Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-09


with treason, took place before United States
Comm ssioner Holiday, Saturday, an re-
sulttd in the committal Of the prisoner for
trial before the United States Circuit Court.
The circumstances connected with the case
are somewhat peculiar, and calculated TO give
n strong suspicion Of malice on the part Of
the prosecuting witnesses, who were the
prisoners wife's sister and her husband. Mr..
II. was employed as early as 1854 as bag
gage-master on the Central Ohio Railroad,
and was universally esteemed by the officers
and agents Of the company. In 1856 he re-
ceived some severe injuries on the head by
the train running off the track, which brought
on brain fever, prostrating him for several
months. From this he never fully recovered,
either physically or mentally, and he was
unable to resume his old position but the
officers Of the road gave him employment as
billpo and lost freight agent, at which
be managed to obtain a respectable income.
As his territory was in the West aud South,
he has, for several years past, carried q num-
ber of pistols with him, which were furnished
by Mr.. Brown, Of Columbus, Superintendent
of the road, which he sold on commission.
He alleges, however, that he sold none
since the war commenced, and the clerk of
Mr. Brown testified that he had not furnished
any since that PERIOD and, also, that he
had heard Hutton say he would not engage
in selling arms TO the rebels.
The first witness called is Mr.. Blush, Mr..
Hutton's brother in-law, who was married
on the fifteenth of August last. On direct
examination he disclosed but little, and
indeed his testimony was intended as
merely Introductory to that of his wife.
He knew that Hutton lad been in Tennessee
two or three times lately, but could not say
that he took any pistols. His business called
him there before the war, and he, likewise,
had relations in the State but he did not
know if his last trips were, or were not,
made in behalf of the railroad.
The cross examination was conducted by
Judge Johnston, who inquired, minutely,
concerning the relations between the witness
and prisoner, both past and present, and
succeeded in eliciting the fact that they had
formerly been friends, and that Blush had
frequently visited Hutton's house and had
| become acquainted with and engaged to
marry, the sister of Mrs. H., a divorced
widow; and that no objection was male by
either the prisoner or his wife, and the day
for the marriage was arranged. But few
| days before that Blush proposed that the two
should leave for Cincinnati and be married
there. To this Hutton entered a decided
| protest, and even went so far as to say that
| if such a thing were attempted he would
take the woman to her father. They must
he said, be married before leaving Columbus,
| or not at all. This alteration took place
early in August, and on the 18th the woman
| left Hutton's house. and on the 18th was
married to Blush. A few days after that,
Blush went to Hutton's house, where a
quarrel and personal collision occurred, al
though we believe neither received any
serious injury.
The witness said he knew of the prisoner
visits to Tennessee before the difficulty, but
had never taken the matter into considera.
tion-to use his own language, he didn't
think any thing about them"
Mrs. Blush gave her testimony in very
general and indefinite form. She saw Hutton
put some boxes which she believed to con-
tain pistols, in his carpet sack, in June last,
and start away, saying he was going to Ten
nessee. She did not know how many he had,
or how far he took them. She had, on one
other occasion, seen some pistols in the cup
board, and on the day she lett she saw some
in his valise.
The arresting officer found two small single
barrel pistols on his person when he was
taken into custody. On asking the prisoner
what he was doing with them, he replied
that he always carried arms on Journey
that he had formerly been trading in them,
but had not done so since the war COM
menced. .... ....
A large number of witnesses, including P
W. Strader, B. S. Gray, Freight Agent o
the Central Ohio Railroad, G. II. Wright anC
Abel Crandall, of Columbus testified to th
good character of Hutton, and that he was
. member, in good standing, of the Congrega
tional Church.
Mr.. Wheeler, the deputy Marshal at Co
lumbus, testified that he searched Hutton's
house, and found nothing which would indi.
cate that he had been engaged in any illega
traffic.
Mr.. Strader testified that the Railroads
were unusually active in advertising in thu
South, after the stoppage of through tickets
as it was more necessary to make their line
known; and that he had travelled through
Tennessee and had heard of Hutton, VIII
had preceded him, and saw evidences of hi
having been diligently employed at hi
duties.
After hearing the testimony, the Com
missioner concluded to commit the prisone
for trial, and he was accordingly sent to Jai
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