New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
PLOT or THE KIDNAPPERS.
SWITZERLAND HELD A. An AccoMPMCE.


| CHARLES T. WATERBURY PROMISED THE CON
spIRAToRs $1,000 APIECE.
\ large crowd filed Ike courtroom at Greenwich
Conn.,, Yesterday morning t. hear the examination OF
! samuel Southcrand one ~ the mon concerned III inc
kidnapping Of Ward Waterbury at Poundrdsc, y y
o. Monday. After several delays incident 10 securing
witncSsc, for the the court opened At IL ~
| O'Clock. with Judge Ioyt on the bench the VII
ncs-c, called by Prosecuting Attorney Walsh were
Charlie, T. Waterbury and his son Ward, shcri' Dry
ton and Constable rit,roy. Trfd sawyer. Fred Nc
Cam and John McCann.
The most important part Of the testimony bearing
on sonthcrland's that given by sawyer and
the two NcCanns sawyer works for ShadIa'h Close,
and Ia, len in tn, ncighborhood hut few weeks.
having recently come Long Island. He testified
that he had met s0ulhcrand on January J. AMI mat
they went t. cottage Mr.. Closes place. occupied
by Switzerland. and that while there the latter told
him of a job he had. 70 put a boy or baby In Il
cave and that there was $1,000 apiece IN it. lie
also toll sawyer that if he knew INN well enough ne
would let him into II.
While I'm the house they interrupted by II
knock nj t, door and Charles r.. Waterbur. camc in
Leaving sawyer alone. the tx men went outside ana
talked together for twenty minutes. On returning
70 the house. nothing more was said on the subject
by >outhcsland.
Fred NcCann u younger brother of the prisoner
fs@
southcrlad called AT his hou>e and asked for John
ncCann. lie would not come III. and John went out
and talked with him few minutes. John then came
in the house. ard after borrowing an overcoat of hi'
brother went out again. saying that he WA going
with Switzerland and Charles F.. Waterbury. who were
waiting FOR him. and that he would be back on Mon
dav morning. The three men then went OH IN the
direction Of WaterDury's hou-e.
John Nee ann one of the prisoners, took the stand
ig.t tBo- bo nj
Wateriurys house on sunday evening. but swofc
that during tie two or three hours that they were
there nothing W., said IN his presence about NE
proposed Kidnapping. A. Switzerland Was leaving
the house. about IL or l. O'Clock, heard hna ray
that he oOnldnt 30. because lis III ther was SEX
What led mp 10 tins reply. and where II was that
Switzerland could not he ~ou!d not say declaring
that thi- all the CONVEX alton ne heard between
the other on this subject but admitted that he and
Waterbury talked about after Switzerland had gone
lie also d-nied having made = statement Prose
cutor Walsh In regard to this meeting. when the
conspiracy wns formed.
When McCann's testimony finished Judge lIoyt
declared tia. had confirmed In the mind Of the
court the impression tina, ths witness hah teen lying
IN order TO shield Switzerland
Tie states Attorney, while admitting that souther
nnd did not actually take part IN the Kidnapping,
assei tel that Switzerland knew 0! The crime 10 be com
mittel ana had helped " plan II and ASKED that he
he held rs an accessory before the fact. Judge
lIoyt decided that probable ,ansc existed in this
Case and bound the prisoner over Ia the criminal term
or the superior Court In the 81 5000. The
court opens IN Bridgeport, on Tuesday, February L.
he three prisoners we're taken 10 Bridgeport jail IN
the afternoon. by officers Dayton ant fltToy.
It is believed that Tquis!uon will be asked ior
by the Governor ~ New lOrk. and that The men VIII
be tried White Plains. the Whole affair look place
In New York STATE.