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] (71’111 SALE—The Plantation whereon I now live, viz: 'Die
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well watered, perhaps ns good, if not the best land on tho Chattahoo
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•tone water for his health. J. RL C. MONTGOMERY.
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Milledgeville, December 12..1837 18—3 t
of
Till’. BUNKLEY CASE.
Aware of the interest excited in the public mind, by this ex
traordinary case, we have been at no little pains and expense
in procuring a hill ami accurate report of the trial; a portion
ol which we have the pleasure of laying before onr readers to
day. 't he remainder will be given so soon as its great length
will permit.
JONES SUPERIOR COURT--. April Term, 1837.
The State, )
Elijah Barber, J CHKATIN(; SWINDLING.
Jesse L, Bunkiey. )
(•EOI.i, Junes County.
I he Grand Jurors sworn, cli(M’'n and .selected for the comity oF Jones, to wit: Ro
• L'rt H rjchin b'. ,\j. Hollinger Brown, Peyton T. Pitts, Hobson C. A. Smith, Han’l.
I . I upper, William Candler, Bin id SloeulnS, Bartley M. Cox. Jl»o. S. Edwards, Al
treu yciie, \ViJkin< Juckaon, Tyre Freeman, James Godard, Jno. Bi \ unt, D- nnis
l ' ter, (. nder \V . Low. , Jas. Gra\, Jno. Pitts, Elbert Hutchings, Isaac R. Middlo
brooK, John Jones, a.id Alcxan.lerOd 'll—
In the name and beh.'ili of the citizens of Georgia, charge and accuse Elijah Barber,
otherwise called Jesse 1.. Bunkley, of the county and State aforesaid, with the of
fence of cheating and swindling:
For, dial t’n.' said Elijah Burlier, otherwise called Jesse 1.. Bunklev, being an evil
disposed person, and wickedly devising and intending to defraud anil prejudice one
Jonathan 1 airish, of said county, on (he twenty-eighth day of September, in the vear
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in the county and State aforesaid, with force and
aini.i, tiienand there did falsely personate to the said Jonathan Parrish and others, of
said county, another person by th? name of Jesse L. Bunkley, the word of the said
Jonathan Parrish, and the son of Win. i). Bunkley, late of said county, deceased, be
gotten by k:s wife Elizabeth,now Elizabeth Lowther, with the intention thereby, then
and there, fraudulently obtaining from the said Jonathan Parrish, the guardian of the
said Jesse L. Bunkley, the son of tho said Wm. D. Bunkley, deceased, and his wile
Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Lowther,n large quantity of money,to wit: the sum of lif
b en thousand dollars, of the veluc of fifteen thousand dollars; and also tho undivided
halt of the following negroes, to wit: Simon, of the value of five hundred dollars
burry,of the value.of five hundred dollars; Stephen.of the valueof five hundred dol
lars; Henry, of thy value of five hundred dollars: Jim, of the value of five hundred
dullais; Berry, of the vain* of five hundred dollars; Linsev, of the value of five
hundred dollars: Lucy, of the value of five hundred dollars; flunnah, of the value of
n\e hundred do.lars ; of the value of five hundred dollars; Babby, of the va
lue of five hundred dollars; Fanny, of the value of live hundred dollars'; and Daniel,
of the value of five hundred dollars—which said money, and undivided half of said
uegroes, the said Jes.sc L. Bunkley, the m>u of Wm. D. Bunklev, deceased, by his
wile Elisebath, now Elizabeth Lowther, is entitled, to have nnd receive of the said
Jonathan Parrish, as his guardian; whereas, in truth and in fact, the said Elijah Bar
her, otherwise called Jesse L. Bunkley, is not the said Jesse L. Bunklev, tho war
of tlie snid Jonathan Parrish, mid the sou of the said Win. D. Bunkley, deceased
and his wife Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Lowtlier, but he ia an evil and wicked impos
tor, to the great grievance and injury of the said Jonathan Parrish, to the evil exiime
pie of others, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity
thereof.
Anti the Jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, fur
ther charge and accuse the said Elijah Barber, otherwise called Jesse L. Bunkley,
with having committed the offence of cheating and swindling :
For, that the said Elijah Barber, otherwise culled Jesse L.' Bunkley, being an evil
disposed person, and an impostor, and wickedly devising nnd intending to defraud
and prejudice Jonathan Parrish, of said county, on the twenty-eighth day of Sop
tember, in Lie year 1836, in the county and State aforesaid, with force and arms, then
ar.<! there did falsely personate to the said Jonathan Parrish and others, of said
county, one Jesse L. Bunkley, deceased, for whose person and propertv the said Jo
nathan t arrish was guardian whilst he was in life; the said Jesse L/Bunkley, de
c. H>ed, being the son of Win. I). Bunkley, deceased, begotten bv his wife Elizabeth,
now I- hzabetu Lowther, with the intention of thereby, then and there, fraudulently
obtaining of the said Jonathan Parrish a large quantity of money, to wit: the sum
'?• thousand dollars, of the vain? of fifteen thousand dollars; and also the un
divided hiilf us the following negroes, to wit: Simon, Surry, Stephen, Ilenrv, Jim,
berry, Linsey, Lucy, Hnniuili, Zone, Bubby, Fanny, nml Daniel, each of the value of
five hundred dollars; which said money and undivided half of said negroes last
aforesaid, the said jc-se L. Bunkley, deceased,the son of the said William D. Bunk
ley, ueceased, and his wife Elizabeth, now Elizabeth Lowther, would be entitled to
have and receive oi the said Jonathan Parrish, as his guardian, were lie now in life:
to the great grievance, vexation and injury of the said Jonathan Parrish, contrary to
the laws of rani State, rhe good order, peace nnd dignity thereof.
And the Jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, fur
ther charge and accuse the said Elijah Barber, otherwise called Jesse L. Bunklev,
with having committed the offence es cheating and swindling:
For, that die said Elijah Barber, otherwise called Jesse L. Bunklev, being an evil
disposed person nnd impostor, and wickedly devising nnd intending to initire the said
Jonathan Parrish, and Camilla Bunkley, William J. Bunklev, and Gordon S. Bttnk
fi’.': heirs and distributees of Williani D. Bunkley, Jun., deceased, on the twentv
oighth day of September, in the year 1836, in the county and State aforesaid, with
force anil arms, then and there, did falsely personate to said Jonathan Parrish and
others, of said county, one Jesse L. Bunklev, deceased, the brother cf said Wm. D.
Bunkley, junior, deceased, with the intention of thereby, then and there, fraudulent
ly obtaining of the s: id Jonathan Parrish a large quantity of money, to wit: the
sum of fifteen thousand dollars, of the value of fifteen thousand dollars; and the un
divided half cf the following negroes, to wit: Simon, Surry, Stenhen, He.nrv Jim
Berry, Linsey, Lucy, Hannah, Zeno, Babby, Fanny, nnd Daniel, each of die value of
five hundred dollars; which said money and undivided half of said negroes lust
aforesaid, the said Jesse L. Bunkley, deceased, the brother of tile said William D.
I.'.i’ildev, Jr., deceased, would be entitled to have and receive of the said Jonathan
4 iiriiGh, an his guardian, were he now in life, but which paid money and negroes lust
aforesaid, were paid over and delivered to the said Wm. D. Bunkley, Jr. deceased,
whilst he was in life, by the said Jonathan Parrish, as the guardian of die said Win!
1). Bunkley, Jr. decea ned, on the eighteenth day of July, in the year 1832; the said
| Wm. I). Bunkley, Jr. deceased, having survived the said Jesse L. Bunklev, deceas
ed, find was his only surviving brother and heir, and which said money and negroes
i last aforesaid, are now owned by the suit! Camilla Bunklev, William J. Bunklev
■ and Gordon S. Bunkley, tho heir.- and distributees of said Wm. I). Bunkley, Jr. de
’ ceased, to the groat grievance, vexation and injury of the said Jonathan Parrish,’and
, the said Camilla Bunkley, Win. J. Bunkley, and Gordon S. Bunkley, contrary to
: the laws cf said State, the good order, pence and dignity thereof.
April Term, 1337. ' “ R. O. DAVIDSON, Solic tor General.
S i l ’( J-.L LOWTHER, Prosecutor.
JOHN W. GORDON, Prosecutor.
WITNESSES.—Elizabeth Lowther, Samuel Lowther, Jonathan Parrish, Nancy
I I'‘<'.7.'.'.'. n '7 Slutter, Hop- H. blatt r, John J. Slattcr, Shmlrach F. Slatter Win
D. X’lllmm-, I'owiJl F. Williams, Abner 11. Flewellen, Michael Sullivan I-'hani
' WioM..l hornas < mt, John Spinks, John Berrv, John J. Benslcv, Robert Beasley,
[ Somuel Blow, XVilham Wynn, Joseph Chils, William Williams'on, Ransom Coo-
P f ’ r ’ AVi,i 7 n ,‘ Gm'lon, John Campbell, Michnvl Winningham, Tho
muH Hnl bmu n Berry, John Aughn, James Cnuinbell, Hamilton Garmar.y, Few
Gordon, Allen Martin, John Sm! letb, Benjamin H. Lampkin, Benjamin Ivy, Thon.
IL Glenn, Robert ( nmpbell, William M. Roberts, Daniel R. Dees, Richard Berry
Stephen Hill, Peter Glower, Thomas Blount, Samuel Fee, James Bunkley.
Trvx Bill,
ROBERT HUTCHINGS, Foreman.
Copy of Indictment and list of witnes.ee furnished the defendant before arraiirn-
R- O. DAVIDSON, Solicitor General.
The defendant arraigned end plead Not Guilty.
April Term, 1837.
April Term, 1837, continued by prisoner.
The State, )
Elijah
Jesse L. Bunkly. J
It appearing on oath to the Court, that Mary Hunter, Jesse Duncan, Lewis Ten
ner, Leven Tanner, Nathan Horn, Charles Murdock, Stephen Bowen, John Sloueh
ter, Couleon Bclye.w, Ascension L. Acee, Zaehariiili Boothe, Wilie Boothe, John T.
Boothe, Thcno.s Mullens, William H. Brookes, and .Martin W. Stamper, material
witnesses for the defendant, have respectively been served with subpoenas, to appear
at this Court, and testify in the above case; nnd that said persons fail nnd refuse to
appear, end that they are within the jurisdictional limits of this State ordered
threfore, that said Charles Murdock, Stephen Bowen, John Slaughter, Colson Bel
vew, Ascension L. Ac Zechariah Boothe, Wilie Boothe, John T. Boothe, JeMe
Duncan. Mary Hunter. Lewis Tanner, Leven Tunner, Thomas Mullens, William H.
| Brooks, Martin W. Stamper, and Nathan Horn, respectively shew cause, so soon as
| counsel can be heard, why they should not be punished fora contempt of said Court
| nnd that they, each of them, be served with a copy of this rule, forthwith.
Adjourned Term, December, 1837.
'l'he State, )
Elijah Bariier. alias [cheating and Swindling—Trr.c Bill.
Jcflfic L. Bunkioy. J
II to tho Court that Samuel Lowtbnr, the prosecutor, having died since
to * Gliding of the Bill, in the abovecuac,and that John Gordon comes forward and
proffers to take upon himself lhe responsibilities and liabilities of said prosecution, il
id ordered that the said John W. Gordon be made the prosecutor, in lien of the said
tSninuel Jxowthor, (L cnaned; and that his name be endorsed on said Bill of Indict'
ment, by the Solicitor General, as such ; that no rights of the defendant shall be pre
judiced by this order. 1
The State, i
Elijah Barber.ir/irzx f CHEATING AND SWINDLING.
Je . v L. Bunkley. )
In tho above : tnt«! case it is mutually agreed, by the counsel for the prisoner and
tho State, flint the Jury may disperse, mid that the prisoner is not, in any event, to
take uny advantage of the same, nor is the State, unless incline of gross fraud or cor
ruption ; and the Jury may disperse until the Court meets, on Tuesday next
23d Dec. 1837. ’ ROBERT F. HARDEMAN, Alto, for Pros.
JAMES SMITH, Atto. for Defend.
Tucrdny, Dec. :ff, 1837.—Court met, agreeably to adjournment,
ir-rf/uia/ay ifornimr, Dec. 27, 1337.—Court met, agreeably lo adjournment.
Thursday Morning, Dir. 28, 1837.—Court met, agreeably to adjournin' at.
The State, j
Elijah Bmber.oKrJfCHEATING AND SWINDLING.
Jcp.nc L. Bunklev. J
JURY SWORN.
1. Joseph Cox, 7. 7'homaH J. Bnzernore,
2. Daniel Tve,, 8. John Marsh,
3. Robert M. Chapman, p. Jarnos Gre»*ne
4. John I*. Carson, 10. I,'uac I’iopin
‘J’ I’ 4 birn, 11. Green Williamson,
C. William S. Middlebrooks, pj. John Maddock.
EVIDENCE FOR THE STATE.
I't Witness. Mrs. Elizabeth /xwZ//rr—H'id a son nam'd Jesse L. Bunkley hi®
filth-r’s num ; was Wm. D. Bunkley—he left her? in 1325 for Natchez, ami from
lhencc to New ()rlennfl--he left h?re the. 17th day of May, 1825; have Been the pri
aoner several times—he is not my son; bus not one feature of my son ; inv son’s hair
was as light as Mr. Hnrd-unan’sj he hnd'a very fair skin—his eye.-, willow his thee
was full—his upper lip full, nnd inclin. dto double when Immhing: thi-. middle fin-er
r.f his loft hand was off above the nail—there was no particle of rniil on il; he had a
very doen dimple mt his chin—thi:'man is not. the form ofrov son ; I have examined tin
prison-r linger—his hands arc full,neither finger or ni.il; offimv ...oiih nosev. as str .ight
nielim-dto turn un a litfle; my ton bud nn excellent education— wuk> pl nt school
con.-Ijintly from five ychi.iof age Ji? wrote a very goo-J hnrrl;hcWas nineteen vear?
the November before }>«• left, nnd went aw.-. v inMay;he would b? 20 hv’h * next May -
I 'ln' H;-t infi>rrnntio;i I had of him was from'N-w Gilcmis; I had understood that Im
Ihe die/! pi New Orb'.anf’—!h< ‘’«!ii'.r.il rumor wa.< that lie was dead • I aAo<! pri’mu rliis
“he «M hvaA■ ■L. Bunkity;l aikcdhipi whatthc !.. in’hisnatne stoodfon-
Ihe answered it was for Lri.-in. i ami’.: n. [it num.' was I.near-, nn son i n-d his name
by writing th L. mid B. in emtim I'm letter pretty mu.-.h to , li,-, : ho was a m> >,|
Leto mid fir-:-, ridmlar. 3'ha pri.-omr wi: . .’ir'md'his filth r’s tian-, mid ■ id it ivas
■Ain. D. Bunkley; i:pon beine a. I•■•d whit the !>. (lon I for, im-aid for Dmii.l—th •l>
in Mr. Hunkley’s name stood lor Dawson, i have hud four or five iim-rview., with
prisoner, nnd have Im/ -d him to satisfy me that he was my son—lm has no.ver doim
so; have had < -mv. •r.-miim with prisoner' in relation to partin' with mv son' 1 then
h'.i'd aboat flu -■■ mil ■ from Clmt'in; mv son cmue to tny lion ■ with ribu- v which
Wiis nm m per. -nd said h. , oiild rmt pass i.l ; n:y himlmnd idinn- d il, ami mire tan (1
tin -..) 1 lilted . tut- '■ i.-rmi y ; I took llm money mid .nt wilh him intou ■■■mull room,
wrapped tin moimy oi brown paper, sewed it nil in u ernret, mid t.md il rm.ad hi
wmsl, mid tidked to eim ; I mlmoni. hed him to l-i his conduct I. • upriebt, mid u Imo
ni la d him with oil llm injection of a modi' r. He said he would Im bm-k al tweiitv
mm vem-s of age, mid left me with nil Um a'il.i tion a child could a mother, u itlioul
nay hmm 1.-Im m wm.lover, proton m.' ,■> miumd hi« wave. II" ' food very hi -li in mv
.afi. i tions—uncommonly no. I mko ! primmer reap, i iitig thia imen iew—lie < ouh
Mell me imlbiii;-ofit, nor of the kind ofm-mey ; prison r asked me if I did not , coll.re
parting with hint in an for, and I Hing him never to let inc aeo him mo,-.-, unless he con
<iH*'t<'<l l.''!h?r. Prisoner ?ui/l iic li'nl written to me once or twice,; I reueiv< d one let
ter from Now Orinan identifi ■ tho letter. [The letter tendured in evidence—ob
jccl. d that it was not—wa ■ proved to be the loti. >• r--.reived, am! letter udifli't d in - vi
COPY I.r.TTER-.
“Mr: . Eiiz-b th Luth’r, Clinton Post Ofiii-o, Genrgin.” Cure or.Tmnoo Smith, E-u;
"“'i w Oilarni •, I’ii mi, Dec. 20tb, 1333.
“Dear Mothers—l take th pleasure of writing a*A sow lines to you, to ronvlnci
vol iof i.i iI: ■ il. .■ von r own chi 1.1, I bo* if pn.iur.i that if- voiir wi -li io di-ow it nr ;fo
. i>, the J'e.'.-'.iu why I ctin.iot tell, if if aim for my pnet folley, thin ;s ih its prut mv.
jV3S IA, JIOOBMw, JAN 81 AE§T fid,
Our Conscience—•" Our ('oscsst,ref~~-Otsr
gone. I know that I have not troeted you as A child aught to A mother, and th
k son why ! Imre m,t mii"-. red the questions you put to me is be cause I was a
Ircadeof tilings ihuts past you al wmys seal near to me as a mother vou know my
imstorebuns in that country winch Lyes frccli on mv mind but that subieet I wifi
quit mid turn to other th mgs .rent- niimen name which was Elizebeth Lmmon and
rear moth, r was A (lit,Ulen mid after tho doth nt my fi.tbcr von marred Janies Bil-
Imm-.mi mid my self n.-rer could agree «Im-b was one gruts'muise ofmy wisforr hans
nndnslorwnme 1 went to school Was to Clmton, Eudonton, Athens tliore was dis
charge lor playing cnida thmi my uns for ehmis < oinineiK o vou well Remember the
proinissi--. I imide to von and brother U in. D. the Reson whj- I did not comply wiih
ih n- promise, v-iis tins s nntly alter I got t.i this mmnfn 1 got in difficulty A spanard
and was foist to Leuvo it 1 then went t . im-hegmi cniuidny and tbs. L LouiKi v
nnd from there I,ere and was one my way to see you when 1 got in tfiis dificulty I
was w ith I.en.p mm Walker from putnnin county one the duy mid knight bo fore I whs
crested and was nim-mg to com- on wita hun but us you nil upper so distant from
Offi Tn r >,'p l t'''; 'll" "V"' 1 J'""' me With the pitiful sume
ol fire hundred dollurs towords gitmg me out of her I have the chunen of reline ,„ v
part of (hl- l-.stm- to A man I,me wliu.ii 1 shall do >.-• quick ns i -it out mid Return to
niishegnn whore I luive snnie property and intends lo spend the Remmider of my
du sI < ~ hm lb mv.-ell here to be the true Jesse I . A ltl ,k which you nil appear
to beat sueli a Lose for mid the man 1 sell to will ben mm b hmdrr mister then what
lam i hope you will have the sjoodness to writ- to me ql ii ( -k Ks v 0„ „ it lilis j
ter whether you one me or not its ouite ime.tem! but I wish to herefrom vou as I
Imre wrot' two or three ~cltei.; mid Ims R-c d. no answer you will Refer o' tiiver on
your unforehonntecluld by so doing I v.ish tube Remembered to all inuuirinp fiends
80 no more but RetuainH your unfoi'clientite child untell doth.
, r v T „ JESSE L. BUNKLEY.”
io. Ei.izebf.th Luther.
i.ridenrr of Mrs. Elizabeth .Loicther con'im<ed.— Mv maiden name was Slatter! I
was acquainted with my eon’s i.aml writing; 1 wag su.isfied that this letter was not
in my son s hand writing.
C>os:;-eramvi(J.---l do not consider that this letter was from mv son; I never rc
i 7'7 a , r ‘ ,nl l " 1 ' one * I heardjthe report of my son’s death, (i think,)
m lo 27; I did not hear the report, shortly after this time, of mv son’s being in life-
I heard a person and perrons speak of my son’s death, detailing‘different circumstan
ces; my son left me because he wished to travel; he was a young man of
i ntupe, and did not wish to be confined. I did not know that my son was threaten
ed witn a prosecution before he left here ; 1 do not know that mv brother
threatened my son with n prosecution. I understood that he was confined for some
offence m Augusta; I have this from authority 1 confide in; he went away shortly
after his return from Auguste, 1 go net recollect the precise time. He left but
one school, (and that wan Athcn j (»u Jo'< ;»nmt of !i:. I do not know
that he was under any offence, uheu he 1. ft here. Capt. I’urrifh bought the horse,
paid for him, and he rode it off; this was niter a difficulty almut the horse with his
uncle; my son came back with his uncle Shade Slatter with the horse. 1 never heard
Slutter threaten to prosecute my son. He stayed his timeout at Eatonton,at school.
I di.l not answer the letter i received from New Orleans ; I did not answer my son’s
letter, because he told me not to write till I heard from him again. There was a mark
upon my son’s leg, immediately below the knee-pan; (prisoner shows a mark some
distance below thoknee;) the scar, on my son’s knee was made by a drawing-knife •
prisoner knows nothing about how it took place; the prisoner’s mark is considerably
below the knee-pan; when I heard (hat the prisoner had such a mark, I staled that
my son hud a similar mark on his leg, but this on prisoner did not correspond, when I
saw'it. I had several conversations; at the first Maj. Smith was present; in this con
versation I admitted there was a mark on my son’s neck, which, on examination was
not on the prisoner’s Tiie scar on my son’s neck was occasioned by his riding on an
old tree, he fell, and a limb struck him under the- jaw,and made a large, scar; (lie scar
was about as long as to the first joint of my first finger. Ido not recollect that he
was ever set to ploughing, after being brought home from school; I have severalftimes
made him plough for my own amusement. I never heard of my son’s being alive,
till’Muj. Smith’s receiving a letter; the first report I heard of my son’s being alive was
when in Mr. Atwood’s Store, I heard that Maj. Smith had received n letter from
my son; I knew of no other murk on my son, but those mentioned, when he was a
child; my son had no mole when lie was a child; I have never said to any body that
he had moles; some of my children have dark spots, but Ido not Kecollect moles. I
invited him, prisoner, to stay at my house, and convince me that he was my son: he
couhHel! me nothing; prisoner asked me, if I recollected a difficulty between him
and Cap?. Billingslea, and that I took the carving-knife to separate (hem; he said
this was at supper table; I told him I recollected a difficulty, ont nothing about u
carving-knife; that we had no use for a carving-knife at supper; I have never so sta
ted it to any person.
krZ ll tfurss—W illbim L. Wynn.— Was acquainted with J. L. Bunkley, and
went to school with him; about the lust time 1 saw J. L. B. was in 1821 or’2;
I should say that prisoner is not J. L. B. 1 called in November, 1833, or 1831
at the Callaboose, in New Orleans. I had received a letter from Maj. Smith
before I left home—thinks the letter lost or destroyed: in this letter 1 was
asked to call on J.L. B. and, if 1 Jcould, satisfy myself tr.t.t this was Bunkley in
the eellaboose, to befriend him | I called, agreeably to (his request, at the cnllaboose,
went to the trap-door, opening into a circle and guarded with grates, and asked for J.
L. B.; when I called for him, several of the inmates called for Harber, saying that he
bad a great many friends calling—prisoner came to the. trap-door ; identifies prisoner
as tn? men—as soon as he came, I was satisfied from his appearance, that it could not
be Bunkley; I conversed four or five minutes or longer with him, through the door—
m the time, Mr. Holland, the Sheriff, came up - I told the Sheriff mv business, and he
took prisoner and put him in a private room with me, for examination; I told prisoner
1 was his friend, if he could satisfy me he was Bunkley; he rather refused to make
any statements, saying he had been cautioned not to do so, by Maj. Smith, lest some
advantage might be taken of him; I showed him Smith’s letter —he pretended to be
reading it; after he got through, I asked him if it was not from Maj. Smith ; he said
it was, and was satisfied I was his friend; 1 began to put questions to him that I knew
J. L. B. knew as well as myself; 1 enquired of the most important citizens that lived
about Clinton. He could not tell me of a single man except Charles Flewellen; 1
knew nothing of such a man; I asked him if he knew any thing of the Flewellen fu
milv, General F., th? Doctor, Mr. ClowerT family, Pierce A. Lew is, and some others;
h? knew nothing of those families I have named. I then asked him where we were at
school together—we had been to school together ut two different places—he could not
tell me any thing about it, and I could not make him recollect me by any questions I
could put to him; I then left him, satisfied he was not Jesse L. Bunkley. I think he
told me he was put iu the Callaboosg for passing counterfeit money. I asked the
Macher we went lo—he boarded at Pierce A. Lewis’s family, before I went there; he
could not tell the name ol any of the teachers. lie said his mother’s maiden name
was Flewellen. J. L. B. and rnyself went to school together in Clinton, where Mr.
Slaoe now lives; Cupt. Butler then lived there, and also at the old meeting house—
we went together.
Cross-examined.—At the time I went to New Orleans, there were some at Colum- !
bus who knew nun, end some who did not—there were very few that knew Bunklev !
in Columbus, and there was u question among them whether this was he—very few I
i “Mteved him to he Bunkley—they believed him deed, from other circumstances; I •
did not promise hirn to call the next day at the Callabocse. Before I received Major
i Smith a letter, I believed from thexeport that Bunklev was dead ; I went in cotnpanv
with Joseph Chiles; I think Maj. Smith requested'me, in his letter, to inform him j
whether 1 believed it was Bunkley ; i did not do it myself, but through Mr. Lewis ; 1
i did not myself know that prisoner boarded at Mr. Lewis; it was hearsay from the fa- 1
mily; i believed, before I left home, that Bunki.-y was dead; I think I lienrd a month !
or two before that, that he was alive; ( did no? hear the report, two or tliree years be- |
I fore, that he was alive; I do not recollect to have heard tnc report that he was work- ■
ing on the streets; I think it was between 10 and 11 o’clock tnat I had the interview :
I with prisoner &t the Culiabooße;l called there but once—prisoner did not say to me
that he had a late letter from Muj. Smith.
1 3d. Witness. of an Iralidmcid frum of Loui-
; siana—Cnminal Court of the First Di:-trict.—lie it remembered, that at a session of
the Honorable the Criminal Court of the First District c.f the Stat? of Louisiana, be
gun and holden in the city of New Orleans, on the first Monday in May, in tin* vearef
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by the'Hon. Felix Grimathen,
duly appointed, commissioned,and sworn, sole Judge of said Court, topreside over
and hold sessions of said Criminal Court cf the First District; and the said Court
having, by law, original and exclusive cognizance of, and full power and authority to
hear and determine, according to law, all prosecutions upon all crimes and misde
njeanorg nnd offences whatever, which have been or shall be committed bv any free
person or persons within the limits of the First Judicial District of the said State of
Louisiana, the Grund Jury, on the seventh day of May, of the aforesaid year 1832
came into the said Criminal Court of the First District, and presented a Bill of Indict
ment against Elijah Barber, a white man, in the words and figures following, viz :
State of Louisiana, )
Parish of Orleans. 5
CRIMINAL COURT OF SAID PARISH.
c C ol " t}ie Stfttc of Louisiana, duly empannelled and sworn, in &ad
1 * ansh of Orleans, upon their oath present:
That I .hjsh Barber did nave in his possession, in the city of New Orleans, on the
I twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
' r' V °’, f i Pven forged and counterfeited bills or notes, payable to the bearer
[ thereof, and issued by bankijig companies established in the United States, to wit: one
false, forged and counterfeited not? for one hundred dollars, in the similitude of th«
notes for one hu nd red dollars issued by the Bank of North Carolina, a Bank established
I ,n North Carolina:—two false, forged and counterfeited notes purporting
to oe.ortwcntvdoLnrseach, inthepimilitudeof the notes for twenty dollars bv
the bank of the United States, and payable at its office of discount and deposite at
Nashville, m the Suite of Tennessee, said Bank of the United States being established
by a law of the United States ;-~two false, forged and counterfeited notes, purporting to
be of ten dol.are, made in the similitude cf the notes for trn dollars, issued l v the. Far
mers Bank of Virginia, a bank duly established in the State of Virginiaand two
♦. j’ r r .? 17. bilk-, purporting to be for five dollars each, in die simili
tude oi the bills of five dollars issued by the Bank of the United States aforesaid, with
the intent, on the. part of the said Elijah Barber, to render tho said false, forged and
counterfeited notes current us genuine, and to pass the same; said Elijah Barter they
and there well knowing die same to be false, forged and counterfeited; contrary to the
form of tp j statute of the State in such case made and provided, and against thepeaue
and dignity of the same. b 1
[Signed] C. M. CONRAD, D’yAtt’y Gea’l.
Which indictment is endorsed aa follows :
The State, )
re-- > possessing Counterfeit notes.
Elijah Barber.)
~ ''J f.NF.SSES —Lewis C. Hutehinron, Judge. Beauregard, Tilman Peiree, (in i*ii)
Paul Nichols. True Bill.
[Signed] J. 11. SHEPHERD, Foreman.
-1 nd afterwards, to wit: on the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
t.iirty-two, the paid j’Jijah Barber, being brought into Court, in the custody of the She
nn, and being arraigned on said indictment, and having plead Not Guilty, the following
entry was made 111 the minutes of said Court, in the words following, to wit:
The State, )
rs. > POSSESSING COUNTERFEIT NOTES.
Elijah Barber.)
Lhjuh Barber, was this day brought to the bar in the custody of tlie
and h-'ing arraigned on a charge oi possessing counterfeit notes, pleaded Not
Guilty, and put himself upon the country.
Orden'd by the Court, that said prisoner, Elijah Barber, he remanded to prison, there
to a wail his trial. 1
Andjifterwards, to wit: on the ninth day of Mav, 1832, th? said prisoner, Elijah Bar
ber,being brought into Court, in the custodyof the Sheriff, to he tried on said indict
ment, the following entry was made upon the minutes of this Court, in the following
words, to wit: e
The State, ]
.... t vr \\ . M’OSSEBSING COUNTERFEIT NOTES.
Elijah Barber. J *
, Theprisoner Elijah Barber, was thi; day brought to tho bar, in the custody of the
Sheriff, to botned.w hern upon the following jurors were called to the book, and being
a<-on of by the prisoner, were sworn cg such, viz :
1 Victor Roumage, 7 Daniel Dana,
2 Joseph Wbitall, 3 u, Piemc,
3 William Johns, 9 l, con (Jhabert,
4 Samuel AHoway, IQ Isaac Bridge,
5 H. B. Rose, n H. G. Bordugat,
6 J. F. Burnes, 12 A. Schreiber.
W 1 i \ ESSES »<)R 3 HE ST A I E—Judge Ben nr* gat’d, Lewis C. Hutchinson,
John 11. Holland, R. L. Booker, A. R. Taylor, E. W. Gregorv,. A. H. I'hroop, Sa
muel Jaudon, and Tilman Pierce. ’ '
WITNESSES 1 'OR PRISONER—John B. Hussey, James Oglrthorpo, Cfiarlea
Pnllis, nnd H. Kimiicott. * ' .
Ihe evidcncA being summed up, th? Jury received a charge from the Court, nnd
rctire.fl to c<)h>i<l<'r of jhoir verdict.' i'li.y afterwards, cane' into Court, and being
called, prur ent. d the following verdict, to wit : '
GUILTY—Now Orlen ns, 9th May, 1832.
[Signed] )). BORDUGAT, Foreman.
Whereupon, the Court ordered, that said prieonor, Elijah Bnrber, bo remanded to
pri l on, there to await the sentence ol the hiw, on the verdict of the Jar’s'.
And aftcrwiirdn, tn wit: cn the tueifih d:»\ of ftlav, 1332, the said Elijah Barber
being brought ihto Court, in the rußtody of the Sheriff, to reecho tho senteme of the
law, oujiu' verdict of th ' Jury, th? following entry was made on th? minutes of this
Court, in the following words, viz:
The State, )
r>. • POSSESSING COUNTERFEIT NOTES.
Elijah Barber.)
Th? pritoner, Elijah Barber, wa« thi« day brought to the bar, tn the custody of the
Shonll, to r< reive the sene nee of th? law, on the verdirt of tho Jurv, finding him
guilli of th : charge ol pressing count.'if.jl notes; and said pri’.oher h.r. iug no
thm- to offer m arrest of the j,:J -nent, it is ord r. d bi the Com!, in consideration of
l!:.’. verdict o! tho Jyry, and of the 1 Ith section of tliTstnttite of ih - State of Lotiiri
an.i, entitle.! “An \rt.siipplementery to an Act forth? pnnirim" .t of rrim? s nnd
im d ’uennore, and otte'i* Fitpplcmefifary Aris,” approved .Olh March, lldd, that the
said pri. on r, Elijah Barber; for his offence aforesaid, be impri 'on?d for two days, in
.•ud.tai v routin' meat, and to b?liirth< r imprison. '<|, at hard labor, for the I.un of two
V. are, and to pay tm-ro ts of pro secution, Ordered moreover, that sai 1 Elijah Bar
bel b-’ r. npnid'd to prison.
I. Ld-iir Montiii'iii, Clerk of th ; nfon .-uM (’riininnl Court of the First Di trict,
hr:•-by certify tnat the foregoing five png?.? do eor.’nin a true and correct copy of the
records of the proceedings had before the .'aid Criminal Court of the First District
in the case of the. Slate v:-’. Elijah Barber.
Lu testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, und affixed tho seal of Raid
Court, nt the city « f New Orleans, thia 27th day of March, 1837, and of the
American Independence the sixty-first.
[l. s.J ” E. MONTAG UT, Clerk.
STA'I’E OF LOUISIANA,)
Parish of Orleans. <
I, Ji an Franco’s Canongc, Judge, of the Ciindu 1 Court of the Firet District of the
State of Louisi.nui, do hi >c*by certify that Edgar Montugut, whose num.: and ollic i.il
.signature appears to the* foregoing certificate, is, and was at th • time of die said sig
nature, Clerk of the said Criminal Cburt of the First District of the State of Louisia
na ; that due faith and credit i-to be attached to his said official certificate; and that
th? same is indue form of law.
Gi\%u under my hand and private seal, this t wenty-cighth day of March, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and in the sixty-first
year of American I salt prudence.
CANONGE, [e.s.] Presiding Judge of the Criminal Court of the
i 'ii.-t District of the State of Louisiana.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.)
State of Louisiana. (
7ty Edtrard V. While, Governor of shef he State of Louisiana.
These are to certify, that Jean Francois Canonge, cignrd “Canongc,” w hose name
is subscribed to the instrument of writing h- rein annexed, is now, and was at the time of
signing the same, Judge of the Criminal Court of the First District of the State of
Louisiana ; and that all his official acts, as such,are entitled lo full faith and credit.
Given nt New Orleans, under my hand and seal of the State, this nineteenth day
[l. s.] of June, one thousand eight hundred and thii ty-seven, and of the Independence
of the United States the sixty-first.
„ , „ ' E. D. WHITE.
By the Governor:
MARTIN BLACHE, Secretary of State.
'•th Witness. JJaiivd h. Pitman—l have seen Elijah Barker in Gwiun?tt, some trn
or twelve years ago; I knewjnm there som? three: or four years; I have a very distinct
recollection of the time he left Gwinnett; 1 sew him in Milledgeville a few days ago ; I
looked some time for him, and nt lust found a man in the Executive office that I took to
be him; I did not know hew.:-in the Executive office when I went; I think the priso
ner is the man I knew in Gw innett as Elijah Barber.
Cross-examined-—I was in s. arch of such an individual when I found prisoner in the
Executive office; 1 lived fiite'*n or tnvte. o mil's from him, iu Gwinnett:’! don’tknow
where he came from t , (- v. inn?tt: I was not well acquainted with him; J should have
taken hunt oh., nt that tmie, about twenty yours; if I had not been lookieg for him, i
should not have noticed bun upon a slight view; 1 have seen several of the ’Barber fa
mily; I should know them again; I did not see E. Barber after he left Gwinnett till I
met hun in the Executive office.
Re-cross-examined by tho State—l erw prisoner frequently in difficulties, about
Lawrenceville.
sth Witness. Dr. Jokn Hreirsler—t knew E. Barber in Gwinnett,about 10 or 12
years ago,nnd was acquainted with him two or three years; I then lived part cf the
time in Lawrenceville—pnrt of that time E. Barber lived there, I think, but Ido not
know where ms permanent residence was; I don’t recoil’c.t any particular acts of vio
lence ; he was charged with on? offence, but acquitted; he was somewhat rude, but re
collect no particular acts of extravagance. It is my impression that the prisoner ut tin
bans the same individual.
Cross-examined—l called about a year ago at Mr. Towles, in this county, to see pri
poner; I went there for that purpose; when I first walked into the room I could not
pick him out; Gen. Gordon directed me to a wrong person in the first place—that man
had no resemblance to Barber; 1 then went into the room—Mr. Towles then called i»ri
sonerout; the room was too dark lo distinguish persons not well known, in going out
of the nght. The lust time I hud seen him before wes in 1824 or’2s.
Re-cross-examined by State—After prisoner’s exposure to the light, I thought I
discovered a resemblance to Barber; when he walked, I remembered u peculiarity in 1
jhs gmt that completely convinced me it was Bnrber. Ho did not know Col. Park
(who was in company) and took me to be Mr. Flew alien.
CthWitness, ('apt. UamiKQd Carmany— War acquainted with E. Barber, in
Gwinnett; became acquainted in th? latter part of 1823, and knew and saw him fre
quently until September, 132 G; I lived about six miles from Lawreiicevillo, and about
three miles from Shad. Bogan’s, where Bai her lived part of the time. It is mVhnpres- 1
sion that prisoner is the same individual. I had a general knowledge, as of other men
—saw him frequently, and was often in his company; I canepeak of his identity as
certainly as any other neighbor’s. ’ 1
Cross-examined—l did not say eight or ten months ago that he had large yellow
u ,V 'i‘V s * lu * h’- M » asked the color of Ember’s eyes; I said 1 could tell him that he
had bright eyes: 1 did not say that he hud large yellow eyes, like my own; I told Bur- 1
ber that I could tell particularly the color of his eyes; but as his eyes were blue, I was
mistaken in saying they were yellow.
Re-examined by State—He was taken into a room in the tavern; I was to speak to no
man in the room; when beheld up his face, I recognized him as Barber, and prisoner 1
js man; this was at the first interview with him; about half an hour before 1
this, I w’as told I should be called upon to say whether 1 should know him.
7th Witness. Charles Huichines— l was acquainted with Jesse L. Bunkley from
so?? 1 1^24— went to school with him in Clinton, and at Col. Osborn’s, in
181a or ’l6; I cannot recognize thelpriwoner to be J.L. 8., and cannot recognize any !
feature of J. L. B. in the prisoner. Bunkley’shair wae lighter than prisoner’s—nose ’
not so prominent—cheek bones not so high and prominent—his face rather full and '
round ; I recollect how he wrote his name—it was m tlii. j way: “Jesse Lucus Bunk- 1
ley.” I was present at Mrs. Lowther’s when prisoner v. us asked what the L. stood i 1
for m his name—he said Lewis. Il was Jesse Lucas Bunkley. lie suid the D. in his
fath?r’p name stood for Daniel.
Cross-examined—J. L. B. was nearly grown when he left here, of youthful appear- 1
ence; a Ptranger would not likely have taken him to be over 17 or 18 years old; he had :
some likeness to his brother, Wm. D. Bunkley, hut not quite so dark. It was eaid that '
he took his uncle’s horse and rod? off with him; his uncle brought him back, and he
some tune after went away; Ido not know that he was threatened with a prosecution;
I ca.inot say at what time he went away ; after he went away, there was a report that
he was alive in New Orleans—this report was, that he was alive some three or four
vearsafeer he left, and that he was nt work upon the Levee; this I think was before I
heard of his being dead; there were both reports, nt different times—that he was dead
and that he was alive: one was as current as the other.
Bth XV itness. James Gray— l was too old to be an associate of J. L. 8., and saw
him hr I Raw other boys,running about the piece; I came to Clinton in 1812 or’l3,
and in 1816 went to the west, and remained till August of the same year; I was fre
quently absent in pursuit of my business—my acquaintance was very partial with J.
L. B. From my knowledge of J.L. B. I should not take prisoner to be he. I saw
prisoner in his room, and he said he thought I was Mr. Griswold.
Cross-e:r.amined.— l presume Bunkley was young, when he left her?; T lived in the
country, after 1820, and naw but Httle of him, after that time. 1 should suppose it is
ten or fifteen years since I saw him; his skin was rather swarthy ; my recollection is,
that Jesse was more yellow than Bob; I do not think this man is Bunkley; I recol
lect no particular mark; he had h:s finger bit; I heard the report of his death, and
afterwards, that he was alive, and was chained to a block, working on the Levee.
The reports of h:u life aild death, were Loth alike Current, and as frequently spoken of
fdth Witness—Jonathan Parrish.— l whs guardian for J.L B; appointed bv the
Court of this county ; 1 think ‘ was appointed guardian in 1815; he left here in Muy,
182 o; I knew him from 1809, till May 1825. The prisoner is not the Jesse Bunkley,
a was guardian for* he was said to be the son of vVm. D. Bunkley,Sen. and Eliza
bethhis wife, nowfMrs. Lowther. I paidoter to Wm. D. Bunkleyjjr.the negroes; 1
do not recollect how many ; and a considerable sum cf money. If J. L. B. was in
life the sum due to him would probably be SIu,OGC, and so would half of the negroes
mentioned in the indictment;! paid the property over to Win. D. Bunklev, who iv
said to be .<cad; prii-oner cam? mtn my bcu.je and observed to me, that f knew he I
had said he would sue me; he then said be would sue nle for his property; he repte- 1
sented himself to be J.’L. B; this was i»i the bitter part oflScptember, 1836 ;and have !
heard him frequently call himself J. L. B. Wm. D. Bunkley left two children and a '
widow, onechild is named Gordon S., the other Wm. G. Bunkley, and the widow’s
name we.sCamiila. I have never had any acquittance or discharge from J. L. B.
my ward. I told prisoner, that he could tell me five hundred circumstances, that
would convince me that he was J.L. B. He told me he heard! that when I settled
witn ],ub, I hud to pay interest, and he offered to remit it, upon a settlement; I stop
ped him, and we h.ui no further intercourse; I asked him a number of questions; he
said his father’s name wrr Wm. D. Bunkley, and that the D. stood for Daniel; he
said the L.in his own name stood for Lewis, and repeated the answer. He did not
recollect whether hie father owned any plantation in Jones, or not; he said he recol
lected where ’Squire Billingslea married his mother—he did not know, but thought
tnat at t.ie breaking up of tne estate, they fattened some hogs; he did not know how
far the hog-pen stood from the house, but said he could go to the place. lie wtu?
asked if he recollected going to the plantation and shooting birds there, ut Christmas,
with Esquire Billingsleu., a negro, and another person, and who was that person—
who shot—and what were th? circumstances. He did not recollect who shot: when
asked whether they were partridges, doven, or blackbirds, lie said they were pigeons.
I I was the person who shot—the gun kicked mt*, and threw me flat on my back, and
new over my head. J. L. B. was present on this occasion, and prisoner could not
tell me any tiling about it—they were blackbirds, and sixty-two were kilbd. J. L.
B. was then probably between ten and thirteen years old. I examined prisoner and
felt of him, and told him I hud written out several questions and evidence, and told
him if he could answer them he could convince me that he was J. L. B. Ith m
asked him it he ever went to school in Milledgeville, Eatonton, Monticello, or either
of them. He said il appeared to him thutb? went to school in Eatonton—he forgot
the name of his teacher and the person he boarded with; ha did not recollect whe
ther any person went to school with him from Clinton or Jones county; he did not
recollect the time of day nor the circumstances attending his leaving Eatonton; an !
in the time, for a minute or two, death stare 1 two of the company in the face, and J.
r waß °‘ lP tbem; J. L. B. went to school in Eatonton to Alonzo Church, and
, Jefferson Slutter went to school with him, nnd boarded with J. L. B. at Church’s, six
( months; I then went and boarded them at Abner Veasey’s, six months more. 1 i
after both the boys, and v hen we started from there tho sun was about an hour
nigh, in the evening; we travelled by star-light, and reached Low’s mills, on Cedar
Creek, about 1! o’clock at night; in driving at night we struck a stump, and upset,
J. L. B. I>?ing in the gig, wrapped up in a cloak; some negroes and Mr. Lowe came
to our assistance, and we went opposite to the house ami encamped. Prisoner re
collected none of these circumstances, and could not tell a single occurrence. He
has never answered r.ny cf my qu »t lions. Mrs. Lowther has no interest in the pro
perty claimed by prisoner; I heard that J. L.B. was confined in jail in Augusta; bv
tiie assistance of Musgrove and tho Carrs, 1 got him out of jail, bv giving a bond of
for his appearance—I have heerd nothing more cf the case; have understood
that it was nolle pros’d, according to previous agreement. The crime wee for going
into a lady’s room in Augusta. J.L. B. insisted on having Slatter’s horse, and he
took him, and flatter pursued him to Sandersville, brought him back, and I pur
chased the horse. 1 heard Nothing of a prosecution s.bont it. He. demanded the mo
ney, and personated J. L. B. in Jones county. J. L. B.’s finger was bit off at the
Jasper camp meeting, and Mrs. Lowther clipped off the bone ; it was the middle fin
ger ot th? left hand, and no nail was left on it. The prisoner has lost no finger, J.
L. B. had light hair, yellow eves, hi ’ no?.? rather short, and a little turned up, his up-
Pt’rlin inclined to turn up, full and round face, full jaws, n dimple in the chin, large
hips, large thighs, and large legs,a full body, dim round the waist, he hid u scar, I
tntukou the c! the neck, under the jaw bone, which grew up in a ridge;
there was a under and below the. knee-pan, I think on th? l?!t leg, immc
diutely across the leg’.lnterrogat'd prisoner in regard to fume occurrence about
my house—he said, pomtuig tn a windoe in my dining room, if that window could
speak, it would tell volumes. He would not tell me anything else. There was a
noise in my house, in one cf the rooms, among some ladies,\and if Bunkley went in
he must have gone in a different window from the one pointed out by prisoner. If
he had gone in at the window he pointed out, he could nol have got up Rtairs. If
any one went up stairs, it must have haem by a stick of wood, leaning in the corner.
I went at the noise up stairs, hut found nobody.
[Here certain letters were exhibit.?.! to witnees, which hs prorrd to b*» in th? hand
writing of J. L. 8., which were reed.]
COPY OF LETTERS.
“Mrs. Elizabeth Billingslea, Clinton, Jones Cminty, Gsnrgix.
„ Nxw York, Aitg.nstlst, 1821.
“Dear Mother—
“ I take the present opportunity of informing you that 1 am not quit- well, but
hope those few lines may find you and all tho connexion ift good lv , . , ’ltn—l have mot
with a Inend who has kindly tak en me into the house ,t"> W) ird with him untill 1 can
receive assistance from you—Dear Mother do send me mWiey enough to come horn?
on, and if you do not send me the money I V.now not f l° except to enlist in
the I r.ited service or go to sen, 1 am almost dcspnretc,y know not what to do, Put
moth *r help mo tins time and only fonive in? for past oqrr.ccs and I will n?ver give
you cause to complain ot me again. Send in? a: bv Mr. -swold for I
«m boarding at his house send "* in a letter by him, and it will come pafe to
.me I will alwitys act strictly honorable wh ':\". r I go and whatever I do. I intend
returning home as soon .as ever ! get assutenc? from yon. Give my love to ell my
connexions and accept th? same vour elf. at present.
“ .“Your 10-.ing though u.V.diififul non
JESSE L. BUNKLEY.”
* Words torn by in opening,
“Mr. Jonathan Parrish ClhivJn Georgia.
“5 3 a? > ah, September 9th, 1324.
“Dear Uncle **
“ I take th? ju- : ent cppc.rtunil vof inferring j oi>ih:i: I arrived safe am! well in Sa
vannah on the 7th nil in the : hip Cotton l’inntj?7 d;:\ • pns-■••n<ze the sbip’sprung a
leak on tlie passage nnd there was I ' t, ; t of v.Zter in the hoi? before th? Captain
discovered it, there was the mo. I terribl? stornixiii lb? ew. nine of tho Bth that 1 ever
witn*' sed the ship l .mpcrnror of New ork carrit'd a mile and better above Sa
vannah and run a ground m S‘ih ;• (’reek ih? Augusta of New York was com
pletely dismast.ul and runji gro'inljm'.mile and a half above the city. I applied
unmediatelv on my arrival to s*r. I’amiiu he told me lo defer writing tn you till
as h.« thought it probable be wouhl re??'v<riß ietf. r from 5 ou la«t evening ns I wrote you
a 1 tier Irorn New A ork before I left t’l I have mad? a bill of mv expellees so
as to - ive \on satisfaction thnl tli ' uxm. y wna ii?t foolishly spent I whh vou towrite
me nnd semi me nmne\ eiinuj’li Jo get horn? cn I am .!< 1 rmined to returiyte thf best
of mothers and best of hi.n is Nothing more nt present. Give mv love to’ all my re
lations and moth r espc'ciall v. loving althoueh undutiful Ncnhew.
[Signed] “JESSE t. BUNKLEY.
“ Jonathan Parrish.”
1 enquired of prisoner r-'sp '< ting a trip f > New York; I sent J. L. B. *IOO, and rave
directions how to get home, bv nrrauei-mi nts with M. .-■ ; . Fonnin, Pilusr rove and W’et
more; h? came home. Pii <m i’ raid h-' had Ihh>u to N-w York, hut 1 could never
draw him out apo?. th ( .*e ciirunit tences. He : aid, I think, that came h? Charles-
B’. 1,. SWHBftSOW,
u. from Nnw York. Ho >aid he came oufin A of diffeiwAl rfem* f' om the
taut, but uont recollect what name he called the ship ; prisoner could tell
thing about the pemouf? condition of the vessel.
Crona-eximimed.— Prisoner hull been some two or three weeks in this county
ne ileraanded of me Ins money; I think he came to Clinton in Setrthniber;
Ivo,l cy 11,4 <:,l ' ne home with J.L. B. from Augusta to
l,e !• tO | 1 P,> "r-?? ,■ A ' l K lli -?'.— i did not advise him to leave the State ;
. ; ” , ’ 1 ! I l ' , ‘, to ”!?" vh * l!| ta.’—lie said there was a centlemnn in prison there who
m < ould make a im'um by mracy and eountr rfeilmg, but he spurned the ideaof
g 111111:11: m .-m-h ways. Ido m t recoil, ct at what time the. difficulty occurreJ.
'’''‘■’''-•-'liee.ifficulty occurred in Augusta, and he left Augusta I
‘’r. 1 i"~ VC ' hi! ' ““clo speak of prosecuting him. Ido not rcci/Wrt
on if..’, -Ire v... nt away, that! heard he was dead; I tlrihk the first tii»e tjf t I
Il “ '' " i» 1330 or ’3l—l heard, previous lo thi., that he ttaSleud. lT
lb-K, when I war puyme over the money to William D. Bunkley, I said |4B|
1 ‘"''-“.a I .>.dSm..uelLowth.-i security, from Wm. D.
set.led Wiih .urn. H.. .'1 1 not leave school in Eutonlon till J tool-, him
r.iioa „ fiinuly of Lewises that live near the Lucases. I do not know »■!!■■■
ula iiiiesteci, except by hearsay—l .saw him at Luwsee’s, in Bibb epunjv;
and on my return ly: hud been arrested. When J. L. B. wpnt'oWuy Maul
,1 . s’" r l”' J ~' l l! 'ci’«ce, nnd thonco to New Orleans, and that ho would be back tlm
■j o :ioro he was ol age. 1 did not sec John Todd when.he was here two or throe
a '' G ’ ,il 1 *V' yct’ollect it. I did not go to Macon to see prisoner—l havo
t or lwo s • ! ° rL l i2 itei viewK with the prisoner .-done. J. L. B. was quite a diHeiputr
u . omijr < nhn u n , !U q v j.— from report to me. 1 had a great deal of trouble about
• pUHon< i v. a.) sober whenever I coHvorsed with him; I have seen him sev end
mnn« jTl mi . e . n .-- v tHleo; Bub Bunklev never gave me any description of thfe
:? •, 1 ' hc , wu - < ’ teller than Jesse- h? gave me no other description m
brother 0 ** tIU 11 je !nan called himself J. jL. B. in the Callaboosc, was not his
by State.—Fbg estate of Win. 1). Bunkley is fully ablo to respond for
any amount -ia’jj: might claim in mv hands—l foel rnyself entirely safe from all
loy. At the time of my settlement with Wm. D. Bunklev,’ -Maj. Smith f.iilv concur
red in tne rumor and betief that J. L. B. was dr ud. Mr. Palmer came here a few weeks
ncloroprisoner came here; Mr. Palmer offered me a power of attorney purporting to
t> ma;., by Jesse L. Aunklcy, and nuthcrizing him to receive J. L. B.’s estate conuda
fiom nis f-it.r. r pnd his brother Wm. D. The name of Bunkley, in the power, was
. pelt Dv.r.K.y, and the signature Bunkioy; in the power, the name of William had
been erased, name of Robert was inserted above,"with a pencil; I had annther
interview w ith i.ir. i aimer, and hud the power of attorney a second time in mv hand : I
saw j u-,;,nd lime, and where William and Robert hud been written in th o
r.owcr, wm-emirely toniuutund gone; the power of attorney, I think, purported td
have been written some where iu Arkm’sas-l think at Helena. The aignatlire totho
power was a scnbblin<hand, difficult to make cut—the body of it elegantly written.
J Oth Witness. James Freeman—Wus acquainted with J. L. B. three or four years
before lie left here : prisoner does not answer the description of J. I. H. He J L F ’
y.'usol a full round face, rather swartliy complexion. In 1324, J. L. B. wustit’niv'
house, and said he hud been in Putnam to address a young lady. He afterwards told
me he hud got over tne serene. Ou Saturday lust I had tin interview with prisoner—
he eaid he had seen me ih Milledgeville, and that he hud been in u frolic with a woman
—1 asked him if he had ever been at my house. He said he wue, and was on his way
from Augusta—he. fluid till he recollected was, my adrising him to become more stoa
dy, and his di-sipulion ; this closed thi interview. I never gave J.L. E. any
such advice as that etated by prisoner, end never saw him in Milledgeville V< rny re
collection. J
I ith W itness. John A. Sanfords—\ think iu 1821 or 1822, I was at schqai with J.'
L. B. Wo were vary intimate. I donlt think the prisoner is the man that 1 knew us
J. L. B. I saw prisoner on his way to Gwinnett some time last spring; 1 told Mr.
Smith not to introduce me, as I -.■■anted to sec if he would recognize rne. After wo
got near, Smith asked him if he had seen any of his eld school ’mates. He said he
had seen Ned and Josh Hili. Smith asked him if he knew me. He said he did not—
did not know if im had ever scan me. I asked him if he going.to school
in Georgia, and where ? He said he went to school to old Mr DcSie, in Jonee county
—he said he recollected one of the boys that went to school thare. Chilly Mclntosh—
he said there was no other Indian at school but Chilly. John Mclntosh and Har
per Lovett, both hull-breed Indians, went to school ut the same time Snd place. He
said he did not recollect Ely Cobinesß, who went to school there. lie did not re
collect any more of the boys. 1 asked if he recollected any of the girts ; but bo
did nut recollect any of them. He attempted to sav something about Col. Osborn’s
fltcp ihxugi.ter; but he did not know any thing about her. He gii-l he did not know
of uny o Iher family but Osborn’s that lived iu the sume yard. Mrs. Hamner and het
two grown daughters lived in the same yard. I shall never forget them, though 1 have
not seen them since. He did not recollect where the boys slept; they slept in an
outhouse built forthat purpose. He knew nothing about it—he co; Id tell mo no
thing about the occupation and amuse went of the Loys.
Crest-examined.— tie did not recollect a single question, except going to school to
Mr, Duffie, and Chilly Mclntosh. 1 am pretty prMlive Diet thosA ire the only two
questions that he answered. I did not ask him any .thing About Col. Osbornf end do
not recollect that ho said any thing about him. I asked him if he recollected a’nv thing
about Mr. Stanford; bo said he did not; and would answer me no'more of my questions
aa he saw my object. H
12ZA Witness-Joseph Winthip— l have some acquaintance '.v.ith J. L. B. net
not much; I should not take prisoner to be him: I was present iviibn S?ihS;icr'’was
asked respec ting his own, and his father’s name. lie said the L. in iu'a own name stood
for Lewie, nnd the D. in his father's for Daniel. Ido not know that I know anv other
fact, except that J. L. B. and myself went to Augusta together, in the stage, and we
staid together two days, at the same tavern, iu the Spring of 1825. I have had no ih
terview with prisoner.
Croafl-examinod. —The conversation about the middle names, was on the second day’
after the prisoner eamo here. The conversation was nt Mrs. LowthSr’s • there was a’'
numberof parsons present; I have a pretty distinct recollection how J. £. ]}. looked
The last time I saw J. L. B. was in the Spring of 1825: he then looked young. I
should have taKenhim to be about 19 or 20 years of age; I don’t recollect iliat he elinverl?
he bad no opportunity on the route to Augusta. ’
l'3th Witness—Thomas Bclyeu— Wes acquainted with Elijah Barber, in 1825 or
'6, near Thomaston; he came from Gwinnett to I’psen. His father was living not far
from my house, and prisoner introduced me to his brother, whom he called Wm. Ash
ley ; Wm. Ashley was arrested ae Wm. Baiber; prisoner was arrested alsothey were
carried bofore Esquire Thomas. I staid with him part of u day and night, and they
Bturted up to Gwinnett; he had been in that neighborhood two or three months, before"
his arrest. Prisoner in that time was often ut my house, lias euten and slept there all
night. I have neon the prisoner at the bar, and this is the same man I have seen in
Upson, who was arrested there. I guarded him till he wau carried oIT. I was subpoe
naed by prisoner at first, end was übout to be released and go home, and was then sub-'
poenoed by the State
Cross-Examined—The subpeena in favor of prisoner, wss left ot my house ; I do
not knew who left it there; prisoner told me if I could be of no advantage to him, I
might go home ; I do not recollect seeing prisoner at a gin-house in Upson county ;
he told me of some con*, creation that occurred there; I did not pay much attention'to
it; therewas something snid about the Legislatures taking up the $5 billfl ; it was in
1825 or’6, that oid Mr. Barber lived in Upson; I think his name was John; he did not
stay there long; I think it is II or 12 years since I eaw prisoner; 1 knew him bv his
conversation and features ; 1 do not recollect that I saw prisoner at the gin-house'- he
was on a horse, about fifty or sixty yards, and I was in the gin-house; Ido not knew
what prisoner’s age wce at the time he. was arrested in Upson ; I should not surporb
him to be more than 21 or 22;! never noticed any scar on him; he was inclined to be a lit
tle swarthy, not entirely fair j 1 dont think the old man made any crop iu Upson; he mo
ved off; I huve not lived in Upsch all the time since; moved to Talbot, then moved
back; E. Bailier had no family at that time; he had no particular home; I have no bro
ther living in Upson; I never hired E. limber to stay at my house; never hired him
j at all, for any length of time; Coulson Belyew lives in Talbotton; E. Barber called nt
different times, and ate at my house; I never saw him since he was t arried off from
: Thomaston, till Monday-wcen; I cun identify prisoner with as much certainty as any
I of my neighbors, under the same circumstances ; I thing I should Know him in Floriy -
da, Texas, or any where else.
14th Witnesfl. Benjamin Tr ipp —Was acquainted well with J. L. B: for eight
years ; I lived in Clinton, nnd ho was often at my shop ; I do not think thti!,prisoner is
J. I. B. I once thought so, but I now solemnly and sac.rcdlv think otllerii ise ; owing
to his cheek bones resembling the Slattern,'l thought it might he he, but 1 have
changed my opinion. I a.-.ked prisoner to take n walk with rtic—we went down to a
little horse'lot, and by Boiler Alien’s—he said he had started from there, and would
know it. I m-.ke.-l him if he knew the place—he said he did not; he said he could not
toll me Mr. Alien’s residence. I pointed to him where it was—he never told me nny
thing that ever passed between us. I interrogated him respecting a partieulurcirium
stapce that occurred between J. L. B. and myeelf, in Charleston; I met him with ri said
lor’a jacket on in the streets. J. L. B.told me he had swapped his horse, and got one of
his own. He told me had just engaged his passage for Europe. I took him tb tr.v wife’s
uncles; he ate several meals there with me. I tooK him to the thentfo; he snid hewafl
acting as a supernumerary on the theatre, and I flaw him behind movins.
chairs. I sent J. I -.11. £ICI>, to get him home, and he went to Mr. Wagnon and
snid he hud lost SSO, and wanted SSO more. Prisoner could not tell me anv thing
nbout these transactions. I met prisoner in the stage, about one or one and a hal
miles from Lawshee’s—he did not Know me, nor his own name, the way fie culls it,
now—lie raid his niiddlc name was Lewis. We stopped at Junies Thompson’s mid
at Robert Bceeley’s—neither he «mr Mr. Beasley Knew each otht r. He wasnsitcd
a great many questions, and the onlv satisfactory rcmanc was, that d had altered
more than he had, for that I had not these inarss on mv chin, which was true.
Cross-’-.rr.i.nitud.— When I first saw hint; I Said I <lid nut know himbv his fea
tures, and I nay so still. He did not tell.me what sort of clothes he had on, whan
I met him in Charleston. I did not bet one cent, when I went to Lawslic’s that it
was not Bunkley ; there whs no bet made by me; there was talk about a bet. It was
ai "Ut 6 or 7 o’clock, nt night, when we went to Bblcr Allen's shop ; I con’d no! sen'
Allen’s house, but pointed in the. direction. Ho knew Bobbin, the drummer, ns soon
cr he saw him; nnd called him by name. Ido not think that he had seen Robbin
bofore, on that day; he said it was his father's negro.
Re-examined hy State.— He hadbeon in Macon only tho night before when he saw
Robbin. Ido not think he had any chance to see him ; a great many persons had
called to see him, who, prof’.sscd to be his friends, particularly the Bennett’s, in whose
opinion I placed great confidence, as they had been to school with him. Prisoner
suid he was in bad health, when 1 first saw him; 1 believe he was not in laid health l
but drinking; he looked worse than lie does now; he was generally inbed. Prisoner
lay in bed here, and went with m- to Mr. Lowther's, ut night. In Charleston he
went by the name cf Jesse Lucas. Prisoner arrived at Macon tt night, about 9
o’clock,and about 9 o’clock the next day, I carried Robbin to him; prisoner wastffied,
and immediately knew Robbin the drummer.
15rA Witness—Robert Beasley— Was acquainted with J.L. B. from his birth,
til! his departure from here : I <To not think the prisoner is J. L. B. I requested Mr.
Trapp to bring him there and let me ece him; he arrived nt night, ih the Stage, and f
had several candles lit, to see if 1 would know him: Trapp asked him to drink, and
asked me if I knew hjm;l said not; and asked himifhc knew me; prisoner suid not.-'
Trapp attempted to show where his fffiperwas bit; but I could not perceive it. He
said it was bit at Camp-meeting; he couhl not tell whol.il it. He said he had but
one fight with tho man, and that was within the encampment. Trapp said, : ’rS: T
certainly know old uncle Bob Bensley, that lived in Clinton for manv years’.” 'Ho
raid he did not know me. He snid he thought he would know mv son' Jack.; and
asked if he was not a bed boy. Ho then began to recollect my name, but said I had
altered eoniuch, he never should have known tne. He could not tell any oecupe-'
tion Jthat I had followed, but said it was so long he had forgot. I was sntiwfied it
was not J. L. B; I kept tavern he left here in 1826; and had been Sheriff; he had
boarded with me, and went off in my debt.' Prisoner did not recollect anv of those'
circuiiistai’.cc.s. Ido not know thia man :in my opinion, this is not the J. L. B. that
lived about h.-re. J. 1.. B. bad light hair, found face, and rather n snuh-nsae, full
eyes, nnd his lip rather doubled, whsn he laughed ; I do not sec any feature, in thia
man, rcs.-iv.hbng J. L. I!.
?ra».s-e.nuotined.—When J. 1.. B. left here, he w.-a older than he appeared to bo
ho would have been taken for 17 or 18. I think hi« hair was about tho color'of Col’
Hills; I do not knew the occasion of J. L. B’s leaving hero. He told me tho reason—*
did not think thr prisoner to be Bunkley, when ho called in the stage ; and when I
ngain aaw him, I was more confirmed in that opinion. I beard about his getting his
uncle’s horse, togo off on ;he was a very rude hoy; Im was dissipated and drsnk,
much.; I don’t know of his gambling. When away from his mother, he br>lirde<f
r. ith mo and Carter; when in town lie staid principally with me aqd Carter. He was
kindly treated, ns for aft I know, by his mofhef and her husband. J
Wfnrsi— Robert Dutchir.gt.—yVr.s nerp-a.mwd with J. L. B. from 1816 es
1811, till he went away. The prisoner is not that J. L. B. I knew; I had nn inter ’
view with pnrr,nor, a few days afterhe arrived here. Prisoner passed me twi“o' whiter
1 was setting at n store door; the third time he passed, he eahre upfgavo me his
hnnd, nnd called ire by my name. I told him I did not knowhim: he said he was J.
L. B.; I told him he was not; he said perhaps I was mistaken. I have had no in-',
terview Rir.cc, with him.
17M HV/nc*:—.‘itepZrn Cbnrcr.— Know J. R. f rom boyhood, tip till he weaf'
nw( v ; Far E or 15 yen it ; went to rchocl with him—and wneintiqiatc : tne prisoner
not thM J. L. B. ”
18/J C/^rrr.---Wa I » nc.qnaintefj with J. L. 6. from a
until ho went nwny J n? us?d to be in my storc-houRO, nrn] in the street* .1 i?-’
on rnt ‘ n ‘ ' npt. V» ootfe, in befl vas soon as he Faw me. he snunM and railed m?
nncl? i t t.-r t lowri •ho said, this is your son Leo; I snid yes; I called ngain: i enquir’d
v. sort ot mnn I.squire Billingskn was; hr said he was n stout tnnn, loved drink,
nnd would put hr? hands on his hips, nnd say, “Jeflse, Jesse, you wojf tdo !” I Risked.
him, if .)•• nra .. rt?d Lillingslcu’s lip being different, from oth»’r perrons; he roMd; not’
rerolh ct. I .uln:it a? Up was a sort of double-lip, that stood up. He snid In'
mv ivo ohi.'F son p; but could not tell their names. He showed me n' spebk on*m*'
side, for a molf ;it ir not a mole. J. 1.. B. was, I so,ppose, intimal?, with fny
son s, v. and orocne , they went toechool together. Mv soft Lee wnk.il out 9
lb yrnm onl, when J. L. P. li ft here, and bad not been much rbovt town ; but
in? plantation. • enn’t think, nnd do not bcln vc. thnt prisoner i* J. I . B.j whrn J. It, Th*
left here, it wns net common for me to be called uncle Peter ; some sow colled me sb--.
>!ntt« r and others.
( r()Rs pxaiv.iv.cd.—W\\p.ci I saw the spec kon him, I did not think it a mole—h* wns’
iniir the place I exported to find it; I enquired after the mole. I d?d toil ednsidrr it n
mole;! do not recollect any pnrtirnlar person vho potent- iipAn. the inquiry . I >nw
m i «oner bep>r<'he cameto Clinton ; I denj recollect fi clinp any surprise when Mrs.
Low tbrr said J. 1.. R. had no mole. From what I bail beard, I took It for granted that
he had u mob'; it wnr. only n colored place. I don’t think I had nny conversation with
Mr. or Mrs. l.ou ther, before I went to Macon. I had ito conversation with Mrs. Lowthtr
at out th? mole. J. L. B. was called a very diseipnte<l bov ; I recollect that he mislc
ha\ ad in At« u.:ta, and they went after hini.' He was a wild boy; Icnn.'t itoV fu'nr
jybom I cot th? information about the mole. Hr gave me a correct account cf Bil
lii’Lpl i'm mu nnrr of putting his hands on hit? hip-”.
J 1 Ih. H Press— Simon H’. Nichols.— )Vas acquaint d with J. L. L-. ab nit t,hsoo ;:
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