, 1860-11-28
DEPOSITION OF DAVID i. LYELL.

Aao'n.t Maso eett' uC4u:lIlleu Will M1. OuICH
slightly inr more tilan 4 year, with Mrs.
Burcll during the latter part Of last year; was
intimately acquainted with David Stuart, aud
b 1T frequently been ut lis l,o@,sc; I attended 4
ariy ut the houEc of David Stuart on the Eli!
oi s'tluhrr, 1S5n; Mrs. Rurch aud tue young |
ladies, Miss Fannie and Miss Lizzie Burch were |
there tue Eoyus accompanied tho Misses |
Burch, nnd Mr. Stuart and myself accompanied |
Mrs. Eurch to 1hc dour Of the Clifton House, !;
where left them: Mr.. Stuart and Mrs. Rurcll |
went In tho direction or Micgtu slylniie, hut |
low far c:nnot tell: witness hrrc gave tlar |
relative posi.luns If the Clifton House and Mr..
Nareh'6 fesitlen.e;;} Mr. Stuart and Mrs.
Burch were behind thc Mc.srs. Boyd and the
yon,sg ladies' whtn ! saw them last on that |
night At the parting Offered Mr. s. a cigar:
anil Mrs. Bunll sal i'e trsuIj light it at her
huusu; Mrs. Eurvii ta.d that she had tue keys
OF the do0r, aud must hurry home to open it
tos the young la,.ies; kuuw the family of Car
lille Boyd iu Chicago, and attended social par
hss give. by them Ill. seycra1 occasions: al
icidcd oe in .'i, perhaps more, ~. the let Of
October, in tho evening, un Monday; il was
liat}owsse; Airs. b,lrl, and Fannie aud Lizzie
Burch were tllrre; don't know wl,en they
came; they left krtwarn hnaf 1mst ten and onc; 5;
they took part 1T ;it anlusrluents of ilte rven
in3; iva Of tlLc Boyds accompanied them
hulnc; tho Thursday cscnipg before was the
lr,rty 1T Strnrt's; Friday evening attcndeda Il
musical party at Nrs. Dostwick's house; Sat
urd;ly evening WAS III the ln'usc Of Isr Nc
Milan; Sunday eve1in, WAS at DIR. pattcr-
SONS church; | w;ts also ut Stuart's house one
or more nf these evenings; he was H. Mrs.
Eo,twicls' i On Friday; before going to DR.. Nc
M;llan's, Saturday, went to sec Stuart, aud
hft lis house will him; he called across the
Street for his daughter, aud 1 went on, and
they soon arrived; they remained till between
II and T.; Mrs. Burcll was ut Dr. Patterson's
Church TN Sunday evening.
Ctssss- -Et4mfnz}-DOn' rccollcct seeing the
Boytls aud the yullrS !alics after We crossed
CMsk street bridge, about half mile from
BErcl's house, they wcrc then. perhaps, fifty
Ut one hundred yards ahead don't rtt.'lrct
whether VIC all left ut precisely the same time;
N, our way home come 0 lis went into Bhyd's
iiouse, remaining there few minutes; can't
tell certainly w!i, did 70 in beside myself, or
WHO were along When VIC arrived there:
stuart and Mrs Burc!l were in tho party; tflc
distance between Stuaft's and Doyds house Is
diate'y after lesvin. Rcyd'a; reached The
Clifton House between IL and II o'clock; vas
III company With .hr1n and none othrrs after
leaving Buyi's till reached the Clifton House;
stood 1t tue door minute or two while It
was Icing opened and lookel after them; it
was dark and they may have been out Of sight
l'pfOre / Went fn; l don't know how tnr
they had got: | remember seeing them
::oins towards Michigan Avcnuc; nothing
particularly made lie notice them but tLat
one might naturally look altcr friends they
lis:l Just Parted iroul; It. has occurred
10 n,e frequently since, ard recollcrt it;
i1liuk it was OIL Lake eircct Mrs Burch s,,uke
! Of having tho key; can't tcll where w;.s on
Monday, Tuesday ur Wednesday evenings Of
| thu week prior IL Boyd's party; or Oh the
| Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings succeeding
it: think the parry attended ;'rior tn that at
! S1uarts was Ut Yurclss, during Oct. 80; very
! few we're there; don't remember tho ncxt par
NJ }osts flint RnrGfS
Sel,h Darwin Long; have met him frequently
1T Stuart's seldom elsewhere; raw Mrs. Burch
| perhaps cr IL times during the last four
| months Of that year; thu taniil; Of St,.a.t's
:; iatlcr and my parents wcrc Intimate trlcn1s
during the 1lrst years Of my lilc, aud have 50
| continued till nov; have seen him frequently
when we happened to be in the same place,
| and since n,y arrival here, have tcrn at Ills
! 1,u11sc Frequently. my tEt1nr il David StuArt
Lycll, but am not named after lin. or any oi
lbs f,tnily; came IN Chicago in August
or Srtirt''ber ~: ! reco:lcct Party, at
q: t':c party a! Dnys!'s al.l sluarl's, an.
y party ut the Clifton lIou,.. The last
w:ss 4 servants party; ], III common w;l tiit
u!irr boarsacrr, went: participated; the
!"arslcrs subscribed to the =ettin. up If tl.s
part: for the amusement Of the srrvals have
had several conversations with Stuart in refer
e,let 10 the occlsiOlls l 1layc spoken Ut, unr IT
reference to f'sc cakc; it may have bccil tw0
three Or iDur times; thu irst vas so,lr Mo1ifl.:
a.', III June or July; last culIscrsc;1 with hin
during the past i"rtnisht; my memory in re-
gard 10 tie matter has I'een refreshed in vari
ons ways, ke1t :. Journal at that time, :snt
Aayc looked ut ii have Kept journal ut y:iri
OILS times during the lust SIX or sight years
Ecr; one ut the icgiaa:D: Of the present year
U;1ect E1dmin1tion 1rsianed.-Thc facts rs II
Which was futcrrogated i'll my examination
have rccurred to me frequently sinccthcy tool
81: ,:x&{j.. ira
! hal i'll which l had cutcrcl some facts AM
Partly from conversation upon The subject
tic diary was kept ut various times III 1S.1:
the fact Of thr party nj l'nytf's being til lIal
lnwcs:.,, and tic peculiar amnscments vi 1ha
evening wrre sufficient to make nle rciilcmbc
without tho .Iiary; b"t thu entries about tbs
ii;nc in the diary happened IL IT. filler tia
n~Ea1; my conversations will, Stuart have lit
influenced Inv testimony; | have examine
tnv diary particularly IN regard 10 the datr
:.nA matters terrified I" in my direct cSa:niiE
!i"n: tic anln*emvnts 1T Kuya's party we1
tsIr ordinary a,,l1l+c Of Halloween i1lcr
| was = large mould ct Hour, like A sugar loa
with Il ring ut the top. brought in. and ear
fcr1y in tl,t: rmIn cut !. part o1r the flour All
, /, ii lcil.tll wh.n one e:lu-ct the ring 10 III
:,non; Tic ,nnr lie w:,t obliged TO pick it or
+f the flour with lis teeth: u dish with som
'i:slhra siirit IL il rons::issi"S yasis's was u
trutlucsd and thc party picked tile l:iisllIS ot
r nr the dril wililc tAcs}'irit WAS burning: tcl
w.:ca great number of things 1" that kin
; tspcc!a1 by Telegraph Ia ti'c T'fi1usuc.]
AFTERNOON POCEEDiSGS.
Thr Opposition OF Walter Peck Was then re:
Ivy M:- Caallicld.
. pEPOSlTN,N OF WALTER PECK.
: Am Clerk in t1.c Marine Bank in Chicago
ant acquainted with neither Isaac Burc1l IL
I :iary ". Enrt!.; acquainted with Dav
I | Stuart ilavc En'pwn him about Il ytar; La
!. III, recollection If srrn. David Stuart on Il
{ 9TH t,t November, f:s'J: Ac was Ut home !
tween tl,r i.nurs IF ~:..n AMI clever, OH Il
TX. ,.ins of ti!c lnecti;':. # IL. Historical
ciety Il. VIM. II. Bro:-':': III: M. posi- i've
10 Tie lay Of the lne;'i:.: =: :.''' evening !
anc meeting ci tlsr lii<:e3;r'l ;.rcty. 1T Il
! ll,,:sr af VIM. II. Brown. III; Stuart WAS
f.uult. lct wecn the ll,Ers ii tlaf:p,st seven Al
Il II; do III, know the month Ii. which the 1le'
in. referred IL took rlacc: was lu 1851, cltl
in the fail ur winter; know Ssunrt was
huIle Oh tllc evening in question, BECAUSE
s,.cut the cyc,sia. At his 4lousc, in Ills Gu
=, 1s,,ty. passed thc cveni,.; playing cuc:,
If viii Stllrt; lad liat!' an appointment wi
IF Mr. Lor. to make a rail ut Mr.: Darry's; sta
pc d ut S,unr's IL: him at'cut la!fI'lst Fix
- i!tc evening, and we went together tutl,c hnt
IT uf Mr. Barry; found ihaf the ladies' Il
r. .o,lc to a meeting Of the Historic
u society at W. H. Browns, and VIC returned
~ 4Ir. Stuarl's immediately; 1Etd not been 60
{: OYER Il quarter of IN hour; found Stt!art
Ill t,cn,r. where hr rc.Ia;;lcl ul' IL the time
my it:lyins, about eleven O'CLOCK; l rccu!l
thai the .ircting Of the Historical society
L ". II. Browns IN the evening Of which hi
>tii eaw Stuart i: Ills homc. occurred i'll
I'LL or winter Of 1851, frotu the association
- other cycuts, and from the fact OF sonN att
L: wards having lte=srl OF this casc; the cv'
W r:ls then clear in my mind: coulu rtcoil
&c il without difficulty; heard no lnoFc 'l't
/ sro.} Esnfs1 fhs4 tATy4t1