New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-15

thak II is important TO the tine; ,oe sgaas IneS'
have been made when Mr.. s'cAIcs was o. :" As
Cgur.-I can clearly see sh.t yo1 mean By t
Mr. s.attGn-Dont yoar Honor decide tie q1es-
ton; sill cone 10 that ~ a'd oy. ,,
CIoss-exam.Dsd ny Mr.. Oud-I saw Ar. hey
waving bis Handkerchief shDe / vas goiog hons %
diner; / work fret al one place end Thea a. ne
other; / then working Ssrsnte-nth street, be-
three or fouT days J never took count Of how msny
times | cav Mr. Key IN tue Sq1a e. vent through
il; have him In the squsfe 90 tae sveooe nesr
the Club II can't state the osy; It must h.ve
been about the middle OF TIE week. about week De-
fore the killing.
Cross.eI.miSed by Mr.. CsIEsls-I saw Mr. Key
while either going 20 or returning from dinner
/ sometimes pissed there at or u O'Clock.
Mr.. Brsdy-N bat is your business
WitBess-A plssteTer; carry 90 that business.
Jeremiah Boyd, ssorn-i have known Mr. hey ir
four five year.; ss~ bin on the Sunday Of ns dis,
eeAse IL was lOl az the T. esspry bull Ing; he walked
on before me; went 10 M. Pines churcl coming
frC N the church saw Mr.. Key toe pavement, near
the Club Ho1se, bis face tossrf Lafayette square,
looking toward the house Ot Mr.. SckIes; since Lnsn
have been a. the place, .Bd eonlo zee TOE noose Jn
there standing the edge Of the peVemen'; ne
attracted my attention az was passing on me otaer
side. .
| nm locking toward tue house; ne wss turning his
fe.d about as II lOOkiI out; this abo1t CLOCK
/ don't know nov long be remained there; When
gss gOns " cboTob, he vent INTO toe CinD boon IL
CIob-H ouse; when pssse1 bin, near the corner,
| 10, he'd back and saw hun still there.
| To Mr. s.antou-f HE back was 10 the Club House.
| ana bis face toward Mr.. Slcbles house.
A. YOuIg, swOtn-Rsside ia u 0 Dstr ct OF CO'um,
bis; kpew Mr.. Key for only three or ur months and
| only when l saw him; saw him saddeDly on Sac
| day Immediately after breakfast, between snd ~
be vas opposite the Pr sdents house ON the AVenoe
going up toward Georgetown; old no, Ob'erve him
til after he assed, ard if he had not been polte1
| out, should not iben have seen him.
| ChsrJes G. Bacon, sworn-I YES acquainted With
| Mr. Key for egnteen months; | knew hin 80 as u
speak to rim; saw HIM on the 23d Of February; the
! WedDe sdsy preceding hid death; "a" MN botHeen
10 ard II clock the morning; be was then at the
MIDDLE gate Of lafayette square, he went near toe
| statue; be took ont HIS naJkerchsf and t1iried
| IL two or three times; lie gathered it 10 q
| cump 20 ilustratiDg) and let it fail out in
this way (ilustratiDg; some hours after sas him
Walking vito Mrs. Sckles Mics Rjgley and gentle
msp: this was between and O'Clock; had seeo him
wave his hshckerct ef between the ith and lItD OF
FebrusTy he opposite TO the house OF MI S,ckes
he waved his handkerchief two or three times; nave
seen bin on the Presidents side Of the The
| west gate at the crosswalk leading 10 Mr. Sickless
house, wsvi1 his handkerchief cannot ssy woether
there window in the gable end OF tine house; there
is window in the library from which tina: spo. oan
be SEEM he feemed 10 clasp his handkerchief let 1t
fall cssp it again. and catch it before II could fall any
distance.
Crogsexsmined-The first time saw Mr.. Key, was
between ~ and l. O'Clock was sick, aud hsd left
a
saw him. I cannot name the seCOnd time pass there
30 frequently; think il in tue afternoon l
bin the third time my impIes H. he went 10 ward
the War Department simply ssE hin waving his
handkerchief.
3. S. Parker was next examined-Have seen Mr.
Key in the vicinity of Mr. Sickess house; the last
tine the Sunday he wss killed, near o'clock; he
passed me near Fourteenth street on Pennsylvania
avenue, above Wizards; l slow " passed up FIT
teDIh street; he walked very rapidly; wden near
NaTs drug store, be WIS entering the middle gale Of
Lafay cite square lost sight of him be entered
the squsre saw aim the Sunday before tue shooting
cav Mrs. Sickles on the platform Of her residence,
her hand the shoulder Of little gir apparently
trying to keep her from falling the steps directly
after Mr. Key at the south. west gate of L.fay
ette square; when he came out 10 fol view ne took
ont his handkerchief with bat in hand put his hst
his head bowed 10 Mrs. Sickles, and twice waved his
handkerchief.
| Q. AT what hour Of the day was that
Witness--Between 10 and ii o'clock in the morning
! he moved off in the direction Of Georgetown, and
lost eight Of him; had seen Mr. Key often before.
| To Mr.. Ould-Never saw MIR. Key use his hsndksr-
cbefi in that before saw him twice the Sunday
Of his death; was standing with the Mayor at VIII
lsrds when lie came out Of the barbershop; he spoke
to the Mayor and bowed TO me the Sunday previous,
when saw him come out Of the south west gate,
was on the avenue, directly in front Of the jackson
! Monument; watched him walking very rapidly till
he got out Of my sight be generally walked very fast
To Mr.. Stanton-eThe first time 1 saw HIM the day
OF his oeath was between III ana III O'CLOCK IN the
morning, at Wizards.
| Mr.. Stsnton-I AK you whether, when you saw him
the second time your attention not directed to
| him by remark made when you first cav him.
Mr S.anton-Was that remark in reference to Mr.
| Sickles killing hint
| Witness-lt wss.
Mr. Carlisle attempted TO object TO the last question,
| but it was answered before he had time to do 60.
| Wm Ratley, examined by Mr.. Brsdy-I reside bin
ths Districts have known MIR. Key by sight for two or
three years. last him two or three days before
| be was shot il on the avenue between Seven.
tenth and Eighteenth streets ne was alone and going
up the avenue; the Thursday preceding his death
saw hun IN front Of Green's the cabinet maker with
letter in his hand; Mrs Sckles and the child were
with him; che left him and went INTO the shop, and
| when she came out they walked together up the
avenue ne reading the letter; Mr.. Wilson was with
ne and he the avenue and said he wanted 70
| get good look at them llaughter.
| Q. Was there sDythlIg in the manner OF reading
that letter which dxed your attention on the incident
| Witness-Not mine; think he handed the letter to
| her between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets do
not recolect what she did then when first them
she was going into Mr. Green's he was standing out
| side with the letter in his hand.
| To Mr.. Ould--I standing on the opposite
side at Mr.. Wilson's Office; that about fifty or
sixty yards from them the letter letter paper
DO not know whether It had one or tao leaves or on
| how many sides il was written.
To Mr. Stsnton--The paper i saw in Mr.. Key 9
hard appeared 10 be about tina. size Of paper.
This was spoken in reference 70 the anonymous let
ter which Mr.. Sckes received, the theory being that
| the letter which MIR. Key was reading wac anony-
nous letter writer by the same persor who the
| 2nthor Of that of Mr.. Sckles.
Witness to Mr.. Stanton-I did not any envelope.
| Frederick Wilson, examined by Mr.. Brady am
the person referred To by the last witness being
present when he saw Mr.. Key and Mrs. Gickles.
q. State what You this occasion referred
Witness-I saw Mr.. Key, Mrs. Sickles and the little
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