The New York herald., 1873-09-30
THE KELSEY MYSTERY.
New and Important TESTIMONY Elected
at Oyster By Yesterday.
THAT dROKEN' CHAIN.
What the Dead "Carthalo' Brothers
Say About It.
BOAT KlDNNAGON TRACKS ON THE BEACH
AN AOLD SLAVES STORY.
One 0fythe Last Vestiges of SerfdOm in
the Empire State.
TENTfMnNY I'M NFrDrT CVccTOu
BOAT KlDgWAGON TRACKS ON THE BEACH
AN *oLD SLAVES STORY.
One Of f}the Last Vestiges Of SerfdOm in
the Empire State.
TESTIMONY IN SECRET SESSION.
3dCRE STARTLING PERJURY.

sse IAeisey inquest case, Wnlcn was resumed here
before Coroner Bayls. The first attraction of mo-
Rle,At was in regard to the evidence of an Old
negro, Aaron Jarvis by name. who saw the bloody
shirt on Lloyd's beach and found a wagon track
ru nning to the water's edge, well two tracks
" here boat, nat bOttomed, evidently, had been
ragged across the road and beach.
Jarvis is one OF
THE FAST VANISHING TYPES
'Df his race. He was born on Long Island, in the
town OF Oyster Bay, and says his father and
mother were 'life savesr here many years ago.
,Aaron's memory is not good on chronology, but he
knows that he was "tme slave" himself and
was reared in the family of Cornelius Suydam at
Norwich When he was grown boy he was sold
into the family OF Joseph Foster, and remained
with them nine years, in the capacity of ''inside
servant"
'Foster," says Aaron, "was as good master as
any servant could want, but didn't hitch right
well with him and told him i wanted to leave
him, SO alter a while / was sold to Sheriff Mott, in
this county, and l stayed with him the rest OF my
time. 1 was good and faithful to all my masters
and kept out o. trouble and SO got some o. my
time give to ME, and was free when was twenty
Onen
''DO you know how much you sold for, Aaron ?r
asked.
'No, sir, don't know; don't know nuthin' bout
that, but was wuth good smart price, tell ye !;
was whole team" Aaron shook his old grizzly
gray and lrzzy head as he stamped his Sarey Camp
umbrella on the ground. ~ was mighty supple
now, and used TO turn hansprings and cart
Wheels and there wasn't none o. the boys could
git away from me. My latber worked at black
smithn' and used to blow an strike for him. Oh,
yes, lived all my lie on this island
AND WAS SOLD TWICE"
''Do you remember when you were sold to Foster
and how old you were at that time?n
'NO, sir" Rejecting q moment he resumed
''But tell We how ye can find out 1t was the week
after Eclipse beat Sir Harry on the Union course.
used to take smart interest in hosses when was .
young man. l seed Eclipse when he was colt,
and knOwed what hosses was, too. Didn't /, MIR.
Ackerman addressing gentleman who stood
near)2 You member when Crozier's mare beat
that hoss o. yourn and tole you your hoss could
beat her fore the holidays, and goly he did beat
her, too-oh ugh, beat her bad.' And the old
darky laughed as he recalled the sport. "Oh, /
used to work Tor Hiram Woodruff an some O.
the ole hossmen."
Aaron afterward told me he came here to tell the
truth because he was old now and couldn't live
long, ana he wanted to see his God I'll tell lie
shall bring destruction myself when
I'm old as am" he added. Aaron says he has
marks on his back now where he was whipped
Rudolph Sammis, James Ives q clerk at A. T..
Stewards in New York Charles Baldwin, of Brook
lyn, anu a Mr.. Jones, of Newtown, all, except
Royal witnesses In the case, were present. Dis
trict Attorney Tuthil appeared to represent Suf-
ok county, assisted by Messrs Young and Platt
OF Huntington. Henry f. Kelsey, a rather
sAD-FACED AND sAD-vOICED
elderly man, of slight Frame present also with
his brother William, e. younger, taller and more
athletic looking man. Justice Monfort, OF Hun
tngton, Squire Duryea, ex-Adernan Chipp and
many other well known gentlemen were among
the spectators.
AS soon as the testimony OF JARVIS had been con-
cluded, alter recess, Coroner Bayls arose and
stated that he was now compelled 10 ask that the
room be cleared, as some witnesses were to be
called whom IL was desirable for certain reasons
which he could not explain, to examine in private
The audience. including the reporters then left
the room, leaving the Coroner, counsel jurors the
'Coroner's assistants anu Constable Trainer the
occupants. ana auditory. Outside the Nassau Hotel
quite q crowd was assembled, and anxIously dis
cussed the probable nature of the evidence being
taken.
Claudlus Prime, James Ives, Rudolph and Noah
.Sammis, Charles Baldwin and several others who
are generally understood as representing the tar
and leather element, assembled in a cluster on the
street corner and talked and ested together quite
freely. One or two OF them, In conversation with
the HERALp reporter, condemned severely the ex-
ercise OF authority under which they mad been
brought from Brooklyn and New York, and were
KEPT so LONG IN WAITING
before examination, with prospect Of not being
al al to-day anu beng Obliged to lose
another day away from their business 1t certainly
does seem IA though this inconvenience might be
avoided by the exercise OF little more forethought
In tue selection OF witnesses to be subp0naed, and
much embarrassment to outside parties might
thereby be averted: Perhaps the Coroner or coun-
sci may think Of this and make q note eft.
About five O'Clock in the afternoon James Ives
became involved In a very lpaprudent wrangle
with number OF the villagers in 'front.' OF the hotel
Ives was standing Oh the porch and somehow got
IN conversation with stranger. Ives manner
was quite ''galus." and IN lew moments he be-
Ynn IN falk nln and hnHo tIu uuaat
could or could not be proved against him. This
assembled crowd and tlsey began to taunt him
about "tar,n blood" and '1eatbers.n One of
them spoke about Ives voting the republican ticket
An Huntington on last election day. Ives said he
would like 10 know what he would do voting the
republican or any other ticket IA huntington. An
old man in tue crowd said, 'Oh, don't accuse o
fellow OF his style OF voting the republican ticket
That's not his stripe; it's too respectable" con,
fusion OF taunts followed and some one called out.
-U1nt talk OF tar here, young man, or youl find
tained his sassy" air and finally said TO by
stander:-
"Tnls is all political dodge. You go and swear
was there, and III bet yo1'll go to JAIL"
.You go to HI" was the response, and the sig
ma, for new volley OF jeers, and the crowd was
stepped up at tbis juncture and called Ives away,
ana mnaa a. might nave been foolish quarrel re-
sui'ine In serious injury to Ives was averted.
THE BROKEN CHAIN.
henry =. kelsey, recalled, was the first witness,
and testified as follows g.
Q. witness named Thomas j. Hall stated at the
last session OF this inquest that he met you on
election day In the village Of huntington and that
you told him some circumstances in reference to
the finding cf portion of the chain on the watch
belonging to your brother Charles: state what
you remember OF IL ? A. did not see Mr. Hall on
election day at all that | remember; besides I
did not hear that Charles had been tarred
and ieathered at all until got home, after sun
down on election day; my brother William told me
Of 1t then have never told any liping being that
there was piece Of chain hanging to the watch
and would assert this on my dying bed IL peces-
sary- producing the watch)---here IS the watch
lust as first saw it, and should have been telling
wiiful lie II said found piece OF hain on it;
did not see the watch at all until Wednesday, the
day after election day.
O. nid you ever have conversation with Cap
tain Hail on the subjects A. think did. toward
the latter part OF that week | believe met him In
nont OF Velsors butcher shop and talked with him
ebopt II, and told him probably that there was no