The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-02-10


Rcdman. He was there also on The 26lh
To Mr.. Mckecsn--I' might have been
between two and three o'clock on The 4lb
when saw him.
To Mr.. O'Reilly-Prisoner was know
III nv house by tie ncknames of "Se
cesh" and ELIZA Jane"
Sergeant McGIogan, swore-Am Ser.
geani OF police; was informed BY Mr..
Mcwburn OF The transaction between 4
and 3 o'clock on the morning OF the s. h
OF April at my house; asked me to 20
with Lin 10 his house, | did so; saw
where the ball penetrated the wall; 10
duced Mr. Mewburn to offer a reward,
which be did; the matter lay 10 abeysnce
until the 9Th Of May when he spoke TO
me abou. person named Secesb; in
APiil a robbery took place at Woodstock,
thought they might be the came gang;
and from information received, l thought
a man named LIE Bon might be the per
son; | arrested him on the Great West.
ern Railway but Mr.. Mewbuin could no,
identify him; bnt learned tina. Secesh
had been with LIE Bon and set TO work
to arrest the prisorer; Mr.. Mewburn at
once said lie Bon was not the man; went
10 Montreal, Albany and other points;
gave MI. Leary wba, information had
and he arrested prisoner in Montreal:
was telegrapbed 10 by O'Leary, ,snd went
and brought him here; in The mornin,
brought Mr.. Mewburn to where be was,
and before he saw prisoner he said be rec
ognzet prisoner by bis voice; when bro't
out from the cell Mewburn at once ident.
Tied him; that was on the 23I Of July;
examination before Police Court took
place that day; deposition read; prisoner
swore that he was in Toronto on the 4rh
and 5h; came 10 Hamilton on the .5th;
l was at Mrs. Furguson's on tie night OF
the 4'h; there was another examination
on the Friday following: knew prisoner,
he had lived in this city some time ago
for few months.
Cross-ersmined-Searched him in the
Police Station at Montreal; took from
him couple Of memorandum books;
prisoner had not access TO these books;
they are not now to be found; in The book
there WAS an entry that he had left To-
ronto on the 4'h and Hamilton on the 5,h.
This closed the csse !or the prosecu.
ton. For the defence the first witness
called was.
- William Barness-Was employed in
the Spectator Office; wen, TO see MIR. New.
burn, and from the facts gathered from
him wrote paragraph and am under the
impression that Mr.. Mewburn told me he
could. not identify prisoner; have heard
Mr.. Mewburn's evidence to day, and
think it is the same AS he told me tn at
day; Mr.. MewburE told me That be would
recognize !he voice.
Homer P. Brown:-I live at Wood
stock, here l carry on the foundry busi.
ness. saw the prisoner al the railway
station Eere on the evening Of the 4th OF
April last. He was pointed out to me by
yonng man named Derrick. He point
ed prisoner ont 10 me as "Kentrick. ("
Others were there who spoke OF him as
"Secesh." and "SkeedadGler." after.
wards saw him and Derrick on the even.
ing accommodation train going west from
here, and by which train / was myself
going home. l recol.ect that after the
cars had started went into a car and
saw him. l remember that | saw him as
il looking for seat and confused. He
suddenly went off from there as il some
thing was wrong. and afterwards saw
"quite a mess" on the floor. He had
been throwing up. thought be was in.
toxicated. What caused me 20 remem.
Der that this was on the 4th of April, is,
that l was at Juson d Co.'S on that day
to pay bill then due. l was also at Hill.
ton Brothers on that day.
To Mr.. O'Reilly Am positive he had
green glasses on when l saw him on the
cars. | was 10 all The cars including the
baggage car. That may have been be.
fore we came to Dundas. or it may have
been between there and Harrisburg
Can't say that | saw him after we passed
Dundas. Sometimes the people get on
or OF the night express at stations where
it is not advertised to stop. l think l
walked home from the Woodstock sta
tlon.
DID not see Mr.. Rice when the train
arrived at Woodstock. Did not see Der
rick since the time | speak Of in the ears
near Dundas or Harrisburg. Am pretty
sure this is the man pointed out to me
as Kenluck. His beard then appeared
to have been 10 or IL days growing. l
was not at Rice's tavern that night
Never saw prisoner before or since that
day. ! think it is he. Have not much
doub: about it. Did not see him without
glasses. 1t was when / saw the notice
In the papers about his being taken that
my attention was drawn to the circum.
stance of his having been in the cars with
me that night. When | saw the state
ment in the papers that he had been in
Toronto on Monday, said it WAS incor-