, which statement startled the legal counsel
But first, being asked if he had been sworn he re-
piled 'not any, In tue course of the examination
he gave himself strange character and one no
very complimentary He was naturally sluggish
was great coward"-his understanding wa
mserabe"-at Wellington twas awiully scared,
&c, &c. He recolleoted Langston for he " had
natural curiosity to read countenances" and wa
quite sensible he saw him in the hall"