Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-07-05

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any such identity; and, clapping
him in irons, brought him on, and
lodged him in the Jail of the City
|of Washington. 1t subsequently
proved that Hicks was right IN
the matter of identity, and that
the man he had captured was In
deed Richard White.
The two brothers were now in
Jail, but in separate cells; and it
was decided that they should have
separate trials. Henry's was the
first to take place; and, as it might
have been expected, elected IN
tense curiosity. Kelley with Hicks
and his other witnesses, some fif-
teen or twenty in number, were
ready for action. And such a
band of witnesses the world never
before saw. There was not among
them man who had not, on his
own showing and confession, been
confined in some prison for felony;
and, as for Hicks, he had no hesi-
tation in boasting Of his own IN
fanny. And, among this band of
assimilated villainy, there was
more than one man who had pro-
ceeded to Washington under a
writ of protection. They swore
to anything that was required.
with the utmost promptitude; but
as the counsels for the Whites de-
Tended their clients with very
great ability, and were exceeding
ly acute in their cross-examlna-
tions, they foiled them, and it was
apparent that they would be able to
prove an aiibi.
The witnesses that Kelley had
employed had made some miscal-
culations and, though they swore
most positively that they saw the
Whites in Washington on the day
the fire took place, they had failed
to swear that they had seen them
at the hour, or within five or six
hours of the time the confagra-
ton happened. Whilst, on the
other hand, the Whites proved
that, at the hour when the fire was
discovered, they were at the little
Patapsco bridge, or within ten or
twelve miles from Baltimore, and
some twenty-five from Washing
ton!
Kelley and Hicks were now in a
dilemma; it was but too apparent
that the Whites would escape by
establishing an alibi, and the pros
pect of obtaining the ten thou
sand dollars reward, which Gener-
al Jackson had been supposed to
have offered, was indeed most
gloomy.
Kelley boarded at the same no.
tel / did; and | was curious
enough to watch him, and inquire
daily of him in reference to the pro-
gress of the trial. On the day on
which the alibi was set up, he took
seat next to me at the dinner ta-
BILE, when / said to him:
"Well, Colonel, how goes the
trial?"
"Bad enough" was the reply;
81 am afraid | shall be defeated
My men have sworn badly and
not enough. If / could go over
the ground again, I'd make 1t all
right" $50
Sin what does the wrong con-
sist, Colonel?" / inquired.
"Oh, my men have made mis-.
take in time, and the Whites will
prove an aiihl, unless l can pro-
/ cure a new witness. A new wit,
mess must be had!"
"a new witness, Colonel!' | re-
joined; spray, tell me, are you IN
the habit of manufacturing wit
nesses just as the exigencles OF the
case may demand? 2
"Why, no, not exactly SO, Ell
ther; but, you see, in case like
this it won't do to be over nice OF
sscrupulous. The fact is, that the
! Whites are so bad, and my wit
nesses are so bad, that the case is {
bad one altogether, and we mus
4 do the best we can. Them ter
thousand dollars must be got at
any way!'
/ Here the conversation yielded
, to the operations Of the knife ant
fork; but presently Colonel Kelley
: dropped both and fell into tenn
porary fit of abstraction. He sa
) motionless in his chair; his eye
were riveted on some imaglnar,