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VOL. XV.SAG-HARBOR, (L. I.) SATURPAY/JUNE IS, 1836. No. 15— hiiole no. 813.i 27 JKi niiuy, 23 Tuesday. ) Yij V7j -2 ‘4 33 7 S7 ' '8 48»- 36S P RING AS $ O R TM ENT.The subscriber has just returned from New York with A Large and Extensive Assortment ofGOODS,Which he will sell for CWr or Barter.THOMS. BROWN Sas; Harbor, March 26.1846.95 tf sWOOL-CARDING.The subscriber will take WOOL this season if left - to the CftrC of Mr. Jl.Pralt, (East-Hampton) and return it cardedinto rolls in the best style.DANIEL S. CHAPMAN. May 30th, 1S3G.12 ws 3wCLOTHING READY MADE.B 11 OWN ? I F F A N Y ,Have the pleasure ofofiVring to their friendsand the public, a general assortment of Heady ~Made Ciothiug, among them are Fine Fashionable Oloih Cottle *t ‘i “ Frock Coals,a “■ c5- (Jassemire Pan-laloons,n « “ and “ Vests,a. . ti a Short Jackets,tt Thin Vests,“ Skirls,All made in tho neatest style with good trimmings.ALSO,A large assortment of Sailor's Clothes,con-sisfititi of Black, Blue, Drab, Lyon ' Skin, Iversy, and Pilot Cloth,Long Shorts and Monkey Jackets ;Suttinut, Forest Cloth and Kersey ShortJackets ;Double and Single Breasted Thick Vests ; ■ Pilot Cloth, Forest Cloth, Sattinet, Moleskin, Duck and Canvass Trowers andPantaloons;A lame assortment of tlun Smrts be b rocks for whalemen, White and red Flannel Under and Over Shirts .Drawers, c.c. ...Having taken the greatst possible pains to have their Clothing made of good materials, neat and strong, they are in hopes to please all who may favor them with then-custom. ’ ,As usual they keep a heavy stock of Cloths, Cassimcres, Flannels fyc.£5= CALL AND SEE- •=£$Sar Harbor, April, 1836.99 s tfyou know Eldridge,1 the watchman who was I partson of tho string was made in the yard, 1 ns he wished to speak to him IF- niff examined in court last v veiling I and the coroner was there at thetime.•■He and nritnne* ’ u:... -.i- . . N• A. I was not here last evening, and was probably about three or four feet dis-eannot say. I know there was a watchman jtnnt, hut witness could not say that the ooro-GARDEN SEEDS.Raised by the Shakers at Engjield Conn. For Sale byTHOMS. BROWN.Viz.White Onion Red do Yellow do CariotOrang Carrot Early Bash Squash Crookneck Sommer do do IVlnler do While Hend Lettuce Curl’d do doGreen do doCnbbagodo do Superior do do Red Cabbage Savoy do Oruin Head, do Early Yorkshire do Double Peppergrasa Squash’Pepper Cayenne do;Sweet Lavender Solid Celery TomatoEarly June Peas Strawberry do White Marrowfat’do Green Marrowfat doAsparagusPumpkins. Sag-Harbor April 15, 1S36. lOlttVEearly Turnip Beet Orange doBlood d«’Parsnip Long Cucumber Early doLong Green do Watermelon .Wuskmelon Nutmeg melon Cherry, Turnip RadishSalmon doScarlet doEarly Flat Turnip Long doFrench do.”uta Baga do Summer Savory “ound Spinnage TV bile Mustard Oyster Plant Parsley SagoEarly Garden Beans Pole doSweet Corn Saffron Nastavtion ■TO FARMERS OTHERS. :To close a concern, tho subscriber offersr sale extremely loio a tew thousand 2ft.CEDAR CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10se who want can never do better thanapplv immediately.11 ' • H. P, BYRAM.Sag Harbor, Dec, 1635.67tls .COURT UF OYER Sc TERMINER. Thursday, June 2.TRIAL OF RICHARD P. ROBINSON.icfore Judge'Edwartb, Alderman Benson,Banks, Randall and Ingraham.(Continued.)Cross-examined by Mr. Maxwell—Doof that name there. rI here were several watchmen and officers there that morning.Mr. M.—Eldridge said last night that he had the hatchet half an hour in his possession. To this, the witness replied, that hemust bo mistaken, as lie hamlcd it to him as soon as he picked it up. \l'he witness agreed with Eldridge in stating that he saw no blood oh the hatchet.The reason he ordered the cloak to be taken care of, was, because there were suspicions as to a person who was said to own theciuak, and had not then been arrested. The circumstance respecting the string on the hatchet, had no connexion with his orderingit to he taken care of, as he did not see it till after the jury was inipan'nelled.When the cloak was fiisl handed to himin (ho yard, he saw the string, but did not take particular notice of it. The string now on the hatchet hast the same appear-ance as it presented when brought berure the coroner’s jury, except that it is now darker.By a Juror.—If the string had been onthe hatchet at first, he thinks it would haveutlructiid his attention,' and ho would him?observed it. It might have been there, and lie might have not seen it. ■ .The witnessadded, that from tho fact of knowing that asiring was on the cloak, it the string had been on the hatchet as it now is, his impression is, that he should luive notice it.Direct resumed. — His attention was particularly called to thcftassel of the cloak, and at the same time he saw the string— He had received some information respecting one of the tassels, which particularly directed his attention to it.By the Court—His impression, at the time, was, that the string had been broken off, and not cut off.By Mr. Hoffman—His attention was at first directed to the tassel of the cloak while in the yard.By Mr, Price the cloak, and hatchet put in a safe place. He was under the impression that the hatchet had done the deed. Under this impression he had ordered the: dotlk and hatchet to be kept together. It is possible that the hatchet had been lied to the cloakafter its removal, out of his possession, and( have been severed before it was presented to the grand jury. [Upon this statement by the coroner, there was considerable applause by the audience.]By the Court —The witness is under the impression that the string on the cloak when he first saw it was no longer than it now is, and also when it was exhibited Before the coroner’s jury, but he may be mistaken.— He is not certain that there was any difference in the length of the String when he first saw it in the yard and when ho saw it before the jury. There”was no impression in their minds at the time that it had been altered. The witness was asked if he. tho’t the string now on the cloak was as much longer when he first saw it as the piece on the hatchet. Ills answer was that he could not say, as he had no idea of there being any difference in its length.By Mr. Morris—He took no particular notice of the length of the string when he first saw it. lie only noticed the fact of the string being there. His attention was first attracted to the string on.the hatchet before the jury, and it was then compared with the string on the cloak. If the string had been shorter when exhibited before the jury, than it was when, he first saw it, he thinks he should have noticed it.George W. Noble—He was in the room where Helen Jewett lay, when they were found. He heard a noise in the yard, looked out, and saw a man jumping over the fence with the cloak, into Mrs. Townsend’s yard, and some ot the men said—■“Here’s tho cloak now.” lie then ran down stairs, and went into the yard, and when he got there, the cloak and hatchet, were both there. lie examined them bothhimself, before they were brought into the house. Being shown the cloak, he said it was the same, and that he saw the string upon it before it was brought into the house. The hatehet is also the same that was fun ml —he recognized it by the indentation on the edge. He noticed the string on the handle while in the yard.By the Court—-Witness was with Mr. Brink when he arrested the accused, Mr. Robinson; They found him in Dey st., between Broadway and Greenwich st. The arrest took place about 7 o’clock on Sunday morning. 'Cross-examined—The coroner was not at the house in Thomas st. when the witness arrived. He came there about thrce-quar-lcrs of an hour afterwards. The cloak and hatchet had not then been found. M as in the yard when the coroner received the hatchet and cloak. He retained them in hisThe com-possossiou about five minutes.tier s attention was called to it. He consid ereil the discovery of the string of vast consequence. Did not hoar any of the females suggest the propriety of searching the yard. 'J he witness and Brink got out ol the carriage at the corner of- John and Pearl St., and then walked into Maiden lane. They were absent from the house about an hour. While they were /absent he has no knwledge of the door of the room where the clonk and hatchet were, being so guarded as to prevent-- persons going in theroom. When They went lo Dey st., they found no difficulty in finding Robinson.— Me was in bed, and witness saw him in.the bedroom. He was told they wished him to accompany them, and lie made no opposition. Mr. Brink told him he wanted him tlt; go to the police with him, and he asked the reason.Direct resumed—No other person went ir.to Robinson’s room, except Brink and witness. Did not notice any thing about his clothes while he was dressing himself, bill he did subsequently, about half past 8 or9 o’clock. This was at 41 Thomas st., in llie lower buck room on tho left hand side. They discovert! something on the right side of the right leg, just below the knee, and on the left side of tho left thigh, just below the hip, which witness took to he lime. Therewas a young gentleman sleeping in the same bed with Robinson at the house in Dey st., who got up and opened the /door, to lot (hern in, and appeared lo shake Robinson to awake him. R. Jay on the front side of the bed, partly on his side. ’ Hejumped up quick after they went in, and dressed himself immediately. The girl of the house knocked at the door, when Brink and witness went in, and the other youngman-who opened the door was just jumping into bed again.. The witness cannot swear J that Robinson was asleep or awake, but if His intention was to have he were asleep he awoke very quickly.— The other young man Went with them to Thomas st. He asked Robinson if he wished him to go along, and he said he might if he had a mind, when he dressed himself and accompanied them. While Brink and witness were in the entry of the hous in Dey St., nearer the front door than the room door, Mr. Brink spoke to Robinson about a cloak. He asked him if he ever wore a blue cloth cloak, or if he wasnot the owner of one—witness thinks it was the former question. He said no ; but that he had an old camblet cloak, which hung up in his bedroom. The conversation about the cloak lasted three or four minutes and was repeated several times. There is a board fence around Mrs. Townsend’s yard, rather high on the west, or right hand side, and the rear fence is about. 9 or 10 ft. high. The rear fence on the south-west corner is white-washed, and a picket on the top to keep persons from climbing over, which is also white-washed. A person getting over the fence would be likely to get white-wash on his clothes, [Ml Hoffman here objected10 the opinions of the witness. He might tell facts, and the jury would form iheir opinions from these facts.]Cross-examination resumed—Robinson was dressing when the conversation took place about the cloak. Robinson said he was not tho owner of a blue cloth cloak.— Witness is sure he said so-rdon’t lliink he can be mistaken. The whole conversation is distinctly impressed on his mind.'Dennis Brink—Was at the house of Mrs. Townsend on the morning of the 10th April, and is a Police Officer. He went there about 4|-, before daylight. He was there when the. cloak and hatchet were found.— He was in tho yard at fhe time, and the cor oner was there also—-this was after daylight. He had the cloak and hatchet both in hi: hands before ihcy weie brought into the house, and being shown them identified them both. He knows the cloak from its general appearance, but principally from one tassel. The string, was on the cloak before it was carried into the house, fastened to the cord, as it is now. lie also sawastrin upon the handle’of the liatchet, and compared the two strings, which appeared to have been cut apart with a pair of scissors or a knife. Is not positive: to ivhbin the cloak orhatchet was given, but he thiuks to otto of the watchmeu. He first saw the hatchet between daylight and sunriseThey had not then been found more than two minutes. He next saw them' when he was examined, before the coroner’s jury.— He went with Mr. Noble and arrested the prisoner. About 7 o’clock in the morning he entered the house 42 -Dey st., having first rung the bell, and a servant coming to the door, ho asked her if Mr. Robinson boarded there, and she said yes. lieThen asked where bis room was and she said the first one you come to.He requested him ' tojwalk into the entryand witness asked him if ho had a blue cloth cloak and whether he had worn one, or if he had a cloak ’nfii'ny’. kind, //is answer was, he never had a cloth cloak biu he mud, he had an old camblet cloak, which hangs there, pointing to his room/’' After they got into the house and seeim* the fence white-washed, he noticed thowhitewash on his -pantaloons. The mustwas on the right leg on the right side of the eg and partly in front. On the other side he did not see it so plain. ITe did not exninm- tt very particularly because he was satisfied, after seeing the fence, that it was whttewa-sh. Tie discovered when- first in the yard a small^ carpenter’s saw bench in one corner, adjoining thQ west fence, which would facilitate a person in getting over the fence. ,[The court took a recess for half anhour.Examination of Dennis Brink resumed— Obtained some articles from Robinson’s room in Dey St.—a miniature, and then he brought up his trunks and bureau to the Police Office. He examined them before they were brought to the Police Office, for letters and found none. lie found the miniature in the bureau drawer, at his lodgings, on Sunday afternoon, after the arrest. The miniature shown him is the same. He took it to the Police Office and showed it to Justice Lowncls.Cross-examination—Has been an officer 10 years, and has known Rositui Townsend tbrmt 3 years. Has not been intimate at that house during that time. ILneiv nothing about the: upper part of the house. Was acquainted with the property, the location of the lots, c. Hud not been in the house intlte day time for two months previous.——lt; Knew JJeleu Jewett, but had never visited her.[The proceedings were here interrupted by the sheriff bringing in a man, who had been concerned with others, in making, a riot at the front gate. The sheriff said rt was necessary to make an example of some of them,or they could not get along. Alterconsultation, the judge directed him to bu taken over to the police for examination.] Mr, Scharman recalled— Has heard thestatements of Brink and Noble respecting the comparison of the strings on the cloak and hatchet. He does not think he saw any such comparison, because he did not see the twine on the hatchet. The (witness called upon Mr. Maxwell this morning, after hearing Noble’s testimony, and made this statement to him. Neither Noble or Brink mentioned the matter to him until before tho coroner’s jury.By Mr, Morris—Does not mean fo say Ibiit Brink and Noble did not compare tho strings, but that he did not see them compare them. Brink’s character is good.By Mr. Metxwell—After getting thro* with the testimony before the coroner’s jury he sent for the prisoner, but did not discover any whitewash or paint on his pantaloons.Charles Tyrrell—J know prisoner, and boarded with him. I walked with him q»Broadway as far as Beckman st. on tho night of the murder. He had on a cloth cloak.about 8 o’clock; he went in the direction of the Park ; it was a dark colored cloth cloak, with velvet collar, lacing, amlivlad-sell. - I asked him where he was g ring.; he said to the Clinton hotel; but to my linowFo.dge he did not go there. I cannot snv positively whether it was black or blue. He told me nothing about Helen Jewett. I did not know he visited her; I have heard- the hoarders joke him about it. 1 was at Dey St. when lie left home after tea ; I was iu his room, and savv him put on his cloak ; he placed it oiv him in this manne, (the witness showed the manner ;) I saw the inside of the cloak, hut sair-uo hatchetm Beckman st-r also, the cloak flew open, or got loosehe again fixed il ; I saw the inside, but saw no hatchet; ho appeared cheerful and ealcn ; he had been joking and laughing.nl home before he left. He said he was 19 years- old fhe evening when we were walking together in Beekman st.; he spoke cheerfully of it. I have seen him wear a dark cloth cloak frequently before that night. I do not recollectseeing the cloak since bis arrest in his rooirr. On dial night I think he took the cloak from a trunk where he was in the habit of keeping,Elizabeth Sailers examined.—I knew the prisoner before the murder—E cannot tell exactly how long—about 7 weeks. I hadseen him at Mrs./Townsend’s. He cam alo see me, (nobody else, that I knew of.) T did not see him on the night of the 9th. Hepassed under the name of Frank Rivers._He generally wore a cloak, a dark clothcloak, ornamented with a hlaqk silk cordedtassel. I 'O'ltce saw one of the tassels broken off. The ornaments were a long silk braid, at the. end of which one of the tassels was broken off and sewed on again- I saw it 2 or- 3 weeks bdfote Miss Joivett camo to lh© house. I was at the house at the time
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