Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-15

Hamilton Robert " h.iliy-SWedrS lHal ne was VI
h hoa, commanded by Capt. Beir, and that he knows
MI rod was not in the boat. lin other respects the
;,noss u;ves answers similar 10 the rcst-exccpt that
h heard the sentinel at The after gansway Of The "a
oLn. challenge two or three times saying who comes
I,hcre"-"rve the countersgn, and that he thinks
lha, sentlnc! fred once amer cha'iens'ns.I
shcphcrd Mccormick, Ghe commander OF one OF the
L,.Eib. 5lh in the order in which the dispositions
wer. made)-and the second IN command OF the expe
dion under Capt Drew, swsars rs follows
D;reet COMMUNICATIVE hrst time ever saw Nc
reod was the night of the 2,th December, 1857, when
ha yyas ;n,roduced to ME by Capt Graham. ! never
saw him until that time. ! was IN Chippewa at The
tne of the destruction Of the Caroline, and for some
DAYS nror TO it, The persons who went TO destroy her
embarked at the mouth Of the Chippewa river.
think they were standing there about hall an hour oe
fare they embarked was getting the boats ready
When the boats went, | do not know where Me-
I,eod was He was not in any boat. did not take
down his name and positive he was mol one OF the
party [ did not him while the party were stahuhS
on the beach. He not with the party COM
mauded one of the boats that went to destroy the "a
rone | saw all the persons in the boat went m
Mcleod was not Of them. did not see nun al
all that night. was The second man on board me "a.
roine the night of her destruction, and IN different
parts of her. was wounded and put INTO one OF the
boats before the other assailants left the Caroline
was SO weak from my wounds, that cannot recoect
who saw on my return. Seven bOas started IN search
If the Caroline. Five reached her Cannot say how
many returned in company. Sir a. hcNah was on
the beach when the expedition started did not hear
him .ay any thing in reference 10 it. Capt. Drew
commanded it. lie received his orders from Sir A.
McNab.
Cross. eramined-l ANA Lieutenant in the Royal
Navy | was third in command of the Naval Brigade
al Chippewa under Captain Drew until Captain Ora
ham left when second IN command. | neither
commanded nor was attached 10 any vessel On the
nipht Of the 22lh December, 1887, Alex Mcleod ac
companied me in n boat around Navy Island. did not
ogain see him until after the destruction OF the Caro-
line never conversed with hun, nor did ever hear
him converse with any person on the SUBJECT oil the
Caroline previous thereto | did 60 round Navy IS
land very early in the morning OF the 18th Deem
ber ls31, in company with Alexander Mcleod, 10
reconnoltrc We absent about four hours
The plan Of the destruction of the Caroline was first
communicated to me By Captain Dew on the even.
ing Of the 18th December, 1887. l did not commn
ncate any part OF il 10 Alexander Mcleod, nor did
he 10 my knowledge, know Of II. The first time
saw the Caroline The 2.,th December, ci1, on
her way from Sch!osser TO Navy Island. We com
menced our preparations TO attack her about nine
o'clock Of the night of her destruction. On my return,
was carried to the house Of Mr. Kirkpatrick n, CHIP
pewa, where was confined tony bed ! cannot pos.
siby stale how many present on the shore, or
near the place OF embarkation About 50 embark ed-
was no, personally acquainted with all who entered
the boats There eight III my boitinclnding my
self | was wounded Immediately after getting Oh
board the Caroline, and Consequently took no part III
her destruction. There about eight III each boat
/ did not know all who embarked. nor did | see ant:
recognize the face OF each one. know al who were
in The same boat with me- and spoke to and reco.
nizcd each one Of them. From the weaa state vas
in, do not recoec in what boat | returned. DO not
know what became Of the two that failed 10 rench the
Caroline OF the rest, Capt Drews boat arrived hfs
They all lying on the beach together, and ali start
ed al the time. know nothing Of what took
place the Decentralization. The persons composing
The expedition were civilians, with the exception Of
few Naval officers. The men came as yolunseers-i
They marched up and entered the boats III body. The
force was not displayed in any military form previous
TO It's embarkaton. The party dressed in their
uspal clotbluu-were armed with swords aud pistols
some of which belonged TO the party themselves
The remainder procured from III. Queen stores
The night, at the lime embarked, about 10
. clock,) was very dark. was desperately wounded
in the attack. ! believe no one was Killed oil The
assang party There was strong resistance, for
short period made by the persons on board OF the Caro-
line They armed with pistols and swords. They
discharged guns and pistols, and used swords. ! AIN
not aware that the boat was armed. Have no know
ledge ofany arms, military stores ammunition or pro-
visions or munitions of being found board the
Caroline. believe ofthc persons found on board
was killed. HIS death cas caused bya dom from me,
Immediately after he had wounded me ired neither
run nor piSioi do not think there was living crea-
lure on board the Caroline when she was cut loose and
sent over the falls did myself 90 shore at
Schlosser nor am that any other Of the party
lid The only articles taken from the Caroline were
wo small mattresses, on which WAS laid, ut least 10
he be,, OF my knowledge. | never heard of her
d9 ever ses 10 r on e saec have
heard Of or seen person by the name OF Syyanus s.
s,gby heard OF no order given by Sir Allan McNab,
Tor did see any in writing evenly him.
Frederick Cieverby-swears that he was on board
,,ntain Bers boat and that Mcleod was not oil hoard
hat boat In other respects he swears substantially
he rest.
Thomas Hector-swears that he commanded one Of
he boats that started with the rest, but failed TO reach
he Caroline-snd that Mcleod not i'll his boat
hat nine boats left the Chippewa but did not reach the
,lacc of cmbnrkatlon.
John p. Battersby-swears that he commanded one OF
he bont that did reach the Caroline, and that Me-
eod was not board his boat, which did not get fur
her than Buck Horn Island when the Caroline
ire, and the boat returned.
Neil McGregor who was in Battersby's boat, con-
irms Mr. b. as TO the fact that Mcleod not i'll that
,oat.
The court here took recess until o'clock.
Ffiday, . p. ".
William Press-,uorn.
Direct examination Il reside in Canada, al Hamilton
mn the keeper of the Promenade House. resided
1887 in Niagara village lived there from lS33 to
July IL | taken keeper there. | knew Mcleod
we'll at that time. lived 3 or 400 yards from him.
ecollecl the troubles in Canada in 1887. | was al
Chippewa only once during those troubles. That was
IN The 29th December 1897. | returned to Niaga-
"a the evening. | went to Chippewa on bu.
,ncss took two passengers up in Wagon. |
made memorandum in my cash book that day
,f money received from these that day for
hat service. | did not refer 10 it until two years
afterwards. The entry made the Goth.
know it was the 29th Also from hearing of the
Caroline affair Immediately afterwards. left Chip
pewa little after dark on the 9Th. My horses
put up the way from Davis. had two-horse
wagon. Mr.. O'keefe, who went up with me- rode
back with nc 10 Niagara and MIR. Leod, the prison
nr From Chippewa 10 Stamford, where Mcleod left
me, should think il would take nm honr and half
left Mcleod at Mr.. Morrisons al the gate. knew
Reyncock we'll lie left the country before the tron
bles in Canada. received letter shortly afterwards
from him at New York have heard Of his being in
England since.
Cross-eramincd.-The wagon was double spring
wagon, no, covered. Distance from Niagara TO Chip
pewa is { miles. have often carried passcngers-lo
Niagara Falls particularly. always make entry
in such in my books. | then in partnership
with another person. OKeele clerk on board the
steamer Cobourg, Never have heard Of him since. !