New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-19


fc-ed il ,cckes tsess sd, hss 20, sesn sts
they sre occupied: the gloves speak Of srs so rad
irg gloves, bat pair Of ordinary ysnor kid gisvcs.
Ties wss the cry tine I wts IN tse horse; wsrz
wf.h Ars. Brown 70 Mrs Sck.es's soms .Ho o. three
Jrys cr Q week s"ei that.
10 M. Ra;chfe-Teisk Mr.. Key resided The
neist boSbeoo Il 'he Coort. House,
10 MI Csrafle-Do ret thisk he person vso ik
me ITO he soese was white man. he was light osa-
psxored; H. !osgtd Nth me II I'm tse jail DO act
kpew II sbosS Ftascsf; never saw hiS previously q
since SAC him ~ tie js snd ssked hin 10 20 slosS
win NE 10 the c2rrt.ge, ard he sid Esd meet Ne
there.
o. VIVA, hAd he 70 90 sita the hou,sr
A. | calculated be vss TO $3.50, me.
q WHY DID you .hirk rs cea1 admit you moro tsaa
yea con'd td,ui YOURSELF
A lido po, kpos si,ou, that The aaoraey, OF Nr.
Sch es re-, -.,ec ne 10 90 to this house never ~
csivsd ~ yitiue 4 4; Rave been promised ssv-
thing IL a st the lsi, eod ssked HI . to
s,ep into .ae csrisse ana coDs mp 30 the n ~.
q. Was this John Cray
=. 30 OF kp " John OrsY.
q. Die y0a cot bear that tins was the owfe s'o
A Iupcsrstcod At the isilthat this negro fsiiovN
70 accompany 70 the house.
Q. ID dyou no, ssy you did cot know whether -
ms Co.oreo or white
A Neither DO l. vas at the isil, and employed -
do this business; heard fro n some Of cousssl--
Rate lie, tairk-thst this rau was to 60 vita ~
be toll, we'd oct 10 the este, aed, ~ no ws9
20 60 Nth ne ssked him to get into toe carriage.
Q. Dd 700 inquire, sid anybody tel zoe, fsr
what purpose his Ven WAS 20 accompany yoa 10 We
.Rcqs
4. .rqzired very ls:,e sboas d. eslcals,sS tAst
tbs - sna 20 60 vita &c. =. =. a
Af. Cariisl,ThSt docs uot Answer the aaes'es.
Witness-i hardly Know HOY 70 understand yos
laughter; nobody told me why that man wos -
accompany me 70 the hose, nor I'D ask a,yocde
the reason Why; aid not ssOw WHAT bussess vac
70 90 after getting to the Rouse knew vas TO az
tend TO soue busIsess.
%. Who explained the bus sess to y,a'
A. found out myself after got there.
o. II did not strike you before you get 70 the hoasef
A. It struck me before got ahere.
q. Where did Il strike You
A. That is a nousensicsl ques.Sa. lLsnghteri.
Mr. Carise-NOt at all, sir yoN need not trouble
yourself to express your opinior' i ask yoa wAsrs
You when the idea struck yes
A. When left the jail knew was going 70 the
boufe in Feonthsreet, and wher entered the houss
found the articles have described and took thsU
away.
O. Nobody irstructng you 10 DO oof
4. Yes l YVES instructed to take tSom sway by Mr-
Rs,chhe Mr.. Msgruder and Mr.. Rasc'iac went With
me- and told me to tske possessio, ofthese things;
this other man vas there when we got there hAve
never that person before or etncei tnedthe
front door and he showed me round the back way as1
opened the shutter he had not been there before; I
thought we might find the back way opens voaid
like to have that man here to see whether you could
tell whether this man WAS white or coered carries
the shswl to two three persons TO zee they oesA
recognize IL; | carried n to Mrs. Brown ana mu 5 70
ley; went to the jail that morning Of my own accord.
ana while there Was engaged in this business.
To Mr.. Brady-Am not much acquainted with that
peighborhood; don't know whether the houses arc
occupied by white or black people.
MIR MaerCder-When IL was decided that coansd
should vis the house IL was agreed to take pehoo-
man, aud this man was suggested as the person 70
Mr.. Csrlse-Now yea distinctly recollect that this
msn went To point out the locality of the house
A. do.
Witness Was directed by counsel 10 go nome tof tno
other articles found.
MIR. Ratclie, one of the counsel, was placed on the
stand ard related the circumstance OF the visit oths
house; be said they did not know At tho time thas tns
persop lCrittenden, he believed was a col0red man,
but body suggested that he was and so they did
not take him into the carriage.
Mr.. Brady-DescIibe what you found there.
Nltness-We found mp there bed all IN contaEoaf
and on that bed we found. shawl Thinking ! has
seen such shawl in possession of Mr.. Key i Wa
suggested that the officer take charge Of the shswfi
looking about we found pair Of gloves the msntie
and parcel of Cigarettes it was also saggested that
e take charge Of the gloves and comb found there.
cannot say that this is the same shawl but 10 Ike IT,
il was handed to Mr.. Mann, and he was qaes!edto
take charge Of it; think Mr. Key resided in street,
about mile from the house in Fifteenth street; M
Key gh ons Nor or yS S Ssd bssa
come four or five years.
MIR. Brady--Thst il al,
MIR. Radcliffe 10 Mr.. Carlisle, with mock polteaess--
Any question, Sir
Sir. Csrlsle-No, Sir. lLaughter.1
John NJ. Seeley recalled and examined by Mr. Bra
dy-My attention was first called 10 the visits 70 the
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tween the middle Of January and the beginning of Fob
ruary last noticed Mr Key and lady go there fire.
quenty the last occasion was on the 18th February
Dir. Key outside garment was usually steetmixod
gray sack and on other casions pumcoored ooati
did not notice shawl; saw Mr.. Key put key TO tho
lock and walk in.
Q. When Mr.. Key and the lady were there the arst
time, had she walked with him
A. did rot gee her at any ii ne except foot; donc
know that che had hold of bis arm; did not see them
come out on that occasions II was between i and
o'clock; noticed that after they went in, the door
was shut the next occasion that psrtic larize vas
Saturday, the 18th OF february that was about the
= SINE hour.
iIr Brady Describe the whole incident.
NitIess-I going up Fifteenth street; they
were going mp before met was walking eisureyi asL
pased the cooT of TIE house In fifteenth street, they
stopped and went into the house, the lady, as she
went in drew ND her veil and looked at me, and I.
oked at her I'have known Mr.. Key for years.
Q Did you observe whether the door was unlocked
at that time .t
A, He unlocked il; presume he took out the key;
raw them come oct Of the house that day; they
there about hour an hour and halt they cana
out separately-sb first both came through tue
frolt door; some four or five minutes elapsed Dc.
tween her coming and blsi shs passed on Iom1a
ton; the olly Sabbath ever saw them 70
into tie house was on tho nth 81 Fooraaryi
it was about l clock, or perhaps hall past issw
him enter but no lady with him; j Immediately went
up TO back room in the third floor OF my house and
locked out tie window; saw the sacse lady comeup
through the alley leading from street To Il, winch
foTrus rather T. saw Mr.. Key come to the back
dot r and walk down toward the gste, and shey re-
turned together 10 the bouse TO my certaio knowledge
that was Sunday, tue 2th day OF kebraaryi an nos
prepared ssy no Wong they stayed on that
perhaps hour or an hour and a hah; the sdy cans
eut the wsy che went in, but did not see now M.
Wednesday or Thursdiy before ~. keys Bathi shs
pared in by the back gatei that was some Where