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until the 6th, when he left in the train for the East. Bruff
Jeft two days before. They brought three horses with them,
two bays and a chestnut sorrel. The sorrel had a knot under
his jaw. Prisoner sold the sorrel horse and a saddle and
bridie to my father. The saddle was a plain black saddle,
the pommel having the appearance of having been rubbed.
Mr. Morgan and Mr. Signer came to Vincennes from St. Louis
and wanted to see the horse, saddle and bridle, and we showed
them to them. Prisoner also traded to my father a pair of
gloves and a watch seal; the gloves- were precisely like those
shown in court by Major Walker.

Mr. Couzins arrested prisoner in bed, in Dover, Del., be-
tween 1 and 2 o’clock in the morning of the 21st of February.
‘Witness found in the vest pocket of the prisoner a watch
which he afterwards handed to Major Walker.

Major Walker produced this watch in court and you will
recollect, gentlemen, that he stated that it was the eame
watch Couzins gave him, and he recognizes it as the watch
that Gordon had carried many years. Mr. Wentz also rec-
ognizes it as the watch of Gordon, having seen and examined
it frequently. Couzins further states that he found in pos-
seasion of the prisoner at the time of his arrest a pair of sad-
dlebags and a daguerrotype ease, corresponding to the one
that Gordon was to take to St. Charles. At the depot in
Smyrna prisoner admitted in presence of witness that the
saddlebaga and watch belonged to Gordon.

Mr. Wentz eaye that while in the depot at Smyrna he had
the watch in his hands, and remarked to Mr. Couzins in pres-
enee of Worrell ‘‘that he knew it was Gordon’s watch,”’ and
that Worrell said, ‘‘Gentlemen, that was Mr. Gordon’s
watch.”? Wentz had the saddlebags on his knee at the same
time, and Worrell remarked (pointing to them) ‘‘And those
also were Mr. Gordon’s.’’ Couzins further states that at
the depot in Smyrna some person asked Worrell who killed
Gordon, and why he did not say something about it. Pris-
oner replied, ‘‘The other man is 8 Mason and I don’t like to
say anything about it.’’? Couzins also asked him whose cloak
it was that was left at Vincennes. Prisoner asked if there

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