The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-21

O0k measurement OF Mr. eickses' mousse tr"m quo
window Of DE library to the back window Of the back
roem the 6ssapre Ia forty feet Ave inches the sofa
Ia s back window of The back room; the thickness
Of the wall Ia -four teen inches
Csoes-exam,ped by Mr. Ould-I made the aremen;
yesterday oons know where tns sofe xas oa she day
ibe krDg nor whether the pa'us'od ~ ss brick, or
lsh snd paser the jao, or frame Of me door Is sooa
sbssry seventeen feet ton inc0es did not lake
NE width.
TESTIMONY OF FELIX M'cLUsKY.
Teltx NcClusly sNorp-I reside In Brooklyn; was IN
Washington on the 9Th of February last in the nsighbOr
bood Of WIZARDS followed 10 the sceDs Of the kiiss
there was considerable confusion and mob the Club
House and At The corner Acrowd running afeer Mr..
sesles Old not see Mr. sckes till got Horace F.
Ca,k's house; raw Mr. sickes ascending the stop
Judge Blacks house, the people running after him zen,
pce 10 HIM. saying there; Mr. Black appeared at
The door apd spoke 10 me; q Me- Siakes
10 say thai WAS there, and got ~ord from W. BIZ
biussf that Mr. sekl.s Soud DO out in aie minutes;
m aud others came ont and got INTO
Rage and rode to Mr. Si,klss house; walked to tae
honss; telling Mr. Woodbridge Of the excitement
| snd ~hc was talking carriage cams up, with W.
| Sicses and Mr. Bu,erworth and others; they came
very M much excited and scared; Mr. walker went
into the library; Mr.. Butter .orth came out and
spoke 10 Mr. Walker, and d.. both wsas into ;s tn
state saw Mr. sickts in thought he would kill every
man. end child in the house; Thought even, tnat
II he went up eairs he might iDjufe his wife; sp'Se
with Mr.. Berc the Mayor kept my eye pretty Gloss
Mr.. Sckes and he went up stairs stepped up two
or three steps watch him. he spoke
KEYS Mr. Goddard then came an as thought there was
enough TO watch him Old not follow him up sairs |
benrd ,hhsr her BIN give something o. OF hol
oa SOMETHING Of that kind ani though. would not
30 up; DO cot think person in the study could hear
what going in the back Iaror tue door opened
and then heard buzz confusion, bat tho door
closed second and the ceased ast II
was veutI oquists trick; when saw Mr. Sick rs at
Mr. Baek,s he looked xe man frightened TO death You
know. with hs hair over hs face had my opoioa from
the that he responsible for he did,
MIR ack looked scared and excited too.
Dir. Carlsle-Do you think the Attorney General was
wtness-No, sir.
To M Ouid-I STAYED at Mr. sicl,es house till he went
to jail with Dir. Walker and Mr.. Baterwarth; do nos
tbuk hour between bis coming tho house
ard leaving to so TO JAIL he stayed up stars ooy few
minutes, Tor II ne had stayed lO0ge l know wo nd
have gone up; when he down stairs he vent at
into the library and then into the back paror through the
library door Mr. Bnerw0ftb, thiOk, closed the door
the library and oat In the entry; did not go iao
the back parlor at NIL ~hie was in the entry he ard
TINS confusion you know thought T. was NJ, s SICK
Mr.. Walker appeared to be taken all aback yoa know
To Mr. Carlte-Mr. sckIss only came out 70 tue door
Mr. Blacks house, and that wheo he got into
the carisee he old not out to wipe the nut of his
boots went there In the capacity Of citizan you kno
heard that somebo had shot somebody cold blood,
ana when got bv Horace r. orks honso, heard It was
Mr. sckes that bad shot Mr. Key they r1nong and
ran the crowd too DO not recolec that did see the
dead body lam positive thai did not; saw Nc Eass at
TIE door Of the Club House. and hearo him that sono
boey Was dying; heard them Say was Me- Kes went
II.
! place, Sent in note 70 bin.
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES @. BACON.
Charles g. Bacon recaled-Hc produced certificate
from the Surveyors Office Of The diagram showing tho
width Of Pennsylvania opposite the Presidents
House to be one hundred and twenty feet; is called
President square, and s not properly Pennsylvania ave-
nue. the width OF Madison place is ney feet Jackson
place and Seventeenth street the same width; the
breadth Of Lafayette rqrae Ia 49 feet 10 inches and the
length 72b feet uches exclusive Of jackson aud had.
son PAGES The diagram was CONSIDERED in whence.
W,ncss-I went 70 The edge Of Commodore McCauley's
house and walk ed from there rapidly TO the loot Of the
thirty seconds; Iran tbe same disance and took me
thirteen seconds; the die'ance is 256 feet.
| TESTIMONY OF MIR. sIcKLEs' GROOM.
John Mcdonald "a young Irishmau) examined by
Mr. Pr a5y-I hired with NJ Sickles groom and foot
the 10th Of last February; accompanied job,
Cocrey ha he ooacn; the last place
Mr.. Key in lafayette square Sunday q. noon
the last time before that the Thursdays
him ateveral places that day. ths last time he was Gu
iog out Of the Club House with shawl on bis arm; h
coming down tn the Douglas gree nhousc he came VI
Secretary Thonpson's and SECRETARY Bo~os he got io
the carriage and drove TO Mrs. Greenhows With us, aat
there they remained an hour or an hour and half
Whnsss-Mr Key and Mrs. Sickles and Mss Rdgeley
QDd Mr. Key get into the carriage there as you were
| lesviDsY
witness-I call half and half out; he sat With his
hip the carriage and bis legs out he sa In that position
| looking straight in Mrs. Sckes' face.
| Odd he say anything To herr
Wiiness-Yes he passed some remarks to her.
Owls, were taeyS
wi,ness-He first asked If she was going to the hop Al
wnaro's she said she would go Dau would allow her
then be said be expected to meet her there's another
mark be made that her eyes looked bad and she st
tbe, she did WE'LL something Ike tnas he
got into the carriage; she told drive to tn
Eleventh street, got up alon ssde the coachmsn, aud t)
him to drive we go, between Fifteenth ani Six
c,n'h Streets X, understood Mes Sickles voice u
say to stop a. tue next crossing ns W. xha wa; Fesn
drove down 10 Gsutiers the confectioner's, sui Mrs
siesles vent In here that all saw Of her till she cim
out into the cartsge she told to drive home rapidly
wbch We did, and then she ordered 70 put the Car
| risge up.
| Wness-That was the last time for the present; BIS
| him that night al Wizards
Chat sofa in the back paror, when had you no,sa
befoe S''''H '''''' mr. A''' 0s'sA''-'n' ''' '".'
wtnessTbere dinner party there that Thursd y
night; noticed particularly that Mrs. Clayton sitting
on IT. cannot ecollect the other ladies' WHO sitting
on H. Describes the position OF the sofa In reference
o-was the sofa in the came position In which ii d
now9
wtrees--rt NAV be little ''slopsdcr" now.
To Mr.. ould-The sofa was at angle 10 the back
walt
Mr. oule-scme way in this poslon9 illustrating
| with knife across envelope)
wtnees-Yes, sir; IL was about hsr past four when
let Mr. Key on. Of the carriage that Thursday AFTERNOON
Mr. Brady nov adires The Court, for the purpose Of
The Dsric. Attorney--Having been notified that the
defence Is going to close, feel ii proper TO make tni
tam piece CT evidence offered, the Uutsd States fell
itncumbent on them TO object. That objection was made
and sustained. Toe reason Why the object made
because In the view Of ths prosecution all evidence
rca'tg TO any aiuterous intercourse between the de-
ceased and The wife OF the accused entirely nconpe
tent Your Honor hes subsequently ruled that certain
aspects or The Gaze evidence showing his aiutcrous
tefcourse could be INTRODUCED rns, eviis has been
introduced nos state In rankness gentlemen
the her side, and viii let them take their
about II, that The evidence baying been given with
spect to this aduerous Intercourse, The Unltei States
now waive all objection to the ntrod on Of any ev.
dence which the gentlemen may have tending 10 de-
velopeent or proof Of this aduerous ,urse and
they particularly waive all objection the ntroductioa
CT the testimony offered the part OF the defence tue
other day IN relation to tho confession OF Mrs Sckes.
We waive TO all evidence relating TO that point
10 which legal objection has TAX ca on the
| part Of the United States
M Rady-I am not prepared 70 mike any specific an
ever 10 that deliberate and prepared suggestion OF the
prosecution, founded which, their oo1sulta-
too, they undoubtedly esteemed % be Sufficient fr
sumo such thing done without careful consuta-
toD nor do think that at this stage OF cass after
havrr encountered In ever step Of NJ progress esory
ces OF objection which the sharpos and most cultivated
legal mteects could preseni against what honestly
teened 10 be relevant proof called up by Any
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