Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-04-28


mitted and testimony resumed
Mrs. Nancy Brown testified to the frtouen.
vtits oi Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sckhs to the houso
On 18th street
On Tuesday, John TheniI son, an intelligent
looking Young man, 81 eaklng with broad
scotch at, cnt was examined Ly Mr.. Brady.
reside in NEW York; was at one time cnacb
man lor Air. Sickcs Invent to him ON the 18th
OF NJvcnhr lS57 ! left him on tie 4th Of
feMuary. 1888 was acquainted with Mr..
Ky b., s3ylrg LIN and drhmg him Mrs. Sick
les won't If N the hotsc IN the calli.ge alone.
she went oul mostly ir,m Il to and r. manned
out till r. AID sometime 10 T. NJ; III.
dinner tour Na' ustally 5 " l-2 MIR. Sick
| = went away before l., and Lsually came back
! from t. S.
/ Mr.. X y always j,in,d Mis-. S. in the street
c0ui Ia dly mtntlon Ii day That he did not
meet is he would meet Us at the p esidents q.
Mr.. Douglas 5 MIR. Gwu and Sidell's: some
tunes lie would come into the carriage and tell
me to drive through back streets : when he
would meet HIS, lie would always salute Mrs.
Sickl,s, and say, .Good morning, Madam -
sometimes he would remain on horseback, and
sometimes disnOunt he never got into the car
rage ut Mr.. Sicklcs door, and always but once
got out b fore we got back to the house he al.
ways got out ut tile corner of the avenue and
Fifteenth street at the clubhouse; | knew him
oulv once to come home with Mrs. Sickles-
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
while Mr.. Slcklcs was absent in New York he
always CAME atdusk | knew him to be there
} every night, almost sometimes knew him to
remain until late at night at other times did
not know how long he would remain he and
l Mrs. Slckles always 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, have known him to be there one night,
while Mr.. Sickles was absent, till clock in
s the morning he was always there when went
t to bed, at 10 or II O'Clock do not know how
n long he remained on these occasions there was
S no person in the room but Mrs. Sckles and Mr..
e Key If there were any other gentlemen in the
house it is likely would know it /; the night he
t was there till one O'Clock. they were in the
c study; he came there at o'clock; there was
S no other visitor there between these hours |
), think that was May 1858.
: q. Did anything particular occur to which
n your attention was called
Yes sir
s Mr.. Brady-reate it to the jury.
e Witness-l was going to bed about o'clock
d | went to the head Of the hall stairs, and met
l. the seamstress. | stood and talked little
# while with her, knowing that Mr.. Key was in
s. the room. We thought the hall bell rung, and
} Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sckles came to the hall door
J and looked out. There was nobody there.
IA They shut the hall door and locked it again.
t. They went into the study, and | heard them
h into the parlor. There are two doors in the
study. Heard them locking both of these
g Heard them Tor about two or three minutes.
Ks then went to bed l knew they were at no
good work. | had beeu out that night and
u came in at IL o'clock. knew they were there,
"a and it was the conversation among US all that
If District Attorney-Never mind that
" Witness-l have seen Mr. Key come around
We the square and pass the house while Mr. Sickles
r was in the house. Perhaps an hour after he
re would come up, when Mr. Sickles had gone out,
ct and then he would come in. He never came in
IT the house while Mr. Sickles was in the house,
except on reception days He always rang the
e. bell when he came to the door. The last time
| saw him was at Taylor & Maury's book store,
ed Pennsylvania avenue. They have visited the
es Congressional Cemetery two or three times,
he and two or three times the burying ground at
to Georgetown. These visits would be made be-
w tween and o'clock. He would meet us some
he where in the street. They would walk down
ps the grounds out of my sight, and be away an
hour or an hour and half. Then they would
come back and drive away. Sometimes he
would ride and tie his horse. Another time I
st. drove her to the gate
W, Mr.. Thompson testified at considerable length
to the intimacy of Key and Mrs Sickes. MIR
John Coney, Sickles present coachman, also
'e' testified to the substance of the above.
" On Monday the evidence for the defence in
thu Sckles case was concluded after the exam.
ow nation of some half-dozen witnesses. The de-
fence offered evidence to the expressions made
use of by Key when spoken to relative to his
ne intercourse with Mrs. Sickles but Judge Craw-
ford, after lengthy arguments on both Sides de-
clded that it was inadmissable. After the close
of the defence, the District Attorney arose and
expressed the willingness of the prosecution now
to admit all evidence going to prove habitual
VI VI adultery on the part of Key and Mrs. Sickles
bo including the confession of the latter, which
of had been ruled out by the Court The counsel
for the defence declined to act upon the liberty
I'D thus granted immediately and asked time for
~ the consideration of the matter, which was &C.
nn corded The prosecution then proceeded with
en their rebutting testimony, and examined two
to witnesses, the Hon. George Pendleton and Mr.
ne Jones, the lawyer relative to the removal of the
J ho lock of the house in Fifteenth street.
ne, On Tuesday the counsel for the defence de-
ny cided not to admit Mrs. Sckles confession as
IN evidence and the rebutting testimony was COM
!; inenced.
ID, On Friday it was attempted to get in test-
m mony bearing upon the conduct of Mr.. Sickles
TO in visiting Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore, in
,ar company with lady 1t was also proposed to
lr- submit the case to the jury without argument.
e. On Saturday the testimony was closed, and
to, Mr.. Carlisle and Mr. Stanton made their argu-
az, ments. On Monday MIR. Brady continued the
lsc argument and Mr. Ould closed for the prosecu-
60. ton.
to
'ry CONVICTIONS OF MuRDER.-We find in the
Windsor Journal, the following list of persons
sentenced to death in Vermont, since 1899 3:
furnished by Col, Harlow, Superintendent Of
ny the States Prison
'"e Henry Dammon-convicted of murder. Sent
en- 1889, at Rutland, sentenced to be executed Oct
~ 29th. 1889. Sentence committed by legislature
,rt to Imprisonment for life, and now in nrison in