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the cloak was found. I did’ remark about the tassel before the cloak was shewn to me —(the cloak was here shewn.) This is the same cloak I saw Itivers wear. I did know another person by the name of Frank Rivers, they culled each other cousins. Helen Jewett had lived at M rs. Townsend’s about3 weeks. T did not know her beluro she came to live there- I never knew her to quarrel with any. body in or out of the house —she was a favorite with all the girls. I was alone in my room during the night of the murder. A person came to see me that night, about the lime the murder occurred At the time of the alarm, my friend was it tny room, he came in about a quarter or an hour before I heard the alarm ; J did expect him ; he was undressed at the time of the alarm. Did not heur him till he came into my room. I do not recollect any body calling for champaign before I went to bed. I went to bed about half past ten. I heard Helen Jewett call-Mrs.Townsend for a bot tie of champaign after I was inbad—cannot tell the lmur. 1 liad a conversation about the tassel of the cloak- He^ told me he was.. out sleigh riding and hroke it off. This was about 2 weeks before the murder. I had it in my hand, and he told me his tailor had sewn it on.Cross examined.— I last conversed with Mrs. Townsend about the murder to day.—I.never talked with her about it before today, I should have remembered if I had.I talked on the morning of the murder about it with her. I said nothing abut the tassel to her particularly. I mentioned the tassel, however. I did not pretend to swear to the cloak. I do not know it. only by sewing on the tassel. There is nothing peculiar in the sewing. Any tassel broken off might be sewn on in the same manner. I heard 'Miss Jewell call for the wine,.my rootn is opposite to Miss Jewett’s in .the next house, I closed my room door,it is an angle of about 20 feel from Helen’s room door. I was 19/ years of age the last day of April. I left) my mother little more titan two years ago, and have lived with Mrs. Townsend nearly all the time since. Can’t tell how many men'were in the house on the night of the 9th of April. Hid not let any in the house herself. Several men were in the parlor that evening,but can’t tell how many. Can hear any nocking at the door in her room, but did not hear.any alarm that night, except that of the murder. Hit not hear any one attempt to get out of the house that night, but heard Mrs. Townsend say there was, did not know who it was- Is hot aware that Helen Jewett knew of ihe prisoner visiting her- Both the Frank Rivers’s visited her together. Has seen them both wear Boston wrappers and cloaks, Came out of, her room wheu the alarm was given. Was (clock that night; witness was then stand-/mako of suoh conduct oamo hack againingjn her room door, expecting somebody to come and see her. Frank went up stairs on the right hand side ; saw him go intogherecess. Heard Helen say that evening/ in the parlor, about half an hour before he came, th it her Ftank was coming. Witness went to bed about 12 o’clock, and was alone that night. Saw Helen again about 11. She came down stairs to get her boots which the shoemaker had : brought. Has seen prisoner in Miss Salter’s' room previous to that night. Did not hear him .-'ay any thing the night of the murder. That was the last she saw of him. Mrs. Townsend let him in, and it was between 9 and 10 o’clock. The lamp in the entry was lit. It is opposite the loot of the stairs.Cross examined.—Has been once in the alms house building to day, and was there yesterday. Mrs. Townsend has been there also. YVenl home last night to Grand st Mr*. Townsend did not tell the girls much ' of any thing ivliun she left the court. She did not talk about what she had been asked. .There were two pers-ms called Frauk Rivers, who occasionally dressed alike. Never saw the other Frank Rivers with a cloth cloak on. Does not know how long lie had visited there. Has seen him in Miss Salt-ers’sroom. Has never talked with any body about the lamp hanging in,the entry, and never heard Mrs. Townsend say any thin, about it. When Robinson cunui in that night his face was partly concealed by his cloak. She saw his forehead and eyes. She cannot swear positively it was the. piisoner at the bar. When Helen canio down for her boots she was dressed the same as in thefore pai l of the evening.There was one bottle of champagnedi link that night in the parlor. Was not awoke during the night, by any noise in the entry. Was awoke by Mrs. Townsend’s crying five. She came out of her room,but did not see any men in the entry at the time but two or three minutes afterward the watchmen came in. Did not see two men standing near Mrs. Townsend’s door when they came in. Did not hear a person say lo the watchmen ‘‘do not take me I do not he long to that room.’’ Helen had a watch and chain and two rings. Has seen (he prisoner wear a cap. The other Frank wore a hat. [This witness underwent a farther cross examination, but nothing of importance was elicited.JBy Ike Court. The other. Frank Rivers was that same evening in Miss Salters’s room, as she had been told.Mr. Brcnh recalled. Mr. Robinson’strunks were brought to the police office.-fie looked into them, hut there was no cloth clonk found in them or in his bureau,Mr. El dredge recalled. When theso frightened that she can’t tell how many persons she saw on the stairs. Hid not see any body attempt to get out of the house.— All the men who were in the house left when the watchmen came in. Did no I see any one go away from Miss Jewell’s room when Ihe watchmen came, and never heard Mrs. Townsend say so. Helen had a watch and some trinkets. Has since seen Mrs.ToWn-cioak was found it was spread out flat, about two thirds of the breadih.Adjourned at 10 minutes before 9.Saturday, 4. The court opened at halpast 10. (Sarah Dunscomb (colored girl)- Wasacquainted with Helen Jeweti, and was employed by her shortly before her death. Hersend have the watch. The other person occupation was to do up her work in the called Frank Rivers, visited Helen. Has i morning and dress her in the evening. Af-understood there was another person,not the ter getting through in the morning she went prisoner, who was in Ihe habit of visiting home and returned again at half past 5 to Helen on Saturday nights, but she neveU dress her. Was employed by Helen all theknew it. Mrs. Townsend spoke to witness one day Iasi week about a particular mark on prisoner’s head. Has seen prisoner in a situation to notice a mark on his head, if there were one, but she never saw it. Mrs. Townsend said it was a bald place on the crown of his head.Direct.—The person who was in the habit of visiting Helen on Saturday nights,went by Iho name of Bill Easy.By Mr. 1Joff man.—The prisoner left oft' visiting her w hen Helen came to live at Mrs. Townsend's. It did dot produce any misunderstanding, because he was not a particular friend of hers.James I Veils,—Is in Ihe employ of Mr. Joseph lloxie as porter, and has been with him since theSth oflaSt June. There was a hatchet belonging to that store, which he chiefly used for splitting up wood. The 'last tithe he saw it, as near as he can tell, was the Wednesday before the murder, paid lias never seen it since in the store. Robinson was in the employ of Mr. lloxie, and at the time he last saw the hatchet there.— Witness was in the habit ot opening the store. He'missed the hatchet before he heard of the murder, as he wanted to use ' it. Hid not make any inquiry fur it. The hatchet shown him is the one belonging to the store, and he has never seen it there since that time.Cross examined.—The hatchet was frequently used for opening boxes in the street. Saw Robinson in the store about 5 or hall past 5 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. He was conversing with Mr. lloxie and the clerks as usual. Hus always found him tol,e remarkably mild and pleasant, and nothing harsh, lias never seen a bald place on his head.Direct.—Painted part of the store on Friday and Saturday—wc painted the windows and upriahts, and white washed the ceiling. Persons in passing the uprights, if not careful, might gel paint on tlicir clothes. Mr. iioxie got some on his clothes. The dark coloring on the hntchct is the same as when Jie last saw it in the store. .Emma French—Lived with Mrs. Townsend, and resided there at ihe lime of Helen’s death- Had lived there three months. Knew the prisoner by the name oi FrankRivers ; he had never visited her; had seen him Iherc four or five times. Knew of his bein'* there the night Helen was murdered ; he then wore a hat and cloak. Her roomWAS on the first floor, opposito lt;hat o Mrs. Townsend. Saw him between 9 and 10 olime she lived at Mrs. Townsend’s and previously. Has seen a miniature in Helen’s possession, and saw it on Friday morning dusting it, after which she put it in Helen’s bureau drawer. She never saw it again after that. It was the miniature of a male. YVas shown Robinson's miniature and identified it as the one in Helen’s pos-j session. ■ -Cross examined —Resides at 1SS Franklin s*. with her mother; who takes in work. Usually went to Helen’s room about S or. 9 o'clock in the morning, and was generally punctual. Was there about J past 5 on Saturday afternoon, as near as she can recollect ; left there again about half pas 7, nnd went home. This was rather earlier than usual,but she had to go of an errand for her mother. Helen had not finished dressing, but she told her she might go. - When she came to Helen’s room at A past 5 on Saturday afternoon, there whs a gentleman there, but she did not see his face. Heard Helen mention Frank’s name when she went to the doorShe then went after a pitcher of water and returned' in about ten minutes, the man was not there. The personin the room was sitting in a chair leaning his arm on the head of the bed. Witness never, to her recollection, told Mr. Lowndes that she thought the person in Helen’s room was Riibinson. Her deposition bofoio Justice Lowndes was here read, in which'she swore she thought the person in Helen’s room was Robinson. Being asked to explain the cause of the difference In her testimony, she said that if she did say so, she said more than she knew. She was frightened thcti,could uot say hut she was frightened now. She has not since talked with any one on the subject, except her mother. Saw Robinson at Helen’s room on Thursday evening, and she think his dress was black. She left bin there when she went away.IVitliam Van Mess —Called by prosecution—Is a public porter. Knows the prisoner. Remembers delivering a letter to prisoner at Hoixia’s store. When lie went in asked if Richard P. Robinson was there, but was not.* He 'then came out and found prisoner on the sidewalk m front of the .turc. Told him he had a letter for him. He told witness to go through the store, in the rear, .and lay the letter on a beam of the privy, as witness thinks. He previously look the letter out of his pocket, and showed it to him* He went through the store, into the yard, as directed, but not knowing what towithout leaving the letter, and went into the street, -Did not see Robinson then, and witness went away about his business.- Shortly after he returned tci his stand at the corner of Maiden lane and Pearl st.' when Robinson came asked him where the letter .was! He replied he stiil had it, as he was told not to deliver it to any person but himself. He thengave the letter to Ilohiuson who gave himtwo shillings. _Witness lives at 28 Thomas st. He heard of the murder on Lord’s day morning, ‘Lout 7 o’clock. He saw the corpse about £ past 2 in the ' afternoon.' Did not immediately recognize it, but soon after did as having seen her before. He thinks he had seen her in Cedar st. Being asked if she gave the letter to him, Mr. Price objected to bringing in as evidence any declaration of the deceased.Edward Strang, called l»j prosecution.— Does not know. Mr. Robinson. lias seen Helen Jewett. Saw her on Saturday previous to her death, in the morning, and again in the afternoon, in ihe street. YVas at her house between 5 and 6 o’clock on Saturday. Was in the room she occupied, up slairs. Believes one. or two black women came in/while he was (here. A black woman brought in some clean clothes, and a pitcher of water, and made a fire. Hoes UOt remember whether lie left the colored woman there or not, when he went out.— Satin a chair near, the head of ihe bed while in the room, Believes that another girl was walking with her when he saw deceased the street in the afternoon. Saw deceased go into the house. Went into the house at the same time with deceased. Left the house before six o’clock. Part of the time was sitting in the chair with his head leaning on the bed. . ■-Oliver Lownds, justice of the. police__Has examined the premises at 41 Thomas st. The,cloak was found on a lot fronting on Hudson st. The spot never was pointed out to him. Part of the fence on one side of. (ho yard was torn down. A person could not escape to Hudson street from this lot.. There is an alley opening into Chapel street. The lot immediately in the rear of Mrs. Townsend’s lot, separated hers from Duane st.Cannol say there was an alley leading from the lot north of Mrs. Townsend’s to Duane st.When witness went to the house of Mrs, Townsend a watch and a ring were shown to him by the coroner, which belonged to Helen Jewett. Some papers and letters were also found in the room, some of which were brought to him by the Coroner, YVas in the house when the lamp was lit, in company with the mayor. Cannot tell that a person’s face could be particularly distinguished by the light of the lamp in the entry liad never been in prisoner’s room. Was at the polic office when tne bureau of the prisoner was brought there. It was brof by Brink, In a drawer found a pocket hook.[A pocket, book was handed him.] Believes it to be the same. Some papers were taken out of a drawer. .By Mi. Maxwell.—Is there not an alley under the piazza of Helen Jewett’s window, by which an easier passage to the street could be had, than by crossing the fences passing througn the lot where the cloak was found! .Ans.—Yes.[A map of- the situation of the house, and the several fences adjoining,was here shewn to the jury by Mr.'Maxwell, for ihe purpose of explaing lo them the situation of,ihe piazza, and the passage under it into Thomassb] .The only way to escape by this alley under the piazza is. by dropping down from the window of Helen’s room.By a Juror.—First saw the fence down on Sunday.Elizabeth Salters recalled.—YVas in the room shortly after the murder of Helen Jewett—saw a handkerchief between the bed post and pillow of the bed. Saw another person called Frank Rivers at about h past 9 in the house of :Mr. Townsend, in Ihe lower enfry-^he did not remain long— another person was with him—he talked with deponent-and.a gentleman who camedui of the parlor- ho did not go into anyof the rooms-—saw him go away alone-saw him again on Sunday morning.al'ter the murder—:—he camu in' company with the prisoner-^——does not know who the other Frank Rivers was. [A Mr. Tew who was in court, was identified as being (lie other Frank Rivers.] YVitness let out the other Frank Rivers about 10 o’clock, while Mrs. Townsend was down stairs getting champagne he had Oil a Boston wrapper. 'Mary Gallagher YVas at Mrs. Townsend’s on the morning after the-murder--saw the prisoner then —had not seen himbefore : there was something said to prisoner about a imndkorchiuf; she.asked prisoner that time what had induced him to' commitso cruel an act prisoner said “I am ayoung man only 19 yesterday, with mostbrilliant prospects -what could induce meto destroy them by so ridiculous an act ?” he said there was' another man’s handkerchief under the pillow with the name in full upon it—-—“ I am net afraid but that I will he acquitted’, ;—her answer was, “My dear boy, your clonk lias been found on the other side of the fence, God grant-you may prove your innocence for the sake of your pour mother.” I then asked him if he had seen what an awlul state she was in with her head split open and her body burnt to a crisp, lie answered “no, they will not let mesee her” 1 -said y if yovi could see herand you had committed the act, I am sure your heart would break” at that instantMr. Brink came up and Told her ho could uot allow any person to speak to the prison- jar, I begged hus pardon and sat down. • , for arsenic. Never sells arsenic to any ono George. P. Marslon.—Was acquainted although it is frequently called for. It was with Helen Jewett ; was in the habit of after dark when the prisoner , was (here— visiting her at Mrs. Townsend’s ; . was not. Prisoner generally called in the ereninir at Mrs. Townsend’s on the night the miir-jbad s»ated these circumstances to Mr.-Jus* der took place.; took'the handkerchief to tice Lownds, in the sessions room. I las a-the house about a fortnight previous to have 'bad memory. Thinks it was two or three it marked ; had assumed ihe name of f- Bill weeks after the murder when ho tojj jjr Easy” at that house ; Helen asked witness . Lowhd’s of prisoner’s having wanted to buv if he had bought the handkerchief for ‘ arsenic from him. Had been itr the courtfast colors ; the handkerchief faded, and when the women were examined. Never Helen Jewett bought him another and kept j saw eitherof them -in the store. Had often his ; boarded in Clifl’st. was at home from S {seen women there. Mentioned that prison o’clock ; had been there one or-two Satur-j er had been’'n't their store; because Stipicionrested upon Robinson as the murderer of the deceased. ; Witness also mentioned these circumstances to Dr. Chabert, because of these suspicious, who told him to go to-Mr. Lownds, Neveepointed out. the prj0-_ oner at (he bar as tlm person who had culled for arsenic until now. • Hid not know the prisoner. Several pointed liiin out him irt the court room. Pointedday nights in succession—.every Saturday night while Helen Jewett was in the house; does not know how long she was there. YVas not at the house of Mrs. Townsend on that Saturday at, all, neither day - nor night. -Gross examine.d—Helen Jewett was fond of being employed in sewing and doing' any little service she could to oblige any one.1— She had also made shirts for me. She always requested to do these little services with her needle. I have seen clothing of other persons there ; and she was always willing to do sewing. She has mended clothes for me also.Dircc!—-I have seen Helen have buckles, ear rings, and linger rings, sometimes 2 or 3 j on each finger. 1 have also seen her have i watch and ch.-rin. Some of the buckles were very handsome belt buckles, and were of several kinds. I do not know what ali the jewelry was worth. I do not know that she had disposed of any'.of those articles beiore her death. I had soon some of the articles in her possession before and after she wont to Mrs, Townsend’s viz : a watch and chain, a large buckle with a cameo head on it, and some large and valuable rings. More than one were emerald riims which she had at Mrs. Townsend’s at the last time I saw her, was the Friday night before herdeath- I was then in the house 10 or'-20 minutes only. I did not go to the houso or to the door the Saturday night before her death. I do not know in what part of the bottSQ Molun kept the handkerchief. I only know the rings are emerald because she said so.C'wss examined again—Helen was one of the most splendidly dressed girls that went to the third tier of the Park-theatre- She lin'd many splendid dresses, and many lit h 01 meats. She did not til ways wear the. latter. She was not much better dressed than' the other girls in the houke, as I have seen in passing, them. I went to the house of Mrs.T. between S nnd 9 o’clock on Friday night.I do not recollect who let me in. J never saw many persons in the house. I. have heard the house called the City. Hotel.At 3 o’clock, the Court took a recess for half an hour.At a quarter after 4 the cause was rcsum-. ed.Joseph Iioxie—Knows the.prisoncr—has known, him about 4 years—was in . his employ at the lime of the murder—had been in his employ 2 years on the 11th March preceding. YYras fir.se employed as an unuer clerk—had been in his store previous to that time—he had been in Mr.James Robinson’s store before he employed him. Mr. Robinson did not afterward become, his partner— was pretty well acquainted with prisoner before he came with him—the prisoner had been in the capacity of assistant book keeper—also out. door clerk—had been assistant book keeper abouL ono year previous to the first Jan. last ; liad copied - letters for him—has seen him write—had become ae-vuainled with his hand writing, [A book was here handed lo witness by Mr. Morris, and asked if the writing in it was prisoner’s hand writing.] After looking over the book, witness replied that lie dure not swear' it was. There were a variety of hand writings in it—there is something of the general character of his hand writing in some parts of the book, and if it is his it is considerably disguised—saw ' nothing in it so plain and well written as his writing in witness’s books—there is nothing in the book that he could recognise as the hand writing j of the prisoner—there are some parts of it much like the hand witting of another person in his employ that personhis name is R.to-out twomen, (who were in the room,) that told him the prisoner was Mr. llohinson. Thinkslikely that he swore that hu cit'd know ihe prisoner. Is sure he swore so. Ho Ine.int to swear that he did hoi know him until pointed-out in court.j A hill i ecfcipted was here shown ,|1P ! ness by Mr. Morris.]- It was his band w-rfl ; img. Hid not see the prisoner pay any mo ney to Dr. Chaben. Gave ,ho |,j|| ^ ^* now recognized the prisoner because he had seen him before, Again repeated th..t he did not know the^.risoner puisotutlly. 1Direct examination resumcd—llad known toe prisoner by ibo name ofH.B. DotI„|us,I behrs. time be board tbe prisoner’s T.aniJ was AobmsfUMVas when he was pointed oat m him m the coin. Dr. Cfit.Lcn Inld witness pnsonei’s name was Robinson before ! saw him in courl.i .Miss Elizabeth Siuart next deposed, I hnvu seen Robinson before, and /bet .snw-limi last August, die last time was at Rcadu st. I kept the house.; he came to see mw about a room.Mr. Maxwell here objected that the prosecutor had no business to do as he appeared to intend, viz to go into proof of some de-iinqiiency at sunm uiher brothel, which offence, if indeed, any had been committed, was not the subject mailer of the present charge, Air, Trice tbllmvud on the same side, and Judge Betts fully coincided, and remarked that tbe evidence already given as to the poison, ought not to have been received, and should not have been if the Prisoner’s counsel’ had'at that time objected to it, and even as it now stood, the court would order and thomby o.vpimgo the whole of Chabert s shopkeeper’s'evidence as to tint id directed tk.j jury to abandon from their consideration the whole of the evidence referred lo. as well as Hint, given by Misss Stewart, who consequently iminedt-itcly left the stand.Mr. JY1 orris here proposed to rend -.he va-1 lions le'ters which had been idonti/hd, aid. also such parts of prisoner’s diary as Mr. -rIoxie and Mr. Gilbert had sworn they believed to be in Robinson’s hand writing.Mr. Hoffman objected to these papers being read, because, in the first place,' they were not (iu accordance with the rules of evidence relating lo ’such matins) poshivolv or efficiently-proved lo be .'in the prisoner's hand writing. - Secondly, that if oven they were proved ; then many of them were written at a very remote dale, nod possibly under fuelings which were excilcd from some cause-'or other, and from not bein'* written immediately proceeding the murder” could not [y any possibility have any connexion with it, and. further, that although he believed they contained nothing iujurious to die imprests ot' the prisoner, yet as a matter of principle lie would object to their being read, because they hud been found by Ihe officers at die pvisoncr’r residence, and taken away in his absence. That in doing so (be officers had violated the laws .as laid down by all the English Judges, particularly by. lord Mansfield, and Chief Justice Best, the latter of whom on once being applied to for permission'to take uway”soniw property belonging lo a person C/lillged With minder and piracy, pmempiorily refused to ml declared *Jthnt,F. ^give such porinis:bioson—ho went to Europe in February I on die party being only accused pfilm crime . YVitnossiiigain examined the book, his propei ly should be taken , frdni . him, itnow in •. F.uvope Robinson lastsaid that some parts of it resembled the I would be a direct and open violation'of tile hand writing of the prisoner- .Witness was law, and therefore too papers, Mr. H. con-required to mark such part of the writing in , tended could not, under any circumstances-the book as he believed to be :he.prisoner’s. 'legally be evidence against the prisoner bc-YY'itncss marked severs! places that he he-J cause they had been illegally obtained from lieved to be his. [SeveralVetters w.ere^here,' h'm. 5' and, added Mr. II., “The o'ftk-ers, shown the witness.'] Hoes not believe the ; ihe justicc, the prosecutors, or any one else first is his ; the 2d is not his ; the 3d not ljad no inoi e right, to take the book and let-llis ; the 4th looks more like his, but does tel‘s Rom this unfortunate boy, than they not believe it to be his ; the 5th not his would have had to have taken any articleihe 6th not his ; should believe the 7th to be Tr(,,n otlt of rny pocket'; and as the counsel his; Sth not his ; 9th not his; 10th not for the accused, I feel it, and I feci keenly his; nth atKri2th not his ; 13th not his; when I bear in mind that after they had 14th not his—lftth not his, jbeen so illegally obtained,all access to themFred. TV. Gouvgas.—YYrns in the employ 1 was for a considerable, time denied even to of Dr. Chaberl, the fire king, at the lime of Iho counsel employed by the accused.” the murder. . Knew the,prisoner.at the bar ; j Mr. ■Phoenix hero interrupted Mr. Iloft-ktiew him by the name-of Douglass. Had ! man, and declared he wished for nothing known him some time before the murder. | lhat had even the semblance of being unfair, seen him in the doctos’s store ; and twice janc^ after what had been said,, he would iu the, back office. Had never seen him i.withdiaw the request to havei them read.write there, ohould. think the prisoner the j Mr. Phoenix then added “ And thusperson, hu had known as Douglass, to iho/closes the case on the part oftho people—lifirf /iT Lin /«lt;■ .iu l\, J f hp nrflCPPIltlPIl FOCffc? ^The prosecution rests here.!To lie continued./IRELAND.- Dpiu.iiv, May 7, Famine in the north-west.—The most deplorable . accounts have' been received from almost all parts of the, nonh«WGSt 'coinst* especially Sligo and Donegal, of.the dread-best of his knowledge. The prisoner had applied to hiin for arsenic teii or twelve days before the murder. There was a man by the uarne of Francis Myers in ihe store at the time prisoner called. Did not sell the arsenic to him. , Prisoner said he’wanted it to kill rats. Had been .with^Dr-Chabert 4 yems, . v: ../-.H rCross examined by Mr.’MaxwclI—There frequently were a number of persons in the.'ful state of distress, t|jve absoluieiy starving sloro :it the same time. Last ti.mo ho saw 'condition of Jtho peasantry.' The very Wk-, and tho extremethe prisoner in the store, was when ho asked: j wardstalo of the
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