The New York herald., 1873-10-01

| deavoring to get into the house or as lingering
q. Then were you advised that II was necessary
| to have him Identified more than once to punist
| him by legal meansS A. No, l was not.
O. Did you ever see him enter or leave the house
a. No; but have heard OF it; was not there al
Q. Then all you know about It is from
WHAT OTHERS TOLD you
A. No 1t Is not; accused him OF II, face to face
A characterization, lace 10 lace even, does not
Witness i accused him OF 1t at the time was UT
at Kelsey's house with Royal; Kelsey hung hii
head and said nothing.
O. Are you certain that he made no reply OF any
sort 10 your remarks A. He said something t.
the power OF stopping this thing;' after q while he
said:-Then won't annoy her any more"
PLOTTING IN THE SANCTUARY.
O. How often have you talked with Kelsey
A. Never but once IN my life; l invited Royal
Rsyal "a % on SUNDAY 10 night at the
First Presbyterian church, before service, about
watching and trying to catch Kelsey that night /;
We agreed, and it was understood that as watch
come back after he had lett Mrs. Oakleys house
ANYTHING about tar and feathers to be used before
the sth OF November; Royal said nothing ABOUT
disguises to be worm witness never heard or any
and never saw any; witness never watched for
Kelsey;
that Kelsey should be watched and caught. and
asked DR.. Banks to allow them 10 come TO his
house and watch. as IL was so near to Mrs. OAK
ley's witness asked that they should be allowed TO
meet there and Dr.. Banks consented to the ar
Q. DO you know whether Or. Banks took any
g:: Z -; :..-;as and ea!ns.!-s Of kelseys A.
Q. Were yog nth him nom niSs Sciock 70 twelve
that nights A. l was not.
2. Then you don't know OF your own knowledge
where he was between those hoursY A. No, not Of
my own knowledge; Or. Banks made proposition
70 me 10 employ Constable Trainer to watch with
the rest, brc dssQaded him from doing so; my
SO n I'm r.
IT WOULD BE TIME ENOUGH
10 call the officer when Kelsey was caught, and
for Kelsey; Roy al ssmmis and John Mckay have
told me they watched for Kelsey November 81;
were there watching on october p. at night; did
what did do with the knowledge OF Mrs. Oakley
and the lamiiy; proposed the system OF watching
Q. Did Mrs. Oakley request you to watch or 70
get other persons to watch Tor Kelsey y A. don't
remember; don't think she asked me directly; l
can't say positively that she did; drove down TO
Royal Samms' house on Sunday, November B.
alone. but did not see ROYAL; ! saw his father
DESPERATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
have purposely reirained from attempting TO
find out who committed this act on Kelsey; have
to be found out: II knew any OF the parties who
did this deed would not tell OF 1t.
At this time recess was taken until two O'Clock
AFTER RECESS.
James Mckay was recalled to testify to some
other points in the case -
SPOKE to Arthur NJ Prime about watching for
Kelsey, and tod him TO speak to his lather,
Claudius B. Prime, and ask him to watch with US |;
l do not know whether they watched or not; was
not IN a wagon on the evening OF November 4;
cannot swear that there was no horse and wagon
driven from our house that afternoon 1t was in
the village on the morning OF November 5.
Agnes Wood. neat-looking young miss OF
eighteen or twenty years. was called; but, 1t ap
peared after brief inquiry, that sne knew nothing
about the case.
THE BROKEN CHAIR.
Charles A. Mullings testified IL lived in Hunting
ton last tall; went, at .ne request OF VIM. J. Wood,
IN lrch
after his disappearance; ! went, with Others 10
Henry Kelses's house, Henry was crying; he
was an old SUIT he used to tend mason
In: he said he was afraid Charles had committed
suicide; he sa his brother had come home that
night, ne supposed; light he said. rad been lett
burning for HIM on the kitchen table, and when
they got up next morning IL was there and still
burning Henry Kelsey told me that William Kel-
sey his brother, had told him that Charities watch
was at home, with piece oI the chain attached;
saw the watch; 10 was lying on the table In one
! lar attention 10 It; when l saw the watch
and chain Miss Kelsey was in the room. Nat:
Brush, George Martini Constable Trainer and
others went to the house with me; saw knit
jacket there which Henry said belonged TO Charles
tue watch saw, VITA piece OF cham cham attached
long the piece of chain as; William never told me
anything about the cnain; think the watch and
chain were on the table; cannot tell where the
taole stood IN the room; IL was IN the sitting
room and was IN he Kitchen when | saw II
| | don't know and no one tod whose watch
| il was that was lying the table; Miss
Kelsey was crying al the time, but said nothing;
had merely casual glance at the watch, and
| couldn't tell whether there was whole chain on
| it; IT might nave been whole chain might have
| gone into the room II ] had wanted 10; 10 not
| know at what time we were there
O. Do you know whether the watch you saw on
the table was gold or silver watchs A. do
not.
Q. Might 1t not have been the glittering edge OF
| the watch where II IS chased that lou sawg A. IL
might nave been; cannot describe the chain;
/ 90 not know in reality whether there was any
cnain on the watch was under the impression
and neiei t.at saw II, but am not positive.
This closed the Witnesses testimony and he
seemed very much embarrassed and was quite
flushed when he came down from the court room
| THE CORONER PUZZLED.
Before Mulllng's examination the Coroner, who
had evidently been reading the New York fapers
during recess, looked gravely around the room
ana a, said INNS y Is proper mere 70 say tina,
was good zeal ,Tised to find most the testi-
mony taken yesterday In to-dayis HERALD. All
can say is, how 1t ever got there is mystery to
Juror-why. the reporters interviewed every
j witness as soon as taay lett the stand
Another juror-One Uf lem had tnat room in the
I hotel there, ana he could hear, because the win
dows were all up.
Coroner-Yes, but nere's the testimony in the
paper II them re porteIs had sot here and took II
down, they couldn't have got IL better, I'm told
the,.d give seventy-tve dollars column for 1t but
what theJ ID getIt.
/ District Attorney Tuthill-we should swear the
witnesses not TO reveal their testimony.
| Mr.. Platt-WGat do you say 70 brln ring the re-
| porters up here and swearing them as TO how they
/ got the testimonyg
| Coroner-Its no use doing that; they've heard
! too much here from witnesses WHO don't recollect
and can't remember. They'd be anected in the
same way.
Some OF the jurors almost tainted at the Cor
| oner's cruel Joke.
Mr.. Platt-l think this should be either private
examination or pubic one; II II is 10 be private
every precautioD should he ADOPTED to keep the
results oil the examination private II IL is TO the
public interest 10 do So and II the ends OF justice
| VIII be iurthered by 1t. The matter was then
! dropped and the examination went On
| CLArDiUS h. PRIME.
| for over three years resident OF Huntington. and
| generally presumed 10 be principal In this
aflair, testlfed:-l went to Mrs. Oakley;s about
hali-past eight nine O'Clock sunday night
| November 3, after leaving the First Presbyterian
church; wore mask at Mrs Oasiey's which
I got at DR.. Banks house, saw others whom did
| not recognize wearing masks; l remember one