, 1863-10-30
THE INTERNAL MACHINE
CASE.
TaIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Ta1RD DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
Conclusion Of the Testimony.
Another Anonymous Letter on
the TnPIs.
Pursuant to adIou.nmcnt the Recorders Court
met 1t ntuc o'clock yesterday noraipg. The trisl
proceed cd with the ter tlmony OF Jan.s F. Wllour
who exhibited 10 the Jury map Of the neigh
bo,kood Of Mr. Hodges residence, md sho Eiag
certain localities mentioned ia the testimony Of
the witness Deale. lie also testifed that tns door
Of Mr., Hodges SHOP ras generally left unlocked
Gross traminea BY Ar. Knor: I am a book-
/ h.ye Known him for ten years 1t 10 Two weeks
since the dtfenosnt married my mother; I hare
BEEN acquainted With defendant for ten OF twelve
Two ycara have been at Ills house pcxhaps three
months for tho last four y urs may have buen
at Mr. Hodges perhaps two months; have been
ssw lin al work Il Tue Shop pnItiac lock oa
the boz; never vent 70 the shop in the night;
Ai1est I. Hodge. called fos. ne Detsnee-I an i
a.y. "a spoon md pltoo Of LEAD was here shown
to witness I easne hoEae OIL the I'd July. 1869,
lady fftend Of mice lid req,seted me- ana my sis
tasto gtvs her so!1e OF ny mothers h*le to braid
for lnemento. I IAN weights Of lead Tor her to
with. I lett the spoon in the shop. I know about
thotc exploded cartridges found in Hodges shop}.
requested my futher always ween the pistol wss
heads oltad and slate pencIis. remember those
models made fy my father-one ofthn Stevens, one
OF the Tanner and one OF The Hodge brake Heussd
wire Eimi1ar to that found In the shop, in toe mar
ufscture Of ths Sc models {Witness he:e explained
On what parts Of tic models the wires wc:c used)
"a lccl Was here shown to the witness hava
time N TIC early pn:tof September used it to
put on book box. bu. as the key hroke l
1eok il Of and put it ia the rail box.
Was gentrallyI humber Of old papers AID u,al.d
blanks LEFT thtre. neycr ea~ there sny ruled
paper, tlike II at found there by Dt1on) I 1have
left unlocked don't know WHEN 1t has oecu
locked. There was no particular reason for keep
6iost.eau,.ined BY 1sr Enor-slnco 1861 1hava
been most OF my time Il school. know that 1t
was Lot my fathers habit to keep the shop lock-
ed OF the trunk. don't know ii he hid both OF
them lacked tn Fehfnary last, tlat It would be au
nnrEIal thing. 1s fatter k.pt lis Ao1se iu the
barn.
in North Acans tweAtJ:seyeu years. Iknow Ne
hemiat Hodge. havc krown him tweaty.fYe
ytare. Am Its nsie hbor. am praetcin.; ply
se,aa: I'm o.. oe otthe sPesisl yasticxs Of 1ae 70.
BIZ. Mtliard, who keeps hardware etose In TINT
| plrce: was sittng ln 11r. Mfllatl's store when
Ar Hodge came aud wanted another key; said
he'd broken hts key, ARD supposed hc must have a
| new lock. I have known Mi s. II. Wh'pp1e for
| dozen years. I am well acquainted with htn.
I've w.htn ten minutes Tsk Of htm see h
him. but On eonvezei6le terms with hin. met
him on the morbirg Of the 18th OF November last.
PIE came in. asEed hin, low do ~ you a. and Mr,
Hodge Get Along with ,Tour affair at Lennoxf 7
rtfet.trg to the prosecution for larceny. he re-
| piled that that prosecution was Guatted. and
| he thought Hodge lad not made anything by It,,
| anyhow. Tht Il he said there IL I tlling coming
ont sea!eat II. NJ. Ho3ke that wtl astonish The
| voluntarily, after he Ietarned from Chicaso, he
aeked n 9 TO look up the time 1idstt:fy tho time
| Thanksgiving Day, heard Of The dta.h Of Mr.
| GutrDry.
f1o*t:f zansined 1y l1r. Hno,>-I know Mrs. Mel
blr Hodges slice Is nucl, better than it Is on Mra
| Nelson's. The cay before had tue conyers alton
| With Whipp1e, e1corsed Hodges noto Ter $aD.
since paid It. No inducement was held out to
Hodge to pay ii with reference to this s1it. The
payment Iad 70 reference to that.
tical meehe1ie. rave charge of the pumpin; de.
partment Of the Chicago Water Works. exam,
ined this box shout three months ago THE internal
cal skill. It might BE- made IN any ordinary shop
That little Iron post is COMMON DRILL snch as ID
ordinarily uftd in hand machine. That drill does
| Cot subse1ve any purpose In the mechanism Of the
machine. When I xamined the. machine 1t cid
mer touched ihe drill 1t would not sr11ke the cap
| The hammer bus vertical play no'i needs no
| Gntee II 1t net ded guide ou one Eide It would
1eee It jnst as much on the otheE., The b lmu1el
must ttF'ke the csp in tro Places. On tlcse d. :.
| charged ceps feome OF tho oa:cn7a:ou found tn
Hodge's slop3 zee only the Impression Of oal
| mark OF collision.
Crcss- -E;ran'!ted % Nr. A:nos-1 c1um1ned
| machine. fRHuPEt +. r
Goodwin. Mr.. EEtd1y. and ~. Hodge were pres.
ent Tho machine Is not tosethcF no%. 1have
machine as that with very little Knowledge ol
mechanics and Of the res Of tools. a m.u who
was acquainted With mechanism and tho Use o
make srrh a nachi1e It. an Al nppgacticed rnan.
| 1ht1nds !eGltf fGr the dtfetes-1 live in 1austu.
burg. Eew 1osE. For :he LIST fosz or dve yeats
acquat1 ted with Whipple IL 1s5s have hsd bust
LES t'stsaGtions with bin connected with pa
Up On tie Sd of Nov.Inher list. l thtnE ne1'
eaw ~; Whfpp!e in LArsinhurs. Nrw Yotk, sonat
There wss sone tux about Tie testimony We haa
hcen takirg. End 1he printing Of 1t. Th'1
III. Whtpple showed me- an Synonymous 1.tte
and waning him to besa:o Of It, that il might in
juEc HIN. (The Anonymous letter that has aguset
u 1le case hitheEto~ a. then shoyh to tas witness
was not more Than hzf as much Of it. The pint
ing Of that was more str4ight up a1d down. Th'
something about package. I do rot retucmbe
as'he Trtmont Hoass hcad On this: | doa't Know
thielttte:. Heaskedme what / thought aboltsr.
| to1d him should no. taye much fear: Well, b
1a:a. It 1ad rot t1onbled him much: Hesaid neth
q the l:tttr. Tue next time / saw him vas som
tine between Christmas AID New Years Of III
r,enber that, Anything was said bY Whip
!ime. n, iuP.sssHioa sH. f. TIT 1hs asa
letter. On 1hb sd oi Feb.un1y last, went t
espioslen. i vas a. aoon @ ai:eE 81. HoaEes srrss;
pa.ticn!aily about The inisfnal machine. nc dss
, | c,tbed th- nl;cti1e and the manner ID which I
sspSss ss1 Aft l. waa s1ss;S ss e. hs sas
4 tsop T be es Void ,he;c I'D sydeaeesS @ tht t. ii: @ss
is e. l. sa9 oua ea Fl t
corresponding with some, parts Of the machine
he said he thought lie co1l SEP In the anooy.noa
:t sod had no doa6i It s was lis So.k. IL said s
thought Rodce's idea in aerdiag tho money Wit
the letter. was that the express People would tskt
thst Won;a Ge he be hst Of It. WITH relation to IL
letter Of warning be said he ttonght Hodge ha
no, much sour?ge Re M sela ID he BE- supposed aoaFs' M
I IasRed him in regard to Hodges shop, whether
knew II IL was kept locked, he seemed to no to b
quite considerably excited; Twas looking at bin
led come, and then said he did not know, b
supposed twas kept locked
CSofs e1o,nlned BY -Hr. Enox-1 was subpgnae
Il Twas @ aave'ae to M. WhiPpje IN he suit IN w5is
We took Testimony. We toos testimony ftet Q
;he 18th and ath days Of ssptem6st, yeas ass ass
letter vas ID Lsrs,nbnIg in Noyem6sE: aid nc
meet Whipple the next lime on the 18th Of fDceen
ber Ny reeol!ection Is that 1t was between Chris
Day q DecembeE: I yrs in Washington, and wen
| from there to Virginia. Wh1ppte meyer shawc
me the letter, but oncs Whippl: said there wer
es Ho5ees 81 ha5dw1itinE; I vas il Nofth % Hdaas III i
, February; think Twas there somewhere bt
!. . tween thlity minutes and m hour; 1can't say
cot ny dinner there I SAW Ar. Whipple IN hi
, par1or; IenQuirsd Of him about the internal M
| chine hu told me be found the machine, IL tn
: that from the description In tie anonymous lstte
lid not say the letter vas Hodges hand writing
, hut from certain MARKS on the letter 10 suppost
zsa9 TsI EMh c ef tx yds yds Dkne f. 1an l1se
al he TrcE ont House, come time tic lat Of Afa
: Or f1rst part Of June, 1860 lie stated to. me tt
: circumstances in connection with the explosion
r the box-told how Il was exploded. asked hi!
Z the question, who be suspected as having Gel
4 that box to him. Be replied that he suspects
e i've perfons. and that the rl5Elealer he thoug!l
- suspected besides Hodge. He waited momen
q send such nanchire unless It VA. pefaoa that
1 ests." @ sa1d I"Mr Whipple, u1 yeu nay suspect 4
Ss Sss ss EassRsss r: 90 .