Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-06-27
7'RIH l.
OF
Col. Garut1 93urr.

p f6NBNS NdS 10 FVaLciS ,
JAMES KNON depnsed that he arriv-
Cd at New-Orleaus in the month of March
that shortly after his arrival &c received
= nn;c trom Gen. Wilkinson stating that he
wished To make some enquiries ofhim con-
corning Sergeant Dun5aueh which note
vas delivered ~ him BY the Sergeant him
self ;--tli;,J when he came to the General,
he was asked Nv him If he was not afraid
TO come before him after the arrests which
han taken place, bat that he need not be
afraid Stree hc had ceased arreStuE now
that he answered he had done nothing to
be afraid ot:--that the General then be-
- gan 10 question him about the pei sons who
had been coming down the river, and he
observed him taking in writing his an
swcrs. and that he objected to this, say
ing that was not the subject about which
Gen. Wilkinson had sent for him. Some
OF his own answers TO those questions ne
acknowledged did not convey the whole
truth nor state the circumstances in the
manner in which he would swear to them
but he was not understood to saw that the
General took down his actual answers IN
correctly. The General conversed with
him lii 4 very affahle manner, expressed
his uncasincss about the party coming q
gaillst him, which disturbed him even more
than the death Of his wife ;--aud then ask
ed him If he had been paid his wages bv
CnmioTt Tyler Knox observed that TYLER
had treated him i'll, and had not paid him
bat he had his redress against him Gen.
w. asked him if he was in want of money,
and how much was due TO him from Tyler
He owned himself very much in want and
s.nI the sum due was about 5 $50 The
General asked, whether if he was to adj
vance that sum to him, the difficulty would
be removed liz the way of his giving tcsti-
mony. and offered to furnish him with
II re refused 10 reCeiUp IL, fhoNgh
The General foHo-vcd him ont Of the hoKse.
and i1ycSsed him 10 take it He con-
ceived this TO have been an attempt TO cor
r'il;' him, although he did not say that Gen.
w. desired him to e. We any false teStimo-
ny, hut only chat lie wished him to reveal
all that I've knew concerning Col Burr, as
Ne might possibly lie cslled on as a witness
This conversation between Gen w. and
Knox. he stated, occurred before he was
served with the subpoena, To attend as q
witness. About the 10th or l2th OF March,
the subpoena was served bv Lieut. Gaines
he toi'' the Licutcnant that he had no mo
ncy, but expected shortly TO get some, and
dl" not know chat he could attend if he
shou!dNe disappointed in gcttingit -Four, or
five day. afterwards he was taken by { She
rif on a Sunday evening, and carr, d
first before Gov. Claiborne, and afterwards
heiore Dominic a. Fall, Fedora! Judge Of
tht Orleans District. The Judge told him
he must go to Richmrnd as Il witness he
answered he was willing to come: tic
fudge was not satisfied hut - 4 his demo
siuoa must be taken: he objected to this,
saying T. htd no counsel there and was a.
traid OF being cEtrapped by answers he
night give: u there was a possibility of
1t. The Judge about i or 10 O'Clock at
night committed him T. the sheriff, who
acmittcd him 10 give bail for his appear
auce the next day az II o'clock, A. NJ.
Tie ttcn appeared before Judge Hall again.
The Judg" showed him certain printed in
terrogatoriof and asked him If he could
answer then. Hc said, no not halfofthcm :;
that ~ MS opi1ion they were nothing to the
purpose but he answered some Of them
The Judge demanded bail Of him for his
appearance at Richmond in the SUN of five
or ten Thousand dollars, winch he refused
t. give and WAS then committed to prison
among negroes and feions While he was
in Jail, his friends enquircd If bail would be
taken and made an offer Of IT,, which was
rc.ascd. Adcr he had been there several
days, Sergeant Dunbaugh came with per-
with side arms, and conducted him on
beard tho United States Schooner The
RcVcugc, which WAS under the command
Of Capt Franklin Read. lie asked the
Sergeant il that was Il guard nc answer
CO, 40 but has since told him he gave that
answer then to avoid hurting his feelings
by letting MIN know it was . guard
When on board, he asked Lieut. Gaines
TO let his trunk be brought on board; the
Lieut.. consented to his writing for it, and
offered him pen, ink and paper, but would
~. permit him 20 SO on shore. lie there
sc came away without his trunk S, cl1aths
bu was told by Lieut.. G. lines that he had
= 10 or : so for him, which were advanced
from thc military chest to pay him as a
witness, which he refused At first. but af-
forwards said, if not permitted to 20 on
shore he must take them He was not
treated III on the voyage. When he ARR.
we'd ~ Hampton, ne was told he had been
brought round by Judge Halls orders. At
h"ihpton Gen. Wilkinson asked him IL he
would 80 up 20 Richmond, AID told him If
he would give him his word 20 come ND he
would be satisfied, and offered him twenty
dollars % bear his expenses He sad ne
had no c:oaths, and that sum would not huy
them. The General told him, n lac wound
prom sc 70 come up, he should have fifty
dollars, which sum he accepted He came
II.m Hampton in a vessel engaged BY Gen.
W Tor HIM and other Witnesses and A.
bout twelve m .cs from Richmond, went a.
shore, and aik'd mp 20 town IN company
with Sergeant Dunbaugb. On his cross
eZ~uiI alton he appeared to have been one
OF the men engaged in Col. Burr's cNJsdi-