Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-10-27
a. Ny full name Is Joseph Kirkpatrick.
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reside in the city of New York.
@. How long have you resided there?
A. Since 1853
o. What is your business?
A. ] am q merchant and have dealt In fire.
arms for the last three years.
Q. Have you, since your arrival in this city,
seen and identified any arms sold by you in
New York city to party purporting TO be Mr..
Parsons? If so, you can state what they were
and describe them.
A. sold 200 pistols to man in New York
who represented himself not as Parsons, but as
l.. Harris.
Q. Did you make any contract to sell him
other arms2
A. l made contract to sell him about 500
revolvers.
Q. Any ammunition?
A. Yes, SIR
O. How much2
A. .l35 coo pistol cartridges
O. Have you seen these arms since your ar
rival in this city? If so, where2
A. | saw them at the Arsenal out of town.
Q. How were they boxed?
A. They were boxed in the same boxes in
which they were packed in New York, and are
the same arms.
Q. How were the boxes marked?
A. They were marked u. j. Parsons, In
dianapolis, Ind"
@. Did you have any directions about the
marking of these boxes, at the time they were
shipped from New York?
A. had nothing to DO with marking the
boxes. Harris marked them himself in my
presence, ~. J. Parsons, Indianapolis, Ind"
and did not state any reasons for marking them
thus:
Q. Did he state that his name was Parsons
A. He did not
@. Was your attention called to the marking
of the boxes, by anything said about charges
on the arms?
A. No, sir. He paid for the arms at the
time.
Q. Did you learn from the conversation at
the time of purchase, where the arms were to
be shipped?
y. He spoke of the shipment of arms to
California and to Mexico, and said that the
Government seemed to be very willing to per-
NIT arms to be shipped to California and thence
to Mexico, if their attention was not called es-
pecially to it.
Q. You inferred from that that they were
to be shipped to the California market?
A. Yes, sir.
O. How many revolvers did be ship them ?
A Two hundred and ninety. He paid for
them at the time.
O. How many more did be contract for?
A. About 2, 500 revolvers.
Q. How many rounds of ammunition were
purchased?
A. Thirty-6ve thousand rounds to fit the
came pistols which were shipped at the same
time.
Close of the examination in chief.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Question by the accused. Do you state that
the arms found In the boxes IN this city, marked
81. ]. Parsons" are the same you sold to Har-
ris?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you know Harris before the purchase?
A. never saw him before, nor have seen
him since
Q. What was his personal appearance?
A. He had full form, was about six feet
high, quite large man, weighed about two
hundred pounds, and had heavy black whis-
kers.
Q. Was there any other person with him?
A. Once when he called on me, quite tall
young man, whom he introduced as bis brother,
came with him, and he said if he did not cali
again himself, this young man would represent
him.
Q. When did he pay for the arms?
A. He paid for the first order when they
were shipped. He said in few days he would
pay for the others and give shipping direc-
tons.
Q. Did any person call on you afterward,
about the arms contracted for, at any time?
A. No, sir.
The counsel for the accused here directed
the attention of the witness to the prisoner and
asked:
Q. Was the accused at your place of bust
ness at any time with this party, or alone, in
connection with the purchase of arms?
A. never saw him there at ALL
Q. You only inferred then that these arms
were to be shipped to Mexico, on account OF
the willingness of the Government?
A. That was my inference.
Q. In what part of the city is your place OF
A. No. lark Place.
Q. Wat is the name of your frm7
A. Joseph Kirkpatrick. have no partner.
[Close of the cross-examination.]
REDIRECT ExAMISATIoN.
Question by the Judge Advocate. In the
statement Harris gave you about the willing
ness of the Government 70 permit shipments OF
arms to Mexico, if their attention was not
called directly to it you inferred that these
arms were to be 90 shipped
A. That was the inference or the conclusion
/ arrived at, and / think what he stated in
volved that inference.
The Commission then adjourned to o'clock
p. M.