, 1863-10-22

was very much surprissa It tho % oecareaso
and eTcst}y Hisved att. Nj. 1desoa wss ma,
WIN WIN. whom had been long acquainted, aud
attempted such thing a. he was chargod With.
We spent. perhaps. t~enty minutes together IA
conversation IN reference to this subject. when hs
ling TO settle The dif1cnity H. told coming
IN that tllts WAS what LIE wanted to see e aso9t
he said that be did not want auJ damea.!y os
the whole matter. and asked M what thought OF
III 1tpld him that l had 70 authority 70 stae e
the mater, and could spend no moEs time ,an .1as
10 20 home with me: and I va. ob,tee T. clos:
he interview. told him that If he wished to s's
me further. he could cal down 19 tho morning,
him he should cali at O'Clock. I asked him II
Mr. Ideson Was not drunk, tfhe dld not appear In.
to1ieated. and he said that he did that he seemed
intoxicated, and that his wife sstd thst he wAe
drunk. During that conversation I was detttned
there 1y him. was impatient to leave and ex-
ruetd myself to him for breaking oGtne inte. =.
time set for him 10 cal was o'clock. but did not
rtach the Office until o'clock. Upoa opening the
door Mr. Becker was the first mtu ! saw, e1-
had been there. &c said since o'e ock. We
vent into the other room, a7d asked
him Whit he had TO say concerning that
Lad talked the whole matter oyer with his wife.
and that he wns sor1y for what happened: that he
did not want to be the cause Of any didlenlty 10
his wife told him that VT. 1desou appeared llke
msn beside hfmself-ltke mere antlnal, aud did
not seem to know what he was doing, Ho said
idefon would hive attempted to trouble her. Only
Marshall put the devt1 into him. asked him how
be proposed to settle. he eaii he had thought Of
two thousand dollass. tod him could TOT. 1os az
1ne1sg' messg becsase s ~ hs s'fa hsa H. de.oa
q bad position. told him that It
especially alter he had gtated that Ideson was 80
drunk as not to DC aware Of what he was about.
It wac simply an attempt to eztort money; He re-
that be owned great deal OF property. aud asked
mo II that was not the case. He also asked me
about Mr. Mszshall's clrcumstanees.. Upon my
1iad. be got up aad was sSont q ie:ss and sud
then the trial would hare to SO on. but he con-
mcnced talking asain. aad finally said Il hts wife
and there should BE- no more trouble about it
Then he asked me II I coald not sss Mt. 1desou
and ascertain + he wop1d not g.ye ht% Tug n,
SEQ Ar. Ideedn, that he was not In coalition to
be fcep. and repeated the remark hsd before
MADE, that I considered It sn attempt TO extost'
port 10. Nj. blossoms, friends what he
about it, II said be woa,d ta!s the
willing, be you'd come b1ek aud let me know,
nnd they would leave town that eyening. 1a.ked
htzn how can you leave town. eatd this with re-
ference TO his boarding house, He replied that he
had brother fn-1aw in the place who wanted thu
boarding house, and be c,nld sell to him, him,
bis business. I told him he might
sec his wife and talk the matter md call aad
see me again. He Eatd he would be back ut two
O'Clock At that time he call d agaiu mud tala m.
that his wife was willing TO 70. and that lie had
seen hts b1othcr: in law. md that he would take
the business, and thst the whole matter would be
settled without any mote trouble, It his pro-
position aas accepted: I communicated to NJ.
Ha!leck what Mr. Becker had eatd, and thinK
there werc ope or to othefa In the store. and 1t
WIS concluded ty them that1t would be bettcr to
arrange the NATTER IN that way. mud the money
wae given to me by Mr.. Hnlleck. settled With
Becker ae we had sgrred upon. Mt. Hsl!eck gave
nc two or three hundred dollars in greenbsces
and daft On New York for the balance.
The testimony was nearly completed last night
and the asewil probably 60 to the jury some time
today.