Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-12

= with the roots In the river, and part Of thC
r stump on the bank. We examined where
the watch Wss said by Minckley 70 have been
found, and at the end Of the log saw q pile
Of dirt. I had the impression that Il was
i made by prying out with q cane. The dirt,
: l supposed, had been thore but a short time.
[ My Impression at the time was that II had
. not rained since the Garth was dug. ex-
J amined the log yesterday, and Il has been
moved; thesoil, I thought, ives elayey. The
, log was, when / saw it fret, straight out In
, the stream; it is now resting with the roots
down stream. ! think the log has been
turned over since.
Cross Examined-Whon got over there
my frst investigation was to look for the
log, which / supposed was in the orchard
wanted 10 investigate concerning Green,
whom had supposed 10 bo an honest man.
have felt some interest in this msttsr tothe
present time. was in company with Mr..
Plaisted, and don't think was requested
by any one 10 20 over.
Daniel Eokart-(Witn produced the
watch)- III reside on Kinsman street, corner
Of Burnham. I testified before Esquire
Folambe on tho examination of Jno. Lynch.
had this watch at the examination.
think this watch was referred TO by Minckley
at the examination Of Lynch, The watch
which hold in my hand was taken between
the hours of IL P. NJ. Of the goth and A.
NJ. Of the 2lst Of August from my house.
Mr.. Minckley brought the watch up TO my
shop on Thursday OF the 22d in the after
noon between and o'clock. Iwent down
TO the Police Court directly. Did not SEQ
Minckley the day before. Minckley went up
with me TO make the affidavit. don't
think that he told me who it was that was to
be charged. I didn't read the afidavit.
Margaret Gregor-(the witness was Ger
man, and was questioned by an interpreter)
II live near ShOll's slaughter house. re-
member testifying before Esquire Foljambe
in August. have Seen Defendant before in
the slaughter house one Saturday. He was
looking around, and asked my husband
question. Ho said to the little girl, "Come,
/ Sis, 20 with me-" It was about one o'clock.
l was sorubbing the floor, which / am in the
| habit Of doing every Saturday. he went
towards the bridge near theslaughter house,
and then towards the town. / never saw
/ Minckley there before.
oss-examined.-Ic came TO this Court 10
/ be Witnessevery'day this week and before;
my husband and myself were here when
Mr.. Slade asked me TO recognize Minckley.
She neither said nor heard anything about
him. She could know him by the NOUS
tache. There were three men came to see
my husband and self on the same day we
b6bhlubus 4Aby bhlu AUhuluk 10 me i
didn't understand what they said 70 my
husband; understand but little English.
Thomas Givens.-I am employed as as
sistant turnkey at Police Station. Green
and Lynch were brought in on the 2lst day
Of August, I think Wednesday, I remember |
that they were brought in by Minckley and
Mix; Minckley had Green; should think |
It was about o'clock or thereabouts; Green |
was put in the End and Lynch in the 4th !
cell on the right hand side. believe there ]
was q charge made against Green; he was /,
bailed out that nightj let Lynch out just |
before Couit in the morning. Testimony |
with regard to Lynch objected to I am |
under control of Mr.. Wizemsn, the turnkey, |
Minckley and Gallagher. 1 was a witness |
against Lynch before Foliambe with regard |
to declarations made by Lynch in the Watch |
House; Idon't know whether Lynch left the |
Watch House or not; I let him out at Mr.. |
Riders request l was subphenaed in
Lynch's case before the Grand Jury; Minck- |
ley has said nothing to me to induce me to
swear; he asked me once if / did not hear
Green offer him Sl0O; said no; he asked me
if heard Green make any remark; Minck-
ley has said nothing to me to prevail me to
modify my testimony. / came before the
Grand Jury about 81 O'Clock Monday;
Minckley saw my subph@na; he said moth
ing 10 me nor gave me any directions; /
went away 10 the watch house from here;
he said nothing to me at any time in the
hall; started away at about III o'clock;
l saw Minckley give key TO Mr.. Boyd and
went away with Boyd; I went into the
Marshal's Office then and went to sleep. l
do not know that Minckley came there while
was there; don't know how long I was
there. know Mary Ann Coleman. I
don't know that I saw Minekley give any
1f-o,ffora rvff11 rauard har ov.a thar
one else.
James Lynch have seen the defendant,
Minckley; I was connected with the bur
| glary with Edward johnson; johnson went
in and stood outside of the gate; it was
committed about two O'Clock on Wednesday
morning We were stopping on Marshal
street; he buried the watch in the corner of
the cellar at home; it remained there till
right after breakfast " ednesday morning; We
came right down town, and the next saw
Of the watch Minckley had il; we were in
Riders Office, over Mollen's auction room;
il was on Thursday about one O'Clock;
/ Minckley, johnson and myself were there
/ Minckley came from outside; he took the
watch from his pocket and slung it on the
table, and said, have there a time piece
/ johnson said TO me, you'd better 20 and try
/ and sell it, he said also, that the best way
would be for me to 90 down by, the cars and
sell it 10 Green; III 60 over to Green's shop
and try and get him 70 60 down there; John
son went and came back, and sent me down
through the alley I went down by the
/ freight cars, and 1 staid there about two
minutes behind a freight esr then came
out on to the track and saw johnson at the
/ foot of Canal street, he beckoning TO me, and
went toward him; went right up Superior
/ street as far as MOllen's auction room, and
then went over TO ths Weddell House; we
pursued Minckley, who was standing on the
| corner, and went down as far as the back of
the Weddell House; we turned around there
and passed him again and went right down
to Green's shop, being little ahead; we
went down into the shop; went over to
Green. who was standing there, and showed
| him the watch; he was looking at it, took it
in his hand, and told him WANTED to pawn
it to him, and asked him what he gave on
it; 1 told him I wanted IS at first, and he
said he couldn't give that, but said he'd give
me 81 for itj he gave me 81 Canada bill
which he pulled out had the money in my
| pocket; johnson was standing on the stairway
and he went up the steps and bsckoned to
| Minckley; AinckleY then came down the
steps, and Green Ess standing in the corn
er; he said, whats going on here5 What's
the matter7 What have you got here2'-
He got the watch and took hold Of Green
came right down afterwards. Green puton
his coat and Minekley took him on ahead
and Nix and me were behind. The took US
to the Watch House. They put me in one
cell and Green in another. ] renamed
there till Friday morning, and Mr.. Rider
came and got me out about 8 o'clock
When we were in Riders Office johnson
said they wanted to make Green loose some
property. They seemed to have . grudge
! L L.. - a..
} sell him tbs watch, and while him and me
} were making the bargain he would get
Minckley to catch US at it. johnson said
first that they'd try it ct haf-past o'clock;
would send me down to the freight cars;
he said he would go over to the shop and
try to get a man down to the cars. ] went
down to the cars, but johnson couldn't get
him down there. He told me that, when
: he got back 70 the of6ca. He then said
, should &c 20 the shop at 2 o'clock and try
; to sell it. When We found Minckley ct the
j corner the second time johnson kind Of