Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-03

the tools over to the bank, Know Mrs. Gates,
but not more intimately than any one else; she is
not the lady with whom was charged with CONF
hitting adultery; remember a robbery here four
years ago Of the receipts of a Catholic tair; uid
not help commit that robbery; knew none OF the
parties who did have been promised should not
be prosecuted for this case if | testified
ceived laces from Gleason; never paid him money;
never met Gleason in Boston; when went to New
York with the satchel no one was with me- did not
see Mrs Gates on the train Gleason left my house
shortly after nine o'clock on the morning after the
robbery; he was dressed the same as when he came
none of them were intoxicated when they LETT my
house; although they wereseeing pretty tnei dld
not dispose of bonds by pledging them for liquor
in New York OF B0stoni first knew just what the
2en hgd been doing when heard them tal6aag I'm IN
whole particulars through the papers, did not know
that it was to be doue beforehand; expected some
thing was going to be done because of seeing so
many Of them on here together; never gave them
to understand that they could make place rendez-
vous for robbers; think they would not have talked
freely about what they had done if they had been
Perfectly sober; was some surprised to hear them;
decided to keep the matter secret on that morn
ing after through fear of being knocked over II
did not never made the remark that would sacri-
flee any one to save myself and my dear chlldreni
never said that intended to turn states evidence;
hTst got acquainted with Gleason about year ago}
told ME mis- busiIiess was smuggling lace and goods
from England this was before he staid at my bousei
never had any business with the man never knew OF
his having any lace transactions in Worcester he
wrote me note while he was in the station house
telling me not to hurt him whatever did; "tell
tnenl SAID ne that SOLD you lace ana you was 10
pay S6O5, S4O5 of which you had paidj and that
to get the other $500 came to your house on the
morning OF the robbery'-this after decided to
turn states evidence; | told of this before;
destroyed the note because it against the rules
to communicate with each other in the lookup and
did not want to be subjected to more rigid eontne-
| ment.
Cross-examined by McCa6erty-Have been sued
| by winthrop Fazner, and know that my property
has been attached; don't know as Lucy Hancock Of
| Grafton has sued me; heard that SOcomb had sued
me; there were six or seven papers served on me.
Cross-ex9mined by Staples-Iook one glass, of
brandy and one glass of wine on the morning that
| they were all drinking at my hOdse
| To Mr.. Verry-When decided to turn states evil
| dence did not know as would be received by the
| governments never spoke to Mr.. Rice about it in
| the world first knew that my testimony would be
accepted by the government last Wednesday after
noon,
Winthrop Falkner recalled-(Shown the brandy
bote j first saw this on the morning after the rob-
berry; it has been kept in the bank since:
Cross.e&amined by Goulding-The block where
| the bank is is known Warren block.
| Lewis Daniels recalled-Recognized the handouts
shown as those placed upon my wrists on the night
| Of the robbery.
W. Ansel Washburn and E. D. Mcfarland were
here sworiil
W. Ansel Washburn, Assistant Marshal-Know
Ferris and the others by regulations assisted in the
arrest of Sam Perris in HObOken; he quiet until
he got to New York when he 5 insisted on being
threatening to make Emusic" at the depot; we did
not take him to the depot, but to AID street;
| ouuHeS iOlu nlll what he was arrested tOf.
| Cross-eXamined by McCafferty-Squires told Per-
ris he was arrested ON a requision from Vermont;
| he has not been to New Hampshire as 1 know of;
was not at the station house every day after his
arrest; have been out of the city several times;
| when at the station did not see the Perrises.
E, d. McFarland-Am connected with the Wor-
eester police; DoehertY was arrested in his house in
New 0rk, corner of LIST avenue and SD street; |
was in the room; Mr. Squires was in the room, and
| also two New York officers; when we went into the
room he was undressed, standing in the middle of
the room; he made much talk; pistol was fred be-
| fore ] went In, the ball coming through the win
dow; after he was arrested he taken to the sta
| tiOn house, and remained until the seven O'Clock
train left, when was handcufed to him, and came
on to Worcester; think it was week ago last Sat
urday.
| Cross-examined by Howe-Dd not hear that the
| pistol was fred at the prisoner
| Reuben Perris-Am the father of Samuel Perris;
am one of the defendants here; remember the night
| Nettie Dodge was in my house it was the night of
the robbery; am % years of age; carried no tools
or men to Grafton to break the bank; had no
knowledge of it until next day at IL O'Clock; did
not tell jim Weleh that carried tools to Grafton;
| had no knowledge that the bank was to be broken;
| was born in Canada, did not say to Capt Dren-
| nan that went on to New York and saw my at
Mace's place; did not say to Jim Welsh that car
| ried a bag to New YOrktor Jim.
| Cross-eXamined by Verry-Lived on Penn avenue
| near Welch's last October; was in the fish and
peach business; never carried Sam to 0akdae have
not been to 0akdale for or years; Sam took the
| cars to go home; he was living in Albany;
| Gleason last summer; don't know Docherty; saw
Sam the morning after the bank robbed between
ten and twelve O'Clock; he alone; did not stay
| long; told me he was going to take the ears for
home; he was net at my house the day before; did
| not ask him where he came from; saw Gleason at
Washington square, and again walking on Front
street, him also at Jim Weeh's place after the
bank robbery; was not acquainted with him; WEIGH
| told me who he was never any of the prison
| ers before but Gleason and never spoke to him;
| have not been in New York since the robbery
never had anybody come to me in the near New
York; never went there in car; witness here
shown the following letter taken from Perris's
house the morning after his arrest; it was written
nv Sam pprris while in Dublin ct Re ruo l
DUBLIN, February %.
Dear Father and Mother, and SiSterS-We arrived
in Cork last night, all right. was sick all the way
over; it was very rough. We was twelve days
coming over 1t Is very pleasant here. l wrote to
Hat this morning. from Cork, 200 miles from here
| am going to Glasgow tomorrow morning. [
think will go to France before | come home.
do not think will start for home before the first of
| April 1t wont be so rough on the sea- l expect
| Hat will be down to see you This place | am GO
ing to is in Scotland. will write to you in few
| days again; so must close; so goodbye all. s.
Gleason sends his love to you all.
Heard the letter read before, when it came; un-
derstood the Gleason mentioned to be the same one
| that is here's he went ON with Sam
| Peter Rice having been sent for was sworn to
| testify for the government.
Peter Rice-Was connected with the Worcester
police at the time the Grafton bank was robbed; on
the morning of the 9th of last October, Jim Welsh
came to the depot purchased ticket and got into
the cars; did not as Welsh had anything in his
possessions made memorandum of this at the
time.
NTOse-eAdHllueu ny NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w Hlhu
closely, but saw no satchel.
Mr. Goulding made a statement in opening for
Gleason; he alluded to the great Importance of the
case and the public interest felt the liability to pre-
judging and prejudice, and also spoke of the
tain nature of much of the evidence coming from
WEIGH and Daniels.
Prayers for ruling were presented in which it was
set forth tnat the name of the block in the indict
ment was "Warrens," whereas it is properly
"Warren;" but it was shown to be Warren in the
indictment.
Mr. McCaaerty claimed variance between allega-
ton and proof in regard to the breaking of the
block.
Mr. Howe claimed the same on behalf of Docherty,
with the distinction that the breaking was confined
to one particular tenement or section.
L. D. Mcfarland recalled-The letter from Dub
lin found at the house of Reuben Perris the morn
ing after he was arrested heard Reuben Ferris say
in the lookup that he not handcufed when he
went there to buy fish; don't know where he went
Staples & Goulding called no witnesses for their
client, Gleason but presented the afdavits of Hop
kins, Pym and Thatchford of New York, to prove an
alib the district attorney had admitted them as
evidence at the outset; neither did Howe call wit
for Dochery; therefore the testimony for the
defence was all in, and at O'Clock the court took
a recess for an hour.
At two O'Clock Mr.. McCaflerty began his plea to
the jury, which occupied an hour and half He
reviewed the evidence of the important witnesses
thoroughly in detail, dwelling particularly upon
that given by Welsh and Maj. brennan. He MAIN
tanned that nothing had been submitted tending to
indicate the knowledge or presence of the older
Perris, to directly impicate Sam, unless it was
the testimony of Welsh, which he regarded a
string of tsehoods, arranged and skilfully used to
get his (Welch's) neck out of twenty years Job
without laying himself liable to civil action by ad-
hitting that he went to Grafton to carry the men
and tools, as he tAicCaaeryl had no doubt he did.
To do this Reuben Perrfs was represented as the
man who carried the men and tools, while Sam was
made to fill the breach at Grafton; and thus they
were made scape-gOats for WEIGH. He regarded the
uncorroborated testimony of Welch as the only
eliminating evidence. The plea was a very earnest
one.
Mr.. Howe followed in behalf of Docherty, speak
ing little more than an hour, right to the point
and in an easy manner. He began by saying that
he should indulge in no high-fown rhetoric, but
direct the attention of the jury to the simple ques
ton at issue with his cent-whether or not
Docherty had been proved as connected with the
robbery. He dwelt upon the lack of harmony in
some Of the testimony and also upon the danger of
relying upon what WEIGH had sworn to.
Mr.. Steples brought up the abb at the opening
of his plea for Gleason abiding to the unfair tend
to at the producing of an alibl. which he