The daily gazette., 1875-01-16
FIRST EDITION
district Court.


CASE OF WILLIAM l.. CR0sBY-CoN-
FLICTING TEsTIMoNY--soME STRANGE
STATEMENTS.
U. 8. court opened at the usual hour,
Judge Bradford on the bench. The
case of U. s. vs. VIM. l.. Crosby, went
on as follows
Captain William williams testified
as to finding the sugar in his boat and
to the marks around her the morning
after the alleged importation.
Levi B. Lynch was called and repea-
ted his story Of the men unloading bags
from Williams boat on the beach, and
when questioned in his cross -cXamina-
ton as to whether he made statements
to Sturgis, at Miss Wright's, on Water
street, to the effect that he knew of this
transaction, and that he did not see
any one taking out of boat nor know
any of the parties ms being there, he re-
piled mot as | know Of" Did not re-
member telling Ellegood or any one on
the train Monday, at the court house on
Tuesday or at Stoeckle's on Wednes-
day that he Uynch did not know any
thing about the landing, but that they
or Marshal Dunn had threatened him
with two years Imprisonment If he did
repeat his testimony as to identity !;
that he Uynch) was so drunk when he
was before the Grand Jury that he did
not know what he said.
William II. Lingo, Trusten p. Morris
and George w. Willcn, merchants in
Georgetown, testified that William ii.
Ellcgood in company with William l..
Crosby, offered TO sell them common
brown sugar at about cents pound
on the Wednesday after the reported
smuggling, or about that time Ellie
good representing the sugar as Crosby's
and telling Lingo that it came from a
vessel.
Francis Rage, an inspector in the
New York Custom House, was called
and testified to inspecting the cargo at
the New York port of discharge and
finding one hogshead short.
The court took recess until 81 o'cpk,
p. NJ.
Upon the assembling Of the court,
j. H. Hofccker, ESQ, opened in brief
outline of the efactsintended to be proved
by the defense.
ID. q. Sturgis after repeating his tes-
timony as given in the preceding case
in regard to selling William l.. Crosby
common brown sugar at Centreville,
Massachusetts, just before he came to
Lcwes, further stated that Lynch told
him at Susan Wright's, in this city, on
Tuesday last, that he knew nothing of
the landing of the boat on that morn
ing and saw nothing of the kind, or
words to that effect.
Alton Crosby testified substantially
the same Us in the preceding case de
scribing the journey to Lcwes, the
trips to Philadelphia and return, con
tradicticting Jenkins as to the time
they passed through the gapway at the
Break water on Tuesday night of the
alleged smuggling, as they returned
from Philadelphia and denying that
Lubker or Lockwood saw him in the
boat.
VIM Ellegood repeated his testimony
as to Crosby bringing brown sugar tn
his house and him afterward taking it
for board; and further testified that
Lynch, had been on Friday last at
his (Ellegood's house, told him most
| cmphatically that he did not recognize
the meu in the boat that night, AS the
night was dark; coming up on the train
| Monday, Lynch disclaimed identify
ing the men in the boat, said he was
summoned to testify and was 10th to
come, that they were trying to scare
| him if he did not prove the identity
that they or Marshall Dunn would
have him imprisoned for two years
and that when he gave his testimony
| ha m 1pnnk thaf hn IIl not Eunpy
what he told; he also testified tc
Lyneh's repeating the same story to
him at Stoeckle's, in this city.
William ii. Ellegood testified thai
he was in Georgetown on the Wednes
day, testified to by the witnesses fol
the prosecution, and Crosby was will
him, that he did offer common brown
sugar for sale at about 74c. a pound tt
the several PARTIES who SO swore; that
it was Crosby's sugar and none other
he did not go to Georgetown to sci
sugar but on private business; Crosby
went to buy II suit of clothes which
suit he now has on. -a
Mr.. Harrington then pro .forma made
the same objections to the sufficiency
of the indictment as in the proceeding
case in order that the Court overrulinl
he might take an exception and ther
closed the case for the defense.
The United States after calling Mr.
Levin A. jenkins to contradict some
statements concerning the stores in the
Busy Bee when she touched at tn,
light house, rested their case.
| Court then adjouned until 10 o'clocl
to-day. Ill. Z. ".