The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-31

TIT. Hunter said that vast deal nf sess,s,, !
| ,nr ~ .. browns forbearance aud not sheet
more TO do with this case thar tha a. ~ n"u NO
k1ages. AZ he understood the affair n vras a.
SLOW .hai one Of those men who had haar ,aia -
apIss. after Rssehd PANIED Thompson, was dispatched
,S, ,arh seehnams death, under circumstances
perhaps which he himself should = ~ -, "a, s1nees
plove' lie did not know how thai roicht =.
.m ~. he ala desire to avoid any investiaa,;o.
sa ,sn. ne used for effect: not that II was
"a az s,shea hy the respectable counsel er,n,ow
60 60 IN the case, but he thought he nndarito,y,a
@ sne oolect OF the prisoner In getting Al ~ S,r
ohls outdoor effect and influence Ta ,bor.
nr saio II defence could show that this nrso.
,t M was aware or these eircums tancps and
lne manner in which that partv was L;,aaa
ano sun exeried his fofbearance, he would ~,
ooJeet put unless knowledge Of II conld h.
anoai nome TO the prisoner. and it's influ
see its releyance - e eouiu hot
Mr. Botts thought that they had ALREADY
proved that for hours after the killing ~
,hs aom s pssn communications were held be tween
Inc Court thought those facts mart Of the
re- sessa, ana admissible as evidence
! J, "i.heSs contlnued-I am called after Mr
,...ssha. .no was my grand uncle; when he
Nas suoe was much exasperated and started
| with otr. chambers to the room where tho
| prisoner Thompson was confined. with the
purpose OF shooting him; we fonnd several
| persons In the room, aud had leyelled our ON ne
| at him, when Mr. Fouik-s sister threyU bassa,f
! before MIN, and begged us TO leave him TO The
laws we then caught hold OF him, a nd dragged
| ann out oy the threat; he cried out .thonrh
| you take my life, thousands and millions will
| rise up TO ayepge ne and carry ont nv nur
pose OF giving-i berty to the slaves >, we car
| ried him to The bridge, and two of us Ieyelled
our guns, ahd at tins moment of wild exasper-
auen, and before he fell, n dozen more balls
| were buried in him; we then threw his body
| on OF the tressel work Of the bridge, and re-
1,rned TO bring ont Stephens, intending to
serve nim IN the same way We found him
sunerlng from wounds, and probably diving
and concluded to spare him, and to start after
others aad shoot all we could find; had lust
| seen my loved uncle, the best friend 1 ever
had, shot down by these Yillainous abolition
| lists, aud felt justified in shooting any that
could find; felt it my duty To do SO, and have
no regrets.
Wn. Williams, watchman On the bridge, was
sworn, and stated the particulars of his arrest
| and detention in the Armory watch -honse:
| Brown told the prisoners to hide themselves
| or they would be shot by the persons outside;
| he said he wonld not hurt any of them; Brown
| told Mr. Grist 10 go home and tell the people
| If they did not cease firing he would burn the
| town, but that ii they die not modest him he
| would not nolest them; heard two shots on the
| bridge about the time the express train arriY-
| ed; did not see Haywood shot
Captain Brown TO witness-State what was
said by myself in regard TO his being shot.
Witness-1 think you said that if he had
| takeh care Of himself he would not havesuf-
fered.
Reasin Cross sworn-I prepared the propo-
sition that Brown should retain possession of
the Armory, that he should release us, and
that the firing should stop.
Capt. Brown-Were those written PROPOSE
tons drawn up while you were prisoner!
Cross-1es; there was another paper pre-
pared BY kittzmiller and some others; l went
ont to stop the firing; 4 man went with me:
ttey took him prisoner and tied him; this was
| Thompson, who was afterwards taken out
and shot, Browns treatment of me was knd
and respectful; heard him talk roughly to
some men who were going into where the
blacks were confined.
Several witnesses for the prisoner were
here called, and did not answer. 1t sta
ted that The subpnnas had not been returned.
BROWN REPUDiATEs HIS COUNSEL.
Brown here arose from his mattress. evil
IDENTIFY excited. Starting upon his feet he ad-
dressed the Court as follows:
May it please the Court. I discover that
| Notwithstanding all the promises that have
received OF fair trial. nothing like fair trial
is to be given me, as it would seem. gave
the names OF these witnesses as soon as l could
get them of the persons l wished to have
called as witnesses, and was assured they
should besubpPnaed. ! wrote memorandum
to that effect, saying where those parties We're
bat 1t appears that they have not been sum-
moned, SO far as / can learn. And now l ask
ii | am to have anything at all deserving the
name OF the shadow of Il fair trial that this
proceeding be deferred until to morrow morn
ing, for have no counsel, as l have before
stated, in whom feel that can rely; but l
am in hopes nat counsel may arrive who will
attend TO ses, ng that l get the witnesses who
are necessary for my defence. / am unable
myself to attend to it. l have given ali atten-
tion possibly could to it, but am unable to
see or know about them, and can't even find
out their names, and have nobody to q 10 any
errand for me, for my money was taken from
me when l was sacked and stabbed, and i
have now not a dime. l had two hundred and
fifty or sixty dollars, in gold and silver, taken
from my pockets, and now l have no possible
means of getting anybody to go any errands
tor me, and have not been done for nor have
all the witnesses been summoned. They are
not within reach, and are not here. l ask at
least until tomorrow to have something done,
if anything is designed to be done. II not,
ready for anything that may turn up.
Brown then laid down again, drew his blan-
ket over him and closed his eyes, and appeared
TO sink in a tranquil slumb ber.
Mr. Hoyt, of Boston, who had been sitting
quietly all day at the side of Mr.. Bolts,
arose amid great sensation, and addressed the
Court as follows
May it please the Court, I would add my
voice TO the appeal Of Capt Brown, although
| have had no cons ultation with HIM, that a
further hearing of the case be postponed until
NOR ingss He said he would state the reason
for this request. lie was informed and had
reason to believe that Judge Tilden, of Ohio,
was on the way to Charles town, and would
undoubtedly arrive at Harpers Ferry tonight
at 7o'ciock. lie had taken measures TO secure
that gentleman's arrival at this place tonight
y.
come from Boston, travelling night and day, TO
volunteer his services in the defence of Capt.
Brown, but he cannot take the esponsbiilty
ofpndertaking his defence as now situated.
Gentiem who have defended Capt Brown
have &c ted in honorable and dignified man
ner in all respects, SO far as | know. But
cannot assume the responsibility of defending
him myself for many reasons: First, it would
be ridiculous for me to do it.
/ have not read the Indictment through; have
not, except SO far as l have listened to This case
and heard the counsel this morning, got any
idea of the line of defence proposed.
| have no knowledge of the criminal code of
Virginia, and have had time reaa it. l
have had no stime to examine the questions
arising in this defence, some of which are of
considerable importance especially relative to
the jurisdicti tion over the Armory grounds
For all these reasons, ask q continuance of
the case till morning.
Fir. Rotts.--In justice TO myself, / must
state, on being first assigned counsel for
Capt. Brown, conferred with him, and at his
instance took down a list of the witnesses he
desired subpo,naed. In his behalf, though late
at night, / called up the Sheriff and informed
him that L wished subpnnas issued early in
the morning This was done and these are
here, Messrs. Phelps, Williams and Grist, who
have been examined.
Sheriff Campbell stated that the subpcnnas
were placed in the hands of the officers with
the req uest 10 serve them at once. and they
must have served them, as some of the wit
nesses are here. The process not returned
may have been sent by private hands and
failed to arrive.
Mr.. Bolts thought they had shown, and was
confident he spoke the public sentiment of the
whole community, when he said they wished
Capt. Brown to have fair trial.
Mr.. Hunter-I do not rise for the purpose of
protract ting The argumen or interrupting with
the slightest impeachment, in any way, the CIV
ing of a fair trial. fair trial, whether it was
promised TO Capt. Brown or not, is guaran-
iced by our laws to every prisoner, and So far
as am concerned, l have studiously avoided
suggesting any thing 10 the Court that would
in the slightest degree interfere with it. / beg