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At
this
point
it
was
admitted
by
the
defendant
's
counsel
,
that
I
had
been
placed
in
the
pen
by
Burch
in
the
spring
of
1841
,
and
hereupon
the
prosecution
rested
.
Benjamin
O.
Shekels
was
then
offered
as
a
witness
by
the
prisoner
.
Benjamin
is
a
large
,
coarse-featured
man
,
and
the
reader
may
perhaps
get
a
somewhat
correct
conception
of
him
by
reading
the
exact
language
he
used
in
answer
to
the
first
question
of
defendant
's
lawyer
.
He
was
asked
the
place
of
his
nativity
,
and
his
reply
,
uttered
in
a
sort
of
rowdyish
way
,
was
in
these
very
words
--
"
I
was
born
in
Ontario
county
,
New-York
,
and
weighed
fourteen
pounds
!
"
Benjamin
was
a
prodigious
baby
!
He
further
testified
that
he
kept
the
Steamboat
Hotel
in
Washington
in
1841
,
and
saw
me
there
in
the
spring
of
that
year
.
He
was
proceeding
to
state
what
he
had
heard
two
men
say
,
when
Senator
Chase
raised
a
legal
objection
,
to
wit
,
that
the
sayings
of
third
persons
,
being
hearsay
,
was
improper
evidence
.
The
objection
was
overruled
by
the
Justice
,
and
Shekels
continued
,
stating
that
two
men
came
to
his
hotel
and
represented
they
had
a
colored
man
for
sale
;
that
they
had
an
interview
with
Burch
;
that
they
stated
they
came
from
Georgia
,
but
he
did
not
remember
the
county
;
that
they
gave
a
full
history
of
the
boy
,
saying
he
was
a
bricklayer
,
and
played
on
the
violin
;
that
Burch
remarked
he
would
purchase
if
they
could
agree
;
that
they
went
out
and
brought
the
boy
in
,
and
that
I
was
the
same
person
.
He
further
testified
,
with
as
much
unconcern
as
if
it
was
the
truth
,
that
I
represented
I
was
born
and
bred
in
Georgia
;
that
one
of
the
young
men
with
me
was
my
master
;
that
I
exhibited
a
great
deal
of
regret
at
parting
with
him
,
and
he
believed
"
got
into
tears
!
"
--
nevertheless
,
that
I
insisted
my
master
had
a
right
to
sell
me
;
that
he
ought
to
sell
me
;
and
the
remarkable
reason
I
gave
was
,
according
to
Shekels
,
because
he
,
my
master
,
"
had
been
gambling
and
on
a
spree
!
"
He
continued
,
in
these
words
,
copied
from
the
minutes
taken
on
the
examination
:
"
Burch
interrogated
the
boy
in
the
usual
manner
,
told
him
if
he
purchased
him
he
should
send
him
south
.
The
boy
said
he
had
no
objection
,
that
in
fact
he
would
like
to
go
south
.
Burch
paid
$
650
for
him
,
to
my
knowledge
.
I
do
n't
know
what
name
was
given
him
,
but
think
it
was
not
Solomon
.
Did
not
know
the
name
of
either
of
the
two
men
.
They
were
in
my
tavern
two
or
three
hours
,
during
which
time
the
boy
played
on
the
violin
.
The
bill
of
sale
was
signed
in
my
bar-room
.
It
was
a
printed
blank
,
filled
up
by
Burch
.
Before
1838
Burch
was
my
partner
.
Our
business
was
buying
and
selling
slaves
.
After
that
time
he
was
a
partner
of
Theophilus
Freeman
,
of
New-Orleans
.
Burch
bought
here
--
Freeman
sold
there
!
"
Shekels
,
before
testifying
,
had
heard
my
relation
of
the
circumstances
connected
with
the
visit
to
Washington
with
Brown
and
Hamilton
,
and
therefore
,
it
was
,
undoubtedly
,
he
spoke
of
"
two
men
,
"
and
of
my
playing
on
the
violin
.
Such
was
his
fabrication
,
utterly
untrue
,
and
yet
there
was
found
in
Washington
a
man
who
endeavored
to
corroborate
him
.
Benjamin
A.
Thorn
testified
he
was
at
Shekels
'
in
1841
,
and
saw
a
colored
boy
playing
on
a
fiddle
.
"
Shekels
said
he
was
for
sale
.
Heard
his
master
tell
him
he
should
sell
him
.
The
boy
acknowledged
to
me
he
was
a
slave
.
I
was
not
present
when
the
money
was
paid
.
Will
not
swear
positively
this
is
the
boy
.
The
master
came
near
shedding
tears
:
I
think
the
boy
did
!
I
have
been
engaged
in
the
business
of
taking
slaves
south
,
off
and
on
,
for
twenty
years
.
When
I
ca
n't
do
that
I
do
something
else
.
"
I
was
then
offered
as
a
witness
,
but
,
objection
being
made
,
the
court
decided
my
evidence
inadmissible
.
It
was
rejected
solely
on
the
ground
that
I
was
a
colored
man
--
the
fact
of
my
being
a
free
citizen
of
New-York
not
being
disputed
.
