The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-11-03
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ed out and saw two men passing from and to-
wards the armory gate; tall man came from
the arInory gate; two men from the cars hal
| oed there he goes now" the man stopped,
and raised his rife, and, saying he had found
shots" fired upon them; they followed him to
the armory gate, and exchanged shots with him !;
Conductor Phelps was one of those men; the
witness afterwards found the black man, Hey
wood, dying in the railroad office the latter
said he was commanded to stop by the men on
the bridge, and on refusing, they fired upon
him witness saw several men patrolng during
the night, and go into the bridge; did not know
what to make of it, and went to inquire OF the
armory Waterman what it meant; met man
levelled his rife at him, and when he asked him
where the Waterman was, said he was not there,
but that there was " a few of US here )" after
wards, towards morning. saw wagon pass,
with three armed men following it; then went
to Mr.. Kiltmer and Mr. Ball and told them
that armed body of men had possession of
the armory, and not to go near it he also gave
information to other persons employed in the
works; did not see more than thirty recogni-
sed them by peculiar hat they wore he rode
to Charestown to give the alarm ard ask for
assistance returned about eleven o'clock and
assisted in bearing orders and in guiding armed
forces to the best place of attack did not see
or recognise Brown there at all.
Conductor Phelps sworn-On Sunday night
the 18th, my train arrived at l,25, bound east );
saw no Waterman at the bridge was talking
to the engineer, and was in the act of starting
ahead again when the Waterman came up to
me- much excited, and stated that be had been
attacked on the bridge by men having rifles !;
before starting the train, Mr.. Hersey entered
the bridge, accompanied by the baggage master
and passenger; upon his entrance, some one
cried 4" Stand and deliver" | had previously
told the engineer to follow him slowly, but i'm
mediately saw the muzzles of four rifles pointed
at US, resting on the railing; | told the egineer
to back the train, as something was wrong in
the bridge he did SO as | got out on the
tresling, | heard the report ola gun, and Hey
wood, the colored man, came running to me,
and said, "Captain, am shot !" The ball had
entered his back, and came out under the left
nipple carried him to the railroad Office, and
then started for a doctor; on my way saw a
man come out of the bridge and go toward the
armory gate; remarked, " There he goes
now" aud Mr.. Throckmorton, clerk of the
Wager House, fired at him; the shot was retur-
ned by two men at the armory gate; / was close
behind Throckmorton, who exchanged several
shots with them; this was ten minutes after
Hexyood was shot / heard the men loading
their rifles again; the reports were very loud
and | wondered why the people were not arous-
ed l walked back to the railroad Office, and
one of the party came out; he said, g 7 GU
can come over the bridge with your train )"
replied that would rather not after these pro-
ceedings, and asked, What do you wait % he
replied owe want liberty, and We intend to
have it )" I then asked, "What do you mean p
he replied, Y GU will find out in day or two !"
then felt alarmed for the safety of myself and
the passengers, and concluded to await until
daylight; men wee passing backward and for
ward from the bridge to the gate of the armory
each appeared wrapped in blankets the pas
sengers were much excited, and at loss to know
what it meant | went to the back of the train,
and saw from twenty to thirty men in and about
the engine house; about four O'Clock | saw
wagon driven into the yard with a carriage, and
nearly dozen men jumped out ofthc wagon
did not see any one get out of the carriage
saw men go back and forward, who seemed to
be putting something in the wagon /; they were
also going up and down the street leading from
the armory, and all seemed busy at something
this continued until nearly daylight, when the
wagon left the yard and passed over the bridge
to the Maryland side about three o'clock be-
fore the wagon left. an old gentleman came to
me and said that the parties who have arrested
me allowed me to come out on condition that
would tell you that you might cross the bridge
with your train; afterwards learned that this
was MI KrlSe, citizen Of the town I replied
that would not cross the bridge until daylight,
that | might see whether it was safe: after
wards | saw man coming down Shenandoah
street with lantern, and al armed man arres-
ted him; afterwards saw stout negro walk
ing with a staff with one of these men: could
not see what was in the wagon afterwards
black boy brought note to the clerk of the
Wager House ordering breakfast for forty-seyen
men; determined to GO out and ascertain what
1t meant; met man, whom he now recogni-