pany Mrs. A., who, with her two
children, were always severely sick in travelling; and returned home
soon after, when he came back again to stop here to teach botany. He
came to witness's house on his return, and was taken sick soon after and
confined to his room. Witness was not a subscriber for the Emancipator,
though he understood one of the numbers in court was addressed to him.
He never saw any abolition papers in Crandall's possession. If he had,
they would have attracted his attention. Witness did not know how the
large box of books and papers came on, but supposed they came by water
when Crandall came the second time. He could not say distinctly, but he
thought a Mr. Dennison, an abolition agent, once left some abolition
pamphlets at his house for himself, and some for Crandall. He could not
identify them in court as the same, and he could not swear whether the
endorsement on them was in Crandall's handwriting or not.

_Mrs. Austin_ said she had known the prisoner as long as Mr. Austin,
and that his conduct in her family was irreproachable. She remembered
Mr. Dennison's having left pamphlets for Crandall and her husband, but
could not say those in court were the same, but they were similar.
Crandall came at her husband's request, to accompany the family, because
they were sick in travelling. He did not wish to come further than New
York, and would not consent to come further than Philadelphia; but as
Mr. Austin did not meet them there, he kindly came on to Washington. She
was cleaning up the house, preparatory to leaving it, and gave Crandall
the large box; and asked his permission to put into it his books and
papers. These pamphlets were lying as waste paper in the garret, and she
threw them with others into the box. Saw that some of them had writing
on, but didn't know of any with writing on in the trunk. The box was sent
round by water, but he brought the trunk when he came on the second time.
He did not carry it to the house when he arrived at night, but it was
sent over in the morning. Crandall was immediately taken sick, and
witness frequently went to the trunk for various purposes, and saw a
package nicely done up, which she supposed to be books. The package
remained just as it was tied up at the bookstore, till six or eight days
before the prisoner's arrest, when she had curiosity to know what it
contained, and he consented that she might open it.

Some conversation was held between witness and prisoner,