The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-10

caoin saying. an ready. and have been expecting yaa all winser- iume- daascls AftezwATd the oia man eame dosn the ladder. and in ten nasnnses sc de- parted ou our refufa,
 Whlie waiting fax hrcakfas, a, the soo, ct the naoansaia several men dropped in,e the aauoom. wher~ we were sltssng. When called to breakfast, the landiady. carefully closing the dcofs. remarked sha, her husband had sent around fof Aasons. some of whom had already appeared. but that se need no, lear them. ior she had sent her daughter to inform other villagers what WAS gong on. and thAlb fore ~c had doae breakfast there would ec twice as many anti, Asoa> as Mason> m attendance. Returning 10 the barrcom we foand that she had done her work thoroughly. Fifteen cr twenty men ~ere m the bAroom giarlng al each other and ai Adams, but nothing ~as sad. and VIC we're driven of unmolcs,cd- On our va, back Adams at different times stated thai hearing no.se m the magazine. he re- ported Il 10 Ms. Edward Gfddens. keeper os the tors. ho told him that stranger was lodged there who la a day ot two would be taken to hts friends m Canada, bua nothing mus, bc sad about H. He then from tune to tune carried food to the person. Soon aftcrwaf neal mid night. he was told to have a boat m read 'ncss for the purpose of taking away the man in the magazine. Several gentlemen arrived In carriage by whom the man xas taken hon the magazine and escorted to the boat Adams was told to remain on the dock unsfi the be~, slss.A,.l gs,uIn. and ,ha, fl in the mean tune an alarm should be gwen he was Ia show a signal to warn the boa, away. As nothing of quietly. and AS oi the s,s who Jeff m the boat only tive returned. he supposed ,ha, one had gone to his friends in Canada
 Adams was wanted as witness tn traals then pending tn Canandaigua. Ne reached that place in the afternoon of the day the cour convened. Three men were on trial for abdueting Morgan. The ,cs timony ef Adams ~as essential Ia com plese the Ink. On beng eallcd so the stand he dented all know ledge bearing upon the question. He resided. he sad. at the umc spceihed. m the for. but knew of no man being confined m the magazine. and knew nothing oi men com ing there al night m A carnage. and knew nothing of | man being taken from there ,n beai. Ills den.als CON cring the whole ground were explicit That tor the tune being. ended the matter. When the court adjourned walked across the square with Judge Howell. who presided. and who remarked to me that had made long journey Co, nothing, ia, witness, | A,A~ l...u.. .raarunt aE thn ~5knl~ .f tait. t.cn. Nincen; Mathews. of Roehcs. ter, who was walking on the o,he, side ot the judge, replied with much feeling . that the old rascal had not uttered one sord oi truth while he was on the siand.s
 General Mathews vas the leading eoun
 scl for the kidnappers, but refused to be a party m tampesing with @ancsses. on our fciurn to Rochester the witness Ad- ans was m an extra stage with his sfa- sonic friends. As there was no longer any need of hiding. he was on hls way to Niagara. In passing the Mansion House, Rochester. Adams, who was standing m the doorway. asked me to stop saying he wanted 10 explain his testimony. The lawyers, he said, informed hlsn that if he told what he knew abou, the magazine and the boat Il would be a confession that would send him to the state prison. They also told him that the law did not compel A witness to crminase himself, and. to avoid punishment. he mus, deny the whole s;ssy
 : In iS3i. after my removal from koohes- ter to Albany. libel sui, was commenced agains, me by ten. Gould of Rochester. l, was tr,ed at Albany. Judge James Van AAxro~t ...~..4.n.s t.. t.t.-t II Gen. Gould. with g,ving mone, he re- ecived from the Royal Arch Grand Chap ter to enable Burrage smith and John
 Whitney 10 esc ape from )ust,se. Gerr,t l.. Don. treasurer oi inc Grand Chapter. and John Whitney. one of the reeip,cffs of the money. were m oour; to establish the truth of the libel MT Dos ,csiihed that
 charity tund had been intrnsted ,o ten. .ouid. John Whitney wal called
 to prove that he rceeived a part of the fund. with which, in company with Bur
 rage smith. he let koehesicr, and was
 absent nearly d year Gen. Could 5 counsel objeetcd To witness tcsiiInony
 until Il had been shown that .rn. .ouid
 knew that the money furnished ~ss to enable smith and Whitney to escape ,rotn justice The court sustained this obles ton. and Whitney testimony was ea. oluded. As 1t was impossible 10 prove
 wha, was known only to Gen. Gould him.
 self. the ,riai ended abruptly judge
 vamderpoei. in charging the Jury. dweii
 al length upon the iieeniiousness of the
 press, and called upon the jury to gave
 exemplary damages to the injured and
 innocent plaintiff. The jury, thus ,n-
 struc,ed, but with evident reluctance
 found verdict of SSoo agsins, me. Ny
 offence consisted in asserting a fact the
 exaoi truth of which would have been e.
 ,Ablished if the testimony had no, been
 ruled oa: hy monS,feus perersion oi justice.
 Col Simeon E. je~eti of Clzskson. Ma. jos Samuel Barton of Lewiston, and John
 Whitney of Rochester passed that evening
 at my hoass- Jewett vas prepared i6 sessify that he furnished a carnage for
 those who were conveying MOsgsa se
 erexly from Csnandaigua to Sizgars. John whrney vas one of the pany. Ma. jor BaSsnn woaId hAss tessiksd thss hl