The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-16

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UNITED STATES 0IsoUIr COUNT.
Before aos Jssss smAzey.
ssooss SAT.
NAr Is --sAs Vssssd Ssssss y, ADSt " Hsoks, sis'
w,ssas Js~ss~M Tho sitting d tbs oours sns nors
x JsSs. Icy said hAs shsrt had reporters ~ere
csg.gso by As govera meat. aad ~ saw report put
ssed a the HnaArD) mech nsrs sIsasivo than biz
asss he would ADOPT Tie rspor o tho stsassrsps
as the oeaassl on toth sadss sssssssA
M. Grayss asked the Coa which report he proposed
y adsps; ~ perceived that the report In tho HxsALo,
vhcA Tie Court had before H. WIS more full Aaa any Of
| ths others .
Mr. Dwight explained that the report which the Judge
hat hsfs~s him taken By Tho A~ reporter q tho g.
RAID; ne report taken for the governent would DO sui
more full, and would be ready IN ths of the day
R0hara Eldridge, examined By Mr.. Dsisns, deposoA
that hs tho sloop A. Johnson Grsvesend o. the
s~nday morning and Monday; weat board Of her. cav
OapG Barr end hs two Watts boys and Johsson tho pr
soaer board Johnson board tho soop arss o.
sunday Monday and Tuesday wess out In tho Srooco n
company with the sloop, past Coaey Island; wore
bound up to the Health Once; was abo1, sunset wnea
went out; Captain Bsrr, the two Waits boys and
Juhnsoa board when she leh wen.
The usual Of southern vessels; took letter
from Capt Burr 70 his home Joausos wore beard
toe prisoner snce until yesterday.
Csoss exsmnee-Ksew Caps Burr vol for years, and
also knew she Watts ooys; Old not xaow tbs prsooer
before that time; had particular .aton with
hin; Capt Burr told ma ns cas- gong 70 Virginia
George Esiiainsrr dsposcd--l I've island, a
ococs 90 the morning OF the 2iss q March SIS s..aa
ing II the barn door; up 10 asked n
there any 70 interfere with his bost, and SAID
hal off tfnaf
iron thst direction: he told ne LEFT tho boat
black there" Afterwards went there and that the
came Tor The Soss md ,ook ss.y the NEXT
ibsre wss Dothog IN the boat that could ZEE but
ssoe, syser shs,s and oars Tho p1saner w-ot
Jacket ana Kossuth hat (jsctes vas Ike
this De Dad bag, ike fesa beg, wn,oh be csrrst on
he ssw The pri he lAlded tbs pout be,o roru
rompsins, Yanderbits landing about iso niIss frsm
ibsy nos culy had no hair on sss upo.s
p exam before the Com missioner he ma NJ
whskcrs the side
Cross 81 amnsd-3ad never seeu the man before: hs
had ooaversaton with me except 70 ask any one
would stssfere with bm boat; he had monkey iscket
mistake before the Commsssoner In stating tna the jacket
came down below the knees meant 70 say thar
down TO bis hips; corrected myself.
To tho Court-I think changed my testimony before
left the Chm m,essoner's Coust
FCroes exs nrauoa oonunued-I saw the prisoner put
% the ooAs before the and then chanseA
ny mind.
To Mr.. Dwight on not an American; an . Cor
man.
Michael Durnin dsposedI live Il staten Island kno
Hicks, the prisoner; I him the 2lst March I
gong oosp 10 Yoft Richmond, and mot him with
him the ssme he Askef somethng about ns boat; ne
wen. towares Wander bits landing; be had bag his
shoulder, hse . iced bag.
This ~itness was not cross examined.
Augustus suisler depoeed-I live In Stspet1n, but al
teud bar at Vanderbilt landing knos the pfsoaer;
saw him oD weonesosy morning. 2s Of March, ne 90 1s
a hOn md ~ ANIMAL In "a ma
asked bad coffee, and said not, but oid him ~nces
70 get IL; he went out back asNn add srt they
10 take drnk ne owed $40 gold psocs, ana asked
II wanted a.; sAid NO sir, have not change for
i; he ,h.a took come silver aud paid me; would not
know the bag; the coat he had ike this pro-
duced; had patches the elbows ike this, Mr.. Heck
bert asked hG he wzs sesfaring MAJ; he told Mr..
Hckbeu hat he the captain OF soop; that ne he'd
been run into and one man vas killed asd anoshsr
Knocked overbosFd be sid he WAS down stairs asleep
., the TINE and hAo onf time 10 got MS clothes aad the
peecfup Cat the time shAkinG the bsg) sad come
kshore In yawl boat the Deg IN when he hat mis- money
something Ike tns produosd he TOOK the $40 gold
peoe GU, II thz bsg he was about tweaiy minutes In oar
shop
Cross eSamnct--, didn't count the money Mr. E,ckbat
did Il dif no, scs the bag h,s bssa
he nrss cze he dd MOI take on, Of hs pocsst he nas
handkerohsef n his hapd sheu he offered rad
piece he had the bss In hm hands, leaning against tie
bar be finally put bis band n his 20 and pal1 me;
ik- TINS bae; have sooa pAns sho. bags; IN
seventeen years OF next tbs prisoner At NE
scond .Aro snnoe mouse CAPTAIN wssd scos sor me-;
they tod me they thought they hsd tie man
10 N, artscre were thirty or oriy persons IN the
station houre NJ the time; picked him oot poiuted
him 20 inc; mixed Captain weed where be sas be
said he would no tell that 10 point hin oa,;
there we're Other there th'y All identified hin bat ono
little boy tho people there WEIR not mosuy IN poles-
meu's dr sss; there ~ers all kinds OF clothes
Aorshsn = H'ckbcrt aepossd shss 10 the prisoner
past six O'Clock he asked me where he sou,d srs % n
thpe good Isso~ed bin; he went In ssd ssksa Aoss.-
us, the barkeper TINS witness ocrroosraed the last
wupess ~ 20 the oouversstos WITH the prisoner end
further ADDED nat he told him that vessel b. vas %
the william Tell; that he had been run iato By Q
snoS "a. ne one %ss
bog N his fand when he said be had only time 70
the one tbnspesdful
kuo siedee cannot tel exactly hoe he dressed,
vhethei be had wniskefs I shoulo think the man
va. about We Zee. eso, nches dd no, take psrscasr
noce a h, height, ne ssis he Was on the william rsil
and bad bvn fun into bat morning In the lover bay
To The cur-ssrt the prisosev the police ia
uoa bca.s oenaned him there ~ hs lace; he vas not
10 Mr. Grsv,s-f 10 lss pei Of my belief he Ia the nan
tsa~ ayssce-c ilts isndlns would not hike TO swear
FsDIp Hawkins depo~ed tia, he 10 captsin d Ne
sloop srcoco, kne~ Captain Bur- and Tie watts bofs:
bone sac the prisoner board the sioop X A Joaa
-on ny vesss lying ~ coney island sad the slo,e
icrr ne ,sed wen, oat With her; ohn.ea came ssa,~e
Va ys~ boat on the before tn. spog sxfsd
Rcard Htragc tok the letter from Captain Barr 10 he
bepe 10 lsiip; cApia, Burr hsn oak hair: one tne
wps boys bad Init BAR and the o,hs ntls darker;
ccnot kror Captain Burrs watch
cfoee essmsasd-roe prisoner met me ~h-s he csns
Whote on TUESDAY, aad asked me n Oliver. ns
couverss,cc with the prisoner; heard hiti talk win
ne eso'ss; css sse~r Poeinrey thar this Is the
Patrick INcCsirey depo>ed-l an q deck hsod 90 the
ssten Island Terry bnc Souhdeft tuow the pvs,uer;
him 10 The gcntk mcn's cabin about O'Clock
10 the morning of tns Ala cf March; srooa,og OF
he cabin; b. ~a s,tog down, and he called me over
and ssked me sas Judge Of tn,s c,uotry's a nsy;
hat be vas srno them feows we're c,~ating him sid
pretty scoi Judge Of go,d apd svcr. bat IA not
much of bills he asked me 10 count the msaey.
counted out THREE OF fcur gold pcoss and TOD him ~hst
hey were the bag q kind o< shot bsx; he asket
me where the vstev closet vs Aad I shSred
him; be told me 10 mind he canvass bag ssd
BE- would give tho price az my pittsrs
dcu ahes tire coat my attention ~ss particularly cslld
% tie W being bare IN some places ami having
patches the elbos.
Mr.. Drlsh, asxed that the prisoner no~ put on the
,oat
me judge ssid that he could no, compel the prisoner
90 60 might aid other Witnesses for the prpeos
300, Who nov In court and have not yet been eK'