New-York tribune., 1841-10-09

from DAVIS : 10 Necalin 3 did not see nm again
that night: saw number of men collected TO-
sether, and man told me something was going 70
take place, perhaps to attack Navy Island;
Nc cLeoi again the next mornisg; it was before
breakfasts il wa. not far from sunrise; he then
on Davis's stooe; there quite number there
ha cane from the direction OF the barn when FIRST
saw him; heard hin talking with some others; was
quite near him: heard him talk OF going over and
cutting out the Caroline; he said they had made
the id robbers run when they came; they went
on 10 tel! what they had done; one had done so and
30. another said he saw lie dead on the dock,
and he would never come 10 trouble them AGAIN.
Mcleod had large pistol in his hand, II am not
mistaken: heard him saJ something about tse pis-
,ol: he had il in his hcnd BY the uiuzzlc and wa>
tlour.hing /; about; it il three miles across to
Schlosser from, Chippewa; the direction the party
went would take about 20 minutes 20 cross. ami
they could come back sooner, on account OF the
current: the distance across. AZ the lower END oi
Navy Island, Is rather short Of three miles.
Cr0SSerSriSeG
know Mr.. CorSon; was not with hiu IN Casads;
left Canada in March, 1888, and went to Buffalo.
Have had nothing 70 do wiki the Canada business
since then. Have been nate of steamboat ON
the Lake this season with Capt. Whitaker have
not talked This over here may have spoken TO Mr..
CorSou about it. Tie asked me If [ Mcleod
the rext morning. and said had did not nave
much Ia say to him we did not talk it over; did
not tell him what heard Mcleod say, noI did he
,rention II to me. Saw Mcleod only once that
night; was on Davis stoep and was quito near
MIN; should have known him within feet; he
cane of th9stoop as | came on noticed him par
Jicularlv. because had been told som, thing was
going on that night. rs | understood attack
Navy .land, and looked to &c who was going to
be concerned in II; only vent TO Dayiss 10 zee
what WIS going on; lived t9out half mile from
there; it is about rods from Davis's TO Mack
lns The light Of the dcoi aided me in recoe-
ming Mcleod; the window is abou, / or feet
from the end Of the soop; the light Of the door
or window shouc on Mcleod met him on the
end OF the stoop. liz went of the stoop in trout
OF the door; the stoor extends from the door
toward Mackin's When no cot of the stoop he
tirned toward Macklin,, and his back was then
toward me. As | got on the stcop he partly turned
ard stopped aud then saw him.
The next morning | came down TO Dayis's tav-
orn to see what was going on Started before 1t
was fairly light-had been down pretty much eve
~ morning before that, while the Navy Island trou
b!es were going on; saw other mornings Col
Clark and Col. McNWb and Others that ] knew
McNabH quarters were III Macklins dwelling
house remember Mcleod the next morning. be-
cause had seen him the night before, and knew
he was engaged in the destruction OF the Caroline
do Mt know that he was there from any thing |
saw him doing saw him in company with those
who had been engaged in the expedition, and
supposed he must have been ono OF them saw no
arms on Mcleod tue night the Caroline ws>
burned saw Capt. Morn, the morning after the
Caroline was burned; can't say he was IN the pnr-
ty he was in company with others who had been
11,J R,5r, he IVA. a
the party that went over; that was not hl+ name
rs know Of; he was largo stout Euglishman
Anson D. Qumjy, examined | reside in Wor.
rem couny. Pennsylvania Lived about two miles
/ rom Chippewa village in the winter in 1887 rc-
collect the destruction of the Caroline; then
knew the prisoner by sight, but was not intimately
acquainted with him ; think | saw him the cven-
ing Of the night of the burning OF the Caroline :
saw him at Mr. Davis's near eli ght o'clock am not
certain as to the hour; when | saw him he was
coming out of the bar-roem as | was going in; did
not where he went next morning saw him
a little before after sunrise, near Dayss house,
not far from the bridge which crosses Chippewa
creek; there some persons with him whom
did not know personally am not positi"e whether
he had any thing in the way of arms or accoutre-
aents bur belt on him; there was some person
came across the bridge and asked 81 how he made
! II 90 last night" he said he made it 60 very well.
and that We, am not which word he used.
killed two Of the damned Yankees, and DESTROYED
the boat: he then remarked that ho had Yankee
/ blood on his sleeve did not see any blood upon II {;
he held up his arm when he made the remark; did
not stay to hear any more, nor don't think ever
heard him say any more on the subject; when
think il was but few minutes either before or after
sunrise; saw light the night before towards the
river but WAS rot near enough to see what ii was
Cross examined-Lcit eft Canada in February.
1888. The patriot war the principal cause OF
my leaving it. Never took any part in it since !
left it or when there. Came here witness NJ
Il solicitation of Mr. Love OF Buffalo, who came
TO my house week ago last Friday. Believe
don't know how he came to know that knew any
thing about it. The first know about II was that
/ Mr. Wood came to me with letter which ntei
that some one had told the Attorney General
knew something about it. The Attorney Geneful
wrote letter to Mr.. Grosvener which Wood
brought to me- He lives in Louisville. He don't
do much business of any kind. He was not en-
gagged among the patriots L know, but he il
under an Indictment there | believe. Went direct
to Pennsylvania when / left Canada. Was re-
auested to make an affidavit before Squire Wooden,
who carie with the letter TO me. Presume ! told
the story to people living about there. Came from
PENNSYLVANIA in the stage and roilroad car. Mr.
Love bore my expenses. Received at Buffalo
$40 from Mr. Hanley; that did not bear my e%'
penses here and received no more, but had tie
promise of nv expenses paid, and something rea-
sonabh besides. Think | was at Chippewa Il .
d,y of the night the Caroline was DESTROYED.
Went with some hay, and did not go from II ~ !
night. II was about Two miles from B. Dayi 8
ragern where lived. Thinks the government b 4
the hay. Don't rec llcct seeing Mcleod that d
until evening Seldom Used to see Mcleod, It
that was one reason for my remembering seeing
hira that evening. And the conversation the nexl
morning was another reason why | remembered
seeing him.