Worcester daily spy., 1859-04-20
THE SICKLES TRIAL.
FOURTEENTH DAY.


took his seat at the bench at twenty minutes
past 10. and after an interval Of several min
utes passed in complete silence Mr.. Sickles
came in accompanied by the jailUr and officers
and his faithful inseparab.e companion, Rev.
Mr. Haley, Unitcrian clergyman who had
been by his side during the whole trial
Mr.. Haley is quite indignant at the liberty
taken with him by the District Attorney, in
describing him as clerical supe to keep the
theological part of the house in order. 1t was
he who furnished the Scriptural part of the
argument, hence the application.
Mr.. Ould sought an opportunity for expla-
nation between them, but Mr. Haley declined.
Emanuel B. Hart and Thomas j. Browne of
New York are unremitting in their attention
to Mr. Sickles. Dl. Morehead is equally at
tentive to him.
Mr.. Bagioi has not been in Court for the
last week Chevalier Wykoff evinces active
sympathy with the defence. The same faces
have been seen in the Court day after day
and the room is always filled to its greatest
capacity.
The Judges decision, yesterday admitting
the evidence of the adultery, took all by sur
prise. This decision hardly covers the ad-
mission of rebutting evidence The defence
will be through its proof tomorrow, and the
trial will probably be over this day week,
is no charge from the Judge in this District.
James Mann, police officer, was recalled and
produced pair Of gentlemen's gloves and
a comb. Did not preserve the cigarettes.
Emanuel B. Hart, examined by Mr.. Brady.
I reside in the city of New York; am sur
veyor of the port of New York have known
Mr.. Sickles twelve years; have seen the
witnesses that were examined yesterday-Mrs
Brown and Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Seeley.
Saw them at Mrs. Sickles' house. Mr.. Rat
cliff suggested to me some persons would
come that day to identify Mrs. Sickles and re-
quested me to admit them. They came and
admitted them and they saw Mrs Sickles in
my presence.
To the Judge-AIrs. Brown came on Mon
day or Tuesday and the other some four or
five days afterwards.
To Mr.. Ould-I was staying at the house at
that time at the request of Mr.. Sickles
Mr.. SickleS by permission of the court re-
tired In company with the jailOr.
John Thompson, an intelligent looking
young man speaking with broad Scotch ac-
cent was examined by Mr.. Brady. reside in
New York. | was at on9 time coachman for
Mrs. Sickles. | went to him on the 10th of
November 1851 left him on the 4th of Feb
ruary, 1859. | was acquainted with Mr.. Key
by seeing him and driving him. Mrs Sickles
went out mostly from II to l and remained out
till 4 or 3 and somstimes P. NJ. Mr.. S. went
away before twelve, and usually came back
from four to five. Mr.. Key always Joined
Mrs Slcllles in the street-could hardly men,
ton day thathe did not meet us. He met us
at the Presidents, Mr.. Douglass, Mr.. Gwins,
and Mr.. Slidell's. Sometimes he would come
into the carriage and tell me to drive
through the back streets. When he would
meet US he would always salute Mrs. Sickles
and say, "Good morning, madame" Some
times he would remain on horseback and some
times dlsmounted. He never got into the car
riage at Mr.. Sickles's, and always but once got
out before we got back to the house. He al
ways got out at the corner of the Avenue and
Fifteenth street, at the club house. | knew
him only once to come home with Mrs Sic
kles, that was in April or May of last year.
He went into the house, and when he came
out could not say. Have known Mr.. Key to
come to the house when Mr.. Sickles was ab-
sent i'll New York. He always came at dusk
L knew him to be there every night almost
Sometimes l knew him to remain until late
at night; at other times | did not know how
long he would remain; he and Mrs. Sickles al
ways remained in the study; the door was
shut while they were there there was a sofa
in that room, with its foot right at the door.
bfV hiloh IL W NC lLGlS OlIc NilllG
Sickles was absent until o'clock in the morn
ing; he was always there when L went to bed,
at 10 or II o'clock don't know how long he
remained on these occasions there was no
person in the room but Mrs. S. and Key. If
there was any other gentleman in the house, it
is likely | would know it, The night he was
there at | oclo ck they were in the study he
came there at 7. There was no other visitor
between these hours, | think. That was in
May, 1858.
Queston-Did anything particular occur to
which your attention was called!
Answer-Yes sir.
Relate it to the jury.
Witness-I was going to bed about one
O'Clock; | went to the head of the hall stairs,
and met the seamstress l stood and talked a
little with her, knowing that Mr. Key was in
the room; we thought the hall bell rang, and
Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sickles came to the hall
door and looked out; there was nobody there
they shut the hall door and locked it again;
they went into the study, and | heard them
locking the study door, and the door that leads
into the parlor there are two doors in the
study. Heard them locking both of these:
l stood little while and heard them
making the noise on the sofa for about two or
three minutes; | mentioned to the girl that
they were making noise the girl ran away
Silt NOulu iOL lSdThcH W Ill dllST, dS IL WAS uOL
language suitable for her to hear.
| heard them for about two or three min
utcs; ! then went to bed ! knew they were
at no good work (Laughter.) / had been
out that night and came in at II knew that
they were there, and il was the conversation
among us ALL
District Attorney.-Never mind that
Witness-I have seen Mr.. Key come around
the square, and pass the house while Mr.. Sic
kles was in. Perhaps an hour after he would
come up when Mr.. Sicklcs had game out and
then he would come in. He never came in
the house while Mr.. Sickles was in, except on
reception days. There was only one time
that Mr.. Key drove Mrs Sckes in the car
riage to the Congregational cemetery. An
other time he rode out on his horse, tied the
horse to the railing helped Mrs. Sickles out
of the carriage, and walked down the burying
ground. They stad an hour. Another time
L brought Mrs. Sickes in the carriage alone,
and when | got there found Mr.. Hey's horse
there, and colored man came up and handed
her a letter which she took aud then walked
down the graveyard. Mr.. Key afterwards
came in carriage and told the colored man to
take the carriage home. He then followed
her down the burying ground, and they were
there for about an hour. Mr.. Key, on coming
back, went off on his horse across the cemete-
ry, and l drove Mrs Sickles home
TO the District Attorney. Every time
Mrs. Sckes rode out Mr. Key met her.
There might be some days he did not
meet us, but they were very few. He
always rang the bell when he came to the
door The last time saw him was at Taylor
& Maury's bookstore, on Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. They have visited the Congregational
cemetery two or two or three times and two
or three times at the burying ground at
Georgetown. These visits would be made be-