Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-04-10
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Friday Morning, April 10, 1858.
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Friday Morning, April 10, 1868.
pas@FEDERA1 COuRT.-The Court met al
9 o'clock yesterday morning.
Geo. Gambll formerly baggage mas.
ter on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
was arraigned upon TWO indictments. which
charge him with repeatedly robbfng the
mail between Wheeling and Cumberland.
last sumtoer Gambell plead, not puiltv
"A. B. Caldwell, Esq, who appeared for
the prisoner, made motion to quaah the
indictments upon l!Ie ground oil. informalitv
of construction.
The Court overruled the motion n ,,osh
and an adjournment took place until two
o'clock, P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Wm.-H. Pope, clerk in the WASHINGTON
city Post Office, was the first witness ex-
amined. He was shown piece of an an
velope, whichzhe said had the Washington
city stamp upon it, and was to the best of
his recollection, made up on the s1st of
July, 1862.
Daniel W. Gambell testified that to the
best of his knowledge, the mail for Park
ers6urg on tie slst of July, was delivered
by bin to Mr.. Jams, the local mail agent
at the Relay House.
MY. Jams, the local mail agent, exhibit
receipt for the Parkersburg mail, which
he bad sent from the Relay House on the
3lstSf July.
Mr.iHall, route agent, between the Relay
House and Cumberland testified that he
receivSd the pouch on the day in question
and tivered it to the baggage master at
Cum6ei land. Didn't recollect who ,be
baggage master was.
Capt. NJ. c. Perry, testified that George
Gamble was the baggage master at the
time in Question and must have had charge
OF the @ all which left Washington on the
3lst of July.
Mr.. Cochran, the B. aud o. R. R. agent
at Grafton testified that it was usual to de.
liver the Parkersburgh mail to CONNIE.
tent person. at Grafton whose duly it was
to transfer i to the baggage master on the
North westaru road. He believed the
Parkersburg pail was SO delivered on the
night OF the Ist of July.
Mr.. BOremaa Postmaster OF Parkers.
burg, was exaRIned. It appeared during
his testimony tISft the record of the mail
sent from Washington on the 3lst did not
agree with the mali receiv ed at Parkersburg
bearing that date
Joshua NewbrOSgh, foreman on repair.
of a section of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was shown some scraps of a
letter which he recognized as those he
had found near Fettsrmau on the morn.
ing of the LIST of August. The let
ter was from David Edwards to Ellen
Edwards, Parkersburg, aud contained a
dollar bill. He found n,great many other
letters some of chsbeing produced by
the district attorney we're Recognized by
the witness. Witness found letters at this
point before aud after The occasion lust
mentioned. but thought 4Stbing of it until |
he found the letter with The dollar BILL
Witness never proposed to Gamble to
change the..dates ofthe POSTCARDS upon; the
letters with view of throwing suspicion
upon some other baggage matter.
This witness was CROSS. Examined at
great length as to what he had said about
he letters.l
Mr. DOoiittIe, Postmaster At Fetter-
man, stated that ar. Newbroukb show
ed him the letters which he had, found.-l
Witness got on his horse aud rode down
the railroad about three miles and saw u
hat full of letters. Among thsavariOus
letters found some had contained money.
The letters found by Mr.. Newbrapsh, from
the date of the stamp which i, boFe-the
3lst of July-must have been taken from
the mail bag on that night, for it could not
have gone to Parkersburg and back
The Court adjourned till this moraingat
10 o'clock
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