The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-13

ihf District Attorney.
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q ME friends afcr stne Sesis s.,aus .,,,,., ,,,di
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oryup for tme
10 M caf'rlt-Vo''' compare sickes' nnfton D. no.
Lns bulsnhscny 81 " spas u vas tbe meet o. rbe 10 ~
iever aw ny ae' as ss Ia state Of frsrz, q, ne ur
ara l'e1ieo ~ on,nu,d ne would heccue snen,.
htahs hsF Ieans OF the Il s.uu ehssso.
TER 'neJ We uneArtaly and srpainx ana were inter-
rup'ec ny cm,thing between a sob AMI moss, sens
tunes DC would start aud scream IN yery high kyi be
APPEAR 4 in a state OF perfect ffensy.
y What DO yog mean by thar no y'u mean fars'ea
Of riess
| winess--n was mrsh stronger than grief sxhessa
alarming mp orns than any gcff mad 81
messed before, hAi seen a man tng tune sse alisr
similar Cos Pilisburg, pcna., but Biz grcf
not so stro ng this Mr.. scsirs' ry-isratioos
grief about lie child thsa auyu t'se, 20
NAMED there a about hour hal fnafpt 70 Tue
door TO go physician, hut there aosas.ea
in these pare fyfms ana did not go he srsiu.ig ses
oaimer; my impression b that II nr. BaisfsorsA
Who seat fo the magistrate.
Q-poy ou reoollsct lhs Sokes grew calm an sad no
VIII READY To go with the masisoa,ef
Al To- whsn say calm, mean tsnparsevey cain
went 9Th him to the jail, bscsars feared
OF his roxstms OF grief aud despair remained a tha
jail r. TO tro tourr physcssn "a. him drfhg
that iEe TO my kno~lecee there were 20 r-rs'n. A. ~
JAZZ but The n,afsa ATE, Mr. GODDARD, Mr. huiiff
81 and one or two o,hertu could nsa have
no four nv. m,Susss between thase psoxysss a.
"a sco.nug 10 ct the megstrs'e, ise nrsf PAT u ies
&C cue vas only by Mr. Batter snd nyssf
| never much excited A. VS. on taA 81
ssou; should think that about ten nlnsss piret
surng WITCH Buerworih, sics lee and y seii -la
together orst wen, into the oet roos aaa ate
the back Toonl there xere several pattt
the front ROOM but could not name one Of them tnrfos
communicated by folding doors, aud tsink az we're
Closed Il weut through t1s
persons in the front room coud not wtpers tbis scea =
inpress,on the next person San The back
! Mr. Bcrrett, the Mayor.
Q-whsre is Nc. Botserworh nouf
| Wtnefs--I do not know.
QWhsn Old you zee him iasv
W,pess--scu,e day towards the close Of last week.
70 OH thin cityf
NnDess-les.
e o-You have not reen him sinoss
waness-No; saw Mr.. Bsair on The occasion, a ~
Sexes house csnno, recoeci sfeakng 20 hn thi "a
of haTe 70, remained ~ @ ~ c sns .p, ,s
u QDo you visit and see tue prisoner ifeqa,n.S di"i
-, wtness~i DO not think saw hlu, more than ~, 4
three times quite uncertain about the boar ysies
Ns Sicx,es house, remained there about hail hour.
Mr.. Babylon knew Mr. Key weir
witness--0h yes; knew him since boy hood
witpess--Yes, very intimately
en- o.-Your families wire acquainted with each otaers
We ON reaching the jail did Mr.. sickes have any b
nd currence of these raroxysms'
WitnessHe did some time after wards, on that day.
Q-Of the same oescrpiion2
Witness-1hey were not so vlo'eps
l.
bo6ys
Wtness-Ycs, but not so voent-not Of 20 lons ca.
Mi Carisls-who wss present on that occasiopS
Witpess-Ttat is than can tell you
Q-where did they take paees
wnpess-yn the from, room OF the jail
e Q-Were any Of the officers OF the jail present.
. Q--You alone with Mr.. SicklesY
. Witpess-I think probably Mr. Butter worfwas
;, present: not think Mr.. Goddard was.
% Q-How long WAS that after the sSsninatlenF
Wnness-Not many minntes? |
The altman tons hfn maf
Winees-It vas he paroxy ms the second tim' were
y OF character that alarmed me at all
,, QWas anything more than natural burst otrsf
At winess--H violent oniboisi Of greet eunos so
vioentas the hrstnoting compared 70 ct all-phng
ct o. How long did II las,2
Witpess-I think about eve or six minutes.
=, Q--You the prisoner this morning very muh az
- fected-was II similar 10 THAR
Q much more violent and aeproach
his persen got rigid his hands were 10 us ha nc
q beut them down aud sobbed bitterly; he weptWptaud
= sohbed.
10 Q-You remained there hour, hour an hair
Wtness-I think did.
EVIDENCE OF FRANCIS NoHUN.
Francis Mohun examined by Mr. Brady rese in this
District, and have resided 1920; Introduced
Mr. ckes before he took his seat in CongrSs, about
years and have siacc known h1 was not
particularly acquainted with him, but famlI with his
Q person aud manner.
1t Odd you him the 27sh Of Feruars lasts
witless-Yes sir
| Q.--Ahout what time Of dayS
! Whpess--lt shutdown.
| Q--State under what circumstauoesa
Nitpess--I was standing Immediately II front OF
bouse which own the avenue, nar Adams Ex
I press ofice Mr.. sckles aopg, aud observed
o HIM for, suppose, fifteen twty feet before
he got Immediately opposite whet stood M
, | looked 10 me IN very excited ctiren looset
at him very steadily; his whole aleafanSe, though
cannot execty describe II are TED noe, did Affect
seriously at the tune; though there was som,
very high excitement operating on hmad 4, The time;
thought DO more of it TIL heard n5, day OF tins o.
Currence, then spoke Of obsergug i'm in tina. excited
conditions said thought he city insane; tina.
was the recoiecon hal and the i'm fesHon had, how
- ever underlined Il nay have been.
oress-exauned by The pstet 4itdhey-Whas time OF
Witness-Titeen or twenty mnueiberore rundown.
:. Q-What way was nc proceedngP
Witness He Wa going Ses., coGg from the cApiso',
: Q-You recolecied this circums,tce mex. day, AMI
= stated you thought he Wes insaue2
Wtnees--Ios, sir.
OF you bad not heard Of this ;lrsnce, would bis
. | appearance have made Lhet impression Gu your
wtnossls might NOT: bGt MS widlppsarauco excited
ry attention hen did no, sec Mr skss after that gu
ng quite rapidly at tue time, rpidy than ever
observed hm before; there seemed to strange move
mentabou his person aud head; cofess that heard
Iumos about tdo CITY which perhaps made me observe
a.. | MIN The more cosely.
3 EVIDENCE or BaDGEr DuFsy, FHE Nurse AND
p | LADYs MAID OF MRS. sItRIEs
Bridge. DufyT I've in Mr.. sckles house In tho capa
CITY Of nuse and ady,s maid, and patty chsnbermaid
have been living there since Novemses last yesr knew
, Mr. Key short time sitter came Washington VA
came TO Washington thR between Christmas and
New YEARS. remember the Saturday before Mr.. Keys
decease Mr.. sckies hoEe the evening, between
Ave snd six O'Clock; there no set time for dnuer;
sometimes was at FIVE, and Other times at half past lye;
Mrs s'ekes was at home that afterloon did no. seq
him at the dinner table; he went down dinner;
al night my attention called to Mir sckles there
unhappy feeling between Mr. ant Mrs sckles; Mr.
sokNs vent down stairs be did ct bot returned
his BEDROOM he asked to fetch him up something 10
cat, which l did, his manner and appearance |
seemed troubled I him half or three
quarters of AN hour after left the dinner for him. Mrs.
sickes in her bedroom; then went down 10 get my
dinner; returned to my bedroom ami stayed there