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 lUa ,p«iion, who«e real name •ppMurp. to b« OIuvIm Danluuoa, tMtifl«d 
 ti^M befora th« MilitMry OommlHioii At Wuhiagton ; onoe in the om» of the 
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 writtfai to Ogl. Jacob Thompaon, dated March 90» I860, will appear in the 
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 TESTIMONY OF SANDFOBD CONQTEE. 
 
 ' 8«ndftird Oooorar, a wltoMi ealUd fbr the proMentiea, biAg dnly swoni, t«tia«d 
 a> followi: 
 
 Bp A$Mt*mt Mgt'Aiim U t Biiv h m -<>■— Strteyoor full name and yenr pmwt 
 pltM of rMidenoe. A.--S«odfMa ddoorar, If ootntd, Oinadtt 
 
 Q.— How long h»T« yoo r^ded in IMtreal t A<--8iiM« Oetobar last 
 
 Q.»SUte where yoa rcilded prerioae to going to Canada. A>— I resided a dioH 
 iime in Bdtlmore. ' 
 
 Cp-8li^ whether yon redded fbrlher South befinre thai. A.— Tee, Sir; at 
 Biuunond, 
 
 Q>-SUU what yon n^ere dbittg al Rlehmond when ydo WIM Ibwe. A^-i wM a 
 elerk hi the War Department fbr a tine. '< 
 
 Q.— How long t A.— tTpward* 6f ei;r mdnths. 
 
 (ir-v6 yoa inean the War Depaitiaeat of fbe Ooofederste Btatise OoremnenV ae 
 itwaieaUedf A.— TefcSlrj ther^WkrWpart^aeot 
 
 Q.~Who was at that time SMrMa^ of War for that «tg«iil«^ A.— Mr. Janes 
 A.ScddoB. . . 
 
 0.— Hew did yoa eone to be fai thU nM s^rvlee I 4^I)iraa eofMMoipted and de- 
 tidled for a eleikdiip. It was a dieap way of gettbg derka. 
 
 In .the Si. AlbanaoMe'liesvirae tl^iha waa >nq«^^|dS^ie^^ niajot.to 
 VMie a battalion } tiiat he nevw aenred^ being ino^Muitecl by «n aoddtnt 
 and ihen kidnapped by the^Northeneri ; that he waa in Biohmond in 8ep« 
 temb^ ISH "^ then viMted the War OepartmcHit. (jp. 17.) 
 
 Q.-"8ute to the eonrt whether, when yon were In Oiuiada, yoa «iide the aeqttkib* 
 tanee of aay of the penHini esoaeeted with the Oonfedwate esganiaatioo, as fl was 
 called. of tebeto'frpta Sotthem BlatesI Ar-l did, and harf Aee heaa iatiaaMy 
 eaeoeiated with then. " 
 
 Q.^-Stata the ntunee of thsee with whoni yo« we^eiio wqwoM t A^-^-Oetage 
 N. Banden^ Jaeob nonuptao, Dn Bladtamk Bnveriy. SMnn Willfaws .0. OkMy. 
 . Iiawis Oastleman, Bar. Kr. Oanenn, Mr. Fpttsiiald, Oapt. Ibgnidcr, aod anmbir 
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 CUnTFroit of MiMluippi, nod Carroll, of T«nn<«««. 
 
 He donloi IhU in hU affidavit at Montreal, and it ia diaproTad by affid»TiU 
 of pXh, Magrudor, and Carroll, (pp. 17 and 28.) 
 
 O—Wara too alio aeqoalntad with any parwma who Tiaitatl th« p«raoiii namtd In 
 Canada from Iha Unlltd ftlataal A.-I 1id«w Mr. Sorratt; I knaw Mr. Booth. 
 
 o— JohnWilka. PoothI A.— Yaa, Sir. .- „ .u o u i 
 
 o — fllata whathar you aaw altbar of tba paraona laat named, Booth or Burratt, in 
 Canada mora than onca » A.-I narar aaw Booth mora than oooa. I aaw Surratton 
 ••varal auooataiva daya. . . > < u a 
 
 O-Wlth whom did you aaa th.m whan tbay wara Ihara I A.--I aaw Mr. Bur- 
 r»tt7n a number of diya In April Uat I aaw him in Mr. Jacob Thompaon'a room. 
 „d I aUo law him Inooipany with Mr. OMrga N. Saondara, at two or tb«optaeaa. 
 
 a-Did ha paaa by tha dama of John H. Burhilll A.-8nrratt I am mil poai 
 tiTa about hia Ant naba ; I haard him caflad Jack by loino-by Mr. Oaatlamw. 
 
 o UmmIim iha DOnooal appaarMMa of Mr. Burratt t A.— Ha la a man of about 
 n.'i'hSXti^oTSS^ SCrSLwhar. I. thanlghborhood. lri«nldjudg. 
 -* aparo man, light oomplaalouad, with light hair ^. • _ „, 
 7^JLTouaayySuaawi>imlnMontraalioAprillaitf_^A.^^ _^ 
 
 d_About what Uma In April waa it I A.-It waa within « w«ak baf..ra tha fto- 
 aiaanfaaaaaaainatlon: I think about tha «th and 7th of April-aomewhera in that 
 
 7' Q^^lB wlioao oompaay WM ha at tha tima you aaw him thara » A. -I aaw him In 
 
 %!^Sr..VyrrJh'SJSTho2^^ A.-I «.whimlnMr.Thomp 
 
 "^ rTi^Wata whathar ha gava any aommuniaatlon to Thompaon in your praaanaa in 
 UaVoom. and what that oftnmnnicatloo waa. A^Thara waa a coowraatfao th«ra at 
 that timi from whlah It appaarad that Mr. Burratt had brought diapatohaa from 
 BkfamMd to Mr. TfiompiST Tbaaa diipiOehaa wara tha a^aot of th4 eooauL 
 UUon. 
 
 He aays below that Geiv CtwoU wm pwwnt and took part in this ooiiTer- 
 ■atidn ; «• to which he i* oontiwdioted bf Gen. CMroll'a affldant. (p. 26.) 
 
 Q -Piom whom in Ridimond wora tha diapatehea brought f A.--From Mr. Ban- 
 Jamin. and I think thara waa alao a latter in dphar from Mr Datla. I am not ao 
 MiUre aa to tha latter, but thara waa" a letter from him, whither In oipb«' or not 
 "^Ito you mLa« Jndah P.BanJamin, Sacratary of 8UU of tha ao oalled Confader- 
 
 "^—You aay tha dlapatcbea wera tha auljaot of oonToraatioo, what did thay aay 
 warthaauhatanoaofthadiapatehaa,flFwhardid^lhay^j«rport to bai A.^1 had 
 
 aome conteraaUon ifith Mr. Thoopawi PJf'^P"'r«' ♦•»• *»Mt* «' * P'** ^'"triTr 
 abate Mr. Lincoln ai»d b{a CaUnut, of whioh I had inforrtad the paper for which I 
 waa correapondent, and 1 had bean infited to parUolpaU in that enterprUe. 
 Thia pwvioos oontemtion U mcM fwUy deeoribed aftwrwaria and di^iowB^^ 
 
 a— By whom had you been ao intited to parUdpate in that eaterpriaa f A.— By 
 Mr Tho&paon ; abd ofi tbia oeeaatoo he Wd hia hand on the papeta or dupatchaa there. 
 Mid laid thlaioak«lbe thbg all right, (raftrring to tha afaaot of the rebel authon- 
 
 All these rtatementa ate donlradicted by the aflldatit of Wallaoe (or OOn- 
 0T«r) at MontreaL (p..l7-) 
 
 O-Did they apeA^Aepawont that the rebal authorkiea had cooaanted mig^t 
 be th^ SShM^fW rt^'l r-Y«, «r ; Mr. Lincob. Mr. Johnatoo. the Searetary 
 of War, the Secretary of BUto and Judge Ohaae^ ^ _ ^^ 
 
 a<-Did thay aay iaythhw about any of the Ocnerala? A.— And Grant 
 
 QUln^harWac^w& anytUoi aaid, and if ao. what wai laid br ThonHMB 
 
 "l^.y.3rtbt,eBpon the p^pte^tTflie United Statca, and their power to electa 
 
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 oth or Surntt, in 
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 1 your praoanoa in 
 DvaraatMla thara at 
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 loot of Qti eooauK 
 
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 lavit. (p. 26.) 
 
 k.— From Mr. B«a- 
 avia. I am not ao 
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 w OMled Oonfader- 
 
 what 4id (hay afty 
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 paper, for whicb 1 
 interpriie. 
 
 vb and digpioreA. 
 
 iterpriaat A.— By 
 or oiapatohaa there, 
 ItheTCbelauthorH 
 
 Wattaoe (or 00n< 
 
 utd oonaeated mi^^t 
 wtoo, (be Sametary 
 
 Lad Grant 
 llaidbT ThoBpaon 
 Ltloa of the offiaata > 
 air power to alaeta 
 
 Prwridanll A.-¥r. Tbompwm aald oa that ocanaioa (I thiajt I am not ao poaitlTe 
 that it waa upon that ooomIoo), but ha did .ay on tha day h»(m* tha InUrfiaw of 
 wbleh I iitaalc. that it would laa»«j tha gofaminaot •ollr«ly without a haad; and 
 •^ • ■ * " ' Mlitatlun of lh« Uiiltml Hutat by whiah they oonld 
 
 jed #«ra put out of tba.way- 
 amber of the OaMoat waa named in that ooaneetioa, 
 proval (Vom Uichmond » A — No, further than thia, 
 
 »., .. .... — , »...w, .jompaon aaid it waa not worth while to kill him, ha 
 
 waa of no conaequenoe ; that waa the remark thai waa made at the time. . 
 
 Q.— You lUted there waa a laUer in eipher ttom Daf la, aa well aa the diapateh of 
 Saorctary Ilenjamio f A.— Tee,|Blr. 
 <^— 'Waa tlie aubataoce of the 
 
 rally. 
 ((.—In oooneeiioo with the dla| atah I 
 
 there waa no prorlaion in tha 
 aleet another Pretidcnt If theMi 
 Q.— Stale whether any other 
 touohlng the diapatchea and tha 
 Mr. Wella waa named, but Mr. 
 
 etter of Daria alio apoken^of I A.— No, only ftne- 
 
 A^Tea. 
 
 ^-WaVan? otbar aut^eel meijUoned f A.- Yea ; If I may bo allowed, I will ataU 
 
 A.— In February 
 
 my Aral InUrTiew on that aabjaei , , . 
 
 Q.— When waa your flrat iatef^iaw with him on thataubjaoti 
 
 Wallaoa (orOonorer) to OqI. J. Thompson pro- 
 
 Water Worka, and dated 20th of Mareh, l666, 
 
 aoquaintad with Thompaon, and it is prored 
 
 Ohadwiok, &o., that Thompaon waa not in 
 
 the lat of January and the 14th ol Ifebnutfy. 
 
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 Q.— About what Uma In February t A<*» la the early part of Febroaiy, 
 
 * It ia ahown by the letter of 
 poaing to destroy the Croton 
 that up to that date he was 
 by the affldavita of Dennison, 
 Montreal at any time betweei. 
 (pp. 27, 69, flO, and 61.) 
 
 Q.—Tliat waa where! Av— Tl uU was in Mr. Thompaon'a room^, in the St Law- 
 ranoe Hall Hotel. . •. 
 
 Q.-8Ute, If you pleaae. what araa aaid at that time by Mr. Tbompoon on that anb. 
 jeot, In yourpreaeooet A.— I hid oalled on Mr. Thompaon to make some nqnirr 
 about Ivrald whi«A bad been «>ntempkted on Q«imb!i»glr,lfew York, which had 
 failed bceanae the United Statae Qovemmant ha<HM|*ed BomeinUmaUoa of the in< 
 lentiooa of the rebeU there, and were prepared fit {Tend I oalled to hear what was 
 to be done next, aeeking iterai for my newapaper ; and belrtg suppoeed by Mr. 
 Thompaon to be a ■«M>d rebel, hs laid, " We would V»e to drop it for a Ume ; but we 
 wiUoatoh them aaleep yet;" asd he obeerred, "There ie a better oppoHunlty, a 
 better chanoe to immortalise youfaali; and aave your eountry 5 " 1 toW Wm I was reajhr. 
 to do anything to aave the cduntry, and aeked him what waa to be done; be aaid, 
 
 tolplay a grand Joke on Abe and Andy ; " that waa his 
 
 ibna,whenbe informed me it waa to kill them, or 
 
 ice ; to use hie own ezpreaaion, he aaid, " It waa only 
 
 fthe killing of a tyrant waa no murder.** 
 
 ig {was said at that time 00 thaaubjeotof commiaalons 
 
 all hands ki blank. A.— He had eommisaions and eon* 
 
 ferred one on Booth. I am not ao poaitire whether he had conferred it on l^th 
 then or not; but he told me either then or aubacquently that Booth had been eom- 
 miaaiooed and that cTcrybody engaged in the eoterpriaer:would be eommiaaioned ; 
 and if It aueeeeMed or failed an 1 they caeaped to Oonada they could not be aueceefr 
 fully claimed under the Extrad Uon Treaty. ,, ^ 
 
 Q.~^tate whether you hart any peraonal knowledge of their holding theae oom* 
 miaaiona in blank from the Oon federate Statca. A — Yea, Sir ; the cbmmlaaion con; 
 ferred on Bennett U. Young, t le ^t Albans raider, waa given to him in bltmk. 
 
 "Some of our bore are going 
 'opreaaion ; thia led to exjplai 
 rather to remore them from 
 remoTingthem from ofllce; 
 
 Qj— Bute whether anythlni^ 
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 Affidavit, (p. 69.) 
 
 Q.— By whom t A.— It wsi a blank commiiuioa filled up and conferred by Mr. 
 Clay. . I:- ' ' . 
 
 Q.— What names wore attached toitaa it came into the handa of the inen from 
 Bichmond,lf any I A.r—Jan^e8 A' Seddon, Secretary nf War. .j, * 
 
 Q.— State to the court whether you aaw the commiraion youraelf. A^'—I did. 
 
 Q.— At whose Instance were you called to aee it I A. — Mr. Thompaon'a. ^ \ 
 
 Q.— State whether you were naked to teatify about the genuineness of Seddon'e aig< 
 natur e , yon having b ee n a ol e rk In hi e department f — A . »-I w ai. 
 
 ' y 
 
 » . 
 
^ 
 
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 n 
 
 Q..^Br wbon «trt jvt Mkad t A.— Rv Mr. Tlwamwi m4 V r. Abbell, Um 
 Wl la Um om«, aod alto by SMidan uwl Yoong bimMll 
 
 II Kpp«ws by OlMulwiok'a ftAdATil that ThotniMon did nol arrivo in Montrwl 
 nntil noon, Uth FabmAry, <h« day on wbioh Wallaoa tMttifi«d. U apfwala 
 by Wallaoo'a latter of SOth iUroli» tluU at thk tinM ha did nol knm TMtp- 
 ■pn. (pp. 27 md W.) 
 
 Q. BUU wbathar yoa did twtifr on tba quwtlaa of Iba (tBuiaaitMi of Ibal i^fia- ' 
 luraorSadaoo'tl A^ldid. 
 
 Q— In thai oouHl A.— I Utiiflmt bafora Juiiga- \ Iha tiKnatara waa 
 
 ganuiaa. 
 
 Q.— 8Uta (o tha oourt wbatbar you ara aoquaintad and familiar wi(b (ha bandwrit- 
 lac of Jamoa A. Uaddon, iba rabal Sacralary of War t A.— Ym, Sir. < 
 
 Q<— iKata now (o tha aourt, upon yonr oath b«r«. wbatbar (ba •ignatura to (ha bUnk 
 flonwntaaion you mw waa bit (•naina tigoatura or not! A.— It waa hla ganuina tif* 
 
 natura. 
 
 Q. — Ton MT ynn had a aubtaqatnt eonTaraalion with Tbommon, aftar (ht 09a you 
 hava tpokan or, aa aarlr in Fabruary, baA>ra tbatima you mat bun wiUtSorratt ; vmL. 
 tima in February waa It that you Md (hat tubiaquant couranatiou t A.— I had MO*^ 
 ▼arMtiona with him from day to day, almoat atary day during tba wbola of Fabruaijr, 
 for tbit moath. 
 
 Ilia provad by aiBdavita of olarKa in tha hotaLi, ia, thai Thompaon waa 
 nol in Montrad in Fabmary until the lAlh, and by Wallaoo'a l«tt«r thai ho 
 did not know Thontpaon bafora tha 90th of March, 1865. (pp. 27 and 60.) 
 
 Q.— SUta to (ha aourt wbathar or not» on anr of thoaa oaeaiiaaa ba offiirad tou ooa 
 of theaa eommiitiona in (hia work of tba awaMinatlon of tha Pratidcnt I A.— Ifotbing 
 furthar than tbia, that ba auggaatad (bat I lUgbt tmmortaliaa myMlf and aara tha 
 aountry, audio thai aamaaonnaotioo,aaid that Booth bad b«an aommlaiionad, and 
 f vary roan irho would angiga in tha antarpriM would ba. 
 
 Q.— In tbOM Bubaaquant aoofaraationa atata anything that wai said about tha axtoQl 
 to wblah tbIa plot waa to ba oarriad —what languaga wai uiadt A.— At anothar 
 tIma I bad a oouTaraatiott with Mr. Wm. 0. Olaary. That waa tlia day bafora or tha 
 Mune day of tba aauMination. 
 
 It ia proved by Donniaon, Chadwiok, Ae., that Oleaiy left Montreal on the 
 10th of April, four days before the Maaaaination, for Riviere do Loup, (more 
 than three hundred milca from Montreal), by I* Muqnia and La Boohella 
 that he waa at Biviera du Loup from the 11th untU the 23rd of April, (a week 
 after the aaaaaaination), when he left for OanaAi Weat, and by a paaaport 
 from OoL Hill, that he waa in Detroit on the i29th of April, (nine htindred 
 nulea from Riviere du Lonp), to hold. an intenriew with Mr. Bmmona, a(pnt 
 of the State Department of the United Statea. (pp: 68, 60 and 26.) 
 
 Q.— Where at I A.^At St Lawrenaa Hall. We ware tpaakrng of tha r^oiaiog 
 in tba Stataa over tha aurran<||ir of Laa and the aaptnra of Riobmond. and ao on, and 
 Olaary remarkad (bat " (hay would put tba laogb op the other aide of (hair mouth in 
 a day or two." I think (hat waa (he <ky before (be aMaatinatioo took plaoa. 
 
 <;^— How did he aay thay would do it t A.— There was nothing furthar (ban that 
 ■aid. It vaa known that I waa in the laotat of the eooipiraoy, and it waa that ba had 
 referred to. ]t waa talked about aa eommonly ■• we would apedk of tha weather. 
 
 Q.— Did you have any eouTenatlon with Bandera about that time about itt One 
 time before that I bad a oonTamtion, and he asked me if I knew Booih ▼err well. 
 He ezpraued tome apprehanaion that Booth would make a fiule of it ; that he wee 
 diiaipated and reekleia; and he waa afraid (he whole (hing would proTe a fidlure. 
 
 Q.— -What buaineH ware you engaged in, in M, during your tut in Oana(U, while 
 yon were ostentibly a rabcft A.— I waa k eorretpoodent of the New Tork Trihim. 
 
 Q.T-State to the Court whether, before the taiaaiinaUon of the Prealdent, you eom- 
 miinieated to any penon in the United Statae tha information you had recalTod #oul 
 their btendedraiaonoOgdensbnrgh or the ainuination of the Prcddent and hie 
 
LI>U)|l,tiM 
 
 ivoinMooirMl 
 
 kI. Ik ftppMkA 
 
 i kntmr Thw»p- 
 
 Itb (h« budwrit- 
 
 htur«tolh«bUiik 
 I hit f muiiM •%* 
 
 ■fUr tha 09« tou 
 UtSiimU; WhftI 
 A.— I had «on-, 
 tiol« of Fabruu^t 
 
 Thompaon WM 
 
 • ktlOT that ha 
 
 p. 27 And 60.) 
 
 I ofTarad you ooa 
 It I A.— Votbing 
 tlf Mid WT« tha 
 mmiiaionad, and 
 
 •boat tha axtant 
 
 A.— At Koothar 
 
 bkj bafora or tha 
 
 lontteal on iha 
 in Loup, (man 
 ndLaBoohflUa 
 [ April, (a w«ek 
 i hym paaaport 
 (nine hondred 
 EBmmona, •gmt 
 tdS&) 
 
 I of tha r^oioiiu> 
 d, and ao on, aail 
 if thair mouth in 
 okplaoa. 
 furtbar thaa that 
 ; waa tbat ba bad 
 tbaweatbar. 
 I about it t Oua 
 Booih ▼arj wall. 
 n\; tbat ha waa 
 oTaafidlnre. 
 in Oanadm while 
 w York Jvibwu. 
 ealdent, 700 eom- 
 td recairad ^loat 
 Mudeot ma hia 
 
 n t-H^ujwfiBfi.(e 
 
 OiUaatl A.-I did, to tha Maw York JVikmM, and that daaljaa.! I0 PJ'hIW*'*. *•; 
 
 !h!J^r.\l^ad (lira mighl ba nothing lo It, a«3 did aot wUh f ba acaoa^l of pubUahieg 
 
 TSla'u 'lHathar you maau to ba wnlaratood aa aaylag that J«"« •r"««»*«J^ 
 both tha pl«. to maba a raid on OgdanatHirgh, and tha olbar tin ragard to tba aaaaa- 
 
 •^nt^^l-ll^rateaaiJa^^^^^ 
 
 .laUoo T A.-I dIdTt In Marab Uak and alao in f *»>ruar,, I thlok. I gaf a than, a 
 
 tT51«^l I A -ItWok It WM Kout tha 1th or Htb «f April laat. aotnawbara la IbM 
 2 ibt^bJ^f reL\dt^iUiJt» a da,. It mi.bl ba Jbaaa tha .th o, 9.b. but It 
 waa wIthlDfoir or fl»a day a praaading tha MaMafnatlon of iha 'ratldant 
 
 a-SuU what waa aaid bV SurraO. If anythlag, ladiaaUug hIa a«i»aaUoo with tha 
 «i^l A -Thara waa eonaldarabla aooTaraall.m 00 tha autdaet; I am unabia to 
 jtdlr atiliihli 8».^tSd il^tJaMlar. butfrom tbawboU^oraraaUon I iofarr«l 
 thai ba waa toTaha hIa part, wbatavar It might ba. - ^-^-^ 
 
 Q -flSa wfiSar tliaobatanaa of hi- oaJTar-allop waa that ba wu ooa of Iba paf^ 
 «»2"illheii!!t toaxaouU tha acoaplraoy on tha IVewdaut aod hia cabioat ! A.-fbal 
 
 '''(^^^tTS!!^»uM»^tothlB<^f«ui\^^no^i A.-Tbatwaatha.ub. 
 
 •T^f l^uKa't" ?.;ow whatbar auTtbiugwaaWld in th. MTard *<«'«~g« 
 *ra bad with nompaoo. Otoy ind Sanaara Aiout l^ uaa of the "waaj •«> j^,^: 
 IZTnTi if-fdoiot tfiink thar. waa. but U waa alwara wall undaratood that 
 SSa WMpUty of monay wbara tbar. waa aoytblag to ba doo* I do not thiok I 
 arar heard anrtUac aaid about mooay or oompanaatton at all 
 
 a-^fhJnWw It waa alwayi undaraCod, do too maao U waa ap aUtad I« 
 
 ;a?e^ tiSaCtSJ. mall" Dotl^A.-! do^t thlnt ^'* ^fiTJl^'^U^^. 
 
 ieaobjaat Tfiara may hata baan, hot not ta my praaanoa. I tbiak there w»a noth- 
 
 >1iiild8rt.^tt:'at"ri^l^ at what time ba ball Uft B[J»ood or ooti 
 A -Tdo not remambar that ha did. but It waa a wrr few daya before. I do not 
 f.;^ whatbar he^U^d it or whether 1 underatood it from Mr. Thompaon, or how, 
 & tU^lJaJidtaJ wiaThJ T ^^ a Tar, dK,rt time before. II. wm juat from 
 
 i^^^lTSSdal X-No. Sir Ido not Jpk I •;« .aw any of them -.ywbare. 
 
 %e priaoner, Oeoige a' Ataeroth, atood npfcr «<»"J«-«»»- , ... . 
 
 WUntu-vi. Sir ; I baTO no reooUeeUoo of eyar teeing hfan ; I think not. 
 
 a-?S^t; that yon bad nereraaen the Maooer Payne in Oan;^ <^,^?.P^ 
 onS. Ja PaToe. atfKl up for id«U«eeUony A^^^^ 
 
 Q.l-Wban did you laaTa Riobmood to go North f A.— In Daoamber, IBBI. 
 
 In the St. Albaoa caa« ka vwon hi wm in Richmond in Soptomliipir, X864. 
 
 ,(p.i7.)-:: ■,■■:; \''':'v-:j/:.: .^ :'y\:; ;-■.;',. .^.- -^^ ■■ '■_ 
 
 ap-DldTougoimmedUtelytoNew Yofkl A.— Yee,8ih "^ j^ ^ 
 
 d-DldTouInNaw York make an arrangement to become the oorreapoodent of 
 
 thrnlrihunil A.--N0, Sir : 1 oontriboled aradaawUeh were poWlahed. and my en- 
 
 M^ment WM mi^ in i^ng afterwarda; the fiiet article I epnirihuted wm fmn 
 
 Q.-Vm *• •rradgament made irfilew York! A—No, Sir; It wm made by 
 
 ^''aLwbare wm It made f A.-It wm made io antwar to my Jret oommunlcati* ; 
 leodoeed the iHUr Ibr putllcatlon to the Editor of the New York 2W6imk wUeh 
 WM put ouiand I wm requeatad to coattnoe my eorreapondenee, and did ao, and ra- 
 oaiTcd eoropenaatioa from time to time. ^ . 
 
 Q.~Wbat I want to get at la, where yon were at the time /wj^Jf^^Wyjif* • 
 eorreapflodent of die 2f{ftwM Ware yon In WaAingloo at the time yo« ttade a 
 BhTiUteaonwlUitiieTWIiiaaMaeorrMpoodw^ ^^^'-^**'°^^-^^t^^^^j^ 
 ^.— T |iai> haw aoon did yon go to Chmada I A.— 1 went to Panada Uat October. 
 
 K 
 
Jt' 
 
 ■J 
 
 8 
 
 Qw In addition to hting • corrMpoodent of tlio THftwM, were yoa in the lerTie* 
 •ad pay of oar goTeniaent t A.'~N0k 8ir. 
 
 Q-— Bare yon erer reedlved eompeoMtion or pay from our goTemment for •errlece 
 rendered t A.— Not one eent nor promiee. 
 
 Q.— Didyou ffiTeoat inOaoada— ires it generally nndentood— that yoa were a 
 r the TVitmntr A.— Ko, Sir; it was acderstood that I was a rebel. 
 
 apondentof , . „ 
 
 Q^Wben yoa asked these gentlemen irlHnn you hare named iif they had itrani 
 that jronid be fit for pablleatlon, what paper did they suppose yoa were in oorres- 
 pondlDce with t ^L.-^I nerer aslied them for any items. They never supposed I 
 was a oorrespoadent liar any paper, 
 
 Q/-to« said something abont items for a paper f A.— I was seeking items but 1 
 did not ask for them; what I. however, IdhiedT hi conTcrtation/ and l^med from 
 tfieae parUee, beeanse they soppoaed that I was a rebel, and I was in thdr eon- 
 fidenee. 
 
 ^ *^r"?"° *^*y "•'^•' '"^ ""J "■«*«» o' knowing that you were a oorrespoadent of 
 the Tributu / A.-~1Sl9, Sir. » . * 
 
 Q._Were you admitted fireely to their meetings t ^ A.— Yes, Sir ; quite so. 
 
 Q.-T-And to thdr eoofidenee. too t A.— I think so, Sir; thsy may have had seerets 
 that I am not aware of, bat I eertainly knew of a great many of thdr matters that 
 ther intended to Inep seeret from the putdle.. 
 
 Q— Wasthediselosareof the intended rdi^apoo Ogdensbargfa published in the 
 zWftaiiir / A.— I think it was ; I contributed a fetter with information of tiiat kind 
 inii« . ■ ■■ • . ■ *, ■ 
 
 Q;— Did londerstand yon asstating to tbo courtthat yoa also communioated to the 
 aViiMN* something of ^e plot about the assassination t Ar-Tea, Sir ; I wrote them 
 on that subjeet. 
 
 Qr-IMd yoa eommnnieate It to any one else t A.->-No one bnt to tiie IWitme and 
 myownfiunily. 
 
 Q.-^Wliat was your idea In not eommunieaUng that important mtdligenee at once 
 to the BoyerDmentt instead of to the 2W(ihm/ A.— I sanposed that hi glTing it to 
 the arHMoM that it amounted to the same thi iig as giving it to the fforemmeot ; I 
 aopposed that the relations between tiie editor and proprietors of the JVUhhu and the 
 government %rera sneb that they would lose no time m giving them faiformation on 
 tbeaubieet, and I did not choose to have'the informatimi go tothe Kovemment di- 
 rectly from ne : in regard to this, as in r«ard to some other secrete oF the rebels in 
 Oanadai that I have ezpeaed. I redaested Mr. Osy, of the IHiime to give informatioa 
 to the mvemment, and I believe he has fiirmerly done sa 
 
 Q.— Too must have been aware, as a newspaper man, that if the fact was publish* 
 edin the newspapers It would defut the opportuidty of eapturing the parties t 
 A.— 4!ertainly so, Sir. ^ 
 
 It wonid aeem here that Conovei^rematiied all winter at Montreal moxdj 
 to pick op items f or a newapaper ; tiiat he waa to be paid only for what was 
 pmhliahed ; that the most important items he got from the rebels were not 
 publiabed ; that to get sach items he changed his name and pretended to be 
 » rebel; tliatto doceive the rebels he perjured himself f or theirtwDefit in 
 the St. Albans case ; entered into pfims for poisoning, assassinating, A^o., 
 andwroto'a proposition to destroy the Oroton Water Works. He talked 
 with them about the assassinaiaon of Preridentj Linooln as he would about the 
 weather, bnt n^ected from February till April to communicate his informa- 
 tion on that .aubject to any officer of the government. But he swears also 
 here that be was in the e;mployment of tiie Federal Govemmeitt. ,. 
 
 Q.— How many times did von see Safratt in Canada t A.— I saw Um for three or 
 four times in encoessioa ; I think in April last , 
 
 «Q.-r-In i»hoee room did you meet hhn t A.— I saw him in Mr. Jacob Thompson's 
 room '» I also saw him in Mr. Sander's room once. 
 
 Q.— Had you aDyconVersation with him personally f A.— I had. , 
 
 Q.-rWhat did be say to you t A — Nothing more than speaking about Richmond, 
 I asking )iim how it looked, and what chauges there were in it. 
 
 Q. — H e never asid a n ything t o yo a , psrsonally, himself, about the intended i 
 
 / 
 
raiDthaMrrtM 
 
 nmt for •arrleM 
 
 that yda wmnft « 
 at I waa a rebel, 
 they had Hema 
 a were in oorrea- 
 iver auppoaed I 
 
 iking itenu bnt I 
 id leiim^ from 
 'aa in thdr coo* 
 
 eorreipoadent of 
 
 qnlteao. 
 have had aeerela 
 hdr mattera that 
 
 Snbliihedinthe 
 on of that kinf 
 
 imonioi^d to the 
 ir; IirrotetlieiB 
 
 the iWiwM and 4 
 
 elllffenee at onee 
 lat m giTusg it to 
 ) MTemmeat; I 
 mfruMandthe 
 I bfommtiooon 
 I ffOTemment di- 
 orthe rebeli in 
 gire informaUoa 
 
 raet vaa pnUiah: ■ 
 ng the parties t 
 
 iontreal meidy 
 y for what was 
 rebeb were not 
 pretended to be 
 theirlMBefit in 
 Minating, &fi.y 
 ka. He talked 
 iroald about the 
 kte hia inf onna- 
 1m BweatBabo 
 Jit.,^ 
 iiim for three or 
 
 Mob Tlwmpeo&'a 
 
 ibont RicfamoDd, 
 
 eintwded 
 
 
 aination t A.<— Ko^ Sir: only what waa nUd in Mr. Tbompaon'^ room ; I m* intro- 
 dneed to him by Mr. Sander^ ; that waa the flrat I had acea of higs. * 
 
 Q.— Since yon learped of the aaaaarinatioOt to whom did you communicate your 
 preriooa knowledge of it I A.— To the THImm people, 
 
 Q.— Pidyongoin CanaiJabT thenameofSandfordOonoTer? A.— Ko, Sir. 
 
 Q.— What name did yoago Vf there t A.— Jamea Wataon 'Wallace. 
 
 Q.— Fix the precise date, if you can, when you met Mr. Surratt at Mr. Thompson's 
 room t A f-l eonld not lay wlUiin two or three days ; I think it might have been the 
 ftbor 8th or 9th of April. 
 
 Q.— On or about that time t A.— Tea, Sir ; it waa near that time. 
 
 Q.-»Did yon learn anything while in Oaaada of the attempt to fire the city of New 
 Torkr A.-^Tes, Sir ; I heard the matter disenssed. 
 
 Q.— Sid you eonimuDicate that intelligence to any one t . A.— I knew nothing of 
 it nntil alter the attempt had be«in made. il9^ 
 
 ^r-iln representing yourself to those parties aa being lUpBd rebel and being in 
 eonfidenoe, were yon ever charged witbthe cancuUoo of any plot or project of |hein t 
 A.->No, Sir. \ . ^ ___ 
 
 Q.— or any description I A.— Tes, I waa expected ta 
 
 4. — ^You neTsr re««iTed any pay from our goTernment or frtm the ao>eaUed Ooa> 
 federat* OoTcmment, since you were in Canadal A. — ^No, Sir, from no one except ' 
 the New Tork 7H6Mii«. 
 
 Q/r-Did yon aign your name to your articles iririh^TViftun* that were published f 
 A.— No, Sir. ' i 
 
 H^.*-NOt Sir, none at all : it waa not deurAble to the pnb- 
 
 Q.— Gare n<f signature t 
 Usher. 
 
 CrpBt-txamitud 6y Mr. 
 the project of the eaptur 
 A.— Yes; I think I heard 1 
 
 -Q.-^id you hear diseusted amonf those ipdlTiduals 
 of the President and the carrying him to Bichmood I 
 bat talked of in Febniray. 
 
 Q.'^Did yoa ever attend a mee^inff Of aU ^ose persona, Thomnaoo, CUt, and 
 othelfst A.— I haTO been with Mr. Aompson, Sandera, Tndcer, Oleary and Qen. 
 Carroll at the same time. 
 
 Q. — Have jou 'OTor attended a meeting for the purpose of considering any plans, 
 of hearing amo^g themseWes any adrieesfrom Kchmondt A.— Not for the purpoae 
 of considering any J>1ans. 
 
 Q.— Were you present at any meeting in wlueh a letter from Mr. Davis was read t 
 iu— No; not when it waa read; those letters were all in cypher, and I merely heard 
 the snbstanee of them repeated. ^ 
 
 Q.->Ton spoke of Mr. lampoon's laying his hand upon some letters and saying ijbat 
 made it all right t A.— TltiC referred to the cBspatdiea from Richmond bronght qr 
 Surratt * 
 
 Q.-'Tbiit was in April, waa it nott ilL— -Yes, Sir ; it waa in April ; I bad previous. 
 ly aaked Mr. Thoi<ii)p«bn, wheil he flrat anggeeted that I sfaoidd partioipaie in this 
 tSSkir, if it would meet the approbatioa of tiie Oovemment at Richmond ; he aaid he 
 thought it would, bnt he Should know in a few days ; that waa early in February. 
 
 But it is proved by seTeral affidayita that Thompson was not in Montreal 
 in February, until, noon of the 14th ; and on the SOth. of March, 18^, Wik- 
 hoe (or Oonover) exciisea hja letter to Thompson (propoong to deatroy the 
 Croton Water Works) by saying: "Although I' have not the pleasure of 
 ybur acquaintance, you will probably remember me a» a tctfncM in bduilf of 
 the raideta, Ac." (p. 27.) , ^ • 
 
 Q.— I thought I understood you to state fliat he said the authority waa f^Tcn in 
 February I A.— No. Sir ;-,in April, b Siunt^s presence. 
 
 Q.<r*And he then referred to those papera aa having fumiahed the assent I A. — 
 Tes,.Sir. -■/■.;■'.■■■ , ' . ' ' 
 
 Q— The first state^nt in February was that he wais expectihg dispatches from 
 lUdimond, and expecj^d thiem in a few dayst A.— Yes, to Imow whetner the oflSsr 
 would receive the an^robation of the government or not 
 
 Q.--I)id you ond)Wstand that that epmmnnication in April waa the first offlc i ai ap- 
 
 proval that Ihnj hpA recttved from Ricfammid of this plim to aasassinate the ^I'r^ 
 
 luid 
 
 ,^^ 
 
 ll 
 
f 
 
 ("_ ■ 
 
 T,«?r*5VSM!' 
 
 ^. 
 
 dcQt t A.— I nndantood tlu<t it wh not ; ^d that it «u Um flrM ; bat I knaw of 
 
 Q.— ToqnndentooddMtwutha arttt A/^Tes, Sir, I in|!nrr«d th»t. 
 
 Bii Mr, Atlttn-^-^Jn all year oonferMec* and fmniliar int«nriflws «iU) Umm r«b«l» 
 in (Aumd*, did yoa avw hear fh* naaia of Utty B. SnrraU tMnUoaad aa a friand of 
 tbeint A.— I narar did, ^ «.. ' ^ . . , 
 
 By AtHttant Jtidf-Ai»09tU BinaKtm-^fi^TM yoa atata, id anawar to Ma of 
 tba qnaattonapoitojou od tha taamliiaUoa, aaything aboat a ramark of Mr. Ja«N> 
 thompaon diat it wai not mardartoUll atyrantf A.— Te^Sir; kaaald ttiMkni- 
 iDK a tTrwit, in anefa a eaaa, wu no mnrdcir, and ba atltad ma at tba aama tiaa if I 
 bid OTor read tba work anOtltd, '•'Killing too Mardar," a lattar addraaaad bj Qol. 
 Titna to 01iT*r CromwalL . -- . ..u . . . 
 
 Q.— In wbat eonTanation waa it tbat Jacob Tbompaon mode tua of tbat axpraaaion I 
 A>~Tliat «aa in tha oonraraation in Fabraary. > . - 
 
 " qt— Waaitin tbatoonfaraation ba oamad tba Gabinat offieara andotbara tbat vara 
 to ba tba fiotima bf tb)a eont^ai 1 A.~-tai, Sir; it waa at tbat tima. Mr. am' 
 lin waa alio tQbaT0 baan iMmd<dIli4:|ba.id|amai b^^ 
 
 Vax^ ' __. . ■■■,■,, ^-.vXJm/r -'^v •.■■•■.;.;■■>, ■ 7- - . -.'.■■ 
 
 L^anuDg in Febrouy iM th9 Maaiuiiaabn might be attain]^ before the 
 4tb of Mitvdi^ the.witneaa waa not in nrgeni haste to warn the goTenuneiit 
 even when he found the TtUmnt people treated his stoiy as apochryphal I 
 
 Q.—^<r48 bo named aapeoiallyf A.--Yaa, Sir; with tha reai.^ ^ 
 
 Q.— mre tba olbar iMurtiaa that you batra anumerated named also in Fabrnary ! 
 A Ym. Sir 
 
 Q.— What'members of the 0»blnet f A.— The Secretary of War. the Seeretary of 
 State. Oan. Grant, Judge Obase, the Yiee-Prastdant and Pratidaot Uneoln. 
 
 a—In AprU who also ware namedt A.— The aama paraon^ with the eicapUoa 
 that Mr. fiamUn was omittad, and Vice«Praaidant Johnson put in bh| pliae. 
 
 By tha Onfrf— Q.— You ha* aUtad that you ware a aonsortpt la the reb^ senrloe. 
 In what Suta were you eonaeriptad f A^-^utb j^Vna. ^ 
 
 By AuUtdHt Jwig^AitoedU BiMghMt-^-^t what SUte are you a natlret 
 
 Q.--Wbare wore you rasidhig when you ware eonaeriptad I A.— Near OolumUs> 
 
 J3 0. ■ ' 
 
 *^tiu CbMrt— Q— How did you come fhmi Wchiiond f A.— I rap the blockade ; 
 I walked it moat of the way ; I rode in the aara to BanoTar Jonetloo, and fk»m there 
 
 Q.— By way of the Potbmae I A.— I eama up through SnickerriUe to Charlestoo. 
 Vs.. and from there tqdpiurper'a Ferry, and ao on. , . . . . ^. ^ 
 
 O—Aa I uAdarstanTyoa, you said you saw those Uaak eommiaaiona that were 
 aignad by Saddon. Sacratatr of War, to beglTaa to the peraooa that ware cojiag^ 
 the aasa^natioa'of the Frssidant and 0(#tet4 A.— I saw eomn^ssions after thegr 
 bad been aUed. ' .-• ^ .^■■f:w^v;.-\--..-.>> v.;: ;-^. ;■■■■■ ■■-■■;; 
 
 Q^In Oanadat A.— Yes, Sr. | ^ ■■^■^- *__ »!j™..-.4 • 
 
 Q.— Did jou se^ bow much of them was Mwik whan they eame firom BicInnoiMl I 
 Aj—Tb«f were aUMank bat ibe rignatarei. ^ 
 
 Q.--^«s there ntf gradaa of rank on them I A.— Ko^ Sir; that was put in by the 
 aaentsfliemselTaai&ycwifeTed these eommisdonssAplaasara. .. , ' 
 
 Q.— Did Tou uhdentand tbit theae oommiidomwere tobe givoinpoa their «igag- 
 ing in this d&ir 88 a sort of eotar in the ease ; TO^ere te begi9@ fV^J^^^f^ 
 guing in this afhir as a sort of eOTcr in case theywere taken, ••."»* "^T'J"^'? 
 golta^e army foUowing it! A.^I« was a eore^io tUt in^ ^^i*^ S^ 
 liey ooald dalm that thef were reb^tspldiers. and would tberrfore <sWnlto be teeat- 
 ed as priionara of war i and it was ondentood that they would be prote^ as soOi 
 
 Q.--Tba8e eommissions yon say were to be jgltan to them "•»<»"«» «^;S!!!£« 
 intbis enterprise; waa tbet engagement to ^g«w«>^hT «» «^. «' ^ *^f SKS 
 of a con^ t Did yon iinderstand that! A.— That I do not know, bat they took 
 theoathofoffiee, IsuppoacorwhateTerit^^htbecaUed, 
 
 Bfi Mr. «•»•— Q^Were Oicse commjisicos to be eooferred priocipally as a re* 
 ■ _L for c arrying out th e asiaMinstioapi«i» < ^«fJ« "J »[*»»*• *"**ny^ i^^ 
 ^ere pnwacutid ob the border ! A.— 1<> wi* to enrijle the paiUaa apon whom tbe^ 
 
; bat I knaw «f 
 
 niUitlMMrclMte 
 id, M • fri«nd of 
 
 annrertooneof 
 rk of Mr. Jaadb 
 ^ Mid tdMUn- 
 e uune tin* if I 
 dre«p«d bjr Qo\, 
 
 Uwt ocpreMion t 
 
 otban that vera 
 ima. Mr. Ham' 
 bafora tha Sth of 
 
 ' '/ " . . 
 fM.htioi6i!b.B 
 
 le goTemmeBt 
 
 ^ochryplial ! ■ 
 
 so In February t 
 
 tha Seeretary of 
 
 IimoId. 
 
 Ih tho ezcaptioB 
 
 pliMa. 
 
 ha rab4 aanrioa. 
 
 a yon a na^at 
 
 -Naar OolnmUi*> 
 
 m tha bloakade ; 
 , and Anm thara 
 
 loto CharleBton, 
 
 isiom that wara 
 wara angagad in 
 ■iont afMr ^h^f 
 
 fiom Bidunoodl 
 
 raa put in by tba . 
 
 i|iOii their angag- 
 @ nwMi th(3r aa- 
 faat fibey wara to 
 BTwafw'dataetad 
 daitt to ba traftt* 
 trotaetad aa mdb 
 1 aatbay engaged 
 by tba obUgatwO 
 w, bnt thay took 
 
 incipally as a ra* 
 a entarprisea ttat 
 
 npoo ^i^/m tba^ 
 
 ' \ 
 
 '•^w^rty^Vo "'■*' ' 
 
 
 u 
 
 waraeooferradtoact offlqlally.and aat aa4rtlRriSWIar, and be proteatad aj euah 
 
 ''S!!oJ;&Th."a^? te-anytWng b«t raid, on Iha border! -niey aould noti. 
 paet an sManin to K protected by a oonuniMton. I euppoaa f A.— It was not mnnMr. 
 
 \T^n.'SiiiTth"eli;'S«n.l,.ion. 1«^^ M.re«e.to tha ".•"J-t.^J^, 
 jaat; or embrace all le enterprtae. on the harder I A.-It embraeed the whofa of 
 thaB»,bat I think Booth was especially <jommiisloned for this purpoie. 
 • ^T-^How early wu it that you sow these oonimiisions f A.— I saw some cop- 
 missions ss early as Deeembar. II LI !.• 4 
 
 Q.-They of coorsa did not indicate what thev were- they were aH blank I A.- 
 No Sir thev did not They were all in blank. <Thecommisilon of B. H- Young wasa 
 
 SmSiiSSa«me«»?t.»^ H««T«' 
 
 was in Ridimond at all . _. ,. , 
 
 This is denied by Young's affldarit. (p. 69.) 
 
 Bv AuUtanl Judgf^AAoeait Blttgham^Q.—l fotaot to ask yoU whtt time it was 
 thai TwStTjohn Wilkes Booth ia Canada! A.-3 saw him h> tha latter part of 
 
 *^_WiO.*'ih'Jm''w.. he! A.~I saw him with Sanders. I saw himat Mr. 
 TlS^iv I ^rTm more about the St. Lwrence Hotel. He was strutting 
 shoot the hotel dlsupating, plajring billiards, Ac Ac 
 
 It is proved by th^ clerks of the Queen's Hotel that Thompson wa« never 
 absent from Toront6i' between the 17th of October, 1864, and 16th Februaiy, 
 1866, except three days between tlie 31st wid 24th December, and abfoni 
 only a few days^between the 17th Y>f July and 17th of October, 1864. 
 
 By Jfr. CIb*.— Q.— Was it in Febrnarr that Mr. Thompson saf^ ha bad aAnClRad^ 
 OMeommisaion on Booth!- A.~It wan in Februaiy. ■ . ■ _, _» ^. 
 
 Q.— Can you teU what partof February! A.— It was m tha^early PVt of 
 •FeSroary. or it might havf bean tha lattat part of January ; but I think it wae the 
 early part of February, ;. — ^'•■ 
 
 It is proved that Thompeon wto not at Montreal ai all in January nor in 
 Februtay,Tuntil the 14th, when thar^t. Albans trial waa going ^ (P- ^) 
 
 Bk the flburfc— a— Did'tha same p?J^ that planned tWs assaaaination plan the 
 bornioe of New York and other ciUcs! %— Ido not know; I do not knw W 
 thing&th^ ihap that I have an (pinion on ft| subject ; I presume they did. 
 
 No eowt of justioe would pennil iltis sty) 
 
 a—It^ your bdief that they did! A^Y«s,Sii- . . • ..^ 
 
 Q.— Tlids same psrty ! A.— I have heard them tMk of pm» other entarprwa of 
 
 the same ebar»at«r; soma they have nnder conuderati^noW • _,. 
 Q.~Yo« have a knowkdga about thaflt. Albans nud K^L-Yes, Sir. - 
 Q,—J)id they plan it! A^Tha san»« men planned it^ , . j v »i.^ 
 
 Q.-^Wera the commlsttoos yon spadk of simlhur to the Oommissions issued Inr tba 
 
 government to army ofliaais, or have you aeen them! JL-Ihave never saan them. 
 a^Were they ajgned by the Fneideot as wall as the Secretary of War ! 
 Bm AttUUmt Jmlge^AthoemU Fumsft— Q— When yon say yon have never aeen 
 
 thei^ whidi eoiBBitMaos do you rtfar to! A.— United States Anpy commissions; 
 
 was asked if tha eommie«ions were similar to United States srmy ««"J"SJW-. ,. . 
 By Mr. ^it«--Q.— You referred to tha aama party in spesking of the Bt. Albans 
 
 nid. WhatpartydoToomean! A.— Mr.. Thompson «ad^tendam. 
 <^— You do not mean Sarratt and Booth !^ A.-No, Sir. „ 
 
 (]|..\|f«r« theae aommiwoM "gned by Jett Davis in bhmk! A.— Mo, Sir, oy 
 
 Jamea A. Seddon, Secretary of War. ^ ' 
 
 Q.— Is it not the custom for the Prendant to sign them also I 
 AHiHant-JudgfAdtoeate Bingham.'-Th^ have not lived long enough to have a 
 
 onstom; " . . \u 
 
 Oarrotl snd a number of otn sr 
 
 lof ezamlnatioh. 
 
 A.— On the trial of the St. Albaaa raidan t:ilen; 
 
 
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 offioera of tba'tfonfedartte utaj t«UiIed tbat tb« etutom wM tlut th^ r«b«l offlo«n 
 bad lji«ir eommiiiioni ligned only by tba Reerelary of War. 
 
 Sjl ths Coiirl— Q.— Areroo familiar wUb the cypher which tbe;^ bad in (bo rebel 
 War Department f A.— no, Sir, I am not. ,, 
 
 Q.— Yoqeooldnottelloneifyonaceitt Ai— I oould not. /^ -:.'•» 
 
 Bjf AuUtant-Jvdgt'AJhooeatt Bingh*m,—\ aXd initruetad to nak« an Ipqalff of 
 yon, in oonteqnenee of a queation M\ed yon by tb« Court, what oOnvenation, if any, 
 did you bear among tbwe rebel refugees In Canada about the.baming of New York . 
 City and other Korthenl cities f A. — ^There wet a propoiitlon before Uieir council, 
 their junta, to destroy the Oroton dam, by which the City of New Tork is inpplied 
 with water, and it was sopposed it.would not only damage the muiafactories, but 
 ^istrcM the people scDerally, ererywherc i but Mr. Thotapson remarked that they 
 'irottld haTC plenty of force, and the whole city would soon b« destrored by a genenu/ 
 conflagration, and without sending any Kennedy or anybody else there, apd If t 
 had thought of this toroetima before they might nave saTCd some neelu. 
 
 ^ See thia witneaa's tetter of 20th March to Thompson, propoaing to destroy 
 the Orotoa datn, and the affidavit of Oamerop, that when he carried such a 
 tetter to Thompson he said, "Is the man mad? -is he a fool?** gw) also 
 affidani of Gen. OairoIL (pp. 22, 26 and 27.) 
 
 Q.— When did he say that I A.— That was a few weeks ago. 
 
 Q.— Who was present when he ssid thatf A^^-Mr. Thompson, Michael, Mr. Sa^^ 
 ders, Mr. Costlemao and Oen. Carroll. 
 
 Q.^Do you know of anytbiiic[ beiog sidd between those psrties or any others of 
 the same man you bare named ill regard t<i, the description from hut year t A.— I 
 heard a very great deal of talk aboutitaad know they had arms concealed there, 
 and that they had a large number of men concealed away at Chicago, some eight 
 himdredmlMi there. 
 
 Q.— Did Thompson and the others state for what purpose I A.— Releaaing the 
 pr!aon«ra it was understood. 
 
 <{.— What prisoners I A.— At Camp Douglas, I think, they called it, or Camp 
 Chaser or whatever camp it may be in which they were cqnflncd. 
 
 Q.— fou mean rebel pritpnerst A.^-rTes, sir; I think they called it J?amp 
 Dooglas. 
 
 The eommiisioa then adjourned until Monday morning, at ten o'clock. 
 
 Ibcamination of Sandfbra Conover resumed tor the prosecution. , 
 
 BjfiktJiidit ifdroMtfe;— Q.--Y6U hare probably otaierTcd that in some judidfl 
 proceedings that hare recsntly taken place at WadiingtOn, it has been made to 
 appear that a certiUn Dr. Blaekbum packed a' number of minks with eloUtes infected 
 with the yellow fever, for the purpose, through them, of introdaeing the postilwce 
 into the City of New-Tork. I wish yoo to state whether or not the Dr. Blackburn 
 referred to m these proceedings is or is not the same person to whom yon referred 
 in your testimony on Saturday, M being in taitlmat^ asaociation iritb Jacob Thompson, 
 Olay and others. A.— It is the same penon, but I ^ever saw him with OUy. 
 
 Q.— Will you state the persons whom yon saw aesoaatiDg with this Dr.'Blaekbum 
 in Canada t A.—Jaoob ^RiompBon, Oeorge N. Sanders^ Lewis Saadera, (son of 
 G«Oige N. Sanders,) Gov. Weoeott of Florida, Lewis Castleman, Wm.'XI. Olearr. 
 ^ Q.__Was Clsy among themt A.— No^ Sir ; I.never saw Oky with him; also Mr. 
 PertenBeld, Cant. Mi^(Tuder, and a number (^ rebels of lesser note. 
 
 Q.-»State whether or not this Dr. Bhickbuni iwas recognised tl^ere and known aa 
 an agent of th«i so called Ooofederate States t A;— Tes, Sir; ne was said to be ani 
 agent, and represented himself as an agent ;, 
 
 <).— Just as Jacob Thompson was an agent t A.— Tes, Sir. 
 
 Qv-r-WiU ^ou state whether or not you bad any eonsuliatior.s among these men 
 upon the subject of introdaeing^the prstilenee into the cities of the United States, and 
 what was said, and when t A'.— In January last 1 knew of Dv. Blackburn employing 
 ai persoj^ to accompany him for ^hat purpose.. 
 
 • A member of the Ministry of Canada was doly informed that Col. Thomp^ 
 son was , a political agent of the Confederate govenimftnt with in«fnifttmfi> 
 
 to4o nothing^in violation of the laws of Canada or the nentnlity tews. It 
 
i^fs^^tr^-^ . 
 
 >th^r«b«l offlo«n 
 
 f had in (ho rtb«l 
 
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 ak« iui Igqniff of 
 iTemtion, if uy, 
 ling of N«w York , 
 ifort Uieir couneil, 
 ' Tork (■ inpplitd 
 ■uuiafactoriM, but 
 narked that they 
 'oted by a generu 
 there, apd If 
 elu. 
 
 KNung todi 
 ke oarridd aj 
 fool?"^ alao 
 
 Sliehaei, Mr. San- 
 
 I or any othere of 
 laatyeart A.— I 
 
 I eonoealed there, 
 leago, lome eight 
 
 k.— Releasing the 
 
 died it, or Oamp 
 
 called it J^amp 
 
 oek. 
 
 t in aome jndiei^ 
 u been^made to 
 b elothn infected 
 ag t^ postilepee 
 he Dr. Blftokbnm 
 liotti yon referred 
 Jacob Thompaon, 
 IthgUy. 
 
 Ilia Dr. sllaekbam 
 Banders^ (aon of 
 i.'^O. Oleary. 
 i,th him; atao Mr. 
 
 ere and known aa 
 iraa aaid to be an 
 
 tmong theie men 
 Jnited States, and 
 ikburn employing 
 
 ia;t Col. Thomp" 
 rith inBtniBtionw 
 
 
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 iinot known or believed that the Confederate goreriiment had any other 
 ■geiit in Canada except Mr. C. C. CUy, and (for a Aoti time and for a ape- 
 dfio purpose) Prof. Holcomb. Mr. Clea^ had an official positi'oii nnder 
 Col. Thompion »B his Secretaiy. I^oept mflitary or naval officera, author- 
 ized only aeoording to the purport of their oomutiaaionB, it ie not probajitle ' 
 that there were any other agei^a ever in Canada. 
 
 Q.--Name the person. A.— Mr. John Oaracron, for the purpoae of taking charge 
 of goods and bringing them to the cities of New-York, Philadelphia tad Washington, 
 as I understood. 
 
 Thia i» contnidicted by Cameron's affidavit, (p. 22.) 
 
 Q^Yon mean goods infected with yellow fever! A.-*Yes, Sir; I heard Dr. 
 Blaokbnm say that about a year before that time ho had endeavored t* introduce the 
 vellow l^ver in New-York, but for roOsons, Which 1 do not remember, failed : he 
 went from Montreal, about a year ago hut January, ifi Bermuda, or some of the West 
 India Islands, for the ezpresa purpooo of aitendlDg eases of yellow fever, ooUooting 
 faifected clothing, and Bo on, and forwarding it to New.York, but, for some reason, 
 
 the s^cme fkiled. . . . . ,-. . »'~v i j' 
 
 Q.— Did you learn on his return, in the course of these oonsultationo. what be bad 
 done, and what had interfered, if anythinB bad, to lead to a failure of the enterprise I 
 ■ A.— I have seen Wm, but toot to speak to him, since his return. . 
 
 Qw^Was Jacob Thompson present at those consultations t A.— On one oeeaslon, 
 I rlmember, Jacob Thompson and Mr. Oleary, tad I think also Lewis Sanders: 
 
 Q.— wm you state whether or not they were concerned in the •ntofprtoe of^ Dr. 
 Blaekbam btroduclDg the pestilence In the manner mentioned ? A.— Yes, Sir ; they 
 all favored it, and were all very mneh intorested In this, until it was proposed to 
 destroy the Oroton dam, and Dr. Blackburn proposed ]to' p(^ w« r«««wolra. *nd 
 made a cslculatlonof the amount of thcpojsonons matter It would take to impregnate 
 the water so far as^to render an ordinary draught poisonous and deadly. ^ 
 
 a— Had he taken the measure of the aqueduct so as to ascertain what amount 
 woSd be reqdred I A.»-He had the capadiy of tlie reservoirs, the amount of water 
 
 Q.— Wastho kind of poison he proposed to use mentioned t A.--8tryohnine, 
 arqenie and adda, pruisie add, and a number of others which I do not remember. 
 
 Q.^Did he or not regard the scheme •» » feasible ope I A.— Yes. Mr. Tbomp- 
 oonT however, feared it would be Impossible to collect so large a quantity of poisons 
 witiiout exciUng auspieion, and leading to the detection of parties; but vwhether the 
 scheme has beeS abandoned or not, I & not know. So far aa the blowing up cf the 
 dam is coocemadi it has not been. ;, „ . . i ^i. 4.. 
 
 Q.— Will you etete whether or not Jaeob Thompson fully' approbated the entet- 
 prise if practicable I A.— Yes; Sir. ,. 
 
 Q.— Discussed it folly! A.— YeB,Bir, . . , ., , .,.,JL».,«m 
 
 Q.— Did the other person whom you have- named also discuss and approve tti 
 A.— Mr. LewU Bandera and Mr. Cleaty, 1 remember very woU, did. _.,„«, 
 
 Q.-;When was thwmatter discuMwd ! In January hut: I have heard it spoken of 
 sinee.:' ■ ' , ' ■,■ . r 
 
 It is dwffly proved that neither Thofmpson nor Cleary was at Montreal in 
 January and that Conover (or Walla«e) did not know Thompson at aU before 
 20th March, 1865. See affidavits^of the hotel darks and Wallace's l^^tev to 
 Thompson of 20th March. 
 
 Q^Among the same persons! A.^Wid» the excepttop of Dr. Blackbprn ; jt 
 vraa spoken of by a Mr. Montreu A. Palldn, of Uiaatssippi ; also a rebel wjw had 
 been a medical purveyor in the.rebelarmyi ^ . ' . ..• „ Ka-_ 
 
 Q.— Where does the agent, John Cameron, of whom yon speak " n»*jn8. ~~ 
 employed by Dr. Blackburn for this purpose, live! A.— He hiwlived m Montreal , 
 he declined to go, being fearful of taking the yellow fever and dying himselt 
 ^ - 1 ktmw whether a large cprnpenaation wm offered him! A.— i«s,oir, 
 
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 vndantood br Dr. BUAbani. or bj the •gmto. I think Mr. Thompton wm th* 
 UMDlad anot for all tll« othar agcnta. I ttiiA Uiay dl dr«w oi^ bim for what moMj 
 tlMf rMUrad. I know that aoDM of than did. . ., . 
 
 4— Yon MT that up to tba tUna whan you left Oanada, or at iho aausalnatioD of 
 tba Fraaident, you did not knoir wbathar th« antarprlaa for polaoning th« pcopla of 
 tba CntT of Naw Tork had baan abaadooad or not^ by thaaa aoujpiratora t A.— N«^ 
 Sir; 1 did not know whethar it had baan abandonad. So far aa tba daatraction of tha 
 dam ia aonearaad, that part of tha aehema had not baan abandonad. 
 
 Q^Tha oolr difflenltjr whidi Jaaob Thom|ifmi inggaatad, I nodaratood yon, waa 
 that the Mllanion of ao laroa an aitwant of poiaon might attract attaotion to tha 
 operation r A.— Tea, Sir : Mr. ThomtMon made a aoggeatipQ of t|iat Uitd; but Mr. 
 Fklloa and othera thonght it eoold be mi)n»B*d in Europe. 
 
 Fallan^a affidavit oontcadiQta this atory. (p. 26.) 
 
 Q/i^PalloBhlmsalf iaaphyaMan,i8Jieaott A— Taa,Slr. 
 
 Q.— State whethar, b oowiMtioa with thla anlerpriie for inlrodudng paatileaae 
 into oar eitfea, yon hare heard menUonad the name of Harria an an MjnH in any 
 wayf A.-^I do not diatinetfy remember thit I hftTe; I think I have beard him 
 BlenttonAd; bat I have never aaaq the peraon. 
 
 Q-^Have yoa'any rceolleetioo aa to where be probably reaided at that time. 
 A.—Toranto^ t think. 
 
 Q.— Ton have no knowM|g« 9f any port that ha aatoilly peribrmador aoflertook 
 ta parform t Aw— |(<s GHr ; there ware other partiaa in Montreal that Dr. Bkennra 
 haa alao onployeid, or endeavpared to employ, bnt I do not tamembar their namea 
 at ^ praaent tima. I know tbk partica vaiy well by ^ht when I aee them, there 
 Win tmi nae^ieal atadenta. 
 
 Q.-»Do yoo knaw wither aqy of theae paraona aeeompaniad him when ha went 
 to Bemmda for ttie parpoeo: of earryfaig oat hia plant A— I do not know. I think 
 one of them dUd. ItaTeMen kiio ainoa. however. I aaw him with Dr. Bluekbom 
 two or three daja Wlbra I lift lor Kew Tork. 
 
 Q,— Did yon not» while b Canada, make tha aeqoaibtanee of a Dr. Stoart Bobfo- 
 aon^ a Doetor of Diviliitr, who waa ia refbgie from Kentoeky t A.— Taa, Sir ; reaid- 
 ing at Toronta He had been editor of » paper in Kantuel^, which, I think, liaa ra- 
 eantly bceo anppraaaad. .,\ 
 
 The ntii^gi^tjr of than qoMMooii /Mid the fallityof the aiuiwen, with re* 
 gpeet to j>r^ Bohinaon, are es^oaed in hia card. 
 
 Ql—Did y«n aea tl^ia Doetor of Diviid^ in aaaoeiaUon with thoaa man of whom 
 you have apoken. A.— I hava aeen him inth Thompadn and with Blaekbnm. 
 
 Q.^Waa he or not preaentatany of theeeeoovemitloaaof wMeh yon have apoken t 
 'A.— Qa baa been jireaeot when aome of tMr adiemea were being dheuiaed. I do 
 not remember whether he waa preaeat when the pn^eet for intradndftg yellow fever 
 wns diacnaied or not ; or whether it waa propoaed to poiaoo the Orotdo water ; bat 
 Ml one or the other of theae Meaalqa^ he waa praaenfc 
 
 ~ ,— Will foa state nfhather on that oeeaaiMr he approved theaeham^f Aw— He 
 approved eflt ; he ^iproved anytUng that eoold be dpoe wider Heaven that wbald 
 be jnmable under the eireomataneei— that waa hia eapreeaion. 
 
 4--He1NroDoaaead that aa an eiponeot of divinity I A^Tea, Sir ; he ia n}«tad 
 lo flw Bredptradgee of Kantadcy» rthink, 
 
 Q^-tEi hef^D^rM|i^«d aa obe of the most btenae of all the traitora who have 
 
 Q.— Vni apeak of unmg aeen Dr. Robinaon with Dr. Bbu^kbam and, Jacob Thjasn)* 
 son : i; aak yon tot elate w^Uier iuf juaoeiation with thdm did not aaem to be of the 
 aaaia fiitimate uid eonfidemfa} diaraeter whidi waa made by theae men with eadk 
 other t---v.^They ■Vpn<red t^^ en-'VerTbtimate terma. 
 
 a— Ebve voa aeen John H. Sitfnitt b Canada abee the aaaaaaiactlon of the Preai> 
 
 d«itt^.-Tea,Sir. X . . . 
 
 tii^^Oa irbalb day did yon aae Urn— d)KJoa yemember. A— X thbk it waa three 
 or fonrdays after tte aateirination. X 
 
 ir daya al 
 rWEmi 
 
 Q>-rWE«^ att A~I aaw him b the atre«t Irith Mr. Fdvterfleld. ~^. 
 
 Qr^Who is Mr. Porterfield t A.— Mr. PorteHbld ia a 86athem goitleuan ; not 
 a British Bnl{{eet, t believe, ly qiedal aet of Oaniidian Flariiiuneli^ 
 
 ■/•■, 
 
 XXt_ 
 
bomptoft WM th* 
 n for what inoMj 
 
 kc uuMlnatioa of 
 ling tli« people of 
 nton t A.— N«^ 
 deetnictioaofthe 
 
 identood yon, wu 
 )l Attention to the 
 katlditd;batllr. 
 
 [tdadng iMitile 
 m an MgfiA in any 
 [havrncard him 
 
 led at that time. 
 
 medor OD^ertoolc 
 bat Dr. Bkekbnre 
 mber their mmea 
 ■ee them. Ilier* 
 
 im when ho went 
 Btkiiow. I think 
 ith Dr. Bluekbom 
 
 Dr. Stnari Bohin- 
 -Tea, Sir ; rtiid- 
 b,It]iUk,haara- 
 
 ittwdn, with ra- 
 
 lae men of whom 
 tla«kbam« 
 yoafaaTefpokent 
 dheuiaed. I do 
 dftg yellow ferer 
 Jrotdo water; bat 
 
 :hem*'f A^— He 
 eaten that wtald 
 
 3ir;heieri}fted 
 
 raitofi whobare 
 
 ■d, Jaeeb ThjaBp> 
 leem to be of t£e 
 M men wiA eadi 
 
 tionofthePrcai> 
 
 link itwaathre* 
 
 • y 
 
 -^'-^rmu.j^p^' 
 
 . Ql-^He ia flrom the South f A>^Yee,ter, be has been for loBft time a broker or 
 a banker there ; he ia the gentleman who took charge of the St. AlbaneT phmder for 
 the Ontario Bank, when prcmatnrely given up fay ^ndge Oonraol. 
 
 0.— He ia one of the intimate anoelatea of the Soothern traitora of w|iom jon 
 have ap<^en t A>— Very intimltle; on the moet Intimate terma with Thompeon and 
 Bandera. ^ 
 
 Q.-^Toa think it wu three or four dftja after (h«^ aiaaMination that yon taw 8nr- 
 ratt there t A,— Yea. Sir, it might have been three di^a ; It waa Terr toon after, 
 
 Q.— Did yon learn from any aonree there when 1^ ai^Ted In CwKaak t A.— I did 
 not : but I. leaned immediatelr aftfr that he wu raepvetM* ood that ofBoera were 
 on bb traeic, and that he had decamped. \ 
 
 Sg Mr. Jtt«n— Q.— At what time did von tay yon a«w Kr. Stirratt in Oanada 
 after the aeMMinatioo t A.— I think it plight have been thret^or foar daya. It might 
 haTobeenaday more or len, either way. \ . 
 
 Sp tkt CtoNr/^Q.— The witncM hu mentioned in hie teatimci^ Oapi Xagmder'a 
 .name two or three tfanea. Ia that thn Oapi Magmder who wia formerly in tho^ 
 United Stotu NiLvy t ^— Tea, Sir. A brother of Qen. Mai^mdtr of tfie rebel 
 army. ' , .■'..■..■ ' \ .. ''i-.' 
 
 Q.--Clan yon atate the ftilLname of thia Dr. Blaekbntn yon referredioi, and'*lrhat 
 State he ia from t A^I do not know. I think he ia from MifiiaBipfi, bat I am 
 not enre. I do not remember hie fbll name. I do not think I ever he«rd it. 
 
 Q^-Wuthereonly one Dr. Btaekbam aboutthM«t A.— Tbatiaall. Itiathe 
 eame party who wu connected wiUi tho yellow fiter prb|eei There lenodOqM 
 about ita Ming the one and tho eame periwn. 
 . B]f tkt /iid^J«fvo(«|«— Q.— Will Tott auto your iyteil and where yon were boio^ 
 and edneaUd f A.— I am 28 yeara cld, born in New York and edneated thei^ 
 
 He had awpm before in the St AlbnaCi caae, and he awore aftorwarda, in 
 the affidavit made at Montreal, thai he waa bom in Virginia, (pp. 17 tanA IS.) 
 
 Q.~I updcratood yon to eUte the Other day that you were oeneeripted and fonMd 
 into the rebel eerriee I A.^Yea,Sir. j ."■ ^ 
 
 Q.— And yoto eecapod the firat momont yon had en ogportnnity f A^Yei, Sbf ; 
 after being detfiiled u clerk in the War Department 
 
 Q.— Wlir yoa ttate whether or not fhronghout you ImTe not been, in your etmvie- 
 tione and ibeliuga, loyal to the OoTemmeot of ttie United Stateel Av^I have 
 alwaya been so. 
 
 ({.—Have you or not personal knowledge that Jefferson Davia wu the head of the 
 so^Iled Confederate States, and wu ^led ito President, and aoted u eieh, oontraH: 
 ing ita armiu and dTil admlhistrationl A.--It wu a matter of publlo notoriety in 
 theoOeeeoantrolledby bim,andIsnwhimnoteasn<4i. ^ 
 
 Q.— In the ^ar Department where yon were detailed aa an offieer, he wu fnlljr 
 reeogniied u wieh I A.--Yee,air. , , , , 
 
 Q.— I am not anra whether yoa have atated preafoly. If yon have not done it I 
 wish yoa ^on!d. Now who were ptreeent at the oonTemtion which yon had with 
 Jacob Thompsoo early in April^ when he laid his hand on the diapatchu I A.— Mr. 
 Snrratt, Oen. Carroll, 1 think, myself, and I think, Hr. OastlegMnt and I boUeve there 
 were one or two otbera in the room, sitting further back. 
 
 Q.-'-Oaojron state whether any of ^cae persou partidpfted in the eonVenation t 
 A,— Oen. CfiuMll, of Tenneeeee £d. He waa more anzi<iar that Vr. Johnaon shoold 
 be killed th«i anybody else. . «N^ , / , , 
 
 The falaehood of aU ihis i* ei^beied in Oen. Olm^ Itili]noved 
 
 that he waa aide ih bed at the time of fh«ae pretended ooosoltatioiia. (p. 34.> 
 
 Q.~Did he ao espreas hhnael|ri A.->He did. He edd if the damned piick«l6ase 
 weranotldliedhyaomebody<h« WQiiIdkniUmhimiwlf. i ' ^ 
 
 a— Did he refer bv that e^rfwion to the then Tie^Freddint Jo^^ 
 ' Yea, sir; that wu'his.expreasion. ^ ' ■ '^.-.--'^ '.• ,-. •.■i.';-'" 
 
 Q.— What did Uiat eopresion meant A.^A wordof eeniivpt finr «ti^: itja a 
 taUoHa hwwe ; a word of contempt for a taitor ; I alwaya rmderstded it so ; le WehaJer 
 
 definw it, I believe. 
 <).--WMitornotthe 
 
 '$ 
 
 
 gentf eman ; noir 
 
 ef those preoen^ M yon gattiered it frvnrthoi 4invMHii> 
 
 :^\i_ 
 
^^s^t^^^ii^-wr-^w^y^^^p;—:?-^^^ "-r' 
 
 ¥ 
 
 
 Uon Uib|Ui«7 itgtrdad tii« •nUrprbii of MMMinadog Ui« PrMidcot fuUy eonflraiiad 
 bT(h«IUb«UoUMMriUM«t1Uehmoadt A.— Tlut «m diatiotUv lald. 
 
 Q.^Will Toa itato whatlur or nok jea mw J- Wilkct Bootb utociatlng at any 
 tin* with Oooigo K. Bandtnl 1.^1 naT«r aaw Booth except on ooa day and 
 «T«oliii ; than ha waa atrottlni abottt tha 8t Uwramia Hall, aa I hava already aatd, 
 andhawaa in ooorenatioo with Bandera and ThompMm; I aaw him talking, with 
 them, but I waa not praaant at any eonrersation with either. 
 
 Q.--8tata whether or tmi J. Wilhea Booth had in Oanaik, in aaaoeiation with thaae 
 men, any niokname, and, if ao, what waa it I A.— I hare heard him ealiod Pet. 
 
 Q.— By whom! A.^1 do not diatinuUy ramamber; by BurraU, I thinlt; hy 
 Thompaon ; by Oleary, I am iure. .. 
 
 '^ Mr, aeary haa denoonoed »U the atoriM of ihia witnaM, abont him, aa 
 "falae. See hia Card. 
 
 Q.— In that elrcla of men yon haTO mentioned, yowfouedlilmeooalled I A^^Tea, 
 Sir ; I ean apaak poaltive aa to Otaary, and I think alao Mr. Tliompeoa 
 
 Q^ThiaBtuertRobiuen, Doctor of Divinity, of whom you have apoken— ia ha 
 not the editor of the Joomal called the Ftm Pntbifttriam, In Kentucky! A^He 
 waa an editor, bat the paper haa been aan>reaaed by order of the Oommanding>Oeae- 
 ^1 ral in that depertaMnt, I baliera. r^_ 
 
 "■^ 4— Ton hare heard ao I Aw-I waa told ao. . ' ^^, " •■ t i- 
 
 Q.— Were yon to Oanada at the time Kennedy waa exeeuted in HeW'Tork lor 
 having Bred the olty I A— I waa. ' 
 
 Q —Waa thia exeontion the ratijeet of eooTeriakon among the men of whom yoa 
 heve apoken t A.~Oh I yea, BIr. a great de^ ..-, , ui k u- 
 
 Q.-'WiU you ataU whether or not, ia theae oonTenatlona, the crime for which he 
 waa ozecnted— firing the dty of New-Tork-waa reoogniied aa havlog be«n per- 
 formed by the anthority of the rebel goTamment t A.— It waa by the direction 
 of Mr. TheaapaoU. 
 
 The ohUMter which the witneaa Maomea for himaelf, whether aa • apy or 
 an aocomplice, wotdd diaoiedit hia teatimony. On better eridence than hia 
 ■ oath, we now know that he made m written proportion to deatroy the Orbton 
 Water Worka. He had • atrong motive to gratify thei proaeeutora, by 
 aweering to whatOTer they wiahed to prove, even if there w»e no money 
 in the oaae. Accordingly, hia mode of anawering the leading qneations ia 
 that of » adrift witneaa. 
 
 a— Did yon learn that much from Mr. Thompaon himaelf r A.-<-Tea; I thtak I 
 
 may aay I learned it from Mr. Thompaon, or at leaat by eonvenatlon in hia preaenee. 
 
 ^ 4— Kennedy waa apoken of and rteogniaed aa an agent of the rebel goverament t 
 
 A.— Tea, Sir ; Thompeon aidd Kennedy doaerved to be hanged, and he waa deyiiiah 
 
 ghd he had been hanged, becanae he wia a atupid feUow, and had managed thinga 
 
 ■■■.-■ -very badly. . ■ ..■ '-^ , -^^ .^:^^----.-^ -_ 
 
 Q.— On the groond of hia being a bungler t A.— Tee, dr. ',„.■.,- ^ 
 
 Bp Mr- AUt«n—Q,-'ViA yon ever meet more than one Bnrratt to Oanada I A.— 
 
 ITa Hit* " 
 
 4— Waa Sarkatt introduced to yoa aa coming from Bliaalaalppt f A.-JIo, Slr.^ 
 
 Q.— Waa the place mentioned where he came from! A-— I do not reipember that 
 
 it waa. but I waa left with that impreaaion ; I knew that.8ur«tt waa from Mtl- 
 
 more; I never heerd that, and do not know how I gained the uformation, bat I had 
 
 an impremion of that kind. . . 
 
 Q.— Did you ever hear of any Bnrratt flrom Miaaierippi while yott were there! 
 
 Q.— Did you have a regntar weekly aahiy from the TVOfMM, or were yon paid by 
 theletur! A.— Pddbytheletter. ,. .\, . .t i' t 
 
 ' Q.— Where did yon toerd to Montreal? A.— I boarded in two or three plaeea; I 
 boarded in Craig-elreet and in Monida-Btreet . ^. ,, 
 
 g— Yoa didnot beard at the St Uwienea Hotel t A.— NO; Sir ; ali theee pattiea 
 
 I teve nmed did not hoard there ; aome did; Mr. SandMa did not, Mr. Toeker only 
 
 part of the time. 
 QrrWW»didJaeob Thompaon houd I <A.^At8UUwienoeBotrt. , ; 
 
 •* 
 
—r-^-r^H^—^-T^^ - 
 
 
 It 
 
 I fuUv (wnflrmwl 
 
 Id. 
 
 lociating at waj 
 on oo« day and 
 iT« alraady aald, 
 ilm talking, with 
 
 ation with that* 
 
 sallad Pat. 
 
 tt, I tbinli; by 
 
 ■bont him, •• 
 
 kllMlt A^Toa. 
 
 ID. 
 
 a apokan— 4a ha 
 luokyt A.— Ha 
 inmanding.Q<aa- 
 
 n NaW'Tork far 
 
 ID of wliom joa 
 
 ima for wliioh ha 
 laTing bean |tar- 
 bjT tha diraction 
 
 ■Mr M • apy or 
 idence than hill 
 troy the Orbton 
 proaeeuton, by 
 wen no money 
 ing qtieations ia 
 
 ,^Taa;IthfaikI 
 D in hia preaenae. 
 >bel gQTaramant t 
 1 ha waa deriliah 
 I managed thinga 
 
 B Oaniidat A.— 
 
 A.-4T0, Sir. 
 ot reinember that 
 i waa from Bnlti- 
 nation, bat I had 
 
 > yoti ware there t 
 
 were yon paid fay 
 
 >r three plaeea; I 
 
 ; all theee partiea 
 t, Mr. TudunMiidr 
 
 Sotd. 
 
 The following is a oertiSed oopy, from the 8t. Alban'a oaa^ ol tha 
 VOLUNTART BXAlilNATIOW OF J. WATSON WALLAOl. 
 PaomoB or Oamida, ) Tha anuinatioo of Jamaa Wataoo Wallaea, of Virginia, 
 Diatriat of Montreal. \ and now in tha olty of Montr.aI. taken on oalh tbia fourtatnth 
 dav of rabmarr in tha rear of oar Lord onla thoniand eight hundred and aiitrflTa, 
 at the ooart hobae in the dty of Montreal, in the dittriet of Hootieal •/or-si^ before 
 Se^ndanrtgnad the Hoooiible Jamaa 8mltb.4)naof the Joatleee of Her Maiaaty'e 
 SaporioroSutafor Lower Canada, ta the pr^noa and hearing of Sj"''* J""« 
 TeMia, Oharlaa Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young. Marono Spurr.antf WlUiam H. 
 HuteUnaoD. who are now charged before ne. upon aomplalnta made under oath before 
 me under the proriaiooa of the Treaty between Her Mi^eaty the Quean and the 
 United Btatee of Ameriea. _ . — . , . * ai. 
 
 amee Wataoo Wallaae. on hia oath. aaith>-I am a b*"'*^ ▼''««?••' «)• ?'-J¥ 
 OMfadaraU Btat«. I »«elded lo JaAraoo County, in the eaid Stat^ J, l«ftthat State 
 in October laat I know Jamaa A. Sadden, who waa Bearelary of War during Uak 
 year. Being ahown, and hating eaamined the papera M. K. and O, I aay that from 
 my knowle&e of hii handwriting, the aigmitarea to the aald papere are the genuine 
 aigmtturMTDl the aald Jamee A. Beddeo. 1 hare Mea him «|k« eetrerid oeeaaiona 
 write and aisn his name. He haa aigned dpdumcntt, and afUrwarda handed them to 
 me.lnmyp?eaenee. I nerer waa to the Confederaie army. I ws.eommiialoiiedas 
 raidor to ralae a battaUoo. I hare seen a nubber of the oommiieiooa issued by the 
 Confederate Ooremment, and the oommiaalo^of Llautenant Young, marked " M," is 
 to the usual form «f Jl oommiseioos iaeue^ to the am»y. and are always rtjned 
 bj the Becretorjuof War. I nerer aerred. I wu InoapacltaM by an J«id«nt, 
 and then kidnapped by the Northerner* I wa* In Richmond in September last 
 I then risited the WarDspartment. It waa then notorious that the war was to be 
 oarried toto New Englsnd> the ssms way as the Northerners had done to Virginia. 
 When I was In VlrginisI tt*«d «» m7 0#ii house unUl I wss burnt out, and my 
 family were turned out, by the Northern aoldiira. 111.^1 
 
 The eouneel for the United Statee o^jeeto to the whoU of thia ertdenoe aa lUag^. 
 irrelarant. and foreign to the iMue. and eoosequently deeltoce to eroae ezttmine. 
 
 And fiirther thiadepooent saith oot, and halh signed, the foregoing hartog been 
 preriou.1, read to the presence «dhj»l.g;iflh.^ WALLAOK 
 
 Swon. and taken belbre me thia 14th FW./(i«»; jameS SMlTH, J.C.4 
 
 We eerUfr that the abore ia a true cony/of the «aminationof Jamea WaSon 
 WaUaee, the original ol which remamed ijl/leeord to (he Peace Offlee. 
 ^^ ^ CARTER k DBSSAULRS, 
 
 ' Clerks of the Peace. 
 
 WALLACE'S AFF/iDAVrr AT MONTREAL. 
 Jb tk$ Editor of lh*3i*ningTtUgrai>h: . 
 
 Snu-Please publish my sffidarft now handed you, and the adrertissmSntsab- 
 ioiosd. I wm obtain and fumlah others Ibr publication hereafter. I wlU add that if 
 
 1?2Seui Sison win send me a i^^duet *^e^ };'^f'^°^ '^i'^lTJut!: 
 Iwm proceed thither and go before the Military Court, and make pnfert of myaelf to 
 order ESISy may see wither or not I am' the Sandfoi^Oonorer who swore as 
 
 '^ 
 
 W. WALLAC 
 
 MoatresI, Jmia 8,1866. ■■-".'■■-- / ' ' 
 
 PaomoB or OAVASAi r . 
 , , ;\ V DistrietofMontreri.J 
 
 James Wataen Wallaae, of the City and District of Montreal, counsellor at law, 
 James Watseo Wallaea who gareerideoea upon theaubjeet of the Sb AlbraTs Raid, 
 
'V^'l; 
 
 . Uitrtin m«ntiuD«Hl. That my t» 
 
 WM tliRlit; anci. in fine, I li«v« ii4 
 
 Jd Sandford Conovnr p<-rsunatinK m^ 
 
 ^ Uginnlog to «nd a Umu« of mImK 
 
 18- 
 
 which avldtnaa appaara on papa 2la of tiia printad rapdrt of iha lald OMa. I am « 
 iMtiv* of tha County of Loudun. in Uia commonwaalth of Virginia. I nrrifcd In 
 Montreal in tho month of Octolx-r laiit i>a«». I realdad during: a imrllon of lait winter 
 and aprlng in houaea in Oraig ilraTt alld Mooiqua atreot, in the city of Montreal. I 
 have aaen and exanuned tho r<'|Mirt of what U called Iha iiippreeicd a»ld*n«a Iwifor* 
 the court-martial now being holdeo at Wiwhington City on Mre. Hurratt, rayne. and 
 athara, and ( liara looked aarafully through tha report of Iho ovidenoe In tlio New 
 York papera of a paraon calling hlniei-lf Handford Oonoyer, who d«po«od to the faotn 
 that whrfit In Montreal h« went by tha name ol Jamea Wataon Wallace, and ^ave evl- 
 deoM In the Ht. Albau'a raid Infeatigallon. That tha aald Handford O.^orer «»ideotly 
 peraoDated me before tho aaid court martial. 'Iliat I never gave any teatlaiony what- 
 aoever befbra tha aald curt-martlal at Washington city. 'ITiat I ne»er had knowledge 
 of John Wllkaa Booth, except aeeiug him upon the etaga, and did not know ha waa 
 in Montreal until I law it publlihrd after the murder of l'reiiden| Lincoln. That I 
 never waa a corroipndtnt of tho New York Tribnn*. That I nafar went under tka 
 name of Bandford Conorer. T»»t I noTer had^ny eonfldentlal oommunicallon with 
 Mr. George N. Sandere, RevarJiy Tucker, Hon. Jacob Thompaon, Oepand^ (krroll of 
 Tanmaaee, Dr. M. A. Pallan, o*' any of the othif 
 flnaintanea with averr on* of theto gentUmaf 
 haaiUtloD In atatiog that tha oTldenca of tha ^ 
 ia falaa, tntroe, ana no founded in faat, and ia fro 
 
 I haT« made thla depoaition Tolitbtarily, aad Id juitica to my own charaotar ond 
 
 """•■ (Sigived). J. WATSON WALLACE. 
 
 Svom to bafora me at Montreal thia eighth day of June, 1 886. _ . , „ 
 
 da SMITH* J.P. 
 
 t806 reward will bo gUren for the arrnt, po that T can bring to puniihment itt 
 Canada, the infamoua an<^ perjured icoundrel who recently pcrtoiiated uio under the 
 name of Sandford ConoTer, ami dvpoied to a tiaaue of falaeboodl before the milltar}' 
 commander at Waahington. " JAMES W. WALLACE. 
 
 I.Alfred Perry, of Mootreal, do hereby certify thnt I wna preaent when the aaid 
 Jamea Wataon Walloea gave the above depoaition, and that he gave it of hia own 
 free will ; and t further deelore h4 ia theaame individual who gave evideuce before 
 the Hon. Juatiee Smith ia the CAie of the St Albana raider*. „„„„„ 
 
 ■ .^ Alfred pbrrx. 
 
 ^fontreoj, June 9, \^A9. ^ ' .. . . «» ' # * 
 
 CONOVBB BEFORE THE MILITARY COMMISSION AGAIN. 
 
 FULL HEPORT OF THE PROOEEpINGS ON TUESDAY. 
 
 /■ -WAaiirNOTOK, Tuesday,. June 27. 
 
 The Court met at 11 o'clock, when JudgeAdvocateGenerol Holt, rcealled Sanford 
 OonoTer, tUiat J^ W. Wallace, as a witneu for the government Gen. Holt aaid he 
 held in hia hand a volume containing the judicial proceedings in the case of the St. 
 Albana raid, and oaked tl)e witnesa wbetliar hia evideuce was therein truthfully 
 reported. The witoeaa aaid the teatimooy to which Gen. Holt has eipeeially 
 referred, waa portly hia, but aasooioted with Chat of another person named Wallace. 
 
 Q. — Doyod remember how many peraona named Wallace gave testimony on that 
 
 . triall Av-.There were' three so for as I know : Williiim Pope Wolkce, J. Watson 
 
 Wallace and J. Wallace. What waa read from the book juat now waa the report of 
 
 the Montreal HUffrapk, printed from the type of that newa|>a|ier. Ilie report which 
 
 appeared -in the Montreal WUntu waa correct. Thia read as follows : 
 
 "Jamea Wotao^ WallMe aidd: I reside at preaent in this city, and hatve been here 
 
 ace Octobe r : I Waa fornie r l t a re aida i it of the Co n f e derat e B tat ea ; I know J a m es 
 
 since O c tobe r ; I Waa forn>e r ly a re aida i it of the Co n f e derat e B tat ea ; I know J a m es 
 A. Seldon ; he ooeupied the poaitbd of Sectary of War; T should say the signature 
 to the papers, M,K and 0. are thou of the said Seddon ; I have. on several occasions, 
 seen <he signatures of Jamea <A. Seldon, a&d haire seeii him t>n a^rerol oeeasioas sign 
 
 
 t 
 be« 
 
 
 rec 
 
 
 aoi 
 Yo 
 
 
 ' we 
 
 
 ma 
 
 
 Tu 
 th( 
 
 r 
 
 oie 
 
 0*1 
 
 -all 
 
wld «u«. I tm « 
 nin. I Arrirrd in 
 lion of Uit winter 
 ij of Houlranl. I 
 cd •vlJcnvi) iKiforA 
 lurraU, I'ttynt, untl 
 rld«n«« In ttiu Naw 
 apoMd to Ui« footi 
 llaM, and )<•*" •'!* 
 OtmuTar avidanily 
 ay tMtiaaony wbat- 
 rer had knowladge 
 1 not know b« waa 
 i| Lincoln. That I 
 •r went untlar tb« 
 tmmnuieation with 
 (>eD«rul Carroll of 
 D«d. That my >» 
 , in fine, I liava nd 
 r«r pt-raunatinfr m* 
 id ■ tiaaua of ' 
 
 own oharaottf am 
 3N WALLACE. 
 
 Gl* SMITH, J.P. 
 g to puniahmeat in 
 ^ated uio under the 
 Mfora ttio military 
 
 V. WALLACE. 
 
 lent when tb« aaid 
 I gave it of hia own 
 ,ve ttvideuce before 
 
 FRED PERRY. 
 
 ION AGAIN . 
 
 BSD AY. 
 'iiesday,. June 27. 
 lit, recalled Sanford . 
 
 Qen. Holt inid he 
 the ca«e of the St. 
 I therein truthfully 
 [olt hns eipeeially 
 >n named Wallaee. 
 » teatimony on that 
 Wallace, J. Watson 
 r waa the report of 
 
 The report which 
 >wa: 
 
 und baive been here 
 tt ea ; I know J a m ea 
 
 ^^^ri^ri'^'f^^m^^^^^'~'*'''^''^i^f^d^^r'^^^f^'^^^m^'^'^'^'^'^w''^^'ff'^'T~^<^ 
 
 ^-.i. 
 
 . ■■ it . . ^ ■■■ ,.;■:; , 
 
 hia Doma ; ha b»a aignad dooumawla in my pf«aan««, and haiid*d tliein to ma oft« 
 alining ; I ne»ar Ulongad to th« Uonfadarata amiy. but ha»a aann many commiaaiyna 
 iHU«<l by the Oonfaderata OoTornmeiit. The oomniiinion of L. Voiiiig, marked M, U 
 In the uaaal form ; th« army cominlialmia ara olwaya aiffnail by Iha HeerttUrr "f War : 
 I bava na»ar aa«u » oommiaaion *ith the liama of ilia Prfaldant, or with tha aaal of 
 tha government, tha C<mf«derat«a, at tha time I luK tha oountry, had oo aaal ; ons 
 had Uen daalgnt-d bnt not prfparad." .^ . ., „ .. . . ^, . ,. 
 
 The witnaaa ramarkeil tha aboTa waa aubatantlallr what h« did M^' " «•< 
 cllppa<l ellbar from tlie Montreal WUm$$ or tha //«ra/<i. , * 
 
 Binoo on official copy of Wall«o«'a •tideneo in tho Ht. Allwn'a OMe ia pro- 
 duood in thoao i»Koa, and con-victa him of perjury, hia atorioa about tha uewa- 
 papor reiwrta, whether truo or folao, ara not very important. But in foot 
 th« tVUneu hod no report of hia evidenoe, aicept that •• it wont to prove tho 
 gunuiuenaoa of the paper ao often referred to," Arc. And tho report in tho 
 iUrald woe the Mune a* in tho printed book, aa appeon from a copy in tho 
 auboequent pogee. Tho report produced by Oonover muot hare been writton 
 by himaelf for the exduiiTe uao of tho military comtnioaion. (pp. 17 and 21. V 
 
 Q.— State whether alter vou gave your teatintoiiy in thia eoirt, you viaitod Mw 
 treat I A.— IlefChere perhapa thaaame day. 
 
 Q.— Whom did you meet there of ihoae apvkeo ot na refugeca I A.— I met Tucker, 
 arroll. Dr. Patton, Ek. (Jot. Weacott, Goorge Sandera, Lawla Sandera, hia aon and 
 a numler of othera. 1 had a flree cooTenotion with acme of them, eapeclally with 
 Tueker and Sandera. . > 
 
 Q.— What did Tucker aay, ao far oa the purpose of tboae men were oonceroed i 
 A.— They hod not the allgbteat idea that I had teatiaed before thia oommlaaion, and 
 recelTad me with great cordiality. The aobject of thia trial waa generally dii«ua«ed< 
 looker, afur deoouneiog Stanton and Pretident Johnaoo aa great ooouodrala, apoke 
 of Judge HoltM* bloodthiraty old vilUln. He aaid they muat protect themaeVreo 
 by a guard i^preoent. But, by the Eternal, a day of reckoning would come'; then 
 they would have a heavy aoeonnt to oettle. Bandera did not make each Tiolent 
 threaU aa Tucker did. William B. Cleary, whom he alao mat, made aimilar violent 
 threata. He aaid Beale would bare been pardoned by the President had iknot been 
 for Judge Holt. He alao said blood ahbuld follow blood. He reminded me of what 
 he haatormerlr remarked of Fieaident Linoohi, that retrlbative juatlee had come, 
 and the asaosaination of the IVcsident waa the beginning of ii 
 
 Vq, 
 
 It ii piored by tho affidavit of Mrs. loglia with whom he boarded at 
 Toronto that Oleary was not in Montreal while Conover (or Wallace) 
 there in June. (p. 21.) 
 
 Q.-«After giving your testimony did yon not 
 to get a certified copy of the report at llontreoi. 
 
 to Canada for mo t A. — I did, 
 met the oooapirators. I had not 
 
 been there long when they diooorered that mr teatimeny hod been publiahed. I 
 received a meaaoge from Sandera, Tueker, Carroll and O'Doonell. a Virginian, 
 aometime* called lieDonnelL Tho man who booated «f setting Are to houses in New 
 YorkI A.— He so boasted; I Went into a saloon to ^ait until the public oflBcea 
 were opened ; while sitting th^re, In about ten minutes a doaen rebels surrounded 
 me ; (hey aeensed me of having betrayed their secrets ; not knowing at the time that 
 my testimony had ever been published, I denied it ; they sfdd if I would give them 
 a letter to that effect, it would be well ; joat aa I was about to get*awav, Beverly 
 Tucker eame in ; he said a mere letter WouM iot do, beeanse I had testified before 
 the oourt'therefore I moat give some paper ander oath to make mr denial suffi- 
 ciently stfoog; about a dcaeji of these men aooailed ma in a Airioiia manner; 
 O'DonneU took out hia pistol, and aaid unlesa I did so 1 should never leave the room 
 alive ; at but Sandera said, •• Wallace, you aee what kind of hands yon are in ;" I a( 
 length consented ; it was understood fliat I was to prepare the paper In my own 
 way ; I intenJed, however, not to prepare the paper, bnt'to eseope from them at the 
 
 I 
 
 most convenient opportunity ; they insietedthey must go to O'DonneU s room, and I 
 was forced to comply ; Mr. Kerr, who had dkfeoded the St Albans raiders, waa then 
 sMit for to prepare the paper; two of Morgon'amen were thrfis ; a pistol ireaagnhi 
 
 Id cay the signature 
 n several occasions, 
 reral oeoasions sign 
 
dnwa OB m«; Kan «um i Ui« tfflikTil via praparad, aad I algnad II, aiul want 
 UmwcI* ^ «araiiM»7 of aa oalh. 
 If JiMl0« Ilolt luMi • cMiifl«d sopy ha kMw bk wltaaai VMlhaa parjaring 
 
 Q.i^Dld TOO know that Karr had kaovladga 9f !>>••• maiMusaa I A.— II nual kava 
 •• ap6aarad to kin, aa Toakar aald If I dkl not aign Uia p«p«r I ahookl aarar laava 
 tha town aU?a, and Ikal tbay would follow na to baiL 
 
 .'K^r awaan th»t no foroa or thraala war* daod, bnl WiUlaea 
 
 Jio^ to maka tha attdavit. Alfrad Ftrj oartiflad that Wnllaoa gavtit 
 lia^own fi^ will. Than waa an obvioua raaaon why Ihia man (who went 
 f otttraal whila hia taatimony bafoia tha miUtaiy oommiwion waa aaoral 
 found hinualf thara when it waa nnaxpaetedly dirulgad) ahould haatan to 
 ■atiaty Soatharn men by a lie, and he Muni narer to have h«itat«d to «|inoh 
 • Ha with a perjury, (pp. 18 and 91.) 
 
 Q.—Did that papar appaar in tha 
 
 Iha Naw York Wtidf 
 The papar waa raad 
 
 waa it aftarwarda ooplad Into 
 
 appeared In Iha Vonlieal EHnimg Taitgrmpk, of Jane 
 
 II 
 
 10, and la to tha alJbat that if Praaldaal Jtlinaoo wMl aand him, Jamaa W. Wallaoe, 
 a aafa eoodael to go to Waahlngton and ratara to Ifontraal, he would proeaedkthithar 
 aad go before the military eoort, in order that thay may aae whather ha waa ttieaame 
 Banford Oooorer who awore aa atalad. Thia la dated Jane 8, I860, and algnad 
 Jamaa W. Wallaea. To thki the aflUarit bafiM* Nferred to, la appended, via : "I am 
 the aama Jamaa W. Wallaae who gare eridaaee on the aal^eot of the Si Albana 
 raid, whiol ividenee appeared on pege tit of tha printed report of the aaae. I am 
 a u^ve of the QoontT of Londoo, Virginia; I reaided hi Ifontraal in October. I 
 hara^aMn and eiaminea the report of what la eallod the auppraaaad eridenee before 
 the (OM^roartlal, now being holdea at Waaidngtoo, en Mlalreaa Samtt, Payne and 
 othentlnd I hare looked earafblly «hron||h the report of the eridenee, hi .the N^w 
 Tork papara, of a peraoa ealUiy lumaelf oanford Oenorer, who referred to, the fh«t 
 that while in Montreid, he went by the name of Jamea Walaon WaUaeailtf JM* 
 atldanee hi the St Albaaa raid lavaatlgatlon; Olat aaid Banford Oooor^ 
 peraonitad me before the aald eowt-marlial ; tli|l9l'neT«r gare any teati 
 aoever before the aald eonrt«iarthd at Waahfaigton Oity; thatlna 
 ledge of John Wilkea Booth, awepthig aeehig Urn ea the ataga, and i 
 wag bl Mont^aal nntil I aaw it pabUahad after the murder of Piaaidant Unooln ; that 
 Inerav WMaeopraanondant of the New Tork J\rttmu; that I never ' want nnder 
 the na4*f!P^SMl'ora Oonorer; that I Berar had aar ooofldaAtiai eommnnieiUion 
 &uidar% Bererly Toeker, HIm. Jaoob Thompaon, Qea Carroll, of 
 '' V. -Kttoa, or aiiy ef the othera therefa^ mentioned; that my 
 of thaaa^gantlanaa waa alight, and, hi fine, I hare no 
 Idine^f the aaid Banford Oonuvar penonatiiw me 
 
 with 
 
 aeqnaini 
 haaitation 
 iafitlae,ui 
 I 
 
 fiMt^'ud b horn beginning to end a Uaaue of lilee- 
 it|rily and in juatioe to my own <haraotar 
 
 tiooC 
 
 J, WATBON VAjUiAOR." 
 
 Thia waa twom to before O. Smith, J.P„ at Modtreal on June 8. AUVed Perry 
 (Mrtifled that Wallaoe aubaeribed to the papar of hia own free-will, Ac. 
 
 Jfy Judgt JSTeft-*! oaderetand thhiathe paper awom and aubaoribed to and I9 
 ▼ou nnder the elrenrnitaaeea whioh yon hare datallad, with piatola preaented at year 
 MMk tha iUUemanta la tUa paper are fldaa. 
 
 A*— Tml Sir, I aerar heard of AMred Perry who aaid I awpre to it Tolnntarity. 
 The adTerna a jae a t appaad^d to the dapoaitJoa, whieh la aa foUowa, wai alio faidnoed 
 
 by the aama thraata 
 
 'Four hundred doDara reward wOl be giran for tha arraat, ao that I eaa brteg to 
 poaiahmcnt lo Oanada tha lofaijaoaB and pvjored aooandrel who raeaatly peneaalad 
 
 #.< • 
 
•Igncd II, umI vwt 
 m»lh«a pwjatiiit 
 
 I A.— IlmiMllMT* 
 
 [ ihanlrl Mvar Imv« 
 
 I WaUms MMnad 
 «t W«UMa g»T» it 
 lia man (who want 
 imiwion WM MNfll 
 1) ihoald hMUh to 
 hMitetod to oUnoh 
 
 tarwardt «opi«d Into 
 
 7VI«(p>fl0A, of June 
 , JamM W. WallaM, 
 ould pnM«««LUiitk«r 
 thar M WM tii«MUii« 
 B, I860, and ■i|DKl 
 ipmdad. Til : "I am 
 St of Um 8i Albaiia 
 t of the «aa«. I am 
 itnal in Oetobar. I 
 ■Md rridanM bafora 
 
 Samlti Parna and 
 ifidanea, in tiM Naw 
 
 rafarrad loth* f^t 
 ■ Wa 
 J OoooW 
 
 WTlaatl 
 tl nari 
 nddrl 
 iidaotUnoola; that 
 Inavarwantgndar 
 Atial aommuiieation 
 aoo, Qaa. Oanoll, of 
 nantionad; that vaj 
 nd, in Una, I hara no 
 inrar panonatiiw ma 
 md a timua of uka- 
 o ukj own <haraot«r 
 
 ON VALi.AOIL» , 
 
 ha 8. AlArad Penr 
 11.40. 
 
 nbaoribed ta and 1^ 
 >b praaantad at yobr 
 
 >ra to it Tolnntarify. 
 ira, WM alio faduaed 
 
 10 that I «aa brinf to 
 raoaotly panaoalad 
 
 '^IR'. 
 
 ma tMd«r I ha 
 iba miliUry 
 
 tl 
 
 
 I of falMhiMHla bafera 
 
 XII 
 
 InOwun^f A— I 
 iafloMMa of Oao. DiA 
 
 ovar, aod d«tMM«<l to a tia 
 iftoB, (H|Cn«d.) 
 
 JAMBS W. WAUiAOK* 
 i you war* natar in tha ('onMcrata »rmj ; what «li<l joa 
 navar Mrv«d aa a aoldlar. Aftar I wia comaHpiad, I waa 
 I t$%t\ War Daparlmani 
 la— Q/— Waa any altampt mada bj Ihoaa man to datain yon 
 illava ao ; by Maada of taalra, aad I waa raUat ad ihioufb tha 
 
 AtflDAVrf Of JAKE WOLW. 
 Plimirai or Oamaoa, Oity of Toronto, to wit : 
 
 I, #(via iDflla, of NumOar SarantyoM ftij MfMt, is tha Oity of Toroota aforaaaid. 
 maka oath and aay »—• 
 
 1. That I know W. W. Olaary. 
 
 1. That tha aaid W. W. Olaary, with hia wifi and cUldran. boardad with ma at my 
 houaa aboTa>mantionad, from tha tMr<y*ftrat day of Hay laat nntll tha fourlaanlh day 
 of Jana laat paat. o 
 
 8. That tha lald W. W. Olaary waa at my hooaa arary day doriiy tha aama Uma, 
 and I fqrthar aay that ha did net go 10 Mootraal during, that pariodT 
 
 JANK INQLia 
 
 Sworn b«f«ra ma, at tha aaid Oily of Toronto, thia nth day of Aofoat, A.D. 18M. 
 
 ^ JAaJ.VAHOlS,J.P. 
 
 Jfyam f*a ITaiifraaf if«raldL 
 
 Tha following ia the Utra/d'a lapori of Wallaoa'a taatimony in the 8i 
 
 Albanacaie:— • ■ • .. 
 
 JaoMa WataoQ Waltaaa, aworo— I aol 4 aailM of Iha Slata «f yirglnla, one of tha 
 Ooofadarata SUtaa of Amarioa; I raaidari in Jaffataon Oflfitoty. I laA (hara in Oato- 
 har laatt I know Jamaa A. Baddon, Searatary ofl War of Um Ckmfadarata Stataa. 
 
 glxamiaadtha ptMra.) I ahould aay firom my M^iowladga of hia handwriting that 
 • ^CDitnraa ar«{||loaina. I hava aaoa him on aavaral qeaaalona wrlta and aign hia 
 naiwHpPbaa usnM hi* nama to doomnania and handad Oiam to ma, I hara not 
 ' baaintttha Ooafadarata Army. I waa caaunbaloaad aa mi^jor*to raiaa a battalion. I 
 hara aaao a nnmbar of oommtMiooa iaaaad by tha 0«)nfadarata Ootammaat Tha 
 aommhwioo of Liaatanant Toung ia in tha nanal foiin Imaad in tha army, aad ia 
 aignad by tha Saeratary of War. 0#iag to an aaaldant inoapaeiiaUng ma for Hrvica 
 IhKra not aarred in tha army, and balbra my raabrary 1 waa ndnappad by the 
 Yankaai. I waa In Riohmond In Saptamhar hat : I tb4n tiaitad tha War Dapartmaot 
 It waa notortona that tha war waa to be oarriad Into/Naw England In tha aama way 
 that it waa earrlad on In Vinclaia. TIm oAriala thera aaid. "New England will be 
 made to howL" I llrad in Vlrg^ia^my own property and hi my own hooaa until 
 it waa bamad and my fiunlly turMd Vuf doaia, by Northern aoMiera. 
 
 Obiaotadto. 
 
 Jodga Smith paid ha had ruled that aTidanea 4t this «haraet«r waa not admiMiMe. 
 If tha defeoee enn ahow hereafter that they haTa a right to go into eridenca of this 
 nature they will be heard npoo it. 
 
 DoUy WitntUf February W, 1866.— 0«t from fyle in ^t^nets office. ^ 
 
 / J. MORLEY RYAN, 
 
 : ^^ WUneu Office CUrk. 
 
 JamM Wataon Wallaee, awom.— the taatimony of thia wttoeaa went to prare the 
 :enuioeneaa of the papara already ao often referred to, and eootainiug tha oomnnfei^. 
 
 Ireetiuoa. Ac, to the priaoner Young. ~~ \~" 
 
 The eountel for the United -Stateo, haJwerer, objected — aa they had often dona^ 
 bafcre— to the; whole as illegal, irrelevant, and foreign to the iasne in thia eaie, and, 
 eooiaq^nantly, daolioed to eroH-ezatnide,, 
 
 
 ; 4 
 
 «•■ 
 
 :*^^&£^M-^iM* i>^ 
 
^v 
 
 ,y^& 
 
 AFPIDAVIT OP WILLTABI HASTINGS KERB. 
 
 Fbotinok or Oamida, \ 
 < \ DUtriot of Montr«al. J 
 
 mmua BiuUngi Kerr, of the «i^ »nd dlitriot of MoDtr«aI, Ejquir^ AdTooate, 
 beKSi7w"n.>th depoM and .wear that he know. Jame. WaUpn W'ltooe jaj 
 Jr^fSa. hut now and iSrthe last wen month. reelAsnt in the eity of Montreal. 
 *l?iJ«r» Uw • thAt he. thia denonent. waa one of the counsel engaged for tUe 
 S^in liSiir^tt^S^tlSSn before the Ho„^^^^^^ 
 af aCm wid^t he was preeent In Court and examined the «dd Jamea ^at«>n 
 Wid^I^ wS.t thS «id inyertigaUon was A on (a report of whose t«^^^^^ 
 aDMiS at page 212 of the pfint«a oaae, publisWAf by lohi, LotcH, of Ihe """d C^^X f 
 
 Brrtl .ythat this deponint ha. freqamtlr seen tbe^«aid James Watwn W^laee 
 
 S SS;^iSne«u anih» aeted as (bejd James Watson. Wallace's pj^eMbnal 
 SvK^MontnS; that this deponent yesterday '^Z^'^fd'^^A^mi^wYl^ 
 lace in the said city of Montreal ; that he was present whilst the said James Wat«» 
 CllMOdeSSd tlit he. the said James WatsoS Wallace, was the ijerson who, under 
 tte So of SsndSd OonoTcr, gaTe before the Mllitoiqr Commission or Court Mar- 
 tW X and Sriome time partassembled at Washfagton. evidence which has since 
 Ken Sshed ssTe suppreswd evidence in the NeW York papenj. He, the s^id 
 jSmeSwatsSw.Haoe,Uen and the.* declaring that some P«/?«° *•«» P«^* «J 
 hS^rsaTjame. Wataon Wallace, and had tiventwiUmony which, from beginning 
 to^S WM a tissue of falsehoods; that this djjponent was present whilst the state- 
 meSsan"deSiofthesaidJan;e. Wat«,n WSlace wore reduced to writing in h« 
 nwsence andsigned by the said James Watson Walhice. and sworn to by him before 
 SmbSa HMU^ne of Her Majesty's Justices Of the Peace ; that ^tiie said Jamea 
 WaSiw5lffii.enaSS.ere declared tiiat he made the |aid^affidatit voluntari y 
 SiTordertodear himself from any suspicion of being Uie Sandford ^Conover in 
 r««tion And this deponent sailh that nS force or violence was used towards the 
 Sd jSee WaUkm wXce. nor were «.y menaces or «*«'»«, "fj,^""'^^^ 
 :-,him bv any one, but he seemed to be an«ous to make the said affidavit^ and to use 
 '•Slmeffl hi.jK»werio di«over the person who had so Pf'f na^<1.5|".,i^« '^^ 
 " JaiSs Watson Walhice,beforetiieMilit«y Commission; and furtiier tiiis deponent 
 
 saith not, and haUi signed. ^ ^ ' ^y^j^^AM^. KBRIL 
 
 SwombefoMmeatMontrenJ/thisnuithday of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- 
 fi'*- ' ^ JAMES SMITH, J.S.a 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OP JOHN CAMERON. 
 
 P«oviNO« or Canasa. lcityofM«itreal,6ot. 
 District of Montreal. ) ' 
 
 I. John Cameron, being duly wrom on ttie Holy Evangehsts. do, on ^7.«>^»^^^' 
 dei^M and say:-I am about twenty-three SMra of age. I am » "'t'/ViSS* 
 vifleTcanada Westand am now.and bavebe^or some time, a resident of Montreal. 
 DuSigXe year 1864. 1 went iiito tile .o-«alKd Southern Confederacy fnim^w^^^^ 
 by sef andlrelmned here by land, about the ffiddle of February hui. ^^^^ 
 my^n private aflWrs, amongst which was to awSlaid th« P'".'J«*"'''?.^iJS^ 
 medicines into the SoutiiemStotee. I sympathis^ strongly with t!>o Confederate 
 «^use. I have read what purpprts to be a aynopaPs of testfmony said tohave been 
 riven by a person calUngfihnielfSandford^onover before the M.htary Commission 
 S Wnafingto. City foy the-trial of Harold. Ataerot Payne, wd others, '«PJ«''"« *he 
 killing of President liiicohi, which is published in the Sew York pawrs of the 6th of 
 Juneistant; and, Hkewise, what purports to be a full reporfof said tf «"ony ?o^ 
 toined in tiiesapie newspaper, of the*^th and 7th of June, instant ^I'»""»*^«J 
 tiiat in the said testimon^H isnitated tiiat said Sandford Clover pa«od in MontrMj 
 by Oie name, of Jaines Watson Wallace. I know James Watson WJ'^"' J'J^i" 
 m^ade an affidavit denying that said tesUmony^i. t^ue^^d degosiog Jhat^^^e person 
 
 made an amaavit aenying mibs soia unuuiyujr » «.»■«=. — - r^-j: ,-"<'"; y"_-j "^ t ,.„ 
 hadi per s onat e d him. and tii a t sa id preten d ed te s t i mo n y W falsO ■°y<fg*° i,. ',*" 
 «SffthatX WsfUacfi who made 5m\lSvitjs the Mme James Watron W^ace 
 who gave his evidence before the Hoa Judge Smith in th^ St. Albans raiders trial. 
 
RE. 
 
 OF Oanida, f 
 
 lot of MontrMl. ) 
 
 Ecquire, Adrpeate, 
 VaUon Wallace, lat« 
 jiacity of Montreal, 
 lel engaged for the 
 udge Smith into the 
 
 ■aid Janiea Watoos 
 i of Tvrhoae teatimony 
 ill, of the Biud city of 
 les Wataon Wallaee 
 Wallace's profeaaionol 
 James Wataon WaU 
 t eaid Jamaa Wataoa 
 fl persoD who, under 
 limion or Court Mar> 
 ence which has since 
 mpeni He, the said 
 arson had personated 
 'hidi,from beginning 
 ent whilst the state- 
 iced to writing in his 
 orn to by him before 
 that the said Jamea 
 I affidavit voluntarily 
 Sandford OonoTcr in 
 ras used towards t))e 
 made use of towards 
 I affidarit, and to use 
 tonated him, the said 
 urther this deponent 
 
 LIAM<JI. KERBi 
 o hundred and sixty* 
 
 ss SMITH, j.aa 
 
 ty of M<Mtreal, &ot. 
 
 0, on my solemn oath, 
 m a native of Kempt- 
 I resident of Montreal, 
 'ederaey from Oonada 
 uarylast. I went on 
 leticability of running 
 vith the Confederate 
 any said to have been 
 Military Qoiiimisslon 
 others, respecting the 
 k papers of the 5th of 
 f said testimony, con- 
 itant I have noticed 
 er passed in Montreal 
 K>n Wallace, who has 
 sing that some person 
 Bfe audi forged. I am 
 
 
 omes Watson Wallace 
 Albans raiders' trial, 
 
 gwssstsrw 
 
 4 
 
 M he statet. He told me in February, Mareh, and April, \i% gave his evldenoe in the 
 Talde«' case. My attention has been dir«!t«l to varioua ^legations cooUlnod in 
 Jho^tcsUmony. of Sandford Conover, '^If'^n^ Hoa J««>b Thomp«,n, Hon.^^^^ 
 ment 0. Clay. Ocoige N. Sanders, Esq., Colonel Beverly Tueker, WmJam W. Olewy. 
 SS John ftrterflSd. Ekj.. General darroU. Doctor Montrose. A. PalleB. Commodbr. 
 jMq., .ruiiu '""™"". • , ."^ ' - .„ n^ji. ,„j „,i,_— ^„A MnMiallv to that nart re- 
 
 is an utterly intrue and malicious fabrieatlon from the beginntog to the end. and that 
 I have no doubt said person was bribed and suborned to make it, or^lse made it 
 under threats, compulsion and terror. So fiir as relates to what la said to have beea 
 sworn to by said person calling himself Conover. I hove to say that I cajinot truth- 
 fMlTstato anything Unding directlv or indirectly to implicate any cf the pe«ons 
 Immedin sail deiSsitloo, or any offcers, in burning any Northern citlc. or towns, or 
 kidnapping or killing anybody, or poisomng any reaervoirs or T^t«' T[«;';"|f ' 'P'^ 
 ins any iirfectious or-oontagioiis disease. I never heard of J. W. Booth till after Mr. 
 LftcolV. death, and I dolot believe any person In Cawda was <»n««'?«'l '».«'i"jj 
 any knowledge that Uooth intended anytting of the kind. I have heard "t d.ffe^^ 
 times several of the Southern gentlemen referred to and aboye n««»«^ •P«*«^,'» ^j^'^'' 
 en^ToJIi but I never heard Lythlng or saw aoytU-g to justify th^«l^^^^ 
 pieion of any obe of tiiem being concerned in or of having any knowledge of ho 
 burning of cities or towns, or p^eonlng dsterns or reservoirs, or Wdnapping or killing 
 anybofy. or introducing infectious or cootaglous diseases, and I never told Conover, 
 or Wallaccnoratty oneel80.that Iwas to get some «>™P«°«*'?°/'';. "S '*t: 
 ting, or assisting in any such infamous deeds, or anjAwK of,>l''^c'l''r.''<'*«J-„„^' 
 dfferenttim«iiSFeer4y,l^iM>. and Uie first part of April Ust, ^^"JOon- 
 federates, refugees in Canidar-S*scaped pHsoows i)f w«r-allude to »ho pra*ticabiUty 
 of expeditions being made upon towns on th* Yankee side of t^e lak«^^and of tb, 
 Si liwrence river. «nd I agreed with those who thought ?"»»» ."P'^^i"'" f^Sf'Sr' 
 andespeeially as to an attack on OgdenAurg. I never heard Mr. Thomp«m. Mr^ 
 Clay, Mr. SaLders, Gen. CarroU, Doctor Fallen, Doctor Blackburn, or Commodore 
 llirade;. s^ anything ou^ucbsubjecu. I^''" ""de"t«»d tbat Mr 'HiomDs^ and 
 Mrfcray had something to do wiOi tiie raids on Lake Erie and at St Albms as 
 agetitaoY the Confederacy, but it wa« notorious that^the ««»«» *»»?^« »f"«M^ 
 many other Senthemcra here were opposed to and dl8«)antonanced all such raids. 
 I heard several of tbem express such sentiments after I returned borne. I do not 
 conceal that I favored ~me of tiie raids talked alM,ut^nd was wilhpgloj^^^^ 
 I carried a letter to Mr. Thompeoii, tome timm March, I believe, f^^^ 
 • i#h«e name I decline to state, snggesHng the destruetioa of "Xf^^^lf T^Ll tiiS 
 northern city. After Mr. Thompaon had read the letter, he a^ed toe ""«>**"« 
 SSJSe of iVand whenlsaid y«Ge wplto^^ 
 
 bo tabooed the proposition. I ftotfaer atakto^hat when I went SonOi >n^S«Pt«""»«r, in 
 18M,Tr. BUekburVwas not in comptay with me at ""T time opthe voyage. J 
 neve^ was in Bermuda. I never heard tiie" Doctor say anythfcag •»»°y.«"«Y/*^ ' 
 :;«rwas empWedlyhimoranyone else to introduce in «^^^^^ 
 ver is made to state. That I waa not in Canada m January, 1866, whe» Conover fays 
 I w« so^mployed ; nnd that tiio whole etaWment %Opnor^ ^rtt^n^ rnj^ti 
 and yellow fever .nd Dr. BlsckbMf fa anWamous f*"<?»^?° «1S ^CfedlST 
 tiJer state that in February, 1865, an aMttaintonce who claimed to be • Oonfederate, 
 took me into room No, 4, §1 Lawrence flail, to introduce mo to an elderly 8»3«»*°. 
 who he stated y« Uiicinnsel from the £tate./or the St. f bjn. "ider^ and whi^e 
 tiiere. allusion was mnde by m acquiuntMice to raids, and I ^^w^« *» ?3* *'^fi2 
 on O^ensbuig, when the gentleman to whom I was introduced •Pf»^t» B«* ^* 
 oft«Sp*i'.wdused harsff langtiagoto my »«l™'°t«'»VTT«^*^nwn WWin 
 saying'be did not want to hear about Mch "»"«"»«* »''**^"S!j?TrJ^ir€S 
 b/wSlld inform ttie Canadian authoritiea, or something to that feet I recoUeet 
 afterwittds, aewe retited, observing he was quite crtisty, and not ^«y^^^»^!;„ >^^ 
 
 noteoQO«aledanything^respectin«ffiy««>f •* ««? **r*'^''i-'* f 5!™«TSf«m- 
 by several persoi to Worm^Zsmefliing out of me to the prqudiee of some of Ae gen- 
 tiimeo I have mention«l,8iWl I have beard of ms-representatiow of whati 
 in respect to them. Consul Oenwal Potter and Mr. B«"««d ?«!j";£^"Sj*! 
 UniteSstates in this city, bare both aoo^^t to get me^ go to ^ashii^Cigto 
 give testimony before fte Milita ry Co ur t Ma r tial th ere , but I r e fused beo a uM T k n ew 
 
t4 
 
 BOlhiiMt of the ■lightMt nitmavf or eooMqaaiM to tb« omm on trial thor*. I havo 
 hoardUwt It hu bom rcportad thai I did go to Waahfoftoa etty. or that I did git* 
 aamo tattimooy in thia dtj to bo naod btiiw* tho liilitarr Oonrt at Wadiington, but 
 both raporta art nnfoaiided. I rappoiglMM faaao man baa gatharad a batw of ana* 
 pidona and conjeotaraa and romora andll|Mnrta and hwraaj and goaaip of •tr«*lii and 
 girqggoriea and gone off to Waihingtoo and amaad tho alio nana of Sanford Obo- 
 oT«r, and made oath to aaeh bndnt, and told ancb taatimony to (h« proMontora in 
 that eaao. I bnva hoard aemo of tba traah oootahied in Sanford Oooovor's taatimony 
 in drenktion h«r«^ iomo of whieh aa wdl aa pnrfrcta of raida and tho like, I waa 
 ■atiiiied waa mannflMtnrad and put afloat hj jTankee dotootivca to nuka thair 
 anployai a tblnlc th«j wore doing great tbingii 
 
 JOHN CAMERON, Ji. 
 
 8«om and anbaoribed baforo mo thia ninth day of Jnnt, 1905. 
 
 y 
 
 J. SMITH, js.a 
 
 BXTRA.OTS FROM CARD OF GENERAL CARROLL 
 
 It will bo aaen that OonoTor tostifiaa that I wu preaent in Janoaiy hut, and on 
 tho dtb, ?th, 8th and 9th of April paat, whan the plot to aiaaaainata Praddant 
 Lincoln and CaUnat, and other infamooa plana vara dlaooaiad by tho, pretended 
 '* Coofederata orgaoiiatlon." The appendon certiflcatea of Dr. MoDonnail, one of 
 the moat eniiinent phjudana of thia caty, and of Mr. Hnntington, will ahow the atter 
 faldty of thia atatemcnt : 
 
 MomaiAL, Jane 22, 1866. 
 
 I certify that General Carroll waa .confined to hia bed in oonuqnenee of a Tcry 
 painfol dficaM, from April 6th to April 16th 1866, end that he waa nnder my pro* ' 
 nadonal care for Uie aaid diaeaaer 
 
 R A. MACDONELL^ MJ). 
 
 MoMTBiAL, June 28rd, 1866'. 
 I hereby certify that I boarded at the lame house in thia dty with Gen. Wm. H.' 
 Carroll, in the month of April last, and that from abont th« first to the fifteenth of 
 that month he waa confined to his bed by aicknesa, and was under the medical treat* 
 ' moot of Doctor MacDonnalL 
 
 Au a ^NTINGTON. 
 
 FMm the eztraeta aboTO taken flrom the pnUidied testimony of Sandford Oonorer, 
 it -will be seen that the first meetiDg of the "junta," at whieh the pdsoniog of the 
 CrotoD reserToirs was disenased— I bdng preaent-^waa in the month of Janouy 
 last On the hst day of Not., 1864, 1 left this d^ for Halifak, N. 8. On the l«tb 
 of Deci, following, I sailed on tho Alpha for St. Oeorge'% Bermuda. On the 14tli 
 of January I left that port on the steamer Chariotte, and waa captured by the U. 8. 
 naval forees at Wilmfawton, N.C., on the 19th of the aune month-HMut to^Fortreaa 
 Monroe on the D. 8. Steamer A. D. Yance, Uiat Upahnr commanding. At Nor- 
 folk, Ya., on the 2Mh of Jannaigr. Lieut Upihur admfadstered to me the parole oath 
 and released me u a prisoner. I rctumsd.to thia dty on the 6th of Febma^. the 
 record of my ezamuiation «a f^le at the Navy Department, a| Washiqgton, wiU diow 
 that I tmthfiMIy answered every question. «. 
 
 These fade show the fabitv of donover'a testimony, thai I was preaent in Montreal % 
 fa. January, when the pretended idiotic scheme to poisota ttie Crotonreservotra iraa 
 a«d to have been planned and diaeuased. Again, he ia spedfic in statii^ that on tlie 
 tih,'iat, 8th or 9th of April but, I wss present, when the alle^ epnsultationa were 
 held m relation to tiie ufamons propwitions to murder Preddoit Lincoln, Yiee>' 
 Flrendent Johpsoa, and the inembera of the Oabinet-'the poisoning of the Croton ' 
 *e»«rroinr—ih« blowing up of the dam, and the Ogdcnstnirg raid. The certifieatea 
 of Dn MaoDonnell and Mr. HunUi^ton — ^to whidi a number of otBers could be added 
 —prove the utter untruth of this statement Oi^one of these d8ya,Iammade to 
 aay that if no one el»i oonld be found, I would kill Yice-Preddent Johnson myseE. 
 I can establiih by DumerotiS witnesses that ndtber before, nof dnee the puUication 
 of the article aigoed Destra, have I nttered anv exprfenon at vnrianoe with my then 
 wri tten opnion in relation to the cha racter ind abili^ of Preddent Johnson. The 
 
 faeile ease with which thn infamous^ Wretoh OOnover commits pcfrjuy is only 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^^ ^ 
 
 
trial thwt. I Imt« 
 . or that I did git* 
 kt Wuhington, but 
 md • iMitui of au* 
 oMip of atrakla and 
 DO of Sanford Obn* 
 i tha pmootiton in 
 lloQOTer's teatimoDj 
 md tlw like, I waa 
 vea to make their 
 
 3AHER0N, Jr. 
 .SMITH, J.9.a 
 
 lOLL 
 
 anaiy laat, and on 
 waaiDat* Preaident 
 by the, pretended 
 MoDoDoeil, one of 
 irill ahow the atter 
 
 I, Jon* 82, 1866. 
 leqaenee of a Tory 
 raa under mj pro* 
 
 DONELL^ HD. 
 
 fnne 28rd, ISei 
 
 vith Oen. Wm.H.' 
 to the fifteenth of 
 the medical treat* 
 
 ^UMTINiBTOif. 
 
 Sandford Oonorer, 
 * pdaoniog of the 
 month of Janoaiy 
 f.8. Onthelftb 
 Ida. On the 14tli 
 tnred by the U. 8. 
 i-'-aent tOfFortraaa 
 landing. At Nor- 
 ae the parole oath 
 i>f Febma^. The 
 hington, will idMur 
 
 reaent in l^ontreal ' 
 onroerTDira iraa 
 tatii^ that on tlie 
 eonawtatlona were 
 ent Lincoln, Viee*' 
 ng of the Oroton 
 L The certifieatea 
 are oonld be added 
 aya, I am made to 
 It Johnaon myaeUl 
 lee the puUieation 
 inoe with my then 
 nt Jbhnaon. The 
 
 .^^ 
 
 V,. 
 
 eqnalled by tha fertility of hia brain in oooceiTrDg^abolical plota and involving 
 innoeent people in them; ** ' 
 
 ATFIPAYITS OP OAPT. MoGRUDBR, D». FALLEN, AND OEN. CARROLL. 
 
 /■ 
 
 PkOTWO* or Oaraoa, Diatrift of Montreal, ' ) 
 Montreal, to wit,^1866.y, ( 
 
 Oeoig* A. Magmder, late nptain in tlie navy of the United SUtaa. and ebief of 
 the Bnrean of Ordnanee and Hydrography, now reaidingJn the eity of Montreal, in 
 the aaid Provinee, havlDg been duly awom upon the Holy Erangeliata of Almiriity 
 Ood, doth depoae and aay : That hayiog read tbe evidenee or teatimony of one Ban* ^ 
 for^^fepover, aliaa Jamea Watacn WaOaee, aa reported in the pnblio papera to have 
 fcn bVi Urn, and taken before the Hilitair Oommiaaion now rittlDg at Waah* 
 >,0.. fit the laid Unite4 8tatf% in whSefa he dcdarea that, with othera named 
 . Gooovar, tiiaa Walhee, he wat • intimaUly aeonainted " with me. TbU I 
 to be abaolntely falae and nntme. ■ Furthur, I dedare never to havd aeen thia 
 
 1 to my knowledge, nor have I ever heard hia name, or aaanmed name, beibre 
 
 attention waa drawn to it Igr Ua teatimony whiek appeara in the publie printa. 
 
 d not even know Wore that aneh a peraon a* aaid Qonover or Wallaee eziate<d. 
 
 And I farther aolemnly awear that I have never been eonnected, dircetly or ,in* 
 directly, wiUi the Confederate Government, or wilh their anlhoritiea, civil or mill- 
 tarf, I have neVer known, nor have I in any way been privy to th* plana, acta, or 
 deeda of |hat government, or with any Confederate CommJaaioner,/>r other peraoo or 
 pertooa whomaoever, advene to, or in any manner hoatile to the government and 
 people of the United Btatea ; neither ngu I now, nor have I ever been, a aeeeaaioniat 
 (Signed) . O. A. MAO RUDER. 
 
 Sworn to and anbaeribed before me at the U. S. Cooaolato General, in Montreal, thia 
 dzteenth dayof Jnne, A.D. 188S. 
 
 (Signed) § JOHN P. FQTTER, 
 
 ;* U. S. Oonaul General, B.N.A.F. 
 
 ':'..■ PB0VI50I Of OANAaa, ) * 
 
 Diatrict of Montreal, y 
 
 I,Montro8eA.Pallen, areaident of the city of Montreal, a native of the United 
 Statea, being ddy awom npon the Holy Evangelista, before Almighty God, depoae 
 and aay*p-Ib»ve read the teatimony given by one Sandford Conover, o/iaa Jame* 
 Waiaon WaBace* and do aolemnly awear that, in aa far aa eoncema mnelf in eon* 
 section with a eonveraatian or meeting poiportiog to have been held in the St. Law* 
 irence Hall ia Montreal, or other phcea, between and with Jacob Thompeon, Lewia 
 Bandera, Dr. Blaekborn, W. W. Oleaiy, and othera, the teatfanony of aiUd.Conover ia 
 fUae; Deponent fiirther iaith that he never waa in a room with Jacob Thompeon, 
 W;W. Cleary and Dr. Blackbdm togfther ; that he never heard of or knew aught 
 .concerning uy ndda, eonapiradea, bominga, kidnaminga, poiteninga, or any thing 
 whatever eontruy to the digni^ nnd peace of the United Statee, attributed to tiie 
 •gcney or coonael of Jacob Thompson, a 0. Clay, or any one whomaoever, either 
 aeoredited or preanmed agento or oo'mmianonen from the Confedeiiato GoTernment, 
 enept after aa<di had amwared in the pablie printa. Deponent farther decUrea 
 that he never knew of or beard of > plot to deatroy the Croton Dam, and to poiaon 
 reaervbin, nntil he read it in the teatimony of Sandford Conover. Furthermore, 
 deponent aaith that h* never aaw or apoke to Sandford Conover, a/i«« Jamea Wataon 
 t^allace ; or if he did, he had no knowh^ of taid Conover at the time, and bean 
 no recollection of him now. ^ .^ 
 
 MONTROSiE A. PALLEN, M.D. 
 
 Swi»m and Btibiwribed to before me at Montreal, Ihia ninth day of June, one thonaand 
 .eight hundred and lizty-five. " ^^ 
 
 * ' , JAMES SMITH, CJLO. 
 
 I pcfrjaiy ia only 
 
 ^ ^IrU^il*^^ fJr 
 
> J 
 
 pUm 
 
 inter to oi 
 
 uae, the tj 
 
 I 
 
 a'rder of Froiident Iiincoln aqd 
 
 litdn reaer«oIn, t>loir n]^ tlie Chroton danu, 
 
 ■or didJI ever hear any penon speak of 
 
 iweithet putpoie liDove mentioned. 
 
 ezpretiidv in retatl^n to Freaident 
 
 iT« invariably defeti4ed bi^ niminat 
 
 ' - - ■ v^ PBOnKOi'or CUnada, DiwBior Of MoMTaiAL, I 
 
 City of Uontreal, Jane 18tb,18«6. f 
 
 I, Wm.K Carroll, of the City of If emphia. State of Tenneasee, now of the Citv of 
 Montreal, depose and state that I have carefully examined the testimony of Saodford 
 CopoTsr alios James Watson Wallace, as rented in the New Tork papers, purport- 
 ing to bi^Te been given during the secret session of the Court Martial no«^ sitting on 
 the trial of Mrs. Surratt, fayne and others, for complicity in the murder of Presi-. 
 dent lincoln at WoiriiinttUm City. That I oerer buf any ooDversation or communi- 
 Mition with Messn. nompson, Sanders, IVickeiy Cleary, and others mentioned 
 uereio, or any person else, in relation to. the 
 Cabinet, nor In relatim to any jp'*" *-'—'"- -— 
 tbe St i;lbans Raid, or Ogdens^ 
 or intimate anything about a < 
 Jfor did I ever bear,^ueh U^ 
 
 Johnson attributed to me. On iuv^aaumuf, » ■«»«. «..»..-m,j ■"~-~"y~~ .—■ r- •••"••—; 
 abusive attacks made by otbers^ as be was mi old acgnnintaoce of Um) ■«me polttieal 
 party, a fellov citizen of the eame state, knd I knew him well In phJof of this I 
 append an article I wrote and published the last part of April in the Evtninf 
 migrttph of this dtj. Another Southern gentlemaD, who setved several years b 
 Congress with President Johnson, sgreed With me and wrote a iavorableldograplilcal 
 notice of his life and character for publlbaMon, but withheld it on the reoeipt of the 
 New Tork papers, a day or two afterward.. WM. H. CARROLL. 
 
 John Holder Isaacson, J.P. * 
 
 ,* SAFE CONDUCT. 
 
 DlETaorr, 28th April, 1865. 
 
 A safe conduct js gmnted W. W. Cleary to virit I^^it and return to Canitda for 
 the purpose of holding an interview with H. H. Emiitons, Esq., agent of that depart- 
 ment. . til. ' ■ 
 
 This safe guard to expire at 7 o'clock p.)n>, on tha 29th instant. 
 
 B. H> HILL, 
 
 Lt CoL U. S. A. Commanding. 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF M. LaMARQUlS. . 
 
 PaovniflB OF Oahada, J^ower Can^ ) 
 i" to wit c District of Kamoaraska. J 
 
 Stephen E. A. LeMarqaiSj of fba Yillage of Fraaervllle, in the pariah of River da 
 Loup, In the County of Temiaeouata in the Outlet of Kamooraska, General Agent, 
 being duly swohionthe H<dy Evangelista, doth dapoae.aad lay, aa fidlowa: vi&; 
 that ba or about the eleventh day of April last Ooldari Jaeob Thompioo' and W. W. 
 Cleary regiatered their names in a book kept for thAt. ptarpoe* in 'f La Rodielk'a 
 Hotel " In the village of Fraaerviile aforeaaid, and that botli remahied there until the 
 twenty-Uiird of the.aame month. « ^^ 
 
 ' That on or aboat tha.said twenfy-fbird day jof April,ifa« said W. W. Oleaiy leit 
 for Upper Canada, and that the said Colonel Jaeob TThompsra remained mt the said 
 " La Roehelle Hotel " uitil the but day fit April or thereabouta, and afterwarda left 
 for Hafllo, Nova Seotia. . , -^ 
 
 That during their atay at the said Hotel I bad jdaily mtervi^ws with the said 
 Colonel Jacob ThompaOQ and the aidd W. W. Cleary. ' 
 
 That on the day following that of 4he aasaasuanoa of the late Abraham Lineoln, 
 Presidehl) of the United States, I and another gentleman of thia place eaUed on the 
 said Oolonel Jacob Thompson and the said. W. W. Cleary, and oommqnicated to 
 them the intelUgence of the assassination of the late President of the United States, 
 and the attempt on Mr. Seward ; and both Colonel Jaeob Thompson and W. W. 
 Cleary, on hearing the news, expressed their regret and regarded It as a great cw» 
 amity ; giving vent to their regret by rapeating several tidiesf the words •• too bad,. 
 too iocf," and further, depwient Boith not, and hath signed. «»*■ 
 
 V' S. E. A. LkMARQUIS. 
 
 Sworn b e for e m e . Commi s sion e r appoint e d on th e Sop e rior Court to t a ke affida vit s , 
 at the villsge of Fraserville oforesu'd, this 'fifteenth day of July one thousand 
 oight hundred and sixty-five. - 
 
 . J. B. S*. OHAM^ERLAND, U.S.C. 
 
 \ 
 
 
 ffeg^'Siip^ 
 
yt MoMTftBAL, t 
 
 th, 18«6. f 
 low of th« City of 
 naony of Saodford 
 k pap«n, purport- 
 iJ non^ sitting on 
 murder of Presi-. 
 itioD or coiamuDi- 
 others mentioned 
 ilent tincoln aqd 
 tlie C^ton dama, 
 fperton speak of 
 liDove mentioned. 
 tl6n to Freaident 
 tilled hi^ Bminat 
 U19 tiaai polttieal 
 [0 ptoof of this I 
 i idl the Smnittjf 
 I ieveral years in 
 irable Uographlcal 
 the ttOilpt of the 
 
 a. CARROLL. 
 
 th April, 1865. 
 
 ium to Oapitda for 
 !Dt of that depart- 
 
 i ■ 
 
 . HILL, 
 
 . Commanding. 
 
 >wer Canada,) 
 unoaraska. f 
 
 «riab of Riter du 
 a, General Agent, 
 aa fdlows: Ti&; 
 Dptoo' and W. W. 
 n 'f La Rodielle^s 
 ed there until the 
 
 iT.tiT. Oleaiy left 
 lained mt the said 
 id afterwards left 
 
 ws with the said 
 
 /Abraham Lineoln, 
 lace eaUed on the 
 eommunicated to 
 he United States, 
 pson and W. W. 
 a it as a great eal* 
 ) words " |(oo 6«f, 
 
 LeMARQUIS. 
 to t a ke affida vit s . 
 
 
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 AFFIDAVIT OP M. LiROOflELLE. ., ■ 
 
 • PaoTwoe OF Camada. Loww Oah*da, 
 ' V- District of Kamouraska. 
 
 Plewe Eugene LaRochdle. Esqoito of the Village 1>^ Fraserym.. in {• P«J* «f 
 Rlvilre du I^up,in'the County of Temiscousta, In/ 'the district of Kamouraska, 
 ?f™iH ^•naeman belnff duly sworn on the Holy E^angeUstt, doih depce and say 
 « Mfn«* SatTtii^r S on the eleventh day of April last (1866) (Wooel 
 S«S ThS^sS -an^ W?W Cleary .took lodjdng. asWrs. in W^-".,^^ " 
 ZZTtu, •• Tj»Pfl<*all«'« Hotel." in the ▼ lege of FiaserTille aforesaid, kept hy hlmj_tM 
 deS^enSregrrtcredlMr names Inl book kept for that purpoWthat both 
 gSmenTemained with him until th._twenty third J «'?<''•??'• °«y»{;.,.^ .,{.,„ 
 •^ TT^at on or«bout the said tarerttythlrd day of Apnl the said W. W. Ole*ry leftfor 
 iT«n«r CanaA and that the said 0<Jonel Jacob Thompson remained in ««e mid 
 ^KhS*Hfi- with hiS the deponent, until the last day of April last or 
 
 ^¥2!»^is?rJ5irtM'S:^r^ 
 
 munleation with tj.e said Colonel Jaeob Thompson anJ the •"' .^ ,^- W. Oleary. who 
 S^^dSb^en themselves from the said viUnReduring the period J^ove men j««^. 
 That on tho day following that of the assassination of the Inte Abraham Lincoln, 
 P«ident of the (rSed States he. the deponent, was present, when two gentlemen, 
 Tf^aKllie of Fraserville. S. E. A. LeMarquis and i. O. Casniitt. Esqtdres com- 
 mnnSitodTn the said floteL to the said Colonel Jacob Tliompsod and W W.,^l«ary 
 
 TeS^nceo tt~.a,\^ 
 he a?S'on Mr. Seward, and that b"t^ .Colonel Jacob Tliompson^ and l!ir.W^ 
 
 Cleary, on hearing the^ news, exprewed -their regret ^f^.^^f^J^^J'.'^ 
 
 «iSy, giving vint to their regret by repenting several times the words too hml, 
 
 ,<«,6ad/" and further.deponentsaidnot,and hath s,^^ LaROOHELLB, CM. 
 
 Swdm before me, Coramiesion«r appointed by the ^Superior Court to t<ike "JMavltj!, 
 Khe village of Fraserville ITresaid, this fifteenth day of July, one thousand 
 ieight hundred uud aixty-five. ^ ^ ^^ CHAMBERLAND. U.a.C 
 
 \ ' LETTER TO JACOB THOMPSON. 
 
 The following letter from WaUaoe (alias Conovor, alias Denham) appear* 
 oa it* face to have been sent to Col. Jacob Thompson by the hand o| Mr. 
 Cameron. Before the letter was pnblic Mr. Cameron made an affidavit w 
 which he alluded to the letter without naming the author. He swears that 
 when the letter was read by CoL Thompson, he exclaimed, 'is the man 
 
 mad lis he a fool?" • ; «jj.oftiaAK: 
 
 V MowTMAt, Man* 20, 18»J>. . 
 
 . . ■ ■ ■■ ^ ■..'■^"r- ■■'■'■:.:.. ■ 
 
 Odx*. Xhomfson 
 
 ' Si.-B<>Be.iil«yoatob«imofflc«r,otBg.ll^of lb«C!on(.derale«o».niin«.t, 
 
 '^M^JrS'iS'bSmt.wt Wl «pl.i. t..J.. U„«».of my«ld«»i.« 
 
 ""KSr: Slid fl;''.^,Si:r& tb. «*t. »d '«^-««"tz f^^ 
 
 
 
 i»vfero>n|ain more than a supply for two or two and a-half days. 
 
 luly one thousand 
 LLAND, U.S.O. 
 
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 v^ 
 
 <^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 _:ft^- 
 
 DtltTOTthtaDjiaMd w# d«pnT«tb« eitjot ito aole MurM of nppW of wftt«r. 
 TIi« fbandriei and faetories engaged in t&« manufaotur* of maoitiou of war and 
 army nippliaa, bebg dependant on tha Orwtoo for aUam and other parpoaaa. moat 
 n««Maaril7 aoapand oparaUona. 8t«unboaU and railroad looomotlvaa. likawiaa da. 
 
 Efk".Jrhw?*Jliril'*^i!!S*' V" ***•• r"*'' **" ^S^^ ambarraaaad In ihair mora, 
 mkot^and wHI be oUiged.^ at a great eoat of tine, mooay and labor, to aaek r aopplY 
 
 •'TAI!* The engin*a daily and nighUy ealUd into reqniaiUon to anppraaa S^ 
 
 would baeoina oaelaaa. and the beat, parta of the town, without the aid of ineendiariaai 
 
 H^J^J^^ ■ P?^ *• <»o«i;g,SB*. WaUr in New York would a^ bUSS 
 
 !?i.!SI?* w? •*??^1* 'V^'H^ in Rlehmood. Thowanda of poor detJlMrho wUT 
 
 2^57^. ^iT'i^ the Yankee arniea will be required to reooVatruet the Dam-a 
 
 » *TiffT " *Ui/«a«^'« "Jx inootha, and coot upward* of 16.000,000. to oonplete. 
 
 But thijie not all. \he Dam which ia mtod milea aboTo tbemonthof thoSyer 
 
 iS^!^n!^iT'T^A^^r i^/'' "''"^ «*«-•»• roiuViiirfoiidriS 
 
 SJ!S »-1Xl'!i?"''i^.*•^. iaoluding the great bridge of the ludaon Rirer lUU- 
 ?^i.i ' )?"• 'J!*!" deatniction of the Dam aU theae work* would be awept away. 
 S^.l«'«V^iftt^'"'r ""-i*^'*?!^**' P""««of the watSrlbJd 
 luull ^ *" **• *^*^ •°'"'' •*** "Mwnfcrtorfea below were awept oflT, together 
 wiUMnany permie. and a great numbed pf «itUe «nd awine. Let the watenlooM 
 atthe preaentUmeaiid the daatruetion w!in» flirtee aa great niepeo3"oftS 
 Z^?.L*r.*?i*^*I*V""«**^r' *• Crotoo would rl^TO «>m.SISmlW 
 ^fiV!!?!!**", *![ ""T*""**? »»▼• •!»««• «JoiW thebanka of the Shenandoak 
 — i^ ■«h«n»o i* not^only praeUcable but may be ezMuted with Tery little trouble 
 SSJ-^Kr.:! ^ «'"?y/«'*t^ Vj-KWa W,and an enwny to oTerything ySS 
 owna the land upon which the Dam ia bnllV an^ her >«aidenc^ and out-buiilinga are 
 ffi.«ii!? "^ ''*" *• •bntmento of the work. Thia will ailbrd you aome idea of 
 ?iSm SraTrJady e^S^*^ *° ""^P""" """''■'"*• ^ ^""T^ ""» '" «"• 
 
 ^«nn^'^ our propoaitlon,.Vahall Uka pleasure in laying them ijef^'yon in 
 ^nntiaj, and«f giving you an eatimate of the ram requiaitefor their execuUonf 
 
 ReapectfoUy your OVt Serrant, 
 
 J. "WATSON W^LAOE. 
 
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 ^i,!^'lt^^^^4^V^A:^ preferable to you or Our govemment, the matter of deptmo-. 
 tloo tan be effeeted in aueh a way aa to appear entirely acddental ^ " / 
 
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 Onthosothdw^^une, A.D.;1865,W.wrCleary exhibi to me the withb 
 IB aaying that it ia the haiid-wntiog of J. Wataon WalUice, aliaa Saodford Oonorer. 
 
 letter, and dcair 
 
 „ . ,» \ JOHN P. POtTER, 
 
 Montreal. June 80, 186fi. " X ' U. 8. Oonaul Gen'l, RNA-P. 
 
 See afBdavita of Book-keepeii^^of St. Lawrence Hall, at Mo&foeaL and 
 Queena Hotel, Toronto, (printed iqth Montgomery** teatlmony) ahowing 
 that Thompaon and Cleaiy w«re not in Ifontreal, aa sworn to by Conover 
 
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 \ SANMX)RD CONOVER. ' 
 
 ; i^oOT <A« ^«B Tor* i)ai7y J»^^ 
 
 Charles A. DunhaiD^Baa Jfinea Watson Wallace, aliaa Siadfora Conoyer whoae 
 
 ♦£™'?^?JS'''°" *••* WMbingtoi. Court Martial baa createdW"tUe d°SoZ wS 
 
 bom m C»ton. a email town on the Hodton, about the year 1830 Bia fiuWr wm^ 
 
 tanner, Md,ta early life. Dunham worked at the «««». bSnea^ Thefomn™^^ 
 
 tieSiril^'l^ •""* T'i^ ^"''''"? ':«""»«dAHth hb fSer untilhe ^rS,^ 
 
 jSeSi Si^iriL*::.*?"f ^ ""* -tudled U^ with the firm of VanAutToorf 4 
 
 •""^- ..r> l'^:^:^l^7^'"'J^ V^- »«>*, ««?weding ■» a lawyerrPunham 
 
 natnaa AUaer. Thia waa ten yeara ago. Prerioua to thIa time he had marriea ad*. 
 
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 tor of Admt (who twMura Won th« ooort martial that he haa known Dnahant (Ooofr- 
 Tor) tight yaara), and wa hara tha moat nndouhtad aoihority for aarlnjr ha ( Anaar) 
 haa baaa inihnatalT aeqaabtad with Oonorar (Dunham) dnoa tha hoyhood of tha 
 lattar. Upon tha braaung oat i>f tha war, Dunham atartad to ndia a ragimant in 
 thia dty, of whieh flotitiona ragimant Anaar was to hava baan qnartarmaataf . 8000 
 aftar tha jf««M of hia military earatr, Dunham IcR tha dty, graatly to tha mlafortona 
 of Ua paUant eraditora, and waa naxthaard from by laltar to hia bro(har-in<Uw, who 
 realdad inthiadty. In that letUr ha atoUd that ha iraa in W^totam New Tork, 
 raerniting for tha Ooofadarata aarrioa. Thia waa about tha tima of the draft riota.. 
 BubaaqnanUy (ha lattar waa aubmittad to General Butler, who promiaad to take tha 
 ' matter in hand. Nothing farther waa; howeVer, heard from it, and Oanham waa left 
 to puraua tha eren tenor of his way without moleatalion. Soma tima after ha becama 
 Canadian oorreapondebt for one of our dailr Joumala, nnder tha aliaa of Sanford 
 OonoTcr : and hia anbaeqnant career under (he aliaa of Sanford Oonorar «nd Jnmea 
 Wataon WBlla<9 ia tolerably watt known to (he pnbllOk 
 
 JL 
 
 TESTIMONY ©FJAg. B. MERRITT. 
 
 . The following ia the evid^iob^^of J. B. Heihritt, who piroleaaea to have 
 acted aa a vpltinteer apy^ on theSotllihemecB, under the goiae of a phyaioian, 
 prtotiaiiig diiefly among SonthiBm^rBwi4 profeaaing himself to be a good 
 Soathem'man, and. "their friend" in order "to get all the inf<Hrmation he 
 oould from them. " Aa iQight be inftnrred from lu» own atatement, he ia an 
 infamous oharacter/and that is fii% proved liK^datitaw follow hia 
 testimo9|r> So much peijniy Ox: -ft aingle dep<mipn was probably never 
 before ab conclusively expoaediby d^nterelted pioofik 
 
 Jai, B'. IfinYiM, a wKnaaa edlad ifor tlie pfoaecutioo, being dulyawom, taatified aa 
 followa: \ 
 
 By th$ Judgt-Athoeta».—ilr~Ot what State are yoa a nativa t A.-XI do not know 
 
 whether I am a native of IStm: Torit or Oaaada, but have hailed alwKra from Haw 
 
 ;York. ■■■:-:.: ■ ■• • .„ 
 
 Q.— What is your profeaaiont A.<f-Pi^Bidan. '"'%. 
 
 Q.— Have yoa been teaiding, or not, for some time in Oanada, tfiAit to, in what 
 rart of Oanada t A.— I have been in Oanada about a year, part of the time^t 
 Windaor and part of the tima at North pnmfrics,Wate^o€oaOty. ^ 
 
 l%e.ofaan^r .which the iritneea established for himself in Oanada will 
 appear fromfl^ staiements of F. A. St. Lawrence, Esq;, and of Mesin. 
 Watson, Kilgi^, and Wyllie, and the afB^davits of James Fnu»r, 2>aniel 
 Hibler, Thoinas Perkins, Bobert' Bae, George 0ilkes and of numerous 
 witneeses pre^ntly to be eiied for their direct contrn^etions of his testimony, v 
 Several of ihem say they wotild not believe^idm 0|n bath. (pp. 39, ^, 46 
 and46.) 
 
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 Q.^-Were yon, or not> in the 
 
 Oanada t A.-^Iwas. 
 
 Q.><-Stato whether you mat there a man by tha 
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 of Cetobet or Woveinber last, in Toronto, 
 
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 Q.— Did Yonng profes* to Im from KcoUidiT I A.— i btlUve Uiat he did ; I b«> 
 )i«T« he «u foroMlrly of MorgKa'i Comnund, Kmtuokjr. 
 
 Q.— Did you mMt a man aamad Ford, of Keotuoky, a daatrter I A.-rYaa^tlN . 
 
 Q.— 'Did you in«et a moo nani«d Orovea, from I^iuiaville t A.-~Y<«, air. 
 
 Q.-.9id you have any ooar«rwtiun with Young iu regard to publio aflUra of that 
 tlmtl A.— Tea, air, aoma. ... 
 
 Q.— Will you itat* what h« jald to you, if anytbiog in regard to aome rery 
 imporUnt matter being oo the tapia in the iotereat of tha rebellion t A.— He aaked 
 me if I hiul seen Colonel StMiie before I left Windaor. 
 
 OiZ-Who woa Culunel Steele t A.— Cojonel Steele ia, I beliere, • Kentuekian ; 
 what hi» glren nome ia I don't know. „ . . . , , ^ . 
 
 Q.— Wm be a rebel in the rebel aerfice t A^He had been, oa I underatond, a 
 
 Q.— Proceed with wliat Young told yopl A.— He aaked me If Col Steele had 
 eaid anything to me b reUtioo to the Preaidontiol election. I told him that he had 
 uot ; then he aaid : " Wo Lave lomething on the tapis of much more importance than 
 any raid we have made, or can mike," or something of that character. 
 
 Q.— Did ho prooetid to ^ate what it wu f A.— I aske«l him what it waa. Ho 
 ■aid it waa determined thatVld Abe shonld never bo inaugurated. Ifdi understood 
 it right, that was hia expression. I asked hin« how he knew. He said that he knew 
 he would not be inaugurated. They had plinty of friends, I think he said in Wash- 
 itigton. He spoke in relation to Mr. Lincoln, and used -sdme ungentlemanly terma, 
 eaUed him a d—d old tyrant, or something like that. ^ 
 
 Q.-.That waa Young f A.— Yes. sir. ,..,,. 
 
 Q.<<>-Did you afterward aee Steele and Sanders together I A.— Yea, ««r. 
 
 Q._Do you mean George N. Sanders! A.— I do. I waa introduced to George 
 N. Sanders by Ool. Steele. 
 
 6.— Will yon stale what, if anything, was said in relatioi to the aomto matter by 
 either of them on that ocoasion f A.— I aaked Ool. Steele what was going to be done, 
 or liow he liked the prospects of the Presidential election; Ool. Steele'a ezpreasion 
 was, " The d— d old tyrant will serve another term If he ia elected," George Sanders 
 ■aid' ** he would keep hbnself eloee if he did seife iibother term." . 
 
 Q.— Did Sanders say tliat the aame time that Steele said, *' That d— d old tyrant 
 never should servo another term I A.— Yes, Sir. 
 
 " ■ "' st^eal in the month of February loatt A.— I was. 
 trebels there the subject of the asaassipation of the 
 fes. Sir. 
 ] the names of the persons who were willing to 
 
 ^ Sanders name over a number of persona that 
 
 were ready and willing, aa he said, to ebgage in the ondettaking to remove the 
 President, Vice-President, cabinet and some of the leading OeneraW, 
 
 ,Q.— What, if anything, did George Sandera say in relation to their having plenty 
 of money to aecoraplisn those assassinations t A.— Snndera said their was anv 
 amount of money to accomplish the {yurpose. I think that waa the^ezpression used. 
 
 Q.--That yrta the assaaaination I A — ^Yes, Sir. He read a letter which he said 
 he had received from the President t>f, the Confederacy, ' '. 
 
 Conover'B sfory before the Military Commuaion waa that the rebeb at 
 
 Montreal only wrote to Jeff. Davis in February to get his approbation of the 
 
 aasaaBinatipn in project, and waited until April, when they got such a reply 
 
 as Merritt said they had in February, and held about the same sort of a 
 
 meeting /^ver it. ' 
 
 Q^Uueaning Jeff. Davis I A.— Yes, Sir; which letter justified him in making 
 any arrangeifleote that he could to accomplish the object. 
 
 Q:— Was there not a meeting of thoM rebels at that time in Montreal where 
 Sanders was, and where you were also t A.— Yes, Sir. 
 
 Q.— Was it at this meeting that Sanders read that letter from Jeff. Davis I A.-*- 
 Yes. Sir. * 
 
 Q.— Were yon afterward in Mi 
 Q.— Did you not heat amoi — " 
 
 Preddent freely spoken oft 
 Q.— Did you or not hear mi 
 
 assassinate him? A.— I heard 
 
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 Q.— Will you state some o* the langoage of that letter, the strong language which 
 I used, if the tyranny of Mr. Lihcoln "was submitted to I A.— I do not kaoir. as I 
 
 lie used, if the tyranny 
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 d— d old tyrant 
 
 Q —TIm tubtlwiM of li. A.-^Tb« latter wna iu iuImUuim that if th« p«opU lu 
 Canada, and the South«rner« In the HUHtm, were willing fc> inbmit to b« govamad by 
 ■u«h a tyrant aa Lincoln. b« did not with to recogniio Ibem.aa fncmli or o«iociat«i, 
 or lomctUng Uka tbat , , ., ... ... 
 
 Q— And yon eay Ihnt in that Ultw ha expMited Lb approbaliou of whatotar 
 tnenaoraa tbey mlgbt take to nccomplith that objccti A.—Yee. Sir. 
 
 Q._Waa that lettar rand openly in tbia ni««tlng hi Sandarf ? A.— v on, Sir, 
 
 Q^AAar it waa read, wa» it. vr not, bandad to Ibe mambora of tbu inmiling, and 
 raad by them ona a(t|.r auotber J A.-Ool. yte«l« read it, I ibibk; Cupt. Scott rcud 
 it, and Young and IlilL >■ 
 
 At tho timo of tliis protended inoetlng it U proved that Mcrritt, tho 
 witneaa, andjDapt. Scott, Col. Stoelo and Guorgo Young were aoveral hundred 
 milea from Montreal, and they oowld not have been in that city during tho 
 month of February. 'Ab to Scott aee the ufBdavita of P. S. Worthington, 
 barrister apVindsor, and of Dr. 0. B. GUkrt ; as to Young the affidavit of 
 Wm. Ohahman, book-keeper of a hotel at Winc^or ; aa to Col. Steele tho 
 affldavitaAmd ceriificatea of Annie M. Palmer, O. McMiokon, magistrate, 
 S. S. MoDonell, Mayor of Windsor, «id of Judge Leggatt and others ; and 
 as to Merritt himself tho affidavits of Thos. M. Cook, Thomas Scott, Dr. Wm. 
 Bell, Wm. Jackson, and the statements before cited, (pp. 43, 44 and 45.) 
 
 Q.— These wore all known as rebels, ware tbey cot f A.— 1 belicvo they were. ^ 
 
 Q.— Did they or not all acquiesia, after reading it, in Uie oorrectneaa with which 
 
 Sanders liad read it openly to the meeUng I A.— There was no remark made a» to 
 
 any misstatement ofthe letter by ^Sandara. ^ ^ ...» ., it.*:* 
 
 Q.— Aa far as you could judge, did it seem to be tho sense of that moeting^tbat it 
 
 was proper to bare this object ncooropllshed I A.— I did not boar any objeotton 
 
 Q.— You said that was in the month of FebruHry ; ran you say at what time of the 
 month that meeUng was, held I A.-I should think i^ was somewhere about the 
 middle of February. 
 
 Thomas Scott swears that on the 16th as well ason tho 10th, 11th and 18th 
 of that month Morritt w*as attending Scott's wife in Ayr, several hundred 
 miles from Montreal. Both Scott and Cook swear that on tho 20th Merritt 
 was attending a c^M of Cook's in the same village, (p. 41.) 
 
 Q.~By whom wjero you invited to attend the meeting f A.-^apt. Scott invited 
 me to attend the meeting. . , .i. 
 
 Q.— Waa it on that oecasion or on some other that Sanders named over the persons 
 who wore willing to accomplisli the assaasiiuition I A.— At that tlino. _ 
 
 Q.— Will you state wfaetiier among the persons thus named John Wilkes Jiootn 
 was mentioned I A.—Booth's name was mentioned; 1 do not remember that the 
 John Wilkes was added to it . ,„.!.• 
 
 Q.— Did you see Booth yourself in Canada » A.~Not then : I saw Booth in 
 
 October, 1864. . . . . . . . „ .u. a- 
 
 Q.— Can you recall some other namea that were meoUoned besides Booth I A.— 
 
 Yes, Sir ; Qeorge Harper was one, Okarlas Oauldifrell one, Randall and Harrison. 
 Q.->Did yon hear that person Harrison spoken of by any other name t Did you 
 
 bear the name Surratt mentioned ? A.— I heard Surrattfs name mentioned. ^ 
 Q.^Do you know whether it was the same person or not! A.— I do not think it 
 
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 Q^— His name is John Harrison Surratt f A.— Surratt's name was mentioned. 
 
 Q.— Did you see the prisoner HerToId in Canada at (bat time » A.— I say I saw 
 Herrold ; 1 saw the one who was called Harrison in Toronto. 
 
 Q.— Would yen recognise him— look at these prisoners and see if yon recognise 
 Mm t A,— After looking at tbeprisooers I should think that third one on the bench 
 there was the man. poinUng to Herrold. , ,. ,. . "T 
 
 Q._He waa rooken of as one who was ready to accomphsb assassination f A.— i 
 understood |Ir. Sanders to say he was ready to accomplish it, or asdet mU; his 
 
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 BarriMMi. ' 
 
 Q^—Look at Um rtnaindtr of tha priMiMn, and ■«• If you rocoioiM mj of UMm ; 
 do you romcmbor (o havo m«o th« priaontr Payn* in Canada t A.— ( do not ; I do 
 not M« any olbar tW I ahould raoogniM aa avtr haTlog mat in Canada, axoapt 
 Htrrold. >, 
 
 Q. — Did I nndantand yon to lay, Utat io tba oottTtnalion ocoarrinK batwaao thaao 
 Nbala and their fiianda, thera waa no raaarro at all in dlMuaaing tho quMtion of tba 
 aaaaialnatioa of tba Praaidant and hia Oabinat t A. — I do not taink you undantood 
 ma oorroetly, if you undantood ma that tbaro waa no raaarra ; thara waa not a grant 
 amoont of raoanra. 
 
 Q,— It waa diaodaaad flraaly among thamaalraa then t A. — Taa, air 
 
 r|.— Among tho paraona nancad waa Ihara notooo who bora Iha niaknama, probably 
 It \vaa,of Plog Tobaoool A.— I naror aaw him (hat I know of, but I hoard tha 
 
 Q.— Waa ha in thia list that Sandora ■poko oft A.— I am not poritiro wljatbor 
 ^Sandara niad hia nama or not, but I tiiink ha did. 
 
 Q.-'Do yon ramaubar that Sandara, in ^pfiaking of Booth aa ona who wm 'willing 
 to aaaaiainata tha Plr'aaidant and Oablnot, mantionad aa among> tha roaaoQs for it that 
 ha waa ralatad to Baale. who had baan raeantir hangad in Naw Torkl ^A<— Ha 
 aald Booth waa haart ana aoul in tho mattar, and fall aa mnoh aa anr ttftamt oonld, 
 for tha raasoB that ha waa a oouain to Baale, who waa bung in Naw YvatS^'.' < 
 
 Q.— What did ho ua, if aoything, in ragard to tha aasaaainatioii of that* Ic#{Vaal> 
 dent, now Prasident of tha tTnitad Stataa I A.— He aald that if they ooutd dispbao 
 of Mr. Uneoln, It would bo an eaay matter to diapoaa of Mr. Johnson, as ha waa auoh 
 a drunken aot, It wonld ba an eaay matter to diapoao of him in aomo of his drunken 
 ravalrieo. 
 
 Q.— Did he eay anything in regard to Mr. Seward. Saeretary of JBtata I A^-Whan 
 ha read iha letter he apoka of Mr. Seward, and I (nfarredkthat that waa partly the 
 language of the letter; I Uiink it was that if thnae partiea, the Preatdent, the Vioe- 
 Presldent and Cabinet, or Mr. Seward, eould be dispoeed of, it would aatisfy the 
 peopla of the North, that they (the Southemere) had friends in the North, and uat a 
 peaoe oonld be obtained on better terms than it oonld o\^arwiso be obtained ; that 
 they (the rebels) had end4arored to bring about a war between tha United Slatea 
 and England, and that Mr. Seward, through hia enorgy and sagaaity, had thwarted 
 all their efforta. 
 
 Q.—That waa suggested aa one of the reasona for getting rid of hhn t A<— Yea, 
 Sir ; for " removing nim. 
 
 Q.— At a later period, aay early in April, did you meet any of these parties I A.— 
 Tee, Sir. 
 
 Q.-^tate who they were and what oonvenation ooeorred botweea yoa and them I 
 A.— I waa in Toronto on Wednesday and Thuraday, the'Cth and Hth of April laat. 
 And in the eTeoint Of Wednesdi^ I waa on my way going to the theatre, when I met 
 Harper and Ford. They askea\me to go with them and apend tho evening, and I 
 dedlned, as I was goinff to the uieatre. The next morning I waa around by the 
 Qoe«n*e Hotel and aaw Harper, CaUiwall, Randall, Ford and one Charles Holt. 
 
 Qw— DidyonaeoamanoalledTekasr A.~Te8,sir. 
 
 <l-^tate the oooTersation whiohoeourred there between Tout A.-^Harper aaid 
 they wiire going to the States, and that they were going to kiek up the damnedeat 
 tow that had erer been heard of yet Then aorae other oonrersation passed among 
 us. I don't now, remember what.', It waa nothing of any importance, till, in the 
 / oonrse of an hour or two after, I met Harper, and he aald if I did not hear of the death 
 Of Abo and the Vice-President, and! of Gen. Diz, in leaa than ten days, I might set 
 him down as a d-'-d fooL The 6th,| as I find on looking at my Tiaiiing liat, «nd this 
 was on the 6tb. S 
 
 . Q.— Did Harper apeak at the timc^ or not, of Booth And Surratt— aa being at Waah> 
 ington t A.--I think that Booth'a nam* was mentioned aa being at Washington ; but 
 I do not remember hearing Surfatt'aiat that time. 
 
 to their haTiog frienda at Waahhigton t A. — 
 it there w e re a cm e fift ee n or tw e aty 
 
 Q.— Waa anything aaid in regai 
 Th a y aa id they had pl e nQr of frienda 
 going to Washington, 
 
 Q><^DId yon or did yon not call aflerwarda and aseertain that Haner had, in 
 fao^ left on the 8th of April t A.— On ttte Saturday afterward I waa at Oalt. Bar- 
 
poritlM whttbar 
 
 per** mothtr b living aomt four *r tU ibIIm from Oali, b«lw««a tbAt an J i'aria, I 
 MMTislnad llian tliat ha hail baan to tha pl«ca ha had baan atopping, Mil OalJwall'a, 
 «n(l at«rta<l fur tha Htntna. 
 
 Q. Aflar jou hail aactirtAlnaJ tbla Inbrmtttlon. (hat tha/ had laft for Waahlnqcton, 
 probaMy f<'r thn piir|KMa of aMa««IiiiUiD|( tha IVoiidant, whitt t\,ii\» did you takn in 
 tha niatl«rf A. — I wvnt to a Jiutioa of tha I'fana tharo for,tha purpoaa uf giving 
 informiktioii to hava Ihoin atoppad. Ilia naina «n« Djvlaon. 
 
 Tho nbaoluto fnlauhood uf thia whole atory about going to a Jnatio* of th* 
 Peaoo, and Ihon to a Jndgo, ia ospoafld in tho ittatomnnt of Mr. St. Lnwronoe, 
 van«l tho aftldavit of John Daviiton, Vm\. (pp. 31) and 40.) 
 
 Q-4ltata what oMqrrvd oo yonr applioalion. A.-«Wh«n I gavo him tha informa- 
 tion, h« aaid tba thing waa too ridioulo«»ly aMurd, or too aupramcly «baiird, to talio 
 any nolioa of. It would only maka ma app«ar r«ry foulUh to giva auoh information, 
 'and canaa arraata to ba mada on auoh grounds, aa it waa ao inooniiatant that no 
 paraon wonid ballava it 
 
 Q.— Thatatbra did ha or not dadloa Uauing any prooeaa t A.— Ha daolinad to baaa 
 procMSL /■ " 
 
 Q. I>o yba Of not know at what tima thia roan Harper ralnrnad from tha Btataa to 
 Canada t A.— I hava not paraonal linowlad);o that ha ratumad at all. 
 
 Q. What knowledga hav«>ou on tfta aubJAatl A.-^l wu in Oalt on Fridar again, 
 and I found ttiara firom If r. Ford that ha had b«i)n homa on Thuradny, and had atarted 
 to go book to tba Stataa again; that waa tha Tliursday after tha aaaaaalnatlon. 
 
 Q.— Did you know whiTa thera oo^ Ool. Aihl^y, a rabal offloarl A.— I did not 
 khow that he wa% a rebel ofHoar; I knaw that ha waa a rebel aympathher; he waa a 
 broker at Windaor, opposite DetroiL 
 
 Q — Did you ever sea p letter frorh Jaoob Thompson, formerly Seoratary of the 
 
 Interior, to himt A.—Some time last Pall— I otinnot tell exi^otly what time— Ool. 
 
 Aahley handod me a letter, wliioh he aaid ho had reeelvud from Jacob Thompson. 
 
 Baking him for fonda for the benefit of the rebcla to earnr out their objaota in Canada, 
 
 ' and be asked me if I oould not oontribute: he read me the letter, 
 
 . Ool, Aahley aweantU^thiittorjia untrue, (p. it3.) 
 
 Q.— What did you understand t^omhim and fiom thitt letter to be those objeota f 
 A.— My understauding was that tM'pukiose wiia to raise means to pay the expenses 
 of those who wer».«nable to pay their 6wn expenses to get to the States and make 
 raids; I so understooc^ the meaning of the letter; I may have/ misinterpreted it. 
 
 Q. — Did you have any conversation with Jacob' 31>omps<^ or Clement 0, CUy f 
 A. — I had a conversation with Mr. GUy. ' * 
 
 Q.--At what timri I)'" A.— In February. ^ 
 
 1% ia ahown tfa^yi^r.'^lAy waa not in Canada after November, ^804. (pp. 
 49iknd60.) f 
 
 Q.— St«te what it waa t A. — I spoke tp him in Toronto about the/ letter that Vr 
 Sanders had exhibited in Montreal — tho letter of Jefferson Davis. 
 
 Q.— Did you atute to him what that letter wnsf A — He seemed to ui^derataiid 
 the nature ami oharocter of the letter perfectly ; I nskett him what lie thougfit aboi 
 it, and he said he thought "the end would justify the means;" that was hi* expi 
 •Ion. -y ,r \ 
 
 Q.— Justify the asaassin'ation t A^— That the eud^WbVtlU justify the meatus 
 
 Q.— ^Tou say (hat when you mentioned to liim thia letter from JeiTerso^Davis, 
 approving of th>a pLin of aaaassinattOD, he seemed to understand it perfectly I A.-^ 
 Tee, Sir, ne seemed to understand it. 
 
 Q. — Too spoke of having heard the name of Surratt. Do you rmiember that he 
 waa at any time pointed out to you when you yere in Canada t A.-YHe waa pointed 
 out to me oDoe. 
 
 Qv^Afe what time waa that, and where f A— It waa in Febn)4ry, and I think in 
 Totont o. 1 — ■— — - — — '— 
 
 Q. — With whom waa he there I A.— I did hot observe him ' 
 walking on the other aide of the atreet, -and wiu pointed out 
 and I am inclined to think it waa Soott who/pointed him on^ 
 out, Beott, Ford, and myoalf were atanding ob the sidewalkr , 
 
 (th any one; he' 
 me aa bahigSurrat; 
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 a— ttov oAw did yoii M« Booth ihtn I A —I ••» D«»«»>" »•»•'• »''« «* »'•'* 
 
 a— With whom did you gmonilly ■•• bim ••«)«l«»hif I A.— I do no! know Ikal 
 I Quald Ull. I Mt *l lh« taWo wllh him oo«o at ih« St. Lawrmico. 8«nd«rt *m at 
 ttM Min« ••bl«. «wl H«o" Mid 8t#«t«. and myMlf. .u . t lu -^ 
 
 U — DUI YOU ••• H«»Ur» Mid Ikwth (ofttbcr I A.— I do not know that I UM. M>jr 
 mora than at Iha labia. Tl»«f war« nonvaraloc with aaeh othar at tha tabU. Wa all 
 drank torn* wina •! Mr. Hamlof*' aipanaa. . . , , . . .„ ,., , 
 
 Q —Waa not IJoolb r«ro|oiMd bj ih«m all aa thalr friatid. and aa ftillr parroiltad, 
 le know any aiitarpriaa «h«y wara tugagad In I A.— I oannoi anawar thai quMtioa,^ 
 for I do not kno». 1 1 . .«. 
 
 a— Did you haar what Bandera aald oC Booth I A.--1 kitow what waa laJd o tha 
 maating ; oitalda of that I did mI km any panM fptak p«rtiMkrly Jn ralaUoo to 
 
 Q^^Did you ha»a paraonal aoquainlanoa with Bool|i youraalft A.— No, Sir ; I had 
 Man him a good many tlm«a on tha ataga, and know him very wall by alght. 
 'riio photograph of J. Wllkaa Booth, eihibit No, I, waa ahown ti> tha witntaa, 
 Q.— fa that a oorrtat raprcaantatlon of him I A.— I ahoold think that waa tha maa. 
 Q.~What la tha full nama of " Harpar," of whom you ha»a apokau 1 A,— (laorg« 
 
 ^Km* txamintd by Mr. fl/o«» — Q-Did you aea iha nnan who waa callad Harrjaoo 
 
 •nd whom you think ia Uanold, more than onca in Canada t A.—l think I aaw him 
 
 two or thf«a timaa. . „ . 
 
 Q.--At what Uma did you aaa bim I A.— In Fabroary. .„ . »u 
 
 Q.— What tima in Pabruary I A.— About tha middla, or aomawhara about tb* 
 
 lAth or 20th of tha motith. 
 Q.— Did you maka hia Miqualntnbfce I A.— I did nott , . , . . « 
 
 Q.— Do you rammnbar who pojutad him OHt to youf A.— 1 think it waa a Mr. 
 
 Brown and Ford and Holt togathar. N. 
 
 Q.— Waa It in a atraatr A.— In aialooo, 
 
 Q— Night or day I A— In tha atenlnjj. „ , , .i* 
 
 a— Did you notioa him mora parUoularly than Ilia ganerallty of poraona in tha 
 
 ■alood I A.— I notloed him a Ilttia more particularly on aooount of hia nama having 
 
 baan mantlonad In oonnaetlon with othan at MontraaL 
 Q.— Waa thla in Montreal I A — No ; It waa In Toronto. . 
 
 Q^Waa Booth in tha aaloon f A — So. ..... . u^ 
 
 Q.— Aftar ha waa pointed oi»t yow aaw him oooa or twica, and that he went by tua 
 
 name of Harriaon, you aay I A It ia my impraaaion that he went by that name ; I 
 
 do not rememtier to haT« heard the name of Herrold mentioned at all. 
 Q.— Did you aee him after that at any time till now f A — No, Sir, I did not, 
 Q.— And you aaw him to-day for the flrat time ainoe then f A.— Yea, 8ir, 
 Q.— How waa ha dreaied then, do you remamber I A.— I do not know that I do. 
 Q.— I inaan the general atyle of the dreea; waa ha well dicaeed or not! A.— I 
 
 did not aee anything about hia dreaa that parlieularly altraotcd my atUntion. 
 Q.— I do not mean tha eolor of hia olothca. but waa he genteely dreaaed f A.— I 
 
 ahould think ha waa comfortably dreaaed : aome people'ai Idena of gentility dilfcr from 
 
 tboaaofothera. « 
 
 Tha hour fixed by the rule for that purpoae hating arrived, the eommia«lon tookT 
 
 reeeM till 2 oolook, p.m. ^ 
 
 , CooaT Room, WaaHiMOTOi*. D. 0. I 
 
 Friday, May 12, 18«tt— a o'clock, P.M. f 
 
 Janaa J. Mnrphy, Edward V. Morpby, and Robert Colmyaga were duly aworn bf 
 the Judge>AdToeate aa reportera to Ihe commiaaion, in the preience of the aecoaed. 
 
 Jamti B. M*rrUe» Crou exnmin^ioH eoutiniud by Mr. Jli*m.—Q.— Where wer« 
 you bom t A.— 'I waa bom in Canada. 
 
 Q.-rTben yoa are a native of Canada f A.— The firat queation aaked me by the 
 ■Tnrfge. AdTociUfc waa, " What State are you a native of.'* and my anawer waa that I 
 cou^ not tell. I can explain that. My people lived in Rome, Oneida County, New 
 York. Father and mother were In Canada viailjng and taking eare of looe of tbeir 
 frienda at the lime I waa born. The queatloo waa rataed, the firat time I ofiered nj 
 tote, whether I waa a native of New York «r OfHiada, and wa* Badeeidad. 
 
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 lok it WM ft Mr. 
 
 Q.— When -wtn 
 
 JylA« Jm^-/1Awm««.— Q.— Tl«twai«lMt ;o«i n«ui( bj jrotir aatirtrl ▲•<* 
 Yt«,Blr. 
 
 Hy Mr. ^OMt^Q.— WkftliiyoarMof A.— Nearly forlr. 
 
 <^— llow ofUn (lid you viaU OwuuM lait Hutniii«r mi<1 Fall I A. — Iliav«b«Mi 
 tlMr« all ih« lima aiiM* Mav last, pratty muck. Willi (ha aioapiioo of ft Alw dajra ia 
 Da««inl>«r, (hat I ooaaiitmally w»iil baak and forth in Datrull. 
 
 Q. — What waa your Initlucaa In Oanada t A-— l'ra«(iolng madldiMt 
 
 Q. — Wh«ii did you ttrat iiiaat any of Uia parlita you hava uamad in Caaa<^at A. 
 —Soma of (ham 1 mat tha flrtt day I waa (n«ra. , 
 
 Q.— Vou want in May f A.— Yaa, Hlr; I w«nt lo May. 
 
 Q.->Whara want Ibay I A.'-Kord waa (bara in May. 
 
 Q. — Oy whom waro you Inlrodaoad to thtie partiaa I A. — Soma of tbau intro- 
 dnead thamiclraa. 
 
 Q — W«r« you Idtroduaad to ftoy of tb«m f A.^Tb«o I Wftt lotroduoad ftAarwinl tft 
 aom« ; Cul. Athlav iutroduood ma to Mr. Otay. ^ ^ 
 
 Q.— Waa that tha flrit introduction you h4d to thoaa partiaa f A.— TUai waa tllft 
 flrat Introduction I hud to Mr. Clay. 
 
 Q,— To any of tham I A,— Oh, no; I think Col. Aahlay introduood nia to (wo or 
 tbraa othara tbara, among ttia raat waa Oaptain Houtt 
 
 Q. — How waa it that you wara oo auan oonlidt-ntial tarma with tbtaa galitUmaa I 
 A.—Beoauaa I waa a K<>*>d Houthamar— rapreaaiitod mraalf aa auoh. 
 
 Q. — la (bat tha rcaauu wby you wara aakad to contribula f A.— Yaa, Sir. 
 
 Q. — Ou account of yuur known atatua tbara aa u Houthcroar I A.'— Thay aujppoaad 
 I waa a good Southarnar, aud I prtauma that waa tha raaaoii Mr. Aahlay aakad ma 
 to oontributa. « 
 
 Qw— You apoka of drioking wina with Mr. Snoiara ; waa that bafdra or aftar tba 
 morning at whioh tlia lattar waa rand to which you rafarrad t A.— That waa aftar 
 tba intanriaw w« bad in Ootobar, but before tiia meeting at whioh tha latter of JDftVi* 
 waa read. 
 
 Q. — Where waa that meeting hebl I Aj—la Mr. Bandera' room. 
 
 Q — Who invited you to be praaeot at thftt meeting f A.-<Oapt Seott 
 
 t4. — It ia poaaibia that a portion of thftt latter baa bean mieapprehended— I would 
 like to have you atata the main pointa in it again. A.-^Mr. Sandara read the letter 
 •loud; I did not read the letter myaelf ; I think that I atated that in the eommenoa- 
 ment the purport of the letter wa*, that Mr. Davie did not wiab to racogniae any per- 
 aooa aa bie frienda who were wllllag to eubmit to b« goremed by Mr. LInootn— 
 eooTerlng the aenliment, the language might be Taried a good deal ; and that if tba 
 Preaioent and Vice Preaident, and aoraeof the Ckbinet and tha leading Oenerala could 
 be diapOaed of, it would aatiafy tha people of the North that they (the rebela) had 
 frienda here. 
 
 Q.— That was aiuted io the letUr f A.— That waa atatml io tha latter. I think 
 that waa tba meaning of tba letter { tba phraaeology I perhapa do not exactly re- 
 member, ^ 
 
 Q.— Wa wont to know what waa actoftUy aaid in tha letter I A.-r-I eay tbat t^t 
 waa tha aubetaoee. I do pot eay that waa the exact phraaeology. 
 
 Q. — Waa tbera aoytbing mora in tba letter t A.— There waa oonaiderable. It waa 
 qoita a lengthy letter. - 
 
 (^ — Did you make any czpreaaiona at tha time in tba meeting t A. — No^ Sir. 
 
 Q. — Did you aea the Juatiaa of tha Paftoa to whom you referred immediately ftfter 
 tbatmeatingf A.— Kok Sir. 
 
 Q. — How long waa it afterward t A. — It waa over • oMmth. 
 
 Q.— What tima waa tba letter read t A.— Tba letter waa read in February, and t 
 want on tha lOth of .April to aea the Jnatiea of tha Peace. 
 
 Q.^ — After the Jnatiea of the Peace refuaed to accede to yonr reqneat, what did you ' 
 than do t A.->I then called upon a Judge of the Court of Aaelaea, made my atata- 
 ment to him, and he aoid I ahould hate to go to the Grand Jury. 
 
 Q. — What did you do tbeik?- A. — I did not do anything ; went home. 
 
 Q. — When did you firat eommuoicftta to tba government tbia information tbat yotf 
 bftTO detailed here f A. — I think it waa two weeka ago tonjay. 
 
 <].— Sioee the aaaanaination of the Preaident t A.— Yea^ Bir. ' "^ 
 
 Q.— What waa your object in keeping tbia information ao long to younelf I A.-!- 
 Tbere waa no authority to communicate it to. 
 
 <ii.— But aa ft good oitixen you were bound to oommonicftte it, why did not yon do 
 
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 Uolng phjaioian in N^rth DomfriM, Oannrhi. It in aome 600 or 000 mllet from Mr«. 
 
 Q. — ^There ii a peat office at Damfriei t A.-<-Tes, Sir ; there !a one. 
 
 Q.-«-There ia Ane at Toronto tad one at Montreal I A.— Tmj Sir, 
 
 Q.— Ii that the only reaiott that yon have f A,~No, Sir, I cannot aealga toy 
 partioalar reaion why I did not communicate it. The goyemment, though, was in 
 poaaeasion of the informaticm without my eomaunioaiing, I bnderatand. 
 
 Q.-'Waa It.not owing to the fact that you are a Soi^themer in your feclinga and 
 affiliations t A.— No, Sir. - 
 
 Q.— Where were you when MhSurraftwaa pointed out to youi as you itatet A. — 
 In Toronto I think. 
 
 Q.— At what time of the yeaV was that I A.— That was in February. 
 
 Q.— In February, 18651 A.— 'fes. Sir ; last February. 
 
 Q.— Did you have * good view of the gentleman t A.— I saw him on the atreet 
 
 Q.^Wereyou on the same aide of the atreet with him or across! A.;-On(ho 
 aama side. . He was pointed out coming toward me, and on the opposite side, lie 
 oroased on the same crosHng and passed down by me. \ 
 
 Q.— >What sort of a looking man was he! A.-^I never saw him but onee; he is a 
 man, I should think, as tall as I am, neaily five feet six inchesv or seren or eight 
 Jnches, rather slim and he wore a moustache. 
 
 Q.— What was the color of that moustache t A^'^^Dnrk. * 
 
 Q— What «as the color of his hair I A.— I did not notice his hair particularly. I 
 noticed that he' had a moustaehe. ,« 
 
 Q. — What was thie color of his eyes) A.— I do not know that I noticed. 
 
 Q.— How was he dressed t A- — Dressed in ordinary clothes, ^ike any gentleman 
 would be. 
 
 Q.^Dark eOlored clothes f A.— I should think they were, but I might be mis- 
 taken. 
 
 Q.— Are you pretty pobitive that Ihey Were dark colored clothes t A.— I would 
 not be positive that they w«re. I would not be positive tiiat it was Surratt, either, 
 because I do not know the man. 
 
 <i.— What day of the month was that aa near as yon can recollect t ^A — I should 
 think it was somewhere in the neighbourhood of the 20th perhaps, it was after the 
 middle I ahould judge. 
 
 It ia proved that Herritt was at Ayr on the .20th, and for ten daya before 
 at leaat ; besides proof that he was not away from Ayr two daya at a time in 
 that whole month, (pp. 40 and 41.) , • 
 
 Q. — Who was the American Oonstd at Torontof Ar^l dp not kno^V I do not - 
 
 • know an American Consul in ihe Provhiee. 
 
 Q.— Did you ever meet him t A.— Not that I know of. 
 
 Q— Tliere was one there J -A. — I do m^ know that I ever met him: ' ':^'a 
 
 Q. — When you were drinkiiig wine at Sanders' expense, and ib convivial eOnversa- 
 ' tion with him, did be disdose to yon freely any of plans and purposes of jlhe South- 
 em men in Panada f A.'— Not at Um table. 
 
 Q.— Did he privately, in his room f A. — I had no conversation with Mr. Swders 
 except what € nod at thoae interviews, in relatioti to any C(mduct of the Southerners 
 in Canada ; that was in his room, at the time I was introduced by him to Gen. Steelie. 
 
 Q. — Oo baek again. Under what circumstances was the gentleman whom yon 
 think was Surratt pointed out to yout A.— I do not know that it^waB under any 
 particular eiroumstaneea ; a man by the name of Ford, who waa present at the meet- 
 ing held in Montreal said, " Doctor, that'a Surratt" 
 
 Q^-Was Surratt mentioned in the meeting t A.-^nrratt'8 nat^e Waa. 
 Q.— Tfas you talking wilh Ford at that time in regard to any of the plana and 
 purposea divulged in that meelipgt A.-^Tes,Sir. « 
 
 • Q^— Waa that the ocessioni ,A.r-That ii- howhe happened to speak of thia man. 
 Q.— Ton think he is a man about five feet dx bdtes high t A.'-Five feet rix or 
 
 eight inches I should Judge. 
 
 Q---Tonr imprearfon is that he waa Awj—oti tn dafk olnth^i A.— .t amiM tmt »y 
 
 what bia clothes was ; he migh^ have been dressed in dark clothes^ or dark gtajror 
 gAiy ; I eonld not tell now JTor the life of me what he was dressed in* 
 
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 lot kno^v I do not 
 
 Q._Toa think ha had a dark niovatMha I A.— I think h\» moutMh* waa dark, it 
 waa not red, at leaat I think it vaa not. 
 
 J}y tk0 JutbeAd»oeat«.—(i.—l undarvtand you to tay that the oecasioa of Sutratt'a 
 being pointed out to you waa beeauae be ▼aa one of the men apoken of in tbia meet* 
 ing who were willing to aeoompllab the aaaaaaination of the Preaidentt A.— Hewaa 
 one of the men apoken of by Ur. Bandera. Mr, Ford waa preaent at the time If r. 
 Bandera mentioned it. 
 
 Q,— How many were preaent at that meeting t A.— I ahoald think there were tita 
 or fifteen. 
 
 Q.-«-How many can you name! V»v u many aa yoa can. A.— There were 
 Mr. Bandera, €01. Steele, Oapt Bcott, George Harper.^Oaldwell, Ford, Kirk, Bene- 
 dict, Oeoi;^ Tonng, and ByrOn HilL 
 
 Q.— Do yott know whether thia Harper waa or waa not froin Riehmond Virginia! 
 ▲.~I beliere that Harper and Oaldwell were both reaidenta of Riehmond. ViiKiQia; 
 at leaat they reprceented themaelTei^ aa fneb. 
 
 Q.— Did they repreaent tbemaclTea to haTe been in the rebel Mrrioet A^>I 
 beliere they liad been ; I think thqr aald tbey had been in the rebel aerriee ; whether 
 they were commiaaioned or priTatea I cannot aar. ' y-. 
 
 Q.— 'The Clay of whom you haTe apoken ia Clement 0. CflaT, of Alabama, Dmnerly 
 of the United Statea Senate, ia it not I A,— Tea, Sir ; 0. 0. Clay, a tall alim mu. 
 
 By Mr. 4<fo«.^Q.— From what point did yon commonicaite ttiia information to -. 
 the govemment t A.— In the War Department 
 
 Q.— Did you oome directly beret A. — Tea, Sir. I hare In my pocket a letter 
 firom the Protoat Ifarabal-General, atating tiiat he had receired a letter which proved 
 to have been written by Squire Dariaant, gfving information of my viait to him when 
 I wiahed to hare Harper and Oanldwell arreated, and upon the receipt of that letter 
 they aent to Canada for me ; if you wiah to aee the letter I can produce it 
 
 Sjf tkt Jti^»Athoeat«.'-ii.-—Bj whom waa that letter written I A.— By Oen. 
 
 The Jttdge>Adf:o9ite, without objection, oifered the letter in OTidcnce. It ia aa 
 foUowa: 
 
 Was DiPABXVKiiT, PBovMT-MauBAiACtennai'a BnUMJ, ) . 
 Waahington. April 20, 1886^ > 
 
 To Dr. J. B. MmrrM, Agmt, Canada Wut:. 
 
 8n: I have been informed that you poaaeaa information eo&nected with a plot to 
 aaafasinate the Preaident.of the United Statea and other prominent heada of the gwr« 
 emment The bearer haa been aent tonveaent thia letter to you, and to accompany 
 jou to Una city. If you will come the Seeretary of Wai^ authoriaea me to pledge yon 
 protection and aeonrity, and lo pay M expensea connected with ^onr joumejr both - 
 vaya, and in addition to prondae you a anitable reward if uaefnl information ia fur> 
 ^ahed. Independent of theae considerationa it it hoped that the cause of bnmanity 
 and jnatieewill induce yon to aetpromptly,inditidnaliaing anything ymi may know 
 oeonected with the reoent tragedy in thia city or with aAy other plota yet in operatico. 
 The bearer ia directed to pny all expenaea eonneeted with yotw trip. 
 I am, ete., Tery reapectfnlly, your obedient acHrant, 
 , ^^: .^^ JAMES B. FRT, Pnr^et^rahatOenecaL 
 
 , The original of tbe foregoing ia annexed to this record, and marked " EihiUt No. fi.** 
 The promise of a " suitable reward'^ for "useful information," when made 
 by a wealthy government, could not fail to procure whatever information 
 . ■oeh a government might happen to desire. 
 
 JByfAe^wfjWr^dvorafr.-r-Q— It waa under that letter that you camet A.— Tea, 
 .'Sir. : xr 
 
 By th» C9iir(.-.-Qd— The witness, in giving the Teason for hia admission to the meet* 
 ing of the conspiratora in Canada, said it waa because he was a good Southern man; 
 ^ and then, in giviog a reason for not communicating thia information ^o tbe govern- 
 ment, he said empbatic^ly be waa not a good Southern man. How is that discre* 
 panoy explained I A.— I said thev admitted me because I was a good Southern man, 
 and I aaid it in auch a way that I thought it would be undetstopd that I had made the 
 i m pre e don on th e ir minda tha t I waa a good Sontlicrn man^ — Qod knowa I am not a 
 Southern man in sentiment, because I have Udten the oath of allegiance too often. 
 
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 J9y J/r.2tt«i— Q.— tyfcerewe»you«t»fi«Um« Mr. Aihley uk«d joa to oontri- 
 bntet A.— In Windtor, oppodto D«tlroit. , ^. . 
 
 0.— Too tUted that yon did not oonlribnto Mythinir at that tim« I A.— I did not. 
 Q.-^Did yoa erar contribnta any thine for that apeeial .parpoM t A .— No^ Sir. 
 Q.— Either in money or aerrieaa or advice t A.— No, Sir. 
 Q.— When did yon leaTe Hew Torlif A,— Four or llTe or aix year* ago; more 
 
 than that. •.•_.. 
 
 Q,— When were yon teat in New York city f A.--I hare not been there, I tU9k, 
 aince 1868 or 1869. • ' . ^ . , ., . 
 
 Q.— 'Did you knoir aoTtbing of (he jplot to bom that eity 1 A.*-I didv. 
 
 Q._Did yen oommnnieate tliat to any one I A.— I did. 
 
 Q.— To whom I A-— To Ool. Hill, of Detroit. . : ,^ ai. • ... 
 
 Q.— BoW did yon come to find ont anything abont tfaatt A.— 'I heard it m the 
 talk at Windaor. - . ^^. . ' ^. .. . 
 
 Q.— Did yon eommnnleate your knowledge before ot after the^ttempt to bum that 
 eityf A.-^Before the attempt. * ^ *'„ 
 
 Q.— Are' yon acquainted with Robert Kimball, of Toronto t A.--Noi^8ir. . --- — 
 
 Q.— Did you ever lee him t A. — ^Not that I know of. 
 
 Q.— HeietheOonauItheret A.— I do net know him. . » 
 
 Q.— Who of Uie Boutiiemen communicated to you this Intention to bum New 
 York dty at WlndK>rt A.— Robert Dnfte,formeriy of Moijpin'a command. 
 
 Q.— Waa he the only one t A,—Another of d^ namrf orsmith ; 1 do not know 
 Smith's firet name, but they werA both of Morgan's command, and they had been to 
 Chicago to attend the Presidential OonTeotion there, and went there for the purpoao 
 6f diaturUng the publie and releasiug the rebel priaonera at Oamp.Dougks; at least 
 they told me that that waa their object in going, after ther returned. •• 
 
 4— After yon had thus been made aware of the plot to bum the eity of Hew 
 York, and commit that depredatiMi in Chicam why did yon eonUnne your friendly 
 nlations with that elass of men t A<— Por the purpose of giving information when I 
 .should find itof importance; another thing, my practice waa mostly among »•*«»*» 
 of men— among Southerners; if you go to Canada, you will find that nioe^tentba Or 
 Ihe people ara rank rebel aympathisers. , . \ .. ^ 
 
 Q.— Did yon oontinne yottr friendly and eonfidential rdations with them alter 
 that? A— I did. . , t • 
 
 Q._By whom were yOn pidd for oommnnioiting the Information? A.— I never 
 have received a dollar from the goveiiimeat for fumlahing any informauott from 
 Canada. , . 
 
 Q.~Have yon ever reeeived anytUng firom the rebels for any rervieea rendered to 
 them I A^Nd, Sir ; 1 say I never reeeived a dolter ; the government did edvanoe 
 me money here the other day, to pw nfir expenses ; I have proofs In my iwj*"^'"** . 
 I can ahow, if nedessary. from the ProvostMarshal at Detroit, that I furnished valo* 
 d>!e information without renunention. . . . ^' . \. *j 
 
 Q._Why. after this, and after you were eootinnlng jour relatione with them, should 
 they continue to t^ink yon • goml Southerner I A.— You must ask them; th^ oan 
 rive^yonmwlinfonnatkm on that point than lean. . „ .. 
 
 ^--Did you intentionally deceive tiiemr A.— My intention waa to get all ttia 
 information 1 eoidd from them. ^ c . I 
 
 . (Qt^At the same time pretending to be their friend! A.— Yes, Sur. 
 
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 APFIDAVIT OP Jf. A. Sf. LAWREKOE. 
 / . .. /. • ToBotTKH Jon* llth^ 1868. 
 
 On tha eighth of Jane I proea«deil to Oalt in tfao towntUp of JTorth Dunqfriea and 
 OoantT of Waterloo, to iovostlgato the evidence of JaiD«« B. Merritt, giren in leeret 
 at WaehingtiMi, diieoTered that there wak a Jnstioe of the Peace manned DaTidioo at 
 that place a^ atated by Merritt ; oalied en him ; Mr. DaTidaon aMured me that until 
 I drew hie attention to the eriden^. thai he bad not Icnown there waa aocl^a peraoa , 
 inexiiteneef as JameaB. Merritt* that neither Merritt nor anr other ptfraon had 
 OTer laid an information before him reipeptipg Harper and Oaldvell, or viT ,<^her 
 penone, in «nj matter haTiog refeiwnee to the assaaainatton of Lincoln, a^nd that the 
 teatimonT 4^ Merritt in the matter nu ntterlj falie and without Ibundation, obtained 
 the affidaTit of Mr. DaTidaon na to these facts which ia hereunto annexed. J oalied 
 vpoa Jud^ Miller the only rerident Judge either in the town or county— and upon 
 M«sars^ L|ttte,Blaib, and Bampaon, the only other Jnatioea of the Peace in the town 
 ofOaltiWid thathoBueb information had ever been laid before any of them,inadii 
 diUgent taqniries as to whe,ther any purtiea of the name of Harjper, Caldwell, or ■, 
 ford, had been during the entire war known at Oalt, and asoertidned as a faqj^be- 
 Tond all dispote that no such parties fai^d erer been in the town pr county : next 
 ^Sd to inrestigate the tmth of Menitt's statement as to the mother of Harper 
 lident tb\k or ira milea from OaU on the Paris road; there are tworoada 
 
 ., to Paris frOm Oalt; no woman having a son named George Harper has, 
 
 during /the last twenty-fiTe years lived^ on either of these rojad», nor in the Township 
 of Dumfries; nor in the County of Waterloo; statothis upon the testimony of men whp 
 knowlyery person resident in the neighbourhood, ^ : SjWanos Wrigley, the Tut 
 ;or,farkpatrick,UieBailiir,Th6maa Chisliolnjp.P, tad others; alao state it .aa 
 lultof myownminnt^invebtigMbion. * «i 
 
 .^ proceeded to Ayr in the aame township arnd ooDnl^, the residence of JimttL 
 erritt, called upon the Justices of the Peac* afld i^iinolpal residents' of the 
 
 |>roeeed 
 
 Dein^re 
 
 leading! 
 
 Colli 
 the 
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 B. 
 ▼iUi 
 Mer 
 
 f($und the whole 
 
 of them highly indignai^ that suoh'a man as' James 
 tt shonld be a reaident of the Tillage; they Sid i^esd the testimony giTeh-by 
 
 leat character ; 
 
 waa neeea* 
 rritt had'nef er 
 
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 itt, and well 
 > being a amall 
 known to CTery whit, m w»» »m ■»«••»»••-■ i.»»».».«..j,'.-.— — — — - — — -av" 
 absent from Ayr for; two oonsecnaTC days for six months last paat, nntil ho 
 ded to Washhigton rcMatly ; uid any rilimber of aflMarite ean be pbtaiaad to .< 
 his preseneein Ayr, upon Ae days that he awor« heVasrin Montr^pal and 
 
 _^ ita; obtained the affidaTit of hb sarrant man, Jadnon„wlip alept in^the hoose^'. 
 
 that he, Merritt, was not from home on any two oonseeutiTO daya during the mmittL' 
 February lairtt when he swears he iru m Montred ; found that affidavit eould be 
 .bdned to prove thai from the Iftth to the 26th of February he was each day it the 
 lopse of Thomas M. Cook, in attendance upon a sick tohiU, also at the house of one 
 Jeott ; and that upon one of the days he swore he was in MontreaLhe had deUvered 
 Wwotnin of child in the village of Ayr; abundance pf. testimony can be procured as>to 
 these facts. , ■ ■ '' ' 
 
 The man Merritt, when he eamCto^'Ayr, had made ao many false statementa that 
 he had utterly fidled to obtain the respfctpr confidenee of anv respecUble man. 
 Dr. Bingham has a letter from an eminent physidan^at Enozville,' TennesMe,fraiii 
 which ^oe he hailed, which elhitnto the man Merritt b a very unCatorable light; 
 much surprise had beep expretaed at the auppression of the secret testimony at 
 Waahiogtoif, aitd on one 9e«aMon lately, when this surprise warexpiiased to Merritt 
 by Mr. Rhineck, he sUted Umt it fos perfeetly right, for that be Merritt wao 
 indijjnantMthe assaMlna lifaathehatd been 'oUiged to testify, but thathewoiAl.be, 
 ▼isiy sorrf to see hirtestimony in print . < ^ i_ 
 
 Since Merritt's retnrh from WaaUngtop • huge amftunt of money' m jreenb«^ 
 has been seen in hik possession, and hia rather extensive liaMUties have bcMtdia- 
 ehaixtd, he now bouta that «he owes no man anything." Merritt ba8%t«ted te 
 Mn Hepderaon and to Mn Boea that he never waa in Montreal and that m &•▼«- 
 «aid he hfd betti there. > / ■■^^, 
 
 Rev. Mr. MeOlure has seen in'MarittTa poeseiMon f^ee passes over the Nofthem 
 B al liH i y, pr e v ious t o hf s vi si t t o Wa <h ingt o n . Merritt b aa ao arooaed thg iodi g na* 
 tion and disgust of tha people ^f Ayr by bii perjury t^t i^ indignatico meeting 
 
 .■fe- 
 
<N.- 
 
 ipt to ba?A been heUi, wid a eont of lar^ Md ftathera adnibhtercd oo the niglit of' 
 my arriTt), and he waa only Mred from it by mj remonatranee. He hoa alto Earned 
 tho eonttmptof the people of Ayrjby hfa attempt to enter the If asonio Fraternity 
 there by flnand and forgery. . 
 
 ' It ia only right to flat* that the opinion of the people ta unanimona. Mr. Wataoo, 
 Biql, Jfwtiee of the Feaee and otheri, vhbee whole aympathiea hate been eopaUtently 
 vUb tho North-, ara arooDgat the moat iudigoant at the man Merritt'a barefaced 
 pvjniy; no doubt exiata in the mind of any body UuM he waa a aubomed witneaei and 
 tbat being in diffieniliea, he haa sold bimaetf and hia honor for the purpoae of extri- 
 eating liknaeif. • 
 
 Adeeamentiatn eovrae of idgnatare by J.' Wataon, B^ J.P., J. Kilgot^.Xaq, 
 J.P^ Dr. Bell, DgpAld MeClqre and otberat'expreaaing thcae viewa, and alao stating 
 that from their knowledge of the man they would not DelieTe hi# word or hi* oath. 
 
 I nrigh^ addHbat the namea Caldwell and Ford, need by llerritt ait 'Waahlpgtoo M 
 thoae of eonapinitora, are the namaa of two quiet ree|>aotable famlliea in tbi> neigl^ 
 boorhood, and it ia tboagbt.by tba petfple of Ayr that be used these nkmea beoMia^ 
 thqr ware the fimt that'eame into his mind. 
 
 1 proceeded tp PariaintUe Township of Dumfries, and (bond that Uerritthad 
 been ta the Oore Bank abont a month ago and stated hia desire to «pen an aoqoqnt^ 
 there, alao called upon the droggist from whom' he has been in the haUi of obtislniag 
 Ida medrdnea and found thai therewillbeno difficulty in proyiqg his presence » 
 Ayr and Paris ypon days en which he swore he was elsewhere. 
 
 •' '-; F. A. St. LAWM5N0?. 
 
 ' Isbottldaddtbatthe wilful perjury of this man Merritt has entirely succeeded in 
 banlshioK,Jrom tho minds of the good people of the County of Waterloo all idei 
 that ttefferson Davis, Mr.'Ulay, Mr. Cleary, or Mr. Thompson, had any knowledge or 
 complicity in the recent tragedy at Washington. 
 
 F. A. St. LAWBENQ£. . 
 
 . AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM JACKSON. > 
 
 Atb, Co. Watkbloo, 0. W., Jnqe 9tb^ I86S; 
 
 I, William Jaekson«d#niake oath and fay, that daring the mopthof Fabnunpand 
 Mwch last I liTcd in the servioe of James W. Merritt. ofthia Tillage, pbysiciuE! an^ 
 tkntto the beat^of my. knowledge and bdief Uie aaidLJaoMa B. Merritt warnelt 
 •ibaent ftom Ayr during any two coaseeutiTe di^a donng the month of T^bmarj 
 .last post.. 
 . *•■ " his 
 
 WILLIAM BELL, Witnesa. •/ - X WILLIAM x Ji 
 
 ■ . '• ,;,». : < ■■ mark. 
 
 Swom^ before no'Chis ninU> day of June, 1 866, at Ayr, in the County of Waterloo. 
 
 . JOSEPH KILGOUR, J.P, 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN DAVIDSON. 
 
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 !RKOTnoB Of Cahada, Oonnfy of 'yfaterloo, to wit : 
 
 X John DaTidaon, of t^ Town of Gait, b the County of Waterloo, and ProTiaoa of 
 Cbaada;^Esqolre, say aa follova ! 
 
 1.-I am one of 'fier .Majesty'a Justicea of the Peacf, in and fw tba Coiwty <rf 
 Waterioo, imd am the only Juatice of the Peooe of the nai&e of Davidson in the srid ' 
 TeirnofQalt. - • I 
 
 9. 1 baTe lived for many yeara in tba said town o( Gait and oqi y^tH acqiudoted - 
 ^«itb the magistrates of said-Town and County. TFbere is no JusUjBe of the Peaoo of 
 the name of Davids^ io said TowOi nor I firmly believe in said eoimty. 
 
 8. I have read ovtr the newapaper reports of the evidenof given I9' Doctor Jam^ 
 K^erriOiOf the Township of North Dumfries, in this county, refo^tlv Jakeu in 
 yashin gt OS t i n the United Statea of Ametica, in regafi to the aeaaMini|ti<« of 
 
 Preaident 
 
 reaidcnt LincMn., , . ' 
 
 4. I awear^ost distinctly and positively that to my knowletlga I never mLw tho 
 
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 « Dkmea b«o«us4 
 
 laWSESQi. 
 
 md Profiaet of 
 
 Mid Doctor JauM* B. Hurritt, nor do I riiollcet Vftt haviDg beard of such • p«rMn 
 sAlil within the but two or threadaja. 
 
 6. Naitbar tba aold Doctor Jamea B. Ifarritt nor any. other psraon arar laid bafora 
 0M or uy. ot&ar nugiatrata ao far aa I Iraow any complaint or ioformation In regard 
 to th« Maaaainaticn of Praaident Lincoln^ pribr thereto^ or at any other time, nor did 
 I arar diaanada anr paraon or peraoija from laying any auch eomplaint or ioformatloD 
 or avar aay I would hot iaaua any procaiaon any aucn information or oomploint'pro* 
 Tided ^a aame ahould have been or abonld be laid before me. 
 
 I, I neTCr wrote any l^ter to any ofBcial or any other peraon in the United Statea 
 of America, or elsewhert, in regard to any plot having for ita object the asnaaination 
 ((fPreaident Lincoln. ' 
 
 JOHN DAVIDSON. 
 
 FaraonallT came Wfore me, \l^)iilfam ikScholaa Miller, of the Town of Gait, in the 
 
 IkhMf. ol M^atedoD aforeaaid, a niitary public for Upper Canada, duly conatittttad 
 
 liy royal antbotitr in ihat behalf, fbe within named John Davidaon who aigna^l the 
 
 "for^infMpajberiUsd aae^^ tinini thereof in my preaenea. on thia ninth day of 
 
 Jnnei AVK Ib65. ' , 
 
 In witnaaa wliisreof I b«v^ berennto a«t n^y hand and aiBxed my aeal of office the 
 'Ai^ end year laat aforeaaid. , ^' ■ ' > - 
 
 ^ W. NICHOLAS MILLER, ^ 
 
 AFWDAVlt OP THOMAS SCQTT;^^"~~"-r. 
 
 • Air«,Conntyof WatterIoo,C.W., Junel8,l80S. 
 
 I, Thomaa Sontt, do ablemnly affirnf and aweor that Dr. Jamea B. Merritt of this 
 daaot wa in attendaiba upoq my wifa in my hooao #|t A jr, tia Friday the tenth of 
 fabrnary laad; alpo, ott Saturdur tb« efayenth, and on Wednesday the fift^Bnth, and 
 •nSatucday tb**«ighkeantboCFebri|«rylaat; and that upon the Mowing Mopday, 
 rtlia iwaatnth dasof Febmavy^hiat,^! ««w the add Dr. James B. Merritt at the honao 
 9t Di>.. WiIliainJUUifi>thia sfild town of Ayr. 
 
 : WitoM»-4r.'A«ST. LAWBAWoa. 
 
 TBOMA3 800TT. 
 
 Swortr ftafore m«i this thirtecintii dbhr of Jane, 18«5, at Ayr, in the County of 
 Wat(|loo. ' JOSEPH KILGOUR, J. P. , 
 
 V 1 , '',:):::^:^JifgTt^Tt b^tnoMAsM. cook. 
 
 ji, Tbmuu M. Ooplb of tho TilUgOjOf Ayr, in the County bf- Waterloo, do aolenmly 
 awear and lUDrm that Jiiojiep A JIMr^U* who was pHteti^ng tbedlelne In thiri vlll«ge. 
 minatt«iidaiH;odpoif iOTc^rd;j^m^^ in Ayr, tm thtf night of th«>,twentt«th 
 
 dw of Febhiary laat, aqilq^ day ni» to tbe twentyaisth day of 
 
 Fabnuryhst ■ » ■ . 
 
 TBOHAS M. COOK. 
 
 Sworn bef9r» ma, thia thirtaafith day ht June, 1$65. 
 
 Wiineaaed by P. A, Sr- lAwaiHOt 
 
 GJSOROB CHITTENDEN, J. P. 
 
 -^^- ^k, 
 
 Jf^mkYTt OF WILLIAM BELL. Van^ U. D^ GOBOIWiR JFOR THE COUNTY 
 
 -.:-.,\.v ,;;.-■ ,; ,,■:.■:,.,';.;:. OF.WAa«RLoa.:^: ;■•:;:/:• ■::'/■.'; 
 
 , ^, WilKam BelU Dodmr J|f Medidna, and Coroner fsr the Ootn^of W'atwioo, do 
 MiMttrily 's^aaf and afflrmrtl»t fir<im my oip^enea aa lo the TAra«i|T of Jamea B. 
 Merritt^ late of thia Tillage, and from reading the report of hia ovl^ea giTOn'at 
 WaaUiiJKtoii, I eertainly ^onld not belieVe any ttatementof.hia cTcn if given on oath. 
 To the best of my knowJ||d{(e and'beUef, the eaidr James B. Merritt was not abaent 
 from the villi^e of , Ayr miruig aqj two'oonaecutive dinrs in the mootb of Fabruary * 
 ^tt and thia IS the uniferBAl teatimony of the people of the Tiltage. ' 
 
 ■' ■ : . '-^— 7— kiLllfUM PELL ' 
 
 <Swoni befont^ma, ^fH thift««ith day of June, 1865, at Ay^ M the Qralilff-oC 
 Wirterloa GEORGE CHITtENDBN, J. P. 
 
 WiteUsed liy j(r. A.'St. LavaaNoa. - "^ V 
 
 
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 -r-r 
 
 . W« giT« tohday lh« •tatem«nU, oT«r th«lr own •IgnatttrJp. of tbre* nnfodbb 
 mruJ^lMUoM of th* P«c<. raiding ia t|>e county of J^Tatorloo, r«jMoilng tt. 
 SSSterTDr. Morrilt^Ku of the yilfiga of Ayr. on. of thoiaont ''ito^MW nnin.! 
 
 wb.t bM b«en Mid before in Twioui wtyt ud on pretty good^utborltt ; but thjw 
 iMt ■Utetnenta, taken in «onneoti«in'wlth the prerioue OBe% nppenr nlterly to^deetrey 
 the T«lue of MerriU'i evidence. , 
 
 . DR. MERRriTS EVIDEKOE. 
 
 (To t^ Editor of IktOlobt.) 
 
 8«,-I h»Te leefi eeTeral «ion]rinoui lettere in tbe public prinSj b«Y*»« "«»» *•;• 
 «Tid»e. taken in^et .«»ion J W«hin^. nnd "«»«/, P^W'^J',"* " «?? 
 of the witaeue. [Jeme. B. Merritt] UwdTn Ayr .mo. •J»»Si„1J ^J^ISt 
 (VeanentlT been called upon to gl»e my opinion w to hie etanding and TerMlty. 
 
 ffo?. to the pubCob of anythlM relirtlng to the WUington erld w 
 tilKumaZces. not if any way connected With h . or my ih)UU«I. tenaenc^ ledme 
 iTwatoh Mr. Merritt clMcr dm I othenrite would haTe <fone I f-b™"^' •f^^ 
 deal into eon^ with bim, and, after.* careful examinaUon of tbe man, I giwajif 
 following OB the ocncluaion at which I bare arrtTed :— 
 
 let. That Mr. Merrilt*B Teracily ii not to be reliW upon. ,„. ..-^..t 
 
 2nd. That ae regardf hie being in Vontr«a "about the middle of February '5 Wt, 
 If cab be proredSyoid d*ibt tSnt he wa. not abeent from Ayr long enough to b* 
 In Montreal at any lime duriniftbnt month. # n - .j- .^ «v.i „«»nki.^ 
 
 8rd. ThathleeiatementthSrfnetanthe of tte people ofJJMaJ^^n^^ 
 thkera ia » baae libel uB«i¥e Inhabitantrf-of thb "HSt'oMto Whom "j"]* »*JJ 
 aumed more parUcnlarVto "fer fit)m the (ket i}i*^^^^]i^}'f^lS^ 
 that they would gladly aVail thepwelTea of any oflWaJ meana of reftatty »>«o««»«»«y- 
 ™ nSgb mentTon in thia connicfion a faet whhib will be readily '»d«'»««»d*rtte 
 
 putRat while tho«i fi^>er. which bare |jf«f^«i*«*»*«S:a5.!!J*th'rS£ 
 md here, the circulaUoii of Tm Gtona, whIA b jwderafawd a. *d»ooJtoM^^ 
 ^of the North, ia, inpropertton to the popnhticiv Uteg» in wd aroond Ay* tbw in 
 
 "{.a'^eSllSJ-uSS:^.!! known ^ i^.^„lH«rU« be«. tog;»her * tt« 
 «jJoriti««TthceTidenbe giVen Iqr Mr. Merritt at WMhtogteo, I.^»? ■" J*J^^^^ 
 ta\M;i«>« that I would nrt bellew him on hia oath; nor la thto my ing7W«» 
 qiinlonnt ia enditraed W two of my b|oth«r magiatratea, and la the opinion of 
 
 public fa eathnatinjtM talue of the eTiaebce l^*«» ^ff, *J^ *?IInJl!^?iSi 
 nply to the aeTcnd applications made to me to giro RubUcity to the d^frrent feeling 
 
 intfcaneighbodrhood. / ; > , Vi^„.pectftilly, ' ^" 
 
 ■;.:-.. JOHN: WATSONiV- 
 
 ■ h.'S^, O.W., June 21, t$W. > ■ - ,;;.;•:"'•, ■ ^. 
 
 I belicTe the f8i«going atatement of Mr. W»taoo'a'to be trae,*nd^f mj wjn 
 knowledce ean tow£ for Uie oorrtctneas of that part of it which r«i«n to «te 
 evidenceV^B Vj J"»«" B- Merritt, at Waahtogton t*»*^,*J'the^ I haTOiw^ 
 ' tion in dellariikg Uiat Mr. MerriU's venMitj is not to be leUed upon, and th^ I wooM 
 *ot beUcTo himonhiaoeth. - ^^. ..^ -^ JOMM KIM<«JE. r: 
 
 I bdieve the filing s<htemento i Mr, Wataon'itolj ^f^V'l^^ 
 aoo all T e og niiant o f th e m, tod can VOT o h for th e e o rrectneM pf Ma 2Da tndWtt 
 Itatment?M4lI2I« toMriiwrittfa b^ii^ in Mooteeal in February laal^ ud to tiie 
 lilielloak aaaertioa laade by liim Ihnt dM teaO* of our CHaadiui peo^ were tebyi 
 
 L^ 
 
1 in Mr. HenlttV 
 
 a KlLGOtTB. 
 
 ' \ ■ AFFIDAVIT Of L W. AAHLRT. 
 
 ' CooMTT or Bmu, to wit : ^ ^ 
 
 L Lewit'W. Aahl)7, of Wlodtar^ In/'th« Oonoly ofEiiCX, of Oaiuu)*, Broker, d« 
 mijie oath and Myufollowt:— ^ ' _. 
 
 J. I hare rtikd the publiskad, tetlimooy of Jamei ;|j|§JE(etritt before the Oommiiiion 
 of Boqnirj into .the aMaieiiMltion of the late VttAi^i Linooln, as pubtlthed io the 
 Toronto Ltaitr of the fltl^^ulfirao. 
 
 1 I hare never reeeiTeB nor teen any letter or writlnji^ from Jaeob Thompeon or 
 any other Confederate leader, to me or to any one else, on any matters pertaining to 
 the recent rebellion In the United States, nor did I ever represent to said Merritt 
 that I had, nor diii^I ever'show hin^inny letters on thfsnbjeot of eontributioo for 
 rebel mirposcsf nor did I ever eo oontiribate myself, nor ask him or any other to so 
 oootribute. . 
 
 8. I am not personally acquainted with, nor liaTe I ever, thfit I am aware of seen, 
 iithar Clement 0. Clay, JaoobThompeon, George N. Sanders, Holcomb, Oleanr, or 
 their assootatea I have therefore no idea what leading Sonlhemors said Merritt ean 
 r«fer to, when he snys I introduced him to screral. I do ntf remember even Intro- 
 duoing Merritt to any one. I had too alight a knowledge of him, and thought him, 
 too susplicious a ohsraeter to be ibtrodoced by me. 
 
 4. The'onir way io Which I have known iuid Merritt, waa that he several timae 
 eame to my oroklng effioe in Windsor, endeavobring to obtain or^it upon repreien* 
 tations wlMh invariably turned oot to4M false, thushe,at diflbrent times, represented 
 that he had large sums at his credit in the Commereial Bank here and elsewhere, 
 when he had not ^ copper there. Htf at one time obtained from me a loan,by repre* 
 senting that he had gone into partnership with a distiller in Windsor [Mr. RaeJ.and 
 waa.liasteniM to Toronto on the firm bosineiift— which was all utterly false. Daring 
 hie stay in Windsor, I believe he earned but one repntation, which the oommon voice 
 wonld give bim, that of a diarepntable awindler. And I do pronounce false in every 
 reepeeVtheisaid reported testimony of said James B. Merritt, as far as it refere to me, 
 
 or to events within my knowledge. , i . .__ 
 
 . L.W. ASHLEY. 
 ■ . ■■♦■. 
 
 Sworn before me, at Windsor, in the County of Essex, this twenty-ninth day of 
 -Jane,.^, D. 1869. 
 
 *' 
 
 D.K.HOBART, 
 U. S. Consul, Windsor, 0. W. 
 
 4 
 
 AFWDAVIT OF PfflUP T. WORTHINQTON 
 
 JPkdTiKOiovOAKaM, Ooqjityof lsws,towit: ' • \'y-^ '. ^''\ :. . 
 
 I,.Philip Turner yorthington, of the Town of Windsor, in the Oonnty of ESssek and 
 • Ptavinee of Canada, Barristerat-liaw,inak#oath and say :^ 
 
 . I. That t have Men Jamee B. Merritt, wlio was formerly a resident of Windsor, 
 ■„ and whoia I believe to be the nme peraon vbo gave evidtace bef'M'* ^ Militarf 
 Tribonal eonvened at Washington, in the Diatriet of Columbia, in the Stnta ti Marj> 
 land, one of ^e United Statee of Ameriea, to try eertain. pertone' diarnd with, or 
 implicated bi, the assassination of the lato President of the United Jtates, (Mr. 
 ■ LiadbIa) ' -, 
 
 'J 2. That I have read the evidence of the aaid Merritt, implicating or dirging 
 Steele, Scott, Toung, and others, as being present at a meetinr held in the city <tt 
 Montreal/in the Province of Canada, on or about the twentieth day ot Febroanr Uat 
 
 Kiti, at whieb meetinj; a letter pnrpoMing to have been written by one Jensreon 
 vis, was, acoording to his (Merritt'a) statement, resid by'Steel^Boott, Ydvng and 
 
 V-W -.v •■•;.■ ., ' 
 
 ' 8. That I was, daring his odd Seott'a evidence in thiajfionntrv, the legal adTieer of 
 Inm Seo'tti who is the party referred to in the evidence of said Merritt 
 > 4. Thst from busiuMa traosactiqiBa which ^k; place between eaid Soott and 
 ' myii^lf, both in the latftr end of the Ihnnth of Jannaiy and the month of Febwiwr« I 
 •tate oonfldently that aaid Soott oonld not have been preawt at the meeting in Mod- 
 treal oo the twentieth of Febmary lut, M atated in the evfdenee of add Merritt| m 
 
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 Um nid Scott WM at that iiin«, and during th« wbol* numth of Fabraary, to th« b««t 
 of tny kDOwUdge ond belitf, in the Town of Wiodior aforMaid. 
 
 P. T. WORTHINOTOW. 
 
 Bworb before me, the ondenigned United States Ooniul, at Windier aforesaid, this 
 ttbetceDtbdaTof June, ISeO. " 
 
 ■ ^ D.K.HOBART. 
 
 U, 8. ConittI, Windaor, 0. W. 
 
 /■ 
 
 r AFPlDAVit OF a B. OILtiBRT, M. D. / 
 
 Stan or MicaioM, Wajrne County : 
 
 C. D. Gilbert, M. D , of Detroit, Wtlyne Ooafitf, Ulehigan, being duly ewoni, depoeea 
 and ewra tbat iie ie a practising Physician in lietroit, and also has an tftteusiT* pnM> . 
 tin in Windsor, a W., where ha haa resided tntll May «th, 18^5 ; that he ia ' 
 ■iqiMinted witb oike Thomas & Seott, known aa OapUin Seott, whosa family haa 
 realdeti at Windsor aforesaid, during the past winter, «dd who formerly resided in 
 tU State of Kenttteky. ... 
 
 That he biw attended the fimlly of the said Seott professionally dnring the past 
 irbter, and knowa that from the 25th to the t7th days of Febmanr, 1890, Inolnslvo, 
 from the Isl to the Sih daya of March, UM, inolosiTO, from the lOthtothe 18th days 
 of ApriU 1665, inelnsive. and on the Sftlh day of April, 18«6, the said Captain Soott 
 waa with bis family in Windsor, C. W. aforesaid, he baTing seen and conrerted with 
 bin on the daya and datea abora mentioned. 
 
 '' '. C.B. GILBERT. 
 
 Babseribed and aworn to beforo me, this twentieth day of JoAe, A. D. 1866. 
 
 D. W.HOWARD, 
 Notary Public, Wayne Oa, MIeb. 
 
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 AFFIDAVIT OP WIIiLIAit CHAPMAN. , 
 
 OaiMftA, OoUnty of Esses, to wtt : 
 
 I, William Chapman, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, Oletjyaike 
 oath wd say :^ ^m 
 
 1. Thau am, ai>d have been for the last five years, clerk and bookkeeper 1W Wil- 
 liam Birone, the proprietor of the "Hirons^ House," Windsor, a publte Hotel for the 
 aaeommodation of trareUera and others. ..-,'' 
 
 2. That I am well acquainted with George Toung, who baa for a long time boarded 
 at the aaid " Hirona' House," the party referred to in the evidince of Jamea B. MmrritK ' 
 
 iven befora the Court now sittiut in Washington trying the alleged conspirator* In 
 
 le aasaiiination of the lute Pre«i4ent ... 
 
 i. Tbat I have read the evidence giren by the said Merritt, respecting the aaid 
 Tomg, a* Tcgwrd* hia bdiig present at a me^ng held io Hontcaia in the month of 
 Febmary but, at wbiili nSeting a certain letter pnrportin(rto hate been written by 
 one JefBirsoD Davis, is as^brted to have bkcn read by said Tonng and otbera. 
 
 4.°TbatItweai>,afterf «arefnle3(amb»ationof tie Hotd Boob kept fay me,thnl 
 it waa in^possiUe fortbesaid Tonng to have been present at the time and plaee 
 mentioned in said Merritt'a evidence, as I am positive that he, said Toung, was at tb* 
 time apedfied, in the Town of Windsor, in the Qounty of Siacx, and: Province of 
 OaMkda. ■■:■:": ^"'' 
 
 WILUAJC CHAPMAN. 
 
 JStrom before me, at Windsor, in the County of EeseoK, tids 14th day of June, 1885. 
 
 ---■.-^u:v-..-v.-' ;::-;.-. V >.: .^^.,1-..:.:. ;. .; . D.KHOBART\ .:;;;.. 
 
 ; w' ; 'v U. S. Consul for Windsoft 
 
 > AFFIDAVIT OP ANNIE PALMER. ' 
 
 ra ov uwifc O F Oa h aJ'a, Oonnty o f Esb c k, to wit : — —— — : — - — ^ 
 
 1, Annie Palmer, of the City of Detroit, in the State of Midiigan,one of the United 
 8t«tM of America, Spinster, make oath and say :— 
 
•ry. to th« b««t 
 
 
 
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 Pnrin; th« lut ^nt«f I wi^ a Arcaacnt vlxitor at iho houM ot/Vol 8l««I«, •iluat* 
 batween Windwr and Sudileb, and from tlio entriea inrojr diaW, I oaii poaiUrely 
 awoar ibal Ool. 8U«I(< VM fit home on the 3nt and S2nd daya of l4btu»ry laat.' 
 
 1 "* ANNIE M. PALMER./ 
 
 Sworn before me, at Wlitdior, in the County of Eawk, thii ninetecntb day of June 
 A. D. 1886. 
 
 V R. J.'BLOOMmt.D, 
 
 Reeve br the Town of Wiudaor. 
 
 CERTIFICATE OP O. MoMIOKEN. 
 
 VV: 
 
 on« oflhe United 
 
 \ Offioe of Stipendiary Magjutratc, Wettern C«^«r» 
 
 • WiNDSoa^ C. W., 10th June, 18«J, 
 
 Thii la to certify tbit I have known Colonol Steele more or le«8 iotimateiy ainm 
 within a abort period of hia arrival in Canada. ^, 
 
 That owing to iiia bcintf prominently knuwn as a Southern refugee, he hnf, ainM"^ 
 the twentieth (20th) day of December loat, bton more immediately and directly under ■ 
 my obiervntioikand that of members of my foroo of Prontior Police. 
 
 That ainoa the said date (although myaelf nboent at intervals from my headquar- 
 tera here, in the neighborhood Of which Ci)l»nel Steele rosidea), ypt my meana of 
 inforaiation were such, that I do not believe it possible he could have visited Mon- 
 treal withont its being made known to me, and I therefore do not belioTft he baa been 
 in that city 08 alleged. 
 
 Robert flae, Distiller, here; George Gllks, Exchange Broker, here; William and 
 Robert MoQregor, Bankera, here; P. T. Worthlngton, Attorney-at* Law, here ; 0. 
 Grassett, Mnnager of the Commercial Bank, here ; James Frnser, Wntoh maker, here,, 
 and Mrs. George MacDonald, widow, here, are persons of respectability-,'of good 
 repute,.and whose veracity may be fully relied upon. 
 
 .► G.MoMICKEN,P.M.W.P. 
 
 ^ AFFIDAVIT OP DANIEL HIBLER. 
 
 Pa^Pba OP Canada, County of Essex, to wit : 
 
 ' I, Daniel Hibler, of th« Town of Windsor, in the County of Emcx^ Gentleman, 
 make oath and say :— 
 
 1. That I know James B> Merritt, the person who gave evidOnce before tlie court 
 eatablishcd to trv certain portiea cban<ed with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 
 late Prealdont of the United Statea of America, or Impligikted therein. 
 
 a. That I have been told by several piersons tliat the said Merrilt, while a resident 
 of the Town of Windsor aforesaid, asserted to and told several residing iq said Town 
 of Windsor, that he bad loane^me the sum of five thousand dollars. 
 
 3. That I awear positively the above atatetueut made by said Merritt ia ontrue and 
 . false in every particular. 
 
 4. That from my acquaintance witli.said Mprrlit and from his representations 
 made to me (which t afterwarda ascertained to lie false) I would not believe htm on 
 
 *biBoath. 
 
 . "^ DANIEL HIBLBR. 
 
 Sworn before me at the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, this 16th dar 
 of June, 1866. , ■ ' 
 
 D.K. HOBARTr 
 
 ■■ ,. ■'-'■: ; . ■ U. S. Consul, Wind«>^ O.w; 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES FRAZER. * / 
 
 PiotirobovCarada, County of Essex, to wit: "— 
 
 I, James Fraxer, of the Town of Windapr in the Cnnnty of R—pt ^ nd Pr^vinfle of 
 Canada, jeweller and watchmaker, make oatb and say :•<- 
 
 1. That I know James B. Merritt, a witness examined before the eonrt assembled 
 at Washington, to try th6 partiea charged with, or impli<»ted in, the ass^iaination of 
 Abriduun Lincoln, late President of the United Statea of America. 
 
A!imMia&^-.:,.«Jt 
 
 9. Thtt liftUl M«rtilt for wmttlme rnlddd In "Jd fo^o of Wladaoiv 
 8. That r ha»« ha«l buiioMa truiMolioM wllh uld Mtrrilt - . , ^ . » 
 
 4. Th«t from mI<I trniwuotlon* and from my gentral knowl«df« of hit efeanetor I 
 would not b«li«T« him, Mid Monritt, pa bit o»lh. JAMES FRAZBR. 
 
 Bworo b«for« m* «t Wludwr, In the Ooanly of «»««. thli 14th d»y of Juno, 1««5. 
 
 DANIEL K. UODART, . 
 
 U. 8. Oooiul, Wlodwr, C.W. 
 
 
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 AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS PERKINS. 
 
 CouNTT or Embx, to wU : 
 
 1, Thomas Porkina, of Wlndjwr, lit tha County of Eutx, gOniUmBn, do maka OAtb 
 
 and any aa followa :- . . / i. •. i ' 
 
 1 I knaw Jumaa B. Marrilt, who I haliare to both* »<imo peraon who bpa bItob 
 avidenoo before «he pertooa ln»eitigatiog the oirouBtatanctia connected with the 
 aaaaaainatioo of Abraham Lineoln, late Prelident of the United Siatea. 
 
 2. About th« month of October laat, he had called upon me on buslneaa qiatter* 
 and then reprcMnUd to me that he had dapodted in a banking eatabl ahment, I 
 belief* the Oommereial Bank in Windaor, the lum of thirty thouBand dollara— and 
 4hath»hadpurohaBedoi»ehalfintereatlnMr. Rae'adiatiUery. 
 
 8. Thereupon I made enquiriea of Mr. Rm and aaocrtaioed that aaid atatemenU 
 
 4. From iBj linowledge of the aaid M^rifltfa oharacUr I would not beUere him on 
 hiaoatlfc / * i THOMAS PERKINS. 
 
 Sworn before me at the Town of WIndaor, in the County of Emwx, thia 10th day 
 ofJnne.A.D.18.5. D. K- HOBART, 
 
 U. S. donaul, Wipdeor^W. 
 
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 Al^FIDAVIT OF ROBERT RAE. 
 
 CouiTT or Bfna. to wit: 
 I. Itobert Aae, of Windaor, in the County of Eaeex, diatlUer, make oath and aay •■ 
 
 *** wliiea i. Merritt, who I WliOTe (o be the ^peraon who recently^ gare CTldence 
 before cerUin peraooa inTeatiga«ogth%*ii«umitaneee connected with »'>• "•««^«»°, 
 ofthelateAbiliham Lincoln. Preaident Of the United Stotea,waa In the month of 
 October laat engaged by me aa a millwriehtin my dlatillerT in Windaor. 
 
 i. In the folE)wlng month he propoaed to purchaao one half of mr inlereat In aaid 
 diatiUery, and become vaj partner therein; and he then to^d me that he had depo- 
 dted with Meaaieura McGregor and Brother*, brok#r^ m Windaor, aixteen thouaand 
 domra AMarican currenc*. ind that ha had lent Aehley and OIlkM, alao broken in 
 Windaor, four tbouaand dfidlara. \. - .j ,. i 
 
 8. I thereupon made enquiry of arid brokere, and fbond that aaid at^tamenta war* 
 falae. and 1 declined hia offer above mentioned. . ... « *„v 
 
 4/ He aubeeqncotly mentioned to me that he had jutt lent^ neighbour, Mr. Hib- 
 ler, four thooaand dollara, which I afterwards, on^nqttiiy, fonodjo be false. 
 
 6. From my knowlege of hie character I would not believe himon hia oath. 
 
 6. Said Merritt nererbaabtan my parlher, nor o(«nected with in* otherwiae than 
 
 aaft>re.aid. ^ ' ;;^ 
 
 Sworn before me at the Town of Windaor, in the Oonnty of Emex, this l«tb day of 
 Jun*. A.D. 1865. , ' , * ' 
 
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 / I 
 
 D. K. HOBARtx 
 Vf& Oonsnl, Windsor, (f.yT, 
 
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iMted with Om 
 
 4t 
 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF OKOROB OILSKB. 
 
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 FkOTHKn Off Canada, Coaoty of E»mx, to wit : 
 
 I, QMrgo OilkM, of Iho Town of Wiodtor, In tho Couaty of Km«x, and Provinco 
 of Canadu, broker, niak« oath and vay a* followt : 
 
 1. la th« T*ar \H(iA I waa a partner in tk« banking firm of Athlay and Qllkta, doing 
 boalDMa in WiodMr. I am now doing boiincM on mr own aeeonnt. 
 
 t<>,b« tiia I 
 
 S. I know Jamaa B. Merritt, who 1 ballava i 
 
 I Mm* paraofl who !ali>ly gava 
 
 avidf n«a boforo tha Commitiioncrt iiiT«ati|{atinfr tlia aiMwination of tha lata I'raal* 
 4m% I^ineolii. Ila waa iu Wiodaor last year, lie lifed In (lie tame hoiiM wiili mt. 
 ^ ita r^prcMOted to oar flrU that h« waa a partnrr of Hr. Ua«, a dittiller in Wlndaor, 
 and oDlainad from us a loan of |I0 on tha strenRlh of such representation, lie aiin 
 'rapresentcd to ua that b« had a credit of |35,()0U in tha Oomnieroial Dank of Canada 
 at Windsor, which lie desired to loan thwugh us. These atat«meuta tuma«l out to ba 
 false, and to be made for tha purnoite of impnaitinn by leading to tha belief thrtt said 
 Merritt was a man of means. Said Merritt told me lie waa an alhelstb Frooi my 
 kuowledgAt of bis ohnraeter I wouft not believe liimwn bia oath. 
 
 8. I know €ol. Steele, in'entionev In said eridonco ; be bankea with said firm. I 
 bava examined the books and papera of the Arm, and find that at the period said 
 Marritt's evident* Itatea said Steel a waa in Montreal there are ehequee drawn by him 
 on said Arm in their office. I have no donbt whatever that said oteela waa then in 
 Wiudsor. 
 
 OEOROE GILKBS. 
 
 Sworn before me at Windsor, in the Oounty of Esset, this — r— < day of June, A.i> 
 1860. 
 
 D. K. BOBART, 
 
 U. E Consul, Windsor, O.W. 
 
 AFFIDAVIT 6F J^C. LAWtEB. ^ 
 
 Oaraoa, County of Elf ex, (o wit : ,/ > 
 
 I, JiAp Lawltr, of the town of Windsor in tha County of Esaax, Gmtlanan, maka 
 oathMBny:— 
 
 Tkflpwaa. during laat year, a partner in the Banking Office of Mesaleurs Ashley 
 and Onkes, in Windsor aforesaid; that I kpow Jamea B. Merritt who, I believe to ba 
 tbe person who g<iTe eTidenoa before the Oommissiooers investigating tha asaosaina- 
 tion of the lata Freaident Lineolo ; that tha aaid Merrilt never had any acooont with 
 said office. Said Merritt obtained from aaid Ashley 4 Gilkea a loan of fifteen dollar*, 
 by representing himself aa a lArtnar of Mr. Rae, and'froo^ my knowledge of hia 
 cuaraoter, I would not belicTa htm on hia oath. 
 
 J. 0.i:.AWLER. 
 
 ~ Sworn before me, At Windaor, in the County of Essex, thia dayof June, A.D. 1860. ~ 
 
 D.K.UOBART, 
 . r • , U. 8. Couaul, Windaor, C. W. 
 
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 ata,tameata ware 
 
 AFFIDAVIT OF wiLLUH McGregor. 
 
 Carada, County of Esaa^to wit : 
 
 I, William McGregor, of the Town qjf Windsor, jn the Oounty of Eaaex, Brokeiv 
 make Mth and aay : — 
 
 That I am onei of tha membara of tha flmlof McGregor and BroQiar, Brokerai in tha 
 Town of Windaor; tbitt I knew Jamea B. Marritt, who waa kpr^indsor last year, and 
 who I believe to be the aama person win lately mve eviljlniea before the Commia* 
 aionara in vestigating the aasasajnation of Ihi lata Preaid«pi Uneola The aaid Merritt 
 ^MTcr had any depoait with na nor any aeeonnt at our office. 
 ■. . • • : . . . . WILLIAM MoGREQOR. — 
 
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 Sworn bafore me, at Windaor,io the County bfEiaex, thia dayof June, A.D. 1866. 
 
 D.K. BOBART, 
 J ^ - XJ. a. Coninl, Windaor, O. W. If 
 
 
AFFIDAVIT or o.|>.oiiwrrf. 
 
 Caw»d*. Oounly of Eim, to wU: 
 
 I Okm«nl OnwoH. of Iho Town of Wlwkwr. In Iko dmntj of K«i««, Kwjuir*. 
 Ca.hl«r of ll.« Coiniiierclal TUiik nt Wlndwr. ni«k« oatli mmI mj t— 
 
 Thi»lJ«irM H ll«rrilt, who I »miII«v« to b« th. wtiiio* Ufurt tli« CoinroiwJoiiw 
 InToaiRntinK tl.« M«i.io«tioii of Ui. Ut« I'rMid.ot Jiiwoln, who ii Mid to lu*« 
 midctlin Win.l«.r mm* tini. Id lb* j«v 1864. iM.«r li>«i >nT mou.) a«ii.«l»«.l lu. 
 nor onv Mcouiit with Mid Iknk Ag«o«y, M (piMari by th« UkJ.. of Mid Ajt^iioy. 
 ' CD. OKABBTT, Aural 
 
 Hworo |)«f"M «•. it Winder, lu the Coontj of E.««. thU 2Ut «Jny of Jon#. A. D. 
 
 . . ^ U* K.. I Ivlll A 111 I 
 
 "*** . ■ '■ ' • ^.^ ; ' , •' ; ' tr. B. CoMul. Wimli«r, Q.W. 
 
 OERTIPiCATIt Of JODOE LIOOAtT AND OTIHSRS. 
 
 Tho und«Mlfn«d mldmltof Wlndwr, Onwi.lft W«it. having r*H4l Iho pnbll»h«d 
 •vIdenM boforo iho CommiHioo of Inquiry re.p«icllng tlio ■•MMinatioii of th« UU 
 Pratidmt of tho Unllwl 8Ut««, dwiro to n»U froomlly known ih.ir o|>inioot opoa 
 tt>« •tU«k therein upon oerUin K«ntUm«n. retidenU of their n»i||{hbourluKMl. 
 
 Colonel Steele end Mr. Aehley have ll»«d amonK ue, the former for »b4)0t three, 
 end the UtUr for about Om year, during which time they bare eorned our friendahlp 
 end rcaDCot. by gcnUemwIy demeanour, kindly and oliariUble diepoeition. and in 
 •bort bra dliplay of all thequalitlee which ehould atamp goo<l dliaeneof any country. 
 
 OoUmel Steele bM reelded about a mile from thU town ; hii daily practice hae been 
 to fialt the town in the ooroiog and remain unlit «*H»ut 1 or 2, p. la, and re»liit it m 
 the afternoon. The regularity of hie appearance w«e eooh that aov intermtotion of it 
 waa aure to be remarked, aa wae Be»eral Umee ehewn during hie temporary abeenee 
 from illnew. Not being ablo to prove the orgative of hia preaence in llootreal at any 
 oarUcular date we can only aiaerl the feet, of which, we ha»e no doubt whaUirer, 
 that he coiild not hare been abaent during Ua» wifitec for the ttane neceaaary for » 
 
 The Mme'obaerratlona apply to Sfr. Ashley, whoee attendanee mt hit •'•"•jMr •*«• 
 is and hae been regular and daily. A»d we would cipreat our utter and qMftlifled 
 ditbellef of the troth of the atatemeoU retpteting theee gentlemen, which dtfkmm' 
 ledge of their moTemento and of their alHWMter dike eontnidlet 
 
 We are weU acquainted with Robert Rmt. Thoinaa Perkioe, George Oilka, Daniel 
 Blbler Robert McOregw, Pbillp T. WerlWoftoo, WIHhim CliapuMn, Mre. George 
 HcDonald Graeeett (Oaahler of the Cowmerelal link), John Lawlor,JameeFraaer, 
 all realdente of Wind•o^ Tli«y are reouUM* "mI «'di»ble perapni, ooenpfiur atationi 
 of reepe«l»bUUy In the neighbourhood. .p ^ 
 
 ~ . ■ r- GEO. LEGO ATT. Judge County Co urt. " 
 
 JOHN MoBWAN, Sheriff of Eaex. 
 FRANCOIS CARON. Polloe If agiatrate for Windsor. 
 RICHARD J. RLOOMFIELD. Reeve of Wlndwr. 
 GEORGE SHIPLEY, Deputy ReeTe.Windaor. 
 i* H. KENNEDY. Conneillor, WiiKlior. 
 
 • E. B. DOHNlftLLY, M. D. 4. " 
 ALBERT PRINCE, Q.O. 
 
 *..:£. «BilTIWOAtE OF 8.* MACDO^ELU 
 
 I have read in th« newapaper^ a copy of what pnrporta to be the eTldenoe of Mer- 
 titt olven before the CommiHion at Wtthh^ton, In wbat are known aa the coDf|>lrM7 
 triile. I obeerre that OoloMl Steele of Sandwich, b charged m baTlng been preeeot 
 in MontreiJ ia the month nf iNrtiniary 1«1^ Md IwMiln; foterflew e irlth eertain pM- 
 
 I baT« been abown a dBeumeot op aerttleata Hsnad br peraona Tcaident In thia 
 neigbbourbood, ehowing tbat Colonel lEtteele eoukl not bave been abaent from thk 
 idikM at Um tlma atated wttboat their kbowtedge; ao^d mentiMiing the DMBcafof ««• 
 
Kai««, l£«quir«i, 
 
 taio DUtiM M fsraiablaff 4«po«iUoM m Io faelt, lb* MlaUooa of which wonltl, und«t 
 Um (Mij of th* wlliMM, Marritl't tUlMMnl with ragard Io OuIoimI BimU, m M«m- 
 mtj toftrMiM. 
 
 I tmUfy Ut Ik* (TMl rMp««labilUy of Ui<i«<« (i|{nlog tha lUMiimrnl rtfamil t«>, and 
 alao to IM rMBMUkbiUtr and truthfula«Na of olmraotar of (hoM parwuua nam«d lu Uia 
 doaumaol aa |lvi'4 tlMlr d'poaiUooa. 
 
 WiUwttI MIM iotlmaUly aeqoalntad with UoIdmI SUalt, I know mougb of bli 
 habiU to aUto tbal b« (^•quaottd WUidaor In auoh a way that hia alM«n«« from Iha 
 plaoa for a pariod of aaveral dajra woald b« notioad l^ oiUaana of Wlndaor, and by 
 tkoao who hava aignad Uia duaumaot givtn to him, and bjr thoao who liava giran 
 
 tbair daiMiailioni 
 
 Daladat Wiadaor, Ihia 30Ui day of Jona, X. D. I86B. 
 
 8. 8. MACDONELL, 
 _^||ajor of Windaor. 
 
 J 'certificate OP REV. MR ELLIOTT. 
 
 Sahdwioh, Canada Wcat, IBth Juna, 1 8A^. 
 
 OoL BUala having ahown to mo a mnabar of the Litdir oontaining tba auuninatioo 
 and cvidanoa of J. p.M«rritt, in which it ia alleged that the former TndiTtdual waa in 
 Mootreal during th« month of February laat. In refcrtnea to auch atatemant, I bag 
 to certify that Ool. Steele haa been 9f next door ntig^bour upwarda for upwarda of 
 •year and a half, whom I haTe been in tba htMl almoot every day of meeting, and 
 Meiog paaaiog and re-paaaing, and tbarefoi * «iui oonftdently aflirm that, during the 
 month Above alluded to, Col. Steele ««tuM net have been abaant without my notice or 
 knowledgt of the circumitance^ 
 
 ,. F. 0. ELLIOTTii^oumbent, 
 
 • .' St. Johft'i Churab, Saadwieb. Biaex, O. W. 
 
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 Vf^ that ha if in WaahiDgtoo, Conover haa, it would appear, given an explanation 
 that^aa tin merit of bravUv if nona other. He aaya ha is the man who awora lu 
 Montreal that he waa Jamea wataoa Wallace, and thai ha never g»va evideoM b*- 
 fora the Military Court at WaaUnBton. But, he aUegia, the Montraal CoofedMrataa 
 Bade Urn aiga that Ctlae affidavit Dy boTdii^ A loaded piam at hia head t It ia tor- 
 ' liag it never oecnrred to OoiMvar to aipoke thia outrage before he Idt MontroaL 
 olevar a nan aa b« aunly pould hava fonpd lome meana of preferring a eomphdnt 
 against Uio aulhora of aaeh an outrage. We auppoea the Montreal , Coorederatea^^ill 
 Beit be heard from in rajoiadcr. 
 
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 The New Tork Herald of June 1, 186S, pabliahea what it terms "suppressed 
 •vldenee," taken before the MlHtary tribonal at Washington, with closed doors. ' 
 
 From peraoiial knowladgo wa ara prepared to state ttiat maeh of this avideooe Is 
 vboUy mlaa; and that when facta are stated, they are so distorted aa to convey an 
 -inMr«y diffireat impression irom the correet one. Wa quote hi fttU the 
 
 TKrrj 
 
 )M7 OP JAMIS B. MBBBITf V 
 
 
 Mr. Olay arrived ia tjiis eiiy on or abont the middle of Decetnber, 1884. The 
 reeise date can be g ivfh. if need be. Onthe l»th of Janntrf ho left in tta stifcmct 
 
 Dominion for £e^uda, with the IBtettien of returning to the Ooofederacy 
 le Old Dominion, bofWever, was ordered to England; and Mr.^lav went on board 
 the Rattleenake. eomiianded by Captain Usina. We subjoin Captun Usina's Utter, 
 nUeb appeared ia 1^ Celoniat of Saturday morning,. 
 
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 ' Mr. Editor : I doUm ia the rapiirMMd eTideiiM pnblislifi in the Kew Tdrk jNtpm 
 of Jim«6tb,ih*folbwIligit«t«m«Btofoaa JamMB.M«rritt: 
 
 <* I had • oMvtn^oa with 0. 0. Olay in Torooto in Febroary last Ht •pok« of 
 the httor of Datit wUeh SandaM had evhibitad ; ho aeoned to widmtaiid tho char* 
 aotar of tho latter porfeotlT." , i. . .. .. .«, 
 
 It ia well Imowo in HaUflu that Mr. Clay arrived here about the lit of Deoember. 
 and that he left tn the eteamer Old DomhiloD, Jannatr 18th, fi>r Bermnda, and on tho 
 19th of fame month waa a paetcnger in (he eteimahlp Rattlaenake, tmder iht oom* 
 maod. He was with me on boord said eteeme^ outil February t, when Iland«l 
 him at OharlestgH, a 0. Comment woold teem to be entirely nnneeeaaary. 
 
 Truly yonn, V^ - M. P. USWA, 
 
 ^_ ,' itaster Steamibip ;#hiaper. 
 
 Hauvaz, Jiine 9, 1866. 
 
 ? We have also reeeired the following letter, conoemiDg this anppresied eTidenee : 
 JhtlUSdUwofaU UmUutiU: 
 
 Sn : In The New York Herald of the lih of Jane, there is published what pur* 
 porta to be a portion of the " suppressed e^denoe" taken in the course of tlie aasaaa- 
 inaUon trial before the Military Court at Washington. This evidenee Implieates 
 more or lose direetly, Messrs. Clay, TbiUnpson, Oleary, Tucker and Ssnders, in the 
 murder of President Lincoln. lam prepared to show, not only tihat aumyof Ihe 
 atatemente made in this auppresa^d eridenee ark utteilv &1mi ; but that at Uio tl«ie 
 Mr. Clay ia said to haTo been in (Chmnda he was in tho Confederate States, 
 
 To eommence at the beginning. In Febraanr, 1864, BoTerly Tueker arrived in 
 this d^ from Richmond, m Wiunington aud Charleston and Bermuda, Mie mission 
 ws* to arrange for ^e sending of prorisions into the Confederate SUtea, to be ex- 
 diaaged for eotton. Ho romained in Haltbz for aorae time, and waa auffering , 
 aoTordy from a Whitlow oo hia right thumbs vhioh preTeifted him from writing. 
 Hb dispatches and private letters Hrere written by myselt Dispatches were sent to 
 President Daviii, R. M. T. Hunter, and others^ urging upon the Confederate Oovem- 
 mont: First: The importanee of making aome provision ft>r relieving Confederate 
 eddiera, who had escaped to the Provinces from Northern priaona; and, aeoMdly, 
 theaendbg of an agent to Canada to influence the Pireaidential elections, vpon 
 these representationsb the Hon. J. f; Holeottbe waa sent out to arrange the first 
 matter, and to bvestigate the dheiapeake aflkb ; and Jacob Thompson and Clemen! 
 0. Clay want to Caiuida to eany out the other half of the programme. When they 
 speak of •« removing President Lineoln from office "—if, indeed, they made any such 
 remark— it referred to their manipnktions of the pditical campaign against the. 
 Republican «mdi<faitea. Bnt for the mUiUrr diaaatera which befel the South at 
 election time, the reault of Meaera. Clay ahd Tliompaon'e ndtefon would have been 
 ahownin the election of a Democratic Preaident .; 
 
 It will be s«en that the oly'eeto of the three gentlemen I have thus referred to 
 were of a peaceable and legitimate character. •.,.<■ 
 
 George N. Sandera, who baa figured in the pepera frequentiy since his arrival m 
 Canada last Autdmn, had no.auuMritytoaelinany way for ttie Confederate Gov* 
 emment He has been rfmply a asakus, and petliapa rather imprudent, advocate of 
 fte SoutiMrn eanie. ■ -■' 
 
 One of tiie iritneaaea (M«rri(t) aayi he met Mr. CUy in Toronto, m February, 1865. 
 Mr.CbywaaintUad^ during December; I waa in the habit of aeeiiig him dafly. 
 On the 18th of January, he left here in the Old Dominion for Bennuda. I afterward 
 tieard of hia having left Bermuda for Charieaton in the BatUenak^ which waa 
 destiOTed off that port aone time ioFciicuujf the paasengars Imd erew reaehiog the 
 ahoreiaeafe^. ^ ' -^ThavethahoiiArtobe.youra.at*, 
 
 0HARLB3 A. PILSBUBT. 
 
 Hau»Az,JaM9, I8«S. 
 
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 "' ANOLO AEBBL SJUTOH OF Dm. IfBRBITT. 
 A loTer of jiwUee frritet from Ayr to tbe Toronto Zudtr ; * 
 
 ' <«Dr. Merritt eame to reside in this Tillage eboat the middle of laai Petioiber. - 
 He nre the foUowing aeeoopt of hie antceedente: He-had for maojr years ben * ' 
 resioent of the Stato.oT Teonassee— pert of the time •!> NMhvnif»„«od pirt «t Kaoa- 
 fille. He had biwn a praetiaing phVdeian in tlioee plaees, and in that eapaelty had 
 been the family physician of President Johnson, Parson Brownlow;^d other per- 
 sons of diiUnotlon. He hitA been Suigeon to a rcsimeat of the American regular 
 army before the breaking out of the war. He had' abo DAm <nfiged in the leiUher 
 business, and owned «Mrge tannery hi KnozTille or KashTtn«,and a ooasideraUe 
 tract of land abont eight oUIm from tbe former city. On the breaking out of tlM 
 war, he had been a strong Unfonist. and eontinued to b« so nntil P^denk Linoolb 
 issued his proehunafion M emancipation, pr. llerritt says that he and many ether* 
 ooosideFcd this ptoelamatlon aa. so gross an infringement of the eonsUtntion, 9s so 
 flagrint an outrage upon the rtnts of the SontheM ^eopla^ ai|d as ao palpabla and 
 cedent a proof (of u^Mln'a dispdsitioo to vield to th# mgot demands of tha - 
 Abolitionists and fanatics of the xToHhi that ther detemdned to resist and "die In 
 the Isat ditch." He^ aoeordlittiy, gftre ta his adherion to th* ribeQion. Joified the 
 Sontiiem army, and became Smgeoo-Gkoard of one of the diviskns of that arany. 
 Before tiie die was cast however, he took mesns to seenre^' portkm of his prop«rtT 
 in case of the failure of the rebellion. He says tiiat he transferred his land to PresU 
 dent Johnson Mid another person, whose name I have forgotten, and thai theae 
 gentlemen immediately transferred the pnperty to the Doctor's iHfe; that dnee he 
 joined the Bouthern army^his Wife had reeided eitiier in the North 01; in plaioea 
 occupied by Fcdend troops, and consequently her loyalty was nnimpeadied, and that 
 por^n of his property safe. The Federals, howsTer, seised his tenaery, sttd a )aige 
 quantity of leather, and a (^lantity of stocks or hoods of Sonne kind. 
 
 A\ Chattanooga he was taken prisoner br the Federals in NbTSmbeit or December, 
 
 1868 $ was sent to the military priioe-at Washingfod, and kapt in dosei oonfioement 
 
 antil June, 1884. At that timis he. was released, or escaped, and eame to Canada, 
 
 and, with the exception of ocMrionaPiisite to tiie Stiatee, ho resided in this ProTineo 
 
 ' sines- that term. , ... ,. ■ .,-;.-. '".^"V; ■ \^r ■ 
 
 It was well knownitt this neighborhood tlwt the Dojator went to Washington a few 
 wedcS ago, but not the sltehtest suspicion wu entertained that hk went to give ctI- 
 denee respecting 'ihe compUeity of the Southerners in Cawida%ith the astaaainatioa 
 of the PrMtdeot; It wai generally supposed Hhatas''j0hnson was so great a friend 
 of his, he had j;one to endeaTor to get iiadc a part of his property. Neither when 
 „he came back did he ever hint that be had given any evidence M^unst theso parties. 
 The publJMtion of his evidence therefore took the people of tms plaoe entirely by 
 snrpriscMpl their remarks were anything .but eomplimentery to the learned doctor. 
 
 He was generally denounced aa either a- spy or a traitor, or both. The question 
 was generator asked, if he was cogniamt of any attempt to aasassmate the President, 
 so far bade as February last, why he did not denounee the assasdns t By oooeealing 
 his knowledge of the eiistenoe of such a diabolical plot, he b as guilty aa the real 
 eontrivera, he was part of the conspiracy, and when the btfemai cnme^ at which 
 oivilisation atands aghalt, la perpetrated, be tries to save liis neck' or his purse by 
 betraying his associates. lUs is the sort 9f a man wo have as a resident of o«r 
 village I 
 
 
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 TESTIMONY OF RICHARD MONTGOTERY* 
 
 The following is the eTidence of Biehwd Ifontgomety before the Mflitvy 
 GommiMion. The prindpil object of it-^io far as relates to the aaHunnation 
 of Mr. liocoln— seem* to be .to fix the guilt of that crime ^on OoL JaeoJb 
 Thompton and Mr. W^ W. Oleaty, who it represented a« "^e confidential, 
 a sort of Secretaiy to Mr. Thompson." Those who have read the preceding 
 testimony matt hare observed, that in evory instance of af charge brought 
 against either of those gAitieaien with saeh Jfattaealan of time, place and <w- 
 cmnstance, at to i>enttit oontradiotion, tlie charge kui bemi/rdfnted by disin- 
 terested testimony. The same testimony will serve in a great measnre to 
 refute the most important part of the following evidenob of Montgomeiy. 
 Coming forward in the avowed character of a spy, of oomse hit evidence, nn- 
 snpported, is of |io w«ght. But even witE rnpect to a charge brought by 
 him against CoL lAompton, in a manner so vague at/ to scarcely admit of 
 contradiction by proof , a substantial refutation it madto by evidence that at 
 the time when a private and confidnitial conversatioa between the witness 
 and Col. Thompson is supposed to have taken plaoey Col. Thompson knew 
 that the witness wai a Federal' sj^. A still more serious charge— the conver- 
 sation at Montireai in January, 1865— has already be6n disproved by tUowing 
 that CoL Thompson was not At Montreal in that month. So it has already 
 
 'when this witness alleges 
 . heard him taUt wi^edly 
 
 matipp, being duly sworn, testi- 
 
 fewTorkl A,— Yes, Sir.' 
 I Summer of 1 864 1 A. — I did 
 
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 been proved that Mr. CSeary was not at Mont 
 th&t he saw him there after the assassination, 
 about that crime and about burning papers. \ 
 
 diehard Montgomery, m iHtneu called for the fn 
 £ed' as follows: 
 
 'By th* /i«fjfe-il<fooeai(«— Q.— Are yon a eitiira of 
 . Q.— State whether or not you yisited Canada in ' 
 
 Mr. liter's card givies some furth^ acicoui^ of this witness, (p. 6& ) 
 
 Q.— How long did yon remain there t A.^I-rfUnained there, goicg back and forth, 
 ever eince, unlit witbm about a week and a half or two weeks time. 
 
 'Q.->-I>id yon or not know in Waahinlitpn City/Jacob TbompaoD, forlnerlj Secretary 
 of the Interior, and Clement 0. Olay, formerly jbf the United States Senate! A.— I 
 did. -A ■..■■■■■ /■ • , ■ 
 
 Q.— Will you state'Whether you met these penons in Canada and when! Ay— I 
 met them in Canada, at Niagara Falls, at ToMnto, at St Catharinea, and at Montreal 
 a number of times, and very frequently ainee/the Summer of 18fi4^np to tbia time. 
 
 Q.— Did you or not meet George N. Sandirs I A.— I did. 
 
 Q.— And a man by the ilame of J. P. Hdcombe t A.— Yes, Sir; Prof. H<4oombe. 
 
 Q.— Can yon name any other rebel dtiien of the United States in Canada of note 
 that you met t A.— Tea, Sir, I met Beverly Tuelter, N. C. Clearj— I think those am 
 the initials— and a great many others under fieUtioua names; there was another one 
 by thi name of Harriq^n. Those ace the ones thati prind^lly had communication ;: 
 with. I met another one<by Uie name of Olay— not Clement O.Clay. I met one- 
 Hicks up there also. 
 
 Q.— Under how maaj differenj^ names did JaeobThompson pass in Canada— ^du you 
 
 ] ( {now ! A. — It would be ittp oa ai bl e' for ro e t o tel l yon ; I k new bim, un d er i 
 names; his principal name was Carson, p - ■ : * 
 
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 Q^—Do 70a know onder what umbm Olement 0. Olay puMd f A.<^Tmi Sir ; ooi 
 -of thrai WM Hope, anothor T. E. Ineoy; I haro forgotten (be initiala of hb nam* M^ 
 3op«; T. IL Lmw waa the prinoipal 0B« ; anotbar ono was Tra«7< 
 
 4,_Stete tnj oonTanation yoa may hava had with Jamb ThompMn in Oaoada, in ' 
 thaSommer of 1M4, in regard to poti^ the Preaidept of the Uidted Statee out Of 
 the wart or awfifeinatiBg him t A.— Daring Uu) eooTenation b 1864, JfMob Thunp* 
 aoo said that he had friead8,Goofederatee, all over the Bonthem SUtea, who war* 
 raadr and willing to go anp lengthy for the good of the canae of the Booth, and he 
 
 • oonld at any time hate the tmaX Lineofai and any otiMra of hie adriaeia Otat fa* 
 ohoae pnt out of hia way : that be would but have to point Out the min that he eoo- 
 aidered in bit way, andhia frienda, »a be tcmud them, would pnt him out of it, and 
 itstkt blm know any thing about it if neeeuary, and that they would not eoniider it a 
 4)rima wben done for the eauae of the QonfetlenMsy. 
 
 The Azaot time of thia oouTflnation is not atated, nor the place, nor that 
 any tlurd penon wiuureaent, ao l^t it could hardly be disproTOd. But two 
 Tritnomiflii Ynnn|aMii|^lripiin^'T'''r''j that in Augnat, 1864, thiawitoeaai 
 
 • waa known to t^ijj^Hw OoL Thstmpaon aa a Federahafficer and sffj. I£ 
 proceoa for the puHPI^^ ^ ^ ^^ city of New York, reapeotable 
 witneiaea reridfaig tEe^j'^ddtild be oaUed^ tiieWae fact. (pp. 69 and 60.) 
 
 Q^-pbid yon or notaee ThomMon aome'tiinV^in t^e month of January, 1866, jand 
 ■where t A.— That waa In Canada, in MootreaL , 
 
 Q<-^Will yon atata What be then aaid to you, if anyt1-.ing,Jn regard to a pmxMition 
 wUeh had been made to him to rid the wond of the tyrant UneoInT A.^Be ii4d a 
 
 SropoaiUbo had been made to him to rid the World of the tyrant LInooIn, Stanton, 
 trant, and eomeotbere; that he knew the men who had made the propodtion were . 
 bold, damig men, and able to ezeoute anything that they would undertake without 
 rMardtotheeoat; that he himaelf wae in favor of the proporiUooi but bad deter- 
 fl£ed to defer hia anawer untH he hadeonaulted bb goTemment at Biahmond, and 
 I that bo waa then only awidting th^ atoroval. He aidd that he thought it would be 
 ' a bleesiag to the people, both Mwth andSottth, to bavetliooe men killed. 
 Q.—'I& waa in January t A.-fThat waa in Jani^ry but. , 
 
 Three timea the attentio^of thewitnesa ia <»]led toihedateandheadheres 
 
 to the month of JTannaiy— a month in which ii haa been folly proved that 
 
 OoL Thompaon was not at Montreal— nor in December— nor until the 14th 
 
 Febroaiy. Thus the converaation in January is impossible ; if it had been 
 
 pOadUe for OoL Thompson- to hold such oonversations .with it man whom he 
 
 had known since Angiist to be a Federal spy. 
 
 Qir— What time in the month waa it t A.— It waa about the middle of <Ae month ; 
 I aaw him a number of timee ; I oould not glTe tike exact day of that oonTemtlon. 
 
 Q^Waa it about that time thai you aaw Clement 0. Clay and had a eonversation 
 with him t A>~NokSir; fai the BUfl^Ber of 1864^' immediately after Mr. Thom^Mn 
 
 said, 
 
 anything under the eun,"'iraa Uaezpreiaion, 
 
 Q.— Look at these priibera at fh« bar, and see if you rceognise any of them ta 
 havhig been seen by you in Canada, and^derwhaMrenmstauceat ^$1.— Ibaveae^ 
 that onb without hia ooat there (pelting to Louia Payne, one of the aocnsed;) I do 
 not know hia name. 
 
 Q.— Will you atate where and under what ciroumalanoes you aaW'hilb t A.— I have 
 aeen 1dm a number of times in Canada. laaw him about the Falls In the Sotamer of 
 1864, and I saw him again, I gneaa it was, the last time that hyuid I had eome words. 
 ~ at the Qneen^e HoteL at Toronto City, Canada Weet ^ 
 
 Q.—Stoto all that oceurred at that timet A.— IhadhadanintenriewofaomeUme 
 with 9lr^ Thompson. Several others had sought an interriew while I wosdoeeted 
 •with Mm. and bad been refused admittance. After I was through with Mr. Thomp- 
 • aqn, and in leaving the raniftf, I aaw the man Payne in the paswure-wat near hia door. 
 
 hhimt A^-No^Sir; b the Bui]|»Ber of 1864, immediately after Mr. TbompMn 
 I told me what he was aUe to do,l xepsated tlie conversation to Mr. Clay, and he 
 J, "That'a'ao; we are all devoted to 4>ur eause, and ready to go any length, to do 
 rthing under the eun,** waa ba ezpreiaion, I remember, " to eerre their cause. 
 
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 ■ son, and m leaving the ranm, I aaw the man Payne in the immm-way near nia oo 
 mr. Clement 0. Clay, Jr., iraa taUdng with him aV the time. Mr. Clay stopped 1 
 
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 Md btld mf htuidi, flnlihing n flonverMtioa in «ii imderton* with thli inmi, tad whm 
 h9 Un m« for m momwt be Njd : •« Wdt for m^ I'wiH retnra." We dien went oat 
 Wd •poke^towme other Matltnqid who wu entarlog Mr. <I%o«imK>D'i door, itiid ha 
 
 • *^tf'"* ^'i "• ?***• 'V' '?"'* "»• ^^"* •"? «>«'W •«• m* in hiUr an boor, uH, I* 
 told bim, end made an appointment to meet Mr. Olay. While Mr. Olaj Iru awar 
 flrom me I npt^ to tbt^iian and aiked him who he was ; I oommenced talking abonl 
 ■ome of thetopiea tbafWere oanal topiee of eonvenation among the mi>n tber^ andbe 
 rather heritated telling me wbodie waa He (P||be) lai^ •■Oh I I am a ObtiVdian '* 
 giving meto iibdmtaod that I wu not to aak aoir more, r 
 
 Qr-Did you not aeljThompwin or dk:^wbo he waef. A.— Tee, Sir', I made lome 
 meptioa in renrd to this man to Mr. Clay in an interrieir I had with him abontHalf 
 *" «'*o'^',^.?*^ .'i'^ iUndibg in the paiHve way,- aiid hjt eaid, "What did he ' 
 •ayr Said ^, he aaid he ^ae a Canadian, add he aaid that he it a Canadian and 
 kufffaed. ' .', ^• 
 
 Q.--I>id be lay he wa| pfie of theirfriendi, dr make aoty remark of tbat boH f A. 
 
 He aaid we can tmat him. 
 
 ^<t— What ytM the Idea eonVeyed by the term- '•Oaaadiaq" wi^ hia laaafa f A.— ^ 
 
 • S"*^ u1** Tery eommoo expreMlon amongthefrienda of their* that were w the haUt 
 . fit TiaiUng the; United SUte^ and gare me> to underatand that I wu not to adE any 
 
 more qnestionsh tbat their intereourae wat of a yery confidential nafare. and that theb 
 - bnameaa wai q^Tcry oonfldentiai nature. \ C 
 
 ■ _,Q-—HaToydtoeen to Canada aince the a|ia«dnWIoo of the Preiidentf,, A.--^Teai. 
 ■ Bir. _ .^jk ■ ^ ^'' 
 
 Qr'-f late wb«tun,you m«t uy^of theae men, of whom yoo Hit ipoken. on yoor 
 ret)irn to Canada, and, jf ao^ what eonTeruUon yon had with the^ therein regard to 
 ^ ^^l'^^ */ **^ Preddent I A.-I metj&ererly TWier a Tery few dayTafWr 
 the aiMMination three or four or fiTetimea, "''.„■. ' 
 
 Q.— Wheret .'A^At Montreal, . "^ 
 
 A9'Z^\^ZV*a^t.^ui^'^K ^-HeaddngnatdealideoJiTerMatenabont 
 ^^!a^ ibatr the Soitb h^ reeelrcd from the banda of Mr. Lincoln, and that be 
 
 too bad that the boya had not been allowed to aet aa they wanted to. 
 ei *^ir^ yon mean by the boya the men who veto to aiaaaainate him f , A.-rTe8> 
 ar; the Confederate aoldiera who wer«.up there who had been engaged in their raida. 
 they need the expresaion their boya in regard tP thfir soldiei« andthe men in their 
 employ; it ia common among Uttm. . * 
 
 OaSidfc''** you. meet with Booth there I ±—t(o, Sic; I neTeraawMr.fioothin 
 
 Q.--pid uy of theee men of wh^m you have apoKao aay tbat Booth waa one of the 
 men nfernd to by JwBob Thoinndi wlio waa wiflug to aaaiUainate the Preddentt 
 - C5*^ ^'Ja ^t.F-J"^ toldlhe ; 1 rekted to Sim the qonTereation I bad had, or 
 * PJf*'*? "r T!"* ¥■"• Thompood to January, and he aald^hat Booth waa one of the 
 pvtiea to whom Thompaon had referred. ■ 
 
 The time andplaoe of thia ctmytiraation with Mr. Cleuy is not atated, nor 
 that any third peiMn was pBesdh^ so that it eannot be ditectly disproved. 
 Bat once the c<mveraation in Jannaiy with OoL ||hompiion never took place, 
 itooald not be meptioned 1)7 Montgomery to Cleary. But this tiiruLoiOe, and 
 what IbUowi with fbgard to Mr. Oeaiy, seems to be located at^ Montreal 
 withm "a veiy few days" after the asnuination. Mr.»Cleu7hadkiiown 
 long before that Montj^ery was a spy. Bbt Mr. Cleaiy wi^ notatMtm- 
 ^'^al within a few days or a few weeks after the asttssinatipn, except to pass 
 throoglrtt^ clly on his way from Biviere dvLoap^ which h& left on the 29d " 
 April-^nine days after the assassinatian^for Western Canada (u appears !^ 
 tiie affidavits of LaBoehdUe an4 LeMarqaiaX and h^^vas at Detroit holding 
 an interview with Ut. Emnions, agent of the State JDipartment, on the 28th 
 w a9th of April for both day a^ aa ap pnr. hyiiin '^ft^ rmi^iiirt grsntft d tft h im 
 for that porpoae. It does not appear that the witn^ bovU have been JT 
 
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 rmtioii abbat 
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 lloatiMl «t Any Ifttor di^ ui^ thenluTe been at Waahiogton on the day hfr 
 
 ' itaflflftfl What did oooar witiiin • few days afteMbe unMinatkm, and ^htia. 
 
 ' CoL Thompaonand Vb. (Olearj, heard' ol it at BiTiere da Loqp, is atAed in 
 
 the aifflda^te bt Mr. Lafkoohelle, jiiotel-keeper there^ an^ Hr. LeHiuqiiia, of 
 
 the lUgm pbuie. tBothThompMmiaad Olearyexpteaied regret, and regalded 
 
 the al|MMn«tion al a.gteat <«lamity. And then, Mr. deary, who is said to^ 
 
 ^hate knovn :fliat he was suspected,, and tWt he was about to be indicted, 
 
 'travelled ba<^ ^ all the wi^ to f>eteaH to put liimsdf in comtnunioation with 
 
 * Federal oflacets, and returned firom there again to Toronto where, in fact, ha- 
 
 wasindiotedl (pp.28iu»d«r.); , * 
 
 <V_^DId he sat in that oonneetioa anything farther in regard to Um t iiL— Ilf^ 
 
 ' SirT hi said In regard to the MwaMtaatfon^ tibat it was-toe had ; but Uie whole work 
 
 had not been done. ' ' - „ ' ■ ' . j- . . ■ . ^ . ,, r^ 
 
 a— What did yon nttdewtaiid bf^that ezjx'eadoa, "The. whole work*' , A.— 1 |o. 
 
 ferr«d that they/lntended to aaHwinate a greater nnm^ ttMO they eteeeedvl m 
 
 *''c2!-Do ton knew what relation this man Clearr, snstalnt^ to Tbommn f-J^.- 
 
 , Mr Hokombe fold «ie I wonld find Mr. Oleary to be the eonfidaotial, a sort of 8eei«« 
 
 '>tarV to Mr lliompson. Mr. Thompson toldine he was posted on all his kOUrs, and 
 
 ^thaVif I SQOght bin at i^y time that he mijiht be sway, Tifonld sUte niy bosinas to- 
 
 Mr.01ss^^ditifCttld be.sll the same; thst I could have perfect codB^snoeitif him; 
 
 ■ that he «ss a Tery^losejnotit^ man. ' t ' , ..",;. ;•* . 
 
 a— Did Olearyniaks any remsA whip ipeaklng of hfo regret tl^t^^s whole irork 
 
 hadnot been do&t Was any threat nlfwi* to the eflbet ^i it ^onld^et be done I 
 
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 •A.— Yes; Sir; he laid -they bad better look oo^^wearenetjli 
 -that they nerer Would be-coognered-rosver wimld mre np. 
 
 QAWbnt statement dWpdieery attketoy*,.!? aly,I•reiardtoBoq^j•*4ating 
 Tislted Thompeool A^He siddih|t be hsd been iMre in.the WnMr ; thnt be ^ 
 thought the fist time was in Deeeinbsr; keliad also *!« there ip the Swnnier; h^- 
 sal«Uehadbeentherebe6nfePeeemltr;hethdaght«tthatw«sthelMtttaie.; ^ , 
 
 a^-On your retnm to OaoSda did ybn learn from theipe psrties thst they sunpoiid 
 thnMelvestobesosDeeted'of ihis'ais«NdDation,.and wevtf tb^ UUng ant stenCt^ 
 oonoeal the evld^ of .their ggiitt A.-0h,7esSlr;tbeykiiaw;ateiy few days ^ 
 after the ssssMinat^ that they weresnspected of it . . i. ^- >..,. . 
 
 Q—What did yoo leum th^ were dolng.1f snything t A-^-^fe^JTSl^^' j? 
 a neat many panSs; they also knSw that ihsr wefs golnrf to be ta«otAl in Osnada 
 <br Tiolatioo of the yieutraBty laws a nrasber of days before they were Indlctjd.. 
 
 Q.— Which one of Ihepit A.-^Sadi of them mad0 mentico of that Toeker and 
 
 ^^Sl'^t^iShllrTgSfey^^^ You ha^ an inter^ew wiU. bijn 
 
 ' after yon returned f A.-^Yee,,Slr ; he said it was too bad they h«d not been alfaiwed 
 
 to act when they wanted to. ' . ,/ '■ ™.,,^t! 
 
 a— (Bnbmittbg to the WltiiSss a p^wr eonUming •secret ciph«rV-Q^WiU >on 
 
 look at that p«i«^ and staU if yon are ihmlliar with «b* dphes used by the Ooafed^ 
 
 erate anthonliMt A.— I sm familiar with two'of tiiem. 
 
 -Q.— Is that one of them or noti A.— Yes, Sir. « t * ! 
 
 The paporcontalning the cipher -was here offers in eviaenoe.^ «ii , -. . 
 
 • Q.HP?jou- recognise that as one of the ciphers m \u» kmoog the Ooitfederatesi 
 
 a— During /onr stay in Canada ware yon or not in tbe>erTice of the government- 
 and seeking'to- acquire for its use infomation in regard to the plans on* purposes of 
 the rebels who were known to be assembled there I A.— I was. ^ '" »u / 
 
 Q.—to enable you to do this did yoo, or not, deem It proper nod neeessary that 
 yon shonld assume a different name frona your real name, and.uiidcr which you appear- 
 now before this Gourtt A.-^Ye«, Sir, I did. ' 
 • Q^How did yon iSafe they were destroying papers abonl that tjme I Af— They 
 
 toldme. •• . > ^^ * ;i 
 
 I made mentli>n a that ■ 
 
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 wU«b bo WM itoppiiiff in 9i QfttbwiitM. ^ ^"■r* «»m^ »• prtinto b^oM in 
 
 Q.~Wboa WM tbftt t A.-fOuA wu in tbo ■anwMr of ISM. * • i" 
 
 <i> S':5'?7*lll^*jft?i!^ *t* **^' •' di»P»toho« for th«M penoDi f i.^Y«i 
 
 tb2T,!:?np?!i:,SftlL tb«; ■ '^•^"^ *" Oordo„.,iUo, wiU. inotruotion. 
 
 Q^INdyoarocoivodkpotoiMsiBnplTl A.-'-OneoIdid 
 Q^WorothfywrfodUAf A.-!f 2. rfr^U^TiSii Si 
 .5d?*i.r"A**"^J''^'':^*f'^"W»~'. Did Jou nuAo «iom"know» to tbo 
 
 , tboT woro ewriod hMk.- 
 
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 ^•..«n.^t'i A V-- fiST* "•-»•"»"»' i/ra you nuwo uom Mowa to tbo 
 goYoromwM ,^-rJ«^ 8fr; ooob time; I dolivond (bo dinMteboo »l#on to tbo 
 g«W«>k oftbo UnitodStotoo: IpM^ notbint tbotlSffSSjtbjfifr ,2! 
 
 X -5"?""" ^'*^J!J?? tbo divrtoboi neoiTod at GordouTillo I A—A gioUo- 
 WitbtboanoworbfjrtboirSoerotuyofStiUoT *«!|i«i««Ht, owj ■«» 
 
 Ibo^feTSTrl^ifSJISSSSil*^^'-^ A.-Itw«ln 
 
 # «:~^^^*° '/" hiM tbo miWoot of tbo nidt from Ouiodo apoo oar frontior of 
 onbobanungof ooroitioi. opokon of «aopg tb.M «»n.pir»toi»rrS, Kl^ 
 
 T iS£^{ Thompjop, Oti»y. dw. Toekor. Sindor. ud tboM mon I X-To^ 8ir : . 
 ^--^Yi «^««*<H>d, in yoiNr mnreno^on with tb««i» that aU tbcM mon fuUT on. 
 
 ST;Sftfwi^^Jato^^ ««— bdV.aortolropr,,-.*.. 
 
 JiTi^^t "ot ooDrider tbat yon enibyodiolfar tbo ooniUoAoo of (boM mon. lo oi 
 ftSL!^ freely «»ommnnh»lod to yoaf A.^X; I do not tbink Sw^roSdK 
 
 .. '*— "'d *"V n®' •*.•" *>n»~ r^reoent tbouMltoo m ooti^ nndor tbo nnotka ot 
 tboirgoyonimontot Riobmond I A— Tb«y ropromM oZia^mZhSSiS 
 ppwor to act intboot ro^roneo to it; tb^ wpMtodly toldino boUi M?ClX «^ -^ 
 fe Tbompooj. that tbey Sd fWl pow^lKt ^SS^^^rSSi^^^i^^ ^ 
 doemod expedient and for tbo bon^t of tbeir canao. -?"»••» wi/juuij yi^ 
 
 tST aJI!^"" Sir*'^''* ** **^ ""* tto "Itompl waa mado to flro tbo City of Now 
 Q.--Waa, tbat tbo anbjeoi of mneb oonrenation iunone theaa ncoMo f A-— I loft 
 
 ^(.^^TbatBiKbaproaeietwasoonti^piate^ A— YeB,Sit; * vX^ 
 
 Jl-Y^*Sir*''*'"' »* orig»<»t«l «*«». and had tbo fdllaaBelioDof theaalimt:^ 
 
 I mT'^J'^ "?^ *? ^y *•* "^* in regard to tbo St. Albana raid I A.-Yea. Sir^ " 
 *4 S«M„^!rJM"* **•'• .^t »Jd '"to bo made, bat I told tbo «oymmont 
 ^* V-hingtott that t bg r were a bout to aet ogt on a raid o f that kind, hefero tboSt 
 
 AIUvis raia. Talao told tbem of tbo intended raid oo BaffalcMand Kwt« : aSd S 
 that meanaproTented theae ndda, -»« «««««wr , biki (^ 
 
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 Q.— OiBi Bail*, who WM MbNqMmOT hwMd at Ktv Totk wukqowB Han M 
 
 ImAiW ia this wtanrlM, wM Im noil A^I did not kooir kin bf that aaoN. 
 
 <^— Wai iha ittoim oT aaionf thaaaTaMBl A.-~I M?«r hMrd him MwlnBer. 
 TbcT war* in thalNihlt of inlnff thair flatltkM nam** b mmmml ik n with aaeh otbar. 
 
 4— Tooaay jondo Botknowaaythfaif aboat BmIoI A.--Nok Sir; I kntw that 
 tba oUaal of hia odMloo wal oootaoplatMi; I did not know wkft wara to ba tha Ioh 
 I y^^ nadiiSa asaantori tft'tha plot) I knaw oltha plan at tha tida and raportad It 
 
 Q,-»Did Toa haar tha aal>jaat of tha ftaoda by irhieh all thaaa aatarpriiaa wara ear- 
 riad on apohwi of amaiw thoaa oQoapiratara aa to who had tha fbttdf, or tha aaaoant' 
 thar had. air anything tf that aort I Av^^aa, Sir ; in ragatd to tha raidbfr. Ifr. Olas^ 
 hadfnnda. ' • I , 
 
 Q.— Did yon avar haar of tha nrobabia amoqjit apokao of by any of tham t An— 
 Moi-SIr ; ha rapraaaotad to ma that.ha had always planl^ of monay to pay for any 
 tUng that was worth paying for; ha told Baabs had nonay. 
 
 Q,~Do you know in whAt>buk in Moatraal thaaa rabala kapt thair monay and 
 IWdal A— No^SirjIdo^ot U 
 
 Q>-Toa know that thfra la a'.badt of Ontario it M on|r«al I A — Taa, Sir. I know . 
 thattharais aodia bank. Iknow that tM^°dcpositad in aararal dlflbrant banks. 
 Twy tranaaatad a good daal of bosiaaM la which I think la aallad tha ^uara Dia- 
 trlot Bank; It ia dnioit opi^ta whara Mr. OUy'a rasidaaoa*>lraa in St CEUhailnaa 
 daiing last Summar. Thqr tranaaatad a Ciraat i/^iX tit bnsinaaa at thmf bank. 
 
 Q.— What satmad to ba OaorgaN. Saadata poslthm thara, if ha bad a dafload'jpo- 
 aitfoB I . A.~Mr. Ohy told ma that I had bcttar iwt toll Mm tha thinn thai thay ., 
 btrostad to ma ; that ha wu t raiy good mad to do thair 4iity work. That is Just 
 what Mr. Olay told me. - - ^' ' ' J' 
 
 Qi— Ha was than doing.th«ir work, bat iiwss dirty work t A.— Hr. guy sidd ba 
 aaaodatCid with man that- thay oonld not assooiate.with; thatha waarary nsafalto 
 tiiaminthatway; tbathawaaavary usafUmantothamindaad. _i 
 
 Oroti-nimintd iv Kr. 4ttMi(— Q^Wlura ara yon from I 'A.— Now York City 
 ori^nally. * . 
 
 . Q.— What time in the year waa It thM y<m s|dd Mr. Tbompaon told you a propo> 
 aition had bean made to him t A.— lajUMraarly part of the year ; in January.^ . 
 
 Q.— Ton sUted, I think, immediataiy after that you saw lit. Olay t A.^No^ Sir ; 
 I did not '^ 
 
 Q.— Whan did you uf^ffRHi^ 
 
 Bummer. ■ \ ■ ' ' ■ ■ '-«■.'. 
 
 Q^Tba summer of 18M> A.— T«s,Sir|in whkdH hespoketoMr,Thoropso^of' 
 being ahla to«put the President out of the way whebeTer he waa ready. , 
 
 Q.~PM yon avOT hear a^thiog i^ Oaaada of Mr. Snrratt aa bdag eonneeted with < 
 thaplott A.— ^Ididnot " ^ v ' " i 
 
 Q.~Did yon raoeira any pay firott tha Canfedferata 
 
 lay 1 A^-— Immadiately aftw tha aotiTaraation in tha 
 
 tfedarata goreromaDt (ok goias to Qot- ' 
 for the <aarTioca,' to iMnf Miuoad es«^ 
 
 dooafilla with dtspatahea. A.--»I raeai«ed 
 panaaa, tha aqniVakat of tUO tn graeaUMika, 
 
 4—^ it not liSO iai gnanbadca I A>— It waa. I kkVa foigottan thai amoaat in • 
 OUMldii m<iiay. 1|}6ld waAbbtttf >B0 M tba time. I have fon^ 
 •n«edfMF, but ra^rtad' fha faet of bsTiag reerired it to flw War Diapartmant at 
 WiryMiyVy, and i^liad it oil my aipeoaa aoeount a» having jeceiTad it ftom tha - 
 gorammant ■.' ^ ,.:■"..■;'".■ 
 
 Q.— On your return irith tha Oordonsrniedispatdies for tha'rebaia in Canada, did' 
 you leave a copy of thoaa dispatohea beral Af I handed ^(a (Htoinal diapatdiea 
 over to tha authoritraa, and thoaa of them that they aeleelad to go Torward I eairied 
 on, and thoaa they did not they retained. 
 
 Ba tht Obwrt— Q.<-4 want to a^ an explanation of an aaaww mida. I oadaratood 
 ^yon, In your taatimony, to any that after tha assassination of tiia PraaideBf, soma of> 
 thoaa who had been engaged in it ratanwd to Canada, and you aay they amraaaad 
 ra|^ that thay had not been aUowed to proeeed earli«. A^Tou aaiaundentood 
 ma. I did not say that any at thoaa who had been engaged in the attempt of aaaaa> 
 Bivatioa, or in tha aaaaadnation, had ratttmad to Canada. 
 
 Q.-^Batflioaa who direeted it Arom Ganada expressed regret that thay bad noti 
 
 r t A.*~Ol>a of the pnrtiaa, tha ona who rapraaantad 
 
 hlmaelfaabeinga eommeraial agent, Mr. Beverley Tnder.' said it Wi« a pity thai 
 tha b<^ had not bate allowed to aet whan they first wanCed ta '' 
 
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 I did Mil I iofmH IhMfb, fnm mhU Ihmti tram Mr. IVmpMa balbrt, tlukt Im 
 had d*Mla«d Umhd in «rd«r tksi ba migkt chooM « tttiof opiKtrtanity, 
 
 Q^Toor InpnMiM wm that Umj w«r« d«taiiMd op to that Umt by Hr. JaMb 
 TbonpMttt A/— I laAmd to, bMaoM whM h« apoka of Um mattmr to n«. Itt hla 
 aooTenaiioa of Jaaqaiy, 1860, ha aaid ha was io hnt ot tha pcapoaiUon that had 
 baan mada to him. to pat tha Praaidaot, Mr. Staatoa, (% Oraot and othara pat of 
 tha way, bat had dafarrad giving bit aaawar aoUl ha hditoMaltod hU gOTammaat 
 at JUahoMnd, aad waa than oolj waiting titair opprdval. 
 
 Q-j^id yoa oadarataad that ba had raaaivad tha aaawar, aad had givan tba diraa- 
 tlon fdlowing that t A.— I naTtr undantood ao ; I naTar aikadf tha quaatioa or !•• 
 aaivad that raplj. . 
 
 Q^WhatwuToar impraMioot A.<-My inpraMdoa wm that ha hadraaalvad 
 tba anawar. I infarrad that ba bad raoairad tbtlr approval, and that thar bad baan 
 ^•tjtoad walti^ for that, from what Barariay Taokar aald. 
 .u T"::l"^*'*?S* y"'" J® morion tha nama^f Prof. Boleonba in oonnaotiai with 
 th^ of Buidar% Clay and olban ; I would Mka >o know how far yoa aan idonUfy him 
 in tha moramanta, plana, and oparatiooa of thoka man t Ar-I mada a pnpMitloD 
 » * 5.^'*^ HS*^ ditoatobao for tbam, and to dp thia work aa a maaniofMtting 
 Into thalr oonfidanaa. and Mr. Olaary told ma, baforaMr. Holoomba, that ba baifaathf 
 ri^ to aign bia (Olay'a) nama by powar of attmnay, and bia own. both of tbtot baiur 
 rapraaaoUtivea of tba OooMaiato Slalaa OoTammantTtt tbay aallad it ^^ 
 
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 ' . OARD OF R. BAXTER. V^ 
 
 "•^- V ' :*■■ ram oomoMAiot '^OAL. ..' ■': 
 7bl*.JR«or^«aJ^i^i^^^^^ Ni^To..,Jm.lM«M. 
 
 .f <^|MrTe'tha nania of diehard Mootgomary figaritog in tba Booth ooaapiney 
 
 MoAtgomary obtainad a oaiiamiaikm in a Now York ragimaBt daring ttia war. 
 
 waa dapriTad of It for 'firand. aad aooo after foil into tha banda <^ tba dvil 
 
 'Witiaaoa a obaijn of aadnctioii and robbeiy. Tha raoorda of thia lattar atata- 
 
 "|>*7jM bful at Qia Tomba. and tha partlaalan of hla milltarir exploit I obtainad 
 
 OoL «oodwln, of No. 104 Waat Fortyi^nth atraal^ who ia ready to aabatantiato 
 
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 ' AIWiJAVIT OF OKCX T. DBNISOW, JK * 
 
 Girioa; City of Toronto^ to wit: . ' 
 
 _I,Oepm Taylor Daniaon. tba youngar, of the Oify' of Toionto^ ili.tha Comity of 
 York, Barriator-at-Law, make oa^ and my aa folloira, 'that ia to say : 
 
 I'^J^^I haTo raiMl tha pabOibed totiaoBT of ona Riebud Mootgomary. in tta 
 MHMhatipnoonapiraey trial jpaiiding ia WaiUiigtaa^ in which boTa aaid to haTO 
 KJr*- .V K^iT ^T ?*»•- A«obT!iotopaoB ia Mcptreal In tha moiiib of Janoaiy, 
 MM, m tha mlddla of tha month.. That J hara ala6 r«ad tha pabliahad taatimooy of 
 ona Bnsdfiird Ooporar, on tha aama trial, in wUab ba ia add to haTO awom that ha 
 bwrd aooTaiytiwM, abont the poianoiny tha firwtoo Raaarroir, batwoan lawla 
 9«>Mn> JMOb Thompooo, and Olaary, hi JaBnaiy hat; 
 
 1 That I know tba ritatamant^ of Ridiard Mmtgoihary and Sandfml OonoT«r» aa 
 
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 ran that ho 
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 •boTo ttMUoMa. ttkr M t4tm te ooi./M*Th<«paq.' wigf i«* "Tf^iSLS! 
 
 noMi of JaaoarV kat, at« untrua. That 1 aaw Col. Jaaob Thoupaoo^ io Toroirto 
 dSSi wh37««HU. of Ja««ary. 1M». from (bo .a«»ul of thoaanth ontiUbo 
 l«hof IWbraary. That 1 «# Wm lko» dty to day, art^ day but ona day, aw>«t 
 Sndnardarbctbat «bol« tint*. »« woat to the Matioo with^iia, attd aaw hini off 
 fiTlKItSrVUw thirt.«th dt* of February laat IWi ha ««Id not poaalbit 
 baro fODO tJllootrarii or bare loft iho OiU of Toronto^ a dar, doriog U>o whofa 
 tinia. ftom the tad January unUl tha llth Februory. withftnt my Inowlog of It. And 
 that I haTO no bealUtlon ft laying tUt th^ aboTe-manUonod atotamraU of Riofaard 
 llonUptmaiy a^d Bandford Gbnot«r, ao far •• rdatea to Gol. Jaaol^ Thompon,-«ra 
 
 " jTilMt I haTO read al^ io Sandford CoiH>,teT'a published testimony, io tbe^iamo 
 oaae a itatament to the eijhet that ho bad heard a eonvereation with Chary in the 
 St iawrence Hall Hotel, in Montreal, on llio day before, or the eaine day, of the 
 eMaMinatinn of Flreeident Linooln. ' 
 
 TTrSt I loft Montred oo Monday, tha tenUi dny of April, in the erening *rato 
 for Qnoboo. with Col. Jaeob Thompaon aad W. W. deary. a»l. on the toSninmjt 
 Tma»T^ nth, Heft them an/bade them adien on the ataUoo ^V^f\^ 
 tiMvbeWlhni on their way t* Biviero dn Loup. On the tUrtaonth of April I Ufl 
 Qaebee. and arriTod in Montrod on the footteentb, ah^nt aeren am, at the ^^J*^ 
 SuetSaU fioUL That I waa about the Hdtel aearly alTdw. and did not aeo Oljwy 
 Sera £n1pg the time I waa there; and thsKl do not beOeTe he oimld boTO beea 
 this ^SSt mo knowingjt, aa I eaw^ Mye^l of hia friend^ Bonthern gonUemen, 
 ibere, who, knowing thalVhad Uft MflOtNal with bim a fow djJi^to". •^•f "5 
 •boot bim/and bow ho aUd OoL ThoSpaon had got along,' and wM^ther I hadleft 
 them «t Point LoTi. ^r^ — . ^ OKOBO? T. DENIBQN, J.. ' 
 
 Sworn bofoN mo at Toronto, in the Odnaty of Torh, tbia twerttT-tblrd day of Jane, 
 AJD, 18M, 0. B«iimo!(,'a Commietioner in B. R, Aol, in and for tho/Oounty of Yoifc. 
 
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 C .i ^ AFFflMLVIT OF B. H. YOaKO. • • I V 
 
 ■' . .■..-■■'■ ' ■"■ ■' ■.'■■.■■',''■'■'■ "'■ ' 
 
 PwmiiOTor Oamda, OityWToionlOktowit: » ' ; . , 
 
 I, Bennett Henderwm Tonnrf, at pweent rorfdtng i» «»• «tf •' ''S.'^f STSS 
 of iho Ifewil of NidiolaaviUoJn *'-^ ^*'*' '* ir.-.--.irw l.(».rlv offioer of the Oon« 
 Potato Army, make oath fend ii , 
 
 l.ThatlhaToroadbthoynt . ^^ 
 of the anppreaaad teathnonyof Riehard Montgomery 
 Jamaa Wauon Wallioo. ' 
 
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 irf, at prcaent reuowg in ue uny m '^"f-^, VU^ / 
 i.ln thVdtato of Kentucky, latterly offioor of thoOoi*. 
 
 J!rmfor»Tlmtmh».t la atatcd to be an atSHilu oopy 
 of Riehaid Montgomery and Sandford OpnorenofMi 
 
 n ^ioSKSt •SbgModtgomety fa tho •wlj pwt of An«nat, in the year one thou. 
 Mnd eight bundiod and aizty-four, at tha Queen's Hotel, in Toronttv 
 
 8. Bo eama to Toronto under the aama of JmcoThomMn.^ ^ ^ . . 
 
 i. On the day of hia arriral I waa bfbtmMl by Mr. Ja^b Tliompson, ttat 1« aid 
 Mr. Otatty bad been notiied that the aahl James Thomaoi *••• United Stotea 
 doteetitrmy, in tho employment of Mr. MnrraT, United Stot«s Marshall for tho 
 State irf How York, and that hia red aamo was Montgoaofy. . ^ .^ : 
 
 fc ViOm the lutmotite of Mr. Jaaob^ Thompa«to, Ij^»»f,Rfi SL^^JJ* 
 JaMi Thomaon aad addNsaed him hj the name of Mootgoa^ry, tolling him I knrr 
 ba waa Ml omphijto fa tho aerfioo of Maiahril Morwy. . _^ 
 
 •. At flwtr3%i ooaaderably ooirfkMd. be iri-ito . perwademo ^J^ 
 miotakiniBttomi? but when he tmad that^I wm podUfo «^>2'I "Si "J 
 th^ I did not aoom to be ahakea ifi toTWwittion, ho tntMd •f^i««SS'2_?2 
 left BM^ and. I beUoirOb !•» tha^ty oTTbrdato «!^ «»*^ ,''^»/:?\t2~?2!S 
 •ther^^a were OD the look out to get a sight ot hipi.agaln. W t ^^_" wor 
 
 «rw hgnafter that day. aad I do aol bdtero, •«« *«*^^^^ T^VS^TSPosX 
 •f Toraata Aad IlioUevo aooo of the coOTsraatlona detailed by him in tha Oity €f 
 Toronto ooidd havo taken phMa in that oity; . ,1.:.— . 
 
 Aa to the aTideaoo glTOfe^tho aaid OdaOTer, fa which N ««*«• ,»>»*, * 'S™ 
 ftaomnlisio i i hrtiiMifcr^ — "-^ : « ■ ■«■» ■ ■- * ^ - . . ^«i .. un i n « h « . nonfanarato 
 
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 jd but on e eommi p siti 
 
 Armr. aad' that I raedfod &at uaBiiiimTnii a eofamissioo for a first lieutenant in Oo 
 aaid army-from tho banda of Mr. Seddin himself fa the City of Richmond, aiid timt 
 
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 ▲fPIDAVlT OP JOHN B. OABTLVIiAV ^ > " 
 
 PiMTiwi or Oamapi, 01^ of Twooto, lo wit: 
 
 I, Jobn B. OHtUnua. i 
 Ayotto Oonotj, in Uio 8 
 
 'sifi'TKjSSfl^i; 5«^^^^ but f n-^J of 
 
 Mupuy 
 
 jwovwtrr, ttM pMdof aodor tho dw« of Jum 
 
 >?£; ts ss.^ ^±3!s Sir 
 
 ,J{lMt(18M)iii(b« 
 J«uT. andlknowtlMtRloluutl 
 
 Wm Md w«Vr3Ule to flBdhS. ' "^ ^"***^ '" ' "'"» ••»••" "-wh^ «* 
 
 ^KFIDAVIt OF CHABUW B. Q^ADFIQK. 
 l^fiMfli Of Camab^ W"*^ of Montml : 
 
 
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 »•". of lOnd^MM^ fcLOTL"**^ "^^ propriotor of tho Sdat lAwmS? 
 Hwoo tho l«i2ior^n!^trf#S? '^^ *5?*7 writod ot tho BiUnt Uwrtooo 
 
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 ia Om Books of Um oaoMni, ud tb« mmobU 
 from tho boolu, and fbrtbor dopoiiMl Mith nol 
 
 of tho |UMta art MMrdio|fjr mad* 
 0HABLK8 B. OBiDWlOK. 
 
 Sworn bflforo mo iltiio OII7 of MootiMl ibii (ixUi day of Jul|| 000 thoniMd 
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 . AFFIDlvrP Of HENRt WINNETT. \^ 
 
 PkOTnoi or Canada, City of Toronto, to wit : 
 
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 I, Henry Winnctt, of lb« City of Tonoto •fomaltK' Book'kMpor In th« Qliom'a 
 Hotel, In the said City of Toronto, roako oath and tay : 
 
 1. T^t I am «mploytd In tha Quom'a Bote), ia the laid City of Toronto, and have, 
 togntbar with Mr. Thomaa MeOaw, ekargo of tke book in wnidi the namea of all ~ 
 viaitor* to tbo laid Hotel ar« regUtored. 
 
 a. That I hare been enoafed In Mjald HoUi flrom the let day of Aoguat, A.D. IIM. . 
 
 8. That I know Jacob ThompaoiCOokmd/ln the serriee of the Ooofoderato State* • 
 of Ameriea. / " 
 
 4. That from 4he entrlc* In the mid mk. the taid Colonel Jacob Thompeon appear* 
 to bate b<«n a iriiitor at the eaid Hotel tnm the fourteenth day of June, A.D. 18M, 
 until tha thirteenth day of February AJ). 1868. 
 
 5. That b*tw*en the aaid fonrtaehth day of June and the taid tMrteenth day of 
 February, A.D: 1868, tha aaid Colonel Jaeob Thoropaoo waa at the eaid Hotel erery 
 day, axeept duHog the foUowbte pertoda, namely : Irom the eigbtoenth day of afeid 
 month of Jnne,. 18«4. tmtil tb0 Jghteenth day of July then neit eaaulng; and fWmi 
 the twentysercnth day of September, AJD. 1864, until th* third day of Oetober. A.D., 
 1864; and f^om the tenth iUj of October;' A.D. 1884. until the twenty-firat day o( 
 PNCmber, A.D. 1864, until th* twentyfonitt day of the earn* month. 
 
 6. That I alao knew W. W. Oleary. . , ^ 
 
 7. That he, alao, ink a «iaitor or Mardar at the aaid Hotel, from the aeveath day 
 of Felbruiury, A.D. 1869, OBlil the fourth day of May, in the aaid year of 188S. 
 
 8. That betweei/th* aidd aeventh day of Ftbmary, A.D. 1866, and th* fbarth day 
 of May, A.l>. ItM, th* aaid W. W. Olaary waa at th* aaid Hotol *T«ry day, axoept 
 during the foUowiog period*/ namely : frooi the ninth day of Februanr, A.L). 1865, 
 until the thiity-firat day of March, A.D. 1865; and from the third day of April, 
 
 til the twentyrninth day of eame month ; and waa not absent at anv 
 . J exception* above mcntlonod, *uffieiently long to haTC gone to Montreal, 
 
 bellcTe he waa not in Montreal during that period. 
 
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 before me, at the City of Toronto, this 19th day of Aagust, A.D. 
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