The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-21

his seat. The bearing OF Aaron Long and
Granville Young was quiet and subdued, while
the expression OF their feature was OF that
blank character which exhibited no index to the
volume Of the heart. The tumult and bust lie,
having subsidized stillne 80 reigned over the
crowd, the voice OF the clerk was heard clear
snd distinct through the whole apartment, call
ing on the PRISONERS 10 stand up, and putting
the quest ION "Guilty or not GUILTY. Not
Guilty" said Long, making graceful bow to
the Judge as he spoke in firm tone; and mot
Guilty." also responded Aaron and Young, but
in a more quiet and less SNOWY manner. The
usual prehmlnaries of swearing jury having
been finished, the Attorney General opened the
case by recapitulating the main particulars Of
the murder and exhibiting to the jury the ma
ture Of his proofs. The testimony was then
Commenced.
The first witness called WAS doctor p. Gregg.
who testified, in substance, as follows: he said
that on the 4th OF July. 1845, he was summoned
TO attend at the house of Col. Davenport. Up
on arriving, he found two other physicians up
stairs with the Colonel. who was lying on his
bed with gun-shot wound in his thigh. The
Colonel was sinking fast from exhastion-was
in great agony, and cold from head to foot.
Blood was around the house everywhere. The
house looked like a butchers shamble-blood
in the sitting-room, in the hall, along up stairs,
and in the clost by tine safe WAS pool OF blood,
and blood in the room below. ON the door-case
OF the clost containing the safe was the mark
of bloody hand. The left leg Of his pantaloons
and the bed-clothes were satu rated with blood.
There was a confusion on his side, and il apear
ed as il he had been violently bruised and beat
en-, The gun-shot wound, combined with the
bruises had in the opinion of doctor Gregg,
killed him. The Doctor further testified that
he had heard Col. Davenports dying decla-a
ton. The Colonel said that he was sitting in
his front room, when hearing noise in the back
part of the house, he fancied that it was some
one at the well after water. He arose to go and
see about it, and was Immediately assailed
by three or more men. One OF them shot him
in the thigh, and the three men then rushed on
him, threw hlm down, bound and bhndfolded
him. The robbers then forced him up stairs
dragging him to the closet where his cafe
was placed, and being unable to open it them
selves, forced HIM to do 80. They then forced
him into his bed IN another room and choked
him until he WAS nearly dead. When the rob-
bers had placed him on the bed, they enquired
for more money. lie told them that there was
more money in the bureau. On examini ng it
they mistook the drawer aud fonnd none.
kIaxy nhnka1 nd haat hin,
They made him drink water, and threw it upon
him to bring him to again. The Colonel in his
statement. several times made allusion TO slim
man. who he SAID was one of the robbers. Dr.
Gregg closed his testimony by saying that Col.
Davenport died that day while he was attend
ing on him; and also that the colonel told him
that the robbers got some Six hundred dollars
in gold silver and notes, together with his
watch and chain.
BENJAMIN Cole testified that he was out fish
ing on the 4th of July in skifi, with two men
and boy for his companions; that about the
middle OF the day, when they came opposite
Col. Davenport's house, they heard the cry OF
Murder, help, for Gods sake" that they
rowed to tue shore, that he went up to the
house, raped at the door, but no one answer
ed. that he entered without seeing or hearing
any one about the premises, that when he got
into the hall he heard the colonel up stairs, and
on Fastening no he found the colonel lying on
the bed The colonel asked him why he did not
come sooner that he ansered that ne had come
as soon as possible and was ready to do any
thing for HIM. The colonel said that band OF
robbers had broken into his house, taken all
his money and murdered him; that he wished
be Cole would go to DR.. Grown who was at
picnic OF .bs IsfaDd. Cole testified that he ran
to fulfil the dying mans request, and OH his
return gave the elarm to the neighbors.
Robert, alias Dansv Birch, TESTIFIED in sub
stance to the same as he hid stated id his .rrst
confession to Bonney which we have already
given to our readers. He took good care, as IN
his Confession, to substitute the person of Lee
0y Jissle Brown in place of himself, az having
taken prrs IN tl,e affair."
George L. Davenport, the son of COL Dayen.
port testified 70 having gone to his fathers !
house on the fourth cf July, and finding HIM
IN dying condition, ana that his father told
bim Of the assault made upon hmm by the rob-
beB. This part Of the testimony was the same
,s that of DIR. Gregg. He also testiset that he
got his fathers gun and pistol about .fne miles
'elcw Fort Madison, that they were foarti in
,tcugh near by, and that he had no Difficulty in
deatifying them. He also identified the watch
bain and seal, which had been found on the
,erscn Of Birch, and which were produced by
3onney On the trial.
Frederick Rodenburgh testified that he was q
lerk in grocery store on thsisland, that Aaron
.ong came in and bought bread of him in a
urried manner, day or two before the fourth
Il July. lie identified the prisoner Aaron
Iong as the one who bought the Tread Of him.
The tracks OF John Longs boots as sworn to {
y Cole and DIR. Gregg, were here compared
nth the boots as produced in Court, and found l
D be identical.
DAVID Kirkpatrick testified that he was con-
ned in the debtors PRISON of Rock Island, and {
ad overheard several conversations between G
Ohm Long and Granville Young before Aaron
ong was arrested. They said Jack Redden b